Not to my face. But as someone else said, it's rare for you to be told the rejection reason (for early dating). There are a lot of reasons for this, but part of it is people kind of suck at taking rejection. And on top of that, a significant portion of men are dangerous.
No one wants to risk the man flipping out, spewing cruelty, or worse. A gentler letdown seems safer.
Do you think they realize that they made her look fun (smiling) and him look awful (scowling, wearing a school child backpack, bad haircut) ?
The bar is set REALLY low
There's a saying "the bar for men is in hell"
I thought it meant there was a drinking establishment for men in hell. They go and drink with the devil, and that's where they get all their bad ideas. They're doing shots and the devil's like "say she's fat", and the guy is like "good advice bro".
Turns out the saying just means the bar is super low. So low you don't even have to jump. It's so low, it's deeper than the depths of the earth and in the fires of hell that burn below.
But yeah, so many men are so horrible, it's shockingly easy to rise above them.
Sadly I think a lot of tech bros have no literary sense and won't read or understand this. Probably get a "is there a movie?"
One of my queer (bi) women friends today said that she thinks she's done with dating men. It's just too much a minefield of danger and stress.
I think a lot about a post I saw that said "you hate every piece of capitalism but refuse to connect the dots to see that picture"
Interesting, but I can't imagine writing out that much of the game's truth ahead of time. I'm always leaving things undefined so I can slot in a good idea (from me or the players).
Meta should be broken up and its leadership barred from working in tech (or politics)
Some games ask the players to define the stakes and goals when a conflict starts. This can help keep players on track.
Like, the players are on a journey through the mountains, and as they pass through a tunnel they encounter a giant spider. The default mode is "fight the spider to the death!". But if you ask the players again "what is your goal here?" they might remember it's "get through the mountains", not "kill everything we meet." Now they might focus on how to get past it safely.
If the DM rewards players for advancing their goals instead of just murder, that can also encourage non-murder behavior.
Conservatives should be listened to on nothing. They have zero credibility. A toddler would make better policy decisions
I think that's the "two Santa" strategy https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartmann/two-santas-strategy-gop-used-economic-scam-manipulate-americans-40-years/
they're scum that should not be allowed to hold office.
Yeah. My last job, a PR with commented out code typically wouldn't get approved. Either leave it in version history, or stick it on a branch