Only time will tell

As Roosh discusses in the video, if you had told him what his future held, he'd have not taken the traveler from the future seriously.

In the male socio-sexual parlance as coined by Vox Day, gammas are fixated on proving their worth, but the manner in which they go about doing it only highlights how little they really have, because of the dynamic of time. Gammas simply don't have the patience to put in the hard work and then await proper recognition. It's not that they can't do the work, but that they want the recognition well before it's deserved. and when they don't get what they want, instead of "well I'll show you" vengeance-based display of genuine competence, they simply melt down emotionally.

Instead of fulfilling their claims, they declare in a huff that it would be a waste of time, which is what makes them a waste of time.

A delta, on the other hand, wants to put in the hard work first and is only jilted after they've already demonstrated competence and yet are still not recognized for having done a good job. The response for the delta is not an emotional outburst, however, but a concern that maybe the job wasn't done as well as they thought. Maybe there was something they missed or forgot.

The problem is that a delta can come across like a gamma when they don't understand what an actual demonstration of worth looks like. Instead of pursuing skills in things that are genuinely useful, deltas can be derailed into counter-productive behavior by existing gammas who insist that the delta who learns to act like a gamma will be super successful! The delta, in a Dunning-Kruger moment, does not immediately understand how wrong this is, and sets himself towards mastering the art of the gamma, and is thus jilted when realizing that they had invested in their own self-destruction.

To unlearn and relearn takes time, and thus why so few gammas, whether genuine or synthetic, rarely escape their own mental traps. Pride based in skills, even which hurt the practitioner, is a hard thing to overcome.

So, what does that have to do with Roosh and his book for women?

At a certain point in time, people can be right or wrong. A delta can act like a gamma. A gamma can fool someone into thinking they're an alpha. An alpha can net a high quality sexual partner. These behaviors describe moments in time, but moments alone don't tell us everything, thus the byline of this blog.

Roosh is a man who has learned lessons the hard way, over time, because nobody told him the truths that he now understands at a deep and intimate level. Better yet, he's trying to be a father-like figure, or at least a passive mentor, to try and share these discovered truths with others so that they can make better choices earlier in life, to avoid reinventing the wheel, to avoid creating further damage that the behaviors he engaged in for over a decade can cause in society.

Over time, what was before almost always changes, and yet how it changes tells us more about an individual than what they were at any one point in time. The trajectory of life is more significant than where it started from, or even how long anyone has been on a path.

Some people follow a path based on fate, a passive submission to whatever life throws at them. Others are much more intentional, seeking to shift the odds in favor of an outcome or circumstance they think desirable. Others still submit to those who may not know where an individual should try to reach, what destination they should strive for, but they can provide skills so that when that journey begins, the individual is well equipped to deal with all they will face.

In Christianity, this process is referred to as sanctification, and what matters most isn't how quickly you got on that path, but that you're even walking that path at all, because only those whose eternal fate has already been reconciled with God stay on that path over time.

There are times when Christians stumble, or are led astray, but if they've truly been saved, they can and will always return to that path.

Due to the obvious material consequences of Christian morality, it is possible for those who have not yet been saved to mimic this walk. To try and brute force the changes in their life, to find some way to emulate the same results, albeit by any other process than having bent the knee to Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

And while they can walk that path for a while, it won't last. In due time, the fruits of their labor are exposed, their true priorities laid bare, their genuine allegiance made clear, such that on judgment day, only those who have remained ignorant of what Jesus taught as recorded in Matthew 7 will be surprised by the final roster.

Roosh is on a path that leads to the most important decision in his life, he is searching out truths and actively investing in change to his mortal benefit, and we can pray that he also chooses eternally as well, but either way, his change and his current efforts are just a point in time. Today he's releasing a book, but what of tomorrow?

What path will he keep walking? Will he draw on the strength of Jesus Christ to continue resisting the temptations of the flesh, to truly conquer sin in his life, or will he succumb to the desires of this life?

In the same manner, will a gamma shut up and just do their job?

Will a delta who has been misled swallow their pride and admit they were wrong?

There is but one source of change which supersedes all others, and that's Jesus Christ. With Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we can remain on the path of sanctification, and in time the results will be glorious and magnificent, even if we can't see them now, or only get to witness them in eternity.

Do not let what someone was yesterday define who they can be today, and yet do not forget who they were yesterday either, because it is what they are in the moment, and the context that moment in time, that truly reveals to us who someone really is.

Synthetic replacements don't satisfy

I am currently playing a video game where you can breed creatures and you can try to select for certain traits to make them better at performing certain roles.

For the time and effort, I could probably be breeding castor rex rabbits instead. Selling or crafting pelts, eating their meat, and also lowering the costs in switching my dog to a raw meat diet.

I am not doing that though, and the game activity has started to drag.

From a perspective of relaxation and entertainment, there isn't an issue, the game is well made, but there won't really ever be much of a tangible legacy for all of my efforts. I can certainly pass on the game, or share stories about experiences in achieving what I do, but as far as an impact in the "real world"? Negligible at best.

So I think that, should I continue playing it, I should find a way to make it "do work" for me. Perhaps streaming, running a parallel video channel and a blog, or something like that. Presuming that people keep playing the game, folks are always searching for quality content relevant to their interests, and in this fashion a source of my entertainment could also help pay bills.

That said, I've told my bosses for years that I am not fit for a management path. I am great as the guy the manager sends off to get his hands dirty.

From a certain perspective, it is unfortunate that I need such external guidance and direction, especially on the modern beliefs that if we just realize what the root of a problem we face is we'll have the power to fix it ourselves without help.

Best I think I can do right now is to put myself in circumstances where I can try to come alongside someone who already has a direction and needs my support.

I was laughing to myself the other day when I caught myself daydreaming of being recognized as good at my job, by someone I recognize as an expert who knows what they're talking about, and without much fanfare or pomp either.

With respect to a recent Voxiversity video on the male socio-sexual hierarchy, I think that'd put me square in the "delta" camp. That said, I do have a wife and children, so I am just a very blessed delta relative to the plight of most deltas in the modern world. I haven't struggled the way some have, and perhaps that's the reason why I am struggling with motivation and priorities now.

I am trying to appreciate a synthetic replacement to actual animal husbandry with digital animal husbandry, and frankly it keeps inspiring me to just clear a portion of my land, set up a hutch and some cages, and start breeding rabbits.

It doesn't help that I frequently see wild rabbits on my walk in from the parking lot.

I've heard they taste like chicken.