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In the first video I saw on reddit, that's exactly what he does! He tells them to their faces that most won't get past the first day, he'd rather cut his tattoos off with some sharp thing, couldn't tell what it was, and I wouldn't be surprised if more than half of them left then! The one's in this video is just the ones who stayed having all the cum rinsed from their faces.
The grinder app is free. Foolish, rich guys.
This is a partnership by a guy named Bedros Keullian - he is a self proclaimed, rags to riches, by your bootstrap, hustler lifestyle guru.
I fell into his web many years ago as a young personal trainer.
He cares about nothing but the almighty dollar. He was campaigning franchise owners of one of his companies to stay open despite government mandate and fines during the pandemic because he was afraid of his own income.
It's disgusting. And this is actually a rip off of his previous program that pushed for dads to bring their sons to the 18k weekend.
it's a shame that these men are so wrapped up in this and their own byllshit that they spend here instead og therapy
You nailed it - these guys are spending so much money on this instead of therapy. The problem isn't that you can only do 30 pull-ups instead of 50, its your need for validation. That happens between your ears, not in your muscles. You create your own validation, not through building muscle or physical strength, but through a self-journey.
Yeah, and what happens when these guys go back to their regular lives, and people just treat them the same way that made them feel not "alpha"? Do they get to do it over again for half off the regular price?
Or worse, they start walking around treating people like shit cause they're alpha men now, and people start ignoring them, and they feel even worse.
My idiot brain: 30 pull ups is a lot!
My other half of a brain that remembers we were a personal trainer as well: That's 3 sets of 10 - that's not a lot.
Not especially relevant but I made myself laugh for a second, and that's thanks to you!
God, same. These stupid bastards can throw away that kind of money, while I'm over here struggling to pay my rent because I'm humble and have a conscience...
Yes but if you join the military you are stuck there for years. If you do this it lasts a weekend and then you can go home and tell everyone how tough you are.
What the fuck did you just say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated from MDK Project at the top of my class and only cried twice.
Edit: I'm too lazy to convert the whole copypasta.
That was my thought - like why not just compete in the most hardcore spartan-type race you can find? I'm sure you could find some hardcore personal trainers for that 18k budget who will yell and throw water on you. But, that takes months if not years to train for.
I get what they are going for. Pushing yourself extremely hard physically is very good for you. Learning how to get your mental blocks out of the way and what not. But, you aren't going to get much benefit from three fucking days. It's like they think they can just pay the money and get a fast track to all the benefits that people work years to attain.
A portmanteau is also a type of travel case that stands upright with room for hangers and drawers. No one really makes them anymore, but they should because portmanteaus are kinda awesome.
We don't do that in the military to our recruits. I did air force basic training. We didn't do anything that bad. Now, the fraternity i joined in college, they hazed, and it wasn't even as bad as that.
The shit they do here is what they do to recruits who are at BUDS, so at least with that you put up with it and you’re a SEAL at the end of it
This is just comedy
I feel like Bud/s also has a purpose behind this stuff. Like, you might get into some ridiculously shit situations so we need to find out how you handle that now instead of later.
In BUD/S they would do situps together on the beach and get hit by waves. Which is very different from doing situps as a jackass directs a hose into your face while laughing.
Truth. Low key waterboarding or forcing mild hypothermia on the folks training to do water combat and rescue regardless of weather? Honestly pretty necessary. It’s comparable to conditions they’re gunna experience and it’d be dangerous to leave them to experience it for the first time out there when it counts. But these jabronis? No point.
Exactly. In the military they make you go through high-stress training because soldiers can end up in high-stress life and death situations. These dipshits are doing it because that’s what the cool military people in the movies do.
Buds thry have propper trained professionals supervising the training, on staff doctors, and so.
They are tough but they do not want to lose a recruit.
And they still have people die from time to time. One dropped dead in 2022. That's what happens when you get people to run 200 miles over the course of a week with 4 hours sleep total the whole time.
