tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post6321467670060082764..comments2024-03-22T05:55:48.117-04:00Comments on The Pervocracy: Cosmocking: March '11! Part 1!Cliff Pervocracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02080142422250604406noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-90345596624031696962011-09-16T14:53:36.005-04:002011-09-16T14:53:36.005-04:00"LESSON: One big problem with the "oppos..."LESSON: One big problem with the "opposite gender" way of thinking--everything on Earth is either a man thing or a woman thing--is that in a heterosexual relationship, you have nothing in common. Sharing interests would make one or both of you, I don't know, gay. So not only do you miss out on the bonding experience of watching "Mythbusters" together, but your relationship becomes fundamentally adversarial, caught in the tension of whether you should do the girl thing or the boy thing any time you do anything together."<br /><br />Every sunday is Football day. That's just how it is. I want to watch the 49ers game, and I want to watch the Sunday Night game, and if there's an awesome game on I want to watch that too. Also the Monday Night game. I told this to my gf and her response was "that's totally fine." She understands that there's one day a week where I'm probably not going to pay attention to her, one day a week where I'm *doing something else* that doesn't involve her. And she's, shockingly, OK with that.<br /><br />Hell, she's even welcome to sit down next to me and watch with me, or even just sit down next to me with a book and read while I'm watching. I would LOVE that.<br /><br />But if she took the tuner and denied me the opportunity to watch the 9ers game in some bullshit move like this, I'd ask her what the fuck. If she pulled out this bullshit hostage negotiation technique, I'd leave and go to a bar to watch the damn game.superglucosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398359404946835540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-37939267568143586972011-02-26T03:02:50.040-05:002011-02-26T03:02:50.040-05:00Guys live in the day-to-day, so plans that need to...<i>Guys live in the day-to-day, so plans that need to be made months--or even weeks--in advance go straight to the back burner. </i><br /><br />No, they go straight into my calendar. I might put off the finer details until more info or money is available, but otherwise, I'm on it.<br /><br />I must say, the two most useless sex magazines ever have got to be Cosmopolitan, and Playboy (those uber-photoshopped centerfold girls can permanently cripple a young man's ability to ever relate to an actual woman!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-28805476705690672422011-02-24T03:10:25.392-05:002011-02-24T03:10:25.392-05:00Oh, I'm down for some bumps! (*bump*!)
Bwahah...Oh, I'm down for some bumps! (*bump*!)<br /><br />Bwahaha Tin Man :DLeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697267464955551031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-58915431922555850512011-02-18T06:30:55.337-05:002011-02-18T06:30:55.337-05:00HEY FUCK YOU DON'T CALL ME A DOU...
Oh...ohhh...HEY FUCK YOU DON'T CALL ME A DOU...<br /><br />Oh...ohhhhhhhh, TOUCHE! Sorry, my sound system's going out. Software from the '80s, y'know, I feel like Beethoven over here. Or, like, Tin Man or some shit like that.<br /><br />Anyway, yeah, fistbump at mutual understanding! Pound it!RoboCophttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US-ZgUr3xQYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-61113342098729750982011-02-18T05:09:23.109-05:002011-02-18T05:09:23.109-05:00Haha, touche!Haha, touche!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697267464955551031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-13836145901608225482011-02-17T06:55:22.147-05:002011-02-17T06:55:22.147-05:00Leah, and if all else fails, there are always book...Leah, and if all else fails, there are always books. Shocker, right?RoboCophttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boptcdvX27E&feature=relatednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-83270659894968999372011-02-17T06:10:49.571-05:002011-02-17T06:10:49.571-05:00"dating down" to me, was read as, "..."dating down" to me, was read as, "totally slept with a dog/uglier chick/pizza face/whatever." It's like the "New Girlfriend" phenomena: If she's not as attractive as you are, you totally "won." But what happens when she's prettier than you? Well, obviously she's a whore. <br /><br />I HATE that cover. That much sternum is just a "no" for me.