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"I think the fact that you are from different classes is kind of a red herring. I think what's really the insurmountable difference between you two is that you are one of those people who has a life plan that she would be shamed to deviate from, and..." [
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5 ¾ hours ago
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"Yes, and those people do not waste hours trolling online dating sites and talking with women they have no intentions of meeting up with.
Sorry, I'm thinking of a friend of mine who almost the exact thing happened to. Chatted with a guy online,..." [
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7 hours ago
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"At the end he wrote that "reputation, posterity and cool = fear"... on one level I can see that as being true, yet would it really be a good idea to abandon those things?
And then he wrote: "there is no them."
While that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
3 days ago
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"Yeah, I don't get what's so wrong about changing deadhead to Black Flag. Both have a logo you can recognize without the band name, both toured incessantly, both were 20 years past their prime when each version of the song came out, both bands are..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by climalene
4 days ago
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"I'm always asking female people for a drink or food with no romantic intent. Signalling the romantic intent in this context is trickier. So, maybe — tips for the Asker on making it clear it's a date?
"So, do you want to go out to dinner with..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Forktine, JennyK
8 days ago
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"Am I fair in blaming a snail's-pace relationship on my weak ability to show affection? What can I do to improve myself or get her to understand how I feel about her lack of response?
I totally don't get it. It takes two people to not kiss: one to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by zombiebunny, qvtqht
9 days ago
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"Thank you all; of course I know the right answer, but I am too much of a coward for that. Since we got engaged I became better at putting these feelings away, telling myself that mature relationships are about commitment, not true love, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Nattie
10 days ago
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"Several hours of loud music 13 times a year, ending well before midnight. Boofuckinghoo. Find a different place to live. If older residents hated this as much as you do, it wouldn't have been going on for over 30 years...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by greenie2600
2 weeks ago
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"Michael Bay wrote this comment for me. Though this may be the first you’ve heard of it, I have included a footnote* to back it up.
*I'm Michael Bay, and I totally wrote this...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Songdog
2 weeks ago
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"Question for the guys: I've been reading "He's Just Not That Into You," which posits that if a guy is really interested in a woman, he'll pursue her relentlessly, no matter what else is going on in his life. Is this a valid theory?
I..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Ruby Doomsday, chicainthecity, wyzewoman, misha, sondrialiac, softlord, Meg_Murry
3 weeks ago
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"I guess what I find so damning is when people don't weigh in to agree (because that would be phrased more like a "oh yes, so-and-so is right"), but weigh in to say something to the effect of "DOOD OMG UR WRONG" (like they're the..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by BrotherCaine, RussHy, davejay, tomboko, cashman
3 weeks ago
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"I have never met her
Go over there and meet her. Bring some cookies or some shit. Say that you're sorry that the color you picked isn't to her liking, but that you're not going to repaint it because it's the exact color you want. If she starts to..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by zardoz, Espoo2, scrm, [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST], glycolized, gjc, srrh, mudpuppie, dpx.mfx, Debaser626
3 weeks ago
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"My mac friends recommend using the gray disk to use the "Disk First Aid" utility, which I could do in five minutes. There are other options I can work on if that doesn't work. (Unless one of you mac geniuses have better ideas)
She works..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by giraffe
3 weeks ago
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"When asked, by someone I don't know well, I said that I was a vegetarian. I did this because I didn't feel like explaining why I didn't want to eat an entire hamburger, a hot dog, and an entire half of a chicken, besides all the sides, that day.
I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pointystick
Last month
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""Finally, I'll have someone to love me unconditionally!"
"You mean like you love your mom?"
"Exac... ohshit."" [
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favorited 75 times, recently by olya, Baby_Balrog, graymouser, RussHy, Caduceus, serena15221, k8t, bitter-girl.com, deborah, graventy, willie11, Melinika, RakDaddy, ThomThomThomThom, unixrat, Optimus Chyme, Wilder, etaoin, Mayor West, Hollow, Faint of Butt, Marla Singer, DreamerFi, mer2113, a., Brainy, Monochrome, Hot Like Your 12V Wire, Kimothy, Foam Pants, Drastic, HyperBlue, Jacqueline, xthlc, dirigibleman, nightchrome, schroedinger, konolia, Crabby Appleton, snofoam, hollygoheavy, hal9k, h00py, arnicae, BrotherCaine, msconduct, sperose, Lotto, The Light Fantastic, Servo5678, snwod, nooneyouknow, Inspector.Gadget, cometwendy, ZenMasterThis, paddysat, artifarce, brain cloud, doctor_negative, Avenger, Senor Cardgage, Sys Rq, zarah, lumensimus, magstheaxe, Debaser626, Lou Stuells, dellsolace, batmonkey, Durn Bronzefist, Nattie, bunnytricks, lord_wolf, davejay, Ludi
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"Just about everything a good relationship needs. I can see myself going the long haul with her.
I think you may have greatly overestimated how necessary the things in your "good" list are to a relationship (and underestimated the..." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by ouchitburns, hot soup girl, Merlyn, Deathalicious, argylekneesocks, arha, spinturtle, ihope, Ookseer, lysistrata, scody, showbiz_liz, Rock Steady, Cucurbit, mostlymartha, sondrialiac, Jupiter Jones
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"Is my humor counterproductive? Am I really hurting these people with my sarcasm?
