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Mirthless
Mar 27, 2011

by the sex ghost

GB_Sign posted:

This guy sounds insufferable as hell. Maybe it is just me, but I can never hear someone say "Darling" without it being interpreted as the most condescending tone imaginable.

yeah I guarantee you that this guy's entire problem is that he is a huge condescending dick and his girlfriend had the audacity to display her irritation at it

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Demon Of The Fall
May 1, 2004

Nap Ghost
dealing with an idiot who refuses to listen to facts even when shown direct proof is exhausting. good on that dude

purple death ray
Jul 28, 2007

me omw 2 steal ur girl

Accept that "overweight" and "obese" have different connotations in everyday speech than they do when strictly talking about bmi and please stop exasperatedly explaining the definitions of these terms, sincerely, a hugely entertained lurker

Nazzadan
Jun 22, 2016



ThePeavstenator posted:

how many replies were basically "dude its not worth arguing over"? because you can immediately spot the people who've never dealt with narcissists or pathological liars

e:

oh wait 5 posts, nvm that guy's a dumbass

The top comment:

quote:

Looking through your history, and hers: https://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/3fqmq7/my_36m_boyfriend_is_verbally_abusive_has/ it appears you aren't trying to help, but correct her. You've posted several times about being so frustrated with her, maybe it's time to break up if you are truly that incompatible.
Or maybe you're looking for validation to show how much smarter you are than her.

Mirthless
Mar 27, 2011

by the sex ghost

purple death ray posted:

Accept that "overweight" and "obese" have different connotations in everyday speech than they do when strictly talking about bmi and please stop exasperatedly explaining the definitions of these terms, sincerely, a hugely entertained lurker

The different connotations in everyday speech are how we ended up on the fast track to a majority of the population having diabetes, hth

VanSandman
Feb 16, 2011
SWAP.AVI EXCHANGER

Mirthless posted:

The different connotations in everyday speech are how we ended up on the fast track to a majority of the population having diabetes, hth

You aren't going to change that on Something Awful you terrible-haired pedant!

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
The only good thing about BMI is seeing you're underweight and going "yesssssssssssss" even though you feel like poo poo, because you know only 1/50 people are underweight.

Nazzadan
Jun 22, 2016



The only good thing bout BMI is looking at it and realizing it's time to get off your rear end and weight train, brahs.

purple death ray
Jul 28, 2007

me omw 2 steal ur girl

Mirthless posted:

The different connotations in everyday speech are how we ended up on the fast track to a majority of the population having diabetes, hth

It might be a factor but it's still boring to read you "well, actually" this otherwise great thread

Antivehicular
Dec 30, 2011


I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

Me [28 M] with my friend/coworker [21 F] of about 6+ months, to beard or not to beard, that is the question.

quote:

I know I know, it sounds a little ridiculous, but here's the gist of it:
I've known this girl at work for a while now, she was in a relationship up until about 3 months ago. We are very good friends, and recently have started hanging out outside of work. She knows I've liked her, but told me she doesn't date coworkers, and besides the fact, doesn't like beards. (Mine is well groomed, oiled, I condition it, it's well trimmed, I take pride in my beard; it's not like some Gandalf gross rear end beard.) So I kind of wrote her off that we would just hang out as good friends. Of course I always liked her still, but I figured we would just be good friends.
But the more we hung out the more I felt like we just really connected. And apparently, she thought the same. I got a text from her this morning that said she had a change of heart. This is what I woke up to this morning, after we had hung out Wednesday:

You know... after talking it over with my best friend and so_and_so.. we should go on an actual date. Not just as friends. I really like hanging out with you, and l think that we really can connect

