lol is that a satire account? or did this chode really choose tyler durden, a fictional character’s imaginary friend (the guy he wishes he was) as his profile pic?
Which is ironic, because it predicts toxic masculinity 20 years before it became a widespread phenomenon. Andrew Tate is basically Tyler Durden/the narrator in real life.
it predicts toxic masculinity 20 years before it became a widespread phenomenon
20 years before it became a widespread phenomenon
err… toxic masculinity has been mainstream since the beginning of recorded history.
Males in Athens who in adult life willingly submitted to anal penetration were derided as kinaidoi, a term of abuse which had the connotation of effeminacy.
Toxic masculinity has existed for all of recorded human history. Hell, the whole fight club mentality in the movie was basically adults having the same kind of fight culture as high schoolers having fights after school to prove how tough they were to themselves and others.
It did do an excellent job of predicting internet based toxic masculinity, or maybe it was an inspiration for those that didn’t understand the point of the movie.
Eh I’d be open to hearing an argument about how the movie or book comments on the interplay between caustic masculinity and mental illness. I don’t think the script would work without it.
The people who made that movie didn’t understand that movie.
Chuck Palahniuk was very not impressed with the message that movie left with young men. You should read the fight club 2 comic. It expresses his view on the situation very well.
Russia has been strongly suspected to use Tyler Durden in its influence operations to appeal to the US mainstream-to-far right.
All of Zero Hedge’s posts are written under the nom de plume of “Tyler Durden,” the anti-establishment character played by Brad Pitt in the film Fight Club. “We believe that not only should you be comfortable with anonymous speech,” Zero Hedge contends in its “manifesto,” “but that you should be suspicious of any speech that isn’t.” For whatever reason, people seem to go along with this, and it’s a strange sight to see the name of a psychopathic character in a Chuck Palahniuk novel cited as a source in a Congressional Research Service report and a scholarly law review article, or introduced as a guest on Bloomberg radio.
Neither Zero Hedge’s anonymity nor its Bulgarian connections and pro-Kremlin views have turned off some financially savvy readers.
lol is that a satire account? or did this chode really choose tyler durden, a fictional character’s imaginary friend (the guy he wishes he was) as his profile pic?
A lot of people didn’t understand the movie.
Which is ironic, because it predicts toxic masculinity 20 years before it became a widespread phenomenon. Andrew Tate is basically Tyler Durden/the narrator in real life.
err… toxic masculinity has been mainstream since the beginning of recorded history.
-Professor Paul Cartledge
That’s giving Andrew Tate WAY too much credit
Toxic masculinity has existed for all of recorded human history. Hell, the whole fight club mentality in the movie was basically adults having the same kind of fight culture as high schoolers having fights after school to prove how tough they were to themselves and others.
It did do an excellent job of predicting internet based toxic masculinity, or maybe it was an inspiration for those that didn’t understand the point of the movie.
Lol you think fight club is about masculinity and not mental illness?
Hahahahahahahaha
Omg that’s hilarious
Eh I’d be open to hearing an argument about how the movie or book comments on the interplay between caustic masculinity and mental illness. I don’t think the script would work without it.
The people who made that movie didn’t understand that movie.
Chuck Palahniuk was very not impressed with the message that movie left with young men. You should read the fight club 2 comic. It expresses his view on the situation very well.
What do you mean Marla wasn’t real? They would totally let a female into the testicular cancer meetings …
Did you expect an “alpha male” to be a winner?
I expect them to be a wiener
Russia has been strongly suspected to use Tyler Durden in its influence operations to appeal to the US mainstream-to-far right.
Also Chuck Palahniuk wasn’t out to his audience yet, which underlies the UST-as-fraternity that appears between the two characters.
See also Top Gun and this post.