MGTOWs Should Cut The Cable!

For Us MGTOWs...

TV bombards us with anti-male propaganda.
"Men are idiots... Men should be happy for women to pick their pockets... Men should be subject to physical violence from women with no recourse..." The list goes on.

Why on earth should I pay for this?

The fact is, that every cable subscriber is paying for this!

Yes, you are paying for shows that you don't watch. You are paying for commercials and shows - all of them - that make men into dupes, walking ATMs, and punching bags. It doesn't matter if you watch them or not. You are paying for them.

Your subscription dollars go to everything on cable. Everything.

For Married MRAs...

I have an acquaintance who tells me her family spends about $120 per month on cable. That's $1,440 per year that could be in the family pocket.

She has two kids in the early years of grade school. What will those kids look back on as fond memories? Will it be things they did with Mom and Dad, or will it be TV shows they saw?

My advice to her, and all moms and dads is to spend time with your kids and skimp on the TV!! Use that savings for camping in state parks (best family times ever), picnics, days at the beach, or playing cards and board games around the kitchen table.

Dad, mom, they're never too young to learn poker, bridge, hearts, Monopoly, Parcheesi, chess ... and they will be glad they did.

Mom, teach them the basics of cooking from a recipe, how to do laundry, other college and real life survival skills.

That's what your kids will remember as the happy times.

Nobody remembers the TV show they saw in third grade. We all (we lucky ones) remember the rummy games around the campfire in front of the rented camper van.

One MGHOW's Answer...

What I did is cut my cable, use the first month's savings to put up an outside antenna, and watch 'free' TV. On top of that, I have the internet, various streaming TV sites, and DVDs from the library, RedBox, and Amazon. Between them, they offer more video entertainment than I can consume.
I have a few (only a few) favorite TV shows. I wait one day and watch them over the internet. The keepers, I buy the DVD sets.

Sporting events?

You got me there. I join a group and watch whatever the game is at someone's man cave on their giant screen. We drink too much and eat lots of junk food. We all chip in, so Mr. Man Cave eats and drinks for free -- thus, the karma is balanced.

Mostly, we hang out and do the male bonding thing. Otherwise, all I care about is the point spread, which will be on the internet news a minute after the game is over.

Most games aren't worth my time -- the point spread is all that matters really. We're all better off if I stay home and play fetch with my dog. It's less fattening, and I'm not in danger of a DUI ticket.

Cut the cable!

How Not to Be Poor

Dr. Helen Smith offers good advice that works in the real world. 

How Not to Be Poor
 http://pjmedia.com/drhelen/2014/09/29/how-not-to-be-poor/?singlepage=true

I've tried it both ways, and my life experience has taught me this:

•  It is better to be frugal than to spend freely. 

• I am never sorry to have money in the bank. 

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Update

A reader asked, what do I do for income?  

Thanks for the interest!   My income comes from rental properties and "passive income" from the stock market.  I don't have a day job anymore.  I did once and used it to fund my real estate and stocks.

Are They Corrupt Bastards? Or, were their parents married?

Fired Fed Reserve Employee Secretly Recorded Hours of Meetings — Now She’s Unveiling the So-Called ‘Ray Rice Video for the Financial Sector’
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/09/26/fired-federal-reserve-employee-secretly-recorded-hours-of-meetings-now-shes-unveiling-the-ray-rice-video-for-the-financial-sector/

Not A MGTOW - not even close.

Hillary Clinton on How to Close the Business Gender Gap

http://www.wired.com/2014/09/hillary-clinton-gender-gap/

This is so wrong in so many ways. I'll just say to Hillary - as though she was reading this - "the culture that pervades the American workplace" has changed. It has been thoroughly feminized. You've won. You are whipping a dead horse.

MGTOW Economics

Enjoy the Decline!

Ignore the government published indicators: The economy is contracting. This is bad. 

Marc Faber: McDonald’s tells us why the market will collapse

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101993395

Faber has an excellent point. If people are cutting McDonald's out of their budgets, then they must be strapped for cash. The rest follows.


By the way, the Consumer Price Index does not track food prices or energy prices (for some reason). The CPI looks good in the news, but we little people have to obey our wallets -- and looks don't count.


If you don't trust government indicators (and you shouldn't), then become familiar with

Shadow Stats http://www.shadowstats.com/

 

Take a look at his numbers for GDP, inflation and unemployment. Compare and contrast with what you see on the TV news.  Actually, he does the comparing for us.


Get a copy of Enjoy the Decline or Bachelor Pad Economics from Captain Capitalism. You'll find a link in the right sidebar. Read up.

