It’s still odd to me how many women are like, “She’s impossibly skinny!” about some completely normal-looking woman. I’m old enough to remember when 80% of women were as thin the person they’re talking about, or thinner.
That is not good change, that someone with a completely normal BMI is said to be in some impossible-to-achieve state. Put down the damn Twinkies and you too can achieve the impossible. It’s like a miracle and stuff.
When talking about what makes for a stylish outfit, I think it helps to keep to the topic at hand: the outfit. Otherwise, you are introducing all sorts of unrelated elements that confound and confuse people's judgements. pic.twitter.com/xyaiLqiL87
— derek guy (@dieworkwear) October 28, 2024
I’m not certain exactly what his point is, but I’m not sure you can separate the outfit completely from the person’s body shape — they work in synergy. I now look good in outfits I would not have six years ago because I am far more muscular and fit.
By the same token, it’s a nice-looking outfit on the woman in question but exactly the same outfit wouldn’t work on a woman without a trim midriff. However, a very similar longer mesh shirt with a shrug or something would look good on just about anyone. Dressing for the body you have isn’t something unfair or weird. It’s just what you do if you want to look good. Sure, if you’re trim and fit you have more options. But that doesn’t mean you have to look like a dumpster if you are not those things. It does mean, though, that you have to work at it a little harder.
That’s right. Also, when Hillary was running if you were anything less than insanely supportive of her you were called a “BernieBro.” I voted for Hillary in 2016, by the way. I still got called a “BernieBro” numerous times because I said she was a widely-disliked candidate the Dems should’ve never run and that no one deserves to win. That they have to earn it. Hillary supporters went absolutely batshit about this.
Despite people’s poor memories, I believe all of this had at least some effect. And that men have certainly been demonized lately in many quarters in general. Too much of feminism has come around to believing that anything bad that happens to a woman, a man somehow caused it no matter the actual cause. Combine this with social media-caused mental illness that many women are burdened with, it’s no wonder there is a backlash to all of that.
Agreed. Women do not in general understand men and men’s culture nearly as well as they like to imagine they do. Mostly, they have no clue while deluding themselves into believing they know everything. I don’t quite understand why, but I know that is the case. The problem is not that they do not comprehend how men’s culture works. It’s that they believe they do and make vast and preventable mistakes because of their misapprehension.
Men do not commit this error. Most just admit they do not understand women or their culture and leave it at that. That is a better end state.
Talking with the teens and it becomes clear to me that:
– no one is talking about how to acquire social skills
– all the old "practice this in smaller/less important arenas" customs that used to give people a chance to use new social skills have been dismantled
– the kids often…— M.C.A Hogarth (@mcahogarth) October 30, 2024
And they tell me smartphones and social media are not generally harmful. It’s funny, I was criticized (rightly, in many cases) for how poor my social skills were until I improved them, but by comparison to younger millennials and Gen Z I was a social genius. Anyone under ~30 has just absolutely atrocious social capability. It’s shocking when you encounter it.
We’ve failed an entire generation and a half now.
That was a different world; I remember it well. I think this comment nails it:
Many of the things we did then as a matter of course would get you ostracized and/or arrested now. Too much prudery and clownery these days; smartphones and social media were a huge mistake.
Remember, all these countries had their unique cultures and traditions before Islam! pic.twitter.com/dpf7W23U2S
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) October 31, 2024
It’s funny watching absolute dumbasses tie themselves into rhetorical knots arguing that Arab Islamic colonialism was not in fact Arab Islamic colonialism. Fucking idiots.
Wow, rock really cratered. I don’t have a good sociocultural explanation for why that’s the case, though.
Aesthetic and cultural degeneration. I hope one day it’ll reverse.
India becomes uncompetitive price-wise when you can no longer hire three people in India to replace one American hire, as the average Indian worker is about 1/3 as good/productive as the average American 1.
If that’s racist — well, the truth is racist (has nothing to do with race, but MBAs who want to offshore along with woke clowns insist it is).
Huh, interesting idea. Tattoos are terrible and men hate them on women because that’s what (most) men are attracted to. Therefore, they don’t want those to whom they are attracted to look like a walking dumpster. It’s not mysterious.
It’s telling that Aella, who sells sex and beauty for money, did not get tattoos as having none increased her market value. Wise decision; I would’ve done the same even if I liked tattoos. Having tattoos makes me and many men instantly uninterested in any woman, sexually or romantically.
Some of us do have standards and women fucking HATE IT when men have standards.
It’s an interesting inversion of cultural understanding that in the original Christian ideology women were seen as inherently corrupted/evil (Eve in the Garden) and now that’s flipped under feminism/liberalism to the idea that men are inherently evil and women are the angelic beings.
No comments other than it has occurred and that is pretty remarkable.
Did the quality of fast food take a huge hit?
For sure it did. Post-pandemic it’s quite a lot worse in general. There are a variety of reasons for this, I suspect. Among them is that fast food companies started using lower-quality (thus cheaper) ingredients to attempt to ameliorate the effects of wholesale inflation. Also, I’m guessing the ubiquity of delivery apps divorced direct feedback on food quality from the experience of its consumption so there are fewer complaints that make it to anyone who notices or cares.
It’s not just fast food, though. Food quality even at middle- and high-end restaurants has nose-dived too. Recently, I got lobster ravioli with fresh crab at a local mid-end restaurant. It was nearly $40 for just the entrée. The dish had nearly no actual seafood in it, was otherwise entirely mediocre and the portion size was also extremely small.
When I pay that much for something, I expect it to be better than what I can make at home. That wasn’t even close. I could’ve whipped up something similar but tastier in 30-ish minutes.
So this decline in quality is occurring in every tier of restaurant.
I’ve noticed this when I’ve interacted with Gen Z and with younger Millennials. Used to be, my social skills would’ve been woefully sub-par at the same age they are. But now their social capability is so terrible I would’ve been a social butterfly comparatively.
It’s shocking to realize that those below the age of ~32 just 100% do not know how to talk to anyone in person — not each other, not teachers, not older people. No one. It’s no wonder they have such difficulty with dating and are so prudish. The world of other humans right there in front of you must be absolutely terrifying to them. We have done fucked up, but I am not sure what to do about it (banning smartphones would be a good start).
The guy answered the question honestly and was roasted for it.
By the way, women (as pointed out) cheat at about similar rates when put in equivalent situations.
I strongly object to the narrative of late that all negative actions undertaken by men are due to males being inherently evil and that their intent is always malicious. On the other hand, the current discourse would have you believe that any action by a woman — no matter how horrific — has a legitimate reason behind it because women are innately good and angelic.
Women and men are flawed in equal measure is my take on the matter. Sometimes (though less than people imagine) these flaws, foibles, fuck-ups and faults express themselves in different ways, of course, but men are simply not inherently evil and women are not heavenly beings.
Feminism promotes the idea of the incorruptibility of women. And many buy into it — so much so that it has become culturally dominant. But it’s bullshit and I think even those spreading that notion realize it, but won’t stop because it benefits them enormously.