The Red Pill has fundamentally changed my outlook on life and how I interact with other people. However, there is one area where I have no idea what I’m doing: interacting with “alpha” men. I put “alpha” in scare quotes because the type of guy I’m referring to is not actually an alpha, but an insecure beta hiding behind an inflated false sense of self.

I’m a standup comedian in Atlanta. There’s another comic named Justin who behaves very disrespectfully towards other men. You know how pickup artists suggest treating male competition (AMOGs, cock blockers, etc.)? He treats everyone like that, all the time. He’s a classic Narcissistic Personality. He’s envious of other's achievements, hyper-vigilant against perceived slights, takes not coming to his shows as a personal insult, and touches you all the time while he’s talking. If you call him out on anything, he doesn’t look you in the eye, but smiles and laughs and looks at other people while you are talking. (Like, “get a load of THIS guy…”) It makes my “reformed beta” blood boil.

We are both standup comedians so our situation is weird. If a friend were treating me like this, I would simply drop him from my life. If a guy at a bar were behaving like this, I would ignore him or respond using AMOG destroyers. Unfortunately, we have mutual friends and I have to interact with him frequently in social settings. So how do I handle him, and other people like him?