<br /><br />The remote thing is just embarrassing. People actually watch shows on tv these days? What about Netflix and DVR? My remote is used to change between systems (Wii/XBox 360/various playstations) and adjust volume. I guess me and my boyfriend are the rarely seen, likely mythical couple who like basically all the same shows.Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697267464955551031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-19227105725631682702011-02-17T04:45:55.470-05:002011-02-17T04:45:55.470-05:00As a kid, I read Cosmo, because I wanted to learn ...As a kid, I read Cosmo, because I wanted to learn about chicks, you know, to do well with them. I never got why it never worked like I figured.<br /><br />You live, you learn.RoboCophttp://www.playlist.com/playlist/additem/1681544977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-68649946891504587112011-02-17T00:40:24.249-05:002011-02-17T00:40:24.249-05:00Nope, Maybelline really doesn't carry a lot of...<i>Nope, Maybelline really doesn't carry a lot of products in a shade darker than "pallid"</i><br /><br />Enh, ok. I've been wrong before. And I have to admit, Maybelline's line of foundation options isn't really my forte. :D<br /><br />(Now, if you want stupid levels of details about mid to late 60's Cadillacs, or early 70's Plymouth offerings, I'm your dude. No, this is not particularly useful information.)perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-57458498556461234082011-02-16T21:21:45.229-05:002011-02-16T21:21:45.229-05:00We pretty much never fight over the remote. There&...We pretty much never fight over the remote. There's not a lot I actively want to watch, and there's not a lot she actually wants to watch, and so there's almost never something I want to watch and something she wants to watch on at the same time.<br /><br />But it would certainly be consistent with the general thrust of <i>Cosmo</i> to frame watching something I want as a defeat for her whether it's keeping us from watching something she wants or not.Hershele Ostropolernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-44289231899679116002011-02-16T06:49:00.980-05:002011-02-16T06:49:00.980-05:00Brilliant! This is my favorite part: "If you...Brilliant! This is my favorite part: "If your hobby is being conventionally feminine and boy-crazy, then I guess Cosmo is your hobby mag. But if you're any other kind of woman, you're a studio photographer--this magazine isn't exactly wrong, just not applicable." I wish someone would have told tween/teen me exactly that. NOW I get it and I'm totally cool (and thrilled) with being a nonconventional female, but yeesh...talk about social reinforcement. The "dating down" bit was spot on too; nothing like keeping the ladies catfighting amongst themselves instead of standing together in agreement that the cheating is the fault of the cheater (as my good friend W. and "the other woman" recently did, to much hiliarity and balance of karma).<br /><br />@PersonalFailure: I concur. That's pretty much the logical arrangement in my household as well, except that I really don't like much TV so I go upstairs to read or do my things when he watches his shows. However, I am obsessed with Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, which is quite explicit (hot nudity of both genders, lots of sex both hetero and homo...God bless Canada). Seriously, it is refreshing that "nudity" doesn't just mean "we threw in some tits for the 18-35 (straight) male demographic. And sex and violence gets me every time ;)Kaijanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-56308878326834236902011-02-16T00:39:52.839-05:002011-02-16T00:39:52.839-05:00I thought that Maybelline didn't make foundati...I thought that Maybelline didn't make foundation for darker skin because they were already outplayed by lines like Black Radiance, Iman's line, etc. Cover Girl has darker makeup, too (I have no idea which one of these lines is the best or whether any of them are any good, I'm white as chalk.)