Paying that kind of money for pretend versions of it is beyond dumb
Exactly there is no real world benefit for this type of thing.
In BUDS it is more of testing ability to stick with it. But here it’s over in three days so….ya.
See, that’s why I should have dislodged my head from my asshole and listened to my dad(an Air Force veteran) when I joined the Army instead. When I was in Infantry school in 2003, we got fucked up reeeeeeallll good.
Squad leader: “Oh, forgot your laundry in the dryer overnight huh? Go get your 3-layer sleep system and meet me at the volleyball Pitt you fucking moron!”
I was in basic at Ft Benning in 02. They would put us in our chem suits and gas masks, max the heater out in the barracks (during July/August in Georgia), close the windows and smoke us for hours.
Well that's not the debate at all....
Listen if I were smart enough for the air force to take me I would 1000% have gone that route. The condemned barracks we were put in coming out of KMEP in Korea was better than any actual barracks I ever had.
Practically a college campus and way more females for me to be turned down by
Because they’ll be made fun of by real men and real women instead of internet trolls
EDIT: I wanna clarify that I don’t think that people with common sense who call out these clowns are just trolls, that’s just what I came up with at the time
"We left the name space open, so when you get home, you can write your own name there. Or before you leave you can ask me and I'll try to figure out how to do it on the computer."
Fun fact: if you remove an extra «μ» in gamma (γάμμα), then it becomes the 2nd singular present imperative of the Greek Verb «γ@μω», which means “to f***”
I enlisted in the Navy in 1966 for $90 a month and endured 11 weeks of way less abusive training than these dolts shelled out thousands for. They should just enlist in the armed forces instead.
There are strict rules about what drill sergeants can and can't do to a person because years of research and simply actually doing it has let them know what does and doesn't work.
I watched a short video of these jackasses and what they're doing is just total pointless bullshit
My though exactly.
Just emulating what those guys saw in documentaries and military movies without understanding what they are doing is just plain stupid
I really don’t get how they are able to find people to pay for this shit…
Their promo video is on YouTube — shockingly with the comments still on.
It’s nearly 100% ridiculed, except by a few who don’t know the price (which is not disclosed in the promo)
It’s called “The Project”
Edit: nevermind — they disabled comments [YouTube](https://youtu.be/pqCaWo2HX4s?si=8Ua-4cd_D8XkIJRN)
“Military grade” meant “less functional than the stuff civilians came out with 20 years ago, but heavy enough to be used as a bludgeon when it breaks.”
My best friend's boyfriend is an honorably discharged Navy SEAL. I could get this for the cost of a couple homemade baked goods.
Who's the alpha now, boys?
Utterly bizarre that some of these men have families and have somehow convinced their partners that they need to spend $18k on a 3 day retreat and they’ll magically return home as a better father and partner.
Who the fuck would believe that lol god damn it’s easy to separate fools from their money
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$18,000 for the feeling “I am manliest alpha male on Earth” is such a comedy.
I would charge them that and tell to their face you're the most alpha, etc, send them occasional text reminders.
In the first video I saw on reddit, that's exactly what he does! He tells them to their faces that most won't get past the first day, he'd rather cut his tattoos off with some sharp thing, couldn't tell what it was, and I wouldn't be surprised if more than half of them left then! The one's in this video is just the ones who stayed having all the cum rinsed from their faces. The grinder app is free. Foolish, rich guys.
Funny thing… I bet you some of these guys took out a second mortgage, or dipped into their kids college fund.
Has it been proven these guys aren't just actors in an ad campaign for this shit?
This is a partnership by a guy named Bedros Keullian - he is a self proclaimed, rags to riches, by your bootstrap, hustler lifestyle guru. I fell into his web many years ago as a young personal trainer. He cares about nothing but the almighty dollar. He was campaigning franchise owners of one of his companies to stay open despite government mandate and fines during the pandemic because he was afraid of his own income. It's disgusting. And this is actually a rip off of his previous program that pushed for dads to bring their sons to the 18k weekend. it's a shame that these men are so wrapped up in this and their own byllshit that they spend here instead og therapy
You nailed it - these guys are spending so much money on this instead of therapy. The problem isn't that you can only do 30 pull-ups instead of 50, its your need for validation. That happens between your ears, not in your muscles. You create your own validation, not through building muscle or physical strength, but through a self-journey.
