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Peter_Giffyndor posted...

Democratic party is dumb enough to run Hillary again

That would be the first mistake.
The second would be dismissing Trump's reelection as impossible because he's generated so many haters.

That didn't stop him the last time.
To prevent him from taking office again, he has to be acknowledged as the potential anomaly he still is.
People just sat back laughing before and look what happened...

It can happen again if his opposition refuse to learn and get their act together by trying different methods that appeal to a wider demographic. Less shaming; more taming. ANY divisive trends, even in the name of social agendas, will only invite his return or someone else just like him.
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Some writers create the world after the protagonist instead of vice versa.
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Saying something stupidly offensive should be met with the natural response.

However, modern humanity really needs to work on encouraging the value of redemption. You shouldn't be ruined for the rest of your life for a couple lines of casual internet text...that's just fucking vindictive.
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I'd agree to call the kid "Hugh Mongous" if it kept them motivated to actually show up and learn.
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Trump will be re-elected in 2020

Americans who scoff at this didn't learn their lesson in 2016.
What's presumed unlikely can catastrophically still happen. He proved it with a shocking example.

You don't want Trump getting a 2nd term?
BELIEVE the fucker has a chance of pulling it off. Convince people to do something about it now.

He already did the improbable once with the odds against him and over half the nation regarding him as a political joke without a prayer of winning. Ignore that history and you're letting down your defenses like last time. Intentionally or not, you're saying you don't care if he comes back...
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Kilmer's no stranger to being an ass. It was one of the reasons his career began to tank after his Batman stint. He was notorious for overreacting and being a primadonna towards movie crews.
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Parappa09 posted...

what sucks though is that it's hard to find same sex wedding cards

Just photo edit your own. It's what I do.
Allows for better customization and it's what a bunch of specialized wedding services do now anyway.

I've helped friends create and mass print personalized invitations for their weddings.
Really didn't cost much compared to the other expenses.
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Dyinglegacy posted...

I actually enjoy that type of gay person.

Sometimes I do too.

Except for the sassy wannabe divas that intentionally imitate bitchy "expressively fierce" TV cliches. They're cannon-fodder.
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There are so many gay guys who look like the common interpretation of him and are exclusively bottoms.
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Can a wizard really be an incel if they can summon whatever the hell they want and fuck it all week?

They could actually bring their waifu/husbando pillows to life.
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but in real life you can usually tell when someone is gay

That's the thing: in real life, most gay people don't actually show any standardized clues to their homosexuality outside of PDAs and watching them have sex. The gay folk who are blatantly obvious in their orientation due to cliche behavior (super butch lesbian, lispy flamboyant gay male, etc) and therefore "easy to spot" are actually the fringe of the demographics.

This blows a lot of straight peoples' minds when they realize that most gay folk don't actually wear their sexuality on their sleeves like the popularized stereotypical fringe does. Most gay people look and frequently act just like typical straight people in public life without any real effort to hiding their sexuality.

(Gaydar for the most part has always been BS when determining orientation of queer people who aren't walking stereotypes that anyone could notice anyway.)

This phenomena has also created some social rifts between "straight-acting" and cliched gay men as far as dating preferences. Some voices of the flamboyant variety attempt to shame the straight-like gays for pretending to be something they're not. In reality, the straight-like gay men are the actual majority, while the flamboyant gays are the easily spotted fringe. It just seems the opposite on media because the flamboyant gays are obnoxiously loud as fuck and addicted to spotlights.

Keep in mind, when I say "straight-acting" I'm not implying an actual attempt to mimic straight culture. Most gay men just happen to naturally share a lot of the same behaviors and interests that straight men have; therefore they can sound and look very similar to the heterosexual majority. This actually became unusually apparent during the political outcries for gay marriage equality in the US because so many gay folk were coming out of the woodwork to make their voices heard...many of which didn't have any stereotypical appearances or behaviors. They just fucked partners of the same sex in private.
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Ultimately focus on improvements you actually want for yourself, not what other people dictate you need. It's your life to live, not theirs. You don't have to do it their way...
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Stackhouse, 34, later pulled over to let Barbeau pass them, but the 5-foot-8-inch, 245-pound man instead got out of his truck and shattered the Kias rear window and left taillight with his fist, according to the couple, who were returning from a carnival.

Barbeau then grabbed Stackhouses right arm from the open drivers window and began bending and twisting it until it snapped, she said.

Angry jacked short stack goes on rampage.
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What's a good birthday gift for a woman you are cheating with?

Herpes.
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maybe stop being friends with stupid chicks

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She was originally an amalgamation of a cartoon french poodle and a caricature of the late Helen Kane.
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Attractiveness to me incorporates any interesting or enticing qualities a person might have.

-attractive looks
-attractive personality
-attractive intelligence
-attractive benefits
- etc

I tend to look for commitment now, so I gauge each of those regularly in no specific priority when dating. I've had satisfying boyfriends who were dimwitted, yet gorgeous and fun. I've also had very satisfying relationships with partners who were only average at best in appearance, but had captivating character and wit.