I'm a little floored. I've liked this girl for months, even though I wrote her off, but I can't help who I like, and I do really like her still. She's not even my type, I normally like super girly girls, but I like her for her personality and demeanor and self-will. I told her I'd love to go on a date with her. Butttt I'm kind of panicking about my beard. Here are my thoughts:
I'm a feminist, and I wouldn't ever ask her to do something for me. I've been there, done that, and it was awful of me, so I wouldn't do it again and if she does it to me, I wouldn't put up with that. I support her right to be who she is as I will be who I am.
That being said, it's my face. She would have to kiss it. I wouldn't want to kiss a girl with a beard. But girls don't have beards, either. Maybe she's considering looking past my beard with that text because she realized we really click together?
I love my beard. I've been growing it out for 3+ months, and it's finally getting to that badass part. We always joke about my beard though, about how I love it and it looks awesome and she just sort of laughs and says she doesn't like them. But with this latest text, I'm not sure what she expects from me... beard-wise. I mean, I like girls who paint their nails and wear sparkly flats, for example, and she knows this, but I wouldn't ask her to do these things (I did of past exes and it always ended up badly), but those types of things take ten minutes to do and ten minutes to take off, a beard takes months to grow, condition, maintain, etc, I feel like it would be like asking her to change her haircut or something.
I'm also confused on her change of heart on the dating coworkers thing.
I'm considering shaving (well, five o'clock shadow I mean since that's what she said she likes most) but if I did, I would do it to surprise her on our date, not beforehand. Is this a good idea? Or should I not shave at all?
tl;dr: Girl that I've liked for months suddenly wants to go out with me and give it a shot after realizing we have a connection, but she hates beards and I love my beard. Not sure if it's a great start to change myself for her preferences, or if it's a nice gesture.

On one hand, I'm sympathetic to "should I change a big chunk of my appearance for someone I'm interested in?" as a real concern. On the other hand, why are beard guys so loving monomaniacal about their goddamn beards

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Antivehicular posted:

Me [28 M] with my friend/coworker [21 F] of about 6+ months, to beard or not to beard, that is the question.


On one hand, I'm sympathetic to "should I change a big chunk of my appearance for someone I'm interested in?" as a real concern. On the other hand, why are beard guys so loving monomaniacal about their goddamn beards

The tendency to obsess about irrelevant poo poo is a symptom of having too few responsibilities or at least a serious lack of worldliness. Have a beard or don't have a beard, but it's just a beard.

LethalGeek
Nov 4, 2009

Sounds like both of them are idiots and we're all better off if they stay single.

Edit: Shave your stupid loving beard you idiot.

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all
Isn't a six foot whatever dude who weighs two bucks and some change still going to have increased joint strain? That's part of the reason the chart calls you fat, fatty.

6' 2" and 250 lbs of pure muscle is still going to get you a blown out knee or some arthritis or some poo poo. Sounds like a condition that's co-morbid with certain weight and height combinations. Uh we'll call ones that fall far out of the nominal range obese, and where the co-morbid conditions start appearing at a statistically relevant rate, morbid obesity. Or maybe bloat and badfat. Chub and Wrongchunk, attorneys at law. What was I talking about?

Nazzadan
Jun 22, 2016



I mean probably maybe.

I don't care because my joints are hosed anyways from motocross so I'm going to get yuuuge

Edit: content

Me [28F] with my fiance [28M], together 4 years, I am no longer okay with the song he chose for our first dance

quote:

