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Jorick I Challenge YOU!!!

So this took a turn darker than the goth table in the cafeteria.

My roommate: Let's call her "Henry"

I think you're teasing the boys here with their manic pixie dream girl.

Why do my browsers have so many viruses

How many of these do you go through in a week? That might explain a few things.

Somebody explain this to me because women have confused me.

Awson said
Crud. Our advice didn't help you become less awkward.You don't have to say anything like that, dumby. SOME people were saying to stay away from it, but that doesn't mean you should stop talking to someone you're already talking to a lot for no reason, Spaghetti Jeans.Don't mention this topic to her, Nerdnuts. Just do what you normally do and only take our "advice" into account if/when the decision to make it a romantic relationship naturally comes up. And when that happens don't say "The Internet told me to say no." It's called advice, not instructions, OP. I have a feeling I'm going to have to give you a literal example."Sorry I can't. I don't do this kind of thing." OR y'know just do whatever you want and try not to be the embodiment of 9th grade so hard.Thank goodness I picked up my angry pants from the cleaners this morning.

A big thing to consider is if you point out your decisions were based off of what other people said, it just shows that you're indecisive and depend on others to make your decisions for you, which doesn't bode well regardless.

So I was attempting to fix a door today.

Smiral said
One time I put liquid dish soap in the dishwasher to make the dishes extra clean:D

Woah now, take it easy! Powder too good for you now or somethin'?

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Tee hee, you said Argomian.

Also, looking forward to you posting again!

So I was attempting to fix a door today.

Bitch, please.

There's a weekly flood of water under my fridge that I have to mop up. All y'all don't know hardship.

Somebody explain this to me because women have confused me.

Cpt Toellner said
I agree with Awson 100%, but I do want to input that she sounds like she would only be the cause of stress if you dated her.

Doivid said
This is the most crucial bit of advice you will receive. Disregard at your own peril.

Throwing my hat in the ring here.

If shit isn't happening naturally and it's already causing you undue grief, imagine that multiplied if you started dating.

A Kind question

Yeah, but we're not living in the 1300s anymore. Any fears that were the source of our mythology and fables isn't relative to our society any longer. Notice how people love werewolves and vampires today? Back when they were created, they killed people for allegedly being one of those creatures. The stories that survive today that were written dozens, if not hundreds or thousands of years ago, survive because of historical value or because they are good stories, not because we're terrified of what they represent.

Nobody alive today knows of what it was like around the time where Europe was on it's slaughter happy Crusade binge, and nobody knows what it's like to have an equally powerful and enlightened Middle East in our modern world. It's not that people are scared of darked skinned people in fantasy, as you allege, it's just nobody really knows or appreciates the setting. Sure, there's always going to be the odd racist asshat, but on the whole we live in a pretty tolerant and understanding culture. We're more than capable of separating old myths and legends with reality, because otherwise we'd hear about ships disappearing and immediately blame it on sea monsters.

Hell, most people don't read The Lord of the Rings and realize Tolkein wrote it as a "fundamentally Catholic story", as he described it. The messages and themes we take from it are decidedly different from the author's on the whole.

Tl:dr Whatever the reasons a fantasy story or myth was written does not mean it applies to contemporary society. We tend to enjoy folklore and myths for entertainment value more-so than any perceived lesson or fear it's trying to instill upon us.

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Who would ever want to part a nation who gave birth to this glorious man?