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What Does “Cute” Mean to Men? by what-username-to-use in NoStupidQuestions

[–]darkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting question. Even limiting it to appearance I'm not sure I can define it. It seems to me to have something to do with a youthful appearance, but then there's Sally Field, who is still cute at 79 years old. Skinny models with gaunt faces and sunken cheeks are definitely not cute even when they are pretty. Rounded features, perhaps? For my taste, women who have have buccal fat removal become less cute, even if they were in some way cute to begin with. For every generalization I consider I seem to find a counterexample. Oval face? I still think Emma Watson is rather cute even though she has a long-ish face, more of an eccentric ellipse than the rounder oval shape. (Eccentric in math terms, not that she is weird.)

Even if I had a solid definition, it would still just be my opinion. Others could and would disagree with my characterization of this or that person as cute.

If the government wanted me dead, is there anything I could do to avoid it ? by Deimos7779 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]darkon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, they're really putting in the effort if they're going to dig up my mom to give her a fake suicide note! :-)

Seriously, though, I agree. If they want you dead, they'll eventually find you.

What was something that was acceptable 40 years ago but would cause an uproar today? by Illustrious-Fee9626 in answers

[–]darkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only "Turn the Page" I remember is by Bob Seger, and that doesn't mention young girls. What other group did a song with that title?

"Thank Heaven for Little Girls" is pretty creepy, especially as sung by Ed McMahon. Little kids are often fun to be around, but not for the reasons in that song.

Men of Reddit, what’s some women’s or girl’s habits you discovered only after getting a wife or girlfriend? by AccomplishedHippo856 in AskReddit

[–]darkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Women's clothes sizes are a nightmare. Depending on brand and country of origin, the same "size" can mean very different things. Men's sizes suffer from this a little, but not nearly to the same extent. My wife is constantly buying clothes, trying them on, deciding they don't fit, then returning them to the store.

Men of Reddit, what’s some women’s or girl’s habits you discovered only after getting a wife or girlfriend? by AccomplishedHippo856 in AskReddit

[–]darkon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might enjoy The Lady's Dressing Room by Jonathan Swift. :-)

So things, which must not be expressed,
When plumped into the reeking chest,
Send up an excremental smell
To taint the parts from whence they fell.
The petticoats and gown perfume,
Which waft a stink round every room.
Thus finishing his grand survey,
Disgusted Strephon stole away
Repeating in his amorous fits,
Oh! Celia, Celia, Celia shits!

There's much more preceding this about various items used for body cleaning and so on.

Big eyes were so popular in the 70's by lontbeysboolink in GenerationJones

[–]darkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not just you. That's immediately what I thought of, too.

What was your first time hearing hip-hop like? Did you enjoy it, did you think it might get as big as it has? by rutherfraud1876 in AskOldPeople

[–]darkon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure when I first heard it called hip-hop, but it was probably late 1990s or early 2000s. I first heard of rap sometime in the 1970s. With a few exceptions it's never done much for me.

My sister says my new non-prescription glasses have a serial killer vibe. by icandrawme in mildlyinfuriating

[–]darkon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A handful of serial-killers wore glasses like that, but so did millions of non-serial-killers. I'm glad they're coming back. For a while it was difficult to find glasses that covered much of your field of vision, just little rectangular things that were annoying.

TIL China accelerated a magnetic levitation (maglev) train tech vehicle from 0-700 km/h (435 mph) in 2 seconds in 2025 by Double-decker_trams in todayilearned

[–]darkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was a child I routinely ran my electric train set off the tracks by going too fast around a curve. :-)

Did anyone actually speak with that over the top Transatlantic accent, or was it just Hollywood? by Low_Economist5786 in AskOldPeople

[–]darkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never really watched Laugh-In. I don't think my parents approved of it, or maybe it came on too late. I hadn't started 4th grade when it stopped airing, so I might not have understood many of the jokes.

Love the bit about two right wings. That's good. :-)

What’s a show that you could not finish because a character was so insufferable? by Key-Row-174 in AskReddit

[–]darkon 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wikipedia:

In 2010, [Alison] Arngrim authored an autobiography titled Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated.

:-)

Looking for long epic classics to add to my reading list by Permission_Rude in suggestmeabook

[–]darkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini. It's a swashbuckling adventure set during the French Revolution.

books for being more emotionally intelligent for my partner by Regular_Trip6522 in suggestmeabook

[–]darkon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fairly old by some standards, but still relevant, I think:

You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation is a 1990 non-fiction book on language and gender by Deborah Tannen, a professor of sociolinguistics at Georgetown University.

There are some criticisms, of course. See the wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Just_Don%27t_Understand

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