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GordoDeCentral

Diez
Moderator
Apr 14, 2005
70,789
#1
To the american contingent in this forum, anyone addicted to the rants and raves on Craigslist? I personally cannot spend a day without reading them :) hilarious.
here's one of the best of's:


There was a time - I'd say pre 1999 - when I would have tolerated a girl with an errant fat roll, a mildly problematic ass, or even non-porcelain veneered teeth. And come to think of it, I might have even green lighted a B cup chest.

But with the installation of the high speed cable modem, alas, I am sad to say that those times have now passed. I now only want - and will only solicit affection from - girls with killer porn star looks and behavior.

I am ashamed and I do not like what now stimulates me, but the Internet, with all of its quick fix, crack-like vices, has made me extraordinarily intolerant.

Are you a Tufts or Harvard grad and a great conversationalist?

Not important.

Do you have a quirky sense of humor and a knack for cooking Asian Fusion cuisine?

Don't care.

Would you like to discuss the sub-text meaning of the whip sawed brush strokes of that Kandinsky painting at the MFA?

**** off.

Be the source of a blood rush and make me throw a rod in my pants or kindly turn into anti-matter.

I am ruined. I am dead on the inside. I am ashamed and embarrassed of what now stimulates me and I know that I am irrevocably changed for the worse. For all practical purposes, Internet porn has destroyed me.

So who am I? Not who you'd think. Not the dandruff-haired blob of shit in the cube next to you. Not the UES Michigan frat boy. Not the faux disheveled Downtown hipster with the silly retro Puma sneakers.

Sadly, I am the "normal" one that you're actually interested in. Cultured, eloquent, well dressed. I am the one you discuss with your girlfriends over Sunday brunch. I am the one you hope to bump into at Karen's pajama themed apartment party. I am the one who takes the lead, holds doors, and hails cabs.

Shit.

Do you dream of a man who will "love you just for you?"

Do believe that you have peripheral, intangible qualities that men of substance will key upon and gravitate to?

Do you shun the gym in favor of The Apprentice and a pint of Ben & Jerry's Chunkey Monkey, thinking that your black cigarette pants will sufficiently mask any belly spillage or ass expansion?

Then forget it. It's game over. You're a walking, talking non-compete clause and you're going to end up alone with a slobbering oversized Rotweiller named Chuckles.

Pull your head out of your ass and be advised - porn viewing/obsession is spreading like the plague amongst my gender - upping the already unrealistic physical expectations, pushing boundaries in the bedroom (you're down with anal, right?), and providing instant, customize-able sexual highs with the push of a button.

If you're female and you don't posess prodigal, Einsteinian caliber intelligence that would propel the cause of humanity forward, and, if you don't relish the idea of being alone, then . . .

. . . throw every last dollar you have at your physical appearance.

I'm serious. Personal trainer. Porcelain veneers. High-end boob job. Get scared and get it done.

Do not extend my gender any credit. Do not hope that a guy will be in awe of your cello playing, your VP title, or your cute apartment.

I promise you he won't care. Don't kid yourself into thinking he will. Men are programmed to respond to the visual.

Look good or you're alone.
 

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swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,750
#3
If only you ever met Craig Newmark himself. ;)

When I used to live in the Cole Valley neighbhorhood in SF, where Craig lives, you'd run into him pretty often walking down the street -- looking like he spent way too much time with his own Internet porn collection.

That said, I appreciate what he's done for the Internet...
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,750
#5
So a little background story...

I'm in midtown New York City right now -- in town for the 9th annual Webby Awards, which finished just moments ago and the after event party is moving off to some club on 40th St. called the Cellar (I've got extra tickets if anyone is in town and wants in ;) ).

Some observations, as I am out here as more of an anthropological experiment observer than anything. (The whole concept of the Webby Awards is a bit cheesy and self-important to me -- all completely evidenced by the fact that what I work on won a couple of awards, which is of course, why I'm out here.)

Craig Newmark won a Webby for Person of the Year. He upgraded his glasses -- probably because he thinks he's going to score with more New York chicks with them. But the crowd (a crowd not as freakish and insular as I had originally hoped) was really into the Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Al Gore.

Al and Tipper were sitting a couple of tables down from me, and the poor guy couldn't get in two mouthfuls of food before someone came tapping his shoulder for some hand-shaking, hearty dialog, posing, and picture taking. He's a cool guy though.

But the one thing that perhaps redeemed this event for me wasn't Al Gore, eventhough he was really cool. It was that Vint Cerf presented the award to Al Gore, and a bunch of people gave him a standing ovation. Vint rocks! (I think he's also supposed to receive an ACM Touring Award at the end of this week, which is sort of like the Nobel Prize in computing.)

That whole experience probably both raised my low expectations for the Webby Awards, but also proved how much of a hopeless geek I can be sometimes. :geek:
 

Elnur_E65

Senior Member
Feb 21, 2004
10,848
#7
Well, Craig's list is a great resource for renting appartments in Manhattan! My brother is looking for a place to live, and that website is very useful.

Swag, I just got back from the City! If I knew you were there we'd go for a beer!
 