After we discussed marriage for awhile, my boyfriend - let's call him Jacob - proposed in January and we're getting married next April.
Marriage is very important to me, less so to him, but he wants kids, like, yesterday, so I told him I wanted a ring first. I was fine with his reluctance; his parents are from Finland where it's less of a big deal and they never married. Once he proposed, he started to get very excited about us getting married, and said he's really touched that I'm taking his name. I always said I would never have kids until I was over 30, but with our combined incomes and my job's very generous maternity leave, I've agreed to start trying basically as soon as the ceremony's over :)
I am only Jacob's second girlfriend. His first girlfriend - we can call her Helen - and him began dating their junior year of high school and broke up when they were in the early twenties - so they dated for around 7 years. This was pretty intimidating for me when we first met, especially because they have a large, overlapping group of friends from high school and college. However, I've met Helen a few times and gotten to know her, and she's a very pleasant person. She's bi and in a relationship with a woman now, which somehow that makes it easier to interact with her. We are inviting her and her girlfriend to the wedding. I've become very close with a few of their mutual friends, but the only one who matters in this story is Karen.
Anyway, Jacob has had very few requests about the wedding. He has vetoed two things, which was fine - he didn't want a cake (we're doing a cookie platter instead), and he didn't want pink in our wedding colors (an easy fix, it wasn't a prominent feature in anything I was looking at it). And he has chosen our first dance song: Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones. Jacob plays guitar and loves classic rock, so I was not surprised.
During a party, Karen and I got to talking and I let slip what we were going to dance to. Karen got very serious and asked me if I was joking. I said I wasn't, confused. Karen brought me outside the party and explained to me that Wild Horses had been Helen and Jacob's "song" when they were together. They requested it and danced to it at their prom and at their senior formal in college. I was really embarrassed, I had never heard this.
When I got home, I was really upset with Jacob. I told him what Karen said and asked if it was true. He admitted that it was, but explained that Helen never really liked the song, it was just always his favorite love song. I explained that it was going to be really embarrassing for all three of us if we danced to that at our wedding. He said I was overreacting, and that it's just a really awesome song. We're at an impasse: he refuses to consider any other songs, saying this song is important to him and that to him, it's the perfect love song. I've told him that he's idealizing it because he associates it with being a teenager in love with somebody else and that we can't use it for OUR love song. Now he's saying he's going to veto doing a first dance all together if he can't get his favorite song.
So /r/relationships, what do I do about this? Should I just give in? We're otherwise very happy and I always try to remind myself that being together is more important than being right. That said, I think Helen would also be pretty shocked and upset if she heard this at our wedding. And I don't know why he's being so stubborn! Please let me know if you have any advice.
EDIT: Reached out to Helen to ask her if she could talk to him; this was absolutely their song, she never disliked it, and they lost their virginity to it in high school.
tl;dr: Fiance chose first dance song, it turns out to be "their song" from his last major relationship. Now fiance doesn't want to change the first dance song. :(

Nazzadan fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Jan 20, 2017

Sjs00
Jun 29, 2013

Yeah Baby Yeah !
Good thread Guanab; and you obviously read these to make sure they're at the very least entertaining. Weigh in you expressionless robot!

Cough Drop The Beat
Jan 22, 2012

by Lowtax

Nazzadan posted:

Me [28F] with my fiance [28M], together 4 years, I am no longer okay with the song he chose for our first dance

It's ultra mega insanely loving weird that dude won't relent on changing his first wedding dance song when it's the same song he lost his virginity to when he was a teenager with his ex who he's still close friends with. It seems like said ex is very uncomfortable with the song being played at the wedding too. What is he expecting from his fiancee, or literally any of his friends involved, here exactly? :catstare:

Cough Drop The Beat fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Jan 20, 2017

the bitcoin of weed
Nov 1, 2014

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

What is he expecting from his fiancee, or literally any of his friends involved, here exactly? :catstare:

threesome

Osama Dozen-Dongs
Nov 29, 2014

Mirthless posted:

The different connotations in everyday speech are how we ended up on the fast track to a majority of the population having diabetes, hth

Consider lifting a weight and getting a haircut, hippie.

Mirthless
Mar 27, 2011

by the sex ghost

purple death ray posted:

It might be a factor but it's still boring to read you "well, actually" this otherwise great thread

I'm not the parade of deluded fat guys coming in to "um, actually!" a post I made pages ago

Antivehicular posted:

Me [28 M] with my friend/coworker [21 F] of about 6+ months, to beard or not to beard, that is the question.


On one hand, I'm sympathetic to "should I change a big chunk of my appearance for someone I'm interested in?" as a real concern. On the other hand, why are beard guys so loving monomaniacal about their goddamn beards

Most guys who are absolutely insistent on keeping their beards either don't have chins or have serious babyface without facial hair

TNO
Jul 9, 2006

I drank all your Kool-Aid.

Mirthless posted:

I'm not the parade of deluded fat guys coming in to "um, actually!" a post I made pages ago

Nobody cares. I lurk here to read about broken people and their trainwreck relationships. Leave the pedantry in D&D.

