Mode of girls.

[JollyRoger]

too hypercritical over trivial things
shallow
giving too much weight to others' appearance
acting on gut feeling.
not easy to please

MRA, right?

 

[Borachio]

...and the third type: people who understand binary but not your joke.

Surely, you understand both?

 

[Goodfella]

His post said 11 at first.

 

[Borachio]

I thought that was the joke. 11 being binary for three.

The original joke goes there are three types of whatever those who understand whatever and those who don't.

(My goodness! I've forgotten what the whatever is.)

 

[Goodfella]

No, the joke's that there are 10 types of people. He made a typo/mistake and as proof he even edited it to 10 right before I posted. At first I wasn't sure if it was a typo or 11 was the joke.

 

[Borachio]

"There are three types of people: those who can count and those who can't."

And then came the binary variant. It really should be 11, imo. Otherwise, it isn't a double joke.

 

[Mango Elephant]

Girls more superficial than guys? What universe do you live in? LOL



I don't like to make generalizations, but I would expect the opposite.

 

[Borachio]

I think he's referring to the Universe of hair-dos, make-up, and shoes. That's a fairly superficial universe, isn't it? Kind of by definition.

(Not that I think that accounts for the totality of the female mind, by any means.)

 

[timtofly]

Only OT guys are superficial?

 

[Quackers]

Most of the time it is the hysteria.

I remember a friend of mine losing her mind on the eve of an exam. I had to talk some serious man-sense into her. After my man-talk her girly tantrum disappeared and she morphed into a reasonable person again.

The very, very worst thing you can do is play along with them.

 

[Borachio]

Oh, I don't know. Could be fun.

Keep agreeing, and adding, to their "losing" their minds. See how far it will go, eh?

Sometimes, if you take this sort of line, they'll suddenly say "Yes, it is silly, isn't it?"

 

[Quackers]

As long as you don't take her seriously and remained detatched it can be amusing to watch a woman go crazy infront of your eyes.

 

[Narz]

Girls more superficial than guys? What universe do you live in? LOL

I don't like to make generalizations, but I would expect the opposite.

Well, guys can be extremely shallow about the appearance of a woman's body/face but I suspect guys care alot less about the appearance/messiness of a girl's bedroom than a girl would care. If a girl dresses like a slob she can still get plenty of attention if she's hot, a guy perhaps not so much (though I pull off my fair share ). In general guys are willing to overlook more issues (besides unattractiveness & unfaithfulness).

Women have to be more cautious about personal interactions, especially sexual interactions, being moody & coy is part of that.

Even female mice can be coy, darting in, darting out, playing hard to get. It's an evolutionary strategy.

At the end of the day, we're all born shallow & have to make a conscious effort to build depth of character & understanding. People will notice shortcomings more often in the opposite sex than the same one because our culture encourages us to form our deepest relationships with those who we're attracted to. Mango, IIRC (correct me with I'm wrong), you're attracted to dudes so it makes sense you'd notice their flaws more than the OP who like chicks.

 

[Zack]

...and the third type: people who understand binary but not your joke.

There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary, those who don't, and those who understand that this is actually a base 3 joke.

 

[plarq]

I don't think this problem is NP complete.

 

[Mango Elephant]

Well, guys can be extremely shallow about the appearance of a woman's body/face but I suspect guys care alot less about the appearance/messiness of a girl's bedroom than a girl would care. If a girl dresses like a slob she can still get plenty of attention if she's hot, a guy perhaps not so much (though I pull off my fair share ). In general guys are willing to overlook more issues (besides unattractiveness & unfaithfulness).

I didn't know women cared about clean rooms. That's very interesting.

There's not much disagreement that men care more about sexiness than women. Inherently, caring about things like nose size and forehead height is superficial because they are based solely on appearance. However, the things that women usually care about, like wealth and cleanliness, aren't as superficial because they reveal personality traits (such as ambition and self-awareness).

There was a thread a while back where a man was frustrated that men are often accused of only caring about appearance, whereas women aren't villainized for "fetishizing" personality traits like maturity and confidence. Of course, the comparison wasn't valid because things like maturity and confidence are the things that long-lasting relationships are built upon, not things like appearance.

At the end of the day, we're all born shallow & have to make a conscious effort to build depth of character & understanding. People will notice shortcomings more often in the opposite sex than the same one because our culture encourages us to form our deepest relationships with those who we're attracted to. Mango, IIRC (correct me with I'm wrong), you're attracted to dudes so it makes sense you'd notice their flaws more than the OP who like chicks.

Haha. I notice plenty of flaws in women, but I haven't noticed superficiality yet.

 

[Borachio]

I didn't know women cared about clean rooms.

Surely, you're joking? Doesn't your mother care about clean rooms?

 

[Narz]

I didn't know women cared about clean rooms. That's very interesting.

Well cleanliness = high status. I think it depends on the age bracket. Women between 25-35 are the worst I think. Before that they're just curious & want to explore, late thirties to early forties is the best as they're super horny & know how they like it.

There's not much disagreement that men care more about sexiness than women. Inherently, caring about things like nose size and forehead height is superficial because they are based solely on appearance.

Appearance means healthy babies. Anyway, most men don't care about foreheads & noses, they care about shapely bodies.

However, the things that women usually care about, like wealth and cleanliness, aren't as superficial because they reveal personality traits (such as ambition and self-awareness).

Men want hottness, women want security, both these primitive desires are superficial.

Fortunately both men & women rate "kindness" on the top of the list for preferred qualities in a mate.

There was a thread a while back where a man was frustrated that men are often accused of only caring about appearance, whereas women aren't villainized for "fetishizing" personality traits like maturity and confidence. Of course, the comparison wasn't valid because things like maturity and confidence are the things that long-lasting relationships are built upon, not things like appearance.

Of course relationships are built upon mutual sexual attraction as much as confidence which is as transitory as looks.

Haha. I notice plenty of flaws in women, but I haven't noticed superficiality yet.

Come to New York City.

 

[Zack]

Surely, you're joking? Doesn't your mother care about clean rooms?

I don't think women are any better or worse at keeping a clean room than men.

 

[Borachio]

OK.

That's totally not my experience on the issue.

Which isn't to say that there aren't some men who keep even cleaner rooms than most women, just that they're very rare.

Most men simply don't see the dirt.

Still, it may be a cultural or generational thing.