reticulatedspline Archive

Upvotes	Title	Category	Author	Subreddit	Date (UTC)

Upvotes	Comment on	Subreddit	Date (UTC)
7	A gay man's take on the friend zone Since it seems to be reading as [removed] for everyone but me, here it is: "Hi all, Was linked to this sub by someone claiming it was outrageously offensive and full of thuggish chauvinists. Tuned in expecting a quick shock, but stayed and have been reading for a while today. As with any belief system (edit: community), there's definitely a few extremists who make the whole place look bad, but overall there's a lot of interesting discussion here. I thought I would chime in with a slightly differ…	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 11:51 PM
2	A gay man's take on the friend zone Weird... its showing for me as still there. Not sure why. Mods?	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 10:54 PM
2	A gay man's take on the friend zone Well, good that he at least got a fresh perspective and was willing to admit he was wrong.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 01:04 PM
2	A gay man's take on the friend zone Hah! Love it! I've never heard this one.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 12:36 PM
1	A gay man's take on the friend zone The only people who I let in for free were the jackass friends of the club's owner. It was a pretty douchey "upscale lounge" bar so if you wanted badly enough to be in that type of environment you could pay the cover. Plus if $20 at the door was too high for you, there's no way you'd be able to afford drinks.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 12:30 PM
1	A gay man's take on the friend zone Ugh. Never seen it myself but have heard about it. Would be pissed if I saw it.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 12:14 PM
2	A gay man's take on the friend zone Lol thanks on the username, I'm always surprised how few people get the reference. As far as your story, I dunno what to say. I'd disagree that the situation of phenomenon of a sexual over-sharer who is uncomfortably tolerated by those around him is a uniquely gay phenomenon. I knew a straight frat guy who I went to high school with who once told me way more than I wanted to know about his vaginal conquests, in a bar, in a loud enough voice so that folks at other tables could hear. People rolled…	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 04:39 AM
4	A gay man's take on the friend zone Lol I posted it as a gag response, it's not edifying. It's the end scene from the movie Labyrinth where Jennifer Connelly shouts at David Bowie, "You have no power over me!!!" and the whole fantasy world shatters and she's home safe and sound. A red pill scene itself, of a sort.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 04:28 AM
4	A gay man's take on the friend zone Honestly I think people would be more shocked to hear you say fag hag just because the "fag" tends to make people uncomfortable.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 04:24 AM
5	A gay man's take on the friend zone Symbiotes? I guess continuing in that vocabulary my point boils down to: "Wouldn't it be nice if there weren't any carnivores or parasites and we could all just be big happy herbivores?" which sounds like a pretty self-evident/silly point, so I'll drop it.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 04:17 AM
3	A gay man's take on the friend zone Like I said, I was young and not very observant.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 04:09 AM
6	A gay man's take on the friend zone I mean... I think there's a lot of generalization in what you said, but I agree with the gist of it. There's still drama over sex, there's just not as much of the cartel variety. There are definitely dudes who won't give you the time of day if you don't look a certain way, so there is some power dynamic involved. But as you point out, finding other guys to have sex with is not hard. If you want a crash course in how gay sex differs, try this: There's a gay hookup app called grindr. You create a …	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 02:58 AM
9	A gay man's take on the friend zone Yikes... you lost me at "period".	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 02:48 AM
6	A gay man's take on the friend zone As I said elsewhere in this thread, I do feel like sex for straight people seems to have a whole lot more politics behind it when it happens. I think when it's two guys the sexual exchange can be more overt and less coy than in hetero cases. ...then again I speak of hetero sex from a purely outsider perspective, so what do I know.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 02:45 AM
4	A gay man's take on the friend zone Not at all. Many of my gay friends have female friends.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 02:38 AM
13	A gay man's take on the friend zone I think/worry sometimes that any human interaction regardless of gender has a carnivore and a prey. Someone who comes out to the benefit and someone from whom that benefit is taken from. Whether it's money, time, ego, or emotional energy, that there's always a giver and a taker whenever two human beings interact with one another. Even if it's only an a minuscule, microscopic scale. Some of the mentality of TRP seemed to speak to this, which may have been why it resonated a bit. Like... you're th…	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 01:23 AM
20	A gay man's take on the friend zone Like flies buzzing around a piece of fruit ("fruit" being a derogatory term for a gay dude).	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 01:14 AM
8	A gay man's take on the friend zone Tell me about it. Those dudes looked like friggin Abercrombie models (back when that kind of man was actually considered attractive).	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 01:11 AM
7	A gay man's take on the friend zone I didn't mention feminine gay guys I don't think, that may have been someone else. That said, I'd draw a distinction between being "feminine" in terms of affect and feminine in terms of somehow synching with the female/male relationship dynamic that is analyzed here. I have a lot of flamboyant gay friends who listen to show tunes, dress colorfully, etc. They are smart, loyal, and generous dudes. I don't think "acting girly"- as some might call it- has any relation to the sort of manipulation tha…	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 01:06 AM
12	A gay man's take on the friend zone Probably true. As mentioned, this was in college and I look back on that period with a great deal of chagrin for me allowing other people's needs to take precedence over my own. That said, I feel like my success record for making lasting, evenly balanced friendships with guys has been much higher, so I don't see the need to go through the extra work/risk of including women.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 12:25 AM
19	A gay man's take on the friend zone This is the article I meant: http://chronicle.com/article/In-Making-Campuses-Safe-for/127766/	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 12:18 AM
7	A gay man's take on the friend zone I debated linking to this: http://youtu.be/emebPH6ysRU?t=1m1s though obviously the gender roles need to be reversed.	/r/TheRedPill	20/11/13 12:15 AM
14	A gay man's take on the friend zone No clue. I went to a very big school, so fortunately it was pretty easy to avoid her. She was a pretty hard partier, so I'd guess unless she had some sort of wake-up call, things probably ended poorly.	/r/TheRedPill	19/11/13 11:57 PM