Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 40 Editor's Choice: 3
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Who are these "women", Brightstar, et al?
[Read the article: "Bitches-and-hos" lesbian subculture]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You keep saying "Women do this" and "Women do that"...well? Who are these women?
I've been around the block a few times, in my 47 years, and with one exception, every guy I've ever dated/loved/lived with/married has been a nice guy. The one who wasn't didn't last long. Same with most of the women I know. Really nice guys, for the most part. Sure, some were occasionally whiny and needy, but so was I, so I call it even.
You may have had some bad experiences, but please -- don't extrapolate to the rest of us. Plenty of women are very happy to find nice guys, and even to breed with them, your armchair evolutionary psychologizing notwithstanding.
In response to the, "Well, if a woman said this, no one would complain!" complainers -- try substituting Black, Muslim, or disabled in your statements. "All disabled people are _____." "All Blacks do _____." "All Muslims are just naturally ______." No group is monolithic, and few groups have many universal characteristics. The moment you say "Women do _____," you are automatically wrong, because -- not all women do.
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Brightstar, you give yourself away.
[Read the article: The art of the pickup]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"I do not read much of Dover's work, but I surmise he is an alpha male. I like money, I like success, it seems vital to get at the better women out there to have these things."
"To get at the better women out there." Who are they? It sounds as if your problem is not that *women* reject you, but that some particular group of women whom you have decided are "better" reject you. Women who, according to you, are enticed by whatever it is you consider success and money. This hypothetical She doesn't sound like that much of a catch, to me, but I recognize that it's painful to not get the prize you really want.
However, as a nice, generous, intelligent, but fairly average-looking woman who isn't particularly interested in money or what most people call "success" and prefers introverted guys, I can say that the pickings on this side of the fence are pretty slim, too. Why? Because most of the really nice guys are already happily monogamous (proof, positive, that nice guys DO get laid, married, and father lovely children, too), and too many of the rest are still panting after the beautiful women who don't give them the time of day. Ultimately, it seems as if some men would rather NOT get laid than give up the dream of dating one of your putatively "better" women.
The end result? Too many sadly single folks who can't (or won't) meet one another's expectations. I think I'm a pretty wonderful woman, but you would not consider me "better" enough for you. You consider yourself to be a "nice guy", but I would look at you and think, "Jerk." *sigh* It looks like neither one of us is getting laid tonight...again.
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Ah, Dr. Smith...Clearly you have not seen this!
[Read the article: Tony Cartoons: It's Warcraft]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHWyJT2QRMM
Raiding Hogger, and other such feats of breathtaking irony are part of what makes WoW such a pleasure to play.
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What an amazing bunch of letters!
[Read the article: Why bathroom sex is hot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I, too, am surprised by the illiberalism of the letters posted, thus far. This article certainly did a good job of showing where people's limits are.
"Ooo! Bathrooms are nasty, dirty, stinky!" -- I don't know where you use public bathrooms, but its certainly not the ones I use. Outside of certain "emergency only" restrooms like Target, most I encounter are pretty well maintained, clean, and well ventilated. I've never encountered anyone having sex, or been solicited for sex, myself, in any of them. That said, I can totally related to the "hotness" of sex in a (clean) public stall, though not so much with the anonymity aspect. I, personally, have tried casual sex and found that it doesn't work for me. YMMV.
"OMG! The STDs! The diseases!!" -- because, we all know that condoms are inoperable in a bathroom setting.
"Only gay men (and the occasional lesbian) even have sex in bathrooms" -- Well, I'm a middle-aged, heterosexual, suburban, soccer-Mom and, under the right conditions, I'd probably find it really hot, myself. I mean, in public. At home, it's already hot ;-)
Really, people could avoid this whole germ issue by moving the "discussion" to the nearest dressing room!
The only point on which I agree with some of the squeamish is that I would be happier not having to share a bathroom with a couple (of any mix of genders and sexual orientations) who are having sex. And, I'd *really* rather not have my child encounter that before he's old enough to understand it. But, as I said earlier, in my 47 years, I've never had it happen, so I'm not too worried about it. From what I've read, here, it's mostly occurring in nightclubs I don't frequent, at parties I'm not invited to, and in other locations I'm not likely to find myself in. Shrug. So long as the people who enjoy it are consenting adults and there is no exploitation (including of clueless spouses back home) involved -- I'm mostly just jealous, lol.
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Anonymous 1:24 & 2:08, who I presume are the same person
[Read the article: Binge-drinking problem? Blame Amy Winehouse! ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You said: "i thought liberals were supposed to be smarter than us."
Edgore pretty much proved that *he* is smarter than you. Whether he's liberal or not is undetermined, but at least he can read time-stamps. And he has a sense of humor, to!
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one != often
[Read the article: Binge-drinking problem? Blame Amy Winehouse! ]
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