That's Pete Campbell's bitch life allright.
He's married to Alison Brie. As far as I'm concerned, he's luckier than Don.
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After watching this video, you will have no excuse to be single.
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He's married to Alison Brie. As far as I'm concerned, he's luckier than Don.
I don't need a gf...
That's in times like these I would rather not be able to read Japanese in the slightest. Said Japanese, not Chinese.
maquiladora
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No thanks. I've been in a relationship and now I'll happily stay single for the rest of my life.
Nothing beats the feeling of freedom and independence you have as a single person.
Nothing beats the feeling of freedom and independence you have as a single person.
If it can be of any relief, that's how I felt for seven years.
maquiladora
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Majima Everywhere System
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...must avoid being single at all costs...oh god, must not be single.
forknknife
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After a horrible relationship of a year and a half that just ended up a few months ago, I was feeling the same way. Now that I am completely over it I am starting to look for somebody, but so far my last couple of attempts have been such a complete disaster that I am starting to feel very unconfident and depressed about it.
Amory
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It's not the fact that he has a girlfriend that makes that video inspirational. That dude straight up does not give a fuck that he was dealt a bad hand and he isn't going to let it negatively affect any part of his life, including relationships.
I could definitely complain less and just be happier with the way things are, while trying to improve on certain aspects at the same time. I'll try to do that.
I could definitely complain less and just be happier with the way things are, while trying to improve on certain aspects at the same time. I'll try to do that.
shanshan310
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But gaf told me that women have it easy getting men!
forknknife
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Over in the sense that I don't want to go back to that particular relationship, yes. I am probably scarred for life psychologically, though.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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This was unpleasant to watch.
Isn't there some anthropological evidence that early homo sapiens were monogamous?
So I was. To become secure into the fact I was no longer caring about women was what allowed me to pull myself out of this. I had effectively became borderline misogynistic.
Wow, I am all warm and fuzzy inside. Massive respect for both of them.
That's it, I am going to get me a girl friend. But truth is, unlike him, I am overweight (understatement) and I am short (another understatement). At 4'10(1/2) and 220lbs my odds may be slightly worse than this guy's.
Somehow I think that is entirely possible.
That's it, I am going to get me a girl friend. But truth is, unlike him, I am overweight (understatement) and I am short (another understatement). At 4'10(1/2) and 220lbs my odds may be slightly worse than this guy's.
Somehow I think that is entirely possible.
Dice
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It's like the James Bond effect. At the end of Casino Royale he was kind of like "fuck women" in the sense he was deciding that he didn't need one or at least not any single one in particular and would never become dependent like that again. It definitely is a psychological scar, yet in another sense enables the greater confidence of a grounded self in relations.
Other way around.
"Monogamy unnatural for our sexy species"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/27/ryan.promiscuity.normal/index.html
Editor's note: Christopher Ryan is a psychologist, teacher and the co-author, along with Cacilda Jethá, of "Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality," published by Harper Collins.
(CNN) -- Seismic cultural shifts about 10,000 years ago rendered the true story of human sexuality so subversive and threatening that for centuries, it has been silenced by religious authorities, pathologized by physicians, studiously ignored by scientists and covered up by moralizing therapists.
In recent decades, the debate over human sexual evolution has entertained only two options: Humans evolved to be either monogamists or polygamists. This tired debate generally devolves into an antagonistic stalemate where women are said to have evolved to seek male-provisioned domesticity while every man secretly yearns for his own harem. The battle between the sexes, we're told, is bred into our blood and bones.
Couples who turn to a therapist for guidance through the inevitable minefields of marriage are likely to receive the confusing message that long-term pair bonding comes naturally to our species, but marriage is still a lot of work.
Few mainstream therapists would contemplate trying to persuade a gay man or lesbian to "grow up, get real, and stop being gay." But most insist that long-term sexual monogamy is "normal," while the curiosity and novelty-seeking inherent in human sexuality are signs of pathology. Thus, couples are led to believe that waning sexual passion in enduring marriages or sexual interest in anyone but their partner portend a failed relationship, when in reality these things often signify nothing more than that we are Homo sapiens.
This is a problem because there is no reason to believe monogamy comes naturally to human beings. In fact, for millions of years, evolutionary forces have cultivated human libido to the point where ours is arguably the most sexual species on Earth.
Our ancestors evolved in small-scale, highly egalitarian foraging groups that shared almost everything. Anthropologists have demonstrated time and again that immediate-return hunter-gatherer societies are nearly universal in their so-called "fierce egalitarianism." Sharing is not just encouraged; it's mandatory.
Ours is arguably the most sexual species on Earth.
--Christopher Ryan
Most foragers divide and distribute meat equitably, breast-feed one another's babies, have little or no privacy from one another, and depend upon each other every day for survival. Although our social world revolves around private property and individual responsibility, theirs spins toward interrelation and mutual dependence. This might sound like New Age idealism, but it's no more noble a system than any other insurance pool. Compulsory sharing is simply the best way to distribute risk to everyone's benefit in a foraging context. Pragmatic? Yes. Noble? Hardly.
For nomadic foragers who might walk hundreds of kilometers each month, personal property -- anything needed to be carried -- is kept to a minimum. Little thought is given to who owns the land, or the fish in the river, the clouds in the sky, or the kids underfoot. An individual male's "parental investment," in other words, tends to be diffuse in societies like those in which we evolved, not directed toward one particular woman -- or harem of women -- and her children, as conventional views of our sexual evolution insist.
