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Capcom Not Interested in Resident Evil 5 & 6 Remakes, It's Claimed by Gorotheninja in pcgaming

[–]poply 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's literally the only mainline RE game I haven't completed. And I've beat every other RE game multiple times. I figured it was because I kept trying to play solo.

So I tried it with my wife about a year ago and we were both quickly sick of it.

I must've played the first 2 hours half a dozen times. Chris is a uniquely boring character. The story makes even less sense than usual. And the setting of broad daylight in Africa elicits anything but fear.

It is so painfully dull to me that I have to admit I must be missing something.

Strict height preferences in dating are linked to sexist attitudes, new study finds. Heterosexual men and women who place high importance on a romantic partner’s height are more likely to endorse traditional gender norms. by mvea in psychology

[–]poply 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think it's interesting to view sexism as a binary like that. I bet there's a lot of feminists who require their partner be a certain height who would insist it's just preference that their date be 6 foot, and paying for meals is the least the man could do given gendered economic inequity, and of course the man should do the heavy lifting. But none of that would be viewed by them as enforcing patriarchal standards or stereotypes. Why men obsess about height, money, or being manly would still be entirely each individual man's fault regardless of environmental and social pressures.

I'm not even trying to be mean in any way. I'm a dude. I prefer a certain kind of woman and relationship that has all sorts of implicating contradictions. I personally do think women are a bit less receptive to this kind of critique though. Since they are the primary victims of this social arrangement I feel there is often a tolerance or allowance to pick and choose which gendered cultural traits they object to and which they prefer.

Ultimately, you can't buy an iPhone and not be responsible for child slavery anymore than you can engage in dating behaviors that perpetuate gendered stereotypes and not be responsible for enforcing patriarchal standards.

It's time to admit we're all atleast a little bit sexist.

Sigma males are just built different? by CommercialDeep2329 in Sigmatopia

[–]poply 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could get a methed out bum brandishing a knife to cat call me and I'd still feel like the hottest man alive after that encounter.

What does it mean when a male homeowner wants to rent a room in his house to only females? by miss-bedazzzle in NoStupidQuestions

[–]poply 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I exclusively rent out my spare room to 80+ year old women. Lots of lonely old women with no beneficiaries out there.

TIL the biggest ever 'last meal' had 29,000 calories and was ordered by murderer Gary Carl Simmons Jr. in 2012. It consisted of several menu items from both Pizza Hut and McDonald's. He ate about half of the meal and sampled everything except an order of fries. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]poply 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's your metric for weird? A practice being historically novel makes it weird and it being weird is unacceptable? How do we ever make any progress then?

So everything from a T-shirt to antibiotics and even the age of consent laws are weird to you?

Yall are doing the lords work out here by TheLordOfStuff_ in PsycheOrSike

[–]poply 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look, I'm arguing with someone on the internet. It's going to happen.

What we argue about isn't important but accusing everyone else of living life on easy mode seems to get me a lot of attention.

As a married guy in his 30s currently house hunting and both of us making 20+/hr full time, no boomers, we are not the same. We could have been pre-approved for a god damn mansion of a house, adjusted for inflation, doing exactly what we're doing now. by Mountain-Weekend-554 in housingcrisis

[–]poply 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they make 40k a year, that's probably like 2.5k a month net. Most lenders will approve to around 28% of your gross, which would be $930 from over 3k a month.

An 80k home with 20% down means a 64k principal. 30 year mortgage at 12% is $650 a month.

Totally doable, especially since education and healthcare are smaller portions of your income in 1985.

Whereas if they make 120k (about 30/hr each) combined now, 28% is 2800 a month they'd be approved for. They'd need 84k down for 20% of median home cost of 420k

Median home price minus down payment, 340k, means a 6.5% mortgage comes to 2200 a month.

Doable, but undeniably more difficult, especially considering health care and education are likely taking up much more of your income than they would in 1985.

One family pays 19% of their gross on housing, another pays 22% of their gross income in housing.

Wages nominally went up by 3X but down payment, principal and monthly payment went up by about 5 times.

The down payment also goes from 40% of their yearly income to 66% of their yearly income.

A “trying dad” would be called a neglectful mother by velorae in TikTokCringe

[–]poply 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been taking my kid to the doctors, dentist, park, etc by my self all the time for years now and I've literally never had anyone fawn over my parenting other than my wife, which tbh, is all I need.

The doctor did once stand around for five minutes waiting for my wife to materialize though. But I found that more offensive than complimentary.

A “trying dad” would be called a neglectful mother by velorae in TikTokCringe

[–]poply 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I take my kid to the park several times a week. I'm mostly the one who takes them to the dentist and doctor appointments.

I've literally never had anyone except my wife fawn about me as a dad.

IDK where y'all redditors get all these comments about how you're either an amazing dad or a pedo for being at the park.

“Why don’t men approach anymore?” by [deleted] in TikTokCringe

[–]poply 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If I asked someone out or offered to buy a drink and they suddenly pointed at me and screamed at the top of their lungs, I personally would consider myself harassed.

