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15 Glorious GIFs For Your Consideration

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Soccer is so much more enjoyable when the players play through contact instead of flopping

 

Laura Derns Mouth in Jurassic Park 

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A robotic saw cutting stone

 

Drunk American Football fan falling from the upper-deck 

 

Meanwhile, on a German highway

 

Formerly blind dog sees owners for the first time 

 

This is what happens when you don’t wear seatbelts

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Jennifer Garner tries to correct Conan’s English

 

Greg Popovich Counts His Rings

 

How is this possible?

 

Drunk Man in Brazil Drives 6km with dead cyclist hanging through his windshield

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That’s how it works…Right?

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The real reason why dinosaurs are extinct

 

Time-lapse of teeth correction with braces

 

Your eyes can hear her accent 

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A Damn Fine Collection Of Fascinating Photos

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Martian Selfie

fascinating photos

 

A Romanian mobster’s estate is raided, four lions and two bears were removed (article)

fascinating photos

 

A Leopard I tank cut in half

fascinating photos

 

Harness invented by a mother helps disabled children walk for the first time

fascinating photos

 

World’s largest underground trampoline

fascinating photos

 

In a giant cave in China, there live 21 families. This cave now contains a basketball court and even a school (article)

fascinating photos

 

The “Telephone Tower” in Stockholm, ca. 1890′s

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Jay Leno’s private garage

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Old church in Transylvania

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Young Mongolian Girl with her Hunting Golden Eagle

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This young man sits on the side of Empire Road in South Africa and instead of begging he provides book reviews. He collects all these books, reads each of them, and provides reviews for people passing by. If you like the review, he will try to sell you the book. This is how he makes a living.

fascinating photos

 

John Cena visits fan with terminal cancer at her home

fascinating photos

 

1,500 Year Old Oak Tree in South Carolina

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Bottle of Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky found frozen under the floorboards of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s hut at Cape Royds on Ross Island, 1907 ($50,000 scotch tasting)

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World War 2 Death Notice 

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This is why you don’t park in front of a fire hydrant

fascinating photos

 

The official statement by President Nixon to be read in case the astronauts were stranded on the Moon – July 18, 1969

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Japanese Visual Multiplication (count the intersections) 

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The difference between farm fresh and supermarket strawberries

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A map of the potential targets for nuclear strikes on the US 

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A crocodile’s eye

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The Ghost Towns Of Fukushima

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Two and a half years after the devastating Japan earthquake and tsunami, as well as the nuclear disaster that followed, killing 19,000 people and displacing more than 300,000, Reuters photographer Damir Sagolj returned to the region to document the lives of those affected by the tragedy. Even today, tens of thousands of survivors live in temporary housing as the area surrounding the nuclear plant remains too contaminated by radiation for residents to return for more than short visits.

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

a gallery of abandoned fukushima towns

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Amazing Pictures From Inside A Nuclear Power Plant

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Heavily guarded and off-limits to the general public, nuclear power plants are not only marvels of modern science, they have the potential to serve as catalysts for an environmental catastrophe.

You need only look back at the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine or the more recent Fukushima accident for proof of the dangers & risks of nuclear power.

But what is it really like to be deep inside a living, breathing nuclear-power plant?

Photographer Luca Zanier has photographed over 50 nuclear-power plants, which are part of his series titled ‘Space and Energy’

He’s taken his camera deep inside their behemoths of industry and innovation, taking shots of reinforced bunker doors, retro control rooms and spiralling storage facilities.

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Rule #1 For Attracting Beautiful Women

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By Mancredible

Why is it that women flock to some men and ignore others?  Is it because of looks, confidence, humor, enthusiasm, personality, status, etc?

Depending on the circumstances and the girl, any one of these ‘reasons’ could be the deciding factor, but that’s not what’s important.  What’s important is that these are all symptoms of something deeper, something more fundamental.  They are the outward expression of a single ‘rule’ for attracting women.

The problem with most dating advice is that it focuses on developing or exhibiting these traits and ignores the actual cause of these traits.  It focuses on ways to ‘fake it’ and get around your inability to attract women. 

Some advice involves lying or making up stories to make you seem more attractive.  Other advice involves various flavors of changing who you are to make a girl like you. 

These methods can work in the short term, but that doesn’t make them right, and in the long term, they usually leave you unhappy because you are rejecting who you really are just so you can get a girl to like you.

The key to becoming attractive is to avoid studying tricks and tactics and work on the inner cause of what makes you an attractive person.

What you really need to attract women

The reason why some men struggle to attract women, or for that matter, anything they want into their lives is thatthey lack a genuine love for who they are.  They don’t respect who they are, they don’t like certain things about themselves, and they don’t even believe that they deserve to have the pleasure of a beautiful, confident woman in their lives.

This is the root of almost all problems men have with women.  If you loved yourself, you would take care of your body, you would exude self confidence, you would be comfortable starting conversations with people, you would be fun to be around, etc.

So, the most important thing you can do for yourself, starting today, is to love who you are. You’ve got to believe that you are valuable and worthy of being loved before any woman will give you the time of day.

Rule #1:  love yourself above any and all women.

I’ve never met anyone who truly loves themselves who is unhappy or unable to attract women.

Why is this rule so important?

If you love yourself, you will be happy and excited about your life, making you a fun person to be around.

If you love yourself, you will be extremely secure and confident in who you are and your ability to deal with what the world throws at you.

If you love yourself, you will not chase after women or compete for them, you will start to attract them into your life because you realize that you are a high value man.  You become the prize that they should seek.

