Earlier today, one apparently desperate MGTOW went to the Men Going Their Own Way subreddit to ask the regulars for advice on fleeing the country so he can skip out on paying alimony and child support.
Helpful commenters suggested various alternatives, from faking his own death to literally joining the French Foreign legion (turns out he’s too old for that). The OP is also considering the possibility of living “like Rambo, in the woods.”
But my favorite answer came from a dude living on a boat:
I would strongly urge all MGTOWs to consider this alternative. Any kind of boat or boat-like device will do — sailboat, rowboat, giant inflatable duck, pool noodle, you name it.
Aim for one of these islands and you’ll be sitting pretty in no time!
NOTE: Just so you know, the caption for the pic above is kind of a joke. Clipperton Island, a tiny smudge of an atoll 670 miles southwest of Mexico, has more than one tree. It also had birds.
And an abandoned tanker!
MGTOWs! Clipperton island calls for you!
Well damn, this is what I get for going into another window for a couple of hours. I missed the troll. 🙁
I know I’m convinced that Mig is a completely genuine engineer and not a child trying to borrow a rep. I could easily imagine every engineer I know making ludicrous claims about their survival skills and immunity to infectious and nutritional diseases.
Olive Garden didn’t always suck. It used to be pretty damned good, back in the 90’s or so. Their breadsticks were fantastic, nothing like they are today. As “genuine Italian food” it fell short even on its best days, but as a casual dining chain it was up there. Olive Garden was one of those places where we went on someone’s birthday.
Oogly
Never read it, doesn’t seem my bag
Wait… Was that… Did you just nostalgia!? I think you just nostalgiated!
@kupo
Autoimmune disease: the MGTOW of illness. Just can’t bear to see anything work properly or function without it. Hugs
So how about that post card
@Axe
Hey, at least I know what’s wrong and it’s really treatable, though it’s going to be a bit of a wait to talk to a doctor that can help with that (the one who diagnosed it isn’t an expert). The ever-shrinking list of foods I can eat sucks, but it offers a hope I haven’t had for some time. 🙂
Ohai Mickey.
Pro-tip : right click.
How’s the Gender Studies going ?
ETA : @kupo
Okay, Mick actually managed to hijack enough of my attention that I missed your post. I’m glad you found a hope ! All the hugs.
It’s here, Mick:
https://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2016/09/13/whaa-men-going-their-own-way-actually-consider-going-their-own-way/comment-page-1/#comment-950396
Kupo, I hope you get that diagnosis soon!
that’s awesome
I feel like if everyone just ignores him, he’ll deflate like a balloon and zip away somewhere else. He’s like when a toddler pushes a sippy cup off the high chair over and over so you keep fetching it.
Definitely beneath me.
I missed this the first time around. Is this supposed to be a veiled threat of cannibalism? I see someone’s been catching up with The Walking Dead on Netflix.
@Scildfreja
I got the diagnosis. 🙂 It’s Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. I’m just waiting to see a PCP so I can talk treatment and/or get a referral to someone who can help with that. She’s booked solid for the next month. :/
Sinkable John
It’s cool we just really started on first wave feminsm today up to second wave and kind of left off there in the lecture material – have class again on thursday
Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but in french it’s possible to use “hungry” as a euphemism for horny. I dunno about english though, but it struck me as really sinister. Either way, “you have no idea what a man is capable of” always reads as a threat to me.
I just really, really don’t like that guy, to be honest. I don’t even find his tantrums entertaining anymore.
I don’t dislike Olive Garden. My husband and I used to go there sometimes…there was one near where we lived, and yeah, breadsticks.
Now we’re near a Macaroni Grill, which I really think is mediocre.
If I were to eat at just one restaurant every day, it would probably be this amazing local burrito chain. My God it’s good.
Seagull just strikes me as a bad idea.
All of first wave feminism in one day?
Quick 3 question quiz. No Googling.
1. What event kicked off American feminism?
2. Name one British suffragette
3. Who wrote The Yellow Wallpaper?
Bonus question. Who coined “ain’t I a woman?”
That’s my secret. I’m always hungry.
@WWTH
You know, google exists.
@Jack
We’ll know if he googles it.
Hell, I give first wave feminism more than a day, and I just teach middle school US history.
Mick Dash, do you mean you can’t be bothered to scroll back through the comments to find it, so you want someone to post it for you again?
When you first started your “I’m doing a Gender Studies course” business, I was wondering if you were trying the tired old trick of phrasing your essay question as “refute this, bitches!” then harvesting the discussions and references that came in and presenting them to your teacher as if you had done some reading and thinking of your own.
It’s a shabby way of going about things – honestly asking the group for directions to reading materials or statistics, and asking for help in interpreting it, would be more intellectually honest.
But at least by reading and reproducing the information you might have actually learned something, including where reliable information can be found, and how to examine an argument.
You don’t seem to be making even that much effort. Which is a shame, because several of the people who have replied to you are excellent at teaching and passionate about it, as well as being very knowlegable and rational.
@Croquembouche
This is freaking genius. Why did I never think of doing that !?
Oh… right. I was a bad student, but at least I was honest.
If he Googles it, I’ll have tricked him into learning about feminism. Shhh. Don’t tell him my seekrit plan!
@Mick Dash
What is the name of your class, again? I find it a little odd that they’re doing a chronological history of modern feminist movements. That doesn’t really sound like how most gender studies classes are structured.
What’s the syllabus say is going to be covered in the last couple of weeks?
You know, someone could be just a slow or fast typer, or have faster internet and better google skills than others. There’s no way to really gauge stuff like that online.
If they ever do google it.