So I went on a first date tonight. One of 5 in the last few weeks. Fuck dating btw. But moving on...
She chose a place I really like and I figured at least I would have some good beer and popcorn. As they give free popcorn. (I never got popcorn btw, the beer was good)
So we met. The introductions and some general statements. Work talk. Then the conversation moved stuff about I guess a holiday for the 13th and 14th amendments. Which I would be cool with.
Then it begins...
So this was partially because I mentioned going to Manassas National Battlefield with my mom to hike. And she was like, well at least you can hike there. Then goes into a thing how we shouldn't have historical sites to battles. She then asks me what battles happened at Manassas and who won. I tell her and she then goes, maybe we shouldn't since the Confederacy won the first one. I am just kind of confused now but okay. I am from the West the Civil War isn't a huge thing but at least most folks have some basic understanding that a civil war is between folks of the same country and history has relevance and importance.
There was a bit about people worshiping the civil war and I don't disagree that we have issues in large swaths teaching it now but I think she kind of was missing th epoint in the idea we should remove all monuments to it. I tend to prefer places like Manassas to be stay as it is the national park service and does a good job presenting the history a rather not creepy way.
So then we move to Columbus day. I did Indigenous People's day or was, I got sick but my friend did instead. General opinion about how Columbus was a dick. Then get into Colonization. She gets into a nasty rant about the Japanese on this. I talk about the complex stuff behind it that doesn't excuse it but what makes the Japanese colonial experience interesting. And also inform her that the Dutch and Belgium had colonies and Belgium was way worse. Which they are like my gold standard. Oh Congo. Which most folks in DC know. Its an odd world of the super educated so I am feel like I am now in some morass and talking to someone with a very cursory knowledge of like anything.
I try to curtail this spiral and ask about what types of things she enjoys. She says movies. Which I am like,
what was the best movie you have watched. At this point she literally looks and me and says after thing a bit, "You probably wouldn't know it I don't go to AMC or main stream theaters but only to Landmark."
I actually think I saw the trailer for what she said but whatever.
This leads to her dismissing Rey in SW as, "Small steps" and then not knowing about Moonlight which confused me considering her statement on the type of movies she likes. I am really just wanting to finish my beer.
At the end we get into the joyous talk about sports, which is normally fine. But her discussion of sports is like talking to an forumer whose name starts with T about police. She brought it to race, thank you NFL,
I talk about though it isn't perfect it does produce a platform that isn't always there. She goes into more rants. And she asks me, "You believe it is better for PoC now than it was 50 years ago?" And my response was, "Yes but there are many more miles and much that needs to be done." Her response to this was,
"Well good thing you work in the government then!"
With that tabs were gotten. I had a good beer at least.
But my god it was the most frustrating person I have talked to. And not because I disagree where she is coming from but it was like talking to someone whose knowledge of complex topics was from a cursory glance at wikipedia or twitter or maybe a facebook headline. I hadn't run into that in years.
So basic
understanding of complex issues
But also...
man what a first date conversation! Do people not normally just talk about themselves and work and stuff? Let's Discuss Colonization is pretty heavy.
my real question is how has this not come up prior to the date. like how do you hide that personality before agreeing to go out for a date.
but i don't know anything about dating or how people go on dates so. . .
This was through bumble.
Total discussion on there was some general crap. And her team doing a D&D at a trivia thing and I think that was it? I despise modern dating I really do.
I guess I know the rule about internet dating is once you catch their attention you have to hurry to meet in person.
it's all so tiresome. like. . .give me my A.I. girlfriend please. i do not look forward to returning to anything in that process.
that dude is pretty cool but i always sort of feel embarrassed watching him, like dude, quit dressing up! Aren't you afraid some roaming pack of 80s jocks are going to come by and shove you into a locker?
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
i am convinced that there is some text located somewhere explaining all the rules that i have never been allowed to read, that everyone else has been.
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
that dude is pretty cool but i always sort of feel embarrassed watching him, like dude, quit dressing up! Aren't you afraid some roaming pack of 80s jocks are going to come by and shove you into a locker?
Man he owns that shit in a way that makes me jealous i'm not out in the woods pretending i'm a settler.