MGTOW Personal Finance

I'm going to start using cash more and more, even if I have to stop at the bank before going shopping. I used my card at Home Depot only a week before all this started:

UPDATE 2-Home Depot in contact with Secret Service over alleged breach -source http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/04/usa-homedepot-dataprotection-idUSL1N0R517720140904

The convenience is not worth the risk.

Stock Analysis For Dummies Like Me
Are you going to buy stocks? Read this first:

Yet Another Reason the Stock Market Is Overvalued

http://captaincapitalism.blogspot.com/2014/09/yet-another-reason-stock-market-is.html

This puts a whole new meaning on Enjoy The Decline.


The subject is still internet security, only not the financial kind: 
 

Leaked nude photos of Lawrence, Upton headed to art gallery http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/09/04/jennifer-lawrence-kate-upton-nude-photos-art-gallery/15069325/

"We share our secrets with technology," said XVALA. "And when we do, our privacy becomes accessible to others."

The Economics of Sex and MGTOW

A series of links lead me to this video,

The Economics of Sex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToS4zoYcJnk#t=37

In my view, everything we do is a form of economic transaction, meaning we trade our time or money for something we want.  Here are three examples:

• We spend a day hanging out with friends, and trade time for companionship.
  
• We spend a day at work, and trade time for wages.
  
• We trade our wages for the latest video game.
  

You get the idea.

Was the trade a good one? That is the same as asking if the cost was worth the benefit. This brings me to Men Going Their Own Way:

Is marriage worth the cost under today's laws and social customs?

Is dating worth its cost?

Are you better off spending your time working out and enjoying a hobby, or going club hopping?

Which costs less time and money and provides a greater benefit in the form of getting laid, (1) club hopping, or (2) hiring a high quality escort?

We live in a world where men are literally robbed by the courts because a wife or girlfriend decided to use the legal system against them. Is the risk (which is a form of cost) worth the benefit of female companionship?

Whatever choices you make in your life, I hope the cost/benefit ratio always comes out in your favor.

MGTOW Cooking - Part 2.

Part 1 was posted Friday, August 15, 2014.

The doctors call it "24 hour bug." I used to get it a few times a year. Not anymore - I haven't had a case in six years.

I used to eat in restaurants 7 days a week. Because of a change in my circumstances (living too far from town for a while), I started cooking for myself. My cases of "24 hour bug" stopped happening. It took a while to connect all the dots, but when I did, I stopped going to restaurants, except on special occasions with family or friends. No more casual grab-a-meal dining.

I looked up "cooking" on YouTube and got "About 7,680,000 results." Whatever you can think of, and a million things you haven't, it's in there somewhere.

Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cooking

 

There is another item to add to the plus side of the list. I get a true sense of accomplishment from cooking. I like mastering a new recipe. I like cooking old favorites.

I cook from scratch. I cook fancy frozen entrees from the upscale supermarkets. I cook from cans and packages stowed away in my pantry. The fridge is full of leftovers waiting for those days when cooking from scratch isn't convenient.

Cooking for yourself saves time and money, and it provides satisfaction. Win-win.

Economics of MGTOW

Recently a friend emailed this to me: 
 

Apparently it has gotten so bad in the dating/marriage industry that women know that it's going on. But because of their feminist group think they won't change any of the laws (women are like a Union, as Robert DiNiro said in "Taxi Driver"). 

MGTOW will start to hit the economy. As I told Sandman let's say a 30 year old guy goes MGTOW. Guess who losses:

1. Car dealers. He does not need to buy a BMW to impress a women, he can drive an old car

2. Dating coaches

3. Clothing stores (doesn't need expensive clothes, except to meet the workplace dress code).

4. All the merchants who benefit from Valentine's Day [My friend omitted birthdays, anniversaries, Xmas, New Years, all those other occasions we buy crap for. -WM]

5. The marriage and honeymoon industry (engagement rings, wedding rings, reception, honeymoon) (Maybe $25,000 right there, maybe more)

6. The industries that make stuff for kids

7. Finally, the divorce industry (lawyers, counselors, the need for 2 homes etc).

Just those 7 items alone from one guy going MGTOW probably takes $400,000 or more out of the consumer economy and put it in the man's pocket. I think that is why MGTOW worries society. What do you think?

This is my reply: 
 

You are right about the economic impact of course. I don't think that's what worries most feminists. After all, the ones who put themselves on YouTube don't seem capable of simple arithmetic, let alone economic analysis. Frankly, I'm surprised they can tie their own shoes and not make messes in people's houses. 

I think they are worried about a large group that has gotten out from under the feminist thumb. These feminists are people who are doing a piss poor job of running their own lives, so they devote themselves to running ours. Too bad for them, we aren't sitting still for that.

Bachelor Pad Economics - a book review.