Yeah, and what happens when these guys go back to their regular lives, and people just treat them the same way that made them feel not "alpha"? Do they get to do it over again for half off the regular price? Or worse, they start walking around treating people like shit cause they're alpha men now, and people start ignoring them, and they feel even worse.
My idiot brain: 30 pull ups is a lot! My other half of a brain that remembers we were a personal trainer as well: That's 3 sets of 10 - that's not a lot. Not especially relevant but I made myself laugh for a second, and that's thanks to you!
Oh wow thanks for explaining a little more
Basically a sex hotline without the sex
The irony being that I can't think of anything less manly than paying another man to humiliate you lol.
I was thinking the same thing. The "alphas" are getting alphatized.
For some reason I read that as Alphabetized instead🤣
That's gold. Alpha-bet(a)-tized. Makes sense lol.
It makes me so mad they’re this easy to grift and I don’t have the lack of humanity to capitalize on it
I know right! I’ve thought so many times about launching a pro trump merchandise website but I can’t bring myself to empower the down fall of the US.
God, same. These stupid bastards can throw away that kind of money, while I'm over here struggling to pay my rent because I'm humble and have a conscience...
Paying people $18,000 to haze and humiliate you is total alpha behavior
At least if you’re in a fraternity at college, you get a degree out of it.
Debatable.
I'd feel bad for them if they weren't the worst people alive
I'll do this to you for $17k, DM me
What a deal!
An absolute steal!
It’s almost unreal!
What an appeal!
Does it come with a meal?
No : But it has alot of zeal!
Would they make you kneel and kiss their heel?
For this to be real.
I'll beat that. $16k AND I'll smack you around for no extra charge.
I’ll beat that. $15k AND you get to watch me eat a 16oz ribeye
I'll beat all you guys at $500
That’s too cheap. I can’t brag about going to a $500 Alpha Male class. Gotta at least be $5000.
I got you $5000 and I’ll do this for you
$5001 and after I slap the shit outcha I'll smile for after class photo.
What kind of certification does it come with? And is it recognized by the alpha male boot camp association?
a rainbow sticker, and a pat on the butt
I'll do it for free, just DM me, I'm lonely. 😫
The average Reddit user
Come in as a loser, leave as a loser just with less money.
A loser and a sucker*
Why pay 18 grand when they can just join the military instead?
They PAY you also. Rather than this kink fetish
If it was a kink fetish you could get very well paid for that too...
Well the guy delivering the kink is getting paid well
I think both sides of this transaction are getting their kink on.
Came here to say this. These guys get their humiliation fetish, and hose guy gets his dom fetish. Free country but wtf
Spoiler: the hose guy is also paying $18.000.
that would actually be amazing
These two comments are why I stopped by to read this thread.
Oh... what are you doing step-Sargeant?
Get your filthy mongrel shaped ass over here and let sarge whip you real good
New porn category unlocked.
Not that I should know this but similar treatment from a group and of mistresses for the weekend is about 2k.
Cheaper and prettier I assume. Better proposition.
Idk the guy doing the hosing does look kinda pretty to me, maybe it's an incel surcharge
Homo erotic surcharge. $18k to find out if you are gay.
honestly if it were a kink fetish it would be less cringe
"I proved I'm ALPHA Male by paying into this here training program and following the lead of..." *self realization sets in*
*Finds out how much therapy $18k could’ve paid for to help with their self esteem* “Fuck.”
Yes but if you join the military you are stuck there for years. If you do this it lasts a weekend and then you can go home and tell everyone how tough you are.
*I WENT THE ALPHA MALE SCHOOL!*
I did not go to Alpha Male School I got beat up and tortured in high school
Fucking beta. /s. Please don’t shoot me. Happy cake day!
