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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is the type of person to say things like "Why can other men pick up females and I can't?" It's so over the top I think it's satire.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Think you're underestimating chan life

[–] moonburster@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

Dating, he's dating while anon is crying and smoking

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 days ago

IDK, did they ever think maybe the dude also pays attention to her hobbies as well?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 2 days ago

Answer: staying off of 4chan.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 days ago

When someone genuinely likes you they will listen to you talk for hours about anything just because they like hearing you be passionate about something.

[–] Earflap@reddthat.com 59 points 3 days ago (23 children)

Everyone thinks rules 1 and 2 are:

  1. Be attractive
  2. Dont be unattractive

But really they are:

  1. Be a nice person
  2. Dont be an asshole
[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

also it's probably more important to not be too unattractive - people are focusing too much on the ceiling but they need to focus on the floor

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nah. You can't do much about how you look, beyond basic hygene and self care.

You can easily do something about being interested in other people's lives, and being happy for them being happy and commiserating with them when they're sad. The bonus with this focus is it also makes you feel better about yourself in the long run.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

You can’t do much about how you look, beyond basic hygene and self care.

That was exactly how I read their comment. Don't worry about trying to reach the ceiling, focus on staying off the floor. Basic hygiene, grooming, caring about yourself.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think there is so much you can do for how you look - skin care, hydration, diet, exercise, etc. can radically change the way a person looks - but I tend to agree that personality matters much more. My point is that most people seem to get lost trying to make themselves physically attractive, and incel culture like looksmaxxing seem to fall into that logic as well, but they miss that the bar is lower than they expect. And of course, your point is missed by this community as well - that looks are even less important overall than how you hold yourself and interact, etc. - the mental stuff is the most important. Luckily good diet, hydration, and exercise help with that too!

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Good points. Agree completely.

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[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 days ago

But do not confuse being a nice person with being a 'nice guy'.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Being emotionally balanced and secure about something at all in your life goes a long way to building a character that other people want to be around.

If these terms are meaningless to you and you don't get it, you're not ready for dating.

[–] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know I am honestly not so sure. I have seen people who definitely aren't healthy, and probably not emotionally secure who get and sometimes keep relationships. It's a lot more complex than you think. Some part of this is because obviously people with similar issues want to be together, but I think as well that things like physical attractiveness do have a role. It's also the case that being a nice person and being emotionally stable aren't actually the same thing, and often don't go together. In fact to me it seems like people who have issues are actually less judgemental. Some of the worst people are those who have never struggled with anything.

It's like how people have this concept that they either are or aren't worthy of love. I don't think that's even a valid idea to begin with as there is no universal standard for what people want in a partner. Someone either wants you or they don't, worthiness just isn't a large factor.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

You're looking at unbalanced relationships. As you say, there are plenty and some even keep going somehow. But they are not really what anyone should aim for, right? We can recognise we are not perfect and still aim high and try to improve. And of course we should probably be supporting our similarly imperfect partner do the same. Teamwork and all that.

The whole worthiness bullshit is self inflicted pain. I had a good friend exactly in that situation, thinking she didn't deserve love because she had cheated in her previous relationship. Took her a few years and the support and love of her friends before she realised that's not how things work at all. Ended up married with a gamer and a kid and opening a boardgames café together.

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[–] Onionguy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Dude met Pip and Lafawnduh irl.

[–] Actionschnils@feddit.org 80 points 3 days ago (5 children)

First of all he wouldnt call a couple "mixed race" I supposse.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (6 children)

It really betrays a porn addiction when you compartmentalize people and couples by the races involved. It doesn't necessarily mean they're some kind of nazi (but it IS 4-chan so there's a strong chance) but there's a huge amount of racism in society that's just objectification and fetishization.

It's okay to appreciate particular races or features or particular aesthetics in a partner, it's not okay to get hung up on it or fixate on it or get lost in some kind of porn-fantasy for what kind of relationships you look for. It's weird how hard it is for people to find balance and nuance on this topic.

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

It really betrays a porn addiction when you compartmentalize people and couples by the races involved.

Someone's never been to the southern U.S.

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This reminds me of a time I had people over when my roommates, who happened to be 2 very attractive girls, went out and just secomds after they left, a guy said "How come you get to live with 2 extremely hot girls?!" and I was like "Because I don't say shit like that". Wanna know the best part? His girlfriend was there.

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[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 109 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In my experience: He's emotionally available, interested in her and her experience, actually listening, gentle and honest.

I'm about the fattest, ugliest, loser nerd around and if I can be in a relationship with a succesful, beautiful, adventurous woman, so can anon.

[–] ignoble_stigmas@sh.itjust.works 43 points 3 days ago (13 children)

I am sure it isn’t the case. The first part of the last sentence I mean.

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 3 days ago (11 children)

I dated a woman much taller than me, and received an unnatural amount of glances at my crotch when we were out in public together.

People are so ridiculous.

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

I'm tall and a woman. It makes me happy and feel kinda powerful that I could cause this situation and maybe even have since I've dated shorter guys and am oblivious to social stuff.

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 114 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s hard to say from such a distance, but it may be that he is good at sex and trustworthy. That’s enough a lot of the time. People make things too complicated.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 71 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Can confirm. Source: am short white guy, my ex is a truly statuesque black woman. Only way I know it's not about me is because I don't bother with Fallout past 2.

[–] kaosof@lemmy.world 63 points 3 days ago (16 children)

Well see, that's a real mistake.

I can take or leave the others, but New Vegas is special. It has plenty of shortcomings, but it's still the last good Fallout.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 50 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe he's out there talking to women instead of hanging out on 4chan smoking weed all day...

Strange how far that gets you.

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago

Probably didn't go in with the idea that the only way she would be interested in similar hobbies was for her to be whipped in some way and just treated her like a person. 🤷🏿‍♀️

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

what is he doing that I'm not?

Having self confidence about his passions and being willing to talk about them with someone who might get it the first time. Believe it or not a lot of women like to listen to guys gush about their passions.

[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Touching grass and speaking to other humans in person

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[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 35 points 3 days ago

Real talk: some of us are just lore junkies.

[–] ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Women actually like vg yo. I would know, i got my wife into them when we met (she hadn't played games since she was a kid) and now, while i still take the crown in side-scrollin platformers and fighters? she whips my ass in shooters and it's not actually close.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My wife would casually watch me play games until she saw me playing Rust with the bros. She shyly asked if I could build her a computer.

Brother I had been building, fixing, and overclocking PCs for like 20 years by that point, a few a month even. I slapped one together from spare parts and got her in the game.

She immediately used the fact that she is a girl to work her way into the good graces of other factions and made us friends I couldn't have imagined. She would change her name and kill sleepers to make our enemies think they had been raided by other enemies. She would make friends with the resident assholes and then map out their base layout for us.

My group has people in it like a top 10k solo no-build Fortnite player, a guy who regularly airdisked people 300m away in Tribes, and two top World of Tanks NA players: we are a force to be reckoned with on any day. She was armed with nothing but kindness and help for good people, and wrath for those who wronged good people.

She fit right in.

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