Contra Vox Day

So apparently I started to write something in support of some other Substacker who had an issue with Vox Day. And now I can’t find that link, but I still have some shit to sling at Vox Day. So here goes.

I read the Vox Day article and John Carter’s response, and I declined to comment on either because it’s not arable land to sow my seed. Thank you for pushing back on this, though. Here are my thoughts:

Vox is a frustrating specimen. He obviously resonates with a lot of men, and I understand that I, as a post-menopausal out-of-the-mating-scene female, am not his target audience — but about 75% of the stuff he writes about women is just….wrong. Like, I’ve never observed the things he describes in the wild. I am an acerbic critic of much of female behavior, but the whole "Hypergamouse" schtick -- it's pure fiction. A woman who acts like that is mentally ill.

I've provisionally concluded that Vox is a perfect demonstration of the "Survivor Bias" effect, of which the most obvious example is the phenomenon of grifting "financial advisors" who circulate random stock tips throughout an email chain. Target enough marks with picks, and you will by random chance cull, through successive rounds, targets to whom you have presented ten winners in a row. That's what Vox does. Any man whose experience doesn't align with his system just stops reading. And if by chance a fellow doesn't align and objects? Well then, Vox has the perfect response. He has fortified his system by erecting a non-falsifiable barrier. Any guy who sticks around to riposte is a "Gamma" and the recipient of abuse.

This is also why females can't object: haul out the Rationalization Hamster.

I'm also certain by now that his whole "I am so much smarter than anyone who could possibly be objecting to me" facade is pure theater. He consistently conflates intelligence with credentialism in his "explanations" of why high-intellect females have no advantage in the mating market. It's all an act to generate outrage, which produces traffic to him.

Vox is also one of the main reasons I developed the “Substack Author/Commentariat Discrepancy Index.” This is the difference between the quality of the output of the Substack author and the average quality of the commenters on the articles. The high end of the range is pegged by Euggipius, El Gato Malo, and J.D.Sawyer. I often learn as much from the discussion of one of their articles as I do from the original offering. Vox's commenters seem to be the sheep left wandering about when the OG "Game" bloggers like Roosh V abandoned the field. The sheep will always find a new shepherd. Bleat on, my brothers in Christ. Bleat on.

Also, as if I didn't have enough negativity out here: I'm not impressed by a novelist who fanfics JRR Tolkien for profit without demonstrating any understanding of the God-centered world he created or addressing the very real moral and ethical conundrums that his Catholic view of the world laid bare. Shame on you. You're not fit to polish an Inkling's shoes.