Bringing Back Common Sense | The Art of Manliness
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- čas přidán 18. 09. 2014
- Why saying "Gee, it's so sad that this basic stuff has to be taught on the internet" is a dumb comment. Common sense stuff has always been taught through various mediums and even folks who have been around the block a few times need reminders on the basics from time to time. So please quit saying "It's so sad this has to be taught."
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When I first saw this guy, I thought the AoM website hired him to read their script because he looked like basically the personification of the AoM. Then I realized he is the actual founder of the AoM. That's pretty awesome, shows he can walk the walk and back up what he writes. Keep up the great work, Brett.
Well said.
Isn't it sad that you have to make a video that it isn't sad that there are videos on manliness? Lol. In all seriousness though. Good point, keep doing what you're doing.
I'd like to personally thank you for the AoM. My younger brother has autism, and not having a steady father figure in his life has left him searching how to be a man, he has learned so much from the videos and the website as well. Keep up the good work! Even I have learned from it and a lot of things you talk about remind my of my great grandfather the man that made me who I am today.
I agree
I'm willing to bet that if a high school offered some after school program that taught boys and girls this kind of stuff, it would fill up lightning quick.
I know i would have went
Agreed. Schools should offer classes on social and financial skills.
Ha, not anymore. Boys cant be boys and girls cant be girls anymore in public schools. Your free to choose your gender and swing it every which a way.
Even a college class would be full
I was SO expecting some stupid video on how "common sense is completely gone from society" or whatnot.
Instead I got a very well thought out video explaining how common sense has never been a given and how it has always been needed to be taught. Thank you. Also, I couldn't agree more when you said "...what's sad is that there aren't MORE publications that are supplementing and reinforcing what young men learn at home.".
"common sense is completely gone from society" is still true though.
I was actually disappointed that the video wasn't about that subject. So, I agree with Nick here.
"Repetition is the mother of all learning . . . " :) Great post Brett!
Love that quote.
As someone growing up with a deadbeat father and limited alternatives to look to for guidance, this channel is a God-send. I only wish I could've subscribed since it launched.
Thank you for the many insights.
I love this channel... You address things we ALL want to know, but are afraid to ask... I like the cameos Jordan Crowder's in too. He portrays the stereotypical wholesome kind of nerd from the 50's *PERFECTLY*.
One of my favorite sayings is "Common sense is not very common."
Great video, Brett. Thanks for doing what you do.
Just discovered your channel and blog, great stuff. I'm impressed with how informative you're able to be touching on topics like honor, ethics, commons sense, etc, without being preachy.
Pretty dang sensible video.... how DARE you, sir? This is the internet.
Just be happy for the man, shit haha
Steven crowder watches the AoM ?? Awesome
+Duke Critters His brother, Jordan Crowder, is in a few of the AoM videos.
What the hell?
Wasn't expecting a Steven Crowder comment here.
Also, you did a voice for a popular kid's cartoon?
That's random as hell.
3 years late, but glad to see you here Mr. Crowder!
What's sad is that I didn't pay attention when my father taught me how to fix an electric shower, or when my mother told me how to fold my shirts, or when my step-father taught me how to cook, or when my grandmother taught me how to iron different types of clothing.
Now I have to seek all sorts of tutorials because I was too much a of a kid to pay attention and actually learn. I'm glad I'm still in my early 20's, so I can still ask those people and they will gladly teach me again - I just feel stupid and inconsiderate for not paying attention in the first time, as I was too busy thinking about girls and videogames.
Your video is totally on point. Hadn't thought about that before.
+Gabeux Exactly. Be thankful most of your family is still around. There's not a day that goes by that I don't wish I spent more time learning what my grandfather could have taught me. He was a precision machinist. He could make damn near anything with his hands. I found his old Craftsman lathe and restored it, but have no clue how to use it.
If there're any teenagers perusing this comment section who have recently gotten into an argument with a family member, or don't visit their grandparents frequently, you need to apologize, you need to visit. Never take your family for granted.
Yup. My dad and grandfathers taught me a lot of things, but sometimes I didn't care at the time and didn't learn it. Other times, I paid close attention, but repetition is the key to mastery. The more you see it, the better you'll get at it.
