Ummm yeah. I thought it was promoting fearlessness. Was confused when opened the article

I read it as both actually- being empowered to say no in any situation, including sexual ones. As someone who used to suffer from being too nice to my own detriment, I could have used this reminder when I was 16. Myself and many friends have been in the position of having sex when we really didn’t want to, but didn’t…

I would like this shirt.

They could have just as easily been talking about ordering Subway, agreeing to a wine tasting in Vermont, voting for Trump, getting a colonic, forgoing your child’s vaccinations, asking if you think Cosby is innocent, getting your opinion on the moon landing hoax, inquiring if you have a black friend, gauging your…

I think this might actually be a statement about social plans like, if you don’t want to come to brunch just say so rather than maybe-ing everyone. But the choice to model it on a dude who looks pissed kind of messes with the optics and gives it that rapey flavor. Mmm spicy !

That’s how I read it to. Don’t be talked into something you don’t want to do, don’t say maybe to seem nice, be assertive in your refusals, etc. Not sure I’d put it on a shirt, but I can’t say I disagree (at least with how I interpreted the message, and you too it seems).

I read it as a way of being more assertive. I didn’t read any sexual content in it at all. I think saying “maybe” when someone wants to bone would be a complete boner-killer anyway.

No, I’m right there with you... I don’t get how this is rapey...

Huh. I read it completely differently. I read it as don’t let someone bully you into doing something you aren’t sure about. If you want to say no to the D, then for gosh sakes, say no.

I caught something Bill Maher said the other night about ‘regressive liberalism’. I think this is an extension of it. Cutting out funding and trying to stifle dissenting opinions bc they don’t belong to the narrow minded echo chamber you associate with is maddening. And no, you may not like Bill Maher, but he’s not…

That's valid. At the very least, she could have left out details like his name. Rejection is, after all, painful, and to put it out there publicly is rude and hurtful. I certainly can't condone or defend that.

Wow. We really should start segregating the shallow and non-shallow people in the world. You'd leave him because he wants to play Magic? You'd leave him because he wants to go to his friends house and play Magic? You just don't know anything do you?

Quite a bit of that ‘nerd rage’ is in fact coming from women. This article is an insult to us as well.

I don't know about all woman, but I do indeed believe there is a particularly large amount of distaste for this individual at this moment.

Yes. It is entirely within the author's rights to date or not date whoever she wants, for whatever reason.

Personally, I see nothing wrong with her not wanting to date someone if she feels he is too invested in something else to give her the attention she desires. A-OK with me, and probably with most people if they took a minute to think about it.

He was probably hoping she wasn't a total bitch, too. Because he has a wikipedia page for something he worked hard at (and obviously made money off of), does that mean he automatically has to be singled out for embarrassment on the web?

Why is that such a bad thing?