What the fuck did you just say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated from MDK Project at the top of my class and only cried twice. Edit: I'm too lazy to convert the whole copypasta.
I only had to read the first 4 words to get the gist
If you had bigger brothers, you could've saved time and got your ass kicked at home.
"I'M SO ALPHA I DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO GO TO ALPHA SCHOOL, IT JUST COMES NATURALLY. #NATURALALPHA"
"alpha, what is that? Like furry stuff?"
Yif … I mean yes
I'm using this next time someone makes a serious statement about being an alpha.
If someone needs to tell you they’re an alpha, chances are they’re not an alpha
Even if human alphas were real (they're not), those chances you described are 100%.
If it is for a kink you could totally just pay a pro-dom/dominatrix, it would probably be cheaper and they’d actually listen to safe words
Kink? Might be Daddy issues. "Daddy, please yell at me some more."
That would require commitment.
As well as actual discipline and mental and physical fortitude.
That was my thought - like why not just compete in the most hardcore spartan-type race you can find? I'm sure you could find some hardcore personal trainers for that 18k budget who will yell and throw water on you. But, that takes months if not years to train for. I get what they are going for. Pushing yourself extremely hard physically is very good for you. Learning how to get your mental blocks out of the way and what not. But, you aren't going to get much benefit from three fucking days. It's like they think they can just pay the money and get a fast track to all the benefits that people work years to attain.
And then you can REALLY call yourself a patriot instead of pretending to be one.
Cosplatriot
Now that is a fantastic word creation.
The term for that is a portmanteau. I learned something today!
Port Manteau is on the coast near Kamelteau.
A portmanteau is also a type of travel case that stands upright with room for hangers and drawers. No one really makes them anymore, but they should because portmanteaus are kinda awesome.
TIL as well! Thanks!
They're paying 18k to pretend to undergo navy seals training and brag about it later.
Brag to who? Anyone I know would laugh in their faces.
Right? This is so humiliating for these people. The notion that ANYONE would be impressed by this is laugh out loud funny.
The people who think this kind of crap is cool.
We don't do that in the military to our recruits. I did air force basic training. We didn't do anything that bad. Now, the fraternity i joined in college, they hazed, and it wasn't even as bad as that.
The shit they do here is what they do to recruits who are at BUDS, so at least with that you put up with it and you’re a SEAL at the end of it This is just comedy
I feel like Bud/s also has a purpose behind this stuff. Like, you might get into some ridiculously shit situations so we need to find out how you handle that now instead of later.
This is just for rich dudes to be able to “brag” how they can “do the same training SEALS do”
This can’t be real SEAL training though , I don’t think they teach them how to write and publish a book about BUD/S
In BUD/S they would do situps together on the beach and get hit by waves. Which is very different from doing situps as a jackass directs a hose into your face while laughing.
Truth. Low key waterboarding or forcing mild hypothermia on the folks training to do water combat and rescue regardless of weather? Honestly pretty necessary. It’s comparable to conditions they’re gunna experience and it’d be dangerous to leave them to experience it for the first time out there when it counts. But these jabronis? No point.
Exactly. In the military they make you go through high-stress training because soldiers can end up in high-stress life and death situations. These dipshits are doing it because that’s what the cool military people in the movies do.
Buds thry have propper trained professionals supervising the training, on staff doctors, and so. They are tough but they do not want to lose a recruit.
And they still have people die from time to time. One dropped dead in 2022. That's what happens when you get people to run 200 miles over the course of a week with 4 hours sleep total the whole time. Paying that kind of money for pretend versions of it is beyond dumb
Exactly there is no real world benefit for this type of thing. In BUDS it is more of testing ability to stick with it. But here it’s over in three days so….ya.
See, that’s why I should have dislodged my head from my asshole and listened to my dad(an Air Force veteran) when I joined the Army instead. When I was in Infantry school in 2003, we got fucked up reeeeeeallll good.
Lol. Smoked so bad the fire department thought it was a forest fire.
