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Originally posted by sigmagrrl
But, a few threads down there is a Single and Proud thread. It's HUGE. And I find it a bit ironic that on one hand we thrust our fists up in solidarity to say "Yeah, men suck!" or "Girls are yucky!", yet a wedding, a company holiday party, or hell, just any ol' party comes up and all of a sudden that pride we so proudly wore on our sleeve disappears faster than panties on prom night.
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Stop trying to fit the world (and by extension, greekchat) into these neat patterns. There is no implicit corelation between the two threads - you're strawmanning here.
So yeah, you can rage against some perception of 'the machine' all you want, but why? OK, so you don't want to be subject to societal pressures to be 'coupled' - fantastic, do you. But these pressures are more than societal, they're evolutionary as well, they're primal, they are developmental. Ah, now we're raging against much more than society, and suddenly the che guevara "fist in the air" is more of a coping mechanism . . . and you're losing ground rapidly to the slippery slope. Not to mention the arrogance of assuming that there is implicit value to ignoring these societal pressures . . .
You also ignore other issues, such as decorum. If you're invited to bring a date to a wedding, you're invited to do just that - if you have a significant other, decorum suggests it rude to invite one but not the other (since you are, after all, a 'couple'). If you bring a sorority sister, you are abusing the priviledge, since that meal, those drinks, even the seat you sit in does not come for free. How now, my revolutionary friend? Or does pragmatism and respect for others have no place in this fight?
I'll say it again, in the same colloquial language: bringing a sorority sister makes you into a tool (unless the two of you are 'together' in a relationship sense, and then more power to you - I'll buy you a box of wine and make bad jokes).
Past that, your anger at a relatively harmless social issue just drips with a lack of resolution of other issues . . . lay down on the couch, we have the full hour, be open and candid.
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Originally posted by sigmagrrl
So, my attempt to start a semi-intellectual conversation got taken out of context. What else can I expect?
It seems no topic around here can be discussed without the attacking and flaming starting...so, whatever...
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No, you hijacked relatively simple thread with a quasi-intellectual assault, and you even did it by relying mostly on logical fallacies. Start a new thread if you want to argue against the societal desire to have a date, but don't act like you're the only smart person in the thread.
That will get you nowhere.
also this post was very serious, so i included this so Rudey would enjoy it too:
