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How to Not Be a Dick: And Other Essential Truths About Work, Sex, Love—and Everything Else That Matters
In this full-color, illustrated guide, the wildly popular lifestyle brand Brother offers the definitive handbook to navigating life and becoming a somewhat respectable human beingLife can be complicated. From the classroom to the bedroom, the office to the DM, we could all use a little guidance—young guys especially. No one actually wants to be dick, but from time to time, everyone is. How do we know? Because we at Brother have spent years studying dickishness in all its forms, and we’re finally ready to present our findings,
-The terrible people you should avoid at all costs
-How to make more money (without working all that hard)
-The dos and don'ts of sex
-How to not be a dick at the gym
-Acceptable coping mechanisms for adults
-How to get your sh*t together in 10 steps
And so much more. Don’t worry, there are plenty of illustrations, too.
-The terrible people you should avoid at all costs
-How to make more money (without working all that hard)
-The dos and don'ts of sex
-How to not be a dick at the gym
-Acceptable coping mechanisms for adults
-How to get your sh*t together in 10 steps
And so much more. Don’t worry, there are plenty of illustrations, too.
- GenresNonfiction
344 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 7, 2019
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August 3, 2025
Gentlemen (I mean cis-gendered, heterosexual, probably white men, the target audience of this book), do not read this book if you want any wisdom or advice about "how to not be a dick." Instead, go talk to your parents or any adult woman who is willing to have this conversation, but this time, listen (really listen) to what they're trying to tell you about how to be a decent human being.
Everyone else (those not in the target audience of the book), you have better things to do with your time than to read this book.
This is a collection of reasonably well-intentioned bits of advice from one dude-bro to another. It has the general sense of a handful of young, white, single, reasonably well-off men, possibly shortly out of college, having collected all the tidbits of wisdom that they should have received from their parents, but didn't because their parents delegated responsibility for raising them to nannies or anyone else willing to do the work for the price they would pay, and bargain-rate private schools.
Most bits in this book have some merit, and a kernel of truth and perhaps honest wisdom within. (That's probably why the publishers agreed to this book.) However, the delivery is so off-putting that I abandoned the book. First, the voice, which forms the basis of my comments in the previous paragraph. Second, the print: I'm old enough (50s) that the font sizes are too small, so it's hard to read. Third: the presentation of some information. This isn't so much a book as a collection of Snapchat posts presented on glossy paper.
There are a handful of sections of the book that deal with sex, dating, etc. These are entirely from the male perspective about male concerns.
Lastly, I dislike that they split an infinitive in the title.
Everyone else (those not in the target audience of the book), you have better things to do with your time than to read this book.
This is a collection of reasonably well-intentioned bits of advice from one dude-bro to another. It has the general sense of a handful of young, white, single, reasonably well-off men, possibly shortly out of college, having collected all the tidbits of wisdom that they should have received from their parents, but didn't because their parents delegated responsibility for raising them to nannies or anyone else willing to do the work for the price they would pay, and bargain-rate private schools.
Most bits in this book have some merit, and a kernel of truth and perhaps honest wisdom within. (That's probably why the publishers agreed to this book.) However, the delivery is so off-putting that I abandoned the book. First, the voice, which forms the basis of my comments in the previous paragraph. Second, the print: I'm old enough (50s) that the font sizes are too small, so it's hard to read. Third: the presentation of some information. This isn't so much a book as a collection of Snapchat posts presented on glossy paper.
There are a handful of sections of the book that deal with sex, dating, etc. These are entirely from the male perspective about male concerns.
Lastly, I dislike that they split an infinitive in the title.
September 30, 2019
Good read, pretty easy read over all; loved the lists!!!
July 7, 2020
Picked this up for laughs, but actually had some interesting points in it.
October 28, 2025
funny, good for what it is
June 1, 2019
The perfect grad gift!!!
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews