So the high school freshman who calls himself Bostonian42 is thinking ahead to college. And he’s got questions. Well, actually just one question, which he’s asking people about every college he’s interested in: is this college full of sluts? Because if it is, he wants none of it.
Here he is, inquiring about Dartmouth:
He’s posted similar comments for eight other colleges.
Sounds like he may want to avoid whatever college it is that Amanda here is going to. (See here for more from this inadvertantly hilarious comic book.)
(Thanks to @MaraWritesStuff on Twitter for alerting the world to Boston42’s noble quest.)
(Oh, and I guess I’m back to posting again, though my posts may be a little light for awhile.)
I normally watch videos with the sound off, btw, and I am trying not to do that with the videos I post so that I don’t post anything terrible. I don’t always remember to unmute them, though. If I post something without a warning that needs one, please let me know.
@ some gal
It was a cute cat <3 I normally have the sound of on cute animal videos too, though on the one I posted I turned it on beforehand, but the person talking was talking quietly so I may've missed something when I did it :/ *sighs* Why can't people keep their ablism out of our cute cat videos.
@gillian
yeah, guess it makes sense that they either didn’t think it through or think that men are so specially snowflakey us poor womenz (and people of other genders, if those exist in creepy rapey guys universe) should just have to suck it up. It’s stuff like this that really just wants to make me say I hate men. I mean, I know they’re so many nice ones out there it’s just… grr.
Anyway, you guys feel free to tell me if my ranting starts grating your nerves, I’m just grumpy and caffeinated* today. :/
*I’m almost always caffeinated.
@Marie
I watched it again after I posted and the guy doesn’t use the word in the video (just the description smh, which I normally don’t see on mobile anyway). There was another really cute one of a cat in a sink and the owner turned the water on and the cat just sat there, drinking the water, getting soaked. Awesome cute kitty behavior and the whole video ends up making me sad because she has to call the cat a r****d at the end.
The cat looked just like my cat too.
@Gillian:
I also believe that’s the case most of the time. But I even have to defend him a bit here, though he doesn’t argue for the “logical conclusion” preventive detention, at least he says something: “But women completely unleashed from all societal restrictions will more or less turn into cavewomen and make horrifically bad choices, the result being a sexual dystopia that looks like some sort of a jungle.
What is the solution? THERE IS NONE! I am afraid. People are always asking me what the solution is. So many times, there is none. There’s no solution to this shit. This situation is obviously less than ideal for many millions of adults, male and female included. But once you let the genie out, it’s hard to put it back in.”
So we are doomed (in a jungle full of cavewomen)!
@Marie:
Well… 🙁 I personally don’t find myself even remotely represented by what they say about men.
(I hope I don’t start to sound like GlennP, but because the way you phrase what you said I would guess you’re more likely asexual / aromantic or lesbian.)
shiOres: Yeah, I think you may’ve stepped over the line there at the end. No, you’re not represented by what these asshats say about men; neither am I. Declaring so is not only reasonable, but actually helps fight against the ‘boys will be boys’ mantra that feeds into so much of bullying, harassment and rape-culture mindsets. But you should definitely avoid overanalyzing something like a rage-post on a thread like this. Some days, some of the stuff here makes me vaguely ashamed to BE a man (even though, again, I don’t indulge in this crap); I can’t blame some of the women here if they feel negatively towards anyone who identifies as such while spouting this horseshit.
@ShiOres Seriously, WTF?
@shiOres
Like I said, I know intellectually there are plenty of good men out there, I just sometimes have a bad time feeling it. On one hand, this site and the internet expose me to a lot more jerkass men than non-internet, but I also meet better ones here, I think almost every man I’ve met in person that I know enough I can make that judgement non-internet is at least some misogynist.
I’m also curious where you got I was asexual/aromatic/lesbian. I mean, I know I tend to mention it a lot here*, since I’m annoying XD but I’m curious what I said that came across that way.
*being a lesbian. I’m not the other two
Hey, ShiOres: Protip, don’t speculate as to people’s orientations here. Not on.
@ ShiOres
Nah, that bit at the end was just sort of annoying. The bit where you really jumped the shark was this.
Especially given that the quote that follows doesn’t actually make him look any better.
Man, somehow I missed the I have to defend him a little bit. 🙁 Though I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt for the moment because I think I just made an ass of myself in the other thread.
@ShiOres Not only is that quote more or less ridiculous as an example of “saying something” meaningful, when you find yourself feeling the need to “defend” either the ideas or the turd himself, just stop. Otherwise you may not recognize the fact, but you’re giving a pretty good example of what people are finding so very problematic.
