That is awesome.
Dunemi
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I feel bad for all people, men and women, who don't understand how to connect to another person. It's true that culturally we're told that men have to do this, and women have to do that, but as individuals we have to do our best to find our own way.
To me, if you're asking a woman to take out her earbuds, take off her sunglasses, and give you her attention, despite the fact that she has given every indication that she doesn't want your attention - that is "shouting". I mean, I assume we're talking about the Craigslist post, and the commenters reaction to that…
"Boners" is short-hand for guys wanting to get up into women's faces and shout their approval of their asses, breasts, walk, face and general attractiveness. They can disguise it all they want with, "your eyes match that scarf!" but the women know that what the guys are doing is signalling sexual interest = boners. If…
I don't think anyone is saying that men shouldn't compliment women. There are many times that it's appropriate, like at a party, after you've spoken to her for a while and found out you have lots of things in common and it seems like you're really clicking. A compliment at this point is great. So is a request for her…
Well, the boss thing is tough. None of these guys were my boss, so I didn't mind being bitchy upfront with them - I knew I'd be able to be nice later and change their minds. But if my boss said stuff I'm not sure how I'd handle it. It can be very tricky depending on the boss.
It set off some trolling bells for me. It's too perfect.
But that's what we're doing right here; we're spelling it out for them. We're letting them know how patronizing and sexist and thoughtless this type of behavior is. What more do you want?
I kept thinking it was a trolling master class. Especially the bit at the end about himself.
I used to be the only woman working in a place with 17 men. I had to have a "private" conversation with at least 3 of them that I didn't want them to compliment my clothes or body or how I look that day. I said, "If you have to compliment me, please just say I look nice today. Please don't say that you like my…
The only thing I can think is that the material in your pillow is acting the same way glass does when there is a temperature change; it condenses moisture. Which, I think, means that it is cooling faster than the surrounding air. Is it some high performance material? Or maybe a pillow that is designed to keep you…
I've heard of a similar technique where you build your fire with the intention of burying it and then sleeping directly on top of your fit pit. So you dig out a trench, build your fire in it, with stones, and when you're ready to go to bed, you spread the stones and coals out along the trench cover it all with dirt…
I am confused by this. Why is the pillow wet? I have camped in the cold many times and I haven't encountered this. What is your theory about the wet pillow? Condensation? Do you think it's from using the heater? For example, the pillow is cold when you take it out of your back-pack, and then you get ready for bed,…
After some research, I have found that there is the traditional tetsubin, suitable for boiling over open flame or gas or electric, and there is a new style of tetsubin (really an iron teapot) that is enameled and has a strainer and should NOT be used for boiling, only for brewing. This must be like yours.
I grew up in a household where nobody watched sports on TV, with the exception of boxing (Muhammad Ali!) and the Olympics. None of my brothers played sports at all. But the girls played volleyball, softball, did cheerleading and gymnastics. But even so, nobody ever said or thought that the girls liked sports. It was…
You seem like you know what you're doing. I'm confused about using the tetsubin kettle for brewing; I understood that it was only for boiling the water.
I'm still not tired of this.
I guess you don't remember being 16? There's no way her parents could stop her if that's what she wanted to do. Or let me re-phrase, neither my parents, nor my friends' parents, regardless of religion, politics or socio-economic status, were able to control who their 16 year old kid was having sex with.
I know. I read the rest of the comments and slapped myself.