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Zen0

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Perknose said:
Nothing you said gainsays the bolded.

In fact, your lone logical example tends to support it. :rolleyes:
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What? My example of bisexuals who claim to be bisexuals but are actually practicing gays or straights supports a continuum?

It doesn't really, it means bisexuals are in denial or simply afraid of being labeled gay.

I'm not saying some other aspects of human behavior don't move along a continuum, in the matter of sexuality, it is largely rather either/or - aka discrete.

Or we wouldn't be having this debate cause the gays would all be banging in the girls just to not be ostracized. :\
 
SphinxnihpS

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Zen0 said:
What? My example of bisexuals who claim to be bisexuals but are actually practicing gays or straights supports a continuum?

It doesn't really, it means bisexuals are in denial or simply afraid of being labeled gay.

I'm not saying some other aspects of human behavior don't move along a continuum, in the matter of sexuality, it is largely rather either/or - aka discrete.

Or we wouldn't be having this debate cause the gays would all be banging in the girls just to not be ostracized. :\
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Didn't we already cover the acts as being choices and the attitudes defining orientation? Want more cake?
 
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SphinxnihpS said:
Didn't we already cover the acts as being choices and the attitudes defining orientation? Want more cake?
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Nope, you didn't quite get it.

When you're thirsty, you *don't* really have a choice. H20 or Death. If you call that a choice.
 
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Zen0 said:
Nope, you didn't quite get it.

When you're thirsty, you *don't* really have a choice. H20 or Death. If you call that a choice.
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That's a broken analogy.

When you are hungry you have to eat, but you have your choice of the buffet, and everyone has different tastes and favorites, and everyone likes more than one thing. Oh and by everyone, I mean everyone.
 
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SphinxnihpS said:
That's a broken analogy.

When you are hungry you have to eat, but you have your choice of the buffet, and everyone has different tastes and favorites, and everyone likes more than one thing. Oh and by everyone, I mean everyone.
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Nope, not in this world buddy.

A straight man can have a favorite type of food, but he can only digest organic compounds. That means he can prefer cake or steak, but he can't eat bricks or stones.

A straight man can prefer a fat white girl, a skinny black one, tall asian ones. But he doesn't have a choice in the pussy.

Similarly, a gay man can prefer any number of types of men, but it has to be a man.

If I had to spell it out for people like this, it is rather shocking and disappointing that even supposedly higher level individuals on a tech forum isn't able to figure out, how the hell are we supposed to reason with the legions of bible thumping 100IQers out there?
 
Fritzo

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I turned 40, and I'm super bitter. I hate everyone. I'm an equal opportunity hater. I think it's depression though. I hit mid-life and realized I haven't really done anything extraordinary. Half my life is over and so far I'm just another Joe-Schmoo, and there's no sign of tides turning due to financial and marital obligations.

I hate people in particular because I've worked hard my whole life and built a lot of skill sets. Because of this, everyone I meet asks me for favors right off the bat. It was OK at first, and now it's to the point where my wife's friends and my in-laws and my in-laws friends call all week long asking me to fix things or advice or whatever else they think I can do. The notion of charging would be the biggest insult ever brought upon the family, so all I can do is lay low.

Every relationship I've ever been in required me to do everything to deserve "basking in the glory" of the girl. I'm always the better cook, the better lawn care guy, the better washer, the better cleaner. I found someone who at one point was an equal, but now has so many health issues that I'm once again stuck in the role of "giver".

Just once I'd like to be a taker. Look forward to someone making ME dinner every night, someone to clean up for ME, someone to take care of everything for ME. Ain't gonna happen though, so staying away from people is a lot safer.

Sorry to go all emo but the thread struck a nerve.
 
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Fritzo said:
I turned 40, and I'm super bitter. I hate everyone. I'm an equal opportunity hater. I think it's depression though. I hit mid-life and realized I haven't really done anything extraordinary. Half my life is over and so far I'm just another Joe-Schmoo, and there's no sign of tides turning due to financial and marital obligations.

