Kopasea
kiwifarms.net
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- Dec 21, 2021
One hundred percent this. I'll fully admit that I was too much of a man child for too long. I read all sorts of books to try and figure out how I was supposed to be (I grew up in a more academic household). What you said is what I've learned about what "being a man" is. I've been sucker punched by life on a number of occasions, and those incidents shaped me into the person I am today.Masculinity is best learned by example. Many concepts seem good on paper (or sound good), but watching someone have to live it removes much of the artifice. Nick and his ilk are not a good example of masculinity outside of what it means to be a weak man in hard times. If a man has to read a book on how to be a man... he's got a long road ahead of him.
To bring it back to Nick. He hasn't had a sucker punch yet. Based on his reaction to "worst day of his life" and the fact that he references trauma because he moved at age 9, I don't believe he's had a single truly hard moment in his life. He cannot comprehend others not just flitting through life just like he has. As more of his audience realizes this, the chasm between the two will be more fully realized and his audience will slowly melt away.