wussification!
so my sister brought up a book that i kind of want to get now, it’s called “in fifty years we’ll all be chicks” by adam carolla. subtitle: “the pussification of america”.
isn’t this true? coming from a small-ish guy who wasn’t exactly built to compete with the taller, more muscular and athletic people out there, are we all becoming wusses? maybe i just hang out with too many engineers and nerds- or ahem, smart people who actually made it places with intelligence, and so my sample size is skewed. we don’t rely on brute strength (which is a quality of manliness that i’m focusing on at the moment) since we have other means for survival and well-being.
but even then, brute strength is not the opposite of being a wuss. (i’m using wuss instead of pussy for some reasons. like, not being comfortable enough to type “pussy” repeatedly even in a blog post) it’s more of a mentality thing. looking down a challenge and going after it, or refusing to lie down… that’s more like it. and hey, although brute strength is probably one of the more visible means of conveying your toughness and willpower, there’s definitely a lot of it present in the life of a nerd.
but yeah, if you’re going to go all pretty-boy-korean-popstar shit and sing songs in high-pitched voices, then forget it. and on that topic, wouldn’t it be hilarious if justin bieber did a 180 and actually became a man? i think the universe would collapse.
