Disclaimer: English is not my main language, bear with it.

TL;DR: Any hobby is fine and you can benefit from it, as long it doesn't turn into an addiction. AWALT is a mindset and if you do not internalize it can mess up your concept of foreign women , make you write bad FRs and fuck up your life in general.

Hobbies/Addictions

Let me start by saying that I hate cricket, I don't know why people care about cricket but I consider it a sport for faggots, like curling, who the hell thought that brushing ice with a broom would be fun? Poker? Crap, cartoons? Crap, crap crap crap everywhere, amirite guise?

But, I can't deny the benefits from these things, you need a healthy body for curling and cricket, poker needs more frame/mindset than any other sports, some cartoons can give you insights about life or just give that good feel in a bad day.

And it applies to everything you do, no matter what hobby, it is up to you to decide what benefits you can take from it, video games in general train your reaction, decision making and how to approach a problem, it goes even further in teaching you History ( Assassin's Creed, God of War series, etc. ), in poker maintaning a frame and reading body language is hard than gaming 5 women at once, we wouldn't even call Red Pill if the Wachowisk Brothers didn't watch Ghost in the Shell, the inspiration for Matrix, I can go further on anime, want to know how a SJW distopia would affect society? Go watch Psycho Pass.

The problem is when these hobbies start taking most of your time and become an addiction, lifting too much and not resting/stretching can fuck up your gains, too much videogames and your dopamine levels get too low or you become a neckbeard, getting too serious about TRP can make you completely depressed about life in general, masturbating too much gets your testosterone levels low and also addicted to porn.

Most hobbies are fine, it is up to you to benefit from it in anyway possible, you just need to discipline yourself and not make this hobby your priority, that leads to addiction.

And for all people saying "X hobby is bad", shaming is a part of what behaviour?

AWALT, FRs and foreign women

A TRP veteran once said something among these lines:

AWALT is not to justify your frustration, is to prevent you from pedestalizing women in general

And since we have an influx of new users let me explain this concept.

On its early days TRP had many FR's saying "HEY GUISE, I FOUND X WOMAN, NAWALT", in an attempt to disprove TRP, and weeks later the OP of that FR came back saying " I FUCKED IT UP, AWALT ", which leaded to the concept "There is no unicorn", but many fail to understand how deep "There is no unicorn" and "AWALT" is, and even for who is that for, which is you.

TRP is always about you, and AWALT is no exception, AWALT is to fight our biological urge to protect women at all costs, AWALT is to remind you to never pedestalize any women whatsoever, including your family, mother, sister, wife, daughters, they are all human, they have the same biological traits, they all fell for Chad Thundercock at some point in life or AWALT in some situation, foreign women are no exception also, they are from different cultures, they were raised in different ways, their enviroment where they were raised is also a factor ( i.e. countryside women ), but they will still be AWALT in some way.

Not understanding AWALT can also affect your development and understanding of TRP, there is two types of FRs:

  • " GF did X, I reacted wrong and got my ass handed, I failed to maintain frame and have a long road ahead in TRP, She had X,Y,Z behaviours and I realized AWALT, learned a valuable lesson but what you think I should have done? " etc etc.

This is an example of good FR, maybe OP is frustrated while making that post but he not only realized his mistakes and developed himself from it but got something to share with TRP so everybody learns and help each other. Everybody wins

  • "That cunt did Y, I got pissed and told her to fuck off, got nothing on these bitches went to lift and crushed on Tinder getting 6 numbers, AWALT BROS"

Anger phase, shaming and beta behaviour, everything is wrong with this type post, some will relate with the frustration but there is little to learn and develop from here as a man, you have all the right to be angry, but posting like that does not help anyone, including you, it is up to you to decide how to benefit from this anger, yes, you can use your anger as a tool to improve yourself, that is the TRP way, take what you can benefit from it and toss the rest away.

Lessons Learned

AWALT is there to help you:

  • Keep frame
  • Putting yourself first above all things
  • Not having one-itis
  • Remind that all women are human, with good and bad qualities as anyone else.
  • Discipline yourself to amused/cocky/etc masteries.
  • Not pedestalizing any women

And so on, but it is not about justifying your failures or venting out, you solve that in your own way.

Hobbies are fine, addiction is wrong, and it is up to you to adjust it, 1 hour for any hobby? Fine, 15 hours spent in a hobby? I think you have a problem.

End Lessons

TL;DR2: FRs are about you, AWALT is about you and how you handle it, Hobbies are about you and no one else, and in TRP you will read what you need to read, not what you want to read, because that will help you on your quest to become a better man.

Now go, and improve yourself as a person, 0 days are forbidden for someone who wants to embrace TRP.