MeFi comment:
"This is an interesting article, although I'm not sure how widespread the problem is. Part of me wants to believe it can't possibly be that pervasive, that it's just a couple of rich moms, but then I never thought anything like that Super Sweet 16..." [
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favorited 56 times, recently by hip_plumber
2 days ago
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"Depending on your workplace, this might be okay:
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/tdomf/30701/222963707anteaterjpgnosoo1.jpg
I just love that. Has the word "fuck" though...." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by kyleg, wenestvedt, Happy Dave, argylekneesocks, gnomeloaf, Brittanie, pwally, 913, Bigfoot Mandala, The Light Fantastic, Hargrimm, sperose, nitsuj
2 days ago
Ask comment:
"I think a lot depends on the context, but "I think that remark reflects more on you than it does on him/her" works." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pompomtom
3 days ago
MeFi comment:
"jsonic, the beauty queen comments are coming from the fact that we're talking about a woman who was, literally, a beauty queen. Why is this an issue for you?
Because it's very clearly that it's being used in this thread, if not outright, but as a..." [
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favorited 22 times, recently by weebil, graventy, vivelame, blueberry, cj_, mer2113, Caduceus, mrgrimm, schyler523, lupus_yonderboy, Missiles K. Monster, desiderandus, billyliberty, showbiz_liz, Big_B, lalochezia, LMGM, konolia, orthogonality, Solon and Thanks, lord_wolf, kittens for breakfast
5 days ago
Ask comment:
"I'm of the opinion that if you cannot trust your SO, you can either work on it -- if it's your own neuroses -- or not be with them -- if they have proven untrustworthy.
In my own relationship, I am female and the vast majority of my friends are..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lia
2 weeks ago
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"I'd like to think that my neighborhood is a homey, warm community, and this is just a datapoint against that.
I thought I understood your post until about this point. You think they're leaving free things there as an act of hostility? I'm..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CorporateHippy
3 weeks ago
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"I think you're getting disappointed over nothing, personally. I used to be the same way so I can understand where you're coming from, but no one is treating you badly. Your friend's reaction to the movie situation, for example, should not be taken..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by elisynn, tyrantkitty
3 weeks ago
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"Wow, I could have written this question word per word. 24 year old female here too, been with my guy six years, only person I've ever had sex with, same kind of basis for attraction to people, dreams about both genders, etc. Get annoyed by people..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by elizardbits, pointystick
4 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"I didn't bother to read any of the comments. I only read the original post. I'm female, and I agree that men tend to get trampled on unfairly in AskMeFi questions. It's just something I've noticed. If a girl has any tiny bit of trouble with her..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Zambrano, Liosliath, hadjiboy
Last month
MeFi comment:
"It's embarrassing how much that looks nothing, not a bit, like her. PS1 quality graphics right there." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by orthogonality
Last month
MeFi comment:
"From Child of Rage: a girl who's like five years old comes onto her grandpa. Probably shouldn't watch it at work, but nothing all that explicit." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last month
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"Might I suggest that she keeps these things from you because she knows you would react negatively if she was forthcoming? It's pretty normal for people to be less open with their judgmental friends. Since you thought it was appropriate to be aloof..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by missmagenta
Last month
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"I, too, think you should keep the bird in the bathroom instead when you're gone. The cockatiel would enjoy it a lot more than the kitten, especially if the cockatiel has full view of a bathroom mirror. Also, the cockatiel is already in her cage, so..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bettafish
Last month
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"Oh, I get what you mean now Jody. If she were to back off from plans she once seemed excited about, it would be worth examining for sure.
AsRuinsAreToRome: You said, "I've asked her in the past if she's fallen out of love with me and she's..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by 8dot3, Danila, srrh, limeonaire
Last month
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"As a woman, I didn't think this was "boyzone" at all. It's no different than any other site that sees if you can identify plastic surgery. Breast implants are only as sexualized as you make them. To me, it was fairly sterile, and more..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Kadin2048, mygothlaundry, lonefrontranger, Zambrano
Last month
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"She needs friends.
