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  1. Comment on The big little penis panic in ~life.men

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    100% to everything but just emphasizing this point to. Like, shitty people are shitty so stop being around them It makes me think of the red pill/PUA community, who would use vapid techniques for...

    There's a level of immaturity there that I escape with age now, but also I just refuse to be around shitty people.

    100% to everything but just emphasizing this point to. Like, shitty people are shitty so stop being around them

    It makes me think of the red pill/PUA community, who would use vapid techniques for vapid reasons was only able to attract vapid women...and their takeaway is that all women are vapid rather than that "seduction techniques" are terrible if you actually want a good partner

    Male stuff is just a harder issue for me because it annoys me how much crying there is about how there are no male spaces or male support groups and such...and as someone who has been a part of many/tried to start them and they all fall a part because of lack of participation, it's hard not to be bitter with "well where the fuck were you?"

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  2. Comment on The big little penis panic in ~life.men

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    I mean as an elder millennial all my friends were definitely lying about how big their penises were. Honestly that's where I started having anxiety about my penis, before easily accessible porn...

    I mean as an elder millennial all my friends were definitely lying about how big their penises were. Honestly that's where I started having anxiety about my penis, before easily accessible porn was even a thing.

    Male self reported penis size is just like self reported height size, fabricated.

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  3. Comment on The big little penis panic in ~life.men

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    This is what really gets me. I've been too big for a couple of women (because vaginas are also different sizes) and it's not a good time for anybody involved. I would HATE to have a porn size...

    If anything, the bigger guys can make it painful at times

    This is what really gets me. I've been too big for a couple of women (because vaginas are also different sizes) and it's not a good time for anybody involved. I would HATE to have a porn size penis.

    It really is funny how much toxic masculinity gets pointed as coming from women by some men, when most women don't actually care about it. Not to say no woman cares about those things (eg size queens certainly exist), but it's a subset and the ones barking about it are other men.

    It's especially funny of how they turn stuff women care about as "only other women care about that" as if stuff men care about isn't stuff only other men care about.

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  4. Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk

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    I didn't watch Star Wars until I was almost 30 (movies as a kid were mostly limited to the one shelf of rentable movies at Albertsons that never changed), and it's so clearly aimed at children...

    I didn't watch Star Wars until I was almost 30 (movies as a kid were mostly limited to the one shelf of rentable movies at Albertsons that never changed), and it's so clearly aimed at children from the get-go. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I still watch DBZ to this day...but I know it's a kids show.

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  5. Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk

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    It really is funny how the defender awkwardly looks around for the flag instead of celebrating until he gets to his teammates celebrating. IIRC he even admitted after the game to purposely trying...

    It really is funny how the defender awkwardly looks around for the flag instead of celebrating until he gets to his teammates celebrating.

    IIRC he even admitted after the game to purposely trying to get a flag on the play to stop the TD? Really is an insane no-call

    I try to give a lot of leeway in esque of "don't attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"...but greed would be the appropriate word over malice in this situation, and greed exploits that leeway a lot.

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  6. Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk

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    I don't necessarily buy into #1. That said, the 2 point conversation failure overturned in the Rams/Seahawks game was all kind of wtf? Like, I get it's the "right" call...but that was some...

    I don't necessarily buy into #1.

    That said, the 2 point conversation failure overturned in the Rams/Seahawks game was all kind of wtf? Like, I get it's the "right" call...but that was some selective enforcement there considering it wasn't challenged by either of the teams. When you just randomly call down and say "let's re-look at this specific play", while letting other plays that could be turned over stand all the time, it's hard not to think "why this specific play?"

    Then add on the fact that it was someone working for the broadcast that phoned in to do the replay and it's all kinds of messy. Especially when going back to "why this specific play?" and the broadcast wanting that specific play which would tie the game late to be looked at again...

    So I don't necessarily buy into it, but I certainly ain't buying out of it.

    I do very much buy into league rigging when it comes to the NBA though. And there's a lotttttt more credence to it considering the whole Tim Donaghy betting scandal and Scott Foster still being an official. It's why I think they don't do anything about flopping either, because it makes it easier to call/no-call plays.

