why do i hate that artist thing that people keep posting on my facebook so much? why am i such a jerk?

hell I see that every day on friends' profiles. usually some innocent selfie, followed by some skeevy comment and a reminder that "creepy comments will be deleted" and then someone apologizing for acting like the guy with the soiled shirt and the colt 45 whistling at people in front of the Food Lion

Posting narcissistic photos for likes remains an alien concept to me anyway. Nothing makes me feel as old as that stuff.

does the ability to read other people's intentions come with age?

Always.

all my selfie likes keep me youthful

Credit where credit is due: every time I've tried to take a photo of myself the results have been ... unhappy, there must be a skill to it

Plus dunno if it's personal narcissism that has people posting selfies, so much as that selfies are the standard way of communicating on a lot of social media websites

There are numerous reasons for posting selfies, of course. Narcissism is one of them and I'm not even mad at it - we're all narcissists to some degree. My issue is with the pic I posted which takes for granted that your main reason for posting pics of yourself is to get as many likes as possible and that men or porn culture or whatever is to blame if your naked pic gets more attention than one where you're wearing clothes - but still striking the same coquettish pose. That's the kind of narcissism I just don't get.

but both of the women are fictional, and the image at least appears to be an example of policing women on the internet and how they present themselves. i'm not sure going "oh yes but my issue is with my assumed motivations of Gallant, not how the Like-leavers receive Goofus" helps much.

i guess it could also be intended solely as a send-up of the catcalling males and what gets their attention but it's hard to separate this out. there's something about it which seems to be judging the woman too. maybe it's just me but i feel like the image is a symptom of the assumption that women's representations of themselves are fundamentally motivated by narcissism, or by a desire for loud catcalling approval from men.

I guilty lol'ed

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/13138841_1091877264252602_3612792189005298656_n.jpg?oh=7a3878f12d5762a0b530ea3cdb590cdf&oe=57AAA903

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Oh absolutely. That is a big part of why it's so frustrating. In blaming whatever it is the picture is symptomatic of on «#porn culture» the women who post - and like - this seem very blind to their own - implied - assumptions «that women's representations of themselves are fundamentally motivated by narcissism, or by a desire for loud catcalling approval from men.» If not for porn culture they would be getting as many ig likes as Kim K, obviously.

I think we're kind of talking past each other, but I can't tell? This meme is trouble.

the condom/bag photo is originally from the onion, where it was attached to a funnier joke:

http://www.theonion.com/graphic/man-unknowingly-purchases-lifetime-supply-of-condo-34865

(though I did lol at the bag joke as well, mea culpa)

Ok, I lost control at the Onion's joke.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13138843_1363294807048847_5636951471800135211_n.jpg?oh=e7565f0d231897127a39353068d077a9&oe=579CFC04

OK I need one of those.

problematic imo

Yeah maybe it's a coincidence but the optics in that pic are of a white guy who doesn't want to get too close to black people.

Yeah, I pondered how to mention that.

it'll be funny when someone grabs that little hoop and whirls him into traffic.

fuck that guy, fuck that concept, fuck the underlying argument of that being a reasonable line of thinking in the first place, fuck anyone who walks side by side down the sidewalk and doesn't fall into single file when you pass people on the sidewalk. don't live in a city if you don't like people standing close to you.

unless you're autistic or something

everybody OTM. also the guy is very clearly dicking around on his phone, to boot

hard to tell but i like to think that's a pentagram

fuck anyone who walks side by side down the sidewalk and doesn't fall into single file when you pass people on the sidewalk.

Yes, these people are terrible. The amount of bad sidewalk etiquette is appalling.

It's a bitter sweet symphony, sure.

