Can I hijack this into a skanky ho thread yet?
“Boy, that Britney, she…”
Meh, never mind.
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*Originally posted by Taran *
**That thread was quite a bit more complex than you’re making it sound. The girl in question was wearing a shirt with an invitation on it (something fairly blatant, “come touch my boobs” or similar.
A correction: her shirt read “rub my belly”. Nothing about her breasts.
But I am an irritating, socially-maladjusted, delusions-of-grandeur-having dipshit. Why should I pretend otherwise?
Look, Giraffe, I know that hit-and-run just looks bad. But I’ve had this argument many hundreds of times with many hundreds of different people over… well… many hundreds of fortnights. I’m tired of it and there comes a point at which I no longer want to beat my head against the wall. It appears that the majority of individuals in the world really do think that other people are put on the earth just to please them.
In short, if it wasn’t the pit, in which I can to some extent get away with ranting and going, I wouldn’t even have joined in here in the first place.
And I don’t care whether the behaviour I’m talking about is more or less prevalent on the boards than it is in real life. FWIW I observe it a great deal less on the boards than IRL. But it is still there. And it still depresses me every time I see it.
So there. Can I go back to irritating everyone with my delusions of grandeur in a socially-maladjusted way now please?
Ta.
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I went on a first date with a woman tonight. She was funny, engaging, smart, opinionated but not preachy (we have agreed to disagree on the war with Iraq), and altogether wonderful. I laughed my ass off. Also she loves football and beer; did I mention that I am insanely lucky? I should buy a lottery ticket.
Also, I suspect she might have breasts.
Ironically enough, I find this this thread a bit mundane and tedious. Normally my modus operandi would be to close it and move on, but it seems that if that isn’t one of the options the OP likes to employ, then why should I?
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Yes, there are juvenile threads. If ignoring them isn’t enough, feel free to call out specific posters. If you don’t feel comfortable doing so, then maybe your gripe isn’t all that important.
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Relating to #1, if you are going to complain, link to who or what you are complaining about so we can assess it for ourselves and not have to rely on your own interpretation.
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Very, very rarely does an intelligent discussion degenerate into ‘locker room’ talk. If you want an intelligent conversation, simply start or join one.
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Chalk me up as seeing the “vulnerable” comment as unadulterated bullshit. No one is, or should be, vulnerable because of their gender. That someone would think so betrays a much more sexist attitude than the one being complained about. People are vulnerable (regardless of gender) when their rights are violated. To associate childish comments on a message board with real violence is a tad melodramatic.
I’m sorry you feel this way. I used to feel much the same way, but my view has softened a great deal in the last few years. I believe the key to decreasing harmful attitudes toward women is separating out behavior which is truly damaging to women as a whole, and natural interactions between people which can include those motivated solely by physical desire. Lumping them together has the effect of making people dismiss all of your arguments out of hand, because you are labeling reasonable, normal behavior as malicious and hurtful.