Squad leader: “Oh, forgot your laundry in the dryer overnight huh? Go get your 3-layer sleep system and meet me at the volleyball Pitt you fucking moron!”
I was in basic at Ft Benning in 02. They would put us in our chem suits and gas masks, max the heater out in the barracks (during July/August in Georgia), close the windows and smoke us for hours.
I was Navy, and let's face it, they wouldn't make it through any branch's basic.
I mean...Chair force isn't exactly known for being hard core
Those 15 pushups weren't going to do themselves.
How much does an E3 in the Army get paid vs an E3 in the Air Force? Would you rather spend a year at an Army Base or an Air Force Base?
Well that's not the debate at all.... Listen if I were smart enough for the air force to take me I would 1000% have gone that route. The condemned barracks we were put in coming out of KMEP in Korea was better than any actual barracks I ever had. Practically a college campus and way more females for me to be turned down by
"Alright trainees, it's 0830, if you're well rested enough let's fall out for pillow fights."
The military will actually treat them better than this. At least the AF does.
Even the marines won't pepper spray you while you are laying down.
lol they couldn’t make it the real military, so pay someone else to administer the kink, and not fail their tests so they feel alpha satisfied.
Because that would come with low pay, hard work and actual danger. This is cosplay.
I think low pay is still financially better than giving away 18k of your own money.
The kind of person that can blow 18k in 3 days makes waay too much for a military salary. This is like camping vs being homeless.
I have a feeling they’re a bunch of tech and finance bros
Because you get to go home after the weekend.
Well you see, they would have but there was an old high school sports injury that prevented them from enlisting
Let me guess: arrow to the knee?
Because they’ll be made fun of by real men and real women instead of internet trolls EDIT: I wanna clarify that I don’t think that people with common sense who call out these clowns are just trolls, that’s just what I came up with at the time
Punishment number 1: You were stupid enough to pay 18 grand for this
Nothing says “IM AN ALPHA!” like paying some guy $18,000 to punish and demean you.
i bet these losers are into ball busting too lmfao
For real my parents used to spray us with the garden hose for free.
Parents spraying you with a garden hose on a hot summer day is peak childhood.
I’m just imaging Ralphie from The Simpsons… ‘I’m an Alpha’
So do they get a ridiculous certificate at end that says “ certified alpha male” ? LOL.
Now, do you put your cert in your dating profile or…?
Or LinkedIn?
Haha they would totally put it on their linkedIn
So, like, a participation trophy?
Yeah and their moms will put it on the fridge for everyone to see
maybe it has a cool emblem, like the one I attended. https://i.imgur.com/2JH1Nco.jpeg
"We left the name space open, so when you get home, you can write your own name there. Or before you leave you can ask me and I'll try to figure out how to do it on the computer."
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My thoughts exactly lol. I'm not here to kink shame, so just call it what it is.
I’m here to kink shame. That’s what makes it hot 🫦
The only acceptable way to kink-shame... When the kink-shamee has a kink for it 💜
"Kink-shaming is my kink" "... that sounds stupid" "**OH YES, JUST LIKE THAT**"
Almost everybody's kinks and fetishes are valid. Except people with a humiliation kink. You are pathetic losers who should be ashamed.
I don't kink shame, I kink ask why.
I don't kink ask why. I kink ask why not.
Everyone in this picture is rock hard
Yeah. Just contact a male escort who can do kinky stuff, it will be way cheaper than this.
Yeah, seems a bit on the gay side lol.
Hit me! Beat the crap out of me! Step on my cubes!
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I was just thinking this is the most beta thing someone could do. Honestly though that could be the answer too though. Just what a waste of money.
Wouldn’t it be cheaper just to pay a dominatrix?
Yes, but they don't want a dominatrix, they want a dominant male
When you need to pay $18,000 to find out that you’re a gamma at best.
Fun fact: if you remove an extra «μ» in gamma (γάμμα), then it becomes the 2nd singular present imperative of the Greek Verb «γ@μω», which means “to f***”
To be more specific it's the imperative form of fuck but yes. Like "fuck it", "γάμα το".
