I have an old post around here from a few years ago sharing my experience with the "manosphere".

In a brief summary: I was first exposed to it on YouTube and Reddit around 2017 and was a Junior in college at the time. Had a lot of mental health issues caused by chronic abuse from my mother which made me susceptible to being manipulated by the predatory "self-help" misogynist types on those platforms. Left that content behind around 2020 due to the extremism and rampant racism.

Now in 2023 I'm on the outside looking in and it has devolved into something so much more toxic than I could have imagined. The fact that the hosts of the "Fresh and Fit Podcast" (FF), people like Sneako, and Andrew Tate have a heavy influence on a large population of the younger generation of boys/men is appalling.

Specifically Andrew Tate. Dude has literally doxxed himself for being a potential trafficker/abuser since he first appeared on the internet, and thousands of people believe religiously that he is being "falsely accused", "a victim of tHe MaTriX", and that he has been "such a positive influence on young men" is apocalyptic imo.

There isn't anything in the Red Pill community that can't be found in some form of self-help media. "Go Gym, Hold Urself accountable, DISCIPLINE" is literally in every self-help book/media to ever exist ever. And a lot of it is not heavily interwoven with sexism/racism/abusive ideology. Yet Tate, FF, Sneako, Peter Jordanson (fuck that pseudoscientific fake psychologist hack), and fucking whoever else, are the ones to have the greatest impact on young people.

It makes me realize how negative, controversial takes getting so much exposure can be dangerous and can affect so many people. The fact that I even feel the need to write this shows that it unfortunately even affected me in some way. The best way for me to handle this is to reflect on what makes it so toxic, understand it and learn from it.

Hope y'all are having a great day. Don't be like me and get pulled back in the rabbit hole. I need to go outside lol.