Taxi Driver Movie A Study Of Masculinity & Existentialism

[Drareg]

Married males,unhappy with their current situation behaving like Travis also,not just single isolated types. Incessant fapping to porn while single is destructive enough but while married is another issue altogether.
A bad marriage can be isolating.
Using intellectually verbose, identity politics etc ,trying hard to create the illusion of capitalist success story but you need the money to be a true capitalist success story,the money issue gets suppressed,when it does pop up its because he got married and had kids,that's why he has no money,warped perceptions.

 

[Regina]

Married males,unhappy with their current situation behaving like Travis also,not just single isolated types. Incessant fapping to porn while single is destructive enough but while married is another issue altogether.
A bad marriage can be isolating.
Using intellectually verbose, identity politics etc ,trying hard to create the illusion of capitalist success story but you need the money to be a true capitalist success story,the money issue gets suppressed,when it does pop up its because he got married and had kids,that's why he has no money,warped perceptions.

There are the warped perceptions and low energy state. And I believe the physiology of stress absolutely can explain many mental health conditions. But I am still confused by how someone in a low energy state can have the energy to carry out so many schemes?
One example is a childhood friend of mine. She was severely neglected as a child and we used to drive her to school because otherwise no one cared. Even as a child she had phenomenal super duper amounts of "energy" and wild emotional swings. She can be fun in small doses but otherwise very toxic. Currently, she is on her 5th husband and banged out kids with all of them and is scheming to find his replacement (actively cheating and blaming it on husband no.5). Where do these "low energy" state people get their energy to be so insane?

 

[sladerunner69]

There are the warped perceptions and low energy state. And I believe the physiology of stress absolutely can explain many mental health conditions. But I am still confused by how someone in a low energy state can have the energy to carry out so many schemes?
One example is a childhood friend of mine. She was severely neglected as a child and we used to drive her to school because otherwise no one cared. Even as a child she had phenomenal super duper amounts of "energy" and wild emotional swings. She can be fun in small doses but otherwise very toxic. Currently, she is on her 5th husband and banged out kids with all of them and is scheming to find his replacement (actively cheating and blaming it on husband no.5). Where do these "low energy" state people get their energy to be so insane?

Isnt that the whole purpose of stress hormones? Produce energy by any mean necessary, even breaking down muscle tissue, neglecting maintenence, compromising structure, storing fat

 

[sladerunner69]

Married males,unhappy with their current situation behaving like Travis also,not just single isolated types. Incessant fapping to porn while single is destructive enough but while married is another issue altogether.
A bad marriage can be isolating.
Using intellectually verbose, identity politics etc ,trying hard to create the illusion of capitalist success story but you need the money to be a true capitalist success story,the money issue gets suppressed,when it does pop up its because he got married and had kids,that's why he has no money,warped perceptions.

Why do you describe fapping while single as "destructive"? It destroys a single mans life?

 

[DaveFoster]

Redpillers in a nutshell

 

[Regina]

Isnt that the whole purpose of stress hormones? Produce energy by any mean necessary, even breaking down muscle tissue, neglecting maintenence, compromising structure, storing fat

Nah, but she's drop dead gorgeous, runs marathons and takes down husbands for sport. Maybe she has some extra bank of stress hormones (like a colostomy bag?) to fuel these escapades.

 

[Integra]

 

[mjrm]

Married males,unhappy with their current situation behaving like Travis also,not just single isolated types. Incessant fapping to porn while single is destructive enough but while married is another issue altogether.
A bad marriage can be isolating.
Using intellectually verbose, identity politics etc ,trying hard to create the illusion of capitalist success story but you need the money to be a true capitalist success story,the money issue gets suppressed,when it does pop up its because he got married and had kids,that's why he has no money,warped perceptions.

Using intellectually verbose, identity politics etc ,trying hard to create the illusion of capitalist success story but you need the money to be a true capitalist success story,the money issue gets suppressed,when it does pop up its because he got married and had kids,that's why he has no money,warped perceptions


can you further explain what you specifically mean by this?

 

[sladerunner69]

Nah, but she's drop dead gorgeous, runs marathons and takes down husbands for sport. Maybe she has some extra bank of stress hormones (like a colostomy bag?) to fuel these escapades.

