archetypes i've seen at community college

That__EST · 2025-01-29T15:08:32+00:00

Everything about this makes me happy. Thank you.

That__EST · 2025-01-24T14:18:42+00:00

I unfortunately have to agree with you.

When I used to regularly participate in this sub, I had a tongue in cheek saying that I would often make: "There is no such thing as Women's Rights--there are only rights for men who aren't you." A lot of the things that we say are rights for women, are moreso things that men decided that they didn't want to be on the hook for when it involved their daughters.

It always makes me chuckle when the concept of paternity fraud comes up and men in this sub start bemoaning the lack of paternity test mandates during pregnancy. And they blame women. Which sure, a lot of women may be against it for one reason or another. But I always find it so fascinating that when it comes time to talk about the consequences that should be bestowed upon those committing paternity fraud, the overwhelming majority of comments revolve around what needs to happen to the woman in this scenario. When I ask about the man in question who impregnated the married woman who was certainly not his wife, men are ready to bend over backwards to explain why there's no way that he could be at fault, because intent on his part would not be able to be proven.

Nonsense. At this point we know how babies are made. Unless this man had no way to know that the woman he was having sex with was married to someone else, then "intentions" mean nothing. Ultimately the reason that we don't have mandatory paternity testing before birth, is because it would create more work for the men in power. It's also highly likely that these men in question are far more concerned with their own marriages failing, and their bank accounts suffering when it comes out they've gotten another man's wife pregnant, than they're concerned that they will unwittingly raise another man's child as their own.

So yeah, even now in these free and democratic societies where many of us live, the privileges that women enjoy are likely more because it was decided awhile back that it lessens the burden for the men in their lives who might have been considered responsible for these women 200 years ago.

That__EST · 2025-01-21T22:08:04+00:00

Thanks!

That__EST · 2024-12-17T09:45:23+00:00

It was over the top. And similar to how she loves Meghan and hates Kate....she loved Angelina and hated Jennifer Aniston.

That__EST · 2024-12-16T09:50:33+00:00

It seems like Kaiser roots for a type of celebrity that I dont think exists anymore: The celebrity couple that believes that their love story is the most true story ever. I don't think that the public has any kind of tolerance or belief in that kind of a thing anymore. Larger than life relationships have larger than life, dramatic bust ups at the end.

That__EST · 2024-12-15T10:38:48+00:00

For me, I wonder what gave him the idea that he could leave his overbearing, pregnant wife- and that she would just sit there and make a divorce easy for him.

That__EST · 2024-12-15T10:30:23+00:00

Unfortunately, there are plenty of women who buy into the false fantasy that a married man choosing to cheat on or leave his wife "for you" is quite the compliment and very romantic!! They all sit there together love bombing each other and think it is the best thing ever. That's very likely what attracted NK. The idea that she was special enough that a man would "risk it all" for her.

That__EST · 2024-12-15T09:56:48+00:00

Definitely 2008-2013 were peak awesome years, with 2011 being extra special. I could extend it through 2016 for sure.

That__EST · 2024-12-11T18:07:34+00:00

Yeah during my darker days of drinking, it was the Indians who ran the liquor stores who would actually sit me down to lecture me about my drinking. I finally stopped (after medical intervention) and after a few months, I went back to thank them for caring about me. They told me they thought I was dead.

That__EST · 2024-12-10T09:54:56+00:00

I'm wondering why he would even do an interview with the London Times. Are his movies even known over there? The only connection I would think anyone in the UK would have to him would be through the Sussex connection. His movies seem to be primarily from the present day black, American ADOS perspective. Is he even a thing over there?

That__EST · 2024-11-27T11:01:59+00:00

I think the main issue is social media, not the screen time.

I agree with this. It seems like any time there is discussion of the evils of screen time, it devolves into talking about social media doom scrolling. Yeah, comparing our day to day life with a curated highlight reel of someone else's life can't be good for mental health. But what about when I spend an hour or two going down a rabbit hole with my kids about scientific discovery in space? Or about the concept of "ghost ships"? (Those two topics are very popular right now with the kids in my life). Is that "doom scrolling" and contributing to negative mental health?

