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is the bar that low? :brow:

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[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 68 points 11 months ago

My wife said what made her consider a first date with me was that when she said she was unemployed because of disability my next question wasn't about that, but what she likes to do for fun. That was it. I didn't ask prying personal questions within the first 5 minutes of matching with her and she was like "wow how considerate lets give this one a chance".

[–] Angel@hexbear.net 60 points 11 months ago (3 children)

On a somewhat similar subject, you know what's fucked up? I was interacting with this weirdo online who asked me why I'm a feminist, but here's the catch: he assumed that I'm a cisgender man in the process for some reason. In no way, shape, or form did I even indicate that I am a cis man.

Simply put, I explained to him some very surface-level ideologically feminist shit about seeing a lot of value in advocating for women's rights and tearing down the construct of patriarchy as a whole, and with that assumption that I am a cis man saying these things, he baselessly accused me of only saying that to try to "simp" for women and supporting feminism with ulterior motives to have sex with them.

Two points:

  1. That assumption is so wrong that it's laughable; I'm a transfeminine non-binary person who could directly benefit from the abolition of patriarchy as an individual.
  2. It scares the shit out of me that, even if I were a cis man, the only way this asshole could interpret someone being a male feminist is the automatic assumption that they are pretending to be so just to exploit women for sex. This is actually concerning (and obviously projection) because it shows that there are men who'd go as far to believe that it's out of the perception of a man to simply just support feminism for the sake of agreeing with it ideologically, like "You think women should have rights? No way a man could possibly ever think that! You're just hoping they'll sleep with you for saying that!"
[–] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 50 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, I read posts online about guys lying about their awful politics to women sometimes and it grosses me out.

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 44 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah this has to be extremely prevalent. Whenever I see a couple whose socio-political beliefs are counter to each other, I wonder how anyone could spend their lives with people who ideologically hate them…

It would make sense that it was a bait and switch and sunken cost kicked in. “Stay together for the kids” type situations or worse.

[–] Angel@hexbear.net 37 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I absolutely have no idea how these people make it work. I couldn't date anyone to the right of democratic socialism, and even that may be being generous. Truly revolutionary, radical leftists are obviously what I'm hoping for.

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[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago

Your second point is so good.

It starts before you can even read. Even as a wee lad I remember any time I interacted with girls, my parents or some other parents would make a stupid comment about us dating. This shit happened all the way through high school. I never understood it, like why can't I just be friends with them?

Then the majority of those wee lads grow up into men that have known women as nothing more than some thing to be acquired.

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

Well, the second point exists because there ARE men that solely support women's rights because they want to have casual sex with them. I know, I've met them in bars and it is pretty clear their support for women's liberation is literally only skin deep, as in they only seek women's sexual liberation so that more women will want to have sex with them. It's somewhere in the line of 'All women are either whores or angels', and they are looking to create more angels (women who want to sleep with them).

Now, that being said, these kinds of guys are pretty few and far between, but are seen as ubiquitous and constant voices driving the discourse within media (see South Park, Metalocalypse, and multiple sitcoms such as Two and a Half Men or 30 Rock). I'd go so far as to say that for the past 30 years or so, that has been the mainstream and online comedy trope about male feminists. Once again, people have mistaken the heightened voice of a media archetype written primarily by non-feminist voices as feminist. Literally mixing up reality and media fantasy.

Edit: It's not nearly as prevalent as 'guy who completely misrepresents his politics to his girlfriend', but that rarely gets talked about.

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[–] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 52 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

When my friend, his kids and I were out getting groceries, an older woman asked my friend "Are you babysitting today?" They answered "I'm a dad, I'm parenting" in a way that made it clear that this was not the first time they've been asked this (they confirmed it was fairly common actually). I asked some of my other guy friends if they got that question before too, and they all said yes, at least once. The bar does not get higher after marriage/kids culturally

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[–] someone@hexbear.net 50 points 11 months ago

I've had good results on dating app profiles by simply saying that I will (a) never talk about my car, and (b) never interrupt my date when they're talking. Low bar indeed.

