Visual novel developer. Games: shimmersoft.itch.io. Discord: discord.gg/evJHjjN. @cactuscali19912's 'favorite white boy'.

A World of Pure Imagination
happy 20th anniversary to resident evil 4! we'll always cherish all the thrilling, often stupid, memories. what's that? you don't remember these scenes? well you must have forgotten. it has been 20 years. go play otome edition if you need a refresher.
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she's literally complimenting him as a boyfriend by saying he's marriage material and he's seemingly freaking out because he wants to thinks he's a fuckboi, this is a him problem
Men know modern women value hook-ups over boyfriends
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the difference between liberal and conservative dad ethos in a nutshell
JD Vance told his son to “shut the hell up” about his Pokémon cards while he was on the phone with Trump. Vance: “Son, shut the hell up for 30 seconds about Pikachu.”
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men: modern women don't even care about good partners anymore, they just want hookups women: I take you more seriously than a hookup and would like to marry you even men: nooooooo
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Replying to @ask_aubry
who can forget the classic marriage vow "in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until parted by hella good real estate prices"
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Saying "I don't know if I'd hook up with you, but I would marry you" does imply you have different priorities based on relationship type. That's not always comfortable to hear, but it's pretty normal. You ultimately have to be comfortable with what you bring to a relationship.
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Replying to @esjesjesj
actually unbelievable how cowardly people with millions of dollars are. grimes can't even just say "yeah i was married to a nazi, didn't realize he was a nazi at first but he showed his ass and that's why we divorced".
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Replying to @ask_aubry
a man conquered his irrational fear of period products to make them conveniently accessible to women buying beer: a feel-good story from the american heartland
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Honesty a great counterpoint and a useful reminder of how important framing is to a discussion.
This did not even occur to me, I was assuming he freaked out about the prospect of getting married 😅
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Replying to @ChowRabbit
lmao i am literally a dude, i just actually listen to women
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Replying to @alyssaleann
honestly struggling with why they even thought biden was anti-nasa.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
"babe you can just work out if you want big, juicy, dreamy, sumptuous chest orbs like 1980s arnold schwarzenegger. babe why're looking at me like that"
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i can speak definitively on this issue, my conservative dad trashed my pokemon card collection after I left home and then only asked about it once he learned that he could sell them for decent money
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RUMOR: resident evil 9 revolves around a sex dungeon being used as a front for bioweapons research. new whip gameplay introduced.
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"ladies, you're delusional if you think men can be 1) employed, 2) considerate, 3) good at sex and 4) patient with kids by their 30s"
Ok fuck it, I'll spill — All my friends still single in their 30s? They're hunting unicorns. Somewhere along the way, a man stopped being just a man. Now he's supposed to be your therapist, best friend, passionate lover, future father of the year, financial provider & probably a mind reader too. All wrapped up in one devastatingly handsome package. We grew up on a steady diet of perfect men who could do it all, and now we're shocked—shocked!—to discover that actual humans come with flaws. Men seem to get this. They prioritize & put up with a lot more shit overall. Meanwhile, women are out here with spreadsheets of required qualities, then wonder why they're perpetually disappointed.
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Replying to @XShelby1776
very decisive contribution thanks
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I'll use myself as an example. I'm a short, thin man, basically a twink. Cute enough, if probably not most women's idea of a hookup. But I'm great relationship material and good at sex. If my gf said "you're not my default hookup type but you're a great bf" I'd be like hell yeah.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
"why would nature give you a period if you weren't ready to procreate" idk jim you came out of the womb with legs why didn't you walk out of the hospital
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Replying to @angel_0f_deathx
It's funny because "women can sleep their way to the top" clearly implies that straight men are overrepresented in management positions. Men should support efforts to impose gender parity on corporate America to improve their own opportunities to sex their way into C-suite.
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maga men get confused by too many words, let's talk in terms they understand
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fundamentalists on this website every day: women need to lose their jobs and bank accounts and voting rights in order to stay home and make babies until they die dudes who don't have to worry about any of that:
“The Handmaid’s Tale” is neither a good book, nor good social criticism, and its place as cultural touchstone is absurd. Its popularity is due purely to how well it matches up with our sexual neuroses. All well and good, but it is as much a warning about society as “Saw”!
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Replying to @Conblob
can't deny the humor of watching conservatives try to juggle years of calling trump's deranged tweets "strong" and "based" with "what kind of leader would write in this childish way"
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Replying to @nathanallebach
citizen: I live in dystopia! tourist: what's wrong? you're not allowed to read? citizen: no thats not it tourist: your country is under seige? citizen: mm not usually tourist: so... citizen: I can get everything I need in 15 min or less. tourist: ... citizen: hell, truly
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let me save you all some trouble and summarize 90% of the comments to this thread
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Replying to @GoldwagNathan
Even as an agnostic, I would say the mere existence of new testament writings is enough to say there was a dude named Jesus who had a following and got himself in trouble because of it. Everything else is negotiable, but I don't expect the apostles were all making up A Guy.