Bachelor Pad Economics by Aaron Clarey.

Available in paperback and Kindle e-book.

ISBN: 9781494463182 ; 1494463180

Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Bachelor-Pad-Economics-Financial-Advice/dp/1494463180/

Other books by Aaron Clarey http://www.amazon.com/Aaron-Clarey/e/B00J1ZC350/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

Aaron Clarey's blog is Captain Capitalism http://captaincapitalism.blogspot.com/

The Amazon blurb says:

“Bachelor Pad Economics” is THE financial advice bible for men…and any women who are bold enough to read it!

Good Advice. 
The book is an encyclopedia of economic advice. Up until now, we had to learn these things the hard way - by making stupid mistakes and losing money and time. Some of us suffered serious harm because we didn't have the information in this book.

The book is over 500 pages long with 15 chapters and an extensive list of resources. There is too much to cover in detail, so I'm focusing on three topics close to my heart. (You will find the Table of Contents at the end.)

First, read the introduction, How to Read this Book, and then read Chapter 3 - Philosophy. After that, skip around as necessity and interest guide you.

Education. Chapter 4. A college education can, and probably will, leave you broke, with debts you cannot escape, and - worst of all - no job prospects. There are ways to get a college education without being shackled to the banks. There are jobs that do not require degrees, jobs which pay better than those that do.

Do you have a white collar office job? The guy who fixes your car makes more than your boss, and Mr. Mechanic didn't rack up a ton of college loan debt getting there.


Girls. Chapter 7. No matter how you cut it, men have a relationship of some sort with women. We all have a mother, no exceptions. If you are a hermit, your relationship is abstinence. If you are a pick up artist, you're heavily involved. A MGTOW can be anywhere between these extremes.

The question addressed in the book is: How does it affect you economically? A hermit has it lots cheaper than a club hopping PUA. Both have a better shot at financial solvency than a married man with children heading toward the inevitable divorce.

If you decide to go PUA, this chapter has all the how-to info you need - not what you'd expect in a book with "Economics" in the title.

[A personal aside: I wouldn’t want the PUA's chances for catching an incurable disease - or getting brought up on false rape charges. I'm not sure getting laid is worth an STD. In fact, I’ve tried it both ways, more than once, and I prefer disease-free. Likewise, I'd prefer to live a long and peaceful life without defending myself in court. -WM]


Housing and transportation. Chapters 8 & 9. For most people, our biggest expenses (before retirement) will be paying for where we live and our cars. In here you'll learn how to live and drive without getting skinned alive.


Retirement. Chapter 15 - End of Life Planning. The day may come when you are too old to work, or just plain sick and tired of it. You need to support yourself. Maybe you want to "retire" young (I did). How are you going to do it?

By the way, if you spend the last year of your life in a hospital bed stuck full of tubes, then this will cost you more than most people's houses. Your widow and orphaned children will be left with a mountain of your debts, and your last memories will be of a living hell.


My recommendation: Buy Bachelor Pad Economics.
Consult this book before doing anything important.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

How to Read this Book (mandatory)

1. Leaderless, Guideless, and Adrift

2. Philosophy

3. The Basics

4. Education

5. Career

6. Entrepreneurship

7. Girls

8. Housing and Lodging

9. Cars and Transportation

10. Maintenance and Repair

11. Investing and Retirement Planning

12. Wife and Kids

13. Legal

14. Economics

15. End of Life Planning

Resources

Thanks and Sponsors

The more money you spend on trivia, the less you will have for things that matter.  Do you like beer, cigars, motorcycles, bar hopping, PUA-ing, any of life's little luxuries?  That money's gotta come from somewhere!
 
How to Live Cheaply - Wikihow http://www.wikihow.com/Live-Cheaply

• Cook for yourself.
  
• Move to inexpensive housing.
  
• Move to an area with low cost of living.
  
• Save on bills.
  
• Have fun for less money
  
• Prioritize - make good choices
  

Cable is a special beef of mine. 

Cut Your Cable! Cable TV is costing you money (of course), costing you time (something you can never get back), and causing depression in many people (maybe you). You can always get DVDs or download shows you really love, and it will be cheaper and free of commercials.

No worries! The sports news will be on the internet, broadcast TV, and radio. So will the regular news and weather. Cut the cable. It's a ripoff. 

Fun Project: For a real eye opener, hunt YouTube and blogs for cable horror stories.  First they pick your pocket, then they heap abuse on you.  Don't be a sucker. 

Good blog:

The Economics of Marriage http://www.mgtowhq.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2219 There are several other threads hosted on this blog that cover cheap living. 

 

Learn about economics from an expert:

Captain Capitalism http://captaincapitalism.blogspot.com/