Yezkimov

Junior Member
Jul 5, 2005
182
#8
you do not the shot of the kiminoff?

i am up the late now, i have training excercises in the 2 hours

i hope the cold keeps the commanders away from my vodka mouth
 

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,750
#9
++ [ originally posted by Elnur_E65 ] ++
Well, Craig's list is a great resource for renting appartments in Manhattan! My brother is looking for a place to live, and that website is very useful.

Swag, I just got back from the City! If I knew you were there we'd go for a beer!
Bummer! That would have been cool.

Not only that, I could have used your beer advice! I couldn't believe how pathetic a time I had trying to find a spot for a drink just before the event while walking up Broadway from 36th Street. I've seen more downtown bars in Salt Lake City than I've seen in that part of town! :rolleyes:
 
Jan 7, 2004
29,704
#10
i was reading the paper a few days ago and i stumbled across this


Being in a long-distance relationship tends to make you want to chew your own foot off. If you're with an amazing girl and you really care about her, it only gets worse.

Allyson and I have struggled through it before: for 18 months we lived on opposite sides of the country. We barely survived, and now it looks like we're doing it one more time. I've been offered a job out west and she might be headed for a gig in New Zealand.

The thing is, I swore I'd never subject myself to this again. By the end last time I was such a stress case that my clenched jaw could have turned coal into diamonds. But now, having lived with her for a year, I realize one key fact: she's ****ing worth it, man!

She's cooler and hotter than ever, like a boiling-hot iceberg, and she was already everything I ever wanted in a partner. If she were *****y or prudish or uninspiring, I could easily break up with her and move on. Instead, I'm getting ready for more long distance. That's like staring crazy in the face and then making out with it, but I've got a sexy plan that could save my sanity.

Let me explain.

The standard deal when a man and a woman are sufficiently interested in each other is that they will stop having sex with other people. Monogamy is the last accepted manifestation of humankind's desire to own other humans. I have to admit that a primal part of me kind of loves the fierce exclusivity of being in a couple, but an equally primal part of me wants to have lots of sex. There's no conflict if you're living with your sexual partner, but if you're far apart it's a lot tougher.

Phone sex is unsatisfactory at best, so you just have to suck it up and go without. After a while, though, the desire to **** that cute girl in the bar becomes maddeningly strong.

Your libido is telling you, "Look, man, I just did some research on our species in the computer here, and it's not good for us to stop having sex. I'm going to need you to start spreading our genetic code."

An inner dialogue begins between your body's pounding wants and your mind's desire to stay loyal and true. Your mind knows that your future happiness is at stake, so, like anyone in danger, you use cunning to avoid hazardous situations. You grow a weird moustache because you know it's an effective chick repellent. You also get a bit crasser for the same reason. You steer clear of girls who are the least bit attractive and single. Life is good.

And it works, for a little while. Then your body just ups the dosage of hormones or something, because girls you never would have considered pursuing before suddenly look pretty good. In fact, every one of your female friends seems like a sexy possibility.

You catch yourself fantasizing while staring at your roommate's crazy girlfriend. You realize that you're losing control and begin to get paranoid. You're nervous all the time, and since when do you sweat so much? People start wondering if you have a meth habit. Temptation is everywhere, so you try to keep yourself safe by skipping most social events. You're a sweaty, foul-mouthed, facial-hairy recluse.

Meanwhile, the only contact you have with your precious, faraway girl is a daily phone call. And while I'm an advocate of open, good communication between couples, girlfriends tend not to understand when you say to them, "Yeah, I'm really struggling with not cheating on you right now."

So you don't mention it. You just say that you miss her, but you can't help but feel like you're already lying a bit. You try to keep everything bottled up. You've got one hand clamped on your mouth and the other clamped on your balls while you dance on the slippery slope of lying to your partner.

Now, I don't know why, but somehow for me this situation inevitably leads to feeling even more insane. Eventually, in a fit of sexually powered hysteria, I crack and realize that the only win-win situation is for me to start having sex with other girls all the time.

I'm a jerk, right? I'm reprehensible, right? But you know what? Allyson knows about it – and she approves.

As long as these girls are porn stars in the glowing depths of the Internet whose work helps me trick my pesky libido into thinking that I'm leading the lifestyle it wants, I'll be all right.

I've got Jenna Jameson when I want to get classy, Briana Banks when I want… well, the opposite of classy. I've got the adorable Aurora Snow to wake me up in the morning and the feisty Jenna Haze to knock me out in the evening. Sometimes I like to just have a quiet night with farm girl Jesse Jane, and other times I'll party hard with some identical twins. Hell, I've even been known to invite a certain heiress up to my hotel room once in a while. And I've become a new man.

Things are totally cool with Ally. I've shaved and I can go out in public again. I can go to parties and hang out with people, even talk to a pretty girl, knowing that if she starts snuggling up close I'll have the strength of will to say, "Hey, you're great, but I've got a serious girlfriend right now, so let's not go there."

So to all the fine, upstanding women of porn: I salute you (no dick joke intended). Unlike the extremists who criticize you, your work is actually making a positive difference in the lives of everyday people. You are saving relationships. the end
 

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