Obviously taking up more than your fair share of the pavement is abominable behaviour (though I suspect the thinking behind the [clearly not actually serious] invention is a retaliation against ~other people~ taking up too much pavement, and thus so goes a self-perpetuating cycle of aggravation that is the modern city). But I'm a bit "uh" about this: don't live in a city if you don't like people standing close to you. Like, do you genuinely believe everybody in the world gets to choose where they live? Do you not realise that this is not at all a possibility for billions of people?

i think it's a more workable possibility for that guy than building a personal space halo out of pvc pipe
to be clear: i'm responding somewhat facetiously to a meme. I'm well aware of the lifestyle/financial restrictions of urban dwellers as I am one myself. No friendly fire intended.

It's from this page:
http://westsidetoastmasters.com/resources/book_of_body_language/chap9.html

There are a wealth of photos of O_o!

OMG, it's the physical manifestation of the.... FRIEND ZONE (dundunduhhhhhh)

http://westsidetoastmasters.com/resources/book_of_body_language/images/195-personal_zone_distances.jpg

intimate zone = the left shin

i will only support that hoop when the guy finishes the pentagram

So based on the chart that guy's hoop size is set to "friend zone"

Let's think more about this guy

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9OrZlUwgwfQ/UzbmpKJmsYI/AAAAAAAABS0/jkwk9ipkUBw/s1600/certif.png

^^^ That's the ultimate solution. Hermetically sealed from every other person on the planet.

ulysses perfectly articulating how i feel towards the personal space facist

Partic bad, worst subgroup of these ppl are those unable to deal with the you-may-make-contact realities of a busy public transport system.

one of my new hobbies is asking people to move their bags off the seat of the bus even if there are other seats available

Difficult one to judge. Evidence for the prosecution:

- man who ate an apple next to me in crowded carriage: kssssssssssssssssssssss-shlunk. kunch kunch kunch. kssssssssssssssssss-shlunk. kunch kunch kunch. yuwulp.

- the corner of someone else's laptop that pushes very quickly into your back or shoulders and honestly feels like a punch, like you turn round angry

- you stand in kitchen alone. you turn round. housemate is there, as if out of nowhere, in what that image describes as your 'intimate zone', standing behind you, sullen and silent. keeps happening, you keep forgiving it as you're pretty sure he's not the full shilling. but then: one day you spot him from the other side, going into the kitchen, and see him ever so carefully opening the door and tip-toeing in ...

this should really go on the *creepiest sponsored ads on facebook* thread...

https://scontent.fbos1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/12814593_546665198829026_1959257083723515829_n.png?oh=e522791eb4d71688880b64e08a061064&oe=57E299F5

or maybe it's beautiful to you and i'm the creep! i can't help but think of horror movies when i see things like that.

also it's from a place called tees and hoodies and they will pray for your kidney:

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Tees & Hoodies Gary, we have just lifted you up in prayer to our Heavenly Father that your kidney may be touched and healed. We will continue to pray for you and your family. It touched our heart that you thought of us to have the privilege of praying for you.

http://i.imgur.com/w1bzLpW.jpg

^ stop that

David Avocado strikes again...

https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13138995_10153497341316512_85099994718946776_n.jpg?oh=fbab4cc04d717a702aca6df1e0efd0df&oe=57D5BDAB

Makes you think...

I'm still thinking....

not enough typos in that one

you stand in kitchen alone. you turn round. housemate is there, as if out of nowhere, in what that image describes as your 'intimate zone', standing behind you, sullen and silent. keeps happening, you keep forgiving it as you're pretty sure he's not the full shilling. but then: one day you spot him from the other side, going into the kitchen, and see him ever so carefully opening the door and tip-toeing in ...

OK dude if this is actually happening to you, move the fuck out before he knifes you or something.

the snake is HILLARY and the fish is BERNIE

@trayce: I have come up with various moving out plans so I have a backdoor in case of this guy going into meltdown.

He's keen on dropping casual references to suicide and self-harm into conversation. FWIW I've rung up a mental health charity and discussed some of his behaviour with them (the kitchen creepin' is only part of it) and they said that overall it sounded like OCPD (as opposed to more regular OCD). Overall I'm more bothered about him doing something to himself than to anyone else ... light at the end of the tunnel is that he's mentioned that his current job gives him a commute that's too long so he himself wants to move.