I'll say this for the guy, at least he's trying something new. Do I think he's been an over the top egomaniac in the past? Sure. But I can't fault someone for stretching out and trying something new. For all the Tucker criticisms here and elsewhere, he hasn't been afraid to try different things, and even when they do poorly, he regroups and tries something else. If I take anything from that guy, I would hope it's that. I wish him luck.
On one hand I have to give him a hand for his persistence and never giving up, but that can be a double edged sword. When is it too much? He's been doing different things but it's all a variation of the same super king of the bar alpha male stuff to me. I used to think it was cool, hence why I started reading the Tucker stuff in the first place, but that was a few years ago.
C'mon, guys. I know it's something of a permanent fad to bash Tucker on here, but the guy is trying something new, giving out a free book, and (from the looks of things now at least) trying to put the whole "fratire" thing behind him. Good for him.
I would agree with you if this doesn't read like it could be straight out of an advanced guide on picking up chicks an enlightened frat guy sent to his buddies after taking Psychology 101. Tucker and I are complete opposites in the sense that he only seems to pursue sexual relationships, like that's the pinnacle- the ultimate goal- of the relationship. Obviously I'm probably not going to agree with him right off the bat today. But my point is he's still valuing women only for sex, just with a new website and book, etc. It all seems manipulative and disingenuous in some way too, like there's always got to be some strategy in place. Maybe that's a market that will always exist, and he's just the entrepreneur for it as long as he can keep reinventing himself through different channels. On another note, someone burned the shit out of a bag of popcorn in the break room and the entire office building and warehouse now reeks of acrid burnt popcorn. It is on-par with a high school locker room, could be worse than sitting in a meeting next to the women in accounting that wear enough perfume to choke a parakeet. It reminds me of this one lady that I hated sitting near during church, she was a chain-smoking cat hoarder with bad hygiene. *gag*
This bit in the 'about' section made me literally laugh out loud: 'We believe that most “Pick-up Artists” are sociopathic, bullshit scammers. The PUA scene is not transformational, it’s transactional'. I think we can probably count on one hand how many interactions TM had that weren't transactional. "Come do my laundry and I'll let you fuck me" is one of dozens that come to mind. I have generally avoided the bashing in the last few years, but the hypocrisy of this is fun for someone who claims to be so self aware. Other than that I couldn't give less of a shit what he does, and if the site gets his bills paid, good on him.
Not in relation to Tucker, I just thought this was interesting. "Why criticizing popular things is so popular."
Good timing, since I watched a documentary last night on comedy hecklers and critics. It was released by Jamie Kennedy, who not surprisingly has plenty to say about the subject. A summary of Heckler, from the Wiki page: tl,dr: The internet enables everyone to be an asshole.
I have watched that hecklers and critics thing Jamie Kennedy did and I really enjoyed it. It was great when he took some reviews that were written by critics and confronted them about it. In totally unrelated news I visited my tax guy today and before he showed me my returns he gave me a bottle of whiskey and some Astroglide and said, "You know you are going to have a huge tax bill."
I don't know if Netflix had a weird edit of Heckler but it felt really slapped together without a true direction. It did have some keen insight into the stand up world and critics in general. I forget if any of his critics just asked, "I mean dude, Malibu's Most Wanted?" Drop mic, exit room.
I agree it could have been better organized, but regardless it was very interesting with the various interviews. I was laughing my ass off while the stand-up comics were talking about how they handled hecklers and then it got kind of poignant when they switched to talking about critics.
I don't know, maybe your right. Maybe I'm just being an optimist(that would be a welcome change of pace). It just seems that Tucker's taking the one thing that everyone admits he can do well(get laid) and is trying to expound on that for clueless guys. He's already loaded due to the books, so unless he went all Allen Iverson with his money there's no way he's broke.
That's okay, I just read an article--which I'm pretty sure makes me an expert--about how anal sex can help with hemorrhoids, so you know, enjoy the ride. Not that I have hem....never mind. Anyways, woooo, look at me, not being dead! I hate to brag, but my 2 hour surgery only took an hour and a half. I think I have superpowers or something. I need to do more surgeries so I can impress everyone with my recovery time. I also made an erection joke in there to the nurse as I was getting dressed. A double erection joke actually. Now I just need to will my body to fight off infection, which I'm pretty sure I can do as well. See: superpowers.
I think I missed something here. Did you get a wang? Were you the one with the erection? Was that what the surgery was?