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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #45 on: October 01, 2007, 07:27:51 am »
i had a really awkward conversation with a certain lady earlier about how her ex was pretty into being... what one sometimes hears called a "South Park Republican." I would like to think that, while I am sometimes ignorant or naive about race issues, women's issues, etc, I am at least aware enough of myself to recognize this when it is pointed out to me. She basically said that she avoided having serious conversations with him because she didn't want to be "that girlfriend," meaning, you know, the naggy liberal girlfriend who can't just let the man think he's right. This made me cry a little bit for our society.

this is a guy who got mad at her for not wanting to take the Boston metro (the L?) by herself when she'd never been to Boston before, though. So, you know, the conversation was mostly awkward because I was resisting saying "that guy was a complete asshole and you should never have dated him. date me, please." I think I got that across sufficiently through eye-rolling and sarcastic comments, though.

Anyway, yeah. I feel like sometimes a radically different way of viewing these issues can be a dealbreaker. Especially when, you know, one side is basically just being ignorant and Straight Well-Educated White Male about the whole thing. Yes, I realize that this on some level contradicts something I said earlier today.

PS Paul, I really like how it was OK to save the picture of makeouts to your harddrive, and to tell us this, but not to repost. Internet ethics are so fun.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #46 on: October 01, 2007, 08:14:10 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on October 01, 2007, 07:27:51 am
..."that guy was a complete asshole and you should never have dated him. date me, please." I think I got that across sufficiently through eye-rolling and sarcastic comments, though...

Can'd.

Also, does this work for you? Because it sure don't for me.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #47 on: October 01, 2007, 08:32:55 am »
dude, if it worked for me, I would not be posting on this board.

or, you know, I would post once, and it would be a picture of me making out instead of posting on the board.

(clarification: I will not post such a picture. that would he a horrible idea.)
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #48 on: October 01, 2007, 01:29:28 pm »
Threadjack:

What is up with Boston natives and the assumption that the T is totally intuitive? Does the pleasing octothorpe shape fool them? Ever since I first came to the city, the Gentleman Caller has been trying to convince me that I can just take it on my own, and I keep explaining that, no, that's not going to work for me. Sigh.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #49 on: October 01, 2007, 03:08:20 pm »
What's even funnier is New York City types who say the same thing about the subway there.

"Yeah, if you get confused, there's a map on the wall at the station! Easy!"

Yeeeeeeeah. Easy.

All I'm saying, Manhattan, is that if you're going to pin me into a hurtling sardine can filled with lepers and urine puddles, at least let me know where I'm going.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #50 on: October 01, 2007, 03:26:23 pm »
My only experience with the subway is in London and it's easy peasy.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #51 on: October 01, 2007, 04:00:51 pm »
yeah. the enraging thing was that... it didn't really occur to him that there would be any reason that she, as a small, cute, 18 year old girl, would not want to be on the subway by herself in a new city. also: that there would be any reason that, you know, if your ex-girlfriend comes across the US to visit you when you aren't even technically dating anymore (and the reason you aren't dating is because you want some ass on the side and don't want things to be "awkward"), it would be a nice move to come pick her up at the airport. INSTEAD OF GOING TO LUNCH WITH THE GIRL YOU ARE fuck*ng, ASSHOLE.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #52 on: October 01, 2007, 05:00:26 pm »
Well, to be fair, if he refers to himself as the boyfriend of the new girlfriend in the new girlfriend's presence...

No, of course you don't pick up your recent ex-girlfriend. Because she is your ex-girlfriend.

You are not supposed to be overly friendly with your recent ex-girlfriends, out of respect to your new girlfriend, so that she doesn't think you're just trying to fuck the both of them.

This is probably not the whole story, of course, but once you and someone are broken up, it is definitely not your responsibility to pick him or her up at the airport. Because... y'know... that's what people who are dating do for each other.

