Having grown up in a super red rural area, I think it doesn't bother me as much since this is about what I've always expected out of these people. Only recently did I gain hope but now its lost in the disappointment.
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Having grown up in a super red rural area, I think it doesn't bother me as much since this is about what I've always expected out of these people. Only recently did I gain hope but now its lost in the disappointment.
Baroquemantic
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Can't wait for the film adaptation.
Yeah, I come from a small town environment as well. Not a place you want to be openly gay in, let's just say (although I've heard it's gotten better). The only thing I can hope is that people realize the mistake they've made as shit hits the fan but I dunno. Humans are really very good at refusing to own up to their actions.
I'd say I didn't spoil the ending, but I did.
I'm sure M. Night will put a nice twist on it though.
We got this far from them believing completely ridiculous propaganda (the most obvious being the hitjob on Hillary). I don't see them changing. Its just a matter of excitement swinging in a future election to change the balance of power since they aren't willing to help themselves cause they rather spite others
You Know Nothing
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http://www.theonion.com/article/man-point-where-thought-reince-priebus-controlling-54700
Literally about me at this point.
Literally about me at this point.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
This is actually really funny
Yeah, it was today that I really realized again we had 8 years of Bush before this reasonable beacon for 8 years. We just reverted again.
I listened to This American Life for the first time in years and it didn't help with the miserable feeling.
Chuckie
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I am crying.
That does not seem to be a fuckboy.
The girl is handling the cringe pretty well I got to say.
You Know Nothing
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Given we're in for Bush years part 2, hopefully it makes MIA great again.
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Transhuman
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You Know Nothing
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... Why does this exist tho?
Chuckie
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No idea. I think it's harmful and awkward to affirm this boy's notion that because he thinks a girl is pretty suddenly she'll notice him if he makes some bizarre gesture -- as opposed to just being an appealing person in general. And to that end they shoulda gotten him a makeover, offered some good advice (which may include "sometimes a girl just isn't into you"), and forgotten about the dance and the berries... But then I guess the commercial doesn't quite work
Screaming Meat
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Okay, I laughed at this.
LookAtMeGo
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IDGAF
Really tho. Who doesnt like jokes? What kind of question is that? Did I ruin her joke? I really dont care though I thought it was funny.
LookAtMeGo
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Not going to lose any sleep over it. Although now I'm curious what the joke was.
Fuck. Now Im not going to sleep tonight.
Fuck. Now Im not going to sleep tonight.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I keep wishing I accepted that girl's friend request before she took it back. Maybe it was an accident but I have never seen a more attractive person outside of Hollywood.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I would have replied the same way and then unmatched. Let that be a lesson to her.
Chuckie
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Lol.
zzz
I'd be curious to hear the joke and I'm generally polite, so I'd say yes and see what happens next
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I was joking ya big zzz
LookAtMeGo
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Hey I'm polite. It was a friggin joke. Its not my fault her sense of humor sucks. Her joke was probably going to suck too.
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Transhuman
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Sometimes I forget you're a cute girl
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
(real talk i would have also said "no" because it's a boring question and that answer amuses me, leverage that as a platform to present a silly variation of myself that hates jokes, turning itself into a joke, before finally asking her what the joke is and if her response would be to delete me then that's her boring call, and not compatible with a dry sense of humour, so i've lost nothing)
LookAtMeGo
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Exactly
No, YOU guys are being boring, not her, she actually initiated something and you gave an oblique one word response that is easily read as negative (quite literally). That is boring, so maybe I wasn't stating the obvious after all.
But, yes, keep grunting one word responses to questions before any introduction or rapport is established and assume the other person is boring and not you. Good luck!
But, yes, keep grunting one word responses to questions before any introduction or rapport is established and assume the other person is boring and not you. Good luck!
LookAtMeGo
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Eh. It was worth it for the laugh I got out of it.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I thought it was funny
The humor is in how he blew it for himself, which has value, just not to her.
LookAtMeGo
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Shes got 8000 matches tho so I'm sure its no loss for her.
Ok maybe instead of saying no I could have put more thought into it and wrote out a big long paragraph about how I think jokes are ruining humanity or something.
I still like the no answer tho.