If you love yourself, you won’t let the inevitable rejection bring you down.  You’ll learn and move on.

If you love yourself, you will believe that you deserve happy, fulfilling relationships.

If you love yourself, you will start to see shallow women for what they are and you will naturally become more selective, again, making yourself the prize.

It breeds confidence, security, happiness, and self respect.  It gives you the capacity to love others.  It allows you to share who you are with the world, to freely express yourself, and to give to others because you are no longer worried about what’s in it for you.

You no longer fear rejection because you don’t let the acceptance of others affect whether or not you accept yourself. 

Learn to cultivate a love for yourself, for who you are now and who you want to become, and you will start to see women flock to you in droves.

How do you do it?

I’m sure this makes sense to you, but you’re probably wondering how to accomplish it.  How can you rid yourself of insecurity and become your own biggest fan?

Well, it’s not easy and it will take work…and even then, self doubt will always be lurking nearby waiting to thwart your confidence. You see, nobody ever completely rids themselves of feelings of fear and insecurity, but those who believe in themselves and practice building self confidence, are able to push through these feelings and prove their self worth.

Self love boils down to 2 key steps:  1) Knowing who you want to be and 2) Living in a way that is consistent with who you want to be. 

Challenge

I’d like to leave you with some action steps to take TODAY, to start developing a deep self love that will make you more attractive to women and more successful in life.

1. Accept the things about yourself that you can’t change.  Nobody is perfect.  Everybody has things about themselves that they wish were different.  Luckily, we have control over a lot in our lives and can often turn lemons into lemonade. However, there are some things that we can’t change.  The first key to loving who you are is accepting that which you cannot change.

2. Develop a realistic self image of the person that you want to be in life.  There’s a lot that goes into this, more than is within the scope of this article.  Things like your goals, values, strengths, etc.  What I really want you to think about and work on is the image you have of yourself when you close your eyes and think about who you are.  How do you describe yourself?  Your personality….your looks….your strengths….how do you handle various situations in life…what are your hobbies and interests…..what are your habits… Be able to answer these questions.

3. Come up with a list of actions that you need to do on a regular basis to support your ideal self image.   If part of your self-image is that you want to be strong, one of your actions should be to go to the gym or to learn more about what it takes to be strong.  If part of your self-image is that you want to be a leader, find ways that you can step up and lead something or learn more about becoming a leader.  If you want to influence others, an action might be that you need to start expressing your ideas to others.  If you want to be a ladies’ man, get out and start meeting women.  Whatever traits you want to exhibit, make a list of actions that support these traits.

4. Remind yourself everyday of your ideal self image and then get out there and actually DO things that support that self image.  Be the person you want to be. Over time, if you believe in that image of yourself and do things to support it, you will become that person, that ideal version of yourself.

Once you do these things and start living a life that you are proud of, you will develop strong self love.  You will be so focused on living the way you want to live that you won’t even care what some girl thinks about you.  This confidence and zest for life will make you irresistible to women.

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Awesome Stuff Around The Internet

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17 Reasons Why Emily Ratajkowski will be the most talked about woman of 2014 – Guyism

Your awesome pics and videos of the day – Ned Hardy

Selfie Nation: The Sexiest Self Shot Girls – Crowd Ignite

Yoga Pants Were Made For These Girls – Knowd

Japanese Grandmother Looks 20. Guess Her Real Age – Leenks

Kim Kardashian Stole Kylie’s Bikini! (Photos) – Linkiest

A damn fine collection of hot redheads – Bro My God

Kaley Cuoco Out In Just A Bra And Yoga Pants – Celeb Jihad

Lady Gaga gets puked on at SXSW (video) – Drunken Stepfather

Maria Menounos in Her Star Trek Outfit at SiriusXM – G-Celeb

amn I wouldn’t mind coming home to this everday – Double Viking

The Sexiest Social Media Pics of the Week – Celeb Slam

Some Ladies Just Love To Show Off Their Underwear (15 Pics) – Regretful Morning

Hooters, the #1 Restaurant in America (39 Pics) – Radass

My, What Large Personalities You Have – Classy Bro

The 10 Greatest Championship Trophies in Sports – Total Pro Sports

The 20 Most Google Women According To Google – World Wide Interweb

Stephanie is your hot college coed of the day – Big 10 Tens

The internet is so majestic and awesome and full of unicorns and sh!t (37 Photos) – Bad Sentinel

Bizarre Phobias That People Actually Have – Barnorama

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Emilie Is Absolutely Beautiful

A Crap-Load Of Sets From This Year’s EDC Festival In Las Vegas

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If you weren’t able to attend this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, you missed out on arguably the greatest EDM festival the world has to offer. Don’t get down on yourself too much though, it comes back in 360 days and fortunately for us, some awesome individual recorded and uploaded a shit load of sets from the event. My recommendations for your listening pleasure would be Martinez Brothers, Seven Lions, Diplo, ETC! ETC!, Yellow Claw, 3LAU, Clockwork, What So Not, Ed Rush & Optical and Protohype. Enjoy!

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26 Signs That It’s Too Freaking Hot Outside!

Now You Can Fully Live Out Your Drug Kingpin Fantasies, The Scarface House Is Up For Sale!