If it is five years down the road and the girls are friendly with each other and the wounds are actually kinda healed, that is another thing. However, your current lady had better go WITH you when you pick her up. And, also, no matter how friendly they are, your current lady will definitely be holding your hand the whole time as if to say:

"Yeah, we're giving you a lift, but he's mine now, bitch."

This is just how it works. You are most responsible to the girl you're actually dating. Or even just fuck*ng on the side.

I am completely with you on "South Park Republicans" though.

I have many conservative friends and we happily agree to disagree on all sorts of matters but... yeah... even they say that if someone says to them that they are a "South Park Republican" they know that they are dealing with someone at best unprincipled politically and at worst someone who flat-out doesn't know what the fuck they're talking about.

It is fine to believe in what you believe in, whatever you believe in, as long as you don't hurt nobody and you're coherent about it.

But the whole South Park Republican... thing... is just completely incoherent when you pick it up and look at it.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #53 on: October 01, 2007, 07:57:36 pm »
Quote from: littlefallsmets on October 01, 2007, 03:08:20 pm
What's even funnier is New York City types who say the same thing about the subway there.

"Yeah, if you get confused, there's a map on the wall at the station! Easy!"

Yeeeeeeeah. Easy.

All I'm saying, Manhattan, is that if you're going to pin me into a hurtling sardine can filled with lepers and urine puddles, at least let me know where I'm going.

Dude, theres a giant map on the wall, theres a more specific map on every support pillar, there's a person sitting in a booth, theres giant signs every 6 feet telling you what lines are coming, and now theyre adding electronic audio announcements to tell you how many minutes away the train is. hopstop.com will even give you foot by foot directions on what to do. What more do you want?
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #54 on: October 01, 2007, 08:00:40 pm »
Quote from: linnea on October 01, 2007, 06:53:13 am
I called you a douche ONCE, because you were hitting on my sister while drunk. Also, after my engagement to Crap Dude, I will never date another conservative again. Sorry.
Look people, im not a "conservative" im a libertarian. This just means I don't like government watching me take a pee or stealing my money.
This philosophy still leaves room in my heart to treat you right, baby.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #55 on: October 01, 2007, 08:10:23 pm »
no, but, see, he was not dating this other girl. he was calling the first girl up and being like "I miss you so much" and then fuck*ng the second girl. And then telling the first girl about it.

I feel like, as a dude, it is your duty to go pick up a female friend who is visiting you. Doubly so if you are planning on makeouts with her.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #56 on: October 01, 2007, 08:51:35 pm »
Quote from: A-CAP on October 01, 2007, 08:00:40 pm
This just means I don't like government watching me take a pee or stealing my money.
QFT & amen, brother.  We're much better neighbors than conservatives too.  Fortunately for the softie-socialists and the deep-pocket conservatives we're completely powerless as a voting block.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #57 on: October 01, 2007, 10:22:22 pm »
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What more do you want?

I want to be able to drive the train myself so that I actually know where the hell I'm going. No more, no less.

Also, less urine and less beggars making me feel less like that scene in "Jesus Christ Superstar" where A Dude can't cure everyone.

I want to give each of you a dollar but fuck, man, I ain't got that many dollars myself.
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Re: WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE
« Reply #58 on: October 02, 2007, 04:03:45 am »
London's Tube system is awesome.  There's a clear map, and all the lines are color coded, and they SAY WHERE THEY ARE GOING.

I haven't experienced NYC's, but I found getting around in Paris easier than Boston's subway.  I don't even speak French.

Paris' subway stench could be the stuff of legends, though.
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« Reply #59 on: October 02, 2007, 04:50:20 am »
Quote from: Lister on October 02, 2007, 04:03:45 am
Paris' subway stench could be the stuff of legends, though.

Is it rubbish and vomit and stuff? Or worse? I've never been there. In college and high school kids used to bitch about how disgusting it was to enter cafes and other places in France in the summertime because of the smell of human body odour. This is a really stupid and ignorant question, but is it true that many folks in France don't wear deodorant? I'm sure that the vast majority of the world's 6.6 billion people do not...
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