Just found your channel 2+ years after this video posted. Thanks for making it available in the internet, thus making it available to other young men in the future, Brett!
I am still young (aged 15) and I always wanted to have my own little source of knowledge. I wanted to know such common skills from a different, lest western European perspective. I wanted them to be clarified and taught to me not for months, and inconsistently, but a fine pace and fantastically organized. I am extremely grateful to all the effort put into making these videos, and the willingness and openness about all the things I always was unsure about. Thank you very much Brent.
I agree with you sir, and I do find the articles and videos posted on both this channel and the Art of Manliness are great to have as guides for those of us who need either a refresher or some guidance in some skills they either lack or need some extra help with. So I would like to say thank you and I look forward to seeing the Art of Manliness continue to be an inspiration to both boys and young men like myself who have found these sites, as well as a place where they can ask for advice from their elders on the internet.
Thanks for putting this content out Brett! I really enjoy the articles, blogs and videos that's been posted these past few months.
You're welcome sir!
I'm two years late but thank you for this video. I have people I know not understand my desire to learn more about these kinds of things and this makes me understand my desire to improve is worthwhile.
Appreciate your stuff, as always. This has always bothered me as well - in order to learn something, it must be taught, and the more it is taught, the better the retention!
Good points, Brett. My effort right now is to spend some good time with improving books every day. I just got through "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and am now reading "How to Win Friends and Influence People." As you say, there is a lot there that I already knew, but reading them again in new forms and old brings them, as you say, to the forefront for work and examination. I love your channel and Blog. Keep on plugging along!
you should do that kind of videos more. Giving advise like the one on how to feel like a man is most usefull, and in my opinion, even more importand that the instructual videos.
Best wishes!
Will do.
Fair points made here today. I've adjusted my thinking accordingly.
Keep up the great work. I try teach my boys this stuff but it's good to have a man they don't know reinforce it. I am hoping you will do a series on chivalry. I was shocked that when I was eight months pregnant I went in a full auditorium and not one person offered me their seat. I sat on the floor. No joke.
Too many people treat pregnancy as an ailment or a disease. If you're a strong and healthy woman then sitting on the floor at 8 months should be something you can proudly do easily and independently (except possibly if you have twins). Stop seeing yourself as somehow dependent on others and instead see yourself as tough and capable. That being said, I would also like to see our society treat women, especially pregnant and nursing mothers, with more respect and compassion. You ladies carry the future of our entire species! Take care of yourself and the love the shit out of those boys!
Thank you!! I will. You're right that our society treats pregnancy like an ailment and I managed to sit on the hard floor just fine. Getting up was another story. Lol.
I came from a small town where men would treat a pregnant woman like a queen. I went back there during that same month of pregnancy and I was amazed at the contrast to the urban city I live in today. Funny thing is the men seemed much happier there. Doing kind gestures like opening doors and telling me that I looked lovely with my pregnancy glow seemed to give them joy because it gave me joy. Win, win.
Just a week earlier in my city, not only was I not offered a seat in eight months of pregnancy, but also some young men almost ran me over in the grocery store to get ahead of me to buy beer. I think a lesson in manly chivalry is long overdue IMHO.
Equality gone mad! I once had a woman give me an awful look for holding the door for her.
MustardSeedish As a 16 year old, I learned that Chivalry is an extension of honor. You can do away with it and live, but you live without much purpose.
Firose You're very wise.
Well said. Although I did not learn these while growing up it's nice to hear these reinforcements. And your team does a good job at making them "sexy".
We're brining sexy back.
once again well don and well said. Your site has become one of my favorites
Well said. This is great video, especially for men who didn't receive their "training in manliness" at home. Every man has got to find his way, even if it is through the Internet. Nice suit, Brett!
Thanks! Real Men Real Style made it for me.
I love this channel! I hope I can grow up to become the man you teach to be! God bless!
Oh, I love the Coronet films! I have all of them saved in a CZcams playlist (they're free on CZcams) and plan on going over them casually through the next couple of months. They're nostalgic, basic, but very helpful tutorials.
Contour wow. I was going to ask how to find such a thing. thanks for answering my question before I could even form it.