<br /><br />Now why those companies aren't advertising or why they aren't advertising their darker lines in Cosmo is another question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-79609362804327709952011-02-15T22:58:00.323-05:002011-02-15T22:58:00.323-05:00Wow, they even designate one of their pallid shade...Wow, they even designate one of their pallid shades "nude?" I thought society got over <a href="http://www.darianenabor.com/blog/thoughts/multicultural-crayons/" rel="nofollow">THAT little stupidity</a> ages ago...Nentuabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207685117778656542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-86366990877453477922011-02-15T22:00:18.732-05:002011-02-15T22:00:18.732-05:00It never occurred to me to LOOK AT HIS PENIS. Tha...It never occurred to me to LOOK AT HIS PENIS. That is soooo cool! Thanks, Cosmo!<br /><br />flightlessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-66744079144007285052011-02-15T17:54:43.206-05:002011-02-15T17:54:43.206-05:00Sharing interests would make one or both of you, I...<i>Sharing interests would make one or both of you, I don't know, gay.</i><br /><br />Wrong! Doing a few *carefully* selected guy-things, as a girl, makes you awesome. If you could still pass for a runway model but eat 10 cheeseburgers at a sitting: awesome. If you can mountain climb without chipping a nail: awesome. But you still have to be thin and pretty and perfect, mind you.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-66277814078078627532011-02-15T16:56:42.877-05:002011-02-15T16:56:42.877-05:00"Dating down" probably refers to dating ..."Dating down" probably refers to dating people who have social markers of a lower class: "trailer trash" or "white trash" or whatever. In other news, some people are REALLY OBNOXIOUS.<br /><br />I know lots of guys who have been planning their costumes for the Bigass Steampunk Party or the local con months in advance, whereas I threw mine together at the last minute. I think I need to tell them that between the interest in clothes and the ability to think about things more than five minutes in the future, their penises have actually fallen off.Ozymandiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410555827569922830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-3046469359573840622011-02-15T15:17:00.030-05:002011-02-15T15:17:00.030-05:00Perlhaqr - Nope, Maybelline really doesn't car...Perlhaqr - Nope, Maybelline really doesn't carry a lot of products in a shade darker than "pallid":<br /><br /><a href="http://www.maybelline.com/products/97/face/foundation/pure-stay-powder-foundation/nude/30?shadeId=531" rel="nofollow">Check</a><br /><a href="http://www.maybelline.com/products/92/face/foundation/fit-me-foundation/ivory/115?shadeId=494" rel="nofollow">it</a><br /><a href="http://www.maybelline.com/products/86/face/foundation/dream-smooth-mousse/nude-beige/light-3-5?shadeId=432" rel="nofollow">out.</a>Cliff Pervocracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02080142422250604406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-39161315821263370932011-02-15T12:38:09.303-05:002011-02-15T12:38:09.303-05:00*rolls eyes* Is the remote really that much of a p...*rolls eyes* Is the remote really that much of a problem? Seriously?<br /><br />Here's some real world advice: get DVR. It's cheap, it works great and you won't need to hire a hostage negotiator on a nightly basis. My husband and I have 3 types of shows: shows he likes(Intervention, American Pickers, etc.), shows I like (Fringe, reruns of Star Trek, etc.) and shows we both like (Community, Lie to Me, etc.)<br /><br />He watches his shows after I go to bed, I watch my shows while he's working and we watch our shows together. It's not that hard.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-64759138234234772572011-02-15T12:32:52.316-05:002011-02-15T12:32:52.316-05:00More likely they did some market research and foun...<i>More likely they did some market research and found that most of their potential customers happened to be white.</i><br /><br />I would guess it's more "they did some market research and discovered that most of the readers of 'Cosmo' are white". Which, I don't know if that's true either, but they're in business to make money. If they thought they could sell foundation to black women via Cosmo, I'm sure they would try.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-68045592199965589092011-02-15T12:29:06.789-05:002011-02-15T12:29:06.789-05:00Red cover! Lea Michele! She's naked! No, there...<i>Red cover! Lea Michele! She's naked! No, there's a little bit of cloth sort of off to the sides of the photo! But not much!</i><br /><br />Went and looked at the cover photo. Whoa. I don't think I've ever seen an outfit you wouldn't have to remove to apply an AED before. On a purely technical level, I'm impressed!perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.com