I would have missed out on a lot of nut-busting nights with smooth partners if all I considered attractive was looks...
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Are women good at pick up lines, from your experience?

Compared to men, most women stink at smooth pick up lines when aiming for a guy they really want. It's because most women don't actively approach as often as men are expected to. How gorgeous looking a woman is does not impact this. A gorgeous looking woman with poor pick up lines is just more likely to hear a yes despite the shitty material.

Exceptional skill at pick up lines comes from keen practice of timing, wit, and resourcefulness. Due to common gender norms, women have much less incentive to ever bother putting that much effort to refine their approaching. Many men are already thirsty fuckers by nature. Instead, more women condition themselves at being seductive and keeping an attractive man on the hook.

That being said, most men are not masters of pick up lines either. If most men were, PUAs wouldn't have any gullible demographics to leech off anywhere.
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MrK3V posted...

looks like handsome Squidward

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Ving_Rhames posted...

One drop rule

That means practically everyone is black.
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instagram says he's 18 rofl
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I've had another man spread his butter on my buns, yes.
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Can't chat.

Too busy using the teleportapotty.
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Mayo in moderation is fine for me.
Although I really prefer thousand island dressing.
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Is this like the regretful bachelorette in the news who got consensually knocked up by a midget stripper at a party and had his baby?
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Cybernetic enhanced turbo testicles.
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I personally wouldn't because I don't buy cheap laptops.
However, portability is one of the main reasons laptops exist.

That could include places that are typically unconventional for most other desk top appliances.
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Onions

I don't like the crunch on a burger. Lettuce I can stand, but chopped onions trigger my gag reflex (not much can anymore). People have been trying to push their idea of a perfect burger on me for years, but they had trouble understanding that if I didn't like biting into their burger, it was not perfect for me...

I still like onions on other things, like ogres. But definitely not my burgers.
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Generally most reality TV is staged to a degree. It kind of has to be in order to keep things interesting to viewers. People just acting casually without cues to engage each other would get boring to watch fast...

If Big Brother wasn't staged at all, it would just be a bunch of people sitting in rooms watching TV or staring at their phones the whole program.

In this case of The Bachelorette, there might not be an agenda at heavily at work by the producers; the woman might just prefer black guys when the option is available. Racial preferences are a well-known thing in modern society.
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Why was it deemed "fatherland" in the first place? What's the historical significance behind it?
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I don't care about coworkers working as hard as I do.
I care when my coworkers drag their feet so much it starts to negatively impact everyone around them...

If your occupation generally requires you to be on your feet 90% of the time to be effective, your fellow employees should not see your ass planted for most of the shift. If they do, you're not effectively doing your job. You might as well not even show up.
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How about discouraging people, regardless of gender, from casually smacking each other around in the first place...?

Punching someone is violence.
Slapping someone is violence.

The valuable lesson about discouraging violent retaliation towards any little thing that triggers you shouldn't be considered gender exclusive...
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Do fat people secretly hate and envy slim and skinny people?

Some do, some don't.

Being fat or even obese doesn't innately lead to bitterness.
And, honestly, most people envy someone else; at least one other person.
Believing the grass is always greener on someone else's lawn is a classic human thing to do.

People who have an enviable life thought to be perfect don't always see it that way themselves...
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Who would you actually cast as Lex Luthor?

Beyonce
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Looks like an interesting social experiment.

Sorry, I'm not another Chicken Little screaming about how this is the sky falling yet again and we need to stop it immediately (as if we could). Morbid curiosity beckons me to see what actually happens; because...better or worse...that's how society learns.

If it turns into a complete train wreck, oh well, that's still a notable lesson.
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It's not an innate thing to do. Just like people of other sexual orientations, there's quite a few gay folk who routinely fuck and chuck with zero call backs.

Some people cuddle, some people don't.
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GAY men now earn more money than STRAIGHT MEN

Are you surprised?

A little.

We actually have less incentive to earn more since we're generally judged less on our incomes in relationships. That's partly because of sex being another dominant "currency" within our communities.

Hoity toity gym memberships, swanky fashion, and living in locales like California can be expensive though...
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Yeah I get it. I've also had female friends who teetered too close to a degree of self torment in order to fit an ideal. I still occasionally try convincing some of them to not give in to pressure to "fix" their bodies, to fix what's not broke. Sometimes I've spoken up about the potential damage a person can do to their health in trying certain "fitness" fads (I am a registered nurse after all). I've uncomfortably watched peers put themselves through torture in hopes of saving a crumbling relationship with someone who's standards were ridiculous. And a couple times I've had to talk a friend out of getting ridiculous plastic surgery just to impress an attractive guy who wasn't even a casual acquaintance with them. I've had female coworkers sweat bullets when offered a small piece of cake or a breakroom donut. I'm fairly aware of what conflicting issues modern women can face in trying to meet silly social and media-imposed standards of health and beauty, partly because of the ones dumped on men as well. To a degree much of it is interconnected.

