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Pedro Brienza's avatar

Jesus is the only one who's worthy. The man of men. What we hope to be, what we get inspired by. Everything we look up to in these heroes, sigma or not, is just a slice of His greatness as a man. Great Article, brother

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Simple Man's avatar

The most masculine man in history. Glad you enjoyed the article Pedro, God bless you!

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Vito Carlin's avatar

"Human stupidity is limitless." Yes.

"The point is that most trends are fleeting, transitory, meaningless." Yes and yes. 👍💪😎

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Simple Man's avatar

🥂🥂🫡

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Nate Hartley's avatar

Wow this article really spoke to me. You've articulated what I could not.

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Simple Man's avatar

Glad you liked it brother. Thanks for reading, God bless you!

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The Contemplative Thinker's avatar

Hey bro, you’re so damn right, I’m a young male growing up, and I often find me and my friends indulging in these stories and movies, resonating with these characters, you’re so damn right, thanks for shedding some light on this.🙌

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Simple Man's avatar

Thanks for reading brother, I feel you! It's good to always remember not to use them as role models, but turn to Christ instead

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The Contemplative Thinker's avatar

Yeah even though I ain’t Christian, I respect Jesus very much, these guys give lonely men a sort of place to confide in, but it doesn’t help us, no, only God does that

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Probablyalexandra's avatar

You thoughtfully highlighted a major factor of the painful loneliness epidemic “And men accept this proposition, finding in p0rn and casual sex at least a momentary distraction from the longings of their heart.” This distraction is one of the primary factors they may never fulfil their hearts desires. There is also an epidemic of broken women who have been betrayed by their partners use of p0rn. Men need to remember Matthew 5 and first change for Jesus who will give them a new direction and strength which will set them up to find not just the longing they desire through a new life with Christ but also a Godly woman to love them the way the Church loves Christ. Amen!

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Simple Man's avatar

Perfectly said! P0rn really is a massive epidemic, it's a sad sad thing how many young men fall victims to it.

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Max Moclock's avatar

He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. There is no other role model worth seeking. Beautifully written!

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Simple Man's avatar

Glad you liked the article brother, I appreciate you reading! God bless you 👊🏻

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Micheal Banigbe's avatar

Just, Wowo!

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Simple Man's avatar

Glad you liked the article brother!

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Victor's avatar

Wow, this is so well written. How did you learn to write so well?

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Simple Man's avatar

Glad you liked it man! Just practice honestly. Still a long way to go.

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concilium_'s avatar

I always thought about these concepts but were never able to articulate it. Thank you so much, especially for the last part, every man (and women also!) need to hear it.

Continue to ride my friend, you're doing great. Pax et bonum!

P.S. This article is super real ;)

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Simple Man's avatar

Thanks for reading and for the kind words Angelo! God bless you

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Josh's avatar

"a finger in the face of emasculation" - beautiful

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Simple Man's avatar

👊🏻👊🏻🙏🏼

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Travis Robbins's avatar

The way you ended this article was spot on. Jesus is the answer, and the more men, women, boys, and girls can see that, the better off we'll all be, regardless what "kind" of person anyone is.

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Simple Man's avatar

Absolutely right brother. Only one man we should try and imitate and follow, and that is Christ

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Alec Neff's avatar

Very relatable article. I found myself engrossed in characters like this while in a nihilistic stage of my life about 5 years ago. Praise God I was able to dive deeper into the meaninglessness looking for solid ground, and eventually land on Jesus. I still relate to these characters, but in a more empathetic way, knowing that there are many guys out there still longing for something deeper.

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Simple Man's avatar

My process was a very similar one. It's amazing how the search for truth eventually leads to Jesus. Thank you for reading the article and I'm glad you enjoyed it brother!

God bless you

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Tom Oliver's avatar

Excellent article 🙏🏼

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Simple Man's avatar

Thank you Tom! God bless brother

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Guillem Rius's avatar

Very wise insight, Juan. God bless your skill to observe and describe our modern times reality

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Simple Man's avatar

Thanks for the kind words Guillem! Glad the article resonated with you 🙏🏼

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Kevin Paul's avatar

This was very timely to hear. Got tears in my eyes. Thank you.

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Simple Man's avatar

🙏🏻 Glad you liked the article Kevin. Thank you for reading and may God bless you and accompany you. Onwards and upwards!

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Simple Man's avatar

My pleasure! Thank you for reading

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