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LadyPictureShow: Nov 18, 2005; Success!

Anne Whateley posted:

Everything about this is horrifyingly disgusting

Yeah it can be with some of the newish stretch fabrics. Remember there was a while when a celebrity would be wearing a solid black top, but with the photographer's flash it became see-through? Iirc that happened a bunch of times within like a couple years until they wised up. Regular women aren't putting each fabric through a bunch of tests. You pick it up, it seems opaque, sold. Even if you try it on, most dressing room lighting is horrible. It doesn't really compare to gym lighting. Especially the butt, which is stretching way more than usual when you're lifting, and which you can't see yourself. I'm not having someone take a flash photo of me doing a squat in every pair of yoga pants I try on. Although that probably is someone's fetish.

Anyway I think she legit didn't know, and I also think the dude's sentence would have been 75% less creepy if he had just omitted "on your rear end"

There was something in the news a few years back that whole bunch of Lululemon yoga pants got recalled for this exact reason.

Trying them on, I guess they looked fine, but in actual exercise the flexing and stretching turned them 'too sheer', particularly in the butt.

But I think the see through issue has always been a bit of an issue with that brand, to a lesser degree than that recalled batch.

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# ? May 15, 2024 02:02

Pinecone Sample: Oct 12, 2010; THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SEIZED
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AITA for claiming a baby name and not apologising?

quote:

When my brother and I were kids we had this "game" we'd play. We'd basically just point at cool stuff and say "I claim it" and the goal was to have the cooler collection of stuff. This included cars/bikes, shells on the beach, shiny objects, snowglobes, random stuff we saw in the area, IDK we were really weird kids. Part of the game was you had to say it fastest, as whoever finished saying it first got to add whatever it was to their inventory, so if we both said it then it would be down to who finished speaking first.

Both my wife and his girlfriend are currently pregnant. My wife is at 7 months, his girlfriend at 4. My brother, me and both our partners were talking today about baby names, he pulls up a baby name website on his phone and starts reading them out loud and we all give our thoughts on them (ranging from "that one's nice" to "why would you do that to a child").

He reads out one that I thought was nice and I, remembering the game we had as kids, immediately say "I claim it". My brother smiles, clearly remembering our game, but then pauses and looks at his girlfriend, who is visibly angry. She then tells me that that name happens to be her father's name, she wanted to name their child after him, and she didn't appreciate me "claiming" her father's name.

I tell her about the game my brother and I had as kids but said that I didn't actually claim the name and of course they could use it. My wife chimes in trying to make a joke out if it, saying that of all the things to rule out a name on, don't let it be me referencing a made up game.

The girlfriend says that we shouldn't even be joking about claiming names as we already have a son so we've already had the opportunity to name a child. My wife again states that I was just referencing our game as kids and that we wouldn't be using that name. The girlfriend then says to the brother that she wants to go home. They leave.

About half an hour later I get a text from my brother saying his girlfriend was upset, and thought we were going to use the name anyway as our due date is sooner and said that he was getting a telling off for not standing up for her.

My wife says I should apologise because while she and my brother knew that I was just referencing our game, the girlfriend seemed to not get it, and it would probably be easier to just smooth things over as it was something really trivial. She also added that as the girlfriend is still in the first half of the pregnancy, she probably still isn't on top of her hormones yet and that it was her dad's name so it's sentimental and probably why she's so upset.

I think it's stupid to apologise. My wife thinks it's a necessary evil. We agreed that the outcome here will decide whether I apologise or not.

Am I the rear end in a top hat?

# ? Nov 3, 2019 16:50

New Coke: Nov 28, 2009; WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING IN LIFE.

I get that she's pregnant and hormonal, but I'm really not a fan of 'Please just submit to this person being ridiculous and make everyone's lives easier.'

# ? Nov 3, 2019 17:01

EL BROMANCE: Jun 10, 2006; COWABUNGA DUDES!
🥷🐢😬

There�s only one solution - go rescue a dog today and name the dog after her father. Everybody wins!

# ? Nov 3, 2019 17:22

Smirking_Serpent: Aug 27, 2009

AITA for discounting a coworkers PHD?