The only way the quote sounds sensible is if you believe that people are entitled to relationships (nope), and women’s current sexual behavior is objectively appalling (nope), and has deprived millions of men and women (nice that he threw that bit in there in a failed attempt to seem less sexist, but nope) of relationships (which again is only objectively terrible if you think relationships are a thing people are entitled to).
So yeah, if that’s what you consider worth defending? You have a lot of unfortunate assumptions to unpack and take a closer look at.
That gives a whole new meaning to “WAGONS, HO!”
You might have put a Coffee Warning on that!
Damaged souls?
::does quick check::
::asks French person his opinion::
Nope, it seems intact. And I must be a slutty hypergamous slutsovich ‘cos I’ve sexed it up with an ex-king, not with a Worthy MRA/NiceGuy(TM)/PUA/whatever.
But if it’s soles we’re talking about, well, that’s another matter. I blame the parks.
I spent a lot of time feeling like that from reading the news and from seeing the rampant misogyny online. Ironically, Manboobz has made me feel a lot better: not because of the douches David writes about, but because of being in contact with the fellers who are regulars here. It’s a restorative. Like kitties. 🙂 ::waves madly at entire Manboobz crowd::
@ShiOres
Sometimes I get so fed up with this type of shit that I say “I hate men.” It doesn’t say anything about my sexuality that I sometimes feel that way.
It is seriously gross to be guessing other people’s sexualities anyway. Marie can share (and has I believe), but otherwise it is none if your fucking business.
I also don’t really understand what you are defending in the slut-shaming post either (which is a slightlydifferent conversation than the slavering beasts discussion, I believe). That is a minor thing compared to what you did to Marie, though. Seriously awful.
Another assumption that needs some unpacking – lesbians are lesbians because they hate men, so if a lesbian says she hates men, oh well, makes sense.
No. Lesbians are not lesbians because they hate men, they are lesbians because they love and/or want to fuck women. Their sexuality has nothing to do with men at all.
@CassandraSays
The flipside of those assumptions also sucks. Am I supposed to be more okay with patriarchal bullshit because I wanna get some? Because I like sex with men, I am supposed to forgive male assholes more readily than someone who doesn’t?
There is a ton of bullshit crammed into that sort of guessing.
Yeah, that comment was an onion of fail – you peel off one layer and there’s far more underneath.
*guilty giggles*
I wasn’t thinking about it that much because it doesn’t bug me. :/ Good to keep in mind for future reference though.
yup.
cassandra says is right, it is kind of like an onion.
“It is seriously gross to be guessing other people’s sexualities anyway. ”
They do exactly that at MIT and other colleges. I have to add that it’s not mandatory, still I think, if you don’t to answer, that’s also an information about you.
“Another assumption that needs some unpacking – lesbians are lesbians because they hate men, so if a lesbian says she hates men, oh well, makes sense.
No. Lesbians are not lesbians because they hate men, they are lesbians because they love and/or want to fuck women. Their sexuality has nothing to do with men at all.”
But the reverse of that assumption, that straight women are problematic for feminism, is surprisingly common again and not some old second wave idea. As with most “old chestnuts” (like the “man-hating feminist” which is proven by the comments here again) also that one turns out to be more like an eternal truth.
Julie Bindel said in 2009:
“I also suspect that it is very difficult to spend your daily life fighting against male violence, only to share a bed with a man come the evening.”
and
“Then there’s the fact that working with women towards a common goal means you develop a strong and passionate bond with them – why some feminists then block out the possibility of sexual relationships with their political sisters and instead turn to men for intimacy is beyond me.”
Sexual orientation is suddenly changeable? Liberal logic strikes again!
The thread-jumping trolls are the worst.
Seriously, Some Gal.
Anyone here know any man-hating feminists? Raise your hands! ::crickets::
Is that MIT thing supposed to be some sort of gotcha? You know, because MIT depends on Manboobz commenters to design their demographics surveys? Or whatever it is he’s referencing? I don’t have a clue tbh.
I’m starting to think we need the old kids TV thing where when someone says something stupid the audience can hit their buzzers and drop the dumbass into a bucket of slime.
Stupid troll is stupid. Booooring.
If they’re asking, it’s not really guessing. Not that the fact that MIT does it is automatically supposed to make it ok.
So surprising, you’d be surprised to hear this, even if you’re a feminist!
One comment from one feminist does not a “surprisingly common idea” make.
Not to mention, you also seemed to skip the part in that article where Bindel mentions there has been a lot of backlash among other feminists to her ideas (plus the documented backlash in the comments). It might not be “uncommon” (as in, it has happened) for some feminists to suggest as Bindel does, but in my experience it’s plenty more common for oodles of feminists to reject the idea that we need yet MORE people telling women what to do with their lives and bodies, who to fuck and who not to fuck. There’s plenty of that already.