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all

Mirthless posted:

I'm not the parade of deluded fat guys coming in to "um, actually!" a post I made pages ago


Most guys who are absolutely insistent on keeping their beards either don't have chins or have serious babyface without facial hair

I get carded all the time with no beard. :3:

TNO posted:

Nobody cares. I lurk here to read about broken people and their trainwreck relationships. Leave the pedantry in D&D.

Um, actually, all of the pederasts are in ADRTW.


E: I also have no chin because I am fat

El Estrago Bonito
Dec 17, 2010

Scout Finch Bitch

Moridin920 posted:

Idk if it is porn's fault necessarily but there's definitely people who take it too far and get addicted or get waaaaay too into the fetish hole that they can't see normality anymore. But, anyway.

The surviving inscriptions from the walls of Pompeii (walls were like the reddit/craigslist of Rome) prove that humans have basically always been the same forever. There's seriously 0 difference between what the Romans were scratching on walls two thousand years ago and what people write online these days:

Some Roman Dude posted:

(Eumachia Building, via della Abbondanza); 2048: Secundus likes to screw boys.

Ancient Roman MRA posted:

VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1863: Take hold of your servant girl whenever you want to; it’s your right

Many of the inscriptions on that site are kinda old and a little bit sanitized, while the translations are "correct" they would have a lot more vulgar implications in the contextual time. That inscription about Secundus would be more accurately translated as "Secundus fucks little boys" because Latin is super contextual.

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all

El Estrago Bonito posted:

The surviving inscriptions from the walls of Pompeii (walls were like the reddit/craigslist of Rome) prove that humans have basically always been the same forever. There's seriously 0 difference between what the Romans were scratching on walls two thousand years ago and what people write online these days:



Many of the inscriptions on that site are kinda old and a little bit sanitized, while the translations are "correct" they would have a lot more vulgar implications in the contextual time. That inscription about Secundus would be more accurately translated as "Secundus fucks little boys" because Latin is super contextual.

I assume the second one is saying it's ok to rape your slaves because you own them?

Nazzadan
Jun 22, 2016



El Estrago Bonito posted:

The surviving inscriptions from the walls of Pompeii (walls were like the reddit/craigslist of Rome) prove that humans have basically always been the same forever. There's seriously 0 difference between what the Romans were scratching on walls two thousand years ago and what people write online these days:



Many of the inscriptions on that site are kinda old and a little bit sanitized, while the translations are "correct" they would have a lot more vulgar implications in the contextual time. That inscription about Secundus would be more accurately translated as "Secundus fucks little boys" because Latin is super contextual.

This is the greatest thing ever, I laughed so hard the first time I read it.


quote:

On April 19th, I made bread

quote:

O walls, you have held up so much tedious graffiti that I am amazed that you have not already collapsed in ruin.
Approx translation: Stop shitposting

quote:

The one who buggers a fire burns his penis
Approx translation: don't stick your dick in crazy

Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

Seems like

Devoyniche
Dec 21, 2008
I [26M] am jealous of women because men are disposable and suck, want a world with fewer men born not because I think I will have a harem but because I think it's a better world, how do I gain traction without getting into a pissin match with MRAs and idiots who think male lives matter?

Devoyniche fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Jan 21, 2017

Nazzadan
Jun 22, 2016



Devoyniche posted:

I [26M] am jealous of women because men are disposable and suck, want a world with fewer men born not because I think I will have a harem but because I think it's a better world, how do I gain traction without getting into a pissin match with MRAs and idiots who think male lives matter?

I bet this guy was real happy when the volcano erupted

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all

Devoyniche posted:

I [26M] am jealous of women because men are disposable and suck, want a world with fewer men born not because I think I will have a harem but because I think it's a better world, how do I gain traction without getting into a pissin match with MRAs and idiots who think male lives matter?

