yronic heroism posted:

More reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/offmychest/comments/1g0re8/due_to_a_near_death_experience_today_i_finally/

Democratic Pirate posted:

The thing I don't get is why the men were able to follow her (him? going with her) once they got out of the car. Unless she couldn't make the bike move any faster than a walking pace, it's not that hard to outpace a couple of guys on foot when you're on a bike. Just pedal faster for ~10 seconds and if they manage to keep pace, they'll be too winded to yell anything.

Dahlia posted:

Why does he need to specify that they're "serial monogamists"? Is it that uncommon these days to only date one person at a time?

CJacobs posted:

I like the concept of "trigger warnings", there are people that throw that term around as if they will literally explode into meaty chunks if you mention the word 'diet' or 'transvestite' around them. Tumblr is jam-packed with people like that.

If you have to say "Just so you know, I will go off on you if you say THESE THINGS in conversation", that's not a trigger warning, that's you being way too sensitive about human interaction. It's one thing to be upset by someone saying something you don't like, but it's a whole separate deal if you go out of your way to tell people that those things will upset you before you even talk to them.

Bertrand Hustle posted:

Tumblr has taken a legitimate therapeutic tool that helps a lot of people who really need it and turned it into this milquetoast "please do not talk about giraffes/fat people/going outside because it makes me uncomfortable" whine.

GWBBQ posted:

I think he means going straight from one long term relationship to another rather than dating around a bit before settling down with someone.

Dahlia posted:

Why does he need to specify that they're "serial monogamists"? Is it that uncommon these days to only date one person at a time?

tacodaemon posted:

"Serial monogamy" isn't some new coinage. People have been saying it for decades. Examples:

Pop psychology magazine article: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-the-name-love/200810/is-serial-monogamy-worth-pursuing

Academic journal article: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12110-009-9060-x

Another academic journal article: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/267/1449/1259

Dictionary citations: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/serial-monogamy

an r/gaming user posted:

Ive seen a lot of them on girls who weren't even gamers. I had a waitress last week with a triforce tattoo on her arm and I asked if she liked Zelda games and she said how awesome they were and how great it is to see a woman in a powerful role. She then proceeded to tell me was and I quote "A huge gamer girl" I asked her who the hero of the games is and she said "Zelda. The games are named after her and all" and rolled her eyes like I was a retard.

For women its just like having a "I love nerds" shirt. Its just a fashion trend/statement meant to cash in on what they think is meant is a cool thing to do.

Just like there was a time women all proclaimed their love for gay men and wouldn't constantly talking about their gay friends and so on as if a gay man was a fashion accessory. Now its about being either goth/emo or its being the cool and hip gamer nerd chick.

Speedboat Jones posted:

My wife showed me this thread on r/gaming where it appears that the most important outrage for reddit is girls thinking that the hero of the Legend of Zelda series is a girl.


"Feh, hah. Silly females getting a permanent tattoo on their bodies just to get my precious and coveted attention. I bet you think Link is a girl, too. "

The whole "Girls think Link is Zelda" idea is apparently a common refrain among r/gaming when they circlejerk over how women can't possibly like LoZ as much as they do.

source

hyperhazard posted:

Grabbing a random person's arm and waving it around seems like a completely normal, non-psychotic way to entertain amusement park guests.

quote:

(I work at a DJ in a club. Although I do take requests, I play them where they will fit into the set so that it isn’t weird and everything flows together. On this particular night, it is kind of slow. I start a new set with some slower rap songs; there is a dance floor with 20 to 30 people on it.)

Me: “Hey, what can I do for you?”

Customer #1: “Can I hear You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC? Everyone loves that song, and everyone is going to dance. They will love it!”

(The music currently playing is ‘Swimming Pools’ by Kendrick Lamar. It is 68 beats per minute, and hard rap. The song the customer is requesting is in the 130 bpm range.)

Me: “Sure, I will play it as soon as I can.”

Customer #1: “Can you play it next?”

Me: “Probably not, but I try to get it in as soon as I can.”

(She walks away. Approximately two songs go by; the customer returns.)

Customer #1: “Well, are you going to play my song? Do you even REMEMBER WHAT SONG I TOLD YOU?!”

Me: “Yes, ma’am, AC/DC’s You Shook Me. I have to think of the dance floor right now, but I will play it as soon as I can fit it in with other music.”

Customer #1: *cheerfully* “THANKS!”

(It should also be noted that I have her song, and the other songs that I am going to play with it, in the song-queue and ready to be played soon. I’m at around 120 bpms, but the dance floor is now around 40-50 people. I get rated by the owners of the Bar/Club by how well I am at getting—and keeping—a dance floor. I get either a nightly bonus or a raise based on the dance floor.)

Customer #1: *startling me* “ARE YOU F****** STUPID! I SAID I WANT THE GOD D*** SONG PLAYED NOW, YOU C***!”

Me: “Ma’am, I’m getting to it. It’s going to be played in the next five minutes. When I feel that I can reasonably put it in and keep the dance floor, I will play it. I will even buy you a drink for your wait. Okay?”

Customer #1: “No! You’re going to play it now! I am a paying customer! I am f****** rich, so I don’t need your handouts!”

Me: “Well, I’m sorry you feel that way.”

Customer #1: “F*** you, and this place! You were never going to play it! And stop grinning like you’re so great! I make more money than God, and I could buy this place and fire your piece-of-s*** a**! How f****** hard is your job? PLAY MY drat SONG NOW, YOU SON OF A B****!”

Me: “Firstly, I’m sorry you feel this way, and won’t wait patiently like everyone else. Secondly, God doesn’t make money, so therefore a child finding a penny on the street makes more money than God. Thirdly, my job is keeping a dance floor, it’s how I get paid, raises and bonuses. Fourthly, I was going to play your song, but now I’m not so sure.”

