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It's the dunk tank.

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dunk tank because we're dunking on this lady's baby daddy

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[–] daisy@hexbear.net 104 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Ever have one of those "How the fuck am I still single, when this is my competition?!" moments?

[–] TupamarosShakur@hexbear.net 63 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Literally every time I read something like this

But then I remember I barely leave my house due to Covid, don’t really like meeting people or going out anyway, and the last relationship I was in we broke up because she held extremely bourgeois values and was an anticommunist. So sometimes the women are just as reactionary as the men, and also I do myself no favors being a crank shut in. So it actually makes complete sense why I’m single.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago

Crank shut-in volcel gang, we ~~out~~ in here.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Personally I think my problem is not replying to texts reliably, women seem to hate that

I know right everytime I go several months without talking to a woman the relationship is basically over

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Almost every goddamn day of my life, but I know the answer is that I don't put myself out there or make an effort to meet new people/potential love interests. I think I would make a good partner for someone, it's just a matter of actually seeking people out. Just sucks that guys are expected to make the first move most of the time and I'm terrible at gauging someone's interest in me.

[–] bigboopballs@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

same. but there is nowhere to "put myself out there" anyways, besides dating apps which don't work

[–] Candidate@hexbear.net 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It sure is very nice to be told that the bar is on the floor, when you still haven't managed to clear it.

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

The bar is on the floor when you're already dating that person.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Also with jobs

[–] KarlBarqs@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Every fucking day, doubled whenever I interact with cishet men yea

[–] Poogona@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Just waiting for that special lady who will see me in my stained hoodie (it has a hole and stretched out sleeve cuffs) and walk all the way to the edge of the room to greet me. She will have just come away from arguing with her slightly-less-politically coherent friends and will see that I am reading a book.

"I'm sorry, is that Grapes of Wrath?" she will ask me.

I will say that yes, it is, but I'm only reading it as a change of pace from my usual material. When she asks me what my usual is, I will lean in, and say softly, "animal facts."