This .

[ismnotwasm]

[MadrasT]

1. Hammer, meet nail. n/t

[ismnotwasm]

2. Right?

It's perfect-- even to the characters

[arcane1]

3. Exactly. It isn't rocket science, despite efforts to make it appear so.

[ismnotwasm]

5. Down below they sure did. Fortunately they are gone

For now

[arcane1]

9. No kidding. I miss being in MIRT!!

But it's probably a good thing I didn't get to read their post(s)

[ismnotwasm]

10. Ugly and dumbass as usual

[arcane1]

11. This thread has a 25% hidden post rate. You must be doing something right!

[ismnotwasm]

18. It's the troll and it's not me who catching them

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. This reminds me of the guy going to the doc for shortness of breath and red eyes during sex....

Turns out to be the mace.

[malthaussen]

12. Actually, I disagree here.

I don't think the objection is really "because then I might not get to fuck her." I think the objection is rather "But that means I have to actually make an effort to relate to her."

-- Mal

[mountain grammy]

13. That assumes intelligence not evident in the character in this cartoon,

or, far too often, in real life characters.

[malthaussen]

14. Does it?

That certainly wasn't my intent. Although I suppose if the guy cannot really comprehend relating to another person, he wouldn't be able to absorb the idea of a relationship being necessary (to say nothing of rewarding).

-- Mal

[mountain grammy]

19. I didn't think that was your intent, Mal, just pointing out what you said

"he wouldn't be able to absorb the idea..." etc.

[noiretextatique]

15. What a big brain you have!

[calimary]

16. And a very good point you make, too, malthaussen!

[ismnotwasm]

17. I thnk it depends on the situation

we've been told, female and male that we don't think alike, that women have less of sex so drive than men, both ideas that are beng reexamined

First, men and women do think much alike, I think it's when relationships get intimate-- no matter what the gender, that differences become apparent, second women, like men have varying degrees of 'sex drives' but women tend not to have the social pressure to 'get laid' that men do, instead have social pressure not to. We're at a bit of a crossroads gender wise, and the 'rules' are not so much changing as morphing into unrecognizable ideals.

So the guy in the cartoon is situational, he's not loking to "relate" as much he's truly lookng to get laid. Not, shall we say, exactly boyfriend material or even, most likely much good for a zipless fuck (to quote Erica Jong)

[Skittles]

20. you've got it backwards

it's not that men are pressured to "get laid" - it's that women are pressured to NOT get laid - by being labeled as loose women, sluts, etc. Also, men don't worry so much that the gal he's with could seriously injure or kill him.

[ismnotwasm]

21. That's what I meant

Men pressure to

Women pressure not to

Poorly worded sorry

[malthaussen]

36. There was certainly some pressure to get laid when I was younger and stupider...

But maybe that pressure isn't so great now. OTOH, I don't see much in modern culture that indicates a belief that women are good for much else...

-- Mal

[malthaussen]

37. So the question would be of goal or process.

In either event, spending even two minutes finding out who she is is not something in which our hero has an interest.

I had an interesting discussion with Redqueen awhile back. Reddit had had a marathon of men posting their experiences of raping women. One guy made a point which struck around this area: he didn't want to look at the woman's face. Pretty depersonalizing, nyet? And rather an extreme case of someone who doesn't want to relate.

-- Mal

[mopinko]

39. i agree.

lucky for my ex this is not the law.

[ismnotwasm]

23. Trolls keep kicking my thread

[arcane1]

25. I think it's arousing them.

I just alerted on one of the fools.

[shenmue]

26. And they keep getting banned

That's the only good part.

[ismnotwasm]

27. Yup

MIRT is well aware of them, him, it whatever.

[shenmue]

29. Did you see

the one from the first post?

I think he was banned before I finished typing out my alert request.

[ismnotwasm]

30. Yeah

He's a little OCD or something. He's down as a person(s) that MIRT watches for. And today has been busy

[shenmue]

33. Yipes

[Scootaloo]

32. Wow, this thread has pulled out some real winners.

I have to second the statement that the last panel isn't an accurate depiction of the "reasons." i think Malthaussen nailed it pretty well - the objection isn't that he "won't get to fuck her," the objection is that he's being asked tothink of someone other htna himself, in particular a woman.

[ismnotwasm]

35. I guess, If you dice it

Between sexism and misogyny, I do agree, since they are not the same things.

[MadrasT]

34. I always miss the trolls

[malthaussen]

38. There appear to be more here per capita than most places.

Wonder what would happen if this was posted in GD!

-- Mal

[ismnotwasm]

40. GD with a few exceptions

Is mostly a waste of time.

I like conversations, not whatever it is they think they're doing there. Once in awhile it gets real so it's not a total loss