When I'm perusing posts and watching videos. I will come across some commentary that talks about being the prize. As you might expect, women think they are the prize while men take the opposite view and think they are the prize.

The word "Prize" is defined as follows according to the Oxford dictionary.

Noun

1. a thing given as a reward to the winner of a competition or in recognition of an outstanding achievement.

2. an enemy ship captured during the course of naval warfare.

Verb

value extremely highly.

I am assuming that most people are using the Verb definition. However, there is a problem with using the verb definition, it is highly subjective. One person may value something highly and another person might think that thing is garbage. So, there must be some objective way to evaluate a person's value if the "Prize" status is something that should be bestowed. Furthermore, just because you think you are the prize, doesn't make it reality.

So, how do we evaluate a person's value, do we look at the accumulation of wealth? If you don't want to work and want someone to take care of you, that would be something that should be considered.

Do we look at their physical appearance? I think everyone does, it might not be the top priority but it's on the list.

Do we look at personality traits? I think this only matters if you want a long-term relationship, but then if you only want sex, is the person really the prize or is being able to participate in sex the prize since you don't plan on sticking around?

You do not determine if you are the prize or not, you are the prize if you have people competing to win you. I think this eliminates at least 80% of the men (sorry guys) but it also eliminates quite a bit of women. I also think that when some women think they are the prize, they think that because guys want to have sex with them. If someone just wants to have sex with you, you are not the prize, being able to participate in sex is the prize and it's an important distinction.

So, who is the prize? It's the person that people are competing against each other to win. If there is no competition, there is no prize.

Just so everyone knows, No one has ever competed for me, and I don't think anyone ever will and that's okay. I don't need to be anyone's prize.

As I have digested more online content involving gender dynamics, I have become very aware of how perception becomes reality. When we digest content that reenforces a theme or narrative, it is easy to get sucked into believing that narrative is all encompassing.

Fifty years ago, there were people who were concerned that a population explosion would leave our world in a state where we would outstrip our resources. Now, there is starting to be some concern that a population collapse is coming that will doom us to extinction.

There is evidence that the population is starting to swing from growth to decline worldwide and that in the next 50 years, we will see the human population shrink by a lot. So, if the population explosion some feared isn't really a thing and that the real threat is that we just don't want to pop out babies anymore, what's going on?

If I were a sophisticated researcher, I would begin by explaining how humanity used to be in survival mode as a species as we swarmed over the Earth and subdued it and that we are now pretty much done with that process. When we no longer need to spend our time worry about where our next meal is coming from (as a species, some of you may still worry on an individual level) we need something to focus on and that thing that we focus on is ourselves. What I mean by that is our own quality of life. The things that our forefathers had to put up with, we don't have to put up with anymore.

But I'm not a sophisticated researcher, I'm just a guy on the internet with an opinion. So, I'll put it like this. Gathering many opinions that both men and women put on the internet for the world to digest, the message is clear. Marriage is a bad deal. It is a bad deal for men but it is also a bad deal for women.

The reasoning goes something like this.

Male Perspective: The law cannot enforce the female part of the marriage contract, but it sure can enforce the male part. So, your wife can renege on her part and when she gets bored with you, take half of your shit as she walks out the door.

Female Perspective: You will be expected to work outside the home, do all the domestic chores, raise the children (if children are involved) and be his sex slave while you sacrifice your own identity. After you get too old, he will trade you in on a younger model.

When you explain marriage like that, it's not hard to understand why some people would decline to participate.

Disclaimer: These opinions do not necessarily reflect my own, they are a summary of the basic attitude I've come across with the views that have been expressed by other people online. I also want to mention that there are a lot of people in the world and a lot of different ideas are embodied in all those people. Having said that, the ideas expressed above have been expressed a lot by various people. Furthermore, I am passing on my own observations, your observations may vary depending on what echo chamber you may be living in.

How much of these observations are actually reality? I don't know but I think whoever is around 50 years from now will have a pretty good idea.

I never really thought about how the process of being pregnant affects a womon or her body before, but I have now. After thinking about it, I don't think that I could live with myself knowing I put a woman through that.

I understand that it's a normal biological process and that at some point, some women get "baby rabies" and want to get pregnant. I just can't imagine putting someone I care about through that process even if it's something they want.

The only way to 100% assure that I don't kickstart such a process is to just not have sex with anyone, which is the responsible thing to do going forward. So that's what I'm going to do.

The timetable for World War III has seemed to have been moved up. The Biden Administration has authorized long range missile strikes into Russia. The reason he is doing this is because he knows that if he doesn't bring the US into a war before Trump becomes President, it's not going to happen. This is a serious act of treason against the United States by our current President.

All I can say is that despite our differences, it's been nice knowing you!

It's not about love, it's about security. If there is anything I've learned by listening to women in female spaces, that would be it. The second thing would be, You can't depend on a man for security. If you want to know why you are screwed (and not in the fun way) that's pretty much it.