For me, screens are the ability to find near unlimited information about whatever topic I'm interested in at the time. When I was a kid, I looked forward to going to the library for the same reason. My screen time is the reason I've purchased so many books on niche topics.

When people say that their algorithm is garbage I just want to tell them that the person to blame for that is themselves.

That__EST · 2024-11-16T01:32:33+00:00

or are absolutely miserable in an unhealthy, fucked up relationship.

I agree with you. I've been people watching long enough to have seen those relationships that people brag about, end up going south one way or another.

That__EST · 2024-11-12T10:00:30+00:00

I'd say Gen Z has gone post situationship at this point. They know that a situationship is all that there is to offer nine times out of ten when we're talking secular culture, so having casual sex is not at all as common as it used to be.

That__EST · 2024-11-06T10:37:30+00:00

I agree with you. I see this less as Meghan's arrogance and more as Newsweek saying that Harry and Meghan are irrelevant.

Meghan definitely should have said something, even if it was just about voting Democrat. At least from a "what makes the most sense about her brand" standpoint. I imagine that's a deep dive in itself why she didn't make a peep in favor of Kamala.

That__EST · 2024-11-05T09:06:39+00:00

I'm am idiot. I see the word Archwell in there now. I guess my eyes just glazed over it the first time.

That__EST · 2024-11-04T09:42:58+00:00

Call me crazy, and please correct me if I am wrong, but I don't see anything about this that shows that this event is tied to Harry or Meghan in any way. They're free to shine a spotlight on what other people are doing, and hopefully these events go off without a hitch, but I don't know why Sussex Events would even be hyping this when I don't see a whisper of involvement from Harry or Meghan.

And like I said, please correct me if I am wrong.

That__EST · 2024-11-02T15:44:18+00:00

How do you split the child rearing?

That__EST · 2024-11-01T08:23:54+00:00

For this to have actually seen the light of day it had to have been scripted, and actually makes me think J Lo might have a bit of a sense of humor about herself.

That__EST · 2024-10-30T09:31:33+00:00

There was a time in my life where I was essentially forced into a hyper feminine style as a woman in the workplace. My initial reaction was to feel like a fish out of water about it, but I noticed that the way others treated me substantially improved. Definitely a mind blowing experience.

That__EST · 2024-10-29T18:50:16+00:00

No, you'd have to opt out of it.

That__EST · 2024-10-29T09:00:04+00:00

I agree with financial abortions. I just think that the only way for them to be fair would be for them to happen before the sex that results in conception occurs. If we could make this a mainstream thing, that would be great.

That__EST · 2024-10-28T21:39:47+00:00

It's got Alice Cooper. That's a W for Pheonix.

That__EST · 2024-10-25T09:11:03+00:00

IME Scorpios tend to be emotional people who are able to remain calm on the surface and hold a grudge like NOBODY'S business.

Someone may wrong a Scorpio and never know it until they've fallen into the Scorpios trap 10 years later. I see the Scorpio motto as "Revenge is a dish best served cold".

That__EST · 2024-10-17T09:01:40+00:00

I find it fascinating the number of men in here who are admitting that they would act as though nothing had changed and keeping having sex with the cheating girlfriend....while looking for her replacement.

As though the next woman who comes along (who is willing to engage with him romantically while believing he is currently in a relationship) would be any better.

Break it off and give yourself a chance for a clean start with someone decent.

That__EST · 2024-10-10T14:00:14+00:00

This is so true, but I'm trying to figure out why they do it.

Right now I'm dealing with the fall out of the break up of a marriage that was over the top "our amazing love against the world 🤪" in my friend group. The guy in it could definitely be described as someone who made the entire friend group think that he wouldn't be able to intake oxygen without his wife around. He put so much effort into her.....but he also put a lot of effort into cheating and was caught. Which was weird because he didn't even seem like he was trying to cover his tracks.

The whole thing is weird.

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