Marathon runners to me are essentially just cortisol addicts and adrenaline junkies. I feel like in today's world most people consider anyone very thin to be beautiful and attractive, people dont care as much about wrinkles or poor looking skin which will come from years of stress, plus women can wear very effective makeup and cosmetics to cover up the aging lines and to enhance their facial geometry...

You said she had 5 wealthy husbands correct? That's repulsive and truly sad, I cant stand women like that. Shame on the men for falling prey too, they should know better and protect themselves.

 

[Such_Saturation]

His knees are relatedness?

 

[Regina]

This is AMAZING!!!!! Love it!!

 

[Regina]

Marathon runners to me are essentially just cortisol addicts and adrenaline junkies. I feel like in today's world most people consider anyone very thin to be beautiful and attractive, people dont care as much about wrinkles or poor looking skin which will come from years of stress, plus women can wear very effective makeup and cosmetics to cover up the aging lines and to enhance their facial geometry...

You said she had 5 wealthy husbands correct? That's repulsive and truly sad, I cant stand women like that. Shame on the men for falling prey too, they should know better and protect themselves.

Their heads are mounted on the wall. (along with their former wives, children and the new children each has together).
The men should know better since I know for a fact she picked 2 of them because they were interviewed in a magazine showing opulent pictures of their home, spouse, children, yacht. Some dude makes it to the cover of Bond Trader magazine and he is now in her scope. He becomes the new prospect to replace current victim. It's insane. And it works every time.

 

[Drareg]

There are the warped perceptions and low energy state. And I believe the physiology of stress absolutely can explain many mental health conditions. But I am still confused by how someone in a low energy state can have the energy to carry out so many schemes?
One example is a childhood friend of mine. She was severely neglected as a child and we used to drive her to school because otherwise no one cared. Even as a child she had phenomenal super duper amounts of "energy" and wild emotional swings. She can be fun in small doses but otherwise very toxic. Currently, she is on her 5th husband and banged out kids with all of them and is scheming to find his replacement (actively cheating and blaming it on husband no.5). Where do these "low energy" state people get their energy to be so insane?

Interesting, or it does take less energy to be insane/sneaky ,better word may be brazen,everyone is surprised when people do things opposite to the face they maintain in culture,are her schemes genuinely intelligent though? It's a trust issue she is breaking,it's kind of like stealing candy from the kid?
I think most people go in and out of these states depending on energy levels which obviously fluctuate,most people bounce back from the low energy state,it's like the "4-chan state" many people have come to realise they go that site when they are hating the world.

I think the "low energy state" is adrenalin,like the hyperactive kid,of course their are different ranges of energy where it's so low they can't even be hyper.

 

[Drareg]

This amazing ,did you do it or is floating around online?

 

[Drareg]

Using intellectually verbose, identity politics etc ,trying hard to create the illusion of capitalist success story but you need the money to be a true capitalist success story,the money issue gets suppressed,when it does pop up its because he got married and had kids,that's why he has no money,warped perceptions


can you further explain what you specifically mean by this?

Just speculating on the causes of "travis" like behaviour in contemporary society ,clearly there are many paths to this state where he goes from fantasy/delusional to over the edge acting out.

The example I was getting at but wasn't clear,would be like a murder suicide by the dad within a family,this is an extreme example.

My speculation for a while is about the failed captalist mentality in contemporary culture ,mainly males,they have parental neglect,parent simply not giving quality time to the child and relying on broader culture to take care of the child's upbringing ,they were brought up in pop culture building pop culture styled ambitions and dreams,in the subconscious bodily process are telling them they don't have the energy for the fame and adoration they desire or dominance and control ,they don't face the supressed issue causing the "feeling" ,this feeling is aroused because of the priming from culture as a child,the organism knows it's there and is reacting because of the priming,it's safe to say then that the organism knows but the ego won't acknowledge it.
Even more toxic is the ego creating a sink in the outside world for the energy coming from the subconconcious perceived failure,it's getting projected out and everything outside is filtered through said priming.
In these cases it takes less energy to be violent to get what you want,you force the world to your will,negotiating culture takes too much time and time is energy,getting rejected after expending energy makes matters worse.

Just 2 examples,another interesting one to speculate on is the wealthy male with parental neglect.

 

[Drareg]

Why do you describe fapping while single as "destructive"? It destroys a single mans life?

