Right, yeah. I'm just saying if that's your go-to, something that can easily turn 180° and make you look even worse, you might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, y'know

Well said. My dream is to build a tiny house and fuck off into the wilderness. I don't need to be rich, especially when getting really rich usually requires exploiting other people and their labor.

Nah I'd still say it's pretty dumb to call someone ugly right after attempting to pursue them. I get they just want to hurt the person and maybe the insult is just akin to throwing a tantrum but this is such an easy insult to make a retort to given the circumstances, the only thing it'll do is make the person making the insult look like a total tool. I mean, there's a reason why "whatever you're ugly anyway" is pretty much a meme these days. Or the "nice guys" trope.

So true! The "chromosome crowd" drives me mad. They learnt this simplified version in middle school and now they can't accept that actual biology is a lot more complicated. There are so many different chromosomal combinations, a lot of which aren't distinguishable by the naked eye from what we consider "normal", ie. XX and XY. For example XYY symptoms are above average height, acne prone skin and learning difficulties. Just off the top of my head I can name multiple individuals I know who might have it, or each of those symptoms can just be caused by something else.
The "gender = XX or XY" people use chromosomes as the end all be all because they don't want to admit they're just judging people by what they look like, which would make then have to admit gender is at least in part performative and not set in stone.

@garlog I see your point but tbh if someone calls me ugly right after being rejected by me, the only emotional impact it'll give me is a fit of laughter.

Tbh I found TLOU2 ending to be pretty good and fitting the plot and characters. Not gonna spoil it here but this is just about the only case where I didn't get the "oh THIS annoying trope" moment because it just, idk, fit with the context? Plus the scene at the very end, oh man, I actually cried.

Sweet home Alabama

Yup yup, that's EXACTLY how my PC acted before it died and I had to get a new motherboard and CPU. Literally took minutes to react to a click, with only one browser tab opened. I was only lucky I had my tablet with school files synced with Google Drive, otherwise I wouldn't be able to turn in assignments. So on the flip side, chances are you won't even have to stage an "accident", it will probably soon die on its own. That said old Lenovos have surprisingly good endurance so who knows.