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sibelian

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49. I don't know, there's this mess around the term "nice guy" now...

Wed Jan 27, 2016, 07:15 PM

Jan 2016

... with a kind of amalgam of genuinely nice guys and probably not very nice guys who THINK they are both being depressed about not really getting anywhere with relationships and a somewhat simplistic (although entirely understandable) response from a subsection of feminism behaving as if they are all of the PUA scene, which is actually a separate phenomenon altogether.

I really think if people were a little more specific in their terminology, particularly around gender, sooooo many of these discussions would proceed sooooo much more amicably...

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man posts groveling apology for forcing girlfriend out into the street naked [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 OP

take a good look ladies and pass his face around with a warning to stay away saturnsring Jan 2016 #1

.^that 840high Jan 2016 #2

if women didn't let guys like this pass on their genes, the breed would die out yurbud Jan 2016 #27

that's why pass his face around saturnsring Jan 2016 #30

it should become a common practice yurbud Jan 2016 #41

I really don't get it. How does any woman end up married to a dipshit like that? Xipe Totec Jan 2016 #3

They're not terribly obvious. sibelian Jan 2016 #8

actually they ARE obvious Skittles Jan 2016 #14

You're probably right actually... sibelian Jan 2016 #15

they steer WAY clear of someone like me Skittles Jan 2016 #16

LOL I can't imagine anyone like that getting the better of YOU, darling sibelian Jan 2016 #17

Cuz they KNOW you'd kick their ass. nt tblue37 Jan 2016 #18

damn straight Skittles Jan 2016 #21

I can't disagree more strongly. KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #31

They can be quite good at hiding their dipshit-ness jeff47 Jan 2016 #12

^^This.^^ Nt JudyM Jan 2016 #26

Sad Xipe Totec Jan 2016 #32

girls want "bad boys" Piasladic Jan 2016 #37

Yeah, I think that's one of the things. sibelian Jan 2016 #39

Can this phenomenon be discussed in DU? Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #45

I don't know, there's this mess around the term "nice guy" now... sibelian Jan 2016 #49

Righteous punishment: "The sweetest of moral pleasures" attr. Aldous Huxley. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #53

Some of us believed we don't deserve nadine_mn Jan 2016 #54

On the other hand, lots of us females ignore the signs and malaise Jan 2016 #34

Fortunately, in FL authorities don't need a woman's go-ahead to prosecute... Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #44

It starts well, with them focused on each other, they slowly goes to shit uppityperson Jan 2016 #46

He's sorry he got caught. lpbk2713 Jan 2016 #4

^That EllieBC Jan 2016 #6

Exactly! These bastards are never sorry for what they do to anyone else. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #11

I'm guessing he wanted to get caught Blue_Tires Jan 2016 #7

I doubt that completely. cwydro Jan 2016 #52

Sad, Sherman A1 Jan 2016 #5

I've seen worse things happen when the other person Blue_Tires Jan 2016 #10

Probably a gun culturist like these guys... onehandle Jan 2016 #9

Let me guess, she goes back to him. FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #13

Sure, he's "sorry." He included THIS typical abuser comment with his "apology": tblue37 Jan 2016 #19

See? Obviously he's the real victim here. Orrex Jan 2016 #28

Bingo! Abusers ALWAYS have to drop that one into any "apology". bullwinkle428 Jan 2016 #35

Total dickhead. sibelian Jan 2016 #38

It's all about him. Don't need to read a single thing. Rex Jan 2016 #20

Crocodile tears LittleBlue Jan 2016 #22

I hope they both learn from this. mythology Jan 2016 #23

If she allows her daughter to grow up with this jerk or some other abusive man in the tblue37 Jan 2016 #40

Here's the NY Daily News link - LiberalElite Jan 2016 #24

I hope she takes the child and gets Ilsa Jan 2016 #25

I think is hepcat apologia is aimed at her. Such poor sick puppy eyes. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #43

"But look what you pushed me to do" Oneironaut Jan 2016 #29

sociopath Javaman Jan 2016 #33

this guy deserves everything coming to him, and I hope he changes radically steve2470 Jan 2016 #36

Punishment phase: NYC. Lot of snow. Needs clearing. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #42

I'm glad I don't run into shit like this. Next thing I know I'd wind up in jail for screwing up.. BlueJazz Jan 2016 #47

I bet she goes back to him. nt ladyVet Jan 2016 #48

I hope his subsequent posts are all made from jail. n/t Mister Ed Jan 2016 #50

Let's hope she's now his ex girlfriend Warpy Jan 2016 #51