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FCfromSSC
Nuclear levels of sour
18m ago
I've never had a single person tell me it's easier to have a wife. In fact it's the one thing I hear most guys complain about at work.
Is this what the argument is?
hanikrummihundursvin
24m ago
You and your fellow 'wife guys' need to focus on what the argument is rather than circling the wagons around your own marriages.
Tree
39m ago
The outsized concern for promiscuity is itself female-coded. The general hostility to sex also. Compare the sex lives of greek gods versus your guy and his mom. Or gays versus lesbians. Christianity is basically the lesbian of religions.
aceventura
42m ago
I should have been more specific; I am referring to the Iranian government.
Iranians are a greatly civilized people and there's no reason their country can't achieve socioeconomic parity with Eastern Europe if they weren't ruled by a stupid and selfish cult. It's a testament to the strength of the people that despite a brain drain going back four decades and crushing financial sanctions, Iranians are able to keep their economy afloat, produce excellent scientists and academic output, and maintain a European feel to Tehran.
They hate Israël, but so do plenty of countries in the US orbit.
Every other country is making peace with Israel and fostering closer ties, to their benefit. Iran's irrational hatred of Israel is not rooted in history or geopolitical sense; Jews and Persians get along much better than Jews and Arabs, both in Iran and in the diaspora.
Iranians would benefit tremendously if their insane leaders were overthrown and a sensible government aligned itself with the US.
dasfoo
49m ago
And yes: men don't care if you're smart and fun (though that's nice), they care if you have the requisite sexy figure.
One minor corrective here: sexy figure is one thing, but sexy attitude may not correlate. As someone who is recently divorced from an ex-wife with a very nice body but who was borderline frigid, dating a woman who is a little chubby but loves to fuck is a mind-blowing change in fortunes. Sex appeal has many facets.
The ambassador to Washington at the time covered it in his (rather good) autobiography. One of the single biggest causes of the IRA’s defeat was convincing influential Irish-Americans that donating to the IRA was hurting the Irish rather than supporting them.
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