I have recently been hired on by the government in their internship program to transition recent graduates into full time positions. My "class" has about 20 people. The other day we had a speaker from human resources who comes in and proceeds to look down her nose at everybody (most people in my class only have undergraduate degrees with a couple of masters) and talk only about herself and her degree. Such gems were: "I'm very modest, I don't go around telling everyone about my PHD." after introducing herself as "Dr. Name" and currently being on a side titled "Dr. Name's keys for success", "This is what you learn when you get your PHD" after presenting her keys for success (they were literally Determination, Motivation, and Education, nothing else), and "I manage 16 people, these are some perks of getting a higher degree". She even specifically asked some of us (myself included) what we were studying and going into, and when I informed her that I had a bachelors in civil engineering and was being transitioned to the department of defense as a military engineer, she smirked and said "I didn't know they were bring on undergraduates for that position, I highly recommend you purse a higher degree." My jaw almost dropped.

Now I hate being talked down to under the best of circumstances, but while she was going on about herself, she informs us that her undergraduate (human resources admin), masters (don't remember), and PHD (mentoring) are all from a specific online, for profit, non accredited university that was recently sued by the federal government for giving out useless degrees.

So I go home and call to vent to my sister about how dare she talk down to us when she has a sham degree. My sister, however, said I was being uppity and an AH. She said that she hates people who say some universities are better than others, it's elitist and a degree is a degree. I answer back that while I'm not going to say anything at work (obviously) anyone would get rubbed the wrong way by that BS.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 17:29

Danaru: Jun 5, 2012; 何 ??

Pinecone Sample posted:

AITA for claiming a baby name and not apologising?

They already made it clear that they're not using the name and she's still mad because "well obviously they ARE going to use the name" so what's the point of apologizing? She's made it clear she doesnt care what you say :shrug:

just hope she realizes how dumb this is and clear the air then

# ? Nov 3, 2019 17:30

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.; Bread Liar

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for discounting a coworkers PHD?

So I go home and call to vent to my sister about how dare she talk down to us when she has a sham degree. My sister, however, said I was being uppity and an AH. She said that she hates people who say some universities are better than others, it's elitist and a degree is a degree. I answer back that while I'm not going to say anything at work (obviously) anyone would get rubbed the wrong way by that BS.

Ordinarily I'd agree with the sister, but if you're waving around a loving online unaccredited PhD, then you deserve to be mocked.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 17:35

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

Smirking_Serpent posted:

she informs us that her undergraduate (human resources admin), masters (don't remember), and PHD (mentoring) are all from a specific online, for profit, non accredited university that was recently sued by the federal government for giving out useless degrees.

So I go home and call to vent to my sister about how dare she talk down to us when she has a sham degree. My sister, however, said I was being uppity and an AH. She said that she hates people who say some universities are better than others, it's elitist and a degree is a degree. I answer back that while I'm not going to say anything at work (obviously) anyone would get rubbed the wrong way by that BS.

if your University isn't accredited you might as well have made the diploma yourself.

Lol @ the concept of a PhD in "mentoring." Made a real contribution to human knowledge in the field of Mentoring, did you?

This person should ask the snooty woman for the title and publisher of her dissertation, since if she has a phd it's obviously in the University library, right? Heck you should be able to find it on Google scholar

# ? Nov 3, 2019 17:36

Smirking_Serpent: Aug 27, 2009

AITA for telling my roommate that guys who go to porn conventions are losers?

I (26M) and roommates with (30M). Let's call him Mark. Mark told me that he is considering to buy ticketed to a porn convention and my first reaction was to laugh. He asked why I laughed so I just explained.

I said that I can understand people who are in the industry who go, so men/women looking to further their career. But the dudes who go as fans that aren't in the industry are just weirdos and losers. I've seen videos/pics and they look just as you'd expect them to.

I think it's a bizzare and sad thing to actually be fans of pornstars to the extent to visit them at conventions..

Well Mark called me rear end in a top hat but tbh I don't see how I'm wrong. I asked other people and they agreed that people who go to these cons are weird and creepy. AITA?

# ? Nov 3, 2019 17:46

Railing Kill: Nov 14, 2008; You are the first crack in the sheer face of god. From you it will spread.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for discounting a coworkers PHD?

...

So I go home and call to vent to my sister about how dare she talk down to us when she has a sham degree. My sister, however, said I was being uppity and an AH. She said that she hates people who say some universities are better than others, it's elitist and a degree is a degree. I answer back that while I'm not going to say anything at work (obviously) anyone would get rubbed the wrong way by that BS.

The sister is conflating Ivy League elitist snobbery with (rightly) generally being suspicious of for-profit diploma mills. :psyduck:

NTA as hell.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 17:49

Smirking_Serpent: Aug 27, 2009

AITA for spraying trick or treaters who took more than two pieces of candy when there was a sign?

