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Thanks for the promote MG!

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*promote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPnPu7gcJxs

STATIST IDIOT!!!

Your video, OMFG this Crocodile is HUGE, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

Thank you, kind sir!!

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
*PROMOTE!

Wow! Thanks, Mr. Gunrock. I really appreciate that, especially coming from you. Glad you enjoyed my column.

MG, you ain't tough!

Thanks for the promote.

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Hell, you can't even ride it in the summer! No, I'm not here for my bike I'm here because I'm trying to get my degree and not have to worry about finding a decent-paying flexible job.>> ^UsesProzac:

Arizona is NOT the place for you! Is being able to ride your bike all year that important to you?
In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Oh, I think you're confused. I HATE the heat. I love the cold. I sleep best when I have about 4 blankets on me to stay warm!

Happy anniversary! Today marks year number 4 since you first became a Sifter and the community is better for having you. Thanks for your contributions!

I know this is long and off topic. I found it linked on a male friend's facebook page and found it interesting.

http://kateharding.net/2009/10/08/guest-blogger-starling-schrodinger%E2%80%99s-rapist-or-a-guy%E2%80%99s-guide-to-approaching-strange-women-without-be
ing-maced/

I thought the combo of sex and science and violence might pique your interest, too.

This is NOT related to our previous exchange, except in the general sense of how it is different to be a man in our society versus a woman.

Congratulations! Your comment has just received enough votes from the community to earn you 1 Power Point. Thank you for your quality contribution to VideoSift.

"it probably would not get a whole lot of votes, simply because the poster emphasized the attractiveness of the guy, making it seem like it's the predominant quality of the video."

Actually, you have your own tl,dr. This is exactly the problem. When a woman is reduced to her attractiveness over and over again, in so many ways, it is.... disheartening. And men are NOT subjected to that same kind of pressure.

They are subjected to other kinds of stupid and unreasonable pressures, but this isn't a contest, is it?

The opening is pretty brutally dense -- but I think reading the whole parable is worthwhile (from my comment on the stream):

I recommend starting with this sentence, partway down:

A man has the privilege of walking past a group of strange women without worrying about being catcalled, or leered at, or having sexual suggestions tossed at him.

There follows a parable that I found pretty dang compelling.

Just reading that sentence is kind of a tl,dr summary. The parable fleshes it out.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
@StimulusMax -yes I can. And I didn't read that article. Is there a tl;dr version?