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Want to live like Tony Montana? Got an extra $35 Million laying around? Well then say hello to my little mansion! The house that was used for the exterior scenes in the 1983 Al Pacino classic "Scarface" is available for someone just like you! Interestingly, Tony Montana’s house is not in Miami, like you would assume. The Scarface house is located in Santa Barbara, California which is just two hours north of Los Angeles. Known as "Little Paradise" or "El Fureidis", the address of the house is 631 Para Grande Ln, Santa Barbara. Located on a 10 acre private estate, Tony Montana’s mansion has five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, six levels of cascading pools, fountains, spas and a magnificent guest house.

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13 Handicapped Animals Who Aren’t Letting Their Disability Hold Them Back

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Chris P. Bacon

Chris P. Bacon

Chris P. Bacon, pictured February 12, 2013, at Eastside Veterinary Hospital in Clermont, Florida, was born without the use of his hind legs. Last month, the pig’s owner turned the piglet over to a Clermont vet who decided to help the little guy. Dr. Len Lucero took the pig home and made a wheelchair for him using toy parts. (Photo by Tom Benitez/Orlando Sentinel/MCT)

 

Hoppa

Hoppa

Hoppa, a four-year-old mixed breed dog born without front legs, uses a prosthetic device to walk outside in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv February 28, 2010. The device was invented especially for Hoppa by a animal-loving art student, who hopes his wheeling device will improve the lives of pets born with abnormalities or with amputated limbs. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)

Snow

Snow

Martin Kaufmann, owner and founder of OrthoPets, looks over a former stray dog named Snow who had to have a right foot amputated to prepare for her artificial leg and foot in Denver February 20, 2013. OrthoPets creates prosthetics for animals. (Photo by Rick Wilking/Reuters)

Naki’o

Naki'o

Naki’o, a mixed-breed dog with four prosthetic devices, goes for a run in Colorado Springs April 12, 2013. Naki’o lost all four feet to frostbite when he was abandoned as a puppy in a foreclosed home. (Photo by Rick Wilking/Reuters)

Naki'o

Naki'o

Hope

Hope

A Yorkshire Terrier named Hope shows off her uni-wheel attached to a doggie vest in Longmont, Colorado April 21, 2013. Hope is missing one limb and is able to walk with the wheel attachment. (Photo by Rick Wilking/Reuters)

Yu

Yu

A 25-year-old female loggerhead turtle named Yu swims after receiving her 27th pair of prosthetic flippers at the Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe, western Japan February 11, 2013. Life looked grim for Yu, a loggerhead turtle, when she washed up in a Japanese fishing net five years ago, her front flippers shredded after a brutal encounter with a shark. Now keepers at an aquarium in the western Japanese city of Kobe are fighting to find a high-tech solution that will allow the 25-year-old turtle to swim again, with years of labours and 27 models of prosthetic fins behind them without success. (Photo by Reuters/Suma Aqualife Park)

Fuji

Fuji

A keeper holds an artificial tail fluke attached to female bottlenose dolphin “Fuji”, estimated to be 37-years-old, at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu town on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa February 14, 2007. Fuji lost 75 percent of her tail fluke due to an unknown disease in 2002. The dolphin can swim and jump using the artificial tail fluke, which is believed to be the world’s first artificial fin for a dolphin, and was developed by veterinarians and Japan’s largest tire maker Bridgestone Co., an aquarium official said. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)

Pay de Limon

Pay de Limon

A dog named Pay de Limon (Lemon Pay) runs fitted with two front prosthetic legs at Milagros Caninos rescue shelter in Mexico City August 29, 2012. Members of a drug gang in the Mexican state of Zacatecas chopped off Limon’s paws to practise cutting fingers off kidnapped people, according to Milagros Caninos founder Patricia Ruiz. Fresnillo residents found Limon in a dumpster bleeding and legless. After administering first aid procedures, they managed to take him to Milagros Caninos, an association that rehabilitates dogs that have suffered extreme abuse. The prosthetic limbs were made at OrthoPets in Denver, U.S., after the shelter was able to raise over $6,000. (Photo by Tomas Bravo/Reuters)

Oscar

Oscar

Oscar the cat, which had its hind legs severed by a combine harvester, stands in this undated handout. Two-year-old Oscar can walk again after being fitted with prosthetic limbs in a world-first operation. Oscar was given a pair of artificial limbs by veterinary surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick, using a technique developed by a University College London team. (Photo by Reuters/Handout)

Motala

Motala

A 48-year-old female elephant named Motala walks on her newly attached prosthetic leg at the Elephant Hospital in Lampang province, north of Bangkok August 16, 2009. Motala’s front left leg was maimed after she stepped on a landmine at the Myanmar-Thai border 10 years ago. (Photo by Phichaiyong Mayerku/Reuters)

Cici

Cici

A seven-year-old disabled cat named Cici is helped to walk by a device as she participates in “Cat Show 2002” in the western Turkish city of Izmir, December 29, 2002. Cici was disabled in a traffic accident two months prior. (Photo by Reuters)

Tzvika

Tzvika

Tzvika, an injured female turtle, walks with the aid of her newly attached wheels at the Wildlife Hospital in the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv January 5, 2011. About two months ago, Tzvika was run over by a lawn mower and suffered severe damage to her shell, and a spinal injury that affected her ability to use her rear limbs. The wheels, attached by veterinarians at the safari, elevate the turtle to keep the shell from being worn down and enable her to walk. (Photo by Nir Elias/Reuters)

Billy

Billy

Marco van den Boom installs a wheel of a medical roll car for French bulldog Billy at the headquarters of ‘Rehatechnik fuer Tiere’ (medical engineering for animals) in the western town of Witten November 9, 2012. Four-year old Billy, whose hind legs are paralyzed since birth, ran for the first time on Friday with the aid of the roll car. “Rehatechnik fuer Tiere” owner Marco van den Boom, custom builds a range of roll cars for disabled or infirm dogs and animals, to help aid their mobility or paralysis needs. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/Reuters)

(via Reddit)

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8 Misconceptions of the “Alpha Male”

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by Nick Notas

Especially in self-improvement and pickup circles, men love to preach about what “class” of male you should be. If you’re an alpha male, you are the leader of the pack and get all the women. If you’re a beta male, you are a loser push-over that no one will ever love.