This year was my little sister�s (4) first year trick or treating because we only recently moved to a suburban neighborhood where our parents felt it was safe enough to go out. We put a bowl of candy out with a sign that said Happy Halloween! Please take only two

. We put the bowl out before we left and went to get ready. About five minutes later, we were heading out the door and my little sister noticed that all of the candy in our bowl was missing. She was upset because now she thought we couldn�t give candy to anyone else and that someone would take so many.

Maybe it�s a overreaction on my behalf, but I adore my little sister and hate seeing her upset. So I convinced my parents to take her around and once we were back home, I decided to refill our bowl and then hide in the bushes next to our house with a large spray bottle. Any time someone took more than two candies I sprayed them with water (the spray bottle was on mist so they didn�t get drenched). Obviously I got yelled at by some parents because I was ruining their night, but in my opinion, you shouldn�t be teaching your kids to take whatever they want when no one is looking. I don�t think I�m TA because it really was a light mist and no one was soaked, just annoyed, but a friend thinks I�m TA because it should be expected that some kids take more than WHST the sign says. I should also mention I sprayed more adults/teenagers than actual children. The children were good, it was sad to see their parents urging them to take more.

EDIT 1: I wasn�t spraying little kids or kids who took like three or four candies. It was the older kids/teenagers/adults who were taking handful after handful that I would spray.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 17:53

the yellow dog: Dec 27, 2007; It never did anything, it just stood there, being small and yellow...I couldn't pass if The Yellow Dog was there.

trying to catch up with this thread and i'm only at january of this year but this post led me down a rabbit hole of horror and uhhhhh

go ahead and guess what's behind the spoilers

quote:

I cheated on my wife with my sister and a friend and lost everything

Long story short my wife was critically ill in hospital for a while,during that period life just overwhelmed me, looking after 2 kids,work etc the stress,depression and worry just grew and grew.I ended up cheating on my wife with 2 other women one of whom was my sister. Afterwards I told my wife about it because of the guilt and feelings of shittiness. Within months was life was hung, drawn and quartered. My wife filed for divorce, I lost custody of my kids, my house,alot of money etc whats worse is that the affair got out and my reputation is in just pure tatters I lost my job, had to move state, all of my former friends now hate me, my parents loathe me and I'm just hosed now. I know this may sound like something from a movie but honestly its fact, I hosed up massively and am now paying the price for it. I remember when I was younger like teens I was in love with my sister it never went as far as poo poo like sex but cuddling and flirting, she was basically my best friend,I think if incest wasn't as taboo and there were no health risks, I probably would have married her but Jesus I deserve every loving thing I got, my wife deserved so much better.

what a time to be alive

# ? Nov 3, 2019 17:59

Beachcomber: May 21, 2007; Another day in paradise.; Slippery Tilde

The Bramble posted:

Increasingly dangerous child causes anxiety and drives division

Best case scenario here is to get her on the path of being a functional sociopath and join the financial sector. Also, get her to leave 'family' alone and only torture strangers where there's fewer consequences.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 18:16

FormaldehydeSon: Oct 1, 2011

the yellow dog posted:

trying to catch up with this thread and i'm only at january of this year but this post led me down a rabbit hole of horror and uhhhhh

Yikes

# ? Nov 3, 2019 18:28

pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for discounting a coworkers PHD?

I have recently been hired on by the government in their internship program to transition recent graduates into full time positions. My "class" has about 20 people. The other day we had a speaker from human resources who comes in and proceeds to look down her nose at everybody (most people in my class only have undergraduate degrees with a couple of masters) and talk only about herself and her degree. Such gems were: "I'm very modest, I don't go around telling everyone about my PHD." after introducing herself as "Dr. Name" and currently being on a side titled "Dr. Name's keys for success", "This is what you learn when you get your PHD" after presenting her keys for success (they were literally Determination, Motivation, and Education, nothing else), and "I manage 16 people, these are some perks of getting a higher degree". She even specifically asked some of us (myself included) what we were studying and going into, and when I informed her that I had a bachelors in civil engineering and was being transitioned to the department of defense as a military engineer, she smirked and said "I didn't know they were bring on undergraduates for that position, I highly recommend you purse a higher degree." My jaw almost dropped.

Now I hate being talked down to under the best of circumstances, but while she was going on about herself, she informs us that her undergraduate (human resources admin), masters (don't remember), and PHD (mentoring) are all from a specific online, for profit, non accredited university that was recently sued by the federal government for giving out useless degrees.

