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The list of things that become potential criminal offences to do online all seem pretty reasonable to me: encouraging or assisting serious self-harm cyberflashing sending false information intended to cause non-trivial harm threatening communications intimate image abuse epilepsy trolling I certainly would not say that banning any of these is hindering your free speech. Also the main purpose of the act is to force companies to moderate content on their sites better.

I mostly just focus on enjoying myself in clubs, and when I do that, approaches don’t even feel like approaches. They just happen naturally. You meet people by having fun with your friends in a busy place, and conversations will flow from there. Because of this, it's kind of hard for me to give an accurate estimate of a 'rejection rate' But of the times I've actually seen a girl in a club and decided to go up and talk to her out of nowhere, I'd say 10-20% success rate (by which I mean she actually talked to me and seemed interested, not necessarily anything more) seems reasonable. I won’t lie, I do rely on my looks as a bit of a crutch which might mean the advice I give of "just have fun and enjoy yourself with friends and things will happen" might not work for others. But what I will say is that the two demographics of dudes who tend to hookup most in clubs are guys who are good looking and guys who are having the most fun. But that's not all there is to it. Because it's rare that the good looking guys who stand in the corner doing nothing hook up. And it's also rare that the weird clowns who are spazzing around on the dancefloor hook up either, even though they may be having lots of fun. Not that there's anything wrong with doing these things, it's just not super attractive to women. And it's almost never the meerkats who are scanning the dance floor and mechanically jumping from woman to woman. Every time I've been in a club with a group of women they all spot these guys immediately and laugh at them. Again it's not that there's anything wrong with doing this per se, but if a woman sees you doing it, your chance of them being remotely interested in you approaches near zero.

I mean that’s just not true. A lot of women do care about looks quite a bit.

Watch his recent videos on Trump. Tbf I’m not American so this is the first real exposure I’ve had to him. But he seemed very well spoken, clear, and passionate

Kamala was just so fucking boring. So was Biden tbh. Hilary wasn’t boring per se but she, like you say, had vibe problems for sure. Obama was the only democrat candidate in like the past 15 years who inspired any kind of emotion when you listened to him talk. I never understood why Bernie never got to run for the democrats. He’d have had such a good chance against Trump

This should actually motivate you. It means that looks aren't the thing determining factor in whether you get rejected or not. It's often more about your vibe. I'm pretty good looking, to the point where I'll get approached first in clubs a fair bit. Yet still probably 80%+ of the time, if I approach first it's a harsh rejection.

I used to think he was a pretty great guy as well many years back. But now you can see his unfiltered mind on Twitter, and from this you can see that even beyond his politics he's cringe, deranged, and also just a bit stupid. I don't deny that he must have certain visionary qualities based on some of his achievements, but when you really look at how his companies were run you start to see that even there he isn't as critical to their success as it might seem. Most of the successful companies he runs have admitted to having special teams that exist purely to manage Elon and prevent him from creating utter chaos. Apparently the Cybertruck is something he was so adamant about that he essentially forced it through this process without letting anyone veto it, and it's terrible. Hearing something like this makes me wonder whether he is really as much of an important visionary figure in these businesses as he seems. Twitter is the first example of a large company that Musk has full control over without such a team. And it's a trainwreck.

Jesus

Yea especially given the questions about age play in this quiz. From what I remember they are scarily close to pedophilia

There are a lot of guys who think this way. Just ask any women. The majority of guys she will have been with only care about their own pleasure.

A lot of guys can completely detach themselves from the emotional component of sex and just view it as something mechanical. In which case, if you can afford it, an escort starts to look like a good option for you. But in with you, as much as I enjoy casual sex, there needs to at least be some kind of energetic connection for it to be remotely enjoyable.

I’ve seen a few of his speeches on YT recently. He’s such a fucking good speaker I struggle so much to understand how some people can listen to Trump speak and then listen to Bernie speak and think “Trump is the best president we could ever have!”

I know zero women who have openly lusted after serial killers but I have met probably several hundred who have lusted after random dudes in clubs with good energy

I mean it’s a step up from being a fundamentalist Christian. But I don’t even have a problem with atheists really. The issue is that the ones who talk about it a lot are usually annoying and if the only thing you can say about yourself is that you’re an “atheist” then you’re probably going to fit that annoying stereotype pretty accurately.

