I love the Ask The Red Pill subreddit so much. Because where else can you find questions like this?
Yes, dude, you’re allowed to tell a woman she’s hot while your penis is literally inside her. Jesus Christ.
These guys must be such a treat in bed.
(Oh and by the way, a “plate,” in Pickup-artist-speak, is someone you’re seeing casually, or a friend with benefits kind of thing.)
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@Lumipuna : never, because compliments is a 0 sum game. Like everything else for theses bozos.
They are here to have as much X as they can while giving as few X as they can. Replace X by self-esteem, pleasure, money, social validation, whatever you want.
“…talking to her casually.” Huh? IDK, but talking to someone while you’re fucking them is not casual conversation. Maybe I’m old-fashioned that way.
@Kevin; @Contrapangloss:
‘…fish sticks and custard…’ I think the Doctor may have moved on from that. Regeneration can do strange things to the appetite.
Thirteen keeps a custard-cream biscuit dispenser in her iteration of the TARDIS. And apparently they’ve consistently hated pears: https://www.inverse.com/article/39747-doctor-who-never-eat-pears-easter-egg-paul-cornell-david-tennant
(There used to be a couple British specialty groceries in my (U.S.) hometown; among the most popular items were jelly babies and Earl Grey tea—the latter famously a favorite of Star Trek’s Captain Picard. Sadly, I never did get around to trying a pork pie in honor of Hogswatch.)
@Lollypop:
The fact that AITA was written by a fully grown man blows my mind.
It was written by a petulant brat who has managed to exist for thirty years without growing the hell up.
@ full metal ox
There’s some similar stores in London. A lot of US groceries aren’t allowed to be sold here as food. They breach EU standards. So if you’re an ex-pat hankering for US Heinz ketchup or Twix or whatever, you have to buy them as Americana ‘novelty’ items!
This might all change after Brexit. There’s a lot of controversy over it. Which has all been summed up as “Chlorinated chickens!!!”
OT regarding Earl Grey Tea– Take this Moosewood recipe for mocha cake: https://www.recipebinder.co.uk/recipes/black-mocha-cake/
and sub out a cup of strongly-brewed Earl Grey for the coffee.
It is delicious. And if you make a sheet cake, top it with cream cheese frosting with a bit of orange extract in it.
@ nequam
Is Earl Grey ever off topic really?
But if you like cake recipes…
https://www.twinings.co.uk/blog?category=recipes-earlgrey
There’s also the recipe for something called London Fog. That’s a traditional London drink. That I’ve never met anyone in London who’s even heard of, let alone drunk.
Earl Grey is never off-topic. Although is it heresy to say I like lavender Earl Grey?
Adam, thank you for those links! I’m so disgusted by the constant wardrobe questions women have to field. Here’s Amal Cloony, top lawyer, but the media: wow fashion red coat OMG!!!!
I loved this quote from the 2nd article:
Ahem. Back on topic now.
@Kat, I see how you can get humour out of that experience, but also WTF?! What a pathetic person he must have been to say that to you. I’m sorry you had to deal with that.
Speaking of WTF, why did my phone correct Alan to Adam? I’m sorry Alan, my tech isn’t the brightest.
Earl grey chocolate cake does sound amazing. I might need to finally acquire a cake pan!
I really fucking hate all this “is it gay to…” bullshit.
Note to homophobic assholes everywhere: it absolutely is gay to ask if some random act is gay. It means that you, personally, are absolutely and unquestionably gay for the rest of eternity.
Can we be done now?
@bookworm in a hijab
Well my phone keeps trying to change “hijab” into “handjob” cause i type the word “handjob” more then “hijab” so there is that.
@Elaine
Might want to invest in a new keyboard app that isn’t so aggressive with autosuggest. I use Multiling O Keyboard for Android (I don’t know of an equivalent for iOS but I do know more recent iOS versions offer third party keyboard support) because it uses the old T9 layout I’ve become accustomed to. It may not be perfect with suggestions, but because it’s from a more independent developer, it doesn’t try to read into your habits and give you inaccurate and sometimes awkward autosuggest results like this.
I think it’s deemed “gay” for these guys for their hearts to ever soften for women they find attractive and express such. Quite depressing but we can’t ignore how harmful this is. Doesn’t help that patriarchal Christianity, capitalism and/or evopsych are incredibly instrumental in furthering these attitudes.