So I go home and call to vent to my sister about how dare she talk down to us when she has a sham degree. My sister, however, said I was being uppity and an AH. She said that she hates people who say some universities are better than others, it's elitist and a degree is a degree. I answer back that while I'm not going to say anything at work (obviously) anyone would get rubbed the wrong way by that BS.

It is 100% a sham degree and it needs to be made clear to everyone. Those sham degrees end up with con artists and fake Dr's being regarded as credible in general life situations and given a platform to spout their lunacy.

I would absolutely out that person like a cheating spouse.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 18:36

MagusofStars: Mar 31, 2012

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Ordinarily I'd agree with the sister, but if you're waving around a loving online unaccredited PhD, then you deserve to be mocked.

Even if it *was* a legitimate PhD, I wouldn't agree with the sister. The woman started poo poo by acting like her PhD makes her better than the others without that education and by insulting OP for just having a Bachelor's. Don't be an arrogant rear end because you have a fancier diploma on the wall; I've met plenty of PhD's whose intelligence is only slightly higher than the chair they sit in.

Oh, and just for the record: The woman is also wrong about the idea that OP would be held back by only having a Bachelor's in civil engineering. A Master's can be helpful, though it's in no way required. And a PhD is useless unless you're going into academia - the years you spend learning detailed theory and cutting-edge research for the PhD are far less useful than if you'd gone straight into your career with your Bachelor's and spent that time gaining actual real world experience in design, dealing with contractors, visiting job sites, managing projects, etc.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 18:41

LadyPictureShow: Nov 18, 2005; Success!

the yellow dog posted:

trying to catch up with this thread and i'm only at january of this year but this post led me down a rabbit hole of horror and uhhhhh

what a time to be alive

Oh my gosh, wasn't that the guy that loathed his younger sister and she destroyed him by showing his hentai collection to everyone?

# ? Nov 3, 2019 18:45

Pirate Radar: Apr 18, 2008; You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

https://twitter.com/keli__kelz/status/1190921436816379904?s=21

# ? Nov 3, 2019 18:50

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

MagusofStars posted:

Oh, and just for the record: The woman is also wrong about the idea that OP would be held back by only having a Bachelor's in civil engineering. A Master's can be helpful, though it's in no way required. And a PhD is useless unless you're going into academia - the years you spend learning detailed theory and cutting-edge research for the PhD are far less useful than if you'd gone straight into your career with your Bachelor's and spent that time gaining actual real world experience in design, dealing with contractors, visiting job sites, managing projects, etc.

Conventional wisdom is that your degree only matters for your first job, and after that all that matters is experience and recommendation, so long as you�re not going into an entirely unrelated field after. Around here it�s even considered a badge of shame to have a Master�s in Comp Science since that meant you didn�t get headhunted or land a full time job within two years of finishing your Bachelor�s.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 18:58

Sunswipe: Feb 5, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for telling my roommate that guys who go to porn conventions are losers?

NTA. Mark may have given up on anything approaching a normal life, but he needs to be aware he will be judged.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 19:00

dudeness: Mar 5, 2010; Cat Army; Fallen Rib

Maybe the man just wants an early look at the 2020 line of alien mouth fleshlights, like a normal.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 19:02

the holy poopacy: May 16, 2009; hey! check this out; Fun Shoe

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for discounting a coworkers PHD?

I have recently been hired on by the government in their internship program to transition recent graduates into full time positions. My "class" has about 20 people. The other day we had a speaker from human resources who comes in and proceeds to look down her nose at everybody (most people in my class only have undergraduate degrees with a couple of masters) and talk only about herself and her degree. Such gems were: "I'm very modest, I don't go around telling everyone about my PHD." after introducing herself as "Dr. Name" and currently being on a side titled "Dr. Name's keys for success", "This is what you learn when you get your PHD" after presenting her keys for success (they were literally Determination, Motivation, and Education, nothing else), and "I manage 16 people, these are some perks of getting a higher degree". She even specifically asked some of us (myself included) what we were studying and going into, and when I informed her that I had a bachelors in civil engineering and was being transitioned to the department of defense as a military engineer, she smirked and said "I didn't know they were bring on undergraduates for that position, I highly recommend you purse a higher degree." My jaw almost dropped.

Now I hate being talked down to under the best of circumstances, but while she was going on about herself, she informs us that her undergraduate (human resources admin), masters (don't remember), and PHD (mentoring) are all from a specific online, for profit, non accredited university that was recently sued by the federal government for giving out useless degrees.