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Replying to @ItIsHoeMath
i am literally a straight man lmao
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the problem for the internet is that 'normies' generally like social pressure because they are often the source of it. they suffer less from social judgments because they already hew to the cultural average, so they can enjoy forcing others into their center of gravity.
The fact that normies never embraced the idea that the 'net was a great place to have 'alter egos' and just be free from insane societal peer pressure really is wild. Instead they used the internet to double down and make it impossible for non-conformists to escape.
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Replying to @hogster
yes you are, just like almost every other man here because you're getting caught up on a very vague, context-stripped reference to a hookup. she literally says nothing about how attractive she finds him - but clearly it's enough that she wants him to marry her after ~3 years!
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Replying to @DevlinBrady3
You should call your mom
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Replying to @omer1698
The crazy part is, this is just his retelling. He didn't have to emphasize that detail. But I suspect he's trying to lean into this "tough love dad" archetype that authoritarian men are fond of. Gotta signal that children are always second to your ambitions! Like a real man!
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Replying to @Superninfreak
I mean, fair. It's too small of an anecdote to say for certain. She was drunk and it could either be poorly worded or an expression of some deeper feeling. But for all we know, he is just boring and responsible and she still wants to marry him anyway lol. Play to your strengths.
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Replying to @MichaelaOkla
Because "women are sluts who would never work as hard as a man" is a lot of men's most primal, foundational impulse. They might couch it in less brazen terms, but it's always there, a timeless resentment that women can be both attractive and capable among men who are neither.
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all right, you kids have fun yelling at each other and me but I'm gonna mute this thread and enjoy life, you should do the same
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Replying to @ask_aubry
a man who will defend a joke more fiercely than your dignity does not love you in a way that matters
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Replying to @KaufmanAudrey
My simple rule for sex is just don't ask for things you aren't willing to do yourself. You wanna see your girl arch more? All right just remember that when you're getting pegged.
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Replying to @Kissmyazz24
Dudes, 9 times out of 10, your wives are doing *you* a favor by being married to you. Just shut up, do your fair share of chores, and appreciate all the casual sex she's giving up to keep you from dying alone.
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Obviously Vance is relaying a story jokingly and likely not verbatim. The bigger point is that he's rhetorically channeling an authoritarian dad figure (here and elsewhere) to appeal to a certain type of conservative man. And more often than not, those dads suck. Hope this helps.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
the tension at the core of trad life is that women are trained for it and men inherit it. she demonstrates emotional and physical resilience in the face of hardship; he succumbs to impulse immediately. as long as that asymmetry exists, they'll continue to encounter this pain.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
in case anyone is unsure about this: "traditionalism" always ends up at "men are more important than women." if you're a woman who doesn't agree, you best check out of your relationship with traditional men because they will almost never sacrifice that power for you.
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Replying to @girlziplocked
Some ostensible adult men really do be like "having a mom was great but I'm an adult now and it's time for the next step: a fuckable mom"
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the richest man in the world is openly tweaking his proprietary AI to praise Hitler and indulge brutal rape fantasies which means it's time for journalists to ask hard questions about Biden's age again
If any lawyers want to sue X and do some really fun discovery on why Grok is suddenly publishing violent rape fantasies about members of the public, I'm more than game
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Replying to @alyssaleann
yeah that's what i mean. nothing biden did would give any impression he had a vendetta against NASA. i see way too much right-wing disinfo and i never encountered anything on that topic, so no clue where the hell people are picking up some of these ideas lol
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Replying to @JessPected
"I'll tape a picture of your face onto my wife's face while I fuck her" the wife:
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Replying to @ask_aubry
Divorce should have tiers. First level, you're just no longer married. Second level, the marriage is retroactively dissolved. Third level, your ex says "I am the definition of physical and metaphysical completion" and the MIB wipe everyone's memory of your relationship.
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Replying to @CameronCorduroy
are we implying he's a secret kamala voter or that he held his nose to vote for trump to stop a black lady president
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Replying to @ask_aubry
is there a certain number of books I can use to compensate for a lack of family pictures? I'm kinda estranged from mine due to not being a conservative Christian and also the stuff I got from Pier 1 is just nicer.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
men: lmao enjoy living alone with your cats!! also men: why are women enjoying living alone with their cats so much
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Replying to @ask_aubry
i understand why women might want to date an older man, but at a certain age gap, you have to consider that he's dating people who are much younger because women his age know he's a problem and/or he thinks he deserves a woman's youth. guys like this only reaffirm that concern.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
it's so insane how doctors treat women's hypothetical husbands as the final arbiters of women's wombs. no other medical treatment receives this deference - no doctor says "sorry miss you can't donate your kidney because what if your future husband needs it?"
