tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post3947863445567884816..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: Flirt-deaf MenDr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-9451067621867969952011-05-22T05:38:00.251-04:002011-05-22T05:38:00.251-04:00I wrote this post a while back, but just last week...I wrote this post a while back, but just last week I had occasion to reflect on its themes.<br /><br />I was walking about accomplishing some administrative tasks that put me in contact with several female clerks. Now, it is to be expected that the "responsiveness" (for want of a better word) of the young women with whom I come in to contact is going to vary from person to person. But on this particular day I had several interactions that I would characterize as being "noticeablly above the expected quality". Not "way <em>way</em> above the expected quality" mind you, just a little better eye contact, broader smiles, a little flirtiness, that kind of thing. And I also had an interaction that I would describe as "below expected quality": no eye-contact, indifferent expression, not quite sullen but in that direction.<br /><br />Like I said, this kind of variation shouldn't be unexpected. But what struck me later is the difference in my internal reaction to this variation. On the one hand, as I walked away from the positive interactions, I thought vaguely to myself, "hmmm, <em>that</em> was weird", and didn't think much more about it. But as I walked away from the indifferent interaction, I considered it to be YET FURTHER EVIDENCE for everything I think about women and my relationship to them.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong. I'm too old now to actually use this insight to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_statistics" rel="nofollow">update my priors</a>. Just sayin'.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-14871802093497082342011-05-19T10:18:36.117-04:002011-05-19T10:18:36.117-04:00Is it really too much to ask women to, you know, s...Is it really too much to ask women to, you know, speak their minds.... ha, apparently that is not even on the table. The poor little snowflakes require men to develop telepathy instead!Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023125641719686613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-29253246521324374832011-05-17T08:39:13.469-04:002011-05-17T08:39:13.469-04:00I have met too many flirty women who negatively re...I have met too many flirty women who negatively reinforced that "she was just being friendly". I am a slow learner, but not that slow. Now I know better. All flirting women are just being teases or acting on their inner slut, but are not showing interest in me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-21745003892780932122011-05-17T07:51:05.577-04:002011-05-17T07:51:05.577-04:00I find it comforting – and therefore suspicious – ...I find it comforting – and therefore suspicious – to think that those kind alpha girls were actually flirting with me back then.<br /><br />Ha, ha... you never know! A while back, I mentally made a list eight or nine girls long whom I now know obviously wanted me, even though I was oblivious at the time. One of them worked in the same place as me for a time... every day that she knew I was working, she used to come in wearing short skirts, made up to the nines... I thought she was just "being friendly". It's probably better in the long-term that it never went anywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com