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We are extremely close to shutting down this thread for the same reasons the PUA thread was shut down. While some of the time this thread contains actual discussion with people asking help and people giving nice advice, it often gets derailed by rubbish that should not be here. The moderation team will be trying to steer this thread in a different direction from now on. Posts of the following nature are banned: 1) ANYTHING regarding PUA. If your post contains the words 'alpha' or 'beta' or anything of that sort please don't hit post. 2) Stupid brags. You can tell us about your nice success stories with someone, but posts such as 'lol 50 Tinder matches' are a no-no. 3) Any misogynistic bullshit, including discussion about rape culture. 4) One night stands and random sex. These are basically brags that invariably devolve into gender role discussions and misogynistic comments. Last chance, guys. This thread is for dating advice and sharing dating stories. While gender roles, sociocultural norms, and our biological imperative to reproduce are all tangentially related, these subjects are not the main purpose of the thread. Please AVOID these discussions. If you want to discuss them at length, go to PMs or start a blog. If you disagree with someone's ideologies, state that you disagree with them and why they won't work from a dating standpoint and move on. We will not tolerate any lengthy derailments that aren't directly about dating. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
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Deleted User 101379
4849 Posts
On April 13 2016 23:44 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: If you find a nice chick it's almost worth all the crossfit you'll have to do It's not doing the crossfit, it's the (male) crossfitters talking to you about how great crossfit is that is the real torture. God help you if you ever run into a vegan crossfitter, no girl is worth that. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45922 Posts
On April 13 2016 23:52 Morfildur wrote: It's not doing the crossfit, it's the (male) crossfitters talking to you about how great crossfit is that is the real torture. God help you if you ever run into a vegan crossfitter, no girl is worth that. Vegan + Jehovah's witness + Crossfitter + Extreme Feminist + Extreme Conservative/ Liberal? + Show Spoiler + I think extreme feminists and extreme conservatives are mutually exclusive groups, but w/e. | ||
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waffelz
Germany711 Posts
On April 13 2016 23:52 Morfildur wrote: It's not doing the crossfit, it's the (male) crossfitters talking to you about how great crossfit is that is the real torture. God help you if you ever run into a vegan crossfitter, no girl is worth that. To be fair, crossfit is somewhat of a hipster-thing over here in germany... give it a bit of time and they will be just as obnoxious as the regular obnoxious gymrat. On April 14 2016 00:26 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: I think extreme feminists and extreme conservatives are mutually exclusive groups, but w/e. Maybe she is very insistent on her right of being oppressed and thinks she shouldn’t be emancipated just because society says so? And happy birthday to you! | ||
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DickMcFanny
Ireland1076 Posts
Over years now, I've been really candid with you guys about what I want from dating and what I'm actually getting: My pursuit to find a companion, someone cool I can go on adventures with, someone who has their own hobbies but isn't averse to sharing mine, someone who is in tune with my sense of humour. Just a best friend with whom I can sleep and spend a major part of my life with. What I'm getting is what is now way over half a century of girls I sleep with a couple of times and then kind of forget about. One out of those things happen: 1. I like them, they run away 2. I don't like them, they stick to me like flies on honey Now since I got to Ireland it's become tenfold worse. Girls don't really 'date' here, it's just all dicks and fannies. You can go out at ten and with a reasonable degree of certainty get laid before midnight, but people don't even pretend to want to make a connection. Tinder is literally like going to the butcher's: you just pick out meat that is on display. Again, people don't even pretend it's about anything else. Except other foreigners who want to go on hikes, the 'local talent' is just looking for (gross local lingo): 'a dicking'. If you're drunk and lonely, that's a good way to spend a couple of hours, but in the long run it's really depressing. I don't mean to sound judgemental, it's just not what I'm looking for. So yeah, a bit of a rant, but I'm getting a bit frustrated. | ||
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
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DickMcFanny
Ireland1076 Posts
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IgnE
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DickMcFanny
Ireland1076 Posts
