So today, this 2050 SAT high-school friend of mine, author of a hilariously stupid blog that I've personally been requested to write a review on, decided to change things up a bit on his page. Instead of bragging about yet another encounter with some random chick at the bar/in the gym/on the phone/in his
In 1000 words of unnecessary capitalization, awkward references, and horrific transitions, he basically called out a guy, who happens to be a HEDGE FUND MANAGER (HFM - capitalization my friend's), for being "pussified". If you don't know what that word means, Urban Dictionary is your friend, as it was mine just a few hours ago.
Anyway, my 2050 SAT friend was told by a 770 GMAT friend of his that this HFM guy has been a total slave to his wife, who, from what my friend was told, wasn't nearly as accomplished. The HFM would do anything to please his wife, from cooking for her to rubbing her feet. When he made her sad, she would post pictures of him crying for forgiveness on Facebook.
My friend, being the "gentleman" that he is, or at least claims to be, proceeds to have a few choice words for this HFM guy, while morphing into a defender-of-manliness version of Martin Luther King and calling everyone with a set of balls on this planet to step it up.
(Note: I've probably used more profanities a quarter-of-the-way through this entry than all of my previous ones combined, but only by doing so am I able to reflect the true spirit of my friend's blog post. So if you feel my language here is too vulgar, you're right and I apologize. That won't happen again).
Unsurprisingly, my friend's blog post drew the ire of anti-sexists, feminists, and generally those who have despised his blog for a long time and couldn't wait for a better opportunity to pounce.
These critics, the majority of whom understandably girls/women, felt that they've been offended by my friend's view of women, not just from this very entry but also from the general idea behind his blog. It clearly doesn't help that towards the end of this entry, he was promoting a book with a not-so-appealing-to-feminists title of "The Way of the Superior Man". The casual language he uses in this entry in particular and the blog as a whole isn't exactly feminism-friendly either. All of these, like a perfect storm, added up to some pretty harsh comments on his entry.
To me, though, I don't see a problem with the content of his entry as much as the way he receives and delivers it (gossiping, stalking the girl's Facebook photos, calling people names, etc..). I also don't see how the entry can offend those critics as much as they're making it out to be. Maybe because I'm a guy. But I thought my friend made it pretty clear in the entry that he doesn't look down on "stay-home husbands" as a whole, he's merely frustrated after being told that somehow a guy who made it to HFM level can let himself be controlled by his wife in such disrespectful manners.
It's perfectly fine for the critics to disagree with my friend, but getting that emotional over a harmless blog post? A bit too much.
Let's be clear, even though it may sound like one, this is by no means an attempt to defend this 2050 SAT friend of mine. In fact, I, too, have so many issues with his entry that I don't even know where to start. His concept of a "gentleman" also greatly differs from mine, even moreso after his recent entry, But that doesn't change the fact that I really appreciate how he's never shy of expressing his thoughts.
For a guy who works in the media industry making money by reporting politicians' bullshit, it's safe to say that by this point I've begun to group people who aren't afraid to speak their minds into a list of endangered species that needs to be taken care of. For all his and his blog's flaws, this 2050 SAT friend of mine certainly belongs to that exclusive list. He's earned my respect, regardless of how different our viewpoints are.
Which is exactly why I decided to do what I'm doing, even though lying in bed is by far the much better alternative.
Keep up the hilariously bad yet refreshingly straightforward work, "gent".
