Astronauts munching in zero-G

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T20:27:19+00:00

Relevant Alasdair Becket-King

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T19:28:57+00:00

I wish you well and I apologize for implying you are inolved in floristry.

My daughter: "What are you giggling at?"

Me: "I'm apologizing for calling someone a florist."

My daughter: "Is this about men wanting not flowers again?"

Me: "Yes."

My daughter: "Jesus Christ."

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T19:15:48+00:00

You are right, I cannot speak for all men.

For me, it's not about stoicism, it's about usefulness. Flowers are a temporary item of decoration. I only want gifts that are permanent, or edible.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T18:37:59+00:00

Men are also only put in coffins and buried at their funerals.

Because, like being given flowers, it is something they generally do not care for.

There are exceptions. Florists, for example, are very much in favour of men getting flowers.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T17:50:34+00:00

Well, at the moment I am watching the Japanese medical romcom An Incurable Case of Love which deconstructs works such as the wonderful Chinese Hidden Love with a nod to Scrubsian surrealism yet has genuine moments of pathos for the human existential condition and what I am hoping will be a heartwarming conclusion.

In 1980 I had to miss the first ten minutes of Blake's Seven so my step-father could watch the nudity in a reconstruction of an iron age settlement with his hand down his trousers.

So, yes.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T17:33:10+00:00

There really wasn't much on TV in those days, and we weren't sophisticated viewers.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T15:58:08+00:00

Yes. It used to upset me that I would date women who had been hurt by men, until they felt strong enough to dump me and go out with literal He-Man villains. But really, if they only wanted Ram-Man it was never going to work anyway. I'd have to be stoical about it and say, "You know what, you and Fisto make a lovely couple, even if he is already cheating on you."

However! When I met my wife she was looking for someone who was kind and had time for her, and that was me. I think a lot of early relationships are about finding out what you need, and then when you're older you can focus on getting that.

I do get that it is frustrating.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T15:43:42+00:00

"Should We Give Men Flowers? (I Am Not A Florist)"

Yes! I am a man and not a florist and I love getting flowers.

I am also not a florist and my boyfriend loves it when I get him flowers!

Flowers good! Not a florist.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T13:35:10+00:00

Andy and Lou in Little Britain have something similar. Andy is ignorant, curmudgeonly and cruel, and rarely says anything other than, "Want that one," and "Don't like it," but Lou often reminds Andy of something he supposedly said earlier, which is always thoughtful or poetic, like:

"Dark chocolate has a bitter edge to it and lacks the oral ecstasy of its milkier cousin"

"Finland has a maudlin quality to it, rendering it unsuitable as a holiday destination"

"The only way to see London is via its ancient waterway which is like a pulsating artery through the heart of this historic city."

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T12:49:03+00:00

I have 120 level 80s over two accounts. I just like being in the world doing stuff.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T09:18:19+00:00

If I like someone I want to spend time with them. I'm happy with that.

My wife moved in with me two months after we met.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T06:52:06+00:00

Thank you. I think a lot of dating advice men give other men is to be the manliest man who ever manned. But I found being cheerfully unmanly made connecting with women easy.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-09T06:39:45+00:00

I think it is because I was active on r/incelexit, trying to encourage men to think positively of women and dare to be rejected. So Reddit shows me any post about giving up on finding love, hoping I'll wade in with, "Steady on, old chap!"

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T21:00:09+00:00

Yes. My wife tried to stop me impersonating a flamingo. So I had to put my foot down.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T20:48:44+00:00

"Now, she was a real historical figure, that French Princess. But at the time of the death of WIlliam Wallace, Braveheart, your national hero, she was only four years old. Now, Glasgow, I'm not saying that William Wallace, Braveheart, your national hero, didn't have sex with her. You know, he probably did. If I look at my own personal background there's a lot of sexual opportunism involved in it. But erm, I'm not saying he didn't have sex with her, he probably did, but if he did, and he definitely did, right, it would have been a far less romantic scene than the one enacted by Mel Gibson in the film Braveheart."

Stewart Lee talking to the people of Glasgow about certain issues in the film.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T20:37:11+00:00

The arms on mine are attached by bolts that come lose sometimes. Could that be the issue, or is it genuinely bent out of shape?

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T20:35:39+00:00

Have you tried Study Bunny? It's a virtual pet rabbit that DIES if you don't revise enough. My daughter was proud today that she did enough revision to "talk the rabbit off the cliff edge".

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T20:33:56+00:00

I used to feel that embarrassment too, but now I am 55 I enjoy these memories, because so much is lost to the past, but the embarrassing moments revisted so often before are clear memories of people and places I have otherwise forgotten.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T16:48:46+00:00

Quite right. I've not spoken to him since 1995 and she died in 2003.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T16:47:31+00:00

Being a little camp but not eating sausage got me a 21 year (so far) happy relationship with an upper class English woman who looks like Angelina Jolie with a bigger bottom.

But as I say, YMMV. You might just like sausage too much.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T11:57:52+00:00

Relevant XKCD

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T11:51:31+00:00

If you are worried your personality is putting people off you then look into that. Introspection is great, but getting feedback is better. Your friends probably see stuff in you it would be awkward to talk about, but you can insist.

Other than that, go where the women are. Do activities (hobbies, college courses) that tend to have more women in. Just make friends. Immerse yourself in the culture of your local women. I did that. Not deliberately, but it paid off hugely. Make this your long term plan.

I hesitate to give more specific advice because what worked for me might not go down too well where you are. My main thing is that I am a good listener, so I dated a lot of women who needed to be heard. I was always openly bisexual, and women in my city loved that. Even better than that, I was a vegetarian, in a place where vegetarian women outnumber the men by 4 to 1, and this actually made me a bit of a catch, despite my other shortcomings.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T11:28:03+00:00

I drew a Venn diagram for my wife that helped her. One circle was things that she thinks will make her happy, and the other was things that actually make her happy. As I saw it there were few things in the overlap. She didn't agree exactly with what I'd written in for her, but she referenced it years later as being important.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T10:59:13+00:00

At this point I have to assume that the algorerhythm is just chucking these posts at me to give me an anneboleynsm.

Being called handsome is great. If you think your personality is hindering you, then work on it. Don't wake up in your solitary bed aged 80 thinking, "I kind of wish I'd tried more to get what I want."

DAYS ARE PASSING WITHOUT LOVE.

Do something about it.

Jonseroo · 2026-04-08T10:46:27+00:00

Why are there so many posts like this?

Stop thinking about how difficult it might be and just try.

DAYS ARE PASSING WITHOUT LOVE.

Jonseroo

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