EPTOn January 04 2013 07:14 r.Evo wrote:
If being feminist leads to me getting laid more often, I'm all for feminism.
If being feminist leads to me getting laid more often, I'm all for feminism.
Well, it doesn't. Quite to the contrary.
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drowisimba
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Well, it doesn't. Quite to the contrary. | ||
CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:25 Striker.superfreunde wrote: Are you educated in this? Even tho, tell us more! :o I always make sure to comprehensively understand other writers to improve my own work. Glengarry Glenn Ross is almost thirty years old. I'm sure other people have written extensive analysis on that one speech alone. I'm just an amateur in terms of that type of writing. | ||
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drowisimba
65 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:11 sam!zdat wrote: It's only true if you don't want to date smart girls. and smartness is the most attractive thing anyway Haha. Yeah, okay. Beta males galore here, of course. Good luck hunting. Why the hell would I want to date a smart girl? And what is a smart girl anyway? | ||
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biomech
Germany380 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:18 Shiragaku wrote: What makes me curious is what most of you guys look for in a girl. this post got a lot of replies. kudos! actually, it's simple. first, appealing appearance. second, someone to talk with. (yes, in this order. apparantly i see people first before i talk to them.) | ||
B.I.G.
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Salazarz
Korea (South)2591 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:17 CosmicSpiral wrote: "The World Only Cares About What It Can Get from You" This is a meaningless generalization because the use of "the world" in any meaningful sentence makes it meaningless. The relevant world you will interact with exist on multiple levels: individuals, families, social groups, businesses, ideological organizations. All of them have their own needs, desires, goals, and conjectures. Saying that you were born into a system that supports people's needs is a mundane truth; if it did not do so, it will not be self-sufficient and would eventually collapse. "The Hippies Were Wrong" People often interpret the speech given by Baldwin's character incorrectly, especially when they fail to recognize what kind of writer David Mamet is. Mamet's works almost always deal with masculine identity and that was the entire focus of the speech. It is not about how people are only viewed as the sum total of their skills, it's about how the failure/success of men in their work is a self-reflection of the state of their masculinity. If you suck at selling real estate you're just not an idiot at selling real estate: you're a coward, a failure, lack personal resolve, and lack the essence of a real man. The same thing for Tyler Durden: didn't David Wong realize that Tyler Durden wasn't a real person, and not in the sense of physical existence? Durden wasn't even a fully-realized personality but the ideological incarnation of the protagonist's view, his essence negative. So it should have no surprise that he eventually went "insane". Even his soap business was based off of a childish revenge fantasy: steal the fat of the rich and sell it back to them at a profit, yeah we're sticking it to the man! Wong is forced to make his statement toothless by equating "job" with "what you do". Since people naturally do things anyway, where's the insight? People are associated with their actions? STOP THE PRESSES. "What You Produce Does Not Have to Make Money, But It Does Have to Benefit People" Uses the plight of hopeless romantics as a strawman, does not discuss any other relationships which do not require a sexual base. etc. etc. etc. What's your point? lol | ||
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EngrishTeacher
Canada1109 Posts
Thanks TL, how was I not aware of this gem before? In related news, having sex with a virgin wasn't as amazing as I thought it was going to be, too much pain on her end for me to really do anything. | ||
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:44 drowisimba wrote: Why the hell would I want to date a smart girl? And what is a smart girl anyway? she wouldn't like you anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:49 EngrishTeacher wrote: Ahahahaha this thread has me in tears. Thanks TL, how was I not aware of this gem before? In related news, having sex with a virgin wasn't as amazing as I thought it was going to be, too much pain on her end for me to really do anything. Yes...let's strut our manliness here on the internet rather than talking about dating itself. | ||
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baba1
Canada355 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:18 Shiragaku wrote: What makes me curious is what most of you guys look for in a girl. First of all she has to be my friend. Honest, a bit nerdy, responsible and attentive. Look does not matter that much as long as I find her cute. | ||
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Grimmyman123
