GracefulStoat Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)

Upvotes	Comment on	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
3	Dave Chappelle's comment about abortion and abandonment in his Netflix stand-up special is a watershed moment for recognition of society's hypocrisy in how it addresses the consequences of men's and women's sexual expression. This is definitely not the first time a successful male comedian has made this exact argument. I don't see why you expect it to get more traction this time than it has every previous time.	/r/PurplePillDebate	28/08/19 12:26 PM
4	N-Count Cannot Be Meaningless The stability of a relationship depends on (at least) two things: the characteristics of the individuals in that the relationship and the quality of the match. Before we match people up, we can say a priori that some types of people are less likely to divorce: educated people, old people, people with traditional religious values, etc. We can also say that some types of people are more likely to divorce: young people, poor people, secular people, highly promiscuous people, etc. But after we pair …	/r/PurplePillDebate	23/08/19 08:16 PM
6	N-Count Cannot Be Meaningless Divorce risk is very important, but as an individual person, I need to consider the risk that my specific marriage to a specific person will fail, not the risk that a hypothetical generic marriage would fail. Most of the reasons that low previous partner counts are supposed to lead to low divorce risk would operate backwards in my case and actually increase my risk.	/r/PurplePillDebate	23/08/19 07:44 PM
1	N-Count Cannot Be Meaningless There are good reasons and bad reasons to have a high or a low number, so neither a high number nor a low number is "better" outside of the context of how it came about. I care about a partner's number in the generic sense that I care about all kinds of information about their life, but I don't care about it by itself outside of the context of their lived experience.	/r/PurplePillDebate	23/08/19 07:39 PM
1	Discussion: Trusting another person to not cheat on you is an irrational leap of faith. How do people bear it? Non-monogamy can be a great thing, but it's not a solution to this problem. Most people in non-monogamous LTRs make some kind of rules or agreements. You can't know that you non-monogamous partner isn't breaking those rules when behind your back, so you still have to make a leap of faith. Even if you don't make actual rules, you will 100% definitely discover that there are things you expect your partner not to do and hope they never will do. And you will never know for certain if your partner is…	/r/PurplePillDebate	09/04/19 10:58 PM
1	Discussion: Trusting another person to not cheat on you is an irrational leap of faith. How do people bear it? "Is rationality neurotic?" Yep.	/r/PurplePillDebate	09/04/19 10:36 PM
1	Discussion: Trusting another person to not cheat on you is an irrational leap of faith. How do people bear it? "Now if one were to say "I accept that it could happen, and I'm ok with that", that's one thing." This, basically. If you think that being cheated on would utterly shatter you, then you shouldn't date. Love and companionship are great things, but they're not worth that kind of risk. If you're not able to tell yourself that "my partner might cheat on me and that would suck but I would survive and the world would not end," you're not ready to date.	/r/PurplePillDebate	09/04/19 10:34 PM
5	Men should start actively rejecting all forms of female privilege (and also male disadvantage). When you say "any amount" of money, what kind of numbers do you have in mind? How about $100,000? If you rake in $100,000 per year you're doing pretty well. But if you hire an accountant, a fashion consultant, a stylist, a personal trainer, a photographer, a web designer, and a PR agent and pay them them out of your $100k, you will not have enough left to pay rent. That means you have 3 options. You can give up on full-time modeling and get a day job; you can live off your family or go into debt…	/r/PurplePillDebate	09/04/19 10:27 PM
9	Men should start actively rejecting all forms of female privilege (and also male disadvantage). Not necessarily. There is some correlation between intelligence and professional skill, but it's not that strong. There are lots of highly-intelligent people in unskilled professions, and people of below-average intelligence can learn valuable skills if they're willing to work at it, especially skills that a more practical/applied/athletic and less abstract/academic/theoretical. Some successful models are both smart and hard-working. Others are just hard-working. Models who are neither smart nor…	/r/PurplePillDebate	09/04/19 10:03 PM
1	Why women make “relationship material” guys wait, but not Chad. On the first date? Yes. But if I* continue to spend time with someone hot, my desire to fuck him will build up over time, and the most exciting conversation topics will get used up. Eventually, "finally fucking the guy I've been jerking off to for weeks" will be more appealing than "a pretty good but not world-changing conversation." But see my other comment about pre-date logistics. *Did you think I was woman when you asked what I would do? My comment was a generalization about the women …	/r/PurplePillDebate	09/04/19 09:47 PM
21	Men should start actively rejecting all forms of female privilege (and also male disadvantage). "Instagram model making $$$$ through absolutely zero skill or merit of her own " No such person exists. Instagram modeling is a crowded and highly competitive field. Instagram models who make any $ worth mentioning are typically skilled professionals with substantial knowledge of photography, IT, marketing, fashion, and cosmetics.	/r/PurplePillDebate	09/04/19 09:27 PM
1	Why women make “relationship material” guys wait, but not Chad. Also -- In my experience, a woman's decision to have sex on the first date is about 20% based on how the date goes and 80% based on external factors. If her roommates are home, she just worked a 12 hour shift, her period just started, and she has to get up at 7 -- then it doesn't matter how much she likes you or how hot you are, it's not going to happen. If she hasn't gotten laid in a month, tomorrow is her day off, and her roommates are out, you just have to convince her you're not a serial kil…	/r/PurplePillDebate	09/04/19 09:14 PM
1	Why women make “relationship material” guys wait, but not Chad. I think you're over-complicating a really basic example of opportunity costs. Time is our most precious resource, and every time we choose to have sex, we're choosing to do that instead of doing anything else with our time. For a lot of women, first-time sex with a new man is more fun than a bad conversation but less fun than a good conversation. Therefore, a man who is hot but boring is more fun to fuck than to talk to, but but a man who is both hot and interesting will be more fun to talk to…	/r/PurplePillDebate	09/04/19 08:59 PM
1	Women just want fun OK, but then if you only do it once a month it should stay fun for 15 years, right?	/r/PurplePillDebate	07/04/19 10:08 AM