It’s all nonsense and the classification is extremely harmful. Men become so obsessed with this idea that they base every action on whether or not they are being “alpha”. They enjoy laughing at weak beta males and feel superior because of it.

What’s funny is that I’ve noticed the men who are most vocal about this are usually the most insecure. They have no idea what it means to be genuinely confident. They use arrogance as a way to protect themselves from having real connections with people. They need to prove themselves as true men by overcompensating. You can almost hear them screaming “Look everybody, I am an alpha male! Hear me roar!”

I’m here to disprove what many people believe makes an “alpha male” and show you what it means to be a real, confident human being.

1. You’re not supposed to feel any “sissy” emotions.

Alpha males claim that you shouldn’t feel fear, anxiety, sadness, loneliness, shame, or self-doubt. If you do, you’re supposed to ignore, avoid, and shove those emotions away.ALPHA ALL THE TIME.

Sorry, but these are normal human emotions that everyone experiences. Without them, you will struggle with empathy and relating to others. The key is to not bury these emotions but to learn how to manage and accept them. Trying to escape them only intensifies their control over you.

Yes, your day-to-day life and outlook should not be ruled by these emotions. But you will feel them at some point and that’s perfectly okay. Remind yourself that it is normal, temporary, and does not dictate your overall character. Have the courage to work through them and challenge your comfort zone. Action will lead to further confidence.

2. Attraction is everything when meeting women.

When men get into dating advice they think that you have to “game” women constantly. If you let up with your flirting, teasing, sexual innuendo, sarcasm, cockiness, or physical contact for even a second she’s going to walk away. They believe that you always need to demonstrate your value and spike attraction to be a ladies man.

Then they have conversations like:

Him: “Where are you from missy?”

Her: “Minnesota originally, but after college I decided to stay here since I loved it so much.”

Him: “Oh wow so that’s why you talk funny. Let me guess, you studied farming.” *rolls eyes*

Her: “No, I studied creative writing.”

Him: “Haha, sorry but you’re not the next Shakespeare. You should have chosen a profession where you can actually make money.” *nudges her shoulder*

Her: “Right…I love what I do and I’m happy about my decision.”

Him: “Well, money makes the world go around honey. Let’s see if you still live in this fantasy five years from now.” *throws arm around her after he’s already torn her down repeatedly*

Her: *This guy’s a dick.*

You become a clown who can’t make a legitimate connection. Your need to act like a tool frustrates women and shows your insecurity. Listen, I’m all for being sexually assertive and forward from the start. But it should be sprinkled in naturally during conversation rather than with everything you do.

If you need help, use the 80/20 rule as an initial guideline. 80% of your talking will be getting to know each other, relating, and sharing passions. 20% will be flirting, touching, and being playful. Those ratios will change when escalating to more intimate moments.

The combination of actually having good conversation and turning her on is the ultimate seduction.

3. You must be in control at all times.

If you’re not leading every discussion or making every decision, you are considered weak. These insecure men require a constant feeling of control or else they feel powerless. When they aren’t the center of attention, they begin to doubt themselves. They need that validation.

Of course leading, being decisive, and asserting yourself is attractive and important. It demonstrates that you trust who you are to the core. But a confident man also knows when to let other people shine and doesn’t feel threatened by it. He predominantly leads in his relationships but values the voice of the woman he’s with.

Ultimately, he is the one who decides to take control or relinquish it. He does this not out of fear but out of self-assurance.

4. Showing disinterest in women makes you a “catch”.

Ignoring Women

Guys swear you have to pretend you’re not interested or she’s going to think you’re a low-value man with no options. Some even suggest acting a little rude and disengaged from the discussion. The idea of faking how you feel goes against what makes a confident man: vulnerability. That is being unashamed and unafraid to express who you are and what you want.

But, I can’t deny it works on some women. There are girls who will eat it up when a man plays games and acts like he couldn’t give a crap about her presence. They are often insecure, enjoy drama, and will beg for validation. Personally, I like a quality woman who has a healthy sense of self-worth.

Nothing takes more courage than a man looking a woman in her eyes and saying “I want to get to know you better.” It shows you know what you desire and aren’t afraid to go after it in life. If you constantly chase girls who play games, they’re always going to play games with you.

5. You shouldn’t care what anyone else thinks, ever.

The theory behind this is that your happiness should stem from how you perceive yourself and not how others perceive you. While I agree wholeheartedly, some men take this to an extreme and refuse to hear or value outside opinions. Their egos are so fragile that they can’t listen to honest criticism without getting defensive.

It’s one thing to live your life trying to please everyone else or endlessly seek approval. That leads to misery and is a classic symptom of nice guy syndrome. But utilizing constructive feedback to better yourself and improve your own life is how smart men grow.

Listen, take what you feel is beneficial to you, and apply accordingly. You can trust in yourself without drowning out the voices of others.

