tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post7719621801188284769..comments2023-10-10T12:33:43.016-04:00Comments on A Bad Case of the Dates: The Sweet Taste of EmasculationJMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18362998962851574254noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-64004474374809704352011-12-08T00:28:10.634-05:002011-12-08T00:28:10.634-05:00I went on a date to the movies when, suddenly, NIN...I went on a date to the movies when, suddenly, NINJAS!<br /><br />#57Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269894010706816425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-90302880006027276772011-08-20T14:10:11.174-04:002011-08-20T14:10:11.174-04:00I know it's cheating but now it's fifty-si...I know it's cheating but now it's fifty-six, 56th;)!Michelle S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16131764766949423019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-26337840392273158362011-08-20T14:08:16.190-04:002011-08-20T14:08:16.190-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Michelle S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16131764766949423019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-55868787039105124202011-08-20T14:06:56.546-04:002011-08-20T14:06:56.546-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Michelle S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16131764766949423019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-9199468702428539362011-08-16T18:11:51.627-04:002011-08-16T18:11:51.627-04:00Baku, I couldn't help but come back to it too,...Baku, I couldn't help but come back to it too, just to see. ;) FIFTY-THIRD!Claire (and Nikki)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03946625511421997222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-27429508155302910092011-08-16T17:18:01.693-04:002011-08-16T17:18:01.693-04:00This thread is still alive?This thread is still alive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-73642600087356745682011-08-16T16:40:07.346-04:002011-08-16T16:40:07.346-04:00Hmmm, still 50, but not for long HAHAHAHA!!!!Hmmm, still 50, but not for long HAHAHAHA!!!!Sawyer86https://www.blogger.com/profile/03589709327830789237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-60487053537988836072011-08-12T09:42:42.879-04:002011-08-12T09:42:42.879-04:00AUGH! Must have rounded number! 50!AUGH! Must have rounded number! 50!theMediatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094065546143640494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-46385772936064598592011-08-11T17:06:25.678-04:002011-08-11T17:06:25.678-04:00And this makes 49.And this makes 49.Sawyer86https://www.blogger.com/profile/03589709327830789237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-85814598495973794882011-08-11T15:21:37.957-04:002011-08-11T15:21:37.957-04:00^Wouldn't that make Jared something of an anar...^Wouldn't that make Jared something of an anarchist? Sowing seeds of paranoia and distrust into the online community? Not something we were already short of, by the way.theMediatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094065546143640494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-34101774266655638242011-08-10T13:01:16.969-04:002011-08-10T13:01:16.969-04:00I was just surprised how wildly out of control thi...I was just surprised how wildly out of control this thread got while I was gone.<br /><br />1. To Wolfie and everyone for/against Wolfie: if you go to the top of the page, there's a link to the forum. THAT is where you should have your flame wars. Scrolling through your internet fighting is tedious.<br /><br />2. I'd think that after everything we've read on this site, more people would be almost RELIVED to discover that these stories could very well exist only in Jared's fucked up little imagination. If these awful, crazy people aren't real, then they don't really exist, and our faith in the general goodness of humanity can be returned to us.Claire (and Nikki)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03946625511421997222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-16299050481838556612011-08-10T10:55:19.551-04:002011-08-10T10:55:19.551-04:00^Something the matter?^Something the matter?theMediatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094065546143640494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-61348886123621198422011-08-10T00:19:50.203-04:002011-08-10T00:19:50.203-04:00...Goddamn....Goddamn.Claire (and Nikki)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03946625511421997222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-11031898488634715612011-08-08T11:56:34.920-04:002011-08-08T11:56:34.920-04:00@Wolfdreams01 - firstly, the OP didn't make hi...@Wolfdreams01 - firstly, the OP didn't make him ask her out over and over. That was his choice, and he's a grown man. He could've just stopped if he didn't want to waste his time on a date with someone who was clearly uninterested in him.<br /><br />Secondly, the reason women eventually cave in these scenarios is because one excuse the persistent rejectee usually uses to be persistent is "you've never gone out with me, so how do you know we're incompatible?" By going out with him, she can then use his logic against him and say "look, now we've gone out, and we're STILL incompatible, so stop asking already."<br /><br />But please, do go on digging that hole you're in. It's rather entertaining.<br /><br />OP, I hope you come back and post your version of this story! I for one am curious to know how much it go edited.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-48067401846697891012011-08-08T09:40:12.984-04:002011-08-08T09:40:12.984-04:00^^^^Yeah yeah Wolfdreams, the OP is such the bitch...^^^^Yeah yeah Wolfdreams, the OP is such the bitch because you know, after being harassed for a date from someone she has no interest in, and telling him no MANY times, she finally relents and goes out with him ONCE, and in a group date no less. During which he proceeds to act like a complete jackass (much like yourself in your posts). <br /><br />But no! Jack's the good guy! He's just misunderstood! There's someone out there who will date him and this OP treated him so bad. Yeah, nevermind the constant unwanted attention he threw her way, or the complete asshat behavior during their date. The OP is a bitch!<br /><br />And yes Wolfdreams01, you are a douchebag indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-72268622270324706092011-08-08T09:34:42.535-04:002011-08-08T09:34:42.535-04:00After reading the thread, I feel compelled to say ...After reading the thread, I feel compelled to say that editing -- while this can be helpful -- should really ~only~ be used to make the story easier to read and comprehend. Adding details that didn't exist in the original (or removing them) changes it from editing to paraphrasing. It's like when you have a bunch of people in a circle and a story is whispered in the next person's ear around the whole group, and it's an entirely different story by the time it gets back to the original teller.