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  7. Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk

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    I'm confused by this subthread as a whole. What makes any number aesthetically pleasing? Like even in the original comment I see no difference between 545860 and 115167

    I'm confused by this subthread as a whole. What makes any number aesthetically pleasing? Like even in the original comment I see no difference between 545860 and 115167

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  9. Comment on 'The Boys' has ended. What are your thoughts? in ~tv

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    It's crazy how one of the compliments of the early seasons was that it severely toned down the comics...then for some reason they decided to go after just shock value like the comics

    It's crazy how one of the compliments of the early seasons was that it severely toned down the comics...then for some reason they decided to go after just shock value like the comics

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  10. Comment on What's your favorite personal gaming memory? in ~games

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    Ha that is a great way to put it. It was crazy how many were popping up in the 00s. The only other one I can remember playing off the top of my head, besides WoW and FFXI, was Ragnarok Online....

    Basically "chasing the tail of the MMO dragon."

    Ha that is a great way to put it. It was crazy how many were popping up in the 00s. The only other one I can remember playing off the top of my head, besides WoW and FFXI, was Ragnarok Online. Which still looks like it's around crazy enough, that's gotta be pushing 25 years. But like you said there was definitely a lot of others mixed in there that didn't stick around.

    Never played UO but definitely heard a lot about it. Same with Everquest aka Evercrack. Crazy how hardcore MMORPGs were back in the day. But even with that, I have heard a LOT of good things about FFXIV.

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  11. Comment on 'The Boys' has ended. What are your thoughts? in ~tv

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    I'm curious which scene you're talking about? It's been way too long for me to remember. I'm guessing the Herogasm scene?

    I'm curious which scene you're talking about? It's been way too long for me to remember. I'm guessing the Herogasm scene?

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  12. Comment on 'The Boys' has ended. What are your thoughts? in ~tv

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    S1 is very likely my favorite season of any show all time. Was telling anyone who'd listen they needed to check it out. Thought it was going to be a modern day Watchmen, where it was going to be a...

    S1 is very likely my favorite season of any show all time. Was telling anyone who'd listen they needed to check it out. Thought it was going to be a modern day Watchmen, where it was going to be a lot less "parody super hero show" and a lot more about how fascists the concept of Ubermenschen are and commentary on how a capitalistic, celebrity-driven society gives them power.

    But like @Wafik (edit: and it turns out a lot of others in this thread lol), I dropped the show after Season 3

    I thought S2 was a drop off from S1 but was still fine, but I rolled my eyes at the "girl power" scene. It basically became "The Boys vs MCU, who did it better" and I don't think being compared to the MCU is a good thing. Like I said I'm not interested in watching a Deadpool knockoff, and that's basically what the show became.

    I though the start of S3 was really strong. But the end of it is what swore me off from the show. A big reason I liked the show so much was how much tension was created in S1. But I've come to learn just how many shows abuse that - start the show off being incredible tense, but then never actually have any pay off for that tension again after the start. The fact that absolutely nothing happened at the end of S3 showed that it was just another product that wasn't going to lose characters. IIRC the only two people that died at this point was Black Noir (a background character that all we knew about was that Homelander respected him...then never got the payoff on why) and Solider Boy (who was introduced just that season). And hell from the little I've seen both of those characters are back anyway? Going straight up Marvel.

    It's so hard to take any scene seriously when you know nothing is absolutely going to happen. I stopped there because it was a lesson I learned from GoT - that scene where Arya gets stabbed after being a dumb and is then just magically okay the next episode showed how little respect the writers had for the audience. The second they stop respected you is the second it's time to quit the show. While I'm not the biggest fan of Breaking Bad, it's very much what it does right: keep the tension throughout the entire run.