After college, all my friends moved to different cities. I had always spent most of my time with my fiance, whom I live with, so I didn't bother to make new friends where we lived. Like your girlfriend, I would say that my..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by murtagh
Last month
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"I've always thought Japanese has a very efficient writing system. It's because they combine three writing systems: Chinese characters (and some unique Japanese characters that have evolved), hiragana, and katakana.
They use Chinese characters as..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by twistofrhyme, oneirodynia
Last month
MeTa comment:
"Women do this with men as well. And with other women.
Maybe I've just had a lot of really verbal women friends - but I've heard comments about both gender's physical attributes, shall we say.
Yeah, this is another reason why it baffles me someone..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by grobstein
Last month
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"Guys, the OP said this: "She's asked me for help with this, so it's not like I'm going to drop these in an e-mail with a DTMFA note attached." "This" meaning the articles, from the context.
She included a lot of the other..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by pointystick, Solomon, for_serious, palomar, silkygreenbelly, umbú, arianell
Last month
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"...
I just said to my half-asleep fiance, "Hey, Jesse Helms died."
Our parrot interjects, "That's good!"
I'm not making this up...." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by melorama, preparat, nadawi, schyler523, perilous, thirteenkiller, ST!NG, etaoin, hobbes103, humannaire, kalimac, oaf
2 months ago
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"I am completely with Stynxno. It's her decision to cheat on her husband, yeah, but that doesn't mean he won't try to kill you if he finds out. And I mean literally, try to kill you. He could even succeed. His reaction might not be violent, but..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by blueberry, sondrialiac, Robert Angelo, Stynxno, HighTechUnderpants, fairytale of los angeles, porn in the woods, dirtynumbangelboy
2 months ago
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"Additionally, are you aware that your comment up there displayed some grammar and spelling mistakes? If you were dating yourself, you'd dump yourself. What do you think of that?
This struck me as well. I'm not trying to be snarky, OP, but you're..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by yohko, emelenjr
2 months ago
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"... I don't understand why you don't write during your free time. Most writers have day jobs, you just have a really cushy one. Why would you ever quit writing anyway? You enjoy it. Even if you never publish anything, who cares? Getting..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by toastchee, Lou Stuells
2 months ago
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"One way to get over such a thing is to realize you've idealized a relationship in your head. In real life, things don't work out so perfectly. Imagine the worst possible relationship you guys could have. It helps a lot if you draw on real things..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Non Prosequitur
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I think the problem with the article can best be summed up by these two quotes:
"I've been at work all day, let's talk lipstick."
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"Men believe that disgorging maximum detail on abstruse topics counts as communication...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by msalt, Sys Rq
2 months ago
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"How does one identify attraction when it isn't aided by the exaggeration that comes from vulnerability?
For me, it's that I'm especially happy around my fiance, and then the sexual attraction. Also the feeling that he does make me a better..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ifjuly, elisynn
2 months ago
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"Trying to have sex with her and then stopping is probably making things worse. She almost certainly realizes you guys have less sex than you used to, and she's trying to have sex with you because she knows it's important to you, but that makes the..." [
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favorited 31 times, recently by nitsuj, cschneid, treepour, hot soup girl, Scram, lilac girl, parudox, lilywing13, flibbertigibbet, Jubey, infinityjinx, srrh, mynameismandab, paleography, limeonaire, wimpdork, walla, Laura_J, beandip, h00py, saucysault, desjardins, gatorae, dorothy humbird, CorporateHippy, WWJB, jeanmari, Durin's Bane, grumblebee, fishfucker, nooneyouknow
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"I'm an INTJ, and you sound very, very similar to me. I took lots of philosophy classes in undergrad, even, but not in time to change my major from political science. I wanted to go to philosophy graduate school to be a philosophy professor, but..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Kerasia, malapropist
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"@quin: For what it's worth, when Ja Rule said he didn't want his kids watching MTV because of gay people, he got a pretty big backlash.
