I learned about TRP in July last year-really started improving myself, but had no game until late last year (October-ish). This post isn't going to be centered around girls or getting laid.

I've went from neckbeard, video game/junk food/weed/TV addict, incel, etc. the usual starting point here, to lifting, eating well, having sex, reading, meditating, etc. I replaced all of the low quality, instant gratification dopamine activities in my life with long-term investment ones and my life has drastically improved.

My question is this: how do you deal with the reality of it all? All of my old friends are still doing the same useless shit, not caring about being better than their past selves, in fact they're deteriorating. 99% of new guys I meet do the same shit too.... play video games, not care about diet, eat the free junk food at work, watch porn and jerk off, smoke weed, get trashed on weekends, etc. In addition, most of these guys get no girls or have oneitis/marry a 5/10 or some shit. Honestly, I don't care if that's what they choose to do/how they choose to think.

Girls are fun/easy now that I understand how reality is. I went through the depression phase with this, and I'm actually accepting and finding beauty in it now. AWALT, hypergamy, hamstering, yeah these things suck, but it's whatever. On the other side of the coin, if you're alpha or a guy worth a shit, there is: good behavior, submissiveness, femininity to your masculinity, polarizing, wild sex, home making behavior like laundry, cooking, etc.

When I want to relax, I'll do it with a girl and unwind, watch TV, smoke weed here and there, enjoy a glass of wine, etc. But when I'm with guys, I don't want to waste my time doing that. When I'm with guys I want to be talking about plans on how to get rich, how to get fitter, the latest books they've read, cool hobbies they have, actionable, real world ideas. Instead, nowadays all guys do is watch TV, smoke weed, play video games and jump from Facebook to Snapchat to Instagram. It's honestly depressing to see men who have potential, but do nothing and waste their lives.

When I drop nuggets of TRP to my guy friends, or guys I meet, they literally get UNCOMFORTABLE or DENY there's truth to what I say. When I tell them that a girl took 2 Ubers and paid for my drink on the date, they call me an asshole. Even though I provide examples of TRP in action, working in real life, they outright deny it. How do you build a social circle/find guys who are driven, confident, masculine, or at least striving to get there?