Depends on the people. Some people like it, some people don't like it. For the people who don't like it, not everyone dislikes it because they're hurt by it. Some..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by salvia
Last month
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""Even in the greatest pain, that ugly battle-scarred cat was only asking for a little affection, perhaps some compassion."
I don't understand why it's so surprising that an animal in shock would behave like this, especially if the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dmd
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"A few years ago, I attended my ex-stepsister's wedding... and my former stepfather pretty much ruined the reception chasing me around and touching me inappropriately, to the point that my stepsister screamed at him in front of everyone and I left..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by estronaut
Last month
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"But then you seem to be saying that discrimination on the basis of religious beliefs is not only all right, but required.
That doesn't seem right to me, either.
The people in this story aren't being "discriminated against" because of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pope Guilty
Last month
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"If I could combine these two into one I'd have the perfect guy.
So go find a guy who possesses all of their positive characteristics: fun, passionate, close in age, same life path. It's really not that hard to find...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by you're a kitty!
Last month
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"No, really, what rights are you talking about?
The right not to sin.
And biblically, we are supposed to not sin even if law requires it.
The only way someone's "right not to sin" is being infringed upon is if it's a religious..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
Last month
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"So if I were gay, and I hated Christians, it would be so very tempting to make sure Christians could not be photographers, or landlords, or businesspeople...after awhile, if I was diligent and crafty about it, they'd be reduced to begging on..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last month
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"Oh, but not if forced to do something that is AGAINST that religion.
No one is being forced to do anything against their religion. Any religious photographer who has a moral objection to photographing gay weddings can keep being religious if they..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hades
Last month
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"The point is not that anybody is right, but instead that you'll never ever convince them by using science because they start with such a fundamentally different assumption that they think science is the wrong tool for the job.
I don't personally..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Deathalicious
Last month
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"This is a sad story, but until you see the effects of dementia first hand, its hard to understand why they had to do what they did in separating the poor couple.
Repsectfully and non-rhetorically, do you think that the results of letting the..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Phalene, Pope Guilty, rodgerd, catlet, MythMaker, Nattie
Last month
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"I think making the video in the first place wasn't the right thing to do either.
Yeah, but there's "creepy-wrong" and there's "should-be-illegal-wrong". I think filming people who are having sex without their knowledge is..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by iivix, roystgnr, Skorgu
Last month
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"IANA lesbian, but if I had hawt straight sex in front of an open window, and later found out that whole thing was videotaped, I sure as crap wouldn't go off saying "I have a right to privacy while having sex in front of an open window"..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by desiderandus, merelyglib
Last month
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"My wife of 12 years knows I would like to get it on with some of her friends. She asked about said friends, I told her.
Sure, but did you tell her when she was your girlfriend of 6 months?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tomboko
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"However, after a night downtown with myself and my friends, she gave one of my good friends (who had no idea about our history) oral sex while I was passed-out drunk on the floor no more than 8 feet away in my apartment which I share with my sister...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Phalene
Last month
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"I don't think this is some sort of male-female divide. If I asked a girl about her fantasies, and she was all "Honestly, I want to fuck all your friends", that wouldn't be cool. I mean, it might be hot if I thought she was just making it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by transona5
Last month
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"And I don't sit there like his mom and say "go wash your hands;" I'll get up and say, "be right back, going to go wash the bus off my hands," and give him a look. I know he knows what I'd like him to do, he's just being difficult...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
Last month
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"My comment, which was deleted, merely read, "So, what does your daughter think about this?" Perfectly f'ing valid question. If the daughter doesn't care, what does it matter? The OP is having a simple "can't see the forest through the..." [
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favorited 17 times, recently by justonegirl, pointystick, DevilsAdvocate, mediareport, horsemuth, toomuchpete, CwgrlUp, Lentrohamsanin, flatluigi, pineapple, silkygreenbelly, Shepherd
Last month
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"he suddenly broke up with me based on some unfounded assumptions he was making about how i felt about him and whether i really wanted to be with him as well as some fears and insecurities he was projecting onto me
All we have is your side of the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ladysin
Last month
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"It is great to imagine these people holding out their bags for noble or tragic reasons
But I'm not imagining anything. Every single year that I've passed out candy, I've gotten an uncostumed adult come to my door who told me they were collecting..." [
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"I severely distrust people who I KNOW that they trash talk people behind their backs, use people, or suddenly ditches their friends. I do not do those things, but some of her friends DO. I find it very very upsetting that she would trust some of..." [
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Last month
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"The essential idea seems to be to stop keeping up with the Joneses.
To me, it seems the essential idea of the Adultitis website and book and whatever else seems to be "If you've become adept at keeping up with the Joneses, then apply that..." [
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Last month
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"Actually, a life that "embraces a childlike spirit" is only really viable if someone else is paying for that life. Most of the rest of us either have jobs or are desperately trying to get them, because as much as we like long walks on the..." [
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Last month
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"Dear god, don't call what those Japanese people are doing "blackface". They're putting on make-up to attempt to look like famous people, some of whom are black. When a drag performer comes out as Diana Ross, do you think that's blackface,..." [
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Last month
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"What are the two sexiest farm animals?
Brown chicken, brown cow. *click*" [
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2 months ago
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"Good-natured ribbing and in-jokes are how social groups bond together
Good-natured ribbing and in-jokes are how social groups that like good-natured ribbing and in-jokes bond together. There are lots and lots of people who feel that good-natured..." [
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2 months ago