So I go home and call to vent to my sister about how dare she talk down to us when she has a sham degree. My sister, however, said I was being uppity and an AH. She said that she hates people who say some universities are better than others, it's elitist and a degree is a degree. I answer back that while I'm not going to say anything at work (obviously) anyone would get rubbed the wrong way by that BS.

Print out a diploma in Comic Sans proclaiming that you have an Superdoctorate in Applied Awesomeness and hang it in a nice frame in your cube. Whenever the HR person is around, insist on being addressed by your earned title of Superdoctor and talk poo poo about people who are too lazy to go to extragraduate school.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 19:15

Mr. Lobe: Feb 23, 2007; ... Dry bones...

Straight White Shark posted:

Print out a diploma in Comic Sans proclaiming that you have an Superdoctorate in Applied Awesomeness and hang it in a nice frame in your cube. Whenever the HR person is around, insist on being addressed by your earned title of Superdoctor and talk poo poo about people who are too lazy to go to extragraduate school.

the idea of a graduate school beyond graduate school, even as a fanciful notion constructed to mock a fool, is enough to strike terror into my heart

# ? Nov 3, 2019 19:20

the yellow dog: Dec 27, 2007; It never did anything, it just stood there, being small and yellow...I couldn't pass if The Yellow Dog was there.

LadyPictureShow posted:

Oh my gosh, wasn't that the guy that loathed his younger sister and she destroyed him by showing his hentai collection to everyone?

yep! truly one for the ages.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 19:23

Burt Sexual: Jan 26, 2006; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Switchblade Switcharoo

Pirate Radar posted:

https://twitter.com/keli__kelz/status/1190921436816379904?s=21

Lol sending that invitation was brass balls.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 19:31

Cough Drop The Beat: Jan 22, 2012; by Lowtax

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for telling my sister she needs to start giving my BIL BJs instead of having sex with him so he'll do something she wants?

What in the heck? How have these dumb weirdos never heard of an IUD or vasectomy???? Why is she still with this rear end in a top hat? What is going on with this story? I hate everyone involved, including OP.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 19:44

Cough Drop The Beat: Jan 22, 2012; by Lowtax

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for discounting a coworkers PHD?

Lol. This stupid lady is the definition of failing upwards. I'd totally write an anonymous letter to HR telling them about her disrespectful arrogance and fake degrees. Not only does she not deserve to be in her position, but she's potentially damaging the careers of recent graduates. So dangerous to have people like that in a mentorship/training roles.

Cough Drop The Beat fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Nov 3, 2019

# ? Nov 3, 2019 19:50

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

LadyPictureShow posted:

There was something in the news a few years back that whole bunch of Lululemon yoga pants got recalled for this exact reason.

Trying them on, I guess they looked fine, but in actual exercise the flexing and stretching turned them 'too sheer', particularly in the butt.

But I think the see through issue has always been a bit of an issue with that brand, to a lesser degree than that recalled batch.

There was a women's clothing company that had a whole campaign about how if you wear their stuff people won't be able to see your pussy.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 20:55

FilthyImp: Sep 30, 2002; Anime Deviant

It'd be really hard for me not to laugh at the idea of someone with a phd sitting around in HR all their lives.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:00

Burt Sexual: Jan 26, 2006; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Switchblade Switcharoo

muscles like this! posted:

There was a women's clothing company that had a whole campaign about how if you wear their stuff people won't be able to see your pussy.

Bug, not feature.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:01

LethalGeek: Nov 4, 2009

My (24f) boyfriend (24f) refuses to get the flu shot even though I have an autoimmune disease

quote:

I (24f) have recently been finally diagnosed with a chronic autoimmune disease that leaves my immune system compromised. I have been in and out of the hospital for the past few months and my partner (24m) of three years has not been dealing with my situation in a particularly supportive way. I have been basically just suffering through treatment without his support in terms of him not wanting to talk about anything about the specifics of what I’m going through. I get it, it’s a lot of stress and many people struggle with how to talk about the type of treatment I am up against (spinal injections and a combination of medications to put off eventually going on low dose chemo). However there is one thing that I really need him to do, which is to get a flu shot. I have explained to him on so many occasions how much I need him to get a flu shot because of my very high risk of having serious life threatening complications if I were to get the flu. I just feel like it’s a small gesture of support he could make. How can I convince him to get the flu shot? I’m worried about having a long term intimate relationship with someone who isn’t vaccinated. I’m also worried about being emotionally invested in someone who isn’t willing to get a $5 flu shot to help keep me healthy.

