The Exception to the Rule

Summary: The exception to the rule does not invalidate the rule.

A common theme of TRP is the use of heuristics as teaching principles. These heuristics are essentially rules that serve as guidelines for behavior, with the full understanding that while exceptions to those rules do exist, they are still true most of the time. A good example is AWALT. And the reality is that if something is true 90% of the time, then the best approach is to assume it is true all the time and deal with the exceptions as they arise. Heuristics enable us to appropriately respond to the world around us of most of the time … and as such they serve a useful purpose.

The alternative view in the Blue Pill world (or what you often see argued on PurplePillDebate) is since those exceptions exist, then rules are silly. Yes yes, they say, women often do X or Y, but sometimes they don’t, and so any such rule is useless. Sure, most women like dominant, muscular men, but my sister’s cousin’s girlfriend’s mom doesn’t, so there … The BP world view extends this to all sorts of phenomena, from dating to raising children to gender identity. Theirs is a world of exceptions and special snowflakes, half-time orange slices and participation trophies.

However, the exception to the rule does not invalidate the rule.

The way of men is one of understanding the importance of principles. That mastery of the world around us begins with understanding it. That even if we can’t understand it 100% accurately at all times, does not mean we accede defeat to never understanding it.

To do so would be to be ruled by the exceptions.

A man cannot conquer the world, nor the things he desires, by eschewing principles and embracing the exceptions. Mastery is not the pursuit of some unassailable perfect truth, but of optimal action. And as any man who steps foot within TRP quickly learns, the optimal action is often counter-intuitive … the push when you want to pull, the stoic reaction in the face of her furious shit test. Laughing when others think you should be angry. Putting your head down to get back to work after failure.

The exceptions may exist, but never let them be your Master.

The truly ironic thing about TRP is that really what we are teaching men is how to become the exception to the rule. For that is a man who truly transcends social norms, lives for his own purposes, builds and creates, and pushes humanity forward (a Nietzsche “superman” of sorts). A man who draws others to him. A man that women, coincidentally, want to fuck.

This is no doubt why we emphasize the Laws of Power around here, particularly #38: Think for yourself, but behave as others do

We often think of ourselves as living in a world dictated by rules, but the reality is that is not exactly true. For the rules themselves are dictated by the exceptions - the rich, the powerful, those who break the mold, the 1%. And as such, any TRP man should strive to break the mold as well … to use the rules to interact with the world around him, but to be the exception himself.

We all know the allure of things that seem exceptional – the unicorns, one-itis, the myth of “the one”. It is built deep into our human psychology to respond to rare things, novel things, adventurous things. For example, in terms of sexual strategy, social status and frame are simply ways to sub-communicate to women that the normal rules do not apply to you. When she gets the tingles, she is simply responding to your exceptionality.

It is no coincidence then that is women and feminized men who are most strongly pushing the Blue Pill world view … for it is the exception which they truly desire. In reality all the BP talk about dating advice and gender fluidity is actually just a projection of those deepest desires. When she is telling you to just be yourself and follow the rules, while sexually identifying as a 3rd-century she-male centaur or an independent modern womenz, you have to read between the lines. They are acting like the exception, while daring you to become one. To break the rules. Because they don’t really want to be one, they want you to BE A MAN. They want those exceptions, the ones that break the mold … they want to be chosen by them. Ruled by them. Only then can they finally embrace their true feminine nature.

Become the exception, and you become their master. Just remember, even you don’t invalidate the rule: most men are blue pill, while most women reflect red pill truisms through their actions. Some things never change.

Most women I date these days tell me: “I’ve never dated anyone like you”, or something to that effect. That, my friends, is the goal.