    It also bothered me how much the show became a lot less a critique on society and a lot more of satirical political commentary. I thought how on the nose it was was insulting, and that if you're adjusting your output to the lowest common denominator than it's not something I'm going to continue to be interested in. I also think satire generally does the opposite of what it's setting out to do, by giving it attention that isn't outright negative (since it's at best making light of the situation by turning it humorous, and at worst giving something for supporters to be turned on by)

    I was still hopeful that there'd be a reason to check out the rest once it was finished, but I'm glad with the choice I made. It really is a massive problem with television, how much is just made up as it goes along instead of understanding what story you're trying to tell from the beginning. It's all Lost again and again. I think what also gets ignored is how much writers change in TV shows...like yeah, obviously it's going to change if the people writing it are different. Woo for miniseries who actually get it right lol

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  13. Comment on What's your favorite personal gaming memory? in ~games

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    FFXI was my first MMORPG, and just plain experiencing the world is so memorable. First loading into the game and exploring the starting city of San d'Oria (with heavy overlap of Smashing Pumpkins...

    FFXI was my first MMORPG, and just plain experiencing the world is so memorable. First loading into the game and exploring the starting city of San d'Oria (with heavy overlap of Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream, as I got both the game and that CD for Christmas that year); first time exiting the city and killing mobs; getting a group together to make the impossible trek to Jeuno; taking an airship to Kazham; getting to Sky; so on and so forth. Every new area was just so special and came with it's own hardships to conquer.

    There was also then having awesome accomplishments in the game; I joined the top NA guild of the server (and one of the top in the world) and eventually became the main tank as a Warrior - which was considering the worst class at the time, but then us OGs showed how it was actually one of the best because it could be a tank taking barely any damage (using Ninja as a sub) with comparable damage output to the DPSes (previously the meta focused on Paladin's being pure meat shields, which meant harder to keep alive, taking longer to the kill HNMs [more likely to wipe], and harder to keep hate). Was also a huge deal when I got all the rarest equipment in the game, though that was really the start of me falling out of love for the game - had nothing else to strive for, and in the end getting the rare stuff didn't really change anything.

    The world was just so big and so cool, and just such an amazing place to escape too. And the fact you couldn't do anything by yourself, everything had to be done with a party, meant there was such a heavy social aspect to the game. I understand why the WoW model changed things, but I do think there was a lot benefits to the old MMORPG style of needing other people to do even simple things. Though what the WoW model DEFINITELY got right was instances, holy shit having to wait around in a 6 hour window waiting for a mob to spawn was so dumb in retrospect. But then again, going back to the social aspect, it's hard to call it a waste of time...it was hanging out with friends for hours on end.

    I can't ever play a MMORPG again - I only found it fun as an escape, and now can't help but feel it's wasted time. But it was still special. Not just gaming wise, life wise. Definitely a reason MMORPGs lead to so many of people favorite memories of gaming lol

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  14. Comment on What's something you've moved on from? in ~talk

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    Media consumption as a whole. I used to be an avid reader, always had music playing with some new hipster album, and kept up with the critical darling indie movies each year. In terms of TV shows...

    Media consumption as a whole.

    I used to be an avid reader, always had music playing with some new hipster album, and kept up with the critical darling indie movies each year. In terms of TV shows I used to just mostly watch way too much anime until Game of Thrones, and then got more into 'normal' American shows with streaming becoming a bigger thing and quality getting better.

    Lot of reasons. One is just fatigue. It's one thing to be young and have a "to read/watch/whatever" list to get to eventually. Part of getting old is understanding only so much time to do things, and it's something I don't really care to put that much time into anymore when other things have more long-term benefits. There's also just so much content now that it's hard to keep up with. And GoT burned me so bad I really don't care to follow anything that's currently being released (House of Cards was another one that got me really into TV shows and equally burned me on becoming terrible), and only interested in consuming things that are finished and proven to be good throughout.

    Part of it as well is that there was this "importance" to them that isn't there anymore. It mattered to me what the best was, but then you realize 'the best' is more about fads and ones own personal opinion on what's the best really doesn't matter. I thought it mattered with things like relationships - and while shared interest do matter and has led to some nice past friendships, it doesn't need to specifically be shared media interests as there are a lot more important things to value especially romantically. I thought finding my favorite amongst it all meant something/my favorites said something about me, but in the end really it doesn't (especially with how much media isn't consumed). Only one thing really had any kind of actual tangible impact on my life - and it was at least a rather massive impact (the movie Mysterious Skin, which eg helped get me into therapy), but I can't say the same about any thing else media related.

