oh god it's a moron

That was amazing! Looks like I need to practice more. 😅

What man wouldn't benefit from reading a book about a bullshit-philosophising peadophilic/male-rapist murderer 😅 Blood Meridian is a story about the white savages who tore the heart out of Turtle Island and the peoples who lived there. The genocidal colonisation of Turtle Island is one of the great human tragedies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_Island_(Native_American_folklore)

Damn good video man just got finished reading it

Thank you for making me learn about swift water.

I think what you are getting at is that the "land/west/desert" in the book is a metaphor for life. I like the end of book when they are near California and they run into a large caravan and everyone and including the sheep ( I think it was sheep) are all dead but still in a row. It's also scary how cruel men can be towards one another and that was just about 150 years ago!!. That was the point of whole book.

It’s my favorite book hands down

Any idea followed to its logical conclusion becomes radical. Thirsty beta males are capitulating to female ridiculousness and giving them unwarranted validation. These males are the enemy. These kind of things are never a feel good message. It is like abortion. If you give females control over their reproductive biology, and they blow up the institution of marriage, and this results in single mothers having and raising children they don't want, then you end up with deficient and neglected children that result in a crime wave, which was convincingly shown in the book Freakonomics. You can either go all-in with the tradcon religious route, or you can turn the entire process over to women in which case you have future single mothers breeding with bad boys and creating feminized men in fatherless homes. If you don't have a husband or a 100,000 in the bank then your child should be forcibly removed from your body.

Mental toughness, or the ability to distance one's self from prior experience enough to endure the ghastly depictions in the story. The mental toughness of the reader or of the characters? Mental toughness (MT) is an interesting concept. What is it and how could one acquire more of it? Is it just the ability to think for one's self?; to puzzle out what remains enigmatic to most?; to endure tests delivered by nature, circumstance or society?; to ponder the deepest writings and understand them?; to not fall prey to base instincts?; to learn all the great books of Mankind?; to be fully self-sufficient?; to put yourself ahead of others in Life and Death?; to put others ahead of yourself in Life and Death?

Ive noticed that in a lot of cases of soylent grin there is Nintendo shit involved. usually a Wii.

To me, McCarthy always writes about nature, and does so with an excellency equal to Tolstoï. The ground motive: our reality turns around sparks of energy inevitably being sucked into nothingness. On earth whole families of species are also evolving in a biological cycle of brutal violence and eradication. The human condition is just a footnote under the vastness of Life's history on earth. Many insect species are socially much more coherent than our 'civilisation'. All very Schopenhauerian ideas but never before illustrated with such splendor.

Agreed...mental toughness is a cathartic skill set and/or tool that every man should have or obtain

great dog

well the novel is based on the confession of samuel chamberlain and about the glanton gang, who were hired by the government of sonora, mex to hunt down and kill apaches ... the glanton gang was based at the yuma crossing of the gila and colorado rivers and at the time part of mexico. abraham lincoln's cousin ran a ferry crossing which competed with the yuma quechen tribe. lincoln partnered with the glanton gang in order to get rid of the competition and the yumas attacked and killed most of the gang... the survivors of the gang made their way to san diego and the state of california sent an "army" to gain back control of the crossing... the army was not successful and bankrupted the state of california... california then requested federal security and the u.s. army sent a force to the area and eventually settled the fight and established a presence at the crossing... as a kid, i liked to hunt for lincoln's gold (supposedly lincoln had bout $50,000 in gold that he got from running the ferry )... the main character in the novel, judge holden, was a real person as was glanton, the kid is suppose to be samuel chamberlain based on his confession. chamberlain went on to be a civil war officer and politician ... some of the victims of this conflict were the oatman family who were massacred and taken into slavery by the mohave tribe... there's an old photo of olive oatman (who is portrayed in the t.v. series hell on wheels for some reason) the true heroine of the event was the first citizen of yuma arizona, a madam named sarah bowman, who was able to trade with the tribes in order to get back olive oatman as the federal army couldn't as the event mostly took place in mexico.... at the same time as this conflict was going on there were what were called "filibusters" going down into mexico to illegally take over the state of sonora, the henry crabb expediention. which was even more bloodier than the glanton gang... this is my hometown... the events were real and bloody and things like this do happen there now (we just don't talk about it )... as a rational and normal person, you can't prepare for these kinds of events so don't go looking for them or believe that your mindset will prevail... i've spent too much time working with cannibals and serial killers and know better... and you can't prepare for that by reading a book... just sayin

Beds can make you weak?...