(Suddenly, Customer #1 tries to punch me, and then smashes her glass and another customers drink on the floor and storms out. Then I see another customer, Customer #2, come walking inside followed by the very irate Customer #1. Customer #1 is visibly yelling, being held back by security as they try to haul her outside. I turn down the music. I do this, because everyone on the dance floor is watching her and no longer dancing. I turn it down so I and everyone else can hear the screaming better.)

Customer #1: *to Customer #2* “How f****** dare you call me white trash! I’m so much better than you! I own the mall down the street! I work for the state finding people like you places in [trailer park] because you’re f****** poor!”

Customer #2: *laughing hysterically* “No, you work down at the mall. You own the 5th trailer in [trailer park], on [street address], and your name is [customer #1's name].”

Customer #1: “I’LL F****** KILL YOU!”

(Customer #1 pulls out a small blade. The security guard throws her to the ground. They take the knife away, and hold her there until the cops come. As they are arresting her, I stop all music to dead silence, and speak over the microphone.)

Me: “To the woman getting arrested, here is your requested parting gift!”

(I crank the chorus of ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ by AC/DC all the way up as she’s being hauled off. I can see her trying to break free and get to me while she mouths ‘YOU SON OF A B****!’. Everyone starts cheering.)

quote:

Secondly, God doesn’t make money, so therefore a child finding a penny on the street makes more money than God.

quote:

I am f****** rich, so I don’t need your handouts!”

Pththya-lyi posted:

Retter posted:

They've also taken the prefix trans* and turned it into basically anything they want. I've seen people say they are "trans-fat" because they were trying to gain weight.

They were fond of calling cis people "cissies" to the tune of "die cis scum"

It's rather terrifying how off-the-rails the entire Tumblr social-justice culture has gone

Pththya-lyi posted:

Roro posted:

Going to the Tumblr poo poo, they've also developed (I say "they" because I'm assuming one of them made it) their own gender neutral pronouns. Xe like xeir pronouns. And god forbid you refer to them as male or female.

Flights From Hell posted:

This spring I found myself in the departure queue at the San Jose airport in Costa Rica waiting to board a flight back to Canada via the states. Glancing around I noticed that I was to share the flight with a group of American college students. You’d think that being enrolled in a school of higher learning that some of them would have caught on by now. I’m writing about “Common Sense”. It’s cannot be taught at school and for some it must learnt the hard way. Now I’ve noticed over the years that students and the “establishment” quite often don’t mix. This is one such story. These kids, old enough to know better, were fed up having to wait in line – What is taking so long? Dump my water before boarding? Not, I’m not going to empty my backpack again. And so on and so on.

A wizened traveler, I listened and grinned. This was going to be good. Latin countries I’ve discovered usually run on a more relaxed pace and showing respect is only courteous. Well two classmates, a guy and a girl, decided that enough was enough and that they’d show those security guys a thing or two. We’re Americans and we don’t tolerate this kind crap was their attitude. Well it didn’t take long. To give the Costa Rican security team credit, they listened to the gibberish spewing forth for about a minute, smiled and ignored them. The kids seeing no results raised their voices (big mistake). Out came the portable radios. Before anyone could blink these two kids were surrounded and stiff armed to the side of the queue and promptly strip searched right there against the wall in front of us all and none too gently at that. Off came the shirts, belts, jeans, socks, backpacks were emptied and water bottles dumped. Faces beet red, the two were left there to stand in their boxers, panties and bra while their passports were slowly scrutinized. The girl by the way was wearing a cute pink bra. In shock the rest of their classmates reformed ranks straight as an arrow and there was dead silence from them until final boarding. It was a pleasant boarding experience for me, no noisome kids mouthing off, just respect now oozing profusely from all of them.

yronic heroism posted:

http://www.reddit.com/r/DAE/comments/1g0938/dae_want_to_start_a_sex_cult/

quote:

Initiation of new members will involve a public ceremony during which the initiates will have to perform some kind of symbolic sexual act on an existing member of the sex cult. For women, this could be oral sex and/or baptism by semen; for men, I'm not sure, maybe the same on women?

bringmyfishback posted:

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1. This person is really smart, so they say- but not too smart to know what "wizened" means.
2. The antagonists just decide to start screaming at a security checkpoint for fun?

What probably happened:
American college students were being loud and annoyed this guy.

and the bra thing is creepy as gently caress

Das Boo posted:

It's not like college students are usually just wild or anything. It's that they're AMERICAAAAANS!

Bertrand Hustle posted:

According to the Europeans I know, Americans actually are a lot louder than they think they are. That may be skewed by the fact that tourists in general are pretty goddamn obnoxious, though.

Djeser posted:

Both this guy AND some random person gets a sweet bon mot on this girl who really wants AC/DC RIGHT NOW GOD DAMAGHHHH

Das Boo posted:

It's not like college students are usually just wild or anything. It's that they're AMERICAAAAANS!

Bertrand Hustle posted:

According to the Europeans I know, Americans actually are a lot louder than they think they are. That may be skewed by the fact that tourists in general are pretty goddamn obnoxious, thoug

Bertrand Hustle posted:

According to the Europeans I know, Americans actually are a lot louder than they think they are. That may be skewed by the fact that tourists in general are pretty goddamn obnoxious, though.

yronic heroism posted:

http://www.reddit.com/r/DAE/comments/1g0938/dae_want_to_start_a_sex_cult/

Bertrand Hustle posted:

According to the Europeans I know, Americans actually are a lot louder than they think they are. That may be skewed by the fact that tourists in general are pretty goddamn obnoxious, though.