if you argue to a woman that you've earned a relationship with her, that's sexist bullshit.
I take your point. Arguing to a woman that you've "earned" a relationship is bullshit. But earning a relationship, in and of itself? I dunno... because it seems to me the evidence of earning something would be whether you actually attain it.
Look, I'm actively fighting this problem (and it is a problem, nobody is saying otherwise), with you. So why are you so quick to group me with the monkeys in our society?
Look, man, if you know you're not part of the problem, there's no point in getting defensive.
Conversely, if you're getting defensive, maybe you should examine your behavior and make sure you're not part of the problem.
Geeks are frustrated because they don't have good luck with women. Rejection and loneliness results in the misogyny and creepiness lamented here.
This portion is, in my experience, exactly backwards. The people you're talking about go in with expectations that they'll have "good luck" -- that's where the misogyny and creepiness begin. And when the men in question don't have good luck, then that misogyny takes root.
Aside from that, though, you're pretty much spot on. Men, if you want something in life, whether that "something" is a job, a house or a relationship, you have to earn it.
99% of the time that I'm flying a plane, I'm more than a mile from anything else in the sky and at least 1000 feet from anything on the ground.
99% of the time that I'm driving a car, I'm within 50 feet of another car and less than 10 feet from something else I can hit. And my car's not going all that much slower than a Cessna.
It's that other 1 percent you have to worry about.
Every time I hear Americans talking about the "freest country in the world", I compare my school days with what I hear about school days of American children, and I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.
Funny you should say that. Intel has, for some time now, been researching ways to stop return-oriented programming, or ROP, exploits, with assistance from the Defense and Homeland Security departments.
I love how I am suposta bend over backwards and make everyone's lives better, but yet I dont see it happening for me
You don't have to "bend over backwards" to make other people's lives better. The cost to pay fast food workers a living wage works out to less than 50 per combo meal; is that "bending over backwards"?
What we as a nation have to realize is that if we took the resources we currently put into killing people halfway across the world and focused instead on improving the lives of our own citizens, we'd be far better off.
And that's how we know for a fact you're Canadian.;)
Seriously, though, don't apologize if your statements of fact offend people. American (corporate) values are bullshit, and we've seen example after example of how they do cause harm to the American middle class. And yet we, as a nation, continue to let ourselves be distracted by "horrible" health care website rollouts and the like.
Because of this, one of my long-term goals is to move out of the United States. American hegemony is going to end, and while I'd love to see the United States gradually settle into national maturity, I fear what's coming is far more violent.
To be fair, AAFES' video game selection is piss-poor already. I'm not sure anyone would go to a base exchange looking for a video game unless it's at least two years old.
WP has to be the worst rag going with some of the stupidest journalists possible.
Says someone who has clearly never read the Washington Times.
In this case, NSA is NOT doing anywhere near the spying that WP implies. NSA has said that they as a group are not spying on Americans the way that WP and others imply.
But they refuse to talk about the spying they are conducting on Americans -- spying that clearly violates Americans' Constitutional rights.
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Some Media Whores got some attention. BFD.
This is the sort of shit that gets up-moderated on Slashdot nowadays? Really?
... I can't blame male nerds for thinking that they have been specifically targeted and thus feeling they need to defend themselves.
OK, but the best defense isn't "Not all men." The best defense is to ask, "What can I do to make this better?" and then go do it.
if you argue to a woman that you've earned a relationship with her, that's sexist bullshit.
I take your point. Arguing to a woman that you've "earned" a relationship is bullshit. But earning a relationship, in and of itself? I dunno ... because it seems to me the evidence of earning something would be whether you actually attain it.
Look, I'm actively fighting this problem (and it is a problem, nobody is saying otherwise), with you. So why are you so quick to group me with the monkeys in our society?
Look, man, if you know you're not part of the problem, there's no point in getting defensive.
Conversely, if you're getting defensive, maybe you should examine your behavior and make sure you're not part of the problem.
Geeks are frustrated because they don't have good luck with women. Rejection and loneliness results in the misogyny and creepiness lamented here.
