JiminyCricket

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I'm not going to say X person is a narcissist when they're not my client and I'm only seeing a Twitter/X clip of their podcast.

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Sure, it would be irresponsible to label someone from a two minute clip but that wasn't my argument. My point was that we clearly have a cultural issue amongst women, which you and I have common ground on. I'll take you at your word that you do your part in speaking out, which is a good thing. Going all the way back to the original guy's point though, we need more people that are willing to tell women the truth because the modern western woman is getting exponentially more of the call her daddy type messaging than they are getting reality check messaging. I'll use Dave Chappelle as a reference here when he said in a bit that he had no right to assume a woman was a whore just because of the way she dressed, but she must acknowledge that she was wearing a whore's uniform and some confusion may occur.


Of course, we cannot claim someone is a narcissist from a brief encounter, but is it all that unfair to claim that modern western female culture sure seems to have them acting like they are? Or perhaps would it be more fair to say that modern western female culture encourages behaviors that make women appear to be narcissistic?

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Maybe stop trying to fix her problems and listen

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I mean, you're not going to be able to say by someone's singular podcast that they meet the criteria and that if causes a clinical level of dysfunction.

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Of course not, but would you agree that a particular part of mass media that is consumed at the highest rate in the world by a certain demographic that is based largely in giving advice that is of the nature that was in the clip, that certainly could be relevant when discussing the cultural approach to relationships and reality of mindset of the modern western woman?


Would you agree that the current narratives being pushed in significant manners such as the ones in the clip are having, at least some degree of impact, on the approach women are taking to this case?

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therapy is a fricking scam

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Ehhh, idk that I'd go that far.

I don’t understand the failure to launch thing.


“Hey, you gotta go. You can’t live here. Get a job or be hungry.”

TBH, your list sounds a lot like the modern tik tok influencer. Like, every single one of the things on that list can be observed.


1) Call her daddy is the #1 global female focused podcast and it frequently focuses on finding high value men and hardly never focuses on what the females bring to the table. How much more self important can you be than to believe someone else must bring elite traits to simply have the luxury of being with you, even if you bring nothing but yourself to the table in return?

2) How many women have found themselves preoccupied with the sex and the city, corner office, corporate climber lifestyle? Terms like boss bitch, girl boss, high value woman have become pervasive. Is that not a preoccupation?

3) See point 1. How many overweight women who don't work, cook, clean, or really do much of anything are supported and told they are queens and beautiful the way they are and he's the problem if he doesn't see it? Seems like an unrealistic view of being special to me.

4) Are we going to pretend that thirst traps and posts for attention that require multiple steps, including a tripod, aren't a glaring attention seeking behavior and a quest for admiration?


5) See points 1 & 3. Why are you entitled to a high value man, (6 feet, 6 figures, 6 inches) when you bring nothing of value in return? Why should men protect you at their own perile? Why should you get a seat if the bus is full? Why should I get up to let you sit? Why do you get the lifeboat and I have to drown? Why do I have to sign up for the draft and you don't? All seems pretty entitled.


6) Exploiting others like accusing men of sexual crimes as a means of extortion or using marriage laws to manipulate men in divorce proceedings to finance your lifestlye even if you blew up the marriage?

7) See above points 1,3 & 6

8) We going to pretend women aren't catty and messy with each other?

9) Honestly, the whole list covers this one.




All in all, there's a reason why so many women, some estimates are close to half, are projected to be single in their prime marriage years in the coming decade. The modern woman not only exhibits most of these traits, but they actually celebrate and push them culturally.

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Honestly, they're not.

People, especially on social media, throw around the term narcissist a lot when talking about people that they don't like or feel like have wronged them. The clinical definition is a lot more complex than that.

Just like if someone likes to clean a lot it doesn't mean they meet the clinical threshold of OCD. But people will say, "I have a little OCD". Same thing.

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If the clinical definition is

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Clinically, narcissism is defined as a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, an excessive need for admiration, and a profound lack of empathy

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These people would have traits such as an unrealistic view of self and inflated self importance, an unhealthy need to be told that they're wonderful and they don't tend to care about the feelings and point of view of others.


Can you explain to me how a self absorbed a-hole doesn't pretty much cover that or are you disputing the definition?

I mean.......

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Clinically, narcissism is defined as a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, an excessive need for admiration, and a profound lack of empathy

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self-absorbed assholes.

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The two terms seem pretty close tbh.

Yep, that's pretty peak attention seeking behavior imo. I'm so enraged and out of control that I'm going to go through a 5-6 step process to record and post my outburst to socials. It's very weird.

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Oh man. This is not small news.

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I haven't been plugged in to the Iran situation recently so maybe this is a dumb question but is it basically coming down to.....

1) Iran betting that American sentiment will turn so much that it becomes politically radioactive for the US to continue it's presence

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2) The US waiting for it's sanctions and actions like the UAE has taken here to economically cripple the IRGC and we'll see who blinks first?