This is horrific. Pure emotional manipulation. They probably send it to everyone they hire. The truth is that if there was a better candidate they would have chosen them, not you. Companies don't do favours for people they don't know, which means you are very capable of doing the job in their eyes. They would just prefer it if you felt like you had something to prove because then you'll work yourself to death trying to impress them. Don't let this impact how you feel about your own skills. I would start the job and see how it goes if you really need it. It's possible that this is just HR being awful, and that the rest of the company where you are working is much nicer.

Oh give over. You were super judgemental towards OP right out the door. Trying to take the high road now is so disingenuous.

Yea because it benefits you not to. Like I said, you want to have your cake and eat it too.

This is all totally fine. Like, completely fine. You're allowed to feel this way. But if you're going to believe stuff like this then you can't get angry at a guy saying he wants a woman to cook and clean for him.

I was paraphrasing to an extent but you made your position of "It's OK for a woman to expect the man to pay the bills but it's not OK for a man to expect his wife to cook and clean" pretty clear in the following quotes: And why not when she's married? Because that's the man's job? lol

A man also needs to be able to trust his partner. The things you're attributing to gender here aren't really gendered. They're just the cornerstones of a healthy relationship. Having hefty 'expectations' of your partner is a bad thing for both men or women. Nobody likes it. Expectation is a problem because it implies that your partner doesn't deserve any gratitude for what you expect of them. "You are expected to do the dishes" means I'm not grateful that you're doing it but I will be angry with you if you don't. "You are expected to pay the bills" Means I don't expect any thanks, it's expected of you, and I'll leave you if you don't pay them all. Both of these are unhealthy and demonstrate the problem with expectation. It's a form of entitlement. It's better to think about it in terms of fairness, and to be sure to express gratitude for whatever responsibilities your partner picks up e.g. "If I pay all of the bills, I'd be really grateful if you could do a bit more of the housework so I can focus completely on work." "If I pay half the bills, we could split the housework evenly to keep it fair"

I understand and agree with this. Most healthy relationships don't put heavy expectations on either member to pay all of the bills or do all of the house work. You figure out a fair distribution of bills and housework that works for you. It's just @Princess Arabia's framing that annoyed me, where in one breath she says that "expecting a woman to do chores is despicable" while in the next saying "expecting a man to pay for everything is totally fine". It's a very hard stance to justify. Yea of course. And on the flipside a woman should be able to earn money and pay for stuff herself too.

So what you're saying is that you.... cook and clean. Yet you are offended when OP said he wants a woman who will cook and clean? But at the same time you also think it's OK to expect a man to pay for everything? I'm sorry, but your opinions on this are kind of messy and contradictory.

This is absolutely having your cake and eating it. You're saying you want the gender roles that benefit you to stick around but you want to get rid of the ones that don't. Like I said, you're either OK with both of the following statements: a woman can say she wants a man to pay for everything; a man can say he wants a woman who will cook and clean Or you're OK with neither. You can't say that one is acceptable while the other isn't. To be clear I'm pretty much on the side of 'neither is OK' in the above comparison. I don't want a housemaid, but I also don't want a dependant living with me who isn't pulling their weight financially. For me, chores and bills should be split equally in most circumstances. But I can see how a setup where the man pays for everything and the women does chores can work for some people. What I think is very selfish is this middle ground you're trying to argue for whereby the man pays for everything and you just get to sit on your ass and enjoy it without doing any kind of work. And your reasoning of "well bills aren't optional but chores are" is quite a lousy argument. Chores aren't really optional either unless you want to starve to death in a filthy house.

The amount of money involved ($1.3) is what’s surprising and what gives this credibility for a lot of people instead of just thinking the guy is nuts. But there are no shortage of crazy people with lots of money.

In general I agree with a lot of what you wrote here but this made me laugh. How can you say that it's acceptable for you to expect a man to pay all of the bills but you get annoyed when a guy said he wants a woman who will cook and clean? You can't have your cake and eat it. Either both of these are OK or neither are OK.