The British method of dating is essentially "get drunk, repeatedly wake up next to someone, eventually figure out that they're not going to go away, congratulations you now have a partner".
Bonus points if you can remember their name at some point during the proceedings.
i am convinced that there is some text located somewhere explaining all the rules that i have never been allowed to read, that everyone else has been.
be gorgeous and also very wealthy
hth
tbf if you have the second one the first one is way less important
and also much easier to achieve
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
that dude is pretty cool but i always sort of feel embarrassed watching him, like dude, quit dressing up! Aren't you afraid some roaming pack of 80s jocks are going to come by and shove you into a locker?
Man he owns that shit in a way that makes me jealous i'm not out in the woods pretending i'm a settler.
If Neo Yokio was the price we had to pay for Shadowrun the Movie, then, well
I'm not going to say I'll be happy, but
Hear me out -- I think Neo Yokio is... good?
At first I thought it was garbage, but then someone in here pointed out that possibly it was a parody of garbage?
Which I'm now sure is true, and I don't think it does a bad job of it
I watched it all with bf
I had seen the trailer and at first I was like YOU LIKE TRASH
Then I was like: trash... is good
wait do
i have
MrMister's permission
to watch a trashy anime
someone get a DrDoctor he's having an episode
don't look a gift horse in the mouth
you put that trashy anime into your brain right now young lady
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Meanwhile I'm watching March Comes in Like a Lion with no one to talk about it
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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that dude is pretty cool but i always sort of feel embarrassed watching him, like dude, quit dressing up! Aren't you afraid some roaming pack of 80s jocks are going to come by and shove you into a locker?
Man he owns that shit in a way that makes me jealous i'm not out in the woods pretending i'm a settler.
he nerded so hard it doubled back in on itself and just became the coolest confidence and joy.
Can this still shot be the picture on some US dollar
He's the saddest looking colonist
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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I guess I know the rule about internet dating is once you catch their attention you have to hurry to meet in person.
it's all so tiresome. like. . .give me my A.I. girlfriend please. i do not look forward to returning to anything in that process.
DD/MM/YYYY
that dude is pretty cool but i always sort of feel embarrassed watching him, like dude, quit dressing up! Aren't you afraid some roaming pack of 80s jocks are going to come by and shove you into a locker?
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
i am convinced that there is some text located somewhere explaining all the rules that i have never been allowed to read, that everyone else has been.
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Man he owns that shit in a way that makes me jealous i'm not out in the woods pretending i'm a settler.
he nerded so hard it doubled back in on itself and just became the coolest confidence and joy.
I watched it all with bf
I had seen the trailer and at first I was like YOU LIKE TRASH
Then I was like: trash... is good
be gorgeous and also very wealthy
hth
I'm very cozy under my blankets and the world outside of my blankets is not as warm
Just go where you are
Bonus points if you can remember their name at some point during the proceedings.
i mean you can drink urine for fun and survival so why not
tbf if you have the second one the first one is way less important
and also much easier to achieve
okay but having both is the only way to be sure you'll never be alone.
like who is dating notch.
(no seriously who is notch dating i'm kind of curious)
*nods*
*eats trash*
*angrily shatters tennis racket*
wait do
i have
MrMister's permission
to watch a trashy anime
someone get a DrDoctor he's having an episode
NNID: Hakkekage
I really like this mattress though
It's probably the best mattress I've ever owned
Huh
D/M is not a common combo
I'm sure this is healthy
Can this still shot be the picture on some US dollar
a bunch of us just played doki doki literature club.
we forded this besmirching demarcation so that you could weeb freely
don't look a gift horse in the mouth
you put that trashy anime into your brain right now young lady
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
it should be because it makies fucking sense.
As I recall, a wife for a date farmer involes a price of many guns and bolts of silk.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
quick before he comes to his senses
NNID: Hakkekage
He's the saddest looking colonist
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
I thought you were pointing out the self-burn
so just know this post is a compliment but also what a wicked MR2 self-burn.
ronya go to slep
why would a robot need a smartphone
why wouldn't they just use their inbuilt comms
Because they enjoy the tactile sensation of using a phone.
The real question is why did I save that image on my phone for more than a year
Better games