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Post by Xeliou66 on Sept 9, 2020 3:08:55 GMT
It’s too bad more women don’t think like this. You are spot on about how Hollywood and the entertainment industry romanticize “bad boys” and send the message that that’s who girls should be attracted to, while nice, quiet guys are portrayed as creeps and losers. Extroverts control society and send the messages that introverts are trash.
Aren't you basically stating that too many people can't think for themselves?
Yes I am. Most people are sheep.
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Post by Xeliou66 on Sept 9, 2020 3:12:22 GMT
I HATE Hallmark Movies - but I suspect most guys do. Sappy, ridiculous feel good romance stories, and those with Christmas themes make them even worse. Make me want to vomit. That’s exactly why I like them. I need lighthearted stuff the closer I get to Christmas. I just can’t stomach the feel good, cheesy romance crap, in fact I dislike romance stories in general, but the Hallmark sappy feel good crap just makes me want to throw up. Especially the Christmas themed ones as I don’t like Christmas because of bad childhood memories of the holiday.
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Post by Catman on Sept 9, 2020 10:34:49 GMT
You should try 엽기적인 그녀 (My Sassy Girl) for a change of pace.
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Post by Jason143 on Sept 9, 2020 10:38:38 GMT
It just so odd. People talk about toxic male behavior that is built up by movies and they look at action movies, and anime ( my first love), but honestly the worst aspects of toxic masculinity are found in promgrams ladies love. Women are attracted to bad boys and "toxic" males in general. Its just how evolutionary instincts have evolved.
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Post by marianne48 on Sept 9, 2020 14:09:37 GMT
I wouldn't know about Hallmark movies. I can only stomach about two minutes of the manic cartoon voices of those terrible actresses who star in them before I switch them off. It's like having some kind of screeching tinnitus just to listen to them.
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Post by thekindercarebear on Sept 9, 2020 21:24:39 GMT
You should try 엽기적인 그녀 (My Sassy Girl) for a change of pace. I own it, not watched it yet. Maybe after Twilight. 😁
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Post by thekindercarebear on Sept 9, 2020 21:27:27 GMT
Anyway people do tend to change, sometimes for the better- sometimes for the worse.
Kids, relationships, school, work, family, politics, WAFFLES; it all takes a toll.
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Post by hiraganakanji on Sept 9, 2020 22:25:33 GMT
It is kind of sexist as well. To think that a woman has to change a man and that it is her job to. I swear if a Adam Driver looked like the Jack Black none of these ladies would be busting over him.
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Post by avocadojoe on Sept 10, 2020 0:58:58 GMT
When I was a kid, I hated the way movies and tv portrayed men. It was usually one of three scenarios. 1. loudmouthed, emotionally abusive (or worse) jerks 2. Boorish buffoons 3. Completely hapless to feminine wiles. And almost invariably arrogant and almost always horny (the latter rarely being depicted as the natural, healthy thing that it is.)
Looking back, I am aware that these 3 or 4 types really only comprise maybe around 55-65 percent of male characters. But it did take me quite a number of years to realize that this was all part of a bigger game. Boy, did it take me a long time to figure that out. It was/is a way of evening the score in the battle of the sexes. For me, it had the effect of alienating me from women at a very basic level. Because I was nothing like any of those types (now we also get the pandering, liberal males who are practically anti-men, something I will never abide - a total disgrace! This type of person doesn't deserve to have testicles!), it was natural for me to become defensive. I was all like "I didn't do anything to any of you women, so get off my back!" (I will always wonder if this feminine vitriol ever discouraged me from wanting to get closer to women (and conversely closer to men)). I mean who wants to be with someone who resents you because of your gender? I was very defensive about gender issues when I was younger and never understood why women complained that they had it so difficult, when it seemed to me that society's expectations for men were so much more rigorous. As I have gotten older, I can appreciate a more balanced viewpoint and I also have learned it does no good looking for an argument and that most people - certainly not all - can show understanding and empathy towards the plights that are specific to either gender.
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Post by thekindercarebear on Sept 14, 2020 14:28:27 GMT
speaking of change but it took me 23 years but i have come to realize being productive and earning money is more fun than sitting around arguing with strangers over things we have little control. of course it was different in the old days - back then i could work on 8 computers while dancing to music and having a flame war with 2 different posters at the same time. now i need my focus on the 2 or 3 computers i am working on less i lose track of what i was doing lol
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