People don't speak out when they agree, and people don't speak out when they don't hear about it. I think the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by the dief, everichon, quin
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"ZachsMind said: you can be pro-gay and still be homophobic.
dersins said: This word you keep using, I do not think it means what you think it means.
Along the same lines as what Brandon Blatcher said... I think a lot of people fall into that..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by the other side, punchdrunkhistory, mike3k
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm apparently pretty good at remembering homophobic things rappers say. Still, though, this quiz can suck my gun." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by PostIronyIsNotaMyth
2 months ago
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"How do you think? The things you describe come naturally to me because I think in words and abstractions. Literally, I will see words in my head with every thought I think. They are made up of letters, as I would see them on paper. I have been..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by Danila, inatizzy, nemutdero, PinkButterfly, des, punchdrunkhistory, svolix, self
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I honestly feel that Google has made me smarter overall. Well, "more knowledgeable" is probably a more precise way to put it. But as others have mentioned, Google can tell you something that you'd need to plow through a bunch of library..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by marble
2 months ago
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"Nicwolff said: Who knows what decisions he's made - or what depth of feeling he's indulged for you - based on the commitment you made?
I think this is an important consideration and would affect my decision, at least, if I were in that position...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jurate
2 months ago
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"I really can't have a conversation with either of you (Justinian and dgaicun) about this if you can't understand how a woman can really, truly want to have sex and exhibit the behavior the OP's girlfriend is exhibiting. You say no way, not getting..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by Jurate, Danila, meijusa, ifjuly, Forktine, limeonaire
3 months ago
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"dgaicun, I mean no offense, but just because something doesn't make sense to you doesn't mean it objectively doesn't make sense. If a woman is confused about her sexual arousal, she can become upset, freeze up, and even become irritated and angry..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Danila, limeonaire
3 months ago
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"I wasn't in disagreement with Jody Tresidder until this: "...if, say, you discuss details of the wedding and she starts coming up with strangely low key ideas even for apparently "practical" reasons, I think you may have a problem..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sunshinesky
3 months ago
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"Some suggestions in this thread are overly negative, I think, especially the ones that talk about the girlfriend in a derogatory way. If it were that easy for her to get aroused, I'm sure she'd love to do it. She's not doing it to be a bitch or be..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
3 months ago
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"you might google the interwebs on "the ladder theory."
Please, please do not do this. The ladder theory is an immature, intellectually deficient piece of garbage made up by an admittedly bitter guy who wants to think every single human..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by advicepig, zeph, availablelight, sondrialiac, Laura_J
3 months ago
MeTa comment:
"I don't see the harm in the thread. I also don't see harm in the AskMes that ask for recommendation on books and movies and whatnot, though that seems to irritate people too. I think those threads are useful.
Chatfilter seems like a more..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by DevilsAdvocate, girlpublisher
3 months ago
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"I think pop culture ultimately says something about where society is or is headed, or at least what advertisers and record companies think we want.
Okay, if you want to think your girlfriend cheated on you because of culture and not because she,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CorporateHippy
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I wouldn't assume it was a fake gun even if they were white. I dunno, that's just me. To be honest, I can't tell how old the person holding the gun is. He looks like he could be anywhere from 12 to in his 20s. When I first glanced he looked like..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by t2urner, gorgor_balabala
3 months ago
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"I agree with voiletk. I understand that it might feel simpler to think "this one girl acted this way, and I know other girls that act this way, so it must mean they all act this way," but come on... you're not that stupid. People are..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by badmoonrising
3 months ago
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"Well, I don't entirely agree with voiletk. I think I don't mean things in the same tone as he/she does.
I guess what I mean to say is there is a sense in which you can say, "Look at what you're saying, as an outside observer would look at..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by lampoil, rtha, outlier, you're a kitty!
3 months ago