6. You have to sleep with lots of women.

It’s amazing how “alpha males” claim you should never need external validation, but then base their entire self-worth on getting laid. And if you’re a guy who doesn’t sleep with dozens of women then obviously you’re pitiful.

I’m a dating coach and a big part of my business is helping men become intimate with women. I think for many guys dating around before settling is critical in understanding what they want and how to be a better partner overall. But, there is no absolute number of women you must have sex with — it all depends on what you’re looking for. If that’s a lot of sex with different women that’s cool, but it’s not a necessity.

I know plenty of confident guys who couldn’t care less about casual hookups. A lot of them are experienced but are now looking for a quality woman. They set high standards for themselves (not as a defense mechanism), have a mindset of abundance, and turn down girls regularly. They don’t want to sleep with girls that they don’t see as long-term potential. They hold out for more than looks and commit when they find a high-caliber woman.

For some, empty hook-ups can actually be destructive. I recently worked with a guy who’s been with a Sports Illustrated model and has beautiful girls hitting on him weekly. Yet he’s gotten to the point where these flings make him feel more unfulfilled and lonely. All he wants is someone that he really connects with.

I guess personal happiness, accomplishing major life goals, succeeding in your career,creating an exciting lifestyle, giving value to this world, being a good father, and having healthy relationships don’t mean anything? To many men, the only thing that matters in this world is counting how many vaginas you’ve entered.

Give me a break. That is a sad, narrow way to look at life. 

7. Real connections are for relationships, not casual hookups.

After my post last week, I got many responses from guys who were furious. They couldn’t believe that I suggested you should be vulnerable and make an actual connection with women you have casual sex with. That’s exactly what I’m suggesting.

I’m not telling you to be a wimp, pour your heart out, or fall in love if you want a fling. But it also shouldn’t be a cold, detached business exchange. There should be something about her besides her vagina, even as tiny as how down-to-earth she is, that makes you want to share an intimate moment. You are penetrating her body, after all.

Men who can’t make any connection for one-night-stands often have problems with vulnerability, misogyny, or lack empathy. They close off their emotions because they’re afraid of being hurt or judged. They’re resentful towards women and use sex as a way to get revenge and feel empowered. Or they just don’t give a shit about other human beings.

I’ve had casual sex partners tell me that they felt closer to me in one night than with guys they’ve dated for years. I was upfront about the no-strings-attached sex and they were completely cool with it. We had great conversation, I gave a shit who they were, we got to know each other better, and then we had amazing sex.

There a lot of other benefits from all this, too. Emotional connections lead to hotter and more passionate sex. You are fulfilled with no regrets because it was a positive experience for both of you. You reinforce healthy views on women rather than doing it out of spite. And it leaves the girl better off rather than making her feel used.

8. You can never show weakness.

Everything you do must be awesome and nothing less. I remember talking to some guys years back and sharing that I played drums on the side. I explained how famous rock drummers inspired me and even though I was a beginner, it was incredibly fun. Right away the guys cut in:

“Dude…don’t ever say you’re not the best at something. Always tell people that you are incredible at everything you do. Girls will think you’re a washed-up beta otherwise.”

Really? If you’re constantly self-deprecating and see your areas for improvement as negatives, that’s unhealthy. However, there’s nothing wrong with being honest and viewing them as challenges which make you a stronger man. Men who can’t openly admit their flaws in a positive way will never become their best selves.

You want to know how to be a real man? Stop focusing on the title of “alpha male” and instead learn to love who you are through and through. Manage your own emotions, behaviors, and boundaries. Express yourself to others shamelessly. Prioritize your needs and happiness.

You think truly confident men sit around worrying if they’re being alpha enough?

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What’s It Like To Visit North Korea?

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by baggybobbo

What are we going to do about Korea? As I board the Soviet-built Tupolev Air Koryo flight from Beijing to Pyongyang the sound of revolutionary music provides a background introduction to what is a very very different kind of society to anywhere else on the planet.

I’m on a brief four day trip to DPRK – the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea or more generally known as North Korea. It’s not your average tourist destination..DPRK is far from average in every way and western visitors are few and far between. 

The 90 minute flight from the glitzy Olympics crazed Chinese capital is an experience in itself. I grab a copy of the latest Korea Today from the stewardess. As the monthly ‘glossy’ newsletter of all things DPRK, Korea Today is a dated but intriguing taster of a system that qualifies as ‘retro’ in every way. 

The in-flight meal isn’t bad though and the native beer is pretty damn fine. The first of many in keeping with my status as an alcoholically inquisitive English tourist! Eventually our rather rickety rollercoaster ride of a flight comes to rest at Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung airport and I’ve arrived in the Land of the Morning Calm and men in very big peaked caps!


After traversing the passport check and negotiating the oldest looking metal detector in the world – I’m sure it was made of wood – I headed outside for a cigarette. I was soon approached by my two friendly tour guides, one slim and attractive female and a very official looking fella! Let the fastidiously organised fun begin!

We headed off in a Vauxhall Vectra on the road to Pyongyang chatting and laughing and communicating as if we’d always been friends. I’m a laid back traveller but I take in every last millimetre of the views that greet me from the car window whilst simultaneously engaging in conversation. 

First thing that hits you is lack of traffic. Big wide carriageways empty of anything bar the odd bus, truck or myriad of cyclists heading somewhere to do something for some reason. First impressions were not of a supposedly hungry, bankrupt and poverty stricken society but of groups of school pupils laughing and workers chatting on the pavements as they headed home. Just like anywhere else…folks doing what comes naturally!

