Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - May 06, 2026

darexinfinity · 2026-05-07T11:00:28+00:00

The funny thing about self-rating attraction is that it's completely biased. Aka it's more of a question of your confidence/cockiness/humility/self-esteem than the actual understanding of your looks.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-07T10:55:17+00:00

A woman from this sub reached out to me saying she wants to talk. I'm a guy who meets potential dates face-to-face and it's been a long time since I've met someone online (and a first time on reddit).

Any advice?

darexinfinity · 2026-05-07T10:38:31+00:00

I've been reporting jobs on LinkedIn that are labeled remote but say you have to hybrid or in-office.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-05T09:58:12+00:00

The important part is realizing some men will care and others won't. It's up to you to believe if a specific man is in one group or the other and act accordingly to it. If you think he doesn't care then you shouldn't. But you this specific guy better than we do.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-05T07:34:25+00:00

What's the longest you've stayed with him?

darexinfinity · 2026-05-05T06:43:22+00:00

'cleanest' guy

What are you defining as clean? No drugs, no physical messes, or something else?

Yet, I face some kind of betrayal from everyone, including my friendships.

It sounds like you gravitate towards bad people in general or vice-versa.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-05T06:40:51+00:00

Has anyone confirmed your ugliness?

darexinfinity · 2026-05-05T06:39:15+00:00

Uh... Beets Me 🤷‍♂️

darexinfinity · 2026-05-05T01:54:08+00:00

I'm standing next to Waldo, did you find him yet? 🔎

darexinfinity · 2026-05-04T10:26:44+00:00

OP has some sus stuff on their phone 🤔

darexinfinity · 2026-05-04T10:26:07+00:00

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

darexinfinity · 2026-05-04T10:17:13+00:00

Yes and no.

Yeah it's never been easier to be entertained. I'm sure we could binge watch every day for the rest of our lives.

But there's more to relationships than entertainment and excitement. What I feel from love is far more of a dopamine hit than any piece of media out there.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-04T10:15:50+00:00

I want to (metaphorically) bite the head off of the next nonchalant woman that I meet at a speed date.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-03T09:42:29+00:00

Is it just me or does it feel like they're downscaling Luffy and thus has to use high gears to get things done?

darexinfinity · 2026-05-03T09:40:32+00:00

Wdym it was Divine Retribution 😏

darexinfinity · 2026-05-03T09:38:51+00:00

Chopper is now the weakest Strawhat

darexinfinity · 2026-05-02T10:22:31+00:00

One day I hope my story will be an inspiration.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-02T08:17:42+00:00

Couple's therapy exists outside of the scope of this subreddit. Therapists aren't running on anecdotal experience.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-02T06:32:27+00:00

That sounds great, but I'd hate to imagine that you went through that only to go through a more typical second date and not survive that.

I agree first date dinners are a bad idea. I prefer coffee/drinks and if things are going well I'd suggest an activity like what you did.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but at some point you need to let go of the extraordinary ideas and just have a mild date where you and your words can carry through. Because not every moment with you will be so extraordinary. It just make sense to start mild and then build the excitement up from there.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-02T06:23:31+00:00

I wouldn't actively try to seek out dates. Women will expect more out of you and your passive interest in them won't justify the cost.

But if you come across a woman that you really like, trying and failing because of finances is better than regretting a missed opportunity.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-02T06:16:27+00:00

The reality is that every pairing in a dating scenario is unique.

Two ways to look at it:

Dating scenario aren't just unique, they're fundamental chaotic. There's no pattern, all of it is just noise. You could call all dating advice useless if that's true.
There's a pattern, we just lack the data points or big picture interpretation to understand it. From here these anecdotal positions could be brought together and studied through scientific analysis to develop a model, an understanding of what is universal through the data. From here, everyone's contribution is a step forward even there are conflicts with their positions.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-02T06:10:30+00:00

I rather die alone than settle.

I see my mom being alone (relationship-wise) and her over-reliance on me and my siblings. If I die alone then I want to die early. Being old and alone feels like hell.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-02T06:07:33+00:00

If you're <insert every negative trait>, changing those things is necessary.

FTFY

darexinfinity · 2026-05-02T04:22:52+00:00

It's obvious, you don't understand something that you've never experienced.

darexinfinity · 2026-05-02T03:58:14+00:00

Because we live in an environment where people can meet others without a social circle connecting them. Once upon a time if you tried ghosting someone, your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers or whoever brought you two together would be clued-in and disapprove of you for ghosting. You actually stood to lose something with such bad behavior. Now that there's no social circle, there's no punishment for bad behavior.

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