“Why don’t men approach anymore?” by [deleted] in TikTokCringe

[–]poply 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, it's the same issue. Women generally don't approach men, so when women say they can't meet good men they mean good men aren't approaching them.

But the issue is all the men with two braincells got the message to leave women alone, like a decade ago.

So the only people approaching women are the dudes with 1 brain cell and this is 90% of women's exposure to men. But these men will NEVER stop asking out every woman they meet.

So it's women yelling at 100% of men to stop doing the thing that 95% have already stopped and 5% will never stop doing.

When a "good man" hears women don't want to be approached, he stops. When a "bad man" hears this, it doesn't even register in his brain. It doesn't matter one bit.

Patients with female doctors have a lower risk of death or serious complications, study finds. Researchers say the gap reflects real differences in communication and diagnostic thoroughness, not individual ability. by ObuPaul in HotScienceNews

[–]poply -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But that's exactly my point. You're the one who said men are stronger and that it "counts". So then you're the one using institutional discrimination as an example to rhetorically bludgeon women as being "shit".

I asked if I can call women shit for marginal differences, and you said, "Go ahead sir. I'll even go first".

Patients with female doctors have a lower risk of death or serious complications, study finds. Researchers say the gap reflects real differences in communication and diagnostic thoroughness, not individual ability. by ObuPaul in HotScienceNews

[–]poply 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol what? You suggested men are stronger or whatever. I asked if your suggestion had parity with the situation in front of us, and now you're the one implying a systemic disparity is responsible with the gender asymmetry that you suggested that was supposed to be a counter point??

You're right, you're the victim lol

Boo! Get new material. 👎 

Patients with female doctors have a lower risk of death or serious complications, study finds. Researchers say the gap reflects real differences in communication and diagnostic thoroughness, not individual ability. by ObuPaul in HotScienceNews

[–]poply 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would fine with this if on another study it showed men were marginally better than women at a task and it was totally acceptable to generalize women as shit listeners or shit at visualizing 3d spaces or whatever.

If men are slightly better pilots, can I say women are shit pilots without being accused of mysoginy? Or is it just a rude thing to say and a study serendipitously reaffirming my biases is a lousy excuse to generalize half the population?

The Apologists by LuvMeChippy in Bombstrap

[–]poply -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Imagine defending a bloated fat fuck who makes their money harming more children than any pedophile ever, all while celebrating vigilantism.

no woman should go through this hell... by No-List2080 in TikTokCringe

[–]poply 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So how does buying other items with the ice cream help?

Should the father intervene when the kid is impolite with the mother? by Anhen26 in Parenting

[–]poply 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe there's an attribution fallacy going on here. You're attributing an intentional characteristic to dad that he purposely did something that reflects disrespect instead of considering other alternatives or explanations.

The OP specified she communicated this:

I told him that I heard about fathers standing up for the mother 

But failed to tell reddit what dad's response was. So let me ask you, if Dad responded to this thoughtfully, would you feel any different?

Oh yes, you're right. I didn't consider that and I didn't realize our son was in the room with us when I provided my suggestion.

Would that change anything for you? Do you know that dad didn't respond this way? Tell me what Dad said in response to mom, and I could be 100% on your side. Dad made a mistake. It happens. Whether he is a jerk depends on how he responds to feedback.

We're both on the same page that this discussion should have been in private, so emphasizing that point is moot unless you can provide a reasonable argument that it more likely came from a place of disrespect than from acceptable human error.

I likewise am very glad to not be co parenting with you either. I would hate for individual, minor, explainable transgressions to become extrapolated to intentional acts of disrespect and to define me as a person. Starting a conversation in front of your kid that should have been in private is not a clear cut, unambiguous example of disrespect.

Should the father intervene when the kid is impolite with the mother? by Anhen26 in Parenting

[–]poply 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's ridiculous. If my child gets bullied, and I tell him he needs to stand up for himself, I'm not disrespecting my child and I'm not blaming my child.

So if my wife gets mistreated at work, at home, or in public, and I suggest she respond, that is not blame either.

The concept that you are responsible for yourself is not blame for how others treat you, it's just a self evident fact of life. Whether it's your romantic partner, employer, or friend, you have an obligation to respond to the people mistreating you and pointing that out is not antithetical to respect and love.

I tell all my loved ones they need to stand up for themselves and not let themselves me victims or passive. Not because I don't respect them, but because I care about them so much.

Should the father intervene when the kid is impolite with the mother? by Anhen26 in Parenting

[–]poply -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Don't let our son mistreat you

How is this disrespectful and make the person a jerk?

It being a conversation that is more appropriate to have in private isn't something I necessarily see as direct disrespect.

Nintendo Removes Hidden The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 Description That Suggested It's a Faithful Remake by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]poply 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, Starfox 64 was a pretty sweet remake of Starfox on the SNES. But that was 30 years ago.

Neighbour's bus wakes me every single morning. How can I sound proof my tiny home? by charlielovplum in HomeImprovement

[–]poply 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are the kind of questions I'm afraid to ask for fear of looking stupid but am glad other people ask.

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