I'm watching The Forgotten History of Autism on your Soundcloud page and as someone who actually has it, I have something to say:
I think The Art of Manliness *can* be taught to people on the spectrum. Despite our complexities, both I and pretty much all the autistic friends I have can learn how to be a man if we really tried. I began to realize this when I saw some of my peers using their diagnosis as an excuse for bad behavior or bad manners and deep inside, I just couldn't accept it anymore.
Autistic people are hard to understand, especially when it comes to what makes us tick. But if you can imagine two foreign countries made different by culture, by language, by a whole lot of things, we are unified in many other, more basic, ways. We understand loyalty, we do have a sense of humor (we can even laugh at ourselves), we CAN learn social cues, even intuition (which I am reasonably good at using). We can defend ourselves and each other if necessary, in fact my best friend (who is autistic) was able to defend himself against an armed street thug carrying a knife. He was able to disarm and incapacitate the attacker with his bare hands. If we lived in close proximity, he would be my bodyguard, and I would be his mentor and build confidence in himself on a bad day. We complement each other nicely.
We're different, but not deficient. People who say we are underestimate our power. But as I said before, those of us who are on the spectrum can learn the Art of Manliness. Some autistics have it severe, but some people like me have it relatively mild. If I can make the grade, I know countless others can as well. That's why I'm here, watching this video.
Keep doing what you love doing; inspiring men to live up to more values and morals. Much respect Brett. Stay manly and don't worry about the negative comments dumb people post. God Bless!
As someone who hasn't had a fatherly figure for all of my teenage years I have to say, things you preach on this channel are far more useful and applicable than things preached almost anywhere else.
While it is true that it's not sad that this video is needed, most "men" today don't have the motivation to learn these, they are more concerned with how often and with how many girls they have sex. I am very glad to have found this channel, you sir, have taught me so many things which are very useful, from how to tie a bow tie, to exercises that helped me to get in better shape, in short, I love this channel, and it has helped me become a better man, but I do feel as though most "men" now will not feel the need to make themselves better and will not want to be told that they should treat women properly and that they are taken more seriously when they dress better.
Discovered AOM in 2010. So influential on my adulthood
That mustache is still so godly, keep it up Brett, keep it up!
5:38 AM in Germany. Time to realize, that common sense has to be brought back.
Nice library there Brett. I've been around the Sun a few dozen times and I'm still learning from your site.
Brent, excellent insight, thank you. May I return the favor: when shooting a video where you are turned slightly toward the camera, put the mic on side closest to the camera. When you reached down for the books you sounded so much better because you were talking directly into the mic. Keep the videos coming!!!
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for another great video.. Oh and nice tie.
Thanks!
Would you give us a detailed list of the books you have on this subject?
That would be a great post. I'll work on it.
Art of Manliness If you made a "bible" that contains all the books of this specific genre it would sell. I'd take one for sure!
Any update on this?
Art of Manliness gimme the info about the books you read
Punk
Marko I think he just got a book published
Great video! I absolutely love this channel. It provides a pleasant, and much needed balance from the topics I usually concern myself with.
A playlist of those old teaching videos would be nice too.
I love this channel and website.
Thank you sir!
Love it,,, I subscribed.. appreciate your time you put into the video great.👍🏼
I totally agree with you brother! Cheers!
It's not sad to be taught this at all, sometimes perception can be altered depending on the environment.
In some cases you also have to take into consideration the culture that you're around, what may be basic to us may be absurd in another culture.
I love the topics AoM covers, I have yet to see a title of a video that doesn't entice me
Between a fraternity at Syracuse University, and playing D-3 rugby after college, I had a pretty good schooling on many areas of manhood. Then had the privilege of mentoring the younger guys on a few things too. However, I have YET to master tying a bow-tie, Even after watching several youtube videos, yours included. LOL
It is indeed sad that there i not more of this being taught and that there is so much misinformation being taught instead.
I'm so glad I found this. Thank you and your manly mustache
Thank you!!!🔥⚡
Isn't it sad that Brett has to address these misconceptions? Keep up the good work, AoM!
Beautiful channel
WOW!!! Really like the video!
