Great MGTOW of History: Johannes Gutenberg

[numbCruncherParticipant 772]

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c. 1398 – February 3, 1468) was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher who introduced printing to Europe. His introduction of mechanical movable type printing to Europe started the Printing Revolution and is widely regarded as the most important invention of the second millennium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg

Gutenberg’s life is a testament to tenacity, courage and what you can achieve if you clear your mind of unnecessary distractions, dedicate your life to excellence, and FOCUS. His masterwork, the first ever printed Bible, required 5,000 calfskins, paper that had to be hauled by cart 500 miles over the Alps from Italy, and the creation of a minimum of 46,000 individual hand-made letters of metal type. This in an age before the telescope, antibiotics or radio, when roads were little more than dirt tracks.

He achieved more in 70 years than most would in 7,000. His business partner foreclosed on his funding and set up a rival printing house at the very point the Bible was due to be published. Gutenberg lost everything when the German town of Mainz was sacked in 1462, but he rebuilt his printing business again from scratch at the age of 64.

There is no record of him ever marrying – extraordinary for a man of his social position and influence during the 1400s – and his life story contains remarkably few women. If you doubt his MGTOW credentials consider this: in 1436 / 37, Gutenberg was actually sued by a woman because he refused to marry her.

It all came right for Gutenberg towards the end of his life, when his achievements were recognised and he was awarded – amongst other things – a stipend of 2,000 litres of wine per year from the Archbishop of Mainz.

Master Johannes Gutenberg, we salute you from across the centuries.

You say "love is a temple, love the higher law" ...You ask me to enter, but then you make me crawl. And I can't be holding on to what you got, when all you got is hurt

[RoyDalParticipant]

Without books, life would be a dreary thing. Hooray for Gutenberg!

Society asks MGTOWs: Why are you not making more tax-slaves?

[MattNYCParticipant 2329]

I love historical info like this. I had no idea he was that accomplished or resilient.

Looks like we’ll need another team MGTOW jersey!

And it even comes with a good laugh

numbCruncher wrote:

he was awarded – amongst other things – a stipend of 2,000 litres of wine per year from the Archbishop of Mainz.

WTF Archbishop of Mainz is crazy – that’s 5-6 liters of wine *per day*. Maybe the Archbishop liked his crew to be s~~~faced.

[FrankyParticipant 2338]

numbCruncher wrote:

n 1436 / 37, Gutenberg was actually sued by a woman because he refused to marry her.

ahahaha
motherf~~~er new the game way back at 1436, no wonder he achieved so much.

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