tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post276294955050007118..comments2024-03-19T04:42:41.038-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Like most women, I’ve had the experience of feeling intimidated by strangers on the street, or afraid while walking on my own at night."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21274219755718738632014-03-29T15:34:06.635-05:002014-03-29T15:34:06.635-05:00Glancing at these posts... so sad to see so many c...Glancing at these posts... so sad to see so many cruel comments against all women and also directed at one woman simply for being honest about how she felt in one situation -- she was asked to do something she didn't want to do. She said "I'd rather not." <br />You may not agree with her analysis of that incident; I don't totally agree myself. But some people don't like to be asked to "pose" or to be put on the spot to perform in a way they might think of as childish. But she was not rude to the guy. And she is allowed to say no! Right? Why do so many of you have to mean about it? Look at the vicious comments about women's "mental disorders" here and in her blog too. THAT is the real story! THAT is what she is 100% correct about. To paraphrase: "Give a spin for us." "I'd rather not." "Bitch!!!"David H. C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13682361118511465265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38411348040774708622014-02-16T19:30:21.910-06:002014-02-16T19:30:21.910-06:00That woman is a nightmare to any unlucky man who t...That woman is a nightmare to any unlucky man who tries to date her. Life is too short to waste time on people like her.scfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676318867641751641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26553950317055388122014-02-16T07:13:20.871-06:002014-02-16T07:13:20.871-06:00"How would the spinning comment even be a &qu..."How would the spinning comment even be a "neg?" What is negative about it? It might be a little goofy, but it sounds friendly."<br /><br />It's a neg because a guy who believes in the ideology of negs uses the label neg to try to flip the narrative. <br /><br />The beta male becomes an alpha. This is an example of framing. In the game frame, every man can be dominant, even as the females reject him. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8143462050113883172014-02-15T22:55:28.189-06:002014-02-15T22:55:28.189-06:00Wouldn't a neg be more like "I don't ...Wouldn't a neg be more like "I don't think you pull that skirt off; let's give it a spin and see if I'm right?"Matt Sablanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885240752820005149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56076556562116237122014-02-15T22:44:31.402-06:002014-02-15T22:44:31.402-06:00Well it certainly is interesting to see how many s...Well it certainly is interesting to see how many spins can be given to that ridiculous woman's non-spin.wildswanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975129877750876072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65662122674006368762014-02-15T22:44:11.109-06:002014-02-15T22:44:11.109-06:00Well it certainly is interesting to see how many s...Well it certainly is interesting to see how many spins can be given to that ridiculous woman's non-spin.wildswanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975129877750876072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5019571223267182112014-02-15T20:34:19.347-06:002014-02-15T20:34:19.347-06:00How would the spinning comment even be a "neg...How would the spinning comment even be a "neg?" What is negative about it? It might be a little goofy, but it sounds friendly.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51449847335088955862014-02-15T20:25:35.189-06:002014-02-15T20:25:35.189-06:00"Negs work, even when they don't appear t..."Negs work, even when they don't appear to work."<br /><br />With a theory like that, you can't lose.<br /><br />Who would adopt a theory that defines away losing but... a loser?Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90012030374173435282014-02-15T18:13:15.406-06:002014-02-15T18:13:15.406-06:00I can’t help thinking that no one would ever make ...<i>I can’t help thinking that no one would ever make small talk with a man by complimenting his shoes and then asking him to see if he could jump real high in them.</i><br /><br />I think that would be awesome, frankly. Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90598653362175799892014-02-15T17:57:07.151-06:002014-02-15T17:57:07.151-06:00"I was meeting some friends at a bar, wearing..."I was meeting some friends at a bar, wearing a dress with a full skirt."<br /><br />Full skirt? Does that mean that some people wear dresses with only part of a skirt? Which part is missing? The front or the back? This is intriguing.blogagoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359382592912601640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21283045946319353992014-02-15T16:00:57.565-06:002014-02-15T16:00:57.565-06:00Picture of Andrea:
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Really? She&...Picture of Andrea:<br /><a href="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site36/2007/1118/20071118__AndreaDenHoed~p1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Click to view her</a><br /><br />Really? She's not that hot.<br />paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46289359789190036562014-02-15T15:58:17.325-06:002014-02-15T15:58:17.325-06:00@Althouse: One possibility is that the man was not...@Althouse: <i>One possibility is that the man was not attractive</i><br /><br />Althouse, displaying boundless cluelessness about male GAME.paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72154138565462570422014-02-15T15:56:35.375-06:002014-02-15T15:56:35.375-06:00By the way, fans of male GAME would call the "...By the way, fans of male GAME would call the "give it a spin" comment a <i>neg</i>.<br /><br />And it worked. For the man who made the neg. Because she immediately displayed her unattractiveness and bitter, vile personality. And he was spared from having anything more to do with her.<br /><br /><i>Neg</i>s work, even when they don't appear to work.<br />paul a'bargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854004347728185047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21622122417642469662014-02-15T15:50:39.073-06:002014-02-15T15:50:39.073-06:00Why isn't that the end of it? Me thinks she wa...<i>Why isn't that the end of it? Me thinks she wants to be offended.</i><br /><br />Yep. That seems to be what gets a feminist out of bed in the morning - the possibility she may be able to twist some poor guy's honest attempt at normal social interaction into a reason to be outraged.<br /><br />It would just be amusing if it weren't so easy for her to get the authorities involved.Bob Loblawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081916786770290968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2408256776834933762014-02-15T15:41:46.211-06:002014-02-15T15:41:46.211-06:00BTW, its people like Angelyne and Freeman Hunt and...