On April 14 2016 04:03 IgnE wrote: Maybe nobody can connect to anybody anymore. How many people truly find a soul-mate level connection with someone past the age of 25? Tinder is Capitalism and Capitalism is totalizing man. Not sure if you're being snide, but there's actually very good research on capitalism's effect on human relationships from teenage sex to the nuclear family. It's less devastating here than it is in the US, but we're getting there. | ||
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farvacola
United States18857 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On April 14 2016 03:24 DickMcFanny wrote: So I'm kind of sick of it all. Over years now, I've been really candid with you guys about what I want from dating and what I'm actually getting: My pursuit to find a companion, someone cool I can go on adventures with, someone who has their own hobbies but isn't averse to sharing mine, someone who is in tune with my sense of humour. Just a best friend with whom I can sleep and spend a major part of my life with. What I'm getting is what is now way over half a century of girls I sleep with a couple of times and then kind of forget about. One out of those things happen: 1. I like them, they run away 2. I don't like them, they stick to me like flies on honey Now since I got to Ireland it's become tenfold worse. Girls don't really 'date' here, it's just all dicks and fannies. You can go out at ten and with a reasonable degree of certainty get laid before midnight, but people don't even pretend to want to make a connection. Tinder is literally like going to the butcher's: you just pick out meat that is on display. Again, people don't even pretend it's about anything else. Except other foreigners who want to go on hikes, the 'local talent' is just looking for (gross local lingo): 'a dicking'. If you're drunk and lonely, that's a good way to spend a couple of hours, but in the long run it's really depressing. I don't mean to sound judgemental, it's just not what I'm looking for. So yeah, a bit of a rant, but I'm getting a bit frustrated. It's rare but you can form real connections on Tinder with enough time given. It's hard and I'd argue it's inefficient, but it's worth if you feel you're too busy to put in time at other activities (too much work/personal projects, for instance). Gymrats aren't bad. My argument against crossfit is that nobody (including the coaches) know what they're doing most of the time, which means the more crossfit you do, the closer the probability of you getting some sort of injury approaches 1. | ||
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GoTuNk!
Chile4591 Posts
On April 14 2016 06:27 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: It's rare but you can form real connections on Tinder with enough time given. It's hard and I'd argue it's inefficient, but it's worth if you feel you're too busy to put in time at other activities (too much work/personal projects, for instance). Gymrats aren't bad. My argument against crossfit is that nobody (including the coaches) know what they're doing most of the time, which means the more crossfit you do, the closer the probability of you getting some sort of injury approaches 1. At this point that's a stereotype more than anything. I can assure you my coaches, myself and competition team know better olympic lifting than anyone else in the city. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On April 14 2016 09:28 GoTuNk! wrote: At this point that's a stereotype more than anything. I can assure you my coaches, myself and competition team know better olympic lifting than anyone else in the city. True in my town at least, we have some ass crossfit here  | ||
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
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bloodwhore~
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It's the mentality of crossfit I don't like, everyone are competing with each other, not with yourself, which is a huge reason why crossfit is so infested with injuries. Crossfit forum. Injuries: 5.2k threads. Health and Medical Issues: 1.4k Exercises: 8.6k It's just absurd. edit: To make this somewhat dating related. I do think you can find some cool girls at crossfit gyms. A neighbour met a girl through crossfit (I believe) and they are now engaged and own their own crossfitgym. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45922 Posts
Now, if you're honestly broadening your horizons and trying new activities and trying to be more social and extroverted, and you meet a long time fan of that activity/ hobby, then that's awesome! In this second scenario, there's a level of sincerity- and not desperation or duplicity- in your intentions. Plus, maybe she'll want to show you the ropes, and it would make a lot more sense if you're legitimately interested in learning and bonding with her over the activity, rather than having the misleading intention of feigning interest just to get her number. | ||
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WarSame
Canada1950 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain18291 Posts
On April 15 2016 11:01 WarSame wrote: In the interests of no longer dressing like a barbarian, I've been looking into fashion. TLDating, what are your go-to basic outfits for dates? Robe and wizard hat, of course! | ||
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45922 Posts
Beat me to it  Well done. | ||
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