<br /><br />I'm interested in seeing the story as submitted, so I could know just how much the stories are edited prior to being posted. This isn't the first instance of a complaint about content being embellished when "editing" ( see:<br />http://www.abadcaseofthedates.com/2011/06/as-opposed-to-slightly-less-hot-one.html ).<br /><br />Lately, as I read these stories, I have to wonder, "What was the original story like, and just how different is the posted version?"Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14288870552842262492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-90097496609282083142011-08-08T09:32:49.531-04:002011-08-08T09:32:49.531-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14288870552842262492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-75439153856556907002011-08-07T22:09:22.843-04:002011-08-07T22:09:22.843-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.SE7https://www.blogger.com/profile/01149195447196054351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-91304774888266526092011-08-07T21:47:15.900-04:002011-08-07T21:47:15.900-04:00^Nothing to disagree with here.^Nothing to disagree with here.theMediatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094065546143640494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-89238915736683622972011-08-07T19:59:12.632-04:002011-08-07T19:59:12.632-04:00::sigh:: OK, let me explain it slowly, so even som...::sigh:: OK, let me explain it slowly, so even some of the mentally handicapped people (such as the Gnome) can follow the bouncy ball.<br /><br />Everybody is attractive to SOMEBODY, right? Even idiots like Coriolanus can find somebody who considers their aimless comments "funny." So logically speaking, there is somebody out there for Jack. Obviously that person is not the OP, and he'd be better off looking elsewhere, but Jack doesn't know that, does he?<br /><br />When the OP agrees to go out on a date with Jack simply to "shut him up," she is being totally disrespectful of his time. There are undoubtedly people who value his company and would love to date him, even if she can't see it. For example, several people here have called me a douchebag and probably wouldn't date me because they think I'm misogynist, but I'm cool with that, because I know that there are plenty of people who would date me, and in fact am still good friends with a few feminists I hooked up with. (Separately, NOT together.) So their opinions don't matter because these people are just dust in the wind. The point at which they stop being minor annoyances and cross the line into being bad human beings is when they have a real tangible impact on my life, such as wasting my time, money, or resources.<br /><br />My point is that the OP crossed that line when she agreed to go out with somebody she KNEW she had no interest in. Is anybody here seriously naive enough to claim she did it to "get him off her back?" When has that approach EVER worked? I call shenanigans. 99% of the time when a girl does this it's because she's feeling like she's unattractive and wants somebody less cool to fawn over her and make her feel desirable. That's NOT cool at all. She may have thought Jack was lame but somebody out there might have loved him and wasting his time simply to feed her vanity was utterly a bitch move.<br /><br />I'm not going to debate the groping. In fact, I admit that I was wrong to even MILDLY defend it by suggesting it didn't happen. But all of you retards who are claiming I'm a misogynist are completely missing the point. I'm not saying the OP was a bitch because of how she reacted to the groping, I'm talking ENTIRELY about the first paragraph where she establishes that she clearly views herself as being "out of Jack's league" but agrees to go out with him anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-33659997998912217302011-08-06T23:09:43.999-04:002011-08-06T23:09:43.999-04:00Wow, Wolfsdreams01 shows his true colors, and he t...Wow, Wolfsdreams01 shows his true colors, and he turns out to be quite the douchebag!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-24271038512218969912011-08-06T15:50:45.508-04:002011-08-06T15:50:45.508-04:00Wolfdreams01 Jack doesn't seem the type who wo...Wolfdreams01 Jack doesn't seem the type who would let a thing like her switching seats discourage him. Her reaction or threat to have him stop is reasonable. How would you react to persistent unwanted physical contact from someone? I agree with Sawyer, no one should have to resort to anything to have someone else stop touching them and it shouldn't require any compromise on his or her part.Michelle S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16131764766949423019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-30497795953989224722011-08-06T14:54:34.550-04:002011-08-06T14:54:34.550-04:00Oh shit! You mean that all the stories on here are...Oh shit! You mean that all the stories on here aren't all exactly as submitted!?<br /><br />Seriously, did no one question that each person who has submitted a story has done so with perfect grammar and diction, with proper flow and spacing?<br /><br />Of course, if the stories were edited beyond that... shame shame Jared. I'm sure most would agree that the original, unedited version should be uploaded.theMediatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04094065546143640494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-61160956827085473372011-08-06T13:30:05.694-04:002011-08-06T13:30:05.694-04:00I should at that edited or not the sole purpose of...I should at that edited or not the sole purpose of this site, its very existence is for the benefit of my amusement & if Jared has to tinker with it here and there to achieve this then so be it.Sawyer86https://www.blogger.com/profile/03589709327830789237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3186499665856075184.post-9662679368643171032011-08-06T13:08:25.774-04:002011-08-06T13:08:25.774-04:00Wow, feels like readers are empathizing with the l...Wow, feels like readers are empathizing with the loser in this story. I like Bernice/n/OP, a woman who can throw down is hawt (Björk!). Bernice wasn't attacking her date, just relating a bad date story, think any date that involves a fight qualifies as one. <br /><br />Relenting to go on a date doesn't make one a horrible human being, it happens and it certaintly doesn't entitle the deluded freak to try something, it's usually pretty obvious when someone is or isn't into you. In fact if you're out with someone you don't want to be out with it is your sworn duty to make it as unpleasant as possible to ensure you're never ever asked out by them again... not really but yeah.<br /><br />Wolfsdream I feel she was right in having 'threatened' him, it's not that big of a deal but I doubt her switching seats would've deterred this particular persistent fella. I think the point though is she shouldn't have to resort to threats or moving so he'd stop touching her, even though 'we don't know what sort of touching there was' ~ Pinkerton.Sawyer86https://www.blogger.com/profile/03589709327830789237noreply@blogger.com