Consider Muslim nations where the exact opposite of feminism exists.

In Saudi Arabia, women can't drive. How can a society be productive when half the population is effectively immobilized? Should fathers work a job and also be responsible for groceries and children's activities?

In rural Pakistan, small girls are betrothed while they are under the age of 10. How is a marriage supposed to be functional when there is no test for compatibility first? Is true love just a myth, like our cynical society would lead us to believe?

All over the middle east, women are discouraged from pursuing higher education. I wonder where they get their nurses, therapists, and elementary school teachers from? Oh well, at least the women can't fuck it up.

Does this kind of cultural absolutism appeal to you?

Women are capable of comprehending reality too; in fact there are certain subtleties to life that women perceive more readily than men, such as beauty. I suggest you read the excellent novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley.

By the way, what does your wife think of the fact that you think her too emotional to vote?

EDIT: this post was rewritten.

I admit to making some pretty broad generalizations, so enlighten me:

What kind of specific sexual knowledge can a woman possess to make herself more desirable in your eyes?

Quote from: Goatreich on April 06, 2013, 09:13:21 PM

...but I can imagine the daily habits of a an average whore: drugs, sex, money.

 
Everyone here will cross paths with a pro at some point, if they live long enough.

"Pro" as in what? Pro at sex?

"Sexual experience" is a myth invented by lonely cougars to in a feeble attempt to dissuade themselves that they've passed their expiration date.

It's pretty hard for a girl to be "bad" at sex as long as she doesn't just lie there motionless.

Totally certan there's none of those here.

Please be more specific. I know power metal isn't standard fare around here, but overall, I'd say the average forum member matches the profile. I know for a fact that many here are pursuing or have already gotten STEM degrees, including myself and others I have met IRL. I used to have long hair and wear all black, but once you become an adult you realize that you're handicapping yourself by dressing like a juvenile delinquent; I know I'm not alone on this, either. Drug use tends to be something folks around here grow out of, too. The 'tuff gai' attitude is also met with disdain, as evidenced by the ubiquitous mocking of ARE YOU TALKIN TO ME?.

The main difference between the nerd type I outlined and the average denizen of this forum is probably the antisocial behavior, which stems from the misanthropy that sometimes creeps into Prozak's philosophy, or rather, arises from a misinterpretation of his philosophy. This can be eliminated by realizing that your imaginary standards of what you want your fellow humans to behave and think like are probably unrealistic, and that there are good people out there if you try to find them.

Oh, and fallot, the occult is for nerds. Nerds or new-age hippies.

History Channel? Everyone calls it the Hitler channel because they're always showing WW2 docs with Hitler ranting.

Not as of the last 4 years or so. Now it's all reality show schlock. Not a single documentary series in the lineup.

Here's the source used in that post on the snopes forum.

It's pop music, not history or philosophy. Don't take it so serious. It's meant for the workers in their blue jeans to tap their feet to while they work at their jobs or blow off steam at the bars (who buy all their beer from the same suppliers that sell food to fast food restaurants).

Check this out, beeyatches:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/comments/1abhoq/things_metalgeeks_dont_like_to_think_about/

I really hope you're being facetious. If not - what the fuck are you doing on this forum?



I will concede that, taken as a whole, metal is populist. I mean, really, take a look at Heavy Metal Parking Lot and try to deny it. However, there are certain strains of this subculture in which this is not the case.

When I was in high school, there were two, count 'em TWO, metal head cliques.

 One group were the 'career' metalheads: long hair, beards, black t-shirts every day, tough guy attitudes, lots of boozing and drugging, iconoclastic, enjoyed vandalism and debauchery, mediocre to terrible grades in school, liked to posture as free-thinker artistic souls but were pretty much liberals to a tee. They listened to some classic stuff like Darkthrone and Slayer but mostly were flavor of the week trend whores who ate up shit like Goatwhore, Necrophagist, Nachtmystium, Agolloch, etc. I've lost touch with these guys, but last time I checked, one of them was in nursing school but the rest were still dragging their feet in terms of getting their lives together. They'll probably end up blue collar.

Then, there were the nerd metal heads: mostly short hair, glasses, plain t-shirts or polos, genuine nice guy personalities, no drugs but occasional drinking, kind of goodie-two-shoes (not because they couldn't think for themselves but because they knew what was best for them), never got in to trouble with the law, got good grades and were generally smarter than average, fiscally conservative but socially liberal. They listened to traditional/power metal; stuff like Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, Stratovarius, Symphony X, and some prog stuff like Rush. All these kids got into good schools and are getting/have gotten STEM degrees.

I sort of drifted between the two groups. I would go to shows with both, but the fact that the nerd metal heads didn't smoke weed meant I hung out with the career metal heads more often. Because let's face it: flying down country roads hanging on to a sun roof while high was more fun than playing GameCube not high. I don't regret it at all, but if I had to do it all over, I would stick with the nerds, because I was really kind of lying to myself about not being a nerd, and hanging out with the careers caused some crippling habits later on.

Overall, this forum, while it's tastes are more extreme, are more like the nerd types, though there is a considerable blending of the two styles.

That was a terrible troll you linked to, btw.

Popularity, or lack thereof, is not an absolute indicator of value, worth, truth, quality, etc.

Quote from: scourge on March 31, 2013, 07:01:10 PM

Some possible autistic hippie-nazi hybrid finally volunteered to get off his/her/its blubbery neckbeard's duff and link to the death metal underground site on social media.

http://www.reddit.com/r/deathmetalorg/

What is reddit.com? Is it worth it? Is there someone there with enough potential to be interested going to deathmetal.org?

I'm asking this because I feel like the majority of the internet is worthless. What about this site?

Taking a look at the metal subreddit will give you a pretty good idea of the site as a whole: mostly it is an outlet for the crowd to reaffirm each other's poor taste in life decisions, but as far as content goes, there are some diamonds in the rough if you keep your eyes open.