When I read this I was initially confused. I thought we were talking about Introversion and Defcon, which had been out for a while. Took me a while to realize we were talking about a different game. Hope he doesn't end up on some list somewhere.
Implying manipulation and passive aggression, "pretty little head." That's quite dismissive of someone's thoughts and feelings.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
You make your point quite well, and I particularly enjoyed the eggplant analogy, though I can't say I've ever had a particular liking of them. Thank you. You've given me some to think on, and I'll try to be aware of myself lest I find myself looking for eggplants in the wrong place. :)
Thank you for sharing. I guess in my, perhaps naive, perfect world you wouldn't be made to feel bad or intimidated or yelled at or anything for rejecting an advance of any kind. I'm sorry that happened to you, but thank you for sharing your experience.
I see stories like that from my friends quite often. Going from dick like to name calling and berating if declined. I think that's the sense of self entitlement that's been ground into the male mindset in our culture. If I can't have you, you're not worth anything to anyone. Sour grapes and all that.
I think when you imagine this scenario, you might be imagining a more confident version of yourself saying something like this. Or maybe you're imagining a cute nice girl telling you how handsome you are. But that's not how it is.
In this case intention is not so much at play as the perception.
Would it be taken differently in a cultural context free from the fear of rape and the victim blaming on top of it?
Are you sure she's not a comedian? Cause she sure says some funny shit.
I'm more concerned with the 20% checking during a commute. I know some of those are going to be on a bus or train, but how many are looking at email 'real quick' while driving?
While it seems like a great concept, I'd be worried about the security implications of such too.
From 2006 and you STILL haven't tested it yourselves?
I'll just leave this over here:
Personally some of these sound too much like a gimmick to me. Hand delivering a resume, for example, implies you don't respect their time, and/or a level of self importance that you deserve attention now as opposed to actually following established directions, a trait usually desired in a candidate.
Snap, that does make sense. I thought it might be part of the portable communications gear, like a collapsable radio dish or something.
