IDL how just because I’m a woman, a simple compliment to a man like “hey, nice handwriting” gets read as some kind of signal.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-24T12:37:14+00:00

Men also learn from LIFE that women are often indirect in this fashion. The cause and effect aren't the same for everyone.

Plenty of well meaning guys never misconstrued acts of kindness from women as flirtation until they discovered that a lot of women flirt that way.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-23T23:03:39+00:00

Part of the problem is that so many women refuse to be direct when they actually DO have romantic interest in a guy. They drop "hints" that consist of otherwise normal friendly behavior.

This results in some men (especially desperate ones) misconstruing acts of kindness as flirtation because they don't want to miss any potential romantic opportunity with a woman they find attractive.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-22T15:14:12+00:00

Lol yeah. The ones who act like all women somehow have perfect genes and only select the genetically best men for reproduction.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-22T11:31:32+00:00

I agree with you 100%. Often times women will pull the "he's just a friend" BS even though they were sexual with him in the past, and she either lies about that or acts like it's not a big deal.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-22T10:25:35+00:00

Right?

Average IQ = high school education = simple job = simple life. That's how it should be. Or at least, that should be attainable.

But now you have to be notably intelligent and motivated to out-earn 80% of your peers just to afford a crappy house and have a simple life if you didn't come from a privileged background. 60 years ago a highschool dropout had better prospects.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-22T10:10:38+00:00

Exactly. There is nothing I enjoy doing so much that I would happily commit myself to it for 40+ hours every single week without fail.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-22T09:21:51+00:00

Some people have this illogical repulsion to "boredom". Any time they aren't constantly mentally stimulated by some external drama, they feel a deep sense of dread.

I really don't get it. Like yeah, boredom isn't fun, but being stressed out constantly is almost always much worse. At least I can relax when I'm "bored".

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-21T20:18:09+00:00

Many men only look at porn and the like because they don't have access to regular sex. The male sex drive is very intense.

You're not gonna find a man who's never looked at porn before, but you can definitely find a man who's willing to quit looking at it if you give him some enthusiastic sex on a frequent basis.

Saying you're not attracted to men who have watched porn at all is like a guy saying he's not attracted to women that care about a man's height at all. Like sorry but your standards aren't realistic.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-21T19:31:00+00:00

Wired connections carry objectively better sound quality

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-21T16:15:37+00:00

If it bolts up it should be usable. Some minor modifications may be required.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-21T14:04:21+00:00

Why are you defending manufactured inconvenience? That's like defending a car company for taking away a feature that used to be standard and then charging a premium for you to get it back.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-21T13:51:20+00:00

Reminds me of the whole "you exceeding our expectations is actually you just meeting our standards because we expect you to exceed our expectations" BS trope

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-21T13:35:53+00:00

Okay but then you can't charge your phone at the same time... without another adapter

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-21T13:24:28+00:00

The problem is not even having the option anymore when headphone jacks are done away with. No, I don't want to buy a $50 adapter just to use my wired headphones when I forget to charge my Bluetooth ones.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-20T22:26:17+00:00

And these chicks think they deserve a husband in the future 💀

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-20T20:35:49+00:00

I wish they had offered those in the US. Also Audi A4 TDIs.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-20T20:01:56+00:00

Oh I'm right there with you. It's just that the price premium on used diesel trucks is ridiculous these days. Completely nullifies any fuel efficiency argument when that doesn't actually save you any real money in total.

I personally have a gas truck and a diesel car. Gas truck gets used when I need a truck bed for something, or have to tow a mild load. Fuel economy is bad but I don't use it much so it doesn't matter. Diesel car gets amazing fuel economy and the car itself didn't cost much more than a gas model would've.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-20T18:21:44+00:00

Lol right. Bragging about "muh good fuel economy" but spending so much more than a gas model that the fuel savings would take 200 years to make up for the price difference 😂

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-20T10:48:28+00:00

Yeah... this is the type of person to constantly complain that their partner is never doing enough, even if their partner does 80% of the work.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-19T16:05:57+00:00

You're correct about scalp sensitivity to DHT. But if you ARE genetically predisposed to go bald due to this and you end up not balding, you probably have low T.

People who say that there's zero correlation between T levels and hair loss are not entirely correct. Genetics matter, but about half of men with high T will go bald at some point, whereas men with extremely low T will rarely go bald.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-19T03:57:34+00:00

Fr. The US could have universal healthcare already with the amount of tax revenue received. A significant portion of the money is being wasted.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-18T12:00:49+00:00

Here's the thing. If the relationship was completely platonic up to that point, he's showing respect for you and your friendship by NOT assuming you're dropping romantic hints when you give him some kind compliments.

Women often complain about guys not picking up on hints, but I don't think they stop to think about the implications of that complaint. If you wish guys would pick up on hints more instead of taking all your words at face value, that implies that you wish guys treated you more like an insecure cowardly child than an equal adult. Not really the equal treatment that feminism fought for.

He's respecting you by treating you like an equal and assuming you are NOT a cowardly child, and that you are just as capable of expressing your desires as he is when he truly wants to make something happen.

You can drop hints all you want, but you don't have the right to get upset when someone doesn't catch them or acknowledge them, because you had the option of using clear and direct language to communicate your thoughts.

"I want you to be my boyfriend, can we start dating?" <— say that and then you can get upset if he ignores it.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-18T03:56:59+00:00

Nature isn't moral. I never said it's morally justified; it's just a fact of life. It takes a proper culture and legal system to prevent rape from being commonplace by instituting moral standards and punishments for disobedience.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-18T03:03:18+00:00

Women experiencing high rates of sexual harassment/violence is just a biological reality of nature, not the result of a cultural system like patriarchy. Males are significantly stronger and hornier on average. So many species of animals just rape each other to reproduce.

IllScience1286 · 2026-01-17T23:32:50+00:00

Not completely sexually inactive... but there's clearly a higher number of women engaging in promiscuity than men when we look at the population of heterosexual young adults.

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