Increased was the wrong word,compulsive maybe better. I wouldn't go as far to say it will ruin someone's life,most people can pull themselves out of the behaviour,see the ridiculousness of the act of a pumping action on your male flower,soft dildo,then ejaculation on your own,the ego then rushes in to sweep up the reality ,never happened,back to respectful father,acting out this behaviour daily or several times daily cannot be good,this is why we have hilarious examples of guys who can't stop fapping,addiction to maintaining a pumping action watching 2d images maintain pumping action,ejaculate/orgasm.

What I was thinking is fapping to porn with the access to the categories people have now is vast,any kind you want in an instant,can't be good for a single guy long term,the intimacy of being with a real women is completely different,the porn does prime some guys expectations of what it will be like on the "night",is this priming good? Like placing your foot on the girls head (doggy style) the point of a foot on the head for arousal is what exactly? Toe in the mouth "doggystyle" anyone? How people dont bust into convulsions laughing while this is going on is beyond me,people take it serious,alpha dominating!
The girl is not necessarily expecting porno moves the first time,more likely "attempted" porno moves.
Masturbating is all for you,being with a women requires you to understand she has desires sexually also,most guys see them as objects to satisfy his needs,if the guys looks to perform its not even for her it's for him,as in she tells people and he scores points.

I'm not saying it has to be airy fairy Kama sutra with special incense burning either,some of that is just as funny,the seriousness of it is just as bad as the hardcore stuff.

 

[Regina]

Just speculating on the causes of "travis" like behaviour in contemporary society ,clearly there are many paths to this state where he goes from fantasy/delusional to over the edge acting out.

The example I was getting at but wasn't clear,would be like a murder suicide by the dad within a family,this is an extreme example.

My speculation for a while is about the failed captalist mentality in contemporary culture ,mainly males,they have parental neglect,parent simply not giving quality time to the child and relying on broader culture to take care of the child's upbringing ,they were brought up in pop culture building pop culture styled ambitions and dreams,in the subconscious bodily process are telling them they don't have the energy for the fame and adoration they desire or dominance and control ,they don't face the supressed issue causing the "feeling" ,this feeling is aroused because of the priming from culture as a child,the organism knows it's there and is reacting because of the priming,it's safe to say then that the organism knows but the ego won't acknowledge it.
Even more toxic is the ego creating a sink in the outside world for the energy coming from the subconconcious perceived failure,it's getting projected out and everything outside is filtered through said priming.
In these cases it takes less energy to be violent to get what you want,you force the world to your will,negotiating culture takes too much time and time is energy,getting rejected after expending energy makes matters worse.

Just 2 examples,another interesting one to speculate on is the wealthy male with parental neglect.

Excellent summary.

 

[Drareg]

Excellent summary.

Thanks.
We need to be careful we don't start projecting be "travis" everywhere we go,maybe we should make a "travis scale" low/guarded/elevated/high/severe/your dead already/.
Lets see if we can get it published ,in psychological "science" I bet we could!

 

[Regina]

Thanks.
We need to be careful we don't start projecting be "travis" everywhere we go,maybe we should make a "travis scale" low/guarded/elevated/high/severe/your dead already/.
Lets see if we can get it published ,in psychological "science" I bet we could!

Oh yeah, since wikipedia just lists the vague "false beliefs" for schizophrenia.

But me? I'm the last to know. My friend spent a couple years in a State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. I'm sure none of her husbands know this. Me and my oblivious family never considered it might have been her fault. We fought to get her out and she lived with us for a little while before starting her husband collection. Still took me years for it to dawn on me that she's a bit off.

 

[Integra]

@Regina @Drareg thanks.

To answer Drareg, I drew this by hand first. If you're curious about the rest, then I took a photo (have no scanner), tried to clean it up a little and added textual elements in Gimp. I'm trying to learn how to draw better.

I was inspired by the music in the video, the discussion, then that Regina's amazing line. And I also sympathize with narcissists like Travis, so...

As for why the knees are tagged relatedness... @Such_Saturation , haha. I have no clue. I was trying to think of what the psychological opposite of fear is, or what kind of a mental resource you'd need to face it. Relatedness came to mind: the moment you move towards in some way, like if you observe it, analyze it, manipulate it, destroy, involve, resolve it etc., I guess it makes it harder to be afraid.

What makes things scary anyway?