There Are No Shortcuts: Thoughts on "Social Proof"
294 upvotes | February 6, 2015 | by HumanSockPuppet
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As you awaken from your Blue Pill coma, know this: THERE ARE NO
SHORTCUTS.

Your years as a Blue Pill slave were your most unproductive. You
laboured in vain, with no personal, heartfelt goal to galvanize your
efforts. Perhaps you laboured for the sake of someone else - a
nebulous corporation, or an exploitative boss, or a fucked-in-the-head
woman who was happy to use you as her meal ticket.

But now as you awaken, you begin to nderstand that your life is yours
to live. It is yours to live _for yourself_. And now that you're
finally at the helm, you've got a lot of work to do. THERE ARE NO
SHORTCUTS.

All those years of personal neglect have left you with a meager bank
balance, or a fat ass, or poor health...or a soul-numbing unhappiness
that's so palpable you once counted the reasons to kill yourself.

SOLVING THESE PROBLEMS WON'T COME EASY OR QUICKLY. THEY TOOK YEARS TO
REACH THEIR CURRENT STATE, AND THEY'LL TAKE YEARS TO FIX. You won't
get anywhere lying to yourself, or reaching for quick fixes.

Oh sure, around here you'll hear the old adage of "fake it til you
make it". But don't grow complacent with the faking part and neglect
the making - because that shit won't happen on its own. REAL VALUE -
FROM MONETARY CAPITAL TO SEXUAL MARKETPLACE VALUE - IS PURCHASED WITH
SWEAT EQUITY.

It's time to nuke some misconceptions you may have about being a Red
Pill man:

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Fucking a hot woman does not increase your value.

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Successfully reciting pick-up artistry like Casanova does not increase
your value.

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SOCIAL PROOF DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR VALUE.

That last one might be a little startling, but it's true.

Do you know what social proof is? IT'S A SHORTCUT _FOR GIRLS_. It's a
way for them to assess your value by watching how other people treat
you - when they themselves don't have the time or opportunity to
observe you in your element.

SOCIAL PROOF EMERGES FROM VALUE, BUT IT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR IT.

Social proof will get you to her bedroom for that first night's lay.
But that image won't endure in the absence of real value. When the
tide of hormones calms, and you're lying there naked with her, and
with no friends to pump up your image back up, you will simply be the
sum of your sweat equity up until that point.

IS YOUR SWEAT EQUITY ENOUGH YET FOR YOU TO BE PROUD OF?

Make no mistake, this is NOT about letting women be the measure of
your value. Don't count on the approval of women, or group laughs, or
nodding heads to serve as the meter stick of your life's achievement.
WOMEN, AND LAUGHS, AND NODDING HEADS ARE FUN, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU USE
THEM FOR. ENTERTAINMENT.

_But don't mistake good feelings for value. You don't gain any more
value from fucking a hot girl than you do from watching a good movie._

Herein lies the fundamental difference between pleasure (good
feelings) and happiness (generating value).

The problems in your life stem from a lack of value. VALUE COMES FROM
WORK, AND WORK IS HARD. If value were so easy to generate, then being
a strong man would count for nothing. We'd ALL be chumps rolling over
for the chance to hug a fat chick. Fuck that noise, you're awake,
aren't you? You must learn to recognize and avoid the lure of quick
fixes, because they fix _nothing_.

THIS IS YOUR MISSION NOW. And whatever your mission(s) are - getting
ripped, starting your own business, building that muscle car you
always wanted - they will only survive by the fruit of your efforts.
There are no shortcuts, motherfucker. Grab that barbell, or those
financial reports, or those power tools, and get to it.

TL;DR: DIDN'T YOU READ THE TITLE? THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS. READ THE
POST, YOU SILLY BASTARD.
 
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