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Uhhh, her books are the inspiration for anarcho capitalism? C'mon it would take you two seconds to Google that.
Rich fucks often worship her like a god because she told them that all you need to do to get rich is work hard and they believe that their daddy's inherited money and businesses somehow means they are hard working and poor people should just pull themselves by the bootstraps.

Capitalism I'm guessing?
Idk her books are horrible imo

I mean, on the one hand, eating right and working out is important if you want to not feel like you're falling apart when you get older. But that's everybody's personal choice anyway. But really it depends on whether you were/are really morbidly obese or just a bit chubby, some people confuse healthy chub with unhealthy obesity. I mean, models, who are supposed to be the pinnacle of human beauty, are often required to be on terrible, borderline starvation regimes. And this extreme perpetuation of these twisted ideals, I mean models like this are on every ad, every magazine cover, every billboard, often makes people get the wrong idea about what healthy weight really is. Chances are, if you were/are just a bit chubby, that you were a lot healthier than her.
But anyway on the other hand she shouldn't have been such a bitch about it. As I said, it's everybody's personal choice.
PS: Melodie is such a lovely name!

You can't pin this one on women, you really can't. It takes two to tango. Some women like to play hard to get, sure. Now I would argue that nowadays they're in a minority (in my experience), but let's leave that aside. Similarly, some men lose interest when a woman expresses her interest "too soon". They wanna pursue her, they like the game more than they like the reward. So if a woman is genuinely interested, she either has the choice to play this stupid game, risking that she confuses and loses the man, or just say that the feelings are reciprocal, risking that the man loses interest.
So just don't pin this on women when men are just as guilty.

Agreed. There are women who like to be pursued, and there are men who like to pursue, and they even lose interest when the woman expresses reciprocity "too soon". I personally find it strange, but some people like it and I'm obviously not gonna tell them to change their kink.
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But it's good that men nowadays are realizing that not every woman, in fact not even most women, are like that. Some years ago, "she's just playing hard to get" was usually the default assumption upon rejection, which resulted in a lot of uncomfortable, borderline stalker situations for many women. It's good that men are now realizing that making that assumption and pursuing someone who's clearly not comfortable with it may not be a good idea. I agree with Cavill that unwanted flirting shouldn't be branded as sexual assault, though. It dillutes the meaning and makes actual rape victims seem unserious.

Ooooh ok. Thanks for the explanation!

I once read that people in general aren't that opposed to being with someone less attractive. Because if your partner is "out of your league" (I hate that expression tho) you may get paranoid about them cheating.

Pterodactyl opera = screeching and screaming, if I understood correctly. The parents are embarrassed because their kid is a loud asshole and they want to leave as quickly as possible as to not inconvenience other people in the restaurant who just want to eat their meal in peace.
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If I sound passive aggressive, I am. I think it's quite irresponsible of parents to take children who are either too young or badly behaved to know when to shut up to places like restaurants. I get it, you wanna go out and have a good time. But that's what nannies are for, you won't have much of a good time with a screaming brat by your side anyway.

I didn't mean to sound hostile, I apologize if I did, and I'm glad we actually agree even through this slight miscommunication (or rather misunderstanding on my part). Yeah, the collecting nudes thing in the first game was, apart from the fact that the game was virtually unplayable, what really made me part with the series. I'm not against nudity/sex in games/series/movies etc. in itself at all, but I am against it when it's overused to gain attention – as you said, over the top fan service. And yes female writers are also absolutely guilty of this, especially when it comes to the social status and wealth of the characters. We can't really blame men or women but rather the stereotypes/gender roles that are so deeply ingrained in our culture that people still, knowingly or unknowingly, perpetuate them.
Yeah we could go on for hours and I'm not even sure that this problem has a solution, really. I thought that artists would know better than that but how can they when it clearly sells?

Every female character is either a fuckdoll for the male protagonist or a Mary Sue with extremely overpowered abilities, the only match for which is of course their beauty, because a strong female character must NEVER be ugly in the eyes of many writers (female writers included). It's pretty clear why the books and games are so popular with teenage nerdy boys. A) the amount of sex scenes, some of which honestly feel...forced. Like they were put there just to gain the reader's attention, and of course horny teenagers enjoy that. B) a lot of these nerds don't get laid due to many factors, internal and external alike. They envy the jocks, the so-called "alphas" who do get laid. These books and games provide a perfect outlet for them, in this world they can BE the alpha they so despise irl. Maybe my view is a bit too Freudian but honestly, I read the books (partly) and played the games (also partly, they were meh), and I truly see no other explanation for their immense popularity. (2/2)

@xvarnah I think that that's a bit unfair to GRRM, seeing as this was just one moment in the entirety of the books, the shortest of which is 800 pages. I think that GRRM, albeit he has some weak moments, is generally quite good at writing female characters.
But think that there are other writers you can demonstrate your point with. For example the Witcher books and short stories that were the inspiration for the games. I tried reading them, I legitimately gave them a chance, and they are interesting books overall, but Sapkowski's portrayal of female characters (which is then very well reflected in the games) is just... idk. Like he's stuck in the 50's but at the same time he's trying so hard not to seem that way. (1/2)

Isn't this the same girl like in that video with the chicken? Because I think that one was a joke so this is probably too

ALL BEETLES AND LIZARDS ARE GOING TO HELL!!!
(sarcasm)

To be fair collective punishment is a major dick move.

I don't get why you got downvoted. If I remember the comics correctly, she's pretty damn OP.

@guest Well then if you're so for realism, this game needs to be changed altogether! You die when you're hit once, or you can survive when it's a bullet to the arm or leg but will be forever crippled and will take actual in-game months to heal. The game is permadeath, no respawn ever. Reloading takes like two minutes, not five seconds. No picking up ammo from the ground, and just jamming it into your gun, it has to be the exact same type. You have one main weapon and one pistol, no four-weapon arsenal, no extra grenades (maybe like one but not 20!). No quest markers, no GPS, compass or even a map. Also you have needs, you gotta eat, drink, sleep, pee and poo. All in real-time, so you gotta have the game on for the night for the character to get some sleep. Most of the time is spent in the barracks, no battle-to-battle bullshit. No fast travel, of course, you gotta sit there and watch the character sit in a car for actual hours.
I could go on but I'm pretty sure you got my point.

Ha! Well good thing he looks the part

Oh I thought he looked more like a filthy rich dude who just goes places out of boredom lol

It's literally in the title.
But yes, that was imo one of the best, if not THE best, episode of the show. I 'm so excited for the next season.

Is it? Nice. I've been looking up cars that are similar to the 67 Impala but are not Impalas because Impalas are really expensive (probably because of Supernatural lol). So far the closest match was the 69 Buick Skylark but the GTO seems close as well, so thank you for the inspiration!