This portion is, in my experience, exactly backwards. The people you're talking about go in with expectations that they'll have "good luck" -- that's where the misogyny and creepiness begin. And when the men in question don't have good luck, then that misogyny takes root.
Aside from that, though, you're pretty much spot on. Men, if you want something in life, whether that "something" is a job, a house or a relationship, you have to earn it.
Now we are at 13.77B, the next may narrow it down to a date and time...
I think we can be reasonably sure it was a Monday.
99% of the time that I'm flying a plane, I'm more than a mile from anything else in the sky and at least 1000 feet from anything on the ground.
99% of the time that I'm driving a car, I'm within 50 feet of another car and less than 10 feet from something else I can hit. And my car's not going all that much slower than a Cessna.
It's that other 1 percent you have to worry about.
When a citation is requested and provided, the proper counter-argument is not to ridicule the source of the citations
If the "citation" here had any intellectual integrity, you would be right. The Daily Caller does not.
Every time I hear Americans talking about the "freest country in the world", I compare my school days with what I hear about school days of American children, and I don't know whether to laugh or to cry.
Option C: Move to Canada. Or Germany, maybe.
Daily Caller? Hahahaha ...
Oh, wait, you were serious? Let me laugh louder!
Possibly the introduction of high-fructose corn syrup into everything that's artificially sweetened.
You're not kidding. "Orgy planner" was a valid career option in the days of Rome.
Pick up HDDs locally and burn them in so that you aren't stuck paying return shipping for the DOA ones.
I'm pretty sure you don't pay shipping on RMAs.
Maybe in the future, all we'll see in online reviews is, "Fast, neat, average, friendly, good, good."
Funny you should say that. Intel has, for some time now, been researching ways to stop return-oriented programming, or ROP, exploits, with assistance from the Defense and Homeland Security departments.
Willing to take that gamble?
What gamble? Just outsource it to BP and everything should be fine.
The problem is that GPS satellites orbit the Earth at 12,500 miles, rather than the 23,000-mile geosynchronous orbit.
I love how I am suposta bend over backwards and make everyone's lives better, but yet I dont see it happening for me
You don't have to "bend over backwards" to make other people's lives better. The cost to pay fast food workers a living wage works out to less than 50 per combo meal; is that "bending over backwards"?
What we as a nation have to realize is that if we took the resources we currently put into killing people halfway across the world and focused instead on improving the lives of our own citizens, we'd be far better off.
I'm sorry if anyone is offended ...
And that's how we know for a fact you're Canadian. ;)
Seriously, though, don't apologize if your statements of fact offend people. American (corporate) values are bullshit, and we've seen example after example of how they do cause harm to the American middle class. And yet we, as a nation, continue to let ourselves be distracted by "horrible" health care website rollouts and the like.
Because of this, one of my long-term goals is to move out of the United States. American hegemony is going to end, and while I'd love to see the United States gradually settle into national maturity, I fear what's coming is far more violent.
To be fair, AAFES' video game selection is piss-poor already. I'm not sure anyone would go to a base exchange looking for a video game unless it's at least two years old.
Sounds like the plots of most of the Command and Conquer series.
I can slam the brakes in a Subaru Impreza WRX and virtually assure that whoever I'm brake checking hits me, on account of the 125' stopping distance.
Horseshit. If the person behind you keeps a reasonable following distance, they'll have plenty of time to slam their brakes or switch lanes.
We either want laws or we don't. If you think less government is best, move to Somalia.
I'm pretty sure we can establish a middle ground somewhere between Somalia and North Korea.
1: As mentioned above, if it fries pacemakers, insulin pumps, or heart plugs, how will wrongful death lawsuits be handled?
If the wrongful death lawsuits surrounding Tazers are any indication, probably not too well.
WP has to be the worst rag going with some of the stupidest journalists possible.
Says someone who has clearly never read the Washington Times.
In this case, NSA is NOT doing anywhere near the spying that WP implies. NSA has said that they as a group are not spying on Americans the way that WP and others imply.
But they refuse to talk about the spying they are conducting on Americans -- spying that clearly violates Americans' Constitutional rights.