May 3, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, SuperG.Girl said: Don't listen to this guy. You don't have to fix yourself. It's not your fault ........ it's @Stormbringer 's fault Don't listen to the traitor It's obviously @SuperG.Girl's fault
May 14, 20187 yr I finished listening to this audiobook over the weekend: Everything she says is correct to me, and also (mostly) politically incorrect. I find it interesting as a public intellectual, she must claim to have a "gender neutral" stance when the contents of her talks and 2 books are anything but. She knows evolutionary psychology but will not admit this in her writings, which are completely inline with the sharp differences between male and female psychology. Like the rest of popular media on relationships, the subtext is very biased towards the primal needs of women and makes little inclination to encourage them into taking responsibility for the quality of their thinking and desires . She does not criticize the female emotional spectrum (*which evolved tens of thousands of years ago and lacks relevance in modern life, and imposes enormous costs to men and society). The man is still, as always, a draft horse that has to continuously expend resources/seduce the woman in a long term relationship. He has to "man up" while the woman gets a free ride and is responsible for most breakups and 82% of divorce filings. The women has comparably little to contribute to the man's happiness and the prosperity of herself and her children is primary. She has some parts where she gives women some responsibility for being attractive (such as keeping down their weight) to disinterested/cheating men but she conveniently doesn't mention that these are higher value, attractive men. Average and below average men will not often not find themselves in this situation. She has decades of experience counseling in NYC and it's largely with upper class and upper-middle class couples and not the uneducated, middle class, and poor.
May 15, 20187 yr This book is funny and interesting. Here are his 38 stratagems: Spoiler The Extension (Dana's Law) The Homonymy Generalize Your Opponent's Specific Statements Conceal Your Game False Propositions Postulate What Has to Be Proved Yield Admissions Through Questions Make Your Opponent Angry Questions in Detouring Order Take Advantage of the Nay-Sayer Generalize Admissions of Specific Cases Choose Metaphors Favourable to Your Proposition Agree to Reject the Counter-Proposition Claim Victory Despite Defeat Use Seemingly Absurd Propositions Arguments Ad Hominem Defense Through Subtle Distinction Interrupt, Break, Divert the Dispute Generalize the Matter, Then Argue Against it Draw Conclusions Yourself Meet Him With a Counter-Argument as Bad as His Petitio principii Make Him Exaggerate His Statement State a False Syllogism Find One Instance to the Contrary Turn the Tables Anger Indicates a Weak Point Persuade the Audience, Not the Opponent Diversion Appeal to Authority Rather Than Reason This Is Beyond Me Put His Thesis into Some Odious Category It Applies in Theory, but Not in Practice Don't Let Him Off the Hook Will Is More Effective Than Insight Bewilder Your opponent by Mere Bombast A Faulty Proof Refutes His Whole Position Become Personal, Insulting, Rude (argumentum ad personam) But sometimes, I feel like stratagem #38 is by far the most used in our media... Spoiler Become Personal, Insulting, Rude (argumentum ad personam) You don't like the ideas of someone? Just call him the right hand of the devil or the grandson of Hitler, and victory is assured... Wonderful Spoiler
May 17, 20187 yr This emoticon annoys me: Makes no sense at all/ nonsense What is this supposed to mean? Extra super duper excited? Never matches what was written. This one is bad too- I call it the "coward" emoticon. Generally used to soften the impact of a statement. Beating a 'dead horse' is much better than this one. Another "coward" emoticon that's always misused One is enough, why use 3-4 of them? Rarely matches the impact of what was written.
May 17, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, Stormbringer said: and the machinegun one- does nothing but slow down access if you're using a mobile phone!
May 17, 20187 yr Also, the use of at the end of a witticism- it seems almost like an insecurity. It's saying: " I don't know if what I'm writing is funny, but if I use , in the manner of laugh track for an unfunny TV show, I can now hedge my bets...you'll have to laugh due to peer pressure now" I have a bad habit of doing this from time to time.
May 17, 20187 yr Author 2 hours ago, Cult Icon said: This emoticon annoys me: Makes no sense at all/ nonsense Being that awesome .....it doesn't have to make sense
May 17, 20187 yr Author guys who use makeup are sissies? ............ plus deep down they wish they were girls?
May 18, 20187 yr is simply used to show ridicule and contempt for the other poster and belittle their opinions around here. Multiple to really emphasize the point.
May 19, 20187 yr I don't like processed meat and salads with a mayo base Is LAIS RIBERIO A DIVA???????????????????
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