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[kellinator]

Courtesy of my darling cousin ariedana, who obviously is out to endanger my life, Wonkette's Debate Drinking Game. It's a damn good thing I'm not planning on being home tomorrow night, because playing this game would leave me either dead of alcohol poisoning or in jail or both.

The author of that apalling piece of antifeminist tripe known as The Rules blames her divorce on bad dental work. Hey, I think I just started believing in karma again!

The Barenaked Ladies are developing a variety show for Fox. I adore the Barenaked Ladies, and their live skits are hysterical, so it's great to see this as a possibility. But since Fox is involved, it'll probably be either really really good and cancelled within five minutes or really really really mind-numbingly soul-suckingly bad.

S.E. Hinton gives up teen lit for sex and vampires. Was everyone in your middle school totally obsessed with The Outsiders, or was that just me?

Order of the Stick: your latest dose of gaming webcomic fun.

Everyone and their brother has already posted this but I can't help myself. Daily Show's "stoned slackers" are not only better educated, they're better informed. Too bad they didn't ask Fox News viewers some questions about Iraq and 9/11 so we could all laugh at them again.

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Re: congratulations!

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

As I understood it, the whole point of "The Rules" was to combat the masses of women who fervently want to find Mr Right and engage in "desperate" actions/tactics that don't work to "snare" him.

The fact is, as just about any man will tell you, calling someone constantly, focusing all your attention on someone as if he were the most incredible creature in the room, gabbing incessantly about yourself and your problems and basically acting as if you NEED this person is nothing but a turn-off. The fact is, LOTS of women project an air of "I NEED you" when dating a man and are ready to give themselves over totally very early in the relationship. "The Rules" was a simplistic way of dealing with this problem. As I said, the philosophy is "Fake it til you make it" meaning if you can't BE happy without a man, at least ACT happy without a man and eventually you'll find your self BEING happy without a man and thus a decent man will be attracted to you because you are a complete person. Any woman who is self-assured and complete in and of herself doesn't need "The Rules" and I believe they state that quite clearly in the beginning of the book. Like it or not, there's still LOTS of women who have not gotten to that point yet. They are the ones who need to be coached and guided towards having a more fulfilling life before "getting" a man. The book was written with them in mind. It teaches insecure women how to get to a place of self-assuredness by enticing them with the promise of finally landing a good man. Deceit? I suppose you could call it that, but what do you suggest a women inculcated with the notions of "you are nothing wihtout a man" do to get over that notion? Go to counselling until she's "better"? Most people don't want to wait that long to be ready for a decent relationship. Pretending to be a self-assured person (someone with confidence and decent self-esteem) eventually gets to you BE someone with self-assuredness and self-esteem. Maybe you don't need that kind of coaching; good for you. Lots of women DO need it though, as sad as that is.
I did not NEED "The Rules" at all but I found it nice that someone wrote it.

Re: congratulations!

[rocketmelee.livejournal.com]

Baloney. Yes, there are needy people out there. Do you really think that encouraging them to play head games until they find a man who will play is healthy? Or a good idea?

I'm sorry someone wrote this book. It's good for a laugh, but it is potentially quite damaging to the women who buy into it.

Re: congratulations!

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

I'm sensing a great deal of disagreement here. :-)

I suppose I could find a copy at the library or book store, and flip through it quickly to sample it. One does not have to eat all of an egg to know it's bad, after all...

Re: congratulations!

[rocketmelee.livejournal.com]

I would definitely recommend flipping through it. People either love it or hate it -- but even if you hate it, it really is (unintentionally) funny as hell in many places.

Re: congratulations!

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Well, my motto is "I'll try anything once, except sodomy and voting Republican."

Re: congratulations!

[deza.livejournal.com]

Sodomy is actually rather fun if you do it right.

Re: congratulations!

[rocketmelee.livejournal.com]

*double snerk*
And now I may have to friend you both.

Re: congratulations!

[deza.livejournal.com]

I still don't recommend voting Republican, though. ;)

Re: congratulations!

[rocketmelee.livejournal.com]

*snerk*

And now I may have to friend you.