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Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:00 AM

Dudes try "dating Darwinism"

An author argues that angry young men are becoming assholes to try to get women.

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  • Friday, November 21, 2008 01:11 PM

    it's not that easy to be a GOOD peacock, in fact the issue of overshooting into assholeness was the original point of all this

    EVERYONE, if they would, would make themselves so attractive that everyone they want to love them would do so the way they want them to. I don't have the answer but I doubt that total denial is it.

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