Right as rain!
You made a good point there. Great insight.
Well said!
Well said Brett.
Congradulations on the prs interview.
Well stated, sir. Well stated indeed.
Dude, that mustache is rocking!!
Well spoken sir!
So a giant chunk of the skills taught on AOM are taught in Boy Scouts. Boys should be in scouts. It taught me SO many skills it’s insane.
They rebranded to be more inclusive 😄
Have to ask what kind of camera are you using? Looks ridiculously good. My guess is a Canon c300. It has the same feel to it as a Vice news story, and they use the c300 in a lot of there work.
Well said.
Absolutely. And fellow comment lurker, here are some reminders for you.
- Don't forget to get sunlight, especially in the morning. If your country has dark mornings, get a pale light lamp.
- Practice forgiveness often. Let go of anger. Even just trying, even if you fail, is practice. It will make you happier and more peaceful.
- Practice doing things you don't want to do. Also, practice saying no to things you want, that are bad for you.
- Read books. Exercise your attention span and ability to focus.
- Stop consuming media that makes you miserable. Get off social media. You are neither helping yourself nor other people.
Them three books made me think of the Book Collection article, could be the start of a pretty neat one. If you don't mind me asking, what product do you have in your hair here Brett?
Imperial pomade
Well said
Helpful vids. thanks.
Good talk.
Very great points. Well presented!
excellent site & yt channel
Great video.
Imagine if the sides of buses passed by with the occasional tip on common sense and Gallantry as opposed to the latest video games/sexually explicit underwear ads/'scientifically proven' cordial drink/fast food outlet??
I have my grandmother's copy of Emily Post's Etiquette, published in 1956.
Nice!
Common Sense I was told is a mixture of Intelligence and Experience.
I was told that common sense largely doesn't exist and referes only to basic stuff like "don't throw yourself from a cliff because gravity is stronger than you" or "eat vegetables and fruit in larger amounts" ...
What old books do you recommend , aside from the three books you mentioned? I am interested in buying some old self help / etiquette books from the 1800's
A favor please, a request--more tutorial videos, the ones with "Mr. Narrator man"
The best video
Too true.
Awesome
Hell yeah Bret!
Beginning with the Baby Boomers, we've lampooned such things to the point where we're all much too cool to see the value in them. I often find myself wondering if the whole "Art of Manliness" thing is on the level or just a continuing series of ironic jokes.
Love that intro hahaha
Amazing video, very nice haircut
What is the name of the Jazz Tune that plays like a fanfare to open most of your podcasts and THIS video blog??? Who does it?
Flaming Youth by Duke Ellington
My good man, do you think you could deliver us a video about how to attract dates to all the young men and women seeking companionship?
Is that a "Captains of Crush" gripper?
Nice suit fits Well
well done comments on youtubers comments without attacking anyone. I was really waiting for "what really sad is that you have to criticize people on the internet"...or something along those lines. So glad you didnt do this! thanks for staying manly!
I don't know why but when ever I see your mustache I feel like its one of those fake sticky ones and i just want to pull it off so bad.
You would summarily be punched in the throat if you did that.
Note taken
What are all the books you have cited?
I literally just made a website about the "Art of Common Sense" Then I see this is my suggested channels.Hopefully I don't get sued.
Sir have you gone over Rules of Civility? It largely shaped the conscience of a young George Washington.
REMEMBER A MAN’S ONLY SYMBOL IS A SHIELD AND SPEAR ♂
Brett looks like Tom Buchanan from The Great Gatsby with that mustache
Great video as always Brett and that stache is looking stach-ier. Stay manly.
Needs a trim for sure.
I can close the 2.0 Captains of Crush grippers. Won't be doing that 100 times in a month...
Can you do a video about feminism and chivalry?
I subscribed
I watched the how to talk to youre barber thanks
I thought Brett was going to say I was the dolt for not knowing how to tie a tie from birth. Good thing he didn't, because then we would've had to throw down.
Awesome mustache.
I like his mustache
What is the name and the author of the first two books?
If anything it's uplifting: Boys and men are realising that they are lacking in certain areas of their lives AND are wanting to learn how to improve in those areas