I looked out this morning and the sun was gone

The rain fell down as I start my day

I tell myself, this really sucks

Cause I have to work when I'd rather play

More than a ceiling

(More than a ceiling)

That's keeping the rain out

(More than a ceiling)

I can't help but feeling

(More than a ceiling)

That my chances have all washed away

I feel my chances have all washed away

So many times I've tried to cope

But inside these walls that have kept me sane

I think of the things I could have done

While I watch the rain from my window pane

More than a ceiling

(More than a ceiling)

That's keeping the rain out

(More than a ceiling)

I can't help but feeling

(More than a ceiling)

That my chances have all washed away

I feel my chances have all washed away

When I'm tired and feeling old

I hide in my house to escape the day

and dream of a place that's safe and warm

I close my eyes and it slips away

More than a ceiling

(More than a ceiling)

That's keeping the rain out

(More than a ceiling)

I can't help but feeling

(More than a ceiling)

That my chances have all washed away

I feel my chances have all washed away

Now that the election is over. There are a number of people who are deeply disturbed by the outcome. To a lot of those people, the America they woke up to on Wednesday morning is deeply racist and misogynist.

Now, in the aftermath, there were a lot of opinions as to why Harris lost and most of them were based on race and gender rather than policy. The first group was men. Men as a group are racist and highly misogynistic and would rather vote for a convicted rapist than a woman. The next group were white women. Black women and Hispanic women came out and voted along gender lines but for whatever reason, white women didn't show up in big enough numbers. Those women must have internalized misogyny, I sure most of them probably don't even realize it. They deserve our sympathy.

Most voters claimed that the economy and immigration were the key issues in this election, but the explanation that Kamala Harris didn't really make those people feel comfortable enough with her policies on those issues, absolutely cannot be the reason why she lost. The reason is because our country which was founded by white European men, is both racist and sexist. It's the only explanation that makes sense to these people.

While all of the above explanations could be the reason, there is one other idea that is floating around that is really interesting.

Even though Donald Trump won the popular vote, he ended up getting about 3 million less votes in 2024 than he did in 2020. Kamala on the other hand, got 20 million less votes in 2024 than Joe Biden did in 2020. So, the question that a lot of people are asking is, "Where did those 20 million votes go?!" They didn't go to Trump, and they didn't go to any of the minor party candidates. Didn't those people know that this election is the most important election of our lifetime? (apparently not) Do they not think Trump is as evil now as he was in 2020? (again no) Are those people so lazy that they can't be bothered to vote this time? (maybe) Did twenty million people just suddenly not care about democracy? (I suppose it's possible) It's like those votes just VANISHED into thin air! It's almost like those votes never existed in the first place.

You might think at this point I'm going to go to some conspiracy theory to explain the discrepancy, but I'm not. The truth is a lot more disturbing. Jon Stewert of the Daily Show went on the streets of New York the day after the election and asked people if they were going to vote today, many people said that they were and all of them had no idea that the election was over! So, I'm thinking those 20 million people stayed home because they didn't know there was an election on Tuesday! Kamala didn't do enough to get the chronologically challenged voters out to the polls, and it cost her the election!

Yeah

[Verse 1]

Nothing is quiet on Election Day

A nervous world gets underway

They want to frighten you, frighten you night and day

Nothing changes on Election Day

On Election Day

[Chorus]

They will be scaring you again

They will be scaring you again

[Verse 2]

although the sky is clear

A crowd has gathered in hope and fear

The Enlighted, the chosen few

The newspaper says, says

[Pre-Chorus]

Say it's true, it's true

if you want to break through

vote with us and

We can be one

[Chorus]

They will be scaring you again

They will be scaring you again

[Post-Chorus]

Yeah, oh, oh-oh-oh

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh, maybe the time is right

Oh, maybe tonight

[Chorus]

They will be scaring you again

They will be scaring you again

[Verse 3]

And so we're told we better get in line

Trust in the process, it will all be fine

They want to frighten you, frighten you night and day

But nothing changes on Election Day

[Outro]

on Election Day

on Election Day

on Election Day

As I peruse posts regarding gender relations. I have noticed a reoccurring theme, and that theme is bad behavior. Regardless of whether you are male or female, if you are putting up with bad behavior, according to the wisdom of the internet, you are a moron who has no self-respect.

You want to talk about love, get out of here with that nonsense! The important thing in a relationship is how you personally benefit from it and if you are pouring in emotional labor with no payoff, you are being horribly abused. Don't expect anyone to feel sorry for you though, you're the one who is putting up with it.

In an age where we have moved past merely surviving, it's about quality of life and if your partner is emotionally abusing you, that's no life! The internet teaches us that people will do the absolute bare minimum to get what they want and if you let them get away with that, you deserve the hell you have put yourself through. All the red flags where there, you just chose to ignore them because you're projecting your fantasy on someone who only wants to take advantage of you.

In a world where the media sells us fantasies, you need to stop believing the lie that people care about you. You need to stop believing the lie that your "person" is out there waiting for you to find them. The only thing your "person" is interested in is sucking the life out of you and consuming all your resources.

Wow, that went downhill fast. Anyway, maybe you are not reading the same stuff I am but if you are, you are probably looking for a bridge to jump off of. Hopefully there are none close by. Through all the disillusionment there is some truth to be found, but the road to get there is as depressing as hell.

The Democratic Party used to be the party of liberals. The Democratic Party used to be the party of unions and workers. The Democratic party used to be the anti-war party. It's not anymore.

Democrats used to be for free speech. Now they cheer censorship. Why is that? It's not that hard to understand. When you're the ones in power, you want everyone else to shut the hell up. You don't want people questioning your actions and motives. You don't want to be held accountable for your crappy decisions.