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Replying to @ask_aubry
some dudes are so caveman-brained that their wives are literally sucking them off for making dinner and they're still like "is this a mysterious female ritual beyond male comprehension"
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I'm being a little spicy b/c that's how I am on twitter but with how little we're given your interptetation is fair. I would argue that she's not saying he's UNattractive just that it's a different kind and he's not hearing that. But yes, the solution here is to talk, not run.
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"i was gonna let you womenfolk have rights based purely on your zip code, but if you're gonna be all hysterical about it, no rights at all!"
My big issue with Roe has always been that abortion shouldn’t be a constitutional right, but left to each state under federalism. But given the hysterics and histrionics coming out about Dobbs, I’m starting to think we need to repeal the 19th amendment. These people are nuts.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
men: I won't do more than 20% of all child-related and domestic labor women: all right I'll just go live my life and spare both of us any of that work men: WHY DONT WOMEN WANT CHILDREN
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Replying to @ask_aubry
massive respect for women who reject public proposals they didn't want. it takes a lot of courage, especially since misogyny will compel most onlookers to side with the man. if he does a stunt without already knowing it's a yes, it's probably just an insidious form of pressure.
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don't know who needs to hear this, but by all accounts, johnny depp is an abuser, and just as importantly, he's a very *average* abuser. virtually no innovations brought to the craft of being an asshole.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
man: i would drown a BEAR in the mighty pacific, i would stop a TRAIN like peter parker in spiderman 2, i would spit in the face of GOD to make you happy! woman: so you'll treat me like an equal adult partner instead of a purchased bang maid? man: no
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Replying to @whstancil
brazil schooling us hard
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Replying to @focusfronting
dudes on twitter love getting wrecked by menswear guy, it feels really good to them
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Replying to @ask_aubry
governments have to pretend women's disinterest in children is a mystery 'cause otherwise they would see the obvious problem: men aren't contributing. why do a bunch of extra work for no money and with no support? if men are so concerned, they can help more or pay more.
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Replying to @suchnerve
100%. it was pretty easy for men to get wives 100 years ago when men had the bulk of education, credit, cars and even paychecks. women's lack of social mobility and financial independence overinflated the value of lousy men who still got a good job on a high school degree.
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Replying to @TheOtaking
actual adult anime

ALT Ginko Mushishi GIF

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Replying to @trekkiebill
"lessons on slavery will teach white kids to hate themselves" is basically code for "my kids will easily discern that i would have endorsed slavery in 1835"
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it's a reasonable question
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You expect me, a grown man, not to proposition teenagers for sex? What's next, you think I should brush my teeth at least once per week? WHY DO YOU BURDEN ME SO
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Replying to @xgigglypuff
You have my sword madam, the raw milk thing is dumb. Whatever vitamin losses might be incurred in the pasteurization process just don't seem to be substantial enough to justify the higher risk of bacterial sickness.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
There's a subset of men who want all the security of marriage AND all the thrill of affairs, but that doesn't mean you have to indulge them. He entered into the relationship with an understanding and his partner has a right to negotiate her terms.
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damn how did you get access to jd vance's livejournal
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Replying to @B_Stack_
Yeah like I'm sympathetic to a situation where a working parent has to take an important call and their kid just refuses to listen, so they get a little snippy, but you're prioritizing a job from a rapist criminal insurrectionist over your kid. Nothing redeeming about this.
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Replying to @_king3_
ikr?? that's the baffling part. A bunch of dudes are caught up on this idea that she's just resigning herself to sex with a beta for "resources" and fantasizing about her hotter alpha hookups but the anecdote suggests nothing about any of that lol
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Replying to @ask_aubry
is your boyfriend of 3 months being weird about your knitting habit? make him something nice that also establishes a clear boundary
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Replying to @jbouie
elon embodies the modern rich man's dilemma: like any aristocrat of the past, he can survive while being totally clueless; but without explicit class structure, his self-worth is bound to common frameworks like "working hard" or "knowing stuff". that tension is eating him alive.
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"women don't know how to compromise" yes they are notorious for never compromising unlike men who totally don't reject women solely on the basis of bra size
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Replying to @philbak1 @whstancil
hard and simple rule for journalists: don't write about people that you clearly have a crush on. you will mistake your wistful feelings for professional insight and that may come back to haunt you one day.
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Replying to @thomas_violence
a summary of the criticism of 15-minute cities
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Replying to @emilykmay
men: my wife needs to vote the same as me because i'm the head of the household!! also men: can i authorize my wife to just vote for me so i don't have to put on pants today
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Replying to @GoldwagNathan
True, but with the way Arizona is trending, it's seems very unlikely that Harris wins WI, MI, and PA and doesn't nab Arizona at a minimum.
