I’ve wrote about some other version of this sentiment before, but it’s happened to me a few times. And it’s hilarious.
Like, dude, I was there. Everything you’re saying is 100% wrong. One was arguing with me about how the military operated in the 1990s. And in that case, I was quite literally there. That’s next-level dumbassery.
This piece is, largely, full of terrible advice. The problem with it is that is a man parroting a woman’s bien pensant tall tales about what she believes about herself. Which, like what most people believe about themselves (men included), is largely false
There is a technique to talking to women which is far more effective. It is called: treat them like a fucking human being. Just actually talk to them. If you must, imagine that they are a man and then talk to them the way you would in that scenario.
Oh my fucking god that so does not work. That’s the quickest way to failure known, especially in any kind of dating or romantic context. Yes, yes, treat women human beings. But the problem here is that a woman is not a man. Treating her like one will lead to nothing but, well…nothing. Certainly no romantic spark if that’s what you’re looking for.
This is a version of listening to what women say rather than observing what they do. And those things do not match at all.
The article is either full of obvious platitudes or worthless drivel otherwise. Typical for “dating advice” of this type.
Women always be like, “Women get rejected too!” Sure they do. About 1/500 to 1/10,000 as much as men do, depending on their level of extroversion and attractiveness.
It’s not even vaguely comparable. But women have no idea, because why would they? It’s not in their experience so they think they know. But they don’t. Like most things it’s easy to believe some stupid shit until you’re on other side (like FTM trans people).
And then you find the fuck out.
It’s cute that nearly all of the people writing about AI are (poorly) rediscovering long-extant philosophical ideas and schools of thought.
We really need some humanities training in this country. Of course, the plutes see that as dangerous so it’s being gutted.
It would have been cooler if he’d used CRISPR to create a seven-foot-tall version of his wife and called that one Big Wife.
Now that would have had flair, pizzazz, some originality. Billionaires are so unimaginative.
Sysadmins thrown into customer calls โ how do you stay composed?
I’m composed by nature, but it’s easy. When you don’t know something (which is always, always gonna happen on customer calls), say: “I don’t know the answer to that, but will find out and get back to you.”
Easy. Super easy. And then research with the relevant team, FAQ or whatever and actually follow up.
A junior of mine was shadowing me on a customer call once and was flabbergasted that I said, “I don’t know” to half a dozen questions. However, when I’d tried letting her have a crack at answering on another customer call, she couldn’t handle it and threw out tons of fabricated and incorrect responses that I later had to walk back. Or she otherwise flubbed them.
This is infinitely worse than just saying, “I don’t know.”
Because trust me, customers are always going to come up with some wild-ass crap ain’t nobody ever thought of before.
It’s fine to research and answer later. I do it with nearly every customer call and I know a fucking lot about a lot.
It seems like the political right is gaining traction around the world not necessarily because they are smart or good but because the left is profoundly stupid. https://t.co/mJceT2tXBV
— Kane ่ฌๅฑๅ ฏ (@kane) August 12, 2025
Alas, ’tis true.
My gender identity is “Massively Amazing Galactic Overlord Who Inspires Wild-Eyed Awe and Causes People, Animals and Liam Neeson to Lose Their Fucking Minds and Burst Out With Ecstatic Breakdancing, Hell Yeah!”
I’m the only one of my gender. Of course.
The European left is literally cooked https://t.co/BfO8Y6B0v8
— Noah Smith ๐ (@Noahpinion) August 12, 2025
Degrowthers bite so much ass.
It never fails to amuse how "wow why don't men travel anymore" and "ew men are such gross PASSPORT BROS" manage to be constant simultaneous topics on here https://t.co/Cik0ljuaLu
— _s.a.m.e.m.e.m.e_ (@st_louis_stan) August 1, 2025
Indeed. Will mysteries never cease.
As someone with a backbone, however, I don’t give a single shit what any shrieking feminist thinks about where I go or what I do.
Degrowthers want to ban air conditioning.
People like me want to air condition the entire planet. We are not the same.
Nuclear Experts Say Mixing AI and Nuclear Weapons Is Inevitable.
I SAW THAT MOVIE AND IT DID NOT TURN OUT WELL
Apparently I am also a fucking lawyer!
Got people today getting upset with me because I refuse to answer purely legal questions and then refer them to corporate counsel. Bro, trust me, you do not want an IT person answering legal questions that will definitely bring about liability and obligations. You. Do not. Want that.
What a day.
Some lore about me.
I tend to do the “impossible” accidentally due to social cluelessness and lack of awareness of what others think is normal. In this case, some years ago my journey into the impossible occurred as I was taking classes at a community college. I showed up, took an exam, then went outside to wait for the next one. These tests could’ve been scheduled on any day of the week (including weekends) but for ease of commuting I chose to sit for all four of them back to back. Just seemed normal to me.
As I was resting at a picnic table watching the birds, a girl I knew from one of my classes came up to me and asked, “So, which exam are you taking today?”
I said without thinking about it, “All of them.”
She looked confused for a moment and then said, “What do you mean, ‘All of them?'”
“I mean, I scheduled all four of them so I don’t have to drive here on four different days.”
“But why in the world would you do that?” she said.
It didn’t even occur to me — not even vaguely — that scheduling four fairly difficult exams back to back on the same day would be unusual or something to be remarked upon. There was not the first thought in my head about that until that moment. I mumbled something again about it being easier and quickly changed the subject.
I got As on all four, by the way. Wasn’t even a problem.