let's talk about the new tardis. i'm not in love. i'll need convincing.

it's not terrible at all. it's smart and practical and it is in an odd way, romantic. you want to find someone who complements you. and some free spirit manic pixie boy only works out in movies.

i think couples should talk a lot more about finances, budgeting, and attitudes towards earning and spending. i look around and see a lot of couples with completely incompatible attitudes towards money who stay together making each other miserable and damaging one or both of their futures because of "romance" or…

lol @ agenda.

so it is a specific tactic? tell me more, i find this stuff fascindepressing.

i am very generous with them. i see myself as the cancer fairy.

"horrible person"? don't do that, bro, i said i'm sure he was very nice.

that's valid.

that was my other line of thinking. it was either assigned to him as a dating technique, or he had asperger's and he was assigned this by a life coach/occupational therapist/what have you.

see, a good conversationalist/host/friend, will give you an opening.

i should specify, i enjoy compliments, and conversations. even with strangers. but dude was not a conversationalist. i didn't just say a terse "thank you" and look away. i gave him an opening to continue the conversation, like "oh thanks, when it's rainy i try to wear brighter colors." - silence.

i recently had a very nice young man randomly approach me on the street while i was smoking, and compliment my clothing, and i said thank you, and then he just... stood there. not a real conversation. i instantly felt like i was an assignment given to him by some book or dating advice tv show. i'm at work, bro, i…

good for you! for the first half of this, i was like, oh, i do not want to hang out with this person, but by the second half i was like "holy shit, would love to have this person as a friend/introduce them to all the princes in my prince-rolodex" (rolodex with collage of prince on the cover).

i think you've hit the nail on the head. especially the "you work" part. if they want a girl who has qualities A, B, and C, but they don't do anything that a person who has those qualities would find attractive or value in any way, well... look bro, being really good at halo isn't going to get you in front of women…

it is about greed, no question.

i don't really consider it progress that a boy won't use an icky-girl-toy and insists on having a masculinized version, and wins, and adults cheer for him.

no, he did use that gun, it was not left in the car. those reports have long since been corrected.

you're wrong. he did use that weapon, it was not left in the car.

isn't "____ are more often the victims of violence than the perpetrators" a totally meaningless claim? the general population is more likely to be the victim of a crime than a perpetrator. isn't that almost always true?

just admit you love your guns and you rage at the thought of anyone taking your precious death machines from you. you're not fooling anyone.