Skulldrinker
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Skulldrinker
2d ago
If anything, I was impressed with the restraint of the film itself. It could have dropped a lot more extraneous details or references to modern gender dating war cliches from one side or the other. My impression was one of the writer expressing his commentary, regrets and self-loathing regarding his younger-self stand-in MC. Other negative depictions of men just pile on buzzword stereotypes ("and then the tech-bro situation-shipped her due to his toxic insecurity and red-pill-negged her, something-something-agency, something-something narcissism, podcast")
Skulldrinker
2d ago
You're doing that thing that leftists do right now.
Skulldrinker
3d ago
It viscerally captured a bunch of feelings and experiences that I haven't seen portrayed before. Took me straight back to my 20s in a not great way. The worry that the person who says they love you is just mentally ill and loving you is a symptom of their mental illness.
Also loved seeing The Simpsons references.
Skulldrinker
4d ago
This might be an example of the classic Little England attitude; they're all from foreign parts.
Skulldrinker
7d ago
Dang, you beat me to the Noticing
Skulldrinker
7d ago
Waaaaait a minute...isn't this just courtesans all over again?
Skulldrinker
8d ago
Yeah. But, well, Influencers.
Skulldrinker
9d ago
Tankie left will selectively use the language of the Mental Health Left when it suits them, to cover or to pander.
Skulldrinker
9d ago
Yeah, you just don't mention it again and everyone assumes it was a miscarriage and you don't want to discuss it. But yes, Influencers are obnoxious, I know.
Skulldrinker
9d ago
Maybe aborting your downs-y fetus is something you should do in private. This is intentionally trying to court controversy.
Skulldrinker
12d ago
Instead of "white people being disfavored," maybe "shitty people who happen to be People of Color will take advantage of the special protections afforded to them to victimize others or avoid consequences. They know that if they say 'Racism' people like those cops or you will immediately jump to their defense. So maybe be slightly less credulous when someone cries wolf/racism." might be more convincing?
Skulldrinker
12d ago
Is the video taken by the victim available anywhere? All I see is bodycam footage. Or the videos taken by the perp where he says the stabbed guy isn't stabbed?
Skulldrinker
22d ago
I always request a black and white sketch/pen art style, harder to screw up. You can always remove the background with a browser tool after the fact.
Skulldrinker
24d ago
If you suddenly have so much work done by unpaid interns, why hire any of them on for paid work? They leave, and their place is taken by yet another desperate unpaid intern. This isn't even slavery; slaves get fed.
Skulldrinker
24d ago
Yeah, we def need more AoCs and David Hogs. How about Hasan Piker?
Skulldrinker
27d ago
The lack of "Men Are All Such Trash Amirite?" was reassuring, but I've gotten pretty tired of hearing how great I am and still not being deemed worthy. Feels like being called a Nice Guy, and that's just 2012 all over again.
Sigh.
I went to a speed dating event that wasn't the one that checks vaccination status. It's been a year, the last time I tried one I ran into a bit of "men are all such trash, amirite?" and one woman who'd been to multiple events and was annoyed she kept on seeing the same guys. I didn't tell her maybe those guys are also disappointed to see her again. Obviously I didn't match with anyone, no shock, not much disappointment.
This time the most political thing I encountered was someone being an anti-nuclear de-growth-er. So no real complaint on that end.
I also had that same feeling I get when I go to a gamestore or some other geek event: "I'm the coolest guy here. That is not a good sign." A lot of lumpy faces and bad haircuts.
Three good conversations, three fine ones, and three eh ones.
After the event, two of my good conversations stopped me to chat. Apparently I was the "most normal" guy they'd talked to, my conversations were great. Also mentioned one guy who got way too handsy; including thigh touching. According to the bartender he's a frequent flier. So either he's not being reported, or the organizers have a high threshold for banning.
And of course, even with that tier of competition, no matches for me. My suspicion that no one ever actually winds up meeting anyone at these events is nigh-confirmed. I don't know why women even bother going to these if even the "best" guy there is apparently insufficient.
Another mildly interesting note was two women both mentioning being in a book club and being fatigued/annoyed that every book was smutty. Typically bringing up books gets me the JKR is a Disgusting Bigot line.
Skulldrinker
28d ago
The bank gives them to you in $20 rolls, some of them are susanBanthonies, but I just use those first and put the rest in a decorative wooden box thing. I'm a child at heart.
Skulldrinker
29d ago
I like tipping with them, or paying for stuff at conventions. It's a conversation-starter.
Skulldrinker
29d ago
$500 in golden dollar coins and $300 in paper.
Skulldrinker
30d ago
When women claim to be physically intimidated by men or to fear for their safety, it's usually nothing to do with the hypothetical violent capabilities of the man in question compared to other men. It's just that he's talking to them while being insufficiently attractive. Otherwise Jason Momoa would be a object of fear instead of lust.
Skulldrinker
1mo ago
I don't think you get the point of the story. Also, I don't want interest from a woman like that.
Skulldrinker
1mo ago
Which doesn't stop it from being a stated concern from women.
I once saw a woman at a bar, loudly going through men's hinge profiles and commenting (shitting) on them. A guy near her asked her if she'd ever been on a Hinge date
"Chuh, no, I don't want to get Assaulted" she said, not looking at him.
Then another guy mentioned being gay, and suddenly he had her full attention, loving gaze and all.
Skulldrinker
1mo ago
By this point I have an immediate avoidance reaction whenever a woman goes out of her way to interact with me, because it's almost always ultimately some kind of grift or ploy.
Not to pooh-pooh, but I found the series took a dive around/shortly after Ghost Story, or it's possible I just aged out of the books. They're romantasy for lonely dudes (but still way better than the romantasy for women, as far as I can tell secondhand)
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