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Vanth

@ Vanth @reddthat.com

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    Besides bars and clubs, how does a guy put himself around more women?

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  • Meeting through friends and social groups like sports, clubs, church, whatever, is much better than cold approaches, IMO. I can see a dude display they have social skills and we both have something more than "he/she is pretty" to go on.

    Don't have friends and hobbies? Tackle that before worrying about dating. Romantic relationships are like friendships but on expert mode.

    Counter-question, how can I make it clear I DO NOT want to be cold-approached by ANYONE while at the beach? Headphones, sunglasses, and my face in a book has not worked.

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    How does an average looking guy cold approach a woman?

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  • How do you strike up a convo/friendship with a man?

    Always my first question because too many folks asking questions like this don't. If a person can't cultivate a platonic friendship, a romantic relationship is beyond their current skill levels. Romantic relationships are hard mode.

  • We all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?

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  • I work in a job with contractual language and care deeply about the placement of every comma in that context.

    Outside that in everyday life, I don't care about any grammer rule so long as I can understand the writer's intent.

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  • Lesbian and bisexual women are different. They have learned telepathy from all their pet cats. They have also learned the stand-offishness from their cats so sadly, it still doesn't help them make the first move.

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  • Why do people on Lemmy seem to be without personality, aka human touch?

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  • Edit: nvm, OP posts indicate they expect more diversity of political opinions, which might mean they're actually looking for Truth Social instead of Lemmy.

  • What's your favorite thing that anyone has done out of pure spite?

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  • When we were kids, my brother would get mean when bored. Low-grade physical stuff, hard pinches, pulled hair, coming into my room to harass me and break toys, enough to cause pain without evidence if I were to complain. I asked my mom to intervene, she didn't want to deal with it, so she gave me the old phrase, "if you don't know what to do, spit in a shoe and do it again at half past two".

    So I spat in my brothers shoe every time he messed with me. And for good measure, I spat in my mom's shoe too for letting him continue to abuse me.

  • What are your most recently visited Wikipedia pages?

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  • Wait, how do you go from TSA policy on shoes to a supermax prison in Colorado?

  • Frequent flyers, is economy on a "regular" airline worth the extra cost compared to economy on a budget airline?

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  • When I traveled enough for work to build up frequent flyer status with a single carrier, yes, it was worth it. I picked which carrier to build status with based on routes available from where I lived and where I traveled most often. And candidate carriers were the larger name-brand ones because they had more routes.

    As an individual traveling once or twice a year for vacation now, I just go with what's inexpensive, meets my schedule, and doesn't have a shit layover like 30 min or 4+ hours. I don't travel enough to build up a frequent flyer status, which is where perks with any particular airline kick in.

  • Amazon engineers and marketers were asked on Monday to volunteer their time to the company’s warehouses to assist with grocery delivery

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  • The manager noted such an effort would help “connect” warehouse and corporate teams.

    Are they trying to build support among the white-collars for unionization of the blue? I can't think of a better way to boost union support among the white-collars. I hope they get the full experience of having to piss into bottles because break times are too short.

  • AI Job Fears Hit Peak Hype While Reality Lags Behind

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  • Only 75 out of 287,000 layoffs this year attributed to AI replacement, yet further down, IBM alone has replaced "hundreds" of HR employees with AI. Which is it?

    Absolute trash article. Any vague gesture in the direction of a fact is poorly defined with no sources. This should only increase skepticism towards AI replacing writers and journalists.

  • What's your best tip or hack for camping?

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  • Ear plugs. Because that rustling of leaves is just a raccoon and most definitely not a serial killer. I like wax earplugs for sleeping versus foam.

    Maintain hygiene regimens to greatest degree possible. Don't skimp on washing face or brushing teeth that you would typically do at home.

    Food makes or breaks a trip for me. The weather could be awful, plans could go awry, but as long as everyone is well fed, there's potential.

    I'm not a no-tech purist while camping but do try to use trips as a time to reset tech habits. Can you go for 24 hours without an Internet connected device? Kinda similar to the occasional dry week or break from coffee/caffeine: check in and see how you're interacting with tech.

    Have a first aid kit and know how to use the stuff in it.

  • What kinds of toxic masculinity have you encountered?

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  • This guy masculinates intoxically.

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    Do insects have personalities? Do invertebrates in general exhibit "personalities"?

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  • We had a scorpion growing up that liked me and not my brother, despite both of us being roughly equally responsible for feeding it. It would come right up to me and take food out of my hand but backed away and tried to not make contact with my brother. That's enough for me without getting all philosophical about what "personality" means.

    It's name was Viggo, as in Mortenson, as in Strider, the Heir of Isildur.

  • Student visa applicants will now be forced to make their social media accounts public

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  • But one shouldn't have to.

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    Olympics?

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  • 2026 is Winter Games in Milan. LA is Summer Games in 2028.

    That said, let it burn. Record low turnout following the disaster that will be FIFA World Cup 2026. It follows the pattern of host countries with human rights abuses.

  • What is the worst candy you've ever tasted?

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  • :adds to shopping cart

  • What is the worst candy you've ever tasted?

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  • sweet candy is for kids

    I vibe w Mario. I haven't had either you mentioned, but they seem my speed. I go for the saltiest licorice you crazy Scandinavians can come up with.

    (am an American who warns people off my candy stash, but they still try it and think I'm pranking them)

    Edit 4 days later: I bought a bag of Original and a bag of Hot & Sour as a result of this thread. Delicious but TBH, I was hoping for stronger. I ran into a specialty licorice store in small, Midwestern city Lincoln, Nebraska a few years bag and they had imported licorice from all over the world. They had a couple that were stronger.

    I am happy to see they survived Covid. It couldn't have been easy for such a niche thing like licorice in a city that small. https://licoriceinternational.com/

  • Student visa applicants will now be forced to make their social media accounts public

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  • So an applicant with dangerous people in their life, maybe an abusive family member or a stalker ex, is forced to expose their accounts they would otherwise keep private. That's the first bad-case scenario that comes to mind, I'm sure there are more.

    I propose a new rule - if so for me, then so for thee. Anything imposed on legal applicants is also imposed on the lawmakers who put it in place.

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    What are the most sedating foods per se, not necessarily needing to be full of it to get the sleep aiding effect?

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  • Any carbs for lunch followed by a work meeting I don't care about.