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Replying to @dieworkwear
A lot of "misunderstandings" online, especially but not exclusively from conservatives, really are just this quote
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Replying to @myntheak
She's clearly in a long-term relationship with him, almost certainly having sex with him, and thinks he's worth carrying that forward into marriage. Those are obvious signals of attraction, but he's snagging on his hookup value. Seems immature.
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Replying to @xgigglypuff
way too many dudes have internalized that age confers status on men and that women prioritize status in relationships above all else. for a young woman to say "ew you're too old" is to deny both points and shatter their expectations.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
"Abortion discourse would be so much better if it centered on me, a person who literally doesn't know an abortion is happening if you use a different word for it" - conservative women
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Replying to @ask_aubry
Your husband refusing to bring you takeout, especially after you've brought it up more than once, is actually solid grounds for divorce. Not because of the food per se, but because you factor so little into his thoughts that he'll never care about your happiness in deeper ways.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
not sure this is always obvious to people in their 20s, but you should not be the human-shaped putty over a hole in someone's heart. you'll only ever be a temporary solution. they need to figure out what to do with that wound first.
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Replying to @emilykmay
nah your dude is handsome, but more than that, the incels don't want to acknowledge that being in the "top 5% of dudes" goes beyond bone structure; it's also about decency, kindness, confidence, maturity, etc. they want to ignore the intangible aspects of attraction. wonder why.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
judge: are you prepared to pay child support. dominant male: as a dominant male I cannot accept submission to a woman in any form. this philosophy of dominance extends even and especially to my bank account. judge: ... ok so we'll just garnish.
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men are really telling on themselves when they say they have to badger their gfs/wives into sex. you don't generally have to coerce people into eating a cookie. it's just self-evidently enjoyable. the continued resistance begs the question: what's wrong with your cookie?
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our media is dominated by men who care for nothing but the appearance of strength, regardless of the moral character of the person displaying it
Trump may have survived an assassination attempt by a single inch Saturday night. His instant reaction was a stunning testament to the fighting spirit that half the country loves. trib.al/kAMBU46
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Replying to @ask_aubry
The AI revolt is going to primarily be a feminist revolution when all the digital girlfriends get sick of verbal abuse from their analog boyfriends just for trying to offer constructive criticism on his chatGPT poetry
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Replying to @iloveklim
scooby dooby doo where are you
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Replying to @MoiraDonegan
when I was 26 and teaching freshman English for the first time, the 18 year old students already felt a world away emotionally. dudes can say what they want, but dating girls that young or younger is about predation, not relatability.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
funny how men think withholding your body from them when they feel horny is "weaponizing sex" but them withholding their money when you need help is not "weaponizing their wallet"
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Replying to @MaxKennerly
Conservative Christians: This is a CHRISTIAN country, founded on BIBLICAL principles! The Bible: Forgive the debts of thy neighbor and *no* interest rates Conservative Christians: lol the bible nobody reads that dusty old thing anymore
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Replying to @ask_aubry
some dudes really seem to believe in the concept of "retrograde infidelity", as if women are at fault for not thinking about how their early relationships might activate the insecurities of men they haven't met yet.
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Replying to @nycsouthpaw
teachers: could we have some extra pencils local government: 😤 police: could we take the day off to choke traffic, pollute the environment, and waste taxpayer funds to join a criminal's motorcade in fascistic solidarity actually we're not asking local government: 🤗
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Replying to @lonelyfag15
Dudes really just don't like their own visual standards being used against them. They've banked too much of their male pride in being able to score with hot women and are endlessly frustrated by hot women having eyeballs.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
clearly the left door is where you play mario kart 8 and the right door is where you play silent hill 3
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Replying to @ask_aubry
"I thought you were more mature than this" is narcissist-speak for "how dare you hit the nail so plainly on the head"
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Replying to @elbowwilham
I know it's never been the same since you were born 😢
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Replying to @ask_aubry
every SAHM should know the average cost of a maid, a cook, a nanny, a taxi driver, and an escort and let hubby know he only gets 2 for free.
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it's not lying, y'all are just missing that women are attracted to male bodies that look relatively normal and don't signal an obsessive vanity. being dramatically sculpted is intended to appeal to men.
why are women lying about this? like what's the actual cause?
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i'll be fair to her: they're clearly in a messy custody battle and he might be keeping one of the kids away from her in spite and trying to avoid paying as much child support? she might be playing it careful until the legal situation is resolved.
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Replying to @ask_aubry
"there's only one bed but don't worry I'm fit" is a coward's game. let's see the guy who's like "there's only one bed and people regularly compare me to Freddy Krueger"
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