Unpopular opinion ahead
To be quite frank, I find it hard to believe any of you 'converts'. I'm sceptical about how much of it it real and how much of it is just swinging with the pendulum. Guys that were in the PUA game couple of years ago are now deeply religious, and who can tell what new fade they will follow a couple of years from now?
Now I was never into PUA lifestyle, it looked silly and tedious to me to spend your days going out and pulling chicks. I was drawn to RotK and this forum more because of the social commentary stuff and that's mainly why I'm still here, despite the religious U-turn. I was raised as a catholic but I stopped believing like since I was 12 or something and even though I question my lack of faith to this day so far I have not found a reason to believe. Although I do personally subscribe to christian morale and values. What I'm meaning to say that my values and opinions have stayed mostly the same during my adult life and I can say with conviction that they are truly of my own, and that I'm not swayed by peer pressure or the pendulum swinging the other way. So I ask, is this true for all of you as well?
One must admit that there is a trend - you see it on Twitter and other such places. Some of that is just open grifting and trend chasing, but also a lot of it is a real search for deeper meaning. That might manifest as reaching out blindly for
something, but that doesn't mean it's insincere. To be honest, it is a sort of mid-life crisis for a lot of guys, even guys who aren't exactly at mid-life exactly, but who are at an age when in other times they would have already reached certain life milestones (family, etc) but now find themselves eternal adolescents. But, I still don't think that (necessarily) makes it insincere. And this is all just speaking generally, not about anyone on this forum.
I am wondering if anybody thought the PUAs will remain PUAs for life. It was a period in their lives, now it's gone and they're up to something else. Some of them took the God pill, other vanished into oblivion... everybody did what they wanted to do, in the end.
PS:
This article is spot on with this thread.
I never identified as a PUA, but I was a degenerate who oriented his life entirely around travel, partying, b.nging, and to some extent career rather than more transcendent matters. I figured that I could continue doing that until I was fifty years old at least. Not that I was exactly planning or looking forward to that, but it seemed very possible and even "strategically" smart to me (avoiding the marriage minefield, etc). Frankly, I still think strictly speaking I was right - I
could easily do that until I was fifty (lockdown bullshit aside) or beyond and continue to be relatively successful, and in many ways that is a legally and socially more strategic way of running your life. But, living life "strategically" like that is not what leads to real, deep meaning in life. So, I hit the wall.