As a man, be about SOLUTIONS

John Henry
7 min readJun 11, 2023
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I was on this message board forum that was talking about incels again and I came across a post that said the following:

If it’s a disfigured humble lonely guy, that’s a bit different, but it’s still his lot in life and he has to live with it, not get angry and go online and start whining about it. Success is in attitude, and so is failure. These guys are entitled to nothing.

How compassionate, right? But the thing is, as much as we may want everybody to empathize with us and be compassionate towards us in life when it comes to our issues (whatever they may be), that’s simply not reality!

When I was a young buck, my dad used to tell me plainly “nobody is going to feel sorry for you” or something along those lines. That’s just life!

So the point is, especially as a man, if you have problems in life, when you complain about it, talk about how you feel “beat down” by life, etc., a lot of people aren’t trying to hear that, will consider it as whining, and may probably be disgusted by it as a result. Even though your complaints and your gripes might be legitimate, people still don’t care and the argument could be made that they probably shouldn’t have to either.

As a man, you want to be about solutions. Yes, if something bad happens, you may lick your wounds for a little bit, but eventually, you…

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John Henry
John Henry

Written by John Henry

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