Canada939 Posts
If a female didnt know he was a famous and wealthy actor, regardless of his massive charisma and charm, he's ugly as a stump and no woman would ever go a date with him. BUT! Guess what, he is rich and famous. Money. Getting girls into normal mens pants since well.. forever! | ||
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r.Evo
Germany14080 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:34 phipsL wrote: thats harder than it sounds because i dont really know what im doing wrong. For example the last girl i was texting with. I met her in hospital (she was one of my patients and i am a male nurse) and she randomly gave me her number. After a week or so she said "yeah, of course i want to meet you again, thats why i gave you my number" and then another week later i asked her when we could meet. She replied with "i dont know, it depends on the weather" which for me seems like a very questionable answer and more like bad excuse because i dont know about the weather in america or so but in germany its kinda bad at the moment, so it would take a few months till the weather gets good again. And i dont really want to run after somebody who gives such a stupid answer. Maybe thats my mistake but i dont think thats an answer a woman would give if she'd actually wanted me to run after her. "Randomly gave me her number" ~ She had bigger balls than you. "When can we meet?" suggest that you try to push the responsibility on her. Suggest a date & place, if she rejects jokingly make her suggest the next round. "I don't know, it depends on the weather" -> "Oh, you're sugar? / You only have like two sets of clothes?" -> Suggest date & place. | ||
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Alay
United States660 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:49 EngrishTeacher wrote: In related news, having sex with a virgin wasn't as amazing as I thought it was going to be, too much pain on her end for me to really do anything. Use your tongue lots. | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:53 Grimmyman123 wrote: Example, Steve Buscemi. If a female didnt know he was a famous and wealthy actor, regardless of his massive charisma and charm, he's ugly as a stump and no woman would ever go a date with him. BUT! Guess what, he is rich and famous. Money. Getting girls into normal mens pants since well.. forever! Please...you are now scraping at the bottom of the pan now. Enough with the anecdotes. I am not denying that there are women who are only interested in money and backstabbing men. I have met a girl like that before. However, using the most basic common sense taught in elementary school, you cannot generalize 50 percent of the world population into a single personality. This is not DnD where races share a common personality. | ||
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Synapze
Canada563 Posts
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CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
That the article is neither intelligent nor insightful but states very mundane truths that are warped by the author's need to sound wise? It's like reading a high school student who just discovered Nietzsche and goes around talking about "beating people up proves I'm superior to them". | ||
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drowisimba
65 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:51 sam!zdat wrote: she wouldn't like you anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it Right, that's what I've been saying. Glad you're agreeing with me. | ||
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CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:49 EngrishTeacher wrote: In related news, having sex with a virgin wasn't as amazing as I thought it was going to be, too much pain on her end for me to really do anything. Well, she was a virgin. Your expectations for great sex might have been a bit high considering all the emotions and inexperience on her end. | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:57 CosmicSpiral wrote: That the article is neither intelligent nor insightful but states very mundane truths that are warped by the author's need to sound wise? It's like reading a high school student who just discovered Nietzsche and goes around talking about "beating people up proves I'm superior to them". Woah...there are people who interpret him worse than Rand? | ||
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EngrishTeacher
Canada1109 Posts
On January 04 2013 07:52 Shiragaku wrote: Yes...let's strut our manliness here on the internet rather than talking about dating itself. As much as I love TL, you're not really suggesting we actually talk about dating seriously on a forum filled with teenage nerds are you? Have you not read the dozens of pages of the two extreme ends of ridiculous masculine misogyny/superiority and feminist put-all-girls-on-a-pedestal-for-worship mentalities? I don't know about you man, but the hilarious immaturity is practically leaking through my screen. I admit I'm generalizing and not doing justice to the 20s/30s TL veterans, but my post holds true for the vast majority who has posted in this thread. | ||
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