@Alan:
You can get a ‘London Fog’ at Tim Horton’s, of all places. Unsurprising, I guess, since the Twinings page says it was invented in Vancouver, B.C. Fundamentally it’s a latte using Earl Grey tea instead of coffee.
(Twinings was one of the first times I learned about Canadian labelling requirements, as I may have mentioned before: Twinings tins of loose tea get imported over here, but they have to have the French added afterwards, and so the licensed importer made labels that matched the colour and font of the rest of the tin. That was years ago, though, and these days Twinings North America has full printed bilingual tins specifically for the Canadian market.)
To answer the question in the OP, yes, it’s very gay to tell the woman you are having sex with she’s beautiful. It’s probably the gayest thing possible. Do you know who does that? Lesbians, lesbians do it and lesbians are gay thus people who do it do lesbian things which are gay things. It’s just logic. C’mon David, you should know that.
@ bookworm in hijab
No worries! Besides there are loads of cool Adams. Adam Ant; Frankenstein’s monster, Adam Hart-Davis….
(I had to struggle a bit for that third one!)
@ jenora
There’s a myth/rumour/whatever that Twinings provided funds to the American rebels.
Whatever the truth of the matter, the one tea they didn’t throw overboard at Boston was all the Twinings
I had a look on the Twinings site. They just mention the revolution in passing; although I find it interesting, and maybe relevant, that they use the phrase “The short-sighted high tax on tea”
Nailing their colours to the mast there a bit.
@Alan:
Hunh, I did not know that.
My understanding is that the whole ‘high taxes on tea’ at the time was more a dumbing-down for public consumption of a tariff structure that was pretty much protectionist policies for the East India Company, and was really hurting the local importers more than the general public. Depending on Twinings’ relationship with the East India Company, that might explain a few things.
ETA: The Wikipedia page says that the Twinings logo was created in 1787 and counts as the oldest corporate logo in continuous use. Now that’s an interesting bit of legal trivia.
@ jenora
Hmm, Richard Twining became a director of the EIC in 1789; and his first act was to ban directors from trading with India. Which seems an unusual step, bearing in mind the name of the company. You might be on to something!
As an aside, at the time of the revolution, the head of Twinings was Mary Twining. She ran the company for 21 years. Which was not exactly common at the time.
ETA: That is a useful bit of trivia for me. When I’m blabbering on about IP I uses Bass Breweries as the oldest example of a still in use trademark; but I’ll drop in that fact now!
@ginger:
You’re correct: it’s formal conversation. Using the correct form of address during sex is essential: “madam” will normally suffice, but be sure to use “professor”, “your excellency”, or “your royal highness” when appropriate. And don’t neglect foreplay: a firm handshake or formal bow works wonders.
@LollyPop:
30 year old guy, dating 21 year old woman, sounds like he wants to alienate her from her friends… seems to me she should run, not walk, away from that relationship ASAP.
@ Moggie,
After all, it’s “voulez-vous coucher avec moi”! Very formal!
@Alan:
Hey, I’m from Canada, and while the Hudson’s Bay Company might not be Canadian-owned anymore, it’s still about to celebrate its 350th birthday, having been founded May 2nd, 1670.
I think at this point it’s fair to say that “gay” has taken on the meaning of “unmanly / weak” in the misogynosphere, similar to how it took on the meaning of “stupid / undesirable” for awhile among younger millennials / older gen Z.
You “couldn’t help but compliment her physique”? No, it was within your power to not compliment her. The fact that you did compliment her makes you a simp.
Also, your humble-brag is false from beginning to end. That makes you a liar.
I am proud of the people who commented/voted on that who unanimously said, yes, he ITA and encouraged the woman (if she’s reading) to get out of the relationship ASAP. Hopefully she was, or at least maybe he’ll break up with her and she’ll be free.
@Nequam: brilliant! (Or, to stay on a topic, Fantastic!) I often see recipes that look great until I get to where they ruin a perfectly good dessert by adding gross, bitter coffee. But I always have Earl Gray to hand (even before Picard made it famouser). Perhaps I will be more patriotic and use Twinings.
@Bookworm: can you please tell me how to address the women stuck behind the immodest husbands? Like, a term a married woman would use to another one, specifically womanly. So I’d glare at him, and as she and the kids followed, I’d say the equivalent of “hello, other married woman” and smile.