But, like, I come from the middle class (I think?) and things seem absolutely dire for people like me.

What about the chill zone, or the cool zone, or the calzone?

And lastly, I’ll say this, it’s completely disingenuous to remain “friends” with someone after you’ve been friendzoned if you initially had romantic feelings for them and those romantic feelings still persist. Unless your feelings magically also changed to platonic ones, then there’s a relational imbalance that will always linger. It’s better to just say “hey I like you in a more romantic way and even though you want to be friends, perhaps it’s better that we don’t hang out.”

Interesting, can you expand on this and why you shouldn’t be friends with someone you’re attracted to? Like, do you think ‘platonic’ and ‘romantic’ are binary conditions?

I’m not aaying you’re wrong but I’m interested in why you think it’s strictly disingenuous. I completely agree with the rest of what you said btw

Yeah, agreed about the misogyny.

Also, as I think about it, what if it partially stems from people politely rejecting others, after a date, by telling them they just want to be friends when they don’t actually mean it?

I’ve had that shit happen to before and it kind of blows. Went on a date with a cool, attractive girl in a new city where I didn’t know anyone, and she let me know afterwards that she thinks I’m cool but just wants to be friends. I was like ‘fuck yeah, I don’t give a shit’ but we never spoke after that :( Don’t say it if you don’t mean it, but then again maybe I should have put in more effort into staying in contact with her.

Yeah see, even if I was deeply interested in a romantic relationship with that person, I’d never take it to the next level and stay within boundaries out of fear of not losing them.

Is that conceited?

Fixed my wording but I think my point remains. If you have a genuine friend who isn’t romantically interested but is there for you otherwise, whatsdabigdeal hea?

Could you help me do that? I’ve never really used chatgpt

:honk-enraged: GET A FUCKING PE

stimulant that was traditionally used as a pesticide, basically a soy version of the holocaust,

:10000-com: certified banger

I’m not looking to fight but since having kids of my own I’ve learnt that you get domestic maids whose job is cleaning and then you get nannies whose job is child care. Nannies are paid more and often get sent on courses such as first aid and baby stimulation. Their hours are different and many become part of the family and live in. Yes, many are badly treated but many aren’t and if we took away this South African culture then millions would loose their only source of income. You can’t judge a situation based on a single encounter.

kill yourself

:surprised-pika: were the libs right about the bernie bros?

Yes, yes they were. broken clock etc etc