It’s been a very long time since I last posted. I’ll admit my first two posts were not tremendously successful. My first post was some sort of rediculous limerick, if I remember correctly. The second one was a broadly generalized categorization of males (which may or may not make me look like a hypocrite later… frankly I don’t care). Looking back on both of those, they were pretty big mistakes that not only made me look like a complete jackass, but the latter entry was probably insulting to most of the guys surfing this site [that care]. Hopefully this third entry doesn’t bring me off as too idiotic. If it’s any comfort, in the future I promise to post something lighthearted and tame like some funny joke I heard somewhere or a random review of something, and leave the serious, scary posts to the more experienced among us.
I haven’t come back to F.U.B.A.R. in a long time, and I really have no idea what the hell is going on around here. I probably shouldn’t even be butting into “other people’s business,” but I have to say that I stumbled across Amy’s most recent post and read