This is the only penny arcade comic I remember, but I liked it.

I tried to use it as a clue and prop in a tabletop RPG once, and one of the players unironically said “I’m not reading all of that”. She was not a great player.

I don’t understand how some of my friends don’t use adblock. One of them always just seems overwhelmed, and I don’t think the ads are helping. But they also have no brain energy to change anything.

I’ve seen a lot of Nirvana tshirts lately. Did they do a sale at … Wherever teenagers get clothing now?

Bandcamp new and notable

Bands I like touring with other bands

Record labels I like put out new stuff

Ars is weirdly pro-windows sometimes , in the comments. I don’t read them as much as I used to.

Where are the consequences? Ruin their fucking life.

I don’t know if it’s like different learning styles or what but some people just need to have a whole ass call. I’m like, I’ll just write you a nice message you can refer back to. Nope.

I think I read that some WW2 Nazi wanted to be killed by firing squad after Nuremberg, but they told him no. Firing squads are for soldiers. Hanging is for criminals, so he would hang.

I hope this is foreshadowing for the trump regime being executed as war criminals.

Honestly that’s much more respectable. Someone who says “Yeah, I had a hamburger at the bbq. I know eating meat is bad for lots of reasons, but it was already there, and I can’t always live my ideals” is so, so, so much better than “No fuck you meat is good for the environment actually I’m a good person shut up”

I kind of miss the full profiles thing, but match group largely killed them.

Dinners and movies are pretty bad for early dates. You go to a bar or coffee or something where you talk and can bail on short notice. If you like them, you can do more.

There’s no structure there, so how do you get that serendipity?

I don’t think I follow what you mean. Structure?

You see a profile that looks passably interesting. You send a message. If they’re feeling it, they reply. You go out. Once you meet up you’re in normal-dating-land, and the online stuff doesn’t matter as much.

yeah, clearly a random stranger on the internet knows more about my own life and my own life experiences than I do.

You sound absolutely delusional, so, yeah maybe.

It’s the same story in any major USA coastal city.

I don’t know what city you’re in, but the median income in NYC is like $85k and there is a wide range of people here.

I make 150K a year, own a modest condo, and I am considered ‘poor’ because the expected income for a desirable man is 300-500K a year.

Don’t try to date the kind of person who expects $400k/year? In all my years of dating I don’t think I’ve ever met someone with that expectation, and that’s probably for the best.

“The man hating is over the top for me,” another user responded

Lol. Big lol.

I say this as a man who doesn’t date men. Get over yourself. It’s not about you. Or if it is, then it’s working.

A. Fuck this guy. He shouldn’t have a license, not be entrusted with policing

B. That car is too big for NYC.

So, to clarify, veganism was a separate example of things that cause a strong emotional reaction.

Second of all, I don’t really believe you but I don’t especially care.

The attractive people involved are already coupled.

It is also extremely implausible that this is 100% true. Unless you were going to events that select for couples, you’re going to find a mix of relationship states.

physical fitness has nothing to do with attractiveness. lots of unattractive people are super fit, and lots of attractive people are unfit.

People generally find healthiness attractive. Fitness is correlated with healthiness, and this somewhat correlated with attractiveness. Tastes differ. But generally, people are not going to find “can’t run up the stairs without wheezing” more attractive than “can run”

I live in a city full of wealthy entitled people, who think they are superior to others by birthright and what college they went to, and who won’t talk to you if you don’t work for a fortune 500 company.

Very few cities are so homogeneous. Don’t dox yourself but what do you feel comfortable sharing about what city this is? I find it extremely unlikely that the entire city is full of people who only talk to fortune 500 people. Do all the wait staff and service workers exist in silence and depart the city at dusk?

Sounds like you’re putting up barriers blocking your own success, mostly.

I’ve never met an attractive woman in any meetup, sports even, hobby, or volunteering thing I have ever done.

This sounds extremely implausible. Those activities should have a wide, fairly random, selection of attractiveness. Sports might favor people more physically fit, which is positively correlated with common ideas of attractiveness.

Maybe you’re using some non-standard or idiosyncratic standard of attractive?

I get absolutely nothing except the occasional random weirdo woman who approaches me at a bar and starts telling me what stupid jerk I am for reading books or having a cat

On the other hand, maybe you live in hell?

This is the best answer.

The receptionist really doesn’t care. You’re one of dozens of people they see every day. They’re not going to remember or care if you ask for help.