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Why You Should Believe in Spiritual Attacks — and Why You Don’t
Strategy Published May 2, 2026

Why You Should Believe in Spiritual Attacks — and Why You Don’t

Read to the End. The Best Part Is Near the End — and It's Going to Sting.

The average straight man is so ignorant about metaphysical matters that it borders on the clinically bizarre. That's not rhetorical exaggeration — it's a diagnosis.

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Why Every Man Is Attracted to Young, Beautiful Women (And Why That’s OK)
Biology & Evolution Published March 15, 2026

Why Every Man Is Attracted to Young, Beautiful Women (And Why That’s OK)

The preference is hardcoded. What changes is how much he lets it show — because social conventions punish men who verbalize the obvious.

Men from age 16 to 80 don't change — they will always choose, within their range of options, the youngest and most beautiful women available. It's not a fetish. It's evolutionary calibration for fertility.

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The First Date Is a Farce — Here’s What to Do Instead
Strategy Published March 11, 2026

The First Date Is a Farce — Here’s What to Do Instead

Dinner, wine, conversation, questions about each other's dreams. You think you're building connection. She's running an evaluation protocol.

The first date as most men imagine it — two people getting to know each other honestly — doesn't exist. What exists is an information-gathering asymmetry that you need to understand before you walk in.

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The Age Map: How Women’s Strategy Shifts Across Their Reproductive Window
Behavioral Analysis Published March 7, 2026

The Age Map: How Women’s Strategy Shifts Across Their Reproductive Window

At 20 she wants somewhat rich and gorgeous. At 30, rich and reasonably good-looking. At 40, very rich and 'cute enough.' This isn't cynicism — it's the biological algorithm, in plain text.

Women don't change what they want. They change what they can get. That's the entire age map in one sentence.

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Kind Women vs. Arrogant Women: Know the Difference and Brace Yourself
Behavioral Analysis Published March 3, 2026

Kind Women vs. Arrogant Women: Know the Difference and Brace Yourself

They're both attractive. They're both dangerous. The costs are just different — and knowing which one you're dealing with changes everything.

The arrogant one will make you question your sanity every week until you finally walk away. The kind one will make you question the exit for years after you already left.

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