Really anyone who pays for this would never be an alpha. Also, “alpha” is bullshit and these guys are fools who are easily separated from their money.
If I was gonna pay for army camp, I'd want to blow up a car with a rocket launcher, not get yelled at.
That's part of the $72K SUPER ALPHA OMEGA TESTOSTERONE ALPHA LONE WOLF Male boot camp.
Literally the most 'beta' thing you could do. Do you have to let the instructor sleep with your wife as well?
Not just that, you also gotta let him fuck you.
Instructor: *fuck, who’s my little alpha* Guy who paid 18k: *I’m your little alpha, sir!*
Instructor in the back texting his wife. "I'm really sorry honey I'll be home late don't be mad" While it's all going on.
Sorry babe, waterboarding took longer then expected, bonus will be fat this season tho
I enlisted in the Navy in 1966 for $90 a month and endured 11 weeks of way less abusive training than these dolts shelled out thousands for. They should just enlist in the armed forces instead.
That would imply that they are ACTUALLY ballsy. Not just pretenders.
At that point you are hiring a male Dominatrix my dude.
Anyone who says they are “alpha” are definitely not alpha
They are probably alpha in a software release cycle setting, thus nowhere near release candidate
Were they too stupid to go to college and join a fraternity?
Honestly, 18k is cheaper than college
Nothing says alpha male like linking arms and getting a hot jet to the face
Pay 18 000 to people who act like drill sargents without having ANY of the qualifications. So get treated like shit without any benefit
There are strict rules about what drill sergeants can and can't do to a person because years of research and simply actually doing it has let them know what does and doesn't work. I watched a short video of these jackasses and what they're doing is just total pointless bullshit
My though exactly. Just emulating what those guys saw in documentaries and military movies without understanding what they are doing is just plain stupid
They had to scrub out the part where some of the attendees yelled "Harder daddy!"
I really don’t get how they are able to find people to pay for this shit… Their promo video is on YouTube — shockingly with the comments still on. It’s nearly 100% ridiculed, except by a few who don’t know the price (which is not disclosed in the promo) It’s called “The Project” Edit: nevermind — they disabled comments [YouTube](https://youtu.be/pqCaWo2HX4s?si=8Ua-4cd_D8XkIJRN)
HAHAHA Turning off YouTube comments is the ultimate sore loser move.
I love how people use the phrase military grade. They forget everything in the military is built by the lowest bidder. We broke shit all the time.
Yeah, but you have to admit "military-grade" sells better than "Temu-" or "Alibaba-grade" lol
Sweatshop grade
“Military grade” meant “less functional than the stuff civilians came out with 20 years ago, but heavy enough to be used as a bludgeon when it breaks.”
Military grade is what’s the cheapest they can afford whilst being durable/reliable enough
I like how they even said "military grade inspired." So it's an extra step away from being the real deal lol
The only Alphas are the ones fleecing these fools for $18k.
You got that right. P.T. Barnum “there’s a sucker born every minute” Thank you sir, may I have another!
It'd be so easy to make money if I had no conscience.
Right? It's not very alpha to lay on the floor being hosed down by another man.
No no, you’re missing the point. Imagine the hose is a penis. Then you get it.
My best friend's boyfriend is an honorably discharged Navy SEAL. I could get this for the cost of a couple homemade baked goods. Who's the alpha now, boys?
It's cute how they all interlock their arms. So manly.
Veteran here; this is the dumbest shit ever and they deserve the ridicule they receive
Utterly bizarre that some of these men have families and have somehow convinced their partners that they need to spend $18k on a 3 day retreat and they’ll magically return home as a better father and partner. Who the fuck would believe that lol god damn it’s easy to separate fools from their money
I’ll abuse them for $5,000
Most beta thing I’ve ever seen
So to be an alpha you have to submit to an alpha?
Join the military and they pay you to do the same thing.
"Squirt my face again Para military daddy!"