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75. Why should I feel foolish?

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 02:28 PM

Dec 2011

I'm just the Messenger.

Nobody is forcing you to read it.

As for insults, that hardly qualifies.. I'm sorry if you're thin skinned. Perhaps Martha Stewart would be more to your liking.

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10 Things Men Find Unattractive [View all] formercia Dec 2011 OP

... geardaddy Dec 2011 #1

mind if I have some as well? charlie and algernon Dec 2011 #5

Sure. Skootch in and have some. geardaddy Dec 2011 #6

OMG!! I can't believe you said that!! Major Hogwash Dec 2011 #70

No, I have no Ikea, I mean idea. geardaddy Dec 2011 #73

Here, you're going to need a bigger bag.... LynneSin Dec 2011 #8

I think you're right. geardaddy Dec 2011 #11

Thank ye! ellisonz Dec 2011 #23

I never thought I'd REALLY regret losing the UNREC option... hlthe2b Dec 2011 #2

Yeah, I was looking forward to unreccing this. geardaddy Dec 2011 #3

Well you couldn't really have un-recced in the old forum either because un-rec didn't work in RFKHumphreyObama Dec 2011 #29

+ struggle4progress Dec 2011 #62

Men don't like women at the bar desperately UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #4

Woman forced to carve boyfriend's name into own arm seabeyond Dec 2011 #7

They come in all colors formercia Dec 2011 #10

Without even looking at that "list", MiddleFingerMom has posted... MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #9

!!! pacalo Dec 2011 #12

Don't knock it Major Nikon Dec 2011 #17

PFFT! theNotoriousP.I.G. Dec 2011 #13

Hey Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2011 #18

"Curses like a sailor" So fucking true dat! gratuitous Dec 2011 #14

... redqueen Dec 2011 #15

In the classical literature, ill spoken women curse like fishwives. dimbear Dec 2011 #32

I'm hoping to introduce a new classic gratuitous Dec 2011 #46

The kids today (at least the ones I teach) all use "hobo" Bucky Dec 2011 #64

Just more fucking propaganda siligut Dec 2011 #16

Why is looking for a man desperately unattractive? treestar Dec 2011 #19

I doubt that men who are desperate to get laid are all that appealing to women either. dawg Dec 2011 #20

Because they looking for different things. Chan790 Dec 2011 #21

OK so a lady desperate to get laid who wants no commitments is OK and beautiful? treestar Dec 2011 #22

No, I'm telling you that often as a matter of fact... Chan790 Dec 2011 #24

That does sound bad treestar Dec 2011 #28

yup, those are signs of golddigger JI7 Dec 2011 #31

My sister hyphenate Dec 2011 #49

Another factor is being told 'all men only want one thing'... redqueen Dec 2011 #50

and i had two stable, responsible, loving parents and had only the same with men i dated seabeyond Dec 2011 #53

Sally Rogers played by Rose Marie yankeepants Dec 2011 #37

and if a man asks a woman what do you drive, or do for a living it is seabeyond Dec 2011 #30

True, who would not volunteer that information early on? treestar Dec 2011 #35

Very much agreed. redqueen Dec 2011 #51

i started hearing this when dating and i couldnt believe i was not allowed to ask the person seabeyond Dec 2011 #52

Yeah, but one shouldn't lead with it. Chan790 Dec 2011 #66

It's often one of the first questions I ask. It will continue to be. redqueen Dec 2011 #67

meh... the only reason why i may put it off is cause i know men preceive it as a gold diggin seabeyond Dec 2011 #68

Yep. I clicked outa there as soon as I saw that. Iggo Dec 2011 #39

The minute someone makes me click through 10 pages of crap that they could have put on one page, kayakjohnny Dec 2011 #25

^^^ this Kali Dec 2011 #34

I agree. Yet that is always the case. treestar Dec 2011 #36

Clowns have GOT to be on that list. Hugin Dec 2011 #26

sexist drivel Skittles Dec 2011 #27

thank you!!! dana_b Dec 2011 #33

Sexist crap. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #38

This promotes both misogynist and racist stereotypes. BlueIris Dec 2011 #40

Then don't read it. n/t formercia Dec 2011 #54

I am shocked something like this would be allowed to stand obamanut2012 Dec 2011 #41

Honestly, how is it any different??? really? it is about women seabeyond Dec 2011 #42

It's very disheartening, Seabeyond obamanut2012 Dec 2011 #44

mmm, ya. why so many men feel it is cute or acceptable to be so ugly to a whole gender seabeyond Dec 2011 #45

I read the whole thing obamanut2012 Dec 2011 #48

The entire site like is like that -- it's a glorified "slam book." rocktivity Dec 2011 #43

smart women dont like stupid lists. or people who feel compelled to make stupid lists La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #47

FYI formercia Dec 2011 #55

of all the responses here, yours lacks the most humor La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #56

11th turn off: women with ESP Bucky Dec 2011 #57

lol La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #58

ah ha. see, now, that is funny. nt seabeyond Dec 2011 #59

wrong place. du3 is hard for me, hitting the right post to reply to. nt seabeyond Dec 2011 #60

you are right. the new and improved du allows the sexist shit to stand. seabeyond Dec 2011 #61

Unrec made threads disappear? redqueen Dec 2011 #65

Well, I seriously doubt that you will ever be able to eat out in public again. Major Hogwash Dec 2011 #71

I've heard people say a lot worse. formercia Dec 2011 #77

I disagree with most of the list NewJeffCT Dec 2011 #63

WTF??? saras Dec 2011 #69

Would you like your Smelling Salts now, or later? formercia Dec 2011 #72

you post something really stupid and both genders agree. now, you insult women for the hell of it, seabeyond Dec 2011 #74

Why should I feel foolish? formercia Dec 2011 #75

Maybe we should refine this list to more practical things. RedCloud Dec 2011 #76