Ok maybe instead of saying no I could have put more thought into it and wrote out a big long paragraph about how I think jokes are ruining humanity or something.
I still like the no answer tho.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I detailed that my response would be more than one word and I'd leverage the situation to make an absurdist joke from said response as a means of engaging with her and demonstrate my own personality and sense of humour. If she responds unfavourably to that, which she is more than entitled to, then I consider her a bit boring and thus nothing lost. That is me introducing myself, developing rapport, while probing as to the other person's personality type related to humour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkG4oIPT7tU
LookAtMeGo
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I was expecting at least a ??? Or something to respond with a JK or something. It was pretty instant. I do look like an asshole though so I'm sure it just solidified her presumptions about me.
So you're going to pretend to be a guy who doesn't like jokes? Isn't that the same end result? I've never even used Tinder but I can't imagine being weird or overly subtle is really a good strategy on your first text interaction. I would think most people would prefer that this phase be much more direct. If a lot can be lost to misinterpretation then you lessen your chances of meeting someone who may actually be really cool.
LookAtMeGo
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I told the last girl that her hairless cat looks like a giant ball sack to start the conversation. I dated her for like a month. She was a solid 9.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
If someone unmatched me based on something so inanely trivial I'd be thankful
Culling the herd.
Thankful? Unless you have a long line of matches and need to cull the herd down, why blow up your own chances just so you can be weird and obtuse to a stranger just to see if she's willing to put up with you being weird and obtuse? I'm not saying all guys are weirdos, but women on Tinder are probably dealing with a lot of guys being weirdos so it's going to be in your interest to right away come off as direct, pleasant, and cordial.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
For some people, sure. For others, no. I've had plenty of absurd and amusing opening lines from others that immediately gravitated me towards conversation as the person had presented themselves as quirky and fun. It's not a job interview and if it's to be treated as such then I'm not really interested in participating. The spectrum of people and personalities is vast and interacting with others is not limited to social network. I don't need Tinder exclusively and if the way I present myself, which is obviously a delicate balance between of extremes, costs me interaction with a person that I might otherwise have found interesting later on then that is a loss I am willing to take. Social networking, especially dating/mingling related with romantic intent, goes both ways. I don't want to scare them off, and I want to engage with them, but they in equal measure must do the same.
If someone asks me "do you like jokes", and I make in response a silly, inoffensive joke with an effort to engage and humour them, and their response to scoff in return and/or delete me, then they can take the title of boring, dull, and uninteresting. It's not like I'm launching into a tirade of dead baby jokes and heated political discussion; I'm trying to connect with another person in an open, free, inoffensive conversation.
It's entirely possible to be direct, pleasant, and cordial while still demonstrating a more complex, enjoyable personality that doesn't resort to rudimentary, textbook social interaction. Maybe it's a cultural thing? Maybe it's a personality type? I fully understand the logic of not burning bridges and keeping your options open, especially when women generally have a larger quantity of matches than men, but I don't think you're giving people enough credit to enjoy and respond positively to these kinds of conversations and the purpose of romantic social networking. I'm not rolling in matches by any stretch of the imagination. I wan't to get to know people, and I want them to know me. From my experience bubbly, amusing conversation openers from either party do a far better job of engaging and exciting the other. It shows personality and self awareness, and generally a bit of wit. People like to have fun and be around other fun, interesting people.
EDIT: I will concede that it could be a cultural/personality type thing. Australians are generally pretty dry and sarcastic, notorious for silliness and forging humour from more or less anything. Additionally, my social circle for most of my life has operated along these social norms.
LookAtMeGo
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Congrats!
And yes jobbs, it helps to be a gentleman but sometimes being yourself can also net you something nice.
And yes jobbs, it helps to be a gentleman but sometimes being yourself can also net you something nice.
Nomadic Sparks
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Waiting for this apartment complex for disabled people called Park Hills to call me back has been a massive bitch for my sanity and massive time sink just killing time until they called. I want to get out of this house and not have to listen to my dad's diet racism anymore. Everything this place does, goes through HUD, so it takes forever. I'd hook my Wii U but I don't wanna go through the moving boxes in my room again. This is like the worst case scenario times two. Good christ, I could punch someone in the mouth right now.
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