Good take on the book, I have read it several times and it is a great read and well worth the effort.

By mental toughness do you mean be ready to fight, to kill and to die?

Was in the navy. Never saw combat but worked my ass off in the hot-humid heat of Virginia while dealing with some of the lowliest individuals just so I could go home for the day which was often late. Mental fortitude was key to getting through it and it holds up to this day. A necessary skill to succeed and survive.

yeah think you missed the point of the book its about the inherent violence in the human condition and essentially about these guys succumbing to their most brutal and sadistic urges and then ultimately suffering brutal deaths for partaking in this violent lifestyle.

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Now you mentioned Seneca's Letters of a Stoic - now THAT is an incredible piece of non fiction. The amount of wisdom plainly conveyed in that book is honestly astonishing; should be mandatory reading for everyone.

That fuckin book rocks

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You nailed it on this video. Ever think about doing some red pill content? I think you'd do alright!

Good review sir

My buddy recommended me this book years ago in high school. Like a fool, I never read it. I picked it up and stuck it on my shelf. 10 or so years later, I’m reading it right now. It is a really great read. The writing just flows so perfectly. It is a real treasure. I can’t put it down.

Holy shit man I loved this recommendation! Man I would wish for you to discuss more of the book, some ideas from it or ponder on The Judge and his meaning there. Brotha it was ana amazing well spent seven minutes and twenty seconds I am beyond thankful man! Keep doing what you do God Bless!

" The freedom of birds offends me, if I had it my way, they would all be in a zoo" ~ Judge Holden

I just finished reading , this night, Cities of the Plains. I also read Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing...My thoughts, my mind are lost between northern Mexico and western america... Cormac's writings haunt me. Greeting from Basque Country mountains.

Thanks for the recommendation, nice dog btw.

My favorite novel. Before Mccarthy I use to read a lot of Jack London, I recommend the short story TO BUILD A FIRE

Let’s not forget the nature of dogs. 😂😂😂

Make longer videos

Well played dog

Thank you for this. It’s such a stupid face. I would never date a guy who made this face... it’s just the face of a guy who is friendzoned for decades until he gives up and is cucked for his whole life.

Amen. It’s our century’s Moby Dick.✌🏻❤️🇺🇸

You nailed it with the mental toughness commentary. Almost all people dont know what s that mean....

Dog: "Does Blood Meridian mean bacon? Because if it does, then we're on the same page, son."

Excellent review for an excellent book. I recommend Sometimes A Great Notion. Not as violent; but on the subject of mental toughness, its a story of compounding struggles. I guarantee one of the more difficult books you'll read.

If I didn't research this I wouldn't believe it. It seemed unreal that men behave that way. I was searching for the movie...

What great work you folks are doing.

Brett. Enjoyed your video on Blood Meridian. That quote that you recited from the book is also one of my favorites. I've read the book many times over. One of my favorite scenes is when Brown is sawing off the barrells of the shotgun and gets accused by "a man" of threatening him. The soldiers ask Brown about the altercation and Brown says "you call that a man?" .. it was no threat, it was a promise. Anyway, this is my favorite Novel of all time. Chapter 19 and 23 are absolutely my favorite chapters. I hope you read "no country for old men" ... I've read that one many times as well.

The book is really not that profound.

Great points

Do a budlight review lmfaoo Honestly really enjoyed the video cheers

This was actually really good thank u

Hahaha wild cherry brandy in coffee?

Hahah I already knew I was gonna keep watchig when I saw how he poured hus coffee. What was that he put in there lmfaoo

I love that book but I don't get how it helps with mental toughness. It's about a gang of savage rapists and murderers who go insane.

🎶 Now your a man! A man man maaaaan!! Now your a MAN!! hang on... what the...Brandy?!?!? Get some Tennessee whiskey or Kentucky bourbon dammit!!! 😆 ok I kid no offense. Great book and a great author. I can recommend some great bourbons though if need be... cheers.