# I watched a chick flick. Am I going to die? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 22, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045 "2012-07-22T15:33:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/41 "2012-07-23T02:21:34Z")
I’m not sure I understand. The only chick flick I can think of is [this](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120630/) one. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/42 "2012-07-23T02:52:31Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/43 "2012-07-23T02:58:09Z")
Doesn’t everyone wish they could wear the traveling pants? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/44 "2012-07-23T03:28:26Z")
You still haven’t 'fessed up to what chick flick you watched. We really need to know before we can give you a definitive answer. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/45 "2012-07-23T03:42:17Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Doesn’t everyone wish they could wear the traveling pants? Unless they kill your enemies when you wear them, no. Who wants shared, used pants? Unless that is your particular kink, of course. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/46 "2012-07-23T03:44:44Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > You still haven’t 'fessed up to what chick flick you watched. We really need to know before we can give you a definitive answer. [You Again](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1414382/) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/47 "2012-07-23T03:58:47Z")
That looks very very dangerous. Consider yourself lucky you haven’t grown secondary female sexual characteristics. Go to some hockey games or get in a bar fight. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/48 "2012-07-23T05:27:18Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [You Again](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1414382/) Okay, it depends. Were you eating chocolate and drinking white zinfandel? Were there any candles burning? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/49 "2012-07-23T05:52:58Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Okay, it depends. Were you eating chocolate and drinking white zinfandel? Were there any candles burning? No. Nothing to eat or drink. No candles. It was just late at night, I couldn’t sleep, and couldn’t find anything to watch on TV. I was just clicking through the movie channels, stopped on that one. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/50 "2012-07-23T06:14:45Z")
Good grief man, I **own** \* Love Actually\* and I wouldn’t watch\* You Again\*! Just the IMDB listing gives me cramps. Be ashamed, be \*\*very \*\*ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/51 "2012-07-23T06:42:49Z")
I think by viewing that page my dick almost fell off, it needs a health warning. ---
**Author:** ![Hook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@Hook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hook)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/52 "2012-07-23T12:34:56Z")
However, it does have **Sigourney Weaver** in it. Doesn’t that count for something? ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/53 "2012-07-23T12:46:34Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > [You Again](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1414382/) Hmmmmm…I was ready to crucify you, but I must admit I’ve seen it too… That’s not a chick flick. Beaches is a chick flick The Notebook is a chick flick Love Story is a chick flick You Again is a rom-com. Take\* 2 Days in the Valley\* and call me in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/54 "2012-07-23T13:27:10Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Hmmmmm…I was ready to crucify you, but I must admit I’ve seen it too… > > That’s not a chick flick. > > Beaches is a chick flick > The Notebook is a chick flick > Love Story is a chick flick > > You Again is a rom-com. > > Take\* 2 Days in the Valley\* and call me in the morning. Aren’t rom-coms a subset of chick flicks? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/55 "2012-07-23T14:00:34Z")
I think you’re safe because the movie doesn’t have Connie Selleca or Jennifer Anniston in it. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/56 "2012-07-23T14:03:28Z")
So was any guy here angry at being suckered into a chick flick? Adjustment Bureau looked like an existentialist sci fi thriller, to my horror it was not! It is a chick flick basically at heart, and even then the romance is unconvincing. I feel…violated! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/57 "2012-07-23T15:12:41Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > Hmmmmm…I was ready to crucify you, but I must admit I’ve seen it too… > > That’s not a chick flick. > > Beaches is a chick flick > The Notebook is a chick flick > Love Story is a chick flick > > You Again is a rom-com. > > Take\* 2 Days in the Valley\* and call me in the morning. The only way a “rom-com” is allowed is if “zom” is in the middle. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/58 "2012-07-23T15:25:22Z")
I was feeling deep shame. Since then I’ve watched The Replacement Killers, some key scenes from Die Hard and Mulholland Drive, and some straight up porn. My emotions are going back to the dark crevice in my mind where they belong, so I think I’m going to pull through. But I’ve learned a lesson here, if that cute chick on the screen doesn’t take her clothes off or shoot somebody in 10 minutes or less, change the channel. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/59 "2012-07-23T15:25:37Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Aren’t rom-coms a subset of chick flicks? There is a big debate in Dudeworld over this. Romancing the Stone and Bye Bye Love are two films that I think are Rom-coms, but I wouldn’t call them chick flicks. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045/60 "2012-07-23T16:14:10Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Oh come on. I’ve grown a few extra testicles just reading about his films. You might want to send a couple of the extras to **TriPolar**. Sounds like he needs them. **TriPolar** I think you need something more drastic like _Natural Born Killers_ and **billfish’s** extra testicles to get you back on track. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-a-chick-flick-am-i-going-to-die/629045.md?page=4)