Soon the cityscape of downtown Pyongyang begins to take shape. The green parks that are everywhere break up the rather monotonous and monolithic socialist realist buildings but this is a real trip into the unknown and everywhere you look there’s something new to take in. 

From the iconic billboards and monuments that accentuate the revolutionary message to the unkempt, crowded and distinctly unroadworthy trams that scuttle off around every corner, this is the last bastion of a central command economy in the world. Prior to 1990 DPRK was one of many socialist nations. Prior to 1990 life was a lot easier here but now it ploughs a lone furrow, presumably not powered by modern tractors!

North Korea is a throwback. An example of a society in stasis locked into a timewarp and isolated from the modern technological platforms and flashy brands that can make much of the world seem much of a sameness. Visit here with an objective, intelligent and informed mind and plenty of smiles and it will be your most incredible travel experience. Arrive with preconceptions and a hidden agenda and you will learn nothing.

As we all seem to move forward with better gadgets, more stuff, faster cars and bigger houses the citizens of DPRK have just one TV channel (three on a weekend!), very limited access to the internet and a state controlled society that permeates everyone with the philosophy of Juche – also known as Kimilsungism.

To understand DPRK you have to understand its recent history. During World War Two Korea was ruled brutally conquered by the Japanese. The Americans controlled the south following hostilities whilst the Soviet Union had responsibility for the north with the 38th parallel providing a geographical and economic border that equates roughly to the current DMZ that, in the words of one great Pythonesque TV traveller, seperates one country from itself. 

The Korean War was almost therefore an inevitability as the USSR moved out. Whoever started it, it ended up as a clash of ideologies fermented by Kim Il Sung, DPRK’s Eternal President who died in 1994. His son, Kim Jong Il, the self confessed Dear Leader, took over the reigns and sought to protect and develop the Juche system which essentially maintains that mankind is master of his own destiny and the planet and should rise above the divisions created by money. It’s a sort of evolution of Marxist Leninist thought that’s been given a very distinct DPRK flavour and you wonder how long it can last in isolation. 

The city of Pyongyang was flattened during the Korean War. Almost everything you see has been constructed over the last five decades. It’s like a Milton Keynes with attitude and perhaps a bit more mysterious charm!

Korea’s long history of colonisation and conquest by other nations has nurtured two very different mentalities either side of the DMZ. Whilst the South continues to race ahead in the fast lane of modern economic development, the North has developed its own motorway with its own speed limits. Whether and how these roads will meet up in the near future is open to debate but at least the debate is now happening.

Anyway back to the perfectly manicured tour. We pulled up outside the Children’s Palace where 5000 gifted schoolchildren receive after school tutelage in everything from Tae Kwon Do to playing the piano. We move from one room to another observing a variety of classes of budding musicians, artists and athletes all performing on demand for their intrigued audience with an unerring unity of purpose. The youngsters’ curious and smiling faces suggest this is more than a lesson in socialist robotics. Behind their perfect cohesion lies individuals who are just as interested in us as we are in them but we are lucky enough to be able to ask the questions!

We are eventually corralled into a theatre and experience the kind of perfectly choreographed theatrical and musical extravaganza that would provide infinitely more entertainment to an infinitely higher standard than our paltry Saturday night X Factor culture. And these are the kids!

The theatre’s colourful curtain portrays a host of happy ants going about the business of building their colony. A very apt metaphor methinks. 

Off now to my residence, the 47 storey Yanggakdo Hotel that sits slap bang in the centre of Pyongyang on an island in the Taedong River shared by a football stadium and DPRK’s cinematic snail-like festival hall. 

There’s a ropey par 3 golf course, driving range and comprehensive leisure centre in the hotel grounds..essential sources of evening and early morning entertainment either side of the structured nature of any visit to North Korea.

I’m 43 floors up with a stunning view of a city that is littered with iconic landmarks including a 105 storey triangular hotel that points up to the sky and sits high above the morning mist. Unfortunately this incredible structure sits empty and unfinished and topped off with a rusting crane. The ambitious plan was never realised as the DPRK economy suffered but there are plans afoot for completion and talk of foreign investment. Maybe..maybe not but another metaphor for lofty ideological ambitions that have never quite hit the heights of the pre 1990 era.

I don’t have long. I’m off to the Arirang at the giant May Day Stadium which is the second largest arena in the world. It holds 150,000 and is undoubtedly impressive with giant pristine white arches forming the exterior structure. The Arirang is the DPRK in a very large nutshell and simply cannot be missed by anyone visiting between August and October.

Over 100,000 schoolchildren and young people take part in the display with a giant bank of 10,000 providing a colourful and constantly changing backdrop as well as surely the biggest projector screen in the universe! The 2 hour show is mind blowing. No one could not be impressed by the perfect unity of movement, dance, sound and colour. It cannot be described by words itself. It has to be witnessed first hand.

You leave the stadium perplexed and wondering as to how a society this unified and seemingly cohesive not be able to feed its own people properly. The annually devastating floods that hit DPRK two months before provide part of the answer as well as what can only be described as pitiful planning but the question still lingers long in the mind. 

The second day is Pyongyang and a tour of those iconic landmarks that we’ve all seen in our guidebooks and media. I’m up very early and wander around the hotel grounds. I head for the driving range and bang a few golf balls, rather badly, into the Taedong River followed by a hearty breakfast.

