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"I can’t ask for money, I need it to just fall out of the sky. I am too proud. There are so many people with money who love my work but I can’t bring myself to ask them for a dime to keep this show on the road."

Bruh, this is just a roundabout way of asking for money.

It's also a microcosm of a larger pattern: WBE never "just does" the thing he wants. He never "owns" his decisions. It's always accompanied by this annoying handwringing. This utterly effeminate way of approaching everything that makes it seem like this big moral shitshow when it literally does not need to be.

But this leads to another point: if WBE were to behave like a more stereotypical man, he would either not be writing about it at all or this entire thing would be a play-by-play report on a PUA forum read exclusively by other men instead of young women in a receptive state of arousal-sympathy-disgust. Only with this feminine presentation does he gain access to his sexual demographic of choice. The blog here is basically a weird combo of choose-your-own-adventure story and dating app profile (yes, Substack is also a dating app). Women can opt into the WBE story at any time they want, which feels doable and safe-ish because they have so much information about what WBE is like and has done that he feels familiar.

Now that I type it out, it's quite clear that this blog is getting WBE what he *actually* wants. He's made himself a successful sales funnel for both his books and his dick.

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eric's avatar

absolutely brilliant - both your synopsis and wbe

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Simple R. Walk's avatar

Well said.

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AB's avatar

I have an 18yo daughter… this normalisation of abuse and degradation disturbs me.

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PhineusGage's avatar

This blog is the reddest of pills, a Red Giant

Can any of the female followers explain the attraction, genuinely curious

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kas's avatar

The girls that write to him and meet up with him most likely just want him to write about them. They think they'll be the special muse he falls in love with

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PhineusGage's avatar

Sounds right

His velocity is increasing as his profile expands

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theeseelie's avatar

why do the commenters despise him so

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(。ŏ_ŏ)。's avatar

He’s a worm

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theeseelie's avatar

I respect his agency, his intriguing psychology and honesty. Certainly this is what attracted the women - why aren't you insulting them for agreeing to meet with him? Are you one of them?

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(。ŏ_ŏ)。's avatar

Hahahahhahhhhahhahahhahahah

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Kale Pang's avatar

Popped a boner reading this. It ain't even that type of writing

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Sensitive Young Fascist's avatar

very funny how the nyc lit scene hated you. its because youre better than them. lit scene and poetry are all full of losers. you could cuck all of them.

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Gálvez Caballero's avatar

You will get got like Al capone by those parking tickets

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Christian's avatar

Bro we don't care. We want Layla

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Laggy's avatar

Layla is a starfish. Guaranteed.

🚫Boner Killer

✅Boner Garage

🚫Boner Maker

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Christian's avatar

She’s hot though 😂

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Finn's avatar

I hope it is fucking fiction whatever you write about which is only women. If they stopped giving you attention you and your book would be worthless

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Dragonbrother7's avatar

It’s alright dude. You’ll likely snap mid ejaculation 1 day with a girl and just start strangling her while screaming

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Larry Kooper's avatar

I like your writing. I think you are establishing a new genre, which does not yet have a name. Anyway keep doing it for your fans. ETA: I forgot you never read the comments.

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Aurigena's avatar

I’m pretty sure the genre is just softcore porn.

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Larry Kooper's avatar

But with a confessional/memoir/travelog

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Demmi Nace's avatar

every man hating on this guy is capping

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The Screed's avatar

What a bunch of wankerisms. This is an anti Substack in the sense that it’s still all dreck making the world worse off, but in a sexy way rather than annoying retard ideologue type way. Sad that this smut is the only kind of stuff our generation reads. Curtis had in worst boyfriend ever nick land Noah smith it’s all smut. Still read it tho.

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The Screed's avatar

it’s like a spiritual successor to the last psychiatrist. TLP in practice, case report

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Oranon's avatar

i remember when it was just 3 girls- lily jade and kim- lmaoooo

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Sunsolace's avatar

what i thought was significant and not everyone mentions is a theme of self-destruction. why is creating a living hell on earth so enjoyable? nobody dares to explain. anyways reading this was like reading a weird contemporary documentary i didn't know that i wanted to read and i'm still not sure if i wanted to read tbh

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