I think that one was actually a Viking runic inscription from the Hagia Sophia.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Devoyniche posted:

I [26M] am jealous of women because men are disposable and suck, want a world with fewer men born not because I think I will have a harem but because I think it's a better world, how do I gain traction without getting into a pissin match with MRAs and idiots who think male lives matter?

sooomeone's been watchin too much anime

purple death ray
Jul 28, 2007

me omw 2 steal ur girl

Pick posted:

sooomeone's been watchin too much anime

someone besides me

Nazzadan
Jun 22, 2016



Pick posted:

sooomeone's been watchin too much anime

I'll have you know there are at least 2 good quasi-harem animes airing this season and if you have some time, I'd be happy to tell you all about them

El Estrago Bonito
Dec 17, 2010

Scout Finch Bitch

Pvt.Scott posted:

I assume the second one is saying it's ok to rape your slaves because you own them?

Again it technically mean's "grab" but in this context it really means "grope and/or kiss" and I think from the tone you can imply it means the author is probably OK with some rapin'.

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost

Nazzadan posted:

I'll have you know there are at least 2 good quasi-harem animes airing this season and if you have some time, I'd be happy to tell you all about them

sorry instead i have to anything else

El Estrago Bonito
Dec 17, 2010

Scout Finch Bitch

Pick posted:

sorry instead i have to anything else

The girl who works at my local Gamestop who I'm pretty sure is deep in the closet and sees me as her secret lesbo crush tells me Yuri on Ice is good.
But she also talks about FF15 in the same tone of voice people use when talking about the prophet of whatever cult they belong to so YMMV.

Devoyniche
Dec 21, 2008

Pick posted:

sooomeone's been watchin too much anime

I said it wasnt because I was gonna have a harem, geez! Im aware that men suck and you could be the last man on earth and people still wouldnt gently caress you and would instead form hot lesbian relationships! I mean me, I guess. uguu.

Guys Im being totally serious RN is this r/relationships or not?! I am totally serious though no joke.

Mirthless
Mar 27, 2011

by the sex ghost

Devoyniche posted:

I said it wasnt because I was gonna have a harem, geez! Im aware that men suck and you could be the last man on earth and people still wouldnt gently caress you and would instead form hot lesbian relationships! I mean me, I guess. uguu.

Guys Im being totally serious RN is this r/relationships or not?! I am totally serious though no joke.

wow, this sure is some tedious shitposting

Mr. Belding
May 19, 2006
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Mirthless posted:

This guy sounds so loving insufferable and I'm sad his girlfriend is so broken up over him dumping her because boy howdy did she ever dodge a bullet

She was probably talking about some other tube or nerve in the neck and this guy is so literal and robotic that instead of trying to figure out what she was referring to he started shouting "Um, Um, UM, ACTUALLY...!!!" like he was on the loving internet in youtube comments and not interacting with his partner

Yes. The unemployed, financially unstable 32 year old "dodged a bullet".

Devoyniche
Dec 21, 2008

Mirthless posted:

wow, this sure is some tedious shitposting

Thanks for your approval chief. My bad. I just legitimately dont get why all the MRA guys are all about male lives matter and that poo poo. Or everyone else gets all pseudo-altruistic. It definitely would solve a lot of "social" problems, in the future. Not like kill all men but actually just not have them born at a 2 to 1 ratio? Its not like youre gonna run out of men. I would join up with the kill all men guys but it would be a little bit silly so I want some other guys to see my point of view.

Devoyniche fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Jan 21, 2017

Pvt.Scott
Feb 16, 2007

What God wants, God gets, God help us all

Mr. Belding posted:

Yes. The unemployed, financially unstable 32 year old "dodged a bullet".

Just because you're drowning doesn't mean you need to drag others under with you, or attach yourself to someone who's going to use you as a flotation device.

Pvt.Scott fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Jan 21, 2017

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Mr. Belding
May 19, 2006
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Partner who is working job, maturely chooses a clean break, and is concerned when minor conversations turn into fights. Garbage person.

Supposed adult who has fits of anger when challenged and "can no longer watch her favorite shows" because they remind her of her now ex? "Being used as a flotation device."

Sure gotcha.

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