I feel like not wanting sweets would be a superpower. I wish I could pull that off.

I went to a chain restaurant with a friend; they served my friend but realized a bit late that they were out of what I ordered. They suggested something else, I said sure, and then they comped the meal plus a dessert. I wasn’t even mad, didn’t complain once. But it sure did show that they seemed to care about my…

As a guy almost your age, I’m willing to cop to using the word “crush,” but only to describe a silly infatuation to a third party.

“The people who were forced to deliver that original lesson in their own words rather than those who taught the same lesson using note.” Looks like you left out the rest of the sentence. 

Thanks, I also overreacted and read into your comment. Too much time on the internets. I hope you have a great day!

Some men use ambiguity as a prophylactic; if they think honesty won’t work for them, silence isn’t lying.

This is a bad take.

The central conceit of the movie is that the main character gets to hear men’s thoughts. It isn’t “not all men” to say that it is offensive and reductive to portray all of those thoughts as merely being sexual, predatory, or derogatory. What ill-mannered/badly behaved men say in the real world is completely irrelevant;…

It isn’t really “not all men,” it’s “men do actually have interior lives, thoughts, and emotions.” It sucks that men verbalize their worst thoughts. That doesn’t mean that men in general are relentless perverts who only think about how to have sex or not get caught doing something wrong.

I might filter based on that. I’m sure you’re a lovely person, but I’ve had bad experiences with people who dislike themselves or who lead with complaining about others finding them unattractive.

It isn’t “statistically valid” in the scientific sense. But that doesn’t really matter... if she’s going to self-sabotage (probably unconsciously) any date with someone she isn’t attracted to, then she should just save everyone some time.  As far as “shitty behavior” goes - we aren’t talking about deciding whether to…

I was making a joke.

I was going to say “pro-tip: don’t date me,” but then I read:

Poor is a spectrum, which I’ve repeated ad nauseam in this thread. “Almost living on the street while owing a hundred grand to creditors” poor is obviously different from “working three jobs and one missed paycheck from being food insecure” poor. It is also different from “making over the poverty line but can’t afford…

I’ve addressed the issue of what counts as “poor” in a bunch of other posts... I think most people here are talking about absolute poverty, which I am obviously not talking about.

I appreciate your point. In  my experience, people self-identify as poor, and people identify others as poor, even when they’re somewhat better off than you describe. There is even someone in another thread talking about being “poor” while earning 30-40K per year. It looks like what you describe meets the definition…

Sorry, to address your first point, there were no dock fees involved. It was on a trailer. People make bad decisions at all income levels. It just hurts you more at smaller amounts if you're poor.

He pays rent for a roof over his head. At the time he did not own a car, but his boss let him use his truck. I don't know his current car situation.

Not the hill I want to die on. As I said to another reply, I’m happy to say my upbringing was “lower middle class.” My point was more that poor is a broad term. 

I already responded to this comment. Thanks.