<i>BTW, its people like Angelyne and Freeman Hunt and others that restore my faith in women.</i><br /><br />The problem is the single ones are much more likely to be Inga or Shouting Thomas's "rape culture" fantasist.Bob Loblawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081916786770290968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44158383716598707802014-02-15T14:05:59.124-06:002014-02-15T14:05:59.124-06:00I don't understand the conversation. She's...I don't understand the conversation. She's writing a story, either for recognition or money. It's FICTION. Everyone wants to comment on the story and that is her purpose. She writes for the uber-sensitive feminist crowd, that she is a part. It didn't happen, her own biography suggests it couldn't happen, but she made a silly story out of it anyway. She was probably in bed, about to fall asleep, when the idea popped in her head. "How about a story about a guy that made me uncomfortable, and how it changed my life forever." It's utter bullshit, as is 90% of New Yorker opinion pieces. Yet people still seem to believe that if it is written, it is assumed to be true. Lame.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439674357129877140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64888095729780173392014-02-15T14:05:30.922-06:002014-02-15T14:05:30.922-06:00I don't understand the conversation. She's...I don't understand the conversation. She's writing a story, either for recognition or money. It's FICTION. Everyone wants to comment on the story and that is her purpose. She writes for the uber-sensitive feminist crowd, that she is a part. It didn't happen, her own biography suggests it couldn't happen, but she made a silly story out of it anyway. She was probably in bed, about to fall asleep, when the idea popped in her head. "How about a story about a guy that made me uncomfortable, and how it changed my life forever." It's utter bullshit, as is 90% of New Yorker opinion pieces. Yet people still seem to believe that if it is written, it is assumed to be true. Lame.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439674357129877140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83481524609802542232014-02-15T13:36:41.051-06:002014-02-15T13:36:41.051-06:00Some day real soon now we're all going to tumb...Some day real soon now we're all going to tumble to the fact that this constant vigilance against perceived assaults on our world-view comes with a pretty steep cognitive price tag. When every social interaction comes burdened with a vast array of calibrations against all of our pet peeves (is this offensive to me as a feminist? could it be construed as racist against any of the fifteen groups I've been taught are aggrieved? does this conform to any of the ten political faux pas that I've resolved to lose friends over?), one day we'll wake up and discover that we could have been a lot more productive and gotten a lot more enjoyment out of life if we'd just settled on some social customs and had done with it. <br /><br />Things are just easier when all you have to be is polite. I guess this incident would therefore constitute a double-fail.TheRadicalModeratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671143818738683349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58110515927650659152014-02-15T12:36:47.374-06:002014-02-15T12:36:47.374-06:00In the power industry, turbines are protected from...In the power industry, turbines are protected from flying apart by speed limiting governors, which are relatively scary to test, because if they don't work, the turbine flies apart, killing everyone.<br /><br />To 'spin someone up' is to purposely agitate them, to leave them sputtering is putting them 'on the limiter'. <br /><br />This lady has a personality type which is useful for the entertainment of others. What she described as a man having a "hold my beer" moment, will someday be a man creating a "hey, watch this" moment.kernel cathcarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337386208994810210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66070029483551199032014-02-15T12:33:32.525-06:002014-02-15T12:33:32.525-06:00Moral: Don't date feminists.Moral: Don't date feminists.The Sanity Inspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808433661634318393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6952758038975894312014-02-15T11:22:39.350-06:002014-02-15T11:22:39.350-06:00"Althouse invites the misogynists to come out..."Althouse invites the misogynists to come out to play, they never dissapoint"<br /><br />The probability that someone will accuse another of misogyny during an internet thread about male/female interactions approaches one.<br /><br />I haven't decided what to name my new theorem. I will go with Brannigan's Second Law for now. And Brannigan's Law is like Brannigan's Love: hard and fast.chillblainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299387445063571338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44601202949015766292014-02-15T11:17:10.387-06:002014-02-15T11:17:10.387-06:00I think the guy is getting a bad rap here. "...I think the guy is getting a bad rap here. "Cool skirt! Can you spin in it?" is not an awkward opening line. It's a *neutral* opening line. It's friendly and a little flirtatious, but it doesn't put the girl on the spot. There are a million possible responses, and which one the girl chooses will tell you a little about her character. This girl chose to be rude, and doubled down on being rude by declining several chances to politely back down.<br /><br />As I score it, the guy didn't get the best possible outcome of flirting with an interesting girl. But he did avoid the worst possible outcome of spending time with a rude girl.<br /><br />As to Denhoed, I can only think of the classic Kennedy put-down: "No class."Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284350648793830503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21303046082676558782014-02-15T11:05:25.342-06:002014-02-15T11:05:25.342-06:00He was probably physically unattractive.He was probably physically unattractive.Dentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810776884651700820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10416594836195939872014-02-15T10:40:23.038-06:002014-02-15T10:40:23.038-06:00Let me explain it to you. An unattractive guy who...Let me explain it to you. An unattractive guy who flirts with a woman is a member of the sexist patriarchy perpetrating sexual harassment. By contrast, a hot guy who flirts with a woman is wildly exciting, hopefully a date. Steverinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04876927630869719536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13706160817229751912014-02-15T10:03:29.310-06:002014-02-15T10:03:29.310-06:00Punchline: That's not funny!Punchline: That's not funny!Real Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457301904108193495noreply@blogger.com