I meet my guides in the foyer and the first stop is the birthplace of Kim Il Sung. It’s a modest but perfectly preserved collection of huts that reflect the reverence held for their Eternal Leader. Then onto the Triumphant Arch that sits above an empty dual carriageway in the city centre just yards from yet another stadium. Built to commemorate Kim Il Sung’s exile in China, it’s deliberately only slightly bigger than the Arc de Triomphe. There’s a lot of rather funny one upmanship going on here!

The Metro is our next stop. Two lines dissect the city with 21 stations. We descend a seemingly endless escalator into what can only be described as an art gallery. I’ve visited the Moscow underground and it makes a similar impression. There’s stunning chandeliers overhead, intricate murals depicting breathtaking mountain vistas and at one end of the platform there’s Kim Il Sung flanked by an ensemble of DPRK workers. Curious folk watch on as I chat with my guides and await the arrival of a rickety old Czech train.

One stop on and we alight into another pristine palace dedicated to all things socialist! This tour is pure military precision but absolutely fascinating! We emerge at street level and are met by our driver who takes us over to a giant statue of their Eternal Leader looking out over Pyongyang with an arm outstretched. Prior to getting there we stop off at a flower seller and I’m invited to purchase a bouquet to place at the feet of this giant bronze man! When in Rome…

An enormous painting of Mount Paektu sits behind him on the front of a building. It’s an almost mythical location situated close to the Chinese border and it’s replicated all over Pyongyang…even in public toilets! 

Either side of Kim there are two revolutionary statues of soldiers and workers raising the flag of the ruling Korean Workers Party. We bow solemnly and then I begin to snap away closely watched by my guide who advises that I cannot crop any photos of the statue so I don’t! It’s the only place where control is exerted over what I photograph.

This is a spot that really sums up the DPRK more than any other. There’s symbolism in spades, deference in droves and a real sense that this is North Korea’s very own Mecca. 

From there we are off for lunch on an old steam boat moored next to the vast and packed square that’s become synonymous with military parades. There are few soldiers around but thousands of smiling children playing with kites or practising their keepy upy with bean bags. It’s like a giant noisy school playground during lunch hour!

The meal on board is laid out in a myriad of plates and bowls containing beef, pork, potatoes, noodles etc and kim chi – a Korean speciality of pickled vegetables that comes with every meal. I sit down with my guides as the boat meanders out into the Taedong and begin to devour what is a real feast washed down with a healthy amount of vodka and beer. There’s far too much to eat and in a country where there’s far too little to eat you feel distinctly guilty at leaving anything. A doggy bag is strictly out of the question!

My two guides and the driver are great fun! They’ve seen many foreign tourists come and go and are clearly more open minded than the average DPRK citizen but they are also very proud of their motherland. The conversations wander all over the place. From politics to football to beer and I answer as many questions as I ask which only strengthens the bonds we’ve created. 

After returning to the shoreline we hit the road again and make the short trip to the USS Pueblo which was seized by the North Koreans in the sixties. It sparked a major diplomatic incident but the severity of the affair is quashed immediately by a friendly female guide who cannot stop smiling and laughing and I get on board accompanied by my own tour guide. Adorned in very military looking garb, she has an excellent grasp of English and I’m distinctly enjoying the experience of being commandeered around a commandeered boat by two North Korean women! After watching a very one-sided short video account I get a conducted tour of the boat which really doesn’t happen. Once again we’re more interested in general chit chat, jokes and mutual curiosity! 

This was what it’s all about! Real communication unfettered by the enormous geographical, cultural and political divisions that separate us and imbued by a healthy dose of flirting! It summed up MY experience of North Korea and drew me closer to the intrinsic nature of its people. 

Next up is the Juche tower on the opposite shoreline. They do like their big features here and in front of the flaming structure there’s a party going on! Hundreds of women in brightly coloured dresses are dancing the afternoon away with hundreds of men! It’s a typical Bank Holiday in Pyongyang and the loud speakers blast out traditional Korean music as a handful of suited agents oversee the proceedings!

I look across the river. I can envisage a time in the future when the shoreline becomes ablaze with neon. The people here are all very disciplined just like all of the populations in this neck of the woods and you get the feeling that they’d do very well under our system. However for the time being and for my sake I’m quite happy they’re not. This is truly different. Freedoms may be at a premium but that doesn’t mean fun should go by the wayside!

A few more big imposing revolutionary statues later and I’m back at the hotel! Time for an evening of fun and games in the hotel’s leisure complex as I join my guides for a game of bowls, a few frames of pool and an introduction, for them at least, to the face curling delights of whiskey! There’s no rhetoric or political ideology in the air, only the sound of laughter!

The third day of my DPRK experience involved a morning at the War Museum and Pyongyang’s very own version of Hollywood! There’s not a great deal to be said about the War Museum to be honest as we shifted from room to room viewing a variety of seized American military hardware, got the North Korean version of events leading up the conflict and viewed a giant revolving painting that reflected their take on the hostilities however it was the very same guide that I met on the USS Pueblo so once again the questions were nothing to do with the Museum!

As for the film museum…well yawn! I could have had an extra hour in bed! Room after room devoted to the film making career of Kim Jong Il. Every thing he touched or wrote in relation to the movies is here! Not inspiring but a means to an end and another example of the near religious fervency of their passion and commitment to their Dear Leader! 

Back to the hotel for lunch and another slap up feed in the revolving restaurant that overlooks Pyongyang! Immaculate and friendly service as ever and the prospect of an afternoon on the golf course with my tour guides! It was supposed to be a trip to a giant dam project but I’d suggested a day earlier that we change the schedule and do something different! I’d tried to promote the merits of golf to them and envisaged, under my tuition, the creation of the first North Korean to win a Major! They were both intrigued and had never come across a tourist who wanted to change the schedule. That just doesn’t happen!

