Most of my friends can kill you with their bare hands. And the ones that can’t, would certainly have no problem trying if they were provoked. Whenever I explain this phenomenon to a normie, they inevitably look at me and tell me that I’m crazy and I’m surrounded by crazy people. (You’re right. I am.)
Then, they will often proceed to tell me about their friend who is the kindest person in the world because “they couldn’t hurt a fly”. Yeah, you shouldn’t hang out with these types of people. They’re the most untrustworthy humans you could ever meet. They say that power corrupts, and that absolute power corrupts “absolutely”.
I say that power, in any form, exposes who a person really is. When someone is weak, they HAVE to be nice… because being a douche just might get their ass kicked. But if you’re strong and you have power… being kind is truly a virtue. Because if you wanted to, you could take advantage of others. You could abuse them. But you don’t, because you believe that it’s the wrong way to conduct yourself.
You’re kind because you want to be, not because you feel the need to mask your true self in the most dishonest way possible. And that assumes that you even know who you are to begin with. Which leads me to my next point. Strength is built through adversity. Adversity in the gym, adversity in life, adversity on the mat, adversity in an intellectual setting. You get the point.
Much like power, adversity doesn’t build character… it reveals it. So, if you’re reading this and you’re thinking to yourself, “This all fine and well, but I don’t even know if it applies to me.” It might be time to get off your ass and do something challenging. Then you’ll find out. But do yourself and us a favor, if you find out you’re the “nice guy” (you know, the kind of guy who hangs around a woman and tells her that she’s “too good” for her boyfriend in hopes that he’ll get some), stay away from us.
We just don’t trust you. No hard feelings.
Only strong folks (and strong dogs) allowed at RSP, alright?