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Started by hooplala, October 25, 2013, 03:46:34 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

#15
October 25, 2013, 04:26:05 PM
Well, she's putting it out there as a blog.

So, it's still a dick move, but it's actually WORSE in one sort of way, because she's doing that.

She is handing all manner of gasoline and matches to the MRA/PUA community.

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Faust

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October 25, 2013, 04:28:52 PM
Yeah, she is ruining the fine honoured tradition of the con. It's just tacky to insult and belittle the marks. A classy con everyone walks away feeling happy from.
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#17
October 25, 2013, 04:37:13 PM
I keep looking for a sign of intelligence, some evidence of taking the piss, but I'm not seeing any. I could be wrong though.
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Anna Mae Bollocks

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October 25, 2013, 04:49:33 PM
Quote from: Mrs. Nigelson on October 25, 2013, 03:54:15 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on October 25, 2013, 03:46:34 PM
So there's this young lady in Toronto who is dating guys just to eat in nice places, and writes a blog about it: hxxp://restauranttipsfromaserialdater.tumblr.com

I'm torn between being disgusted by her cruel manipulation of strangers, and being bowled over by such an obvious, yet genius, idea. 

Surely she can't be the only person doing this, but how many advertise it?  Her face is ALL over that blog, so she's not exactly hiding... and in one of the posts she admits to getting busted by a guy who knew she was talking about him online.  People in town are foaming at the mouth...

Thoughts?

It's definitely not novel (I can't recall who now, but I read a bio of a girl in NYC in the 60's who said that she was so broke that sometimes the only time she ate was when men took her out to dinner so it because sort of a survival strategy for her and other girls she knew), but in this era it seems kind of a dick move.

Michelle Phillips mentions doing that in her autobiography. Not necessarily expensive restaurants, but restaurants. The alternative was brown rice, I think.
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Anna Mae Bollocks

#19
October 25, 2013, 05:03:10 PM
Quote from: Faust on October 25, 2013, 04:28:52 PM
Yeah, she is ruining the fine honoured tradition of the con. It's just tacky to insult and belittle the marks. A classy con everyone walks away feeling happy from.

Yeah, it's the blog - and being such a mercenary fuckwad about it - I take issue with, not cadging dinners. Traditionally, guys are supposed to pay for dinner on a date anyway.
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hooplala

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October 25, 2013, 05:09:50 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 25, 2013, 04:26:05 PM
Well, she's putting it out there as a blog.

So, it's still a dick move, but it's actually WORSE in one sort of way, because she's doing that.

She is handing all manner of gasoline and matches to the MRA/PUA community.

"See?  We told you you're a sucker."

Christ, I hadn't even thought of THAT.
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