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 50 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I thought all the Jordon Paederson garbage at least taught dipshits to clean their mess

[–] booty@hexbear.net 38 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

it tells them they're supposed to. but they seem to treat those rules the same way christians treat jesus's teachings. "oh thats a nice ideal to aspire to, if only i were the perfect human maybe i could suck less than i do now"

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[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 49 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the bar is so fucking low and men cant be bothered to do the bare minimum, and then they go online and cry about how: "womenz bad"

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

shit then me being essentially a boy-maid gives me pretty good chances huh

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Good chances to get women too

[–] Gorb@hexbear.net 46 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you're clean, chill and can take care of yourself you've already cleared the bar that was buried under the floor.

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 11 months ago

Wow. Maybe I should give dating a try. I guess...

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm here to kick bubble gum and chew ass

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[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

is the bar that low?

the bar is not even on the iceberg chart

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 11 months ago

Thanks for translating into zoomerish, I didn't know what the others meant by "hell" 🙏

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 39 points 11 months ago

That's... not even as low as the bar goes. Just existing and taking out the trash is often enough.

Everything is fucked.

[–] HexBeara@hexbear.net 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Literally the 🐻 minimum

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

The hexbear-retro minimum.

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

women often make worse decisions than this cartoonist wants to think

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 35 points 11 months ago

In my last year of dating, every woman I've spoken to has effectively said the same thing: "The bar is in hell".

As long as you are kind and clean, you can almost certainly get a few dates. Not to say that every woman will jump at you, but those two things mean you've got a good shot at a date or two.

[–] the_itsb@hexbear.net 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes.

I found one that did all this but also worked at a library and was handy and had his own tools, so I kept him!

(He has many other virtues of course, but these were the ones that most impressed all the women I knew at the time.)

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[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If you're looking for a roommate then sure this is accurate I guess. But love and romance is a lot more complicated than that. Doing the things listed in this meme is not going to make someone fall in love with you immediately, and you shouldn't expect it to, it's just part of being a self sufficient person. Sure it can be the icing on the cake, or the reason someone may consider dating you over people who don't do these things, and can be a sign of caring and respect that allows love to grow over the long term, but there needs to be done kind of initial spark, attraction or romantic connection. Without that, this just makes you a good roommate.

Also, people (including women obviously) are prepared to deal with a lot of nonsense and what would usually be unacceptable behaviour when it comes from someone that they love and have a connection/chemistry with. If you're young, you'll see this a lot as you get older, and many times it's not worth the trouble to try advise someone to leave their terrible partner, you'll end up being seen as the bad person.

Then there's obviously the conditioning we all go under in living under patriarchy that conditions men and women to behave in certain ways and perform certain tasks. Women aren't a monolith, and there are absolutely women out there (usually socially conservative and religious) who will look down on a man for doing what they view as "women's work". But I guess most people on this website aren't interested in that kind of old fashioned relationship dynamic, and for good reason. I certainly would not want to be in that kind of relationship.

Not a lady though, just my two cents based on what I've seen and experienced as a bisexual man.

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[–] Egon@hexbear.net 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I once dated a smoking hot model way out of my league. What made her give me a chance was that I was the first masc person not to ask her about her buzz cut.

This happened to me two different times.

The bar is in hell

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 27 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I came a long way on the dishes, i fucking hate doing dishes

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[–] Frank@hexbear.net 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The bar is so low satan would need a backhoe to dig it out.

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[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ladies, sometimes I even change the bed sheets too 😎 😘

[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ladies, is this true?

what do you think based on what you have observed and experienced?

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I barely leave the house. I'm kind of a shut in. A weirdly hygienic and caring for himself shut in.

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[–] Titou@hexbear.net 24 points 11 months ago

Sadly such standards we should all agree with became so rare that when it happen we're surprised.

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

When not cheating and taking out the trash is the bar, I start to wonder why I even wash my ass…

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 11 months ago

I ain't eatin' an unwashed ass ew :disgost:

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