TL;DR, how can I get my boyfriend to get a flu shot so that I can make sure to not let my immunosuppression land me in the hospital again?

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:06

Dazerbeams: Jul 8, 2009

That woman is already dead. The boyfriend's feelings are more important than her life.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:15

Fatkraken: Jun 23, 2005; Fun-time is over.

she doesn't even mention WHY he won't get one, if she actually wanted advice this seems like basic information that might be useful to know...

(outside of being unable to get one for medical reasons there is no good excuse of course, but it's still vital to know his erroneous argument if she's to have any hope of getting useful replies)

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:18

Puppy Time: Mar 1, 2005

Fatkraken posted:

she doesn't even mention WHY he won't get one, if she actually wanted advice this seems like basic information that might be useful to know...

(outside of being unable to get one for medical reasons there is no good excuse of course, but it's still vital to know his erroneous argument if she's to have any hope of getting useful replies)

She mentions it in the comments:

quote:

He says he doesn�t like needles.... which is ironic in that I have to get many epidural needle injections of steroids throughout my spine hah

So, a completely reasonable reason to risk landing the person you're dating in the goddamn hospital.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:24

Mr. Lobe: Feb 23, 2007; ... Dry bones...

nobody loving likes needles, that's the lamest excuse

I could understand if it was a paralyzing phobia (it would mean I feel pity for the fact that they are incompatible rather than contempt), but if his complaint is that he doesn't want to endure physical discomfort to make his girlfriend measurably less likely to die, I would hope her choice would be made clear

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:25

Fatkraken: Jun 23, 2005; Fun-time is over.

Puppy Time posted:

She mentions it in the comments:

So, a completely reasonable reason to risk landing the person you're dating in the goddamn hospital.

If it's a genuine phobia and he has severe anxieties relating to it I can understand his reluctance to engage...but it's still not a valid excuse, he is duty bound to either nut up and just get the shot, get therapy for his phobia and then nut up and get the shot or break up with her.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:27

MagusofStars: Mar 31, 2012

Fatkraken posted:

she doesn't even mention WHY he won't get one, if she actually wanted advice this seems like basic information that might be useful to know...

(outside of being unable to get one for medical reasons there is no good excuse of course, but it's still vital to know his erroneous argument if she's to have any hope of getting useful replies)

quote:

I have been basically just suffering through treatment without his support in terms of him not wanting to talk about anything about the specifics of what I�m going through.

This is pretty much all the information you need right here to get the correct answer of "dude doesn't care about you, break up".

ETA: Apparently it's a fear of needles, but that still doesn't explain why he has no interesting in hearing what she's going through - even if it's a true paralyzing phobia, he could at least listen to her talk about going to the doctor's and what the doctor is telling her and etc etc.

MagusofStars fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Nov 3, 2019

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:27

Cough Drop The Beat: Jan 22, 2012; by Lowtax

I've stopped even bothering to voice my concerns against dumbass idiots who don't understand the concepts of herd immunity whenever someone says they don't need the flu shot. But that story's especially sad because he should probably care about his girlfriend not dying. :argh:

The flu shot is like the tiniest needle and it takes less than 20 seconds to administer the yearly vaccine too. gently caress. I detest her boyfriend.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:31

pentyne: Nov 7, 2012

Cough Drop The Beat posted:

I've stopped even bothering to voice my concerns against dumbass idiots who don't understand the concepts of herd immunity whenever someone says they don't need the flu shot. But that story's especially sad because he should probably care about his girlfriend not dying.

The flu shot is like the tiniest needle and it takes less than 20 seconds to administer the yearly vaccine too. gently caress. I detest her boyfriend.

Its a comment on the general understanding of the public regarding science and math that the only reason that the antivax movement exists is because a scummy doctor ran a study deliberately designed to make a vaccine look bad because he was going to profit off a new vaccine coming out to replace it.

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:43

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Ziv Zulander: Mar 24, 2017; ZZ for short

pentyne posted:

Its a comment on the general understanding of the public regarding science and math that the only reason that the antivax movement exists is because a scummy doctor ran a study deliberately designed to make a vaccine look bad because he was going to profit off a new vaccine coming out to replace it.

Also he did this by taking some blood draws from a handful of kids that his son had over for a birthday party and then running some bullshit tests

# ? Nov 3, 2019 21:55

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