"shut up and be grateful."

throwawayodd33 · 2014-09-03T00:16:58+00:00

Can we just notice for a second how awesome and helpful Mark Manson is? Models completely changed my outlook on life, and I feel like a better person every time I read one of his articles.

Even non-seduction stuff like this. I read his article on the recent school shootings and it impacted me really strongly. I guess he'll be the first person I show gratitude to. He has honestly changed my life. Cheers to him.

XWindX · 2014-09-02T23:03:10+00:00

This is actually an incredible read; I was really skeptical looking at the title, but Mark Manson absolutely nails the points on the head, and delivers a powerful point with a powerful delivery and a powerful punch.

I'd recommend anyone to give this article a second chance if you gloss over it.

SFSylvester · 2014-09-03T10:54:17+00:00

Always hated this argument. Saying that you should be happy because there are people worse off than you is just as stupid as saying you should be sad because there are people better off than you.

virtualvirgincake · 2014-09-03T12:19:32+00:00

You are part of the first generation in human history that has truly discovered we are always capable of improving our lives — socially, emotionally, professionally and financially. In the past, people assumed if they were born into it, they were screwed.

Just food for thought but maybe it was better that way in many ways. People weren't 'screwed' rather than they realised their position in society and did not have the added stresses of attempting to grow and maintaining that growth.

If your father was a farmer, you would be a farmer and that was that. Today we don't have to be a farmer, we can go off and pursue our dreams. Which is great but that doesn't mean that we'll always succeed, and the fallout from that pursuit can be devastating.

I think that this could be a serious reason why so many people struggle with mental health in our modern world. No one is sure of their true purpose in life like we would have been in the past. Undoubtably we've lost something in our modern world.

None the less, good article.

SenorPuff · 2014-09-03T00:19:38+00:00

Maybe I'm being pedantic, but 'act' sounds more along the lines of what the author is getting at than 'be.'

In my mind its an extension of 'Fake it until you become it.' Act grateful even if you aren't feeling grateful, and you will eventually be grateful.

warpus · 2014-09-03T16:27:11+00:00

I was born in communist Poland and my family fled through the iron curtain to the west for a better life.

I try not to take anything for granted, here in paradise. (That might sound like hyperbole, but from the point of view of a 7 year old me, that's exactly where I am right now, and I will never forget that.)

TruNinja619 · 2014-09-03T03:14:21+00:00

I'm grateful for this post. Thanks for the great reminder.

hamfraigaar · 2014-09-03T13:31:55+00:00

You may be unhappy with your love life, which you also totally should be, because the Roman Empire was a fucking orgie lol.

eyesofsaturn · 2014-09-03T15:17:03+00:00

I AM SO GRAPEFUL

nosesandsight · 2014-09-03T01:03:29+00:00

I think I just threw up in my mouth. What the fuck did I read...

Here's the truth. You are not good enough. Honestly you are not. Otherwise you wouldn't be reading through this sub-reddit. And neither am I.

But you can be and so can I. And that's the fucking awesome, amazing thing about being human: with focus, dedication and hard work, you can re-make yourself into the person that can be good enough. You can become a mutha-fuckin rockstar. But it aint gonna start with care bears, stylized blogs, or Manson's garbage advice.

I mean shit, if you want to be grateful for the fact that you're fat, because then that means you're not starving in some dusty shit hole, then by all-means go ahead. But I used to be fat, and it sucked, and the way I stopped being fat was hated myself for being fat, and ultimately demanded more from myself.

It's the same with women, I used to be a fucking moron with women, and I changed that not by waking up and doing some eat-pray-love morning affirmation, but rather waking up to the idea of being a Man and owning my shit, both the good and bad.

I am so sick of Mark Manson's trite schtick of trying to seem like a mainstream PUA. he's so fucking willing to kowtow to the feminine concept of masculinity. Fuck his gimmicky sales pitch, this garbage is better served on Huffington Post where like minded morons can lap it.

CheezStik · 2014-09-03T02:44:39+00:00

This is the winning mentality right here. The fundamental difference in attitude between someone who will read articles and better themselves every day as opposed to someone who will try to find an excuse like they do so often on TRP

LxBru · 2014-09-02T23:02:34+00:00

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Title	"shut up and be grateful."
Author	9banaan9
Upvotes	324
Comments	47
Date	September 2, 2014 8:57 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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