    And things have changed. For instance part of why I moved away from anime is I dislike digital animation compared to cel animation (though I very much understand the why), and anime as a whole has shifted away from things like Serial Experiment Lain or Wicked City (at least what has crossed my path). And I don't necessarily mean this negatively - eg I can't say the way music has evolved has interested me, but also hearing the same old thing redone is boring.

    Not that I don't consume any media. But eg music now is just going to local shows that look interesting rather than trying to listen to "the best". Movies are mostly whatever my GF is up for watching, as I'd much rather eg watch the Resident Evil film series with her than whatever "the best" movie is alone.

    Just hit me "gaming" would also fall under this umbrella of "media consumption." Which I know part of that too is just wanting to be more productive with my time.

    It's also interesting getting old and thinking "I'm going to play games and watch anime forever!" when being younger. NOT that there's anything wrong with enjoying those things as someone older, after all time well spent is time spent well. I guess it was just for me that time no longer feeling well spent and would rather do other things in my life.

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  15. Comment on What's a culture shock that you experienced? in ~talk

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    Speaking of cultures within America: "Midwest Nice" reminded me of the "Southern Hospitality" I grew up with, which was really just another flavor of "passive-aggressive asshole". Living in Denver...

    Speaking of cultures within America:

    "Midwest Nice" reminded me of the "Southern Hospitality" I grew up with, which was really just another flavor of "passive-aggressive asshole".

    Living in Denver was what actually really shocked me, where people just don't give a fuck about each other. Like you don't really have people giving the head nod when passing, there's no small talk with cashiers or others waiting in line, no waving to people in the neighborhood when they drive by/you drive by. Definitely a lot more of a "lonelier" feel. Made me think of what I've heard of eg Scandinavian countries

    But the people who were outwardly nice were more sincerely nice, and conversation with strangers that did happen felt more impactful than superficial. As a massive introvert and at-worst autistic-correlated, I really miss living in Denver lol.

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  16. Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 1 in ~sports.american_football

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    Well turns out that's a yes lol

    Well turns out that's a yes lol

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  17. Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 1 in ~sports.american_football

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    Jags winning the division and getting awarded with facing the Bills in the first round, while Houston got to beat down on the Steelers, is all kinds of lame. But end of the day though gotta be...

    Jags winning the division and getting awarded with facing the Bills in the first round, while Houston got to beat down on the Steelers, is all kinds of lame. But end of the day though gotta be able to beat who's in front of you. And will at least enjoy watching Houston get their ass whooped next week

    Very excited for next year. Expect Coen to learn and continue growing as a coach.

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  18. Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 17 in ~sports.american_football

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    Lol yeah that would definitely check out. Assume that means you got some of the Marino years too to latch onto

    Lol yeah that would definitely check out. Assume that means you got some of the Marino years too to latch onto

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  19. Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 17 in ~sports.american_football

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    So originally from Miami/Florida? Definitely is a "why would you root for the Dolphins if you don't have to" situation haha. Not a fins fan, but I am a Marlins fan and it always breaks my brain...

    So originally from Miami/Florida? Definitely is a "why would you root for the Dolphins if you don't have to" situation haha. Not a fins fan, but I am a Marlins fan and it always breaks my brain when eg I meet an international Marlins fan. Like very much a "you chose...poorly" moment.

    I'm excited they're keeping McDaniels and fired the GM though. Achane is so underrated and such a good fit for McDaniels' system, they could get real good real fast.

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  20. Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 17 in ~sports.american_football

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    Lol I'm a Jags fan, but I root for the Bucs as my NFC team and it's such a dumpster fire there now. I had brought up to my GF about this possible situation a couple weeks ago and she was like "uh...

    Lol I'm a Jags fan, but I root for the Bucs as my NFC team and it's such a dumpster fire there now. I had brought up to my GF about this possible situation a couple weeks ago and she was like "uh huh sure". Now here we are. Like I'm kinda rooting for the "TB wins but so does ATL" just because of how hilarious it is.

    Sad the state of the Bucs but glad we did poach Coen from them, they'd likely be so much better if he was still there as their OC. And hilarious that Coen got our GM fired in the process because our GM was so bad.

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