I hate people in particular because I've worked hard my whole life and built a lot of skill sets. Because of this, everyone I meet asks me for favors right off the bat. It was OK at first, and now it's to the point where my wife's friends and my in-laws and my in-laws friends call all week long asking me to fix things or advice or whatever else they think I can do. The notion of charging would be the biggest insult ever brought upon the family, so all I can do is lay low.

Every relationship I've ever been in required me to do everything to deserve "basking in the glory" of the girl. I'm always the better cook, the better lawn care guy, the better washer, the better cleaner. I found someone who at one point was an equal, but now has so many health issues that I'm once again stuck in the role of "giver".

Just once I'd like to be a taker. Look forward to someone making ME dinner every night, someone to clean up for ME, someone to take care of everything for ME. Ain't gonna happen though, so staying away from people is a lot safer.

Sorry to go all emo but the thread struck a nerve.
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Well, I am sorry for your losses (wait wut?).

If you have a family and a spouse you love, you are already ahead of the rest of us who are searching for those things. If you are financially secure, if not wanton, then you are way ahead of the rest of us who are searching for it.

The rest, is really where you have to find in yourself to be happy, but it is a state in your own heart and your own mind, and external things can only help that along but would never replace it.

Have that hobby or dream you've always wanted to try? That thing you've wanted to learn? That risk you wanted to take?

Do them, fear no failure because you are the only judge that matters ultimately, and if you give it your best, there's no sense in being hard on yourself.
:D

PS. I read an article where it said Midlife Crises in men only happen when their wives are no longer able to conceive. It's not you, it's your wife. :D

And I do sympathize with your situation of not having another person able to take care of you...
 
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Zen0 said:
Nope, not in this world buddy.

A straight man can have a favorite type of food, but he can only digest organic compounds. That means he can prefer cake or steak, but he can't eat bricks or stones.

A straight man can prefer a fat white girl, a skinny black one, tall asian ones. But he doesn't have a choice in the pussy.

Similarly, a gay man can prefer any number of types of men, but it has to be a man.

If I had to spell it out for people like this, it is rather shocking and disappointing that even supposedly higher level individuals on a tech forum isn't able to figure out, how the hell are we supposed to reason with the legions of bible thumping 100IQers out there?
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Plenty to read that says you're dead wrong.
 
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Lean L said:
Watched some of that. Could not help but laugh at the guy who randomly broke out in break dance though. Seems like a lack of self worth to do that? or am I reading too much into it?
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you're reading into it too much

when there are discussions of how a guy should talk to the opposite sex, a common line is be confident. part of being confident is not fearing rejection/humiliation, which also tends to be the #1 reason for lack of confidence.
 
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A straight man can have a favorite type of food, but he can only digest organic compounds. That means he can prefer cake or steak, but he can't eat bricks or stones.
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Whereas...gay men can eat bricks...?
 
Lean L

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adlep said:
This dude sucks. He is lucky he didn't get sprayed with a Mace, tazed, or shot...
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I'd be inclined to say the same. Then I looked at it from a non-judgmental, and logical way. At the end of the day, he's the one talking to hot girls.
 
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mrjminer said:
It's amazing how you are always wrong on every level anytime you post anything, yet still vehemently defend your idiocy.

1. I never made fun of gay people.
2. Gay people can "snap out of it," to use the same negatively connotated phrase you used to attempt to mask the fact that you are completely, utterly wrong.

Is it impossible for a gay person to bang someone of the opposite sex? No. Then being gay is a choice. Regardless of whatever nonsense about nature/nurture arguments are made, there is still always the possibility that someone could have sex with someone of the opposite sex; nothing prevents them from doing so. Hence, being gay is a choice. Similarly, a gay person can decide they want to bang people of the opposite sex too, and immediately become bisexual.
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What a laughable pile of ignorance.
 
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Zen0 said:
It's not ignorance, it's limited intellectual capability. Probably a product of community college and failing math grades.
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And then you post something almost equally as ignorant.
 
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