But when people began living in settled agricultural communities, social reality shifted deeply and irrevocably. It became crucially important to know where your property ended and your neighbor's began. Remember the 10th Commandment: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that [is] thy neighbor's." With agriculture, the human female went from occupying a central, respected role to being just another possession for men to accumulate and defend, along with his house, slaves and asses.
The standard narrative posits that paternity certainty has always been of utmost importance to our species, whether expressed as monogamy or harem-based polygyny. Students are taught that our "selfish genes" lead us to organize our sexual lives around assuring paternity, but it wasn't until the shift to agriculture that land, livestock and other forms of wealth could be kept in the family. For the first time in the history of our species, biological paternity became a concern.
Our ancestors evolved in highly egalitarian foraging groups that shared almost everything.
--Christopher Ryan
Our bodies, minds and sexual habits all reflect a highly sexual primate. Research from primatology, anthropology, anatomy and psychology points to the same conclusion: A nonpossessive, gregarious sexuality was the human norm until the rise of agriculture and private property just 10,000 years ago, about 5 percent of anatomically modern humans' existence on Earth.
The two primate species closest to us lend strong -- if blush-inducing -- support to this vision. Ovulating female chimps have intercourse dozens of times per day, with most or all of the willing males, and bonobos famously enjoy frequent group sex that leaves everyone relaxed and conflict-free.
The human body tells the same story. Men's testicles are far larger than those of any monogamous or polygynous primate, hanging vulnerably outside the body where cooler temperatures help preserve standby sperm cells for multiple ejaculations. Men sport the longest, thickest primate penis, as well as an embarrassing tendency to reach orgasm when the woman is just getting warmed up. These are all strong indications of so-called sperm competition in our species' past.
Women's pendulous breasts, impossible-to-ignore cries of sexual delight, or "female copulatory vocalization" to the clipboard-carrying crowd, and capacity for multiple orgasms also validate this story of prehistoric promiscuity.
"But we're not apes!" some might insist. But we are, in fact. Homo sapiens is one of four African great apes, along with chimps, bonobos and gorillas.
"OK, but we have the power to choose how to live," comes the reply. This is true. Just as we can choose to be vegans, we can decide to lead sexually monogamous lives. But newlyweds would be wise to remember that just because you've chosen to be vegan, it's utterly natural to yearn for an occasional bacon cheeseburger.
forknknife
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Well, my ex-gf was a very particular individual and I refuse to think that I would run into a similar relationship again so I don't hold any grudges against women in general because of this. Well, not even against my ex, she has pretty good reasons to be the way she is because of her fucked up past.
Unhandled Exception
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I laughed like an idiot. Thanks.
This. There are periods of time where my introvert side really comes out, and I really want to spend time alone and not talk to any of my friends.
I apologize if I came off as condescending and judgemental by making this thread. It was not directed at everyone.
I'm currently single too. Been almost a year since I was in a relationship, and I am loving it.
It was more to give a good boost of confidence, since some guys truly believe that if you aren't a billionaire or a supermodel you have no chance.
I'm currently single too. Been almost a year since I was in a relationship, and I am loving it.
It was more to give a good boost of confidence, since some guys truly believe that if you aren't a billionaire or a supermodel you have no chance.
All I feel is indifference because of the title's implication and context of the OP. Therefore, this thread is a failure. Here is an inspiring story that you are using to highlight your perceived failures of NeoGAF's demographic leading temporary single, solitary lives. You'd be surprised. This is actually an impressive forum made by its members who aren't losers.
OT: Absolutely agreed, Trudy is like one of the few truly likeable characters on the show.
maquiladora
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op do you feel?
an excuse because i have no gf?
i think anyone that has a gf needs an excuse.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
So did mine, because of me tho. To put it in a nutshell, what happened is that I've got to read her diary while my trust was pretty much null, for various reasons. When I've realized there was no big deal behind, I have told her about it, which made her cry: I've had stepped on her trust, coincidentally. Eventually I've got to realize years after I was with her merely because she turned out to be pretty rather than prutty.
FreeMufasa
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Yep. Still don't understand how ppl have never had a gf till their 20s. Even lipsing a girl.
She is wholesome, adventurous, optimistic, and hot with big tatas; truly likeable indeed. Her name Trudy encompasses all of her qualities as well.
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Ugh, that part at 5:50 where the girl sits next to him and he can't think of anything to say. That's me every day
maquiladora
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The fact that you are looking for somebody means you probably will find somebody, even though it may seem unlikely now.
I've seen this video a while ago before this thread. That guy... is uh... very repulsive to look at. I like to think that people being born with such ugliness (inbreds/incest) are meant to be avoided to prevent such further genetic similar progeny. What he has is hereditary.
But good on him to be his own person and have a nice girlfriend to see past all that.
But good on him to be his own person and have a nice girlfriend to see past all that.
What's your point? Why even mention inbreeding? What about all of the people with horrible hereditary diseases that aren't visible on the outside at all? I'm sorry, but you come off as extremely insensitive.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11780938
Heres another article and in his case hes got a very attractive girlfriend.
Edit: Whoops shouldve read what the thread has turned into before posting.
Heres another article and in his case hes got a very attractive girlfriend.
Edit: Whoops shouldve read what the thread has turned into before posting.
Thank you for that astounding analysis. Your words of wisdom always deliver.
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