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.)
So it was even LESS of his business since he didn’t have a dog in that race … lol though, maybe he was peeved you were distracting boys he was keen on!
In situations like that I get really snarky.
“Oh, I’m sorry that you don’t feel like you’re allowed to say no to sex once the person you’re making out with is turned on, but I’m not sure how putting me in the same position would make things any easier for you.”
And then watch him make himself look terrible when he tries to explain that no, actually he feels that the dudes he makes out with owe him sex.
I’m terrible at flirting, and I never know when people fancy me either.
Plus, who defines what flirting is anyway?
As near as I can tell, flirting is being witty near other people where you like them and they like you back. It’s showing appreciation and attention, with some teasing involved in a “getting to know you” capacity. I quite enjoy it when I’m comfortable with people.
Ideally flirting is a way to let someone know that you’re interested without clubbing them over the head with said interest or making them uncomfortable. So think of it as the exact opposite of what PUAs do.
Funny thing is, being witty around other people when we like each other is what my friends and I, and even my workmates and I, do all the time. It’s liking and appreciation, some banter, definitely, but friendship, not flirting.
Brilliant.
Flirting is fun. I have a few friends who flirt constantly. It is just for fun.
Flirting is nice because often compliments are part of the game. Sometimes it is just matching wits.
I don’t think just being witty is flirting, flirting carries a definite hint of sexual or romantic interest. Witty people are usually better flirts, but I think that’s just a matter of social skills and/or a great personality being useful in many different contexts.
Sorry I’m late to the party.
I see my fellow Los Angelinos have already chimed in, so I’ll be brief.
They were kidding son. Los Angeles is warm and yet not one here wears revealing attire. Yessiree, no one wears shorts or skirts or tight pants or light gauge fabrics or clingy fabrics or anything like that…
In fact my wife wears a military uniform…very conservative…Ok the skirt might be non-regulation and the riding crop is definitely non-regulation, but it is very, very, very, …
I’m sorry what was I talking about?
Should probably skip away from Denmark too – the legal drinking age is 16 and the legal age limit of consenting adults, sex wise, is 15.
I think I’ve never found a toilet without a condom dispenser… And everyone’s a tall, fit warm blooded viking analogue. Just streets absolutely full of ’em. Happiest country in the world, too, and we all know what happy people get up to!
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aworldanonymous: We all have things we wish we could be doing if we weren’t so much ourselves. The “What would I do in the matrix, if knowledge instantly appeared in my head and this thing that is part of my personality disappeared” is pretty normal. I’m sure you’ll manage to meet people, and you probably have already – so just… when you feel comfortable, talk to them, and indicate your general willingness to engage in fun times. It sounds blinkered and simplistic… because it is. q:
ROFL joanimal, you are a wicked, wicked man.
It’s not just Chicago and Milwaukee. The whole of the heartland is out too Bostonian.
Y’see, we have a lot of time and not much to do. So…. yeah, let your chaste imagination wander.
Also there’s farm animals. Lots of farm animals.
Love it. Would someone please do Dartmouth College Academics a favor and show him the college where beautiful co-eds are all holding out for him and would never in a million years date anyone else? Thank you. The kid probably has enough difficulties just getting through the day, he needs help with this one.
I think Cthulhu’s Intern is right. Basically ALL of Pennsylvania is just a giant slut factory. East, West, North, South, ALL of it. May as well just steer clear of the entire state, kid.
Truthfully, I’m pretty sure my undergrad alma matter would probably be perfect for this kid aside from the fact that it’s religiously affiliated. I mean, yes there were “sluts” (as in, women who weren’t saving themselves for Bostonian42) but it was also pretty rife with rape culture bullshit narratives, there were lots of people who delighted in shaming women for all sorts of supposedly unsavory behavior, and a dry campus in a dry town to boot. I’m willing to bet they still do the “fun” (not) little story at orientation every year, the gist of which is, “Don’t get date raped your fist night on campus, ladies! Everyone will say it’s your fault and call you a slut and the administration and counselling centers will do absolutely NOTHING for you and you will have to transfer because you will have no friends and you will hate yourself. Welcome to College!”
But yeah, the hell if I’m going to push yet another judgmental little snot into my alma matter. It’s got problematic problems from here to the sky, but I’d like for it to get better, not worse.
Totally late to the party.
Just want to add that Florida is full of trashy, slutty sluts who dress slutty all year round. Because when I move there once we’re done with the army in 3 years, I don’t want to risk running into that kid. And I second Chicago being full of sluts. That’s where I’m from and I got pregnant BEFORE I was married! There’s proof Chicago has sluts! I’m one of them!
He could come to Arizona but we do have Vegas fairly close by and I heard that they have some inappropriate behavior occasionally. So he might still get slut cooties.
Tennessee is the buckle of the Bible Belt, and as is widely known, there’s a correlation between having a conservative Christian family and being a teen mother in the States.
You get what I’m saying? Not only will our Vol girls slut you up, Bostonian42, they’ll do it and AT LAST GET THE BABY THEY DESERVE and then guess who’s on the hook?
I think Bostonian42 should stick with interacting with people online. I would guess he is even creepier in person where it is harder to escape his creepiness. Maybe an online college? It is harder to learn about fellow students’ sex lives that way, I would guess. I hate to inflict him on anybody, but he’s bound to end up somewhere. An online school seems like if would mitigate the harm to others.
(Somebody on this thread may have already come across with this solution; if so, please forgive.)
You know, this fellow’s problem can be solved. All-male seminaries (and kindred institutions) are growing rarer than they once were, but they still exist. Has our friend thought about attending one of those? He won’t have to worry about what attitude the women have if there aren’t any women around. The Catholic priesthood, to name just one example, is currently begging for candidates, and I’m sure they’d be delighted to take the Bostonian on. True, that’s kind of a big commitment, but the sacerdotal style of life would not flourish as it has if there were no takers and if it suited absolutely no-one. So my suggestion is, he should give it some serious thought. Maybe that’s the path in life he’s been waiting to take.
He should also probably avoid the UK. Not because it’s full of sluts, we just don’t want him.
@ostara321
you’re college sounds kind of icky :/ At least the orientation.
@CassandraSays: No coffee? At a university? Were they INSANE? At my campus the coffee-accessibility was Super Serious Business, and raising of the prices was likely to spark minor revolts among the student body.
Then again, I live in a country with insanely high coffee consumption (almost twice that of the US per citizen). To the point where my granddad had to have coffee right before going to bed to avoid the nasty withdrawal symptoms and my junior high students buying coffee in the school cafeteria.
And all that coffee makes us manically slutty. Yes. (Wait, do I really have to exaggerate Sweden’s reputation for being a slutty place of slutty sluts? Admittedly, I’d like to avoid having this kid within our borders, so here it goes…) Our age of consent is 15. Sex-ed is comprehensive and mandatory. We censor violence more than sex. We have no age-limit for porn. 54.2% of all kids are born out of wedlock. I’m fairly sure all universities and most high schools can and do provide students with free condoms in some capacity. So, dear Bostonian42, keep far, far away, lest our slutty ways pollute your epic chastity.
+1ing Motty. I think this is the one anti-immigrant cause I can get behind.
I think the fact that Sweden is supposedly a feminist utopia will be enough to keep Bostonian far far away.