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In reply to the discussion: A Glossary of MRAs feel free to add [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)80. At least there's a path.
        Yes, it's an utterly stupid path that is not at all realistic, but there's a path.
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        absolutely.  so that.  it cannot be said any clearer.  game?  joke? two people? nt
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #6
      
        
        you are too inconsistent.  that is where the problem lies.  people do not like being made a fool of.
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #37
      
        
        Your ignorance is showing. I suggest you post less and read more. I say that in the kindest
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #63
      
        
        respectfully to all of du, i would like to express my thoughts.  but i am afraid even civilly i 
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #8
      
        
        if he really was sincere he would publicly apologize and Rec this thread. Also, now you know
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #14
      
        
        it isnt done so well.  pretty obvious.  pretty clear.  for most of us.  just cause there is not a
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #16
      
        
        " ... for most of us..." yes and still they sit on juries, in judgement of good and faithful DUers
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #19
      
        
        i know....  a belly laugh, collectively.  that ship long sailed.  lasted all of a couple months
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #22
      
        
        yes.  that is why i have a couple "friends" on jury blacklist. that does about say it all, right? nt
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #24
      
        
        ah, the western woman one.  i started seeing that all over the place, two years ago.  saw someone
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #7
      
        
        ... harpies ... I know what they look like thanks to the very kind DUer that posted a picture.
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #11
      
        
        you know.  it says something when an older woman posts a picture dissing older women. lol.  get this
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #12
      
        
        that is awesome. the difference between the motivation behind the action ...
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #15
      
        
        "difference between the motivation behind the action ..." point.  people are not as
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #17
      
        
        you know.  i taught both boys to not even bother.  we were all too clever.  just wasnt gonna work.
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #27
      
        
        yes. it just doesn't fly. it is a game to play and it takes two to play games.
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #33
      
        
        yeah, the Ye Ole Internet Game. Amazes me that it still holds fascination for some.
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #64
      
        
        again, the intent and motivation of that original picture is Art and Well Played.
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #25
      
        
        see, I love it, too ... POWERFUL and IMAGINATIVE ... and posted with good intent.
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #32
      
        
        yes, Someone actually used both the harpie and the hag words and yes,
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #67
      
        
        NAWALT - same shit that's been used by people to deflect critical thought for decades.
        redqueen
        Apr 2014
        #9
      
        
        isnt it amazing we are not spending so much time in life saying. what about the fat girls, geek girl
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #38
      
        
        having raised two boys.  having one at 19 and one at 16.  one dork, one geek who totally embrace
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #49
      
        
        because they live in a society that maes them feel entitled.  cause they watch that nerd series that
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #54
      
        
        i am going to think about this. thanks. what i had going against me, is i was never much a kid, 
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #59
      
        
        society is actually telling/defining what is a HOT woman. HOT women have to look and act in a
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #71
      
        
        i am still on entitlement.  i see it in the best of guys.  they intellectually know better.
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #74
      
        
        this is why the entitlement.  even in the geek male movies, the women are treated like shit.  even
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #76
      
        
        it is also hand in hand with street harassment. those men are not geeks. and they do the same. why?
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #78
      
        
        sigh.  it is not sex at the younger age, but it is entitled to the wife, the served, the taken care
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #90
      
        
        BUT...  they have already learned they are suppose to.  hence entitlement.  geeez
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #93
      
        
        it is.  and i have been thinking of you of late, with all the discussion happening.
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #95
      
        
        If that is the case (that they are convinced geeks are unappealing) that's a shame.
        MadrasT
        Apr 2014
        #40
      
        
        we are talking about young men, in the reddit, that actively try to ruin a girl or womans life.
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #44
      
        
        i do not give them much credit at all. i think the are cowards. weak. ugly inside. lacking character
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #53
      
        
        they are doing it cause they are ENTITLED to fuck the hot girl, use the hot girl
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #55
      
        
        still thinking.  boys lash out.  girls within.  no it is not biological or innate.  it is culturally
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #66
      
        
        no.  there is not.  girls know.  they are not fooled.  the path is no more than for a boy.
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #83
      
        
        serious????  that geek boy is the success now he just has to BUY a woman to use as a tool, no
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #87
      
        
        hey.  you are talking were would be a path.  not a reality of a path.  just like
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #91
      
        
        Exactly. And all of this leaves out the hate. The anger and resentment and hostility.
        redqueen
        Apr 2014
        #99
      
        
        ^this is society's double standard on expectations^ it is EXPECTED that our children act in such a
        Tuesday Afternoon
        Apr 2014
        #62
      
        
        i have had that happen to me a handful of times, with movies back in my day.
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #100
      
        
        is this the mra older man, disillusioned?  but you are right.  i stated elsewhere today.  but ya....
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #45
      
        
        hmmm.  lol.  fuck.  all of this crap.  and simple self loathing?  fuck.  i have not even heard of
        seabeyond
        Apr 2014
        #57
      
  