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[Putnam]

and DO NOT LISTEN TO THE PICKUP ARTISTS AND REDPILLERS HOLY SHIT

[Orange Wizard]

I guess what I mean is... after playing, watching, and reading a lot of dating games I have come to the conclusion that... Dates are not fun and having a girlfriend seems to be more about duping someone into thinking you are an attractive person then of mutual compatibility.

No, that's just how dating sims and games with terrible romance systems work. Real life has significantly more realistic mechanics.

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[Flying Dice]

and DO NOT LISTEN TO THE PICKUP ARTISTS AND REDPILLERS HOLY SHIT

Holy fuck, this. Let those assholes roll around in their own filth, there's no need to draw attention to them except when they transition from "assholes" to "potential rapists".

[NJW2000]

I recall that Us Vs Th3m had a good gamne about pickup artists. Quite funny.

[Radio Controlled]

The sad thing is, teaching people how to be more confident and succesful in their dating and such isn't a bad goal, but whoo boy if that community isn't toxic and full of idiots. Like, I stumbled upon a blog post once, giving generally good advice on stuff like eye contact, posture, reading nonverbal cues, all interesting. And then suddenly it became this rant about beta males and dominance and other bullshit. What the hell right?

[pisskop]

Last night a car pulled up and asked to us my phone.

I told them they could if they stepped out of theur car.

They ran hopped out of the passanger side and took the phone.  They then jumped back into the car and I managed to get my hand into the door frame as they tried to speed off.

They punched me several times and I was forced to let go.

Why they do this thing where they exploit altruism?

[Dutchling]

because not everyone is a cynic yet

[pisskop]

apparently

[wierd]

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Our culture epitomizes rip off artists and charlatans, and holds them up as pinnacles that one should aspire to be like. "Dog eat dog world!" and all that horse shit.

"When I grow up, I want to be like Mark Zuckerberg!"

(EG, I want to get rich quick at a young age by convincing people that it is OK to share all your dirty laundry out in the open, then sell the dirty panties to advertisers.)

Etc.

There's a growing cancer on society that basically idealizes self-gratification without consideration of consequences. "Its all about ME, I want MY pound of flesh, and damn-all the consequences."

This leads simultaneously to the problem we have with global climate change ("I want my big assed gas guzzling SUV, because it makes me feel powerful! I dont give a fuck about other people's kids living in a hellish apocholyptic world because of my assholishness! GIVE ME MY BIG ASSED VEHICLE THAT GOES VROOM!" and "Consequences Smoncequences, --as long as I'm rich!"), "Entitlement Mentality" (I DESERVE that thing I have no claim to, JUST BECAUSE! GIMMIE!), and shameless theft, like you are reporting.

But if you ask the GOP, it's as American and wholesome as mom's fresh baked apple pie.

[Loud Whispers]

Don't forget the people who are so self-absorbed in their own self that they roll through the world attempting to demolish everything, leaving vacuous waste in their wake, attempting to fill the empty void of their meaningless stupidity with materialism and hedonism in a desperate attempt at being the most unique ego; whilst somehow simultaneously deferring all responsibility to an equally idiotic group think. Charlatans campaigning to fight against the very things they are... Either blind to themselves or willfully exploiting gullible idiots against these facts...

[BlitzDungeoneer]

This.
I mean, this is fairly old, but...
What.

[MagmaMcFry]

WTF Lego. Wtf Valve. WTF E3.

[wierd]

WTF?

What is this, I dont even-- on so many levels.

1) Countries STILL DO THIS? I thought dolphins and other cetaceans were protected species!
2) So, Russia now owns the Ukranian Navy? (Right, totally not an invasion-- Putin says so!)
3) The telegraph? Really? (well, at least it wasnt Daily Mail.)

RE: WTF Valve, E3, Lego

Yes. That has to be the worst Lego crossover shameless commercialism I have ever seen. I mean, WTF is gandalf even DOING at aperature science anyway?

[BlitzDungeoneer]

If this is why I was reading the Telegraph, it's because, well.
Tawa linked this fellow's writing, which led me to this, and I was all like, "Spy dolphins? Seems legit.". And then I Google'd it, and, well. You saw the result of that.

WTF Lego. Wtf Valve. WTF E3.

Isn't this basically Skylanders/Disney Infinity, but with Legos? Because if so, that's like asking "What's [Insert Disney Character] doing in [Insert Other Disney Movie]?".