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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2013, 06:38:58 pm »
The one that annoys me the most is the one that basically says good looking girl= a moron about geek/nerd stuff. It's somewhat of an off shoot of Idiot Nerd Girl.
Sorry, but that is bs. I know many women who are smoking hot, and they're just as much of a geek/nerd as any guy.
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2013, 06:46:56 pm »
Like you Nikki :D  Anyways stupid meme I found was perfect girlfriend.  Like it was sees you mastubating finishes it for you
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2013, 07:33:29 pm »
As far as I'm concerned memes are jokes, and jokes don't bother me.

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The 'friendzone' meme also has the added bonus of many guys not realizing that 'friendzoning' can apply to girls, too.  Seriously, guys have outright asked if that was possible or if it's ever happened.

Les Miserables freak out: Eponine was friendzoned so hard she died!

The basic idea of friendzone doesn't bother me. It's just being disappointed because someone you want a relationship with doesn't want to go any further with you. It's when it goes beyond an inside joke to threats and insults that the user becomes an asshat.
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2013, 09:09:37 pm »
Quote from: Empress Nicki on May 24, 2013, 06:38:58 pm
The one that annoys me the most is the one that basically says good looking girl= a moron about geek/nerd stuff. It's somewhat of an off shoot of Idiot Nerd Girl.
Sorry, but that is bs. I know many women who are smoking hot, and they're just as much of a geek/nerd as any guy.

There's kind of a hidden suggestion that REAL nerds have to have a penis to be legit!
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #19 on: May 24, 2013, 09:34:46 pm »
Quote from: Reality Warper on May 24, 2013, 06:01:30 pm
Quote from: Dynamic Dragon on May 24, 2013, 06:00:30 pm
"Friendzoning" is a term that reeks of an entitlement complex.
Not always.  I've friendzoned a few people, and they've gotten over it.

I think what he means is that people who unironically use the term "friendzone" often believe that they are being denied a basic human right when the objects of their desire don't want to date them.
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2013, 12:07:13 am »
The one thing I have to say about the whole "is the friendzone thing sexist" is that the OP's KnowYourMeme link does NOT support that interpretation. So if you want to say that it is, you should probably...y'know...find one that does.
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #21 on: May 25, 2013, 02:43:30 am »
I don't like the friendzone notion because of how it seems to be affecting the "friendzoning" person. I told my best friend I had a thing for her and, circumstances involved aside, she seemed really scared that I was going to walk away from everything after she turned me down. It seems like the concept has turned in to wondering if legit (guy) friends are even a thing anymore, if some are willing to leave if they aren't getting sex on top of everything else. The fact that it's an issue at all is infuriating.
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2013, 04:01:32 am »
That's the thing about "Friendzone," if you truly have a crush on someone and they "just want to be friends" it hurts and that is understandable. What is not understandable is the entitlement many people associate with the friendzone concept. I would like to think that those two things are separate but it does seem like the worst "nice guy" examples who whine about friendzone really are using it to refer to how they feel entitled to sex/relationship just for being a "nice guy."

In fact they should probably have a term that reflects their concept better, since being turned down or "friendzoned" is just one minor aspect of they feel that they magically deserve sex in exhange of being a decent person.
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #23 on: May 25, 2013, 07:26:50 pm »
Quote from: Clochette on May 24, 2013, 09:34:46 pm
Quote from: Reality Warper on May 24, 2013, 06:01:30 pm
Quote from: Dynamic Dragon on May 24, 2013, 06:00:30 pm
"Friendzoning" is a term that reeks of an entitlement complex.
Not always.  I've friendzoned a few people, and they've gotten over it.

I think what he means is that people who unironically use the term "friendzone" often believe that they are being denied a basic human right when the objects of their desire don't want to date them.

Isn't intimacy a basic human right?
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #24 on: May 25, 2013, 07:34:49 pm »
Quote from: Lt. Fred on May 25, 2013, 07:26:50 pm
Isn't intimacy a basic human right?

Playing devil's advocate?
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #25 on: May 25, 2013, 07:36:39 pm »
It's a basic human need...not a right.
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #26 on: May 25, 2013, 08:02:01 pm »
Quote from: mellenORL on May 25, 2013, 07:36:39 pm
It's a basic human need...not a right.

Fair enough, that seems a reasonable distinction to me (because it removes obligation).
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #27 on: May 25, 2013, 08:11:52 pm »
When it comes to the whole Nerd Girl thing, while it can be sexist as all fuck, I can see why some nerds would get upset. I know there are girls just as nerdy as I am who are attractive, I personally know a few, but in some circles the word "nerd" has ceased to really mean anything. Any girl with glasses can claim to be a nerd.

There are even businesses to take advantage of this that are aimed at nerdy guys, who I freely admit can be dragged around by their erections a lot.

So I don't think it was rooted in sexism, more in fears of culture co-opting; that is, mimicking the superficial bits of geek and nerd culture without having any of the deeper stuff. It especially burns to see it co-opted by the people who historically bullied geeks and nerds, but that's a whole other topic.

That said, there are definitely ways it can be made sexist, and I'd rather not have defense of a culture that I share be tainted by sexism.

Edited for clarification.
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #28 on: May 25, 2013, 10:04:59 pm »
I've had sex with a girl who I was in a friendship for a long time with and had a crush on.

I caught something that thankfully could be cured with a course of antibiotics because we were both morons and decided to do it without protection, oh and she got a positive pregnancy test that had to be terminated.

She was actually trying to rekindle an old relationship at the time we had sex. That and we did it after the wake of a mutual good friend who died young.

Looking back it was abysmally stupid to go there when we were both feeling hurt and vulnerable. There was a lot of blame and harsh words, needless to say after all that I never saw her again and don't know how to contact her now.

A crush is something that happens inside your head that really doesn't bear much relationship to reality, a friendship happens in real life and is a LOT more valuable!

To this day I really regret the sex and miss my friend. 
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Re: Sexist Memes
« Reply #29 on: May 26, 2013, 12:09:52 am »
Quote from: doomcup on May 25, 2013, 08:11:52 pm
When it comes to the whole Nerd Girl thing, while it can be sexist as all fuck, I can see why some nerds would get upset. I know there are girls just as nerdy as I am who are attractive, I personally know a few, but in some circles the word "nerd" has ceased to really mean anything. Any girl with glasses can claim to be a nerd.

There are even businesses to take advantage of this that are aimed at nerdy guys, who I freely admit can be dragged around by their erections a lot.

So I don't think it was rooted in sexism, more in fears of culture co-opting; that is, mimicking the superficial bits of geek and nerd culture without having any of the deeper stuff. It especially burns to see it co-opted by the people who historically bullied geeks and nerds, but that's a whole other topic.

That said, there are definitely ways it can be made sexist, and I'd rather not have defense of a culture that I share be tainted by sexism.

Edited for clarification.

Idiot Nerd Girl does have a few problems with elitism, I think.  Also, there's no male equivalent, which is kinda troubling and says a lot about the attitude towards girls and nerdiness.

Also, there's arguably the problem you can run into the meme with the "No True Scotsman" fallacy.
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