So onto the driving range to get a bit of practice in then to the little nine hole par three course! I don’t play very often and I was rubbish but what a way to spend a couple of hours! Great fun and laughs once again as we zig zagged our way down the short fairways! This was surreal especially as my female guide was tottering on a pair of high heels! Balls were lost and decrepid hired clubs were broken but it mattered not a jot! My only decent shot was on the ninth as a pitch ended just an inch or so from the hole and there were a gaggle of waitresses watching from the clubhouse! If only they knew the story of the previous eight holes! 

Straight to the bar and more booze! We had a round robin of pool and table tennis. Ping pong in Pyongyang! Then off out again feeling suitably sozzled to a wonderful duck restaurant in the city suburbs. Each table had a little barbecue affair in the centre where you cooked the duck and then wrapped it in lettuce leaves before showering it in soya sauce. Out came the vodka again as the four of us toasted everything from lost golf balls to the eradication of war! What a day! 

The final day saw us head down to the DMZ which is a two hour drive south of Pyongyang. The motorway is empty…the kind of empty that could only be recreated by a 500% hike in our own petrol costs! We pass the odd tractor chugging slowly along and the occasional military truck as well as a few buses of tourists as we head through some breathtaking scenery. Almost 80% of North Korea is mountainous which is another problem when it comes to agricultural self sufficiency but provides a very strong part of their cultural identity and indeed isolation. 

The road, built by the military, is punctuated by checkpoints, where we are either waved through or asked to present documents, and impressive examples of civil engineering with tunnels through mountain after mountain Large stone edifices sit astride of the carriageway every few miles. They are tank traps I’m told!

As we approach the DMZ the tension builds…but it’s a pantomime like tension which by now I found hard to take seriously. We pop into a map room at the entrance to the DMZ and observe the layout of this insanely illogical border area. From there we’re accompanied by a soldier to a small house where the Armistice was signed in 1953.

A table bearing the United Nations flag and one bearing the DPRK ensign were divided by a third which I suggested was for tea and biscuits. That cracked all of the tourists and guides up and it was a joy to see a relaxed and human reaction in such a weird domain.

Then onto the real border. Those ridiculously arranged huts that straddle a thin strip of concrete that divides the Koreas and I briefly wander into South Korea which is on the other side of the table! Michael Palin had it spot on but he was seeing it from the South!

The North Korean borderpost building is manned by a morass of distinctly smaller soldiers than could be witnessed on the other side. The food poverty here leaves many of their distinctive brown uniforms looking distinctly loose but they somehow contrive to be more intimidating than their Southern counterparts.

We head back to Pyongyang via a meal in Kaesong and a trip to their heritage museum where I find myself becoming addicted to gingko, a nutty fruit case indeed!

Halfway up the deserted drag back we stop off at a turquoise structure that sits above the road. It’s a motorway service station without the motors! Staffed by three smiling North Korean beauties, it must provide a respite for no more than 10 people a day! 

The entrance to Pyongyang is marked by a giant cross road sculpture that shows a North Korean woman reaching out to her South counterpart. It’s a symbol of the aim of unity that has sadly broken down on route one but all it needs is a bit of mechanical tinkering. 

We visit the circus and are subjected to another two hours of near perfect entertainment before returning to the hotel for my final evening.

I insist that my guides join me for the final meal and the three of us retire to a small room at the rear of the hotel where I’m treated to the finest of banquets, once again washed down by lots of alcohol. We’re in there for four hours chatting away, eating, drinking and reflecting on four laughter filled days. That’s exactly how it was!

The following morning we all head for the airport and it’s with a vestige of a tear that I bid farewell to my three accomplices who have asked for nothing, expected nothing and given everything. Back to Shanghai via Beijing and back to my very different world!

I’ve read a number of travel reviews of this feisty little nation in our media. Very few come even close to reflecting exactly what the DPRK is about and only pamper to our preconceived notions of what we expect to hear about this reprobate of international diplomacy. 

There’s an innocence here born out of a distinct lack of information on the outside world, a strong sense of morality that comes from strict control and a perplexing deference to their leader and his father which is unshaken even when I bring up details of the kinds of things I’ve read about the Kims. 

It’s all they know and there’s a wonderful positivity in their ignorance. They really do believe they live in Paradise and they really do believe that Korea will be unified soon.

My female guide said that it would be a perfect partnership. She said that all North Korean women are beautiful and all South Korean men are handsome and therefore it would be a match made in heaven! Her English was pristine and she carried around a notebook for jotting down new words. I taught her a few swear words, a bit of English toilet humour and a few football songs…not the loftiest of cultural exchanges on my part but in keeping with a fun but all too brief encounter!

I’ve only seen a wafer thin slice of life in North Korea..just dipped my toes in the water but I saw a people as interested in us as we are in them. The fact that their system pretty much forbids it is an irrelevance. You can never subdue human curiosity. Who knows what they really think as they bat away critical questions but then who knows what anyone’s thinking!

Go there with a patronising scowl and you’ll only see unhappy people. Go there with a smile and that’s exactly what you’ll get back in North Korea.

As I get back on the Tupolev and head for the bright branded lights I’m left with the distinct feeling that the North Koreans are just the same as us. They’re just trying to survive in what can be a very odd world.

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