How to be a man
by John Birmingham, Dirk Flinthart · first published 2000
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…of us would write our code, by hand, pen and paper. ("The New York Times crossword puzzle is a form of meditation. But doing it in pen if pencil is available is grandstanding." - Glenn O'Brien, from _How to be a Man_) 3) When one was finished, we would acquire the lock on the terminal from the other teammate, transcribe our code, and hit run with our fingers crossed. No collaboration. No cross-talk. 4) Repeat until…
on ““The Suck” (Learning Anything by Writing It Out by Hand)” ↗…extent of claiming any masculinity at all is negative. This has led to a crisis of young men and boys not knowing how to be men in modern society. At the moment, the strongest voices attempting to define "how to be a man" range from Jordan Peterson to "BAP" to Andrew Tate. That is they range from fairly ordinary "stand up straight, make your bed, work hard" to misogynist vitriol. Thesis: There is a need to provide a…
on “Men are lost. Here’s a map out of the wilderness” ↗