To young girls I have deep sympathies because they're still young and impressionable to media trends and pressure to conform to avoid humiliation. I don't hesitate to recommend to parents and peers that action needs to be taken to help a young troubled girl clearly in need when possible. A careful intervention can help them steer clear of an awkward phase of self destruction. Just as I would try to aid boys in avoiding that dangerous cycle, I do so also for girls.

For grown independent women, however, of age 21+ I typically just give them the usual suggestions most men are given when dealing with pressures to conform with unfair ideals: buck up and don't give into the pressure. Learn to ride or avoid the wave instead of getting crushed under it. You can't stop it. Adapt to it.

Not in those exact words, but that's the gist of my typical response when I hear their complaints. Why? Because it's realistic advice and they're adults. It's basically the most they're probably ever going to be able to do about the issues in their lifetimes. A cavalcade of feel-good PSAs aren't going to really fix any of that; it just makes society feel like it did something. And again, that dry "shut up and balls up" advice is generally the most support western society gives to men when faced with similar issues. Might not seem like it at first glance, but I prefer not to play favorites with gender politics. It's not a matter of "teh ebil patreearkee" that I mention both women AND men in these discussions; it's neutrality. It's why I inevitably tend to annoy the fuck out of people who veer far left or far right.

Darkman's probably the closest anyone's ever been to accurately getting my number here.
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Okay spill, what personal event brought up this topic for you?

Some guys are superficial with expectations towards their girlfriends, just like a bunch of women are the same towards their boyfriends. Yeah, we know.

What recently happened to make this a fresh headline for you?
What was the trigger?

An article I read that brought back a bunch of memories.
https://www.sofeminine.co.uk/key-debates/the-effortless-beauty-myth-d45176.html

This isn't an attack on men vs women or anything. Just an observation on the unrealistic standards men seem to have.

Yeah and women have their own share of unrealistic standards for men too.

It would be a happy happy fun fun time world if a huge wad of idealism magically made all that go away for everyone. Too bad we're human and therefore naturally fallible in our priorities and interactions with each other no matter how refined we try to be. I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. Just try to improve life for yourself and those you actually care about. Because you can't save them all, Superman.
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Okay spill, what personal event brought up this topic for you?

Some guys are superficial with expectations towards their girlfriends, just like a bunch of women are the same towards their boyfriends. Yeah, we know.

What recently happened to make this a fresh headline for you?
What was the trigger? Friend feeling depressed over relationship? Web article? You overheard someone criticize a chick with a muffin top?

Something stoked your fire.
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how do you know if you need bigger condoms?

When you've switched up to Hefty bags and it still breaks.
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Wow she's beautiful with a nice voice. Kind of reminds me of Shakira.

Although the choreography needs to be amped up.
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26_Sandman_39 posted...

pkmnlord posted...

Because confident people with healthy social lives and stable mindsets aren't as likely to snap and start spraying people with bullets as opposed to the type of people that identify as incels.

so normal people

Uhh that combo is not really as common in modern society as we would ideally like it to be, but sure why not...

There's a lot of confident people with stable mindsets who don't do much to socialize outside of work/class settings.
There's many people who socialize often with friends and have stable mindsets, yet very little confidence.
There's a startling number of people who appear very confident, popularly sociable with friends, but also very dysfunctional in private.

Being notably confident, a social butterfly, and having little to no psychological issues...those 3 traits altogether at once...is actually very uncommon. As far as numbers, that's not common enough to be the norm.
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Only when I'm pissing on someone.
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Hakuna my tatas.
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White woman calls park security on black father pushing his baby in a stroller

This is both a racial and gendered issue.

Men, in general, tend to attract more suspicion when spending time alone with their children in public. The typical poster image for a kidnapper is a man (despite numbers of women being culprits too). And longstanding gender biases within society continue to dictate that hard working fathers are just "babysitting" their kids; while it's assumed the mother is the one doing the real parenting when she's in the picture. This is all rooted in the sexist belief that fathers are innately inferior care givers and can't competently adapt to their children's needs as well as a mother can.

In some cases there is also a racial aspect to the discriminating beliefs aimed at an innocent, well-intentioned male guardian of a child. Adoptive parents and mixed race couples can unfortunately experience this too often when the children don't bare a close enough resemblance to their attending father. This is particularly an issue when there's a dramatic difference in skin tone and other features between the father and children. The difference can trigger suspicion that the father (even a biological one) is not related to the children at all and is possibly a predator.

However, society tends to be much more lenient when it comes to adoptive and biological mothers who don't bare a close resemblance to their children (who may have taken more after their father). A striking difference in appearance between them generally isn't enough to spark alarm. Onlookers are actually more likely to grasp that the mother adopted the children or had them with a man of another race. And when they don't make that connection, it's often presumed the woman is at least a babysitter.

"Solo-parenting" or single fathers typically don't get similar considerations because of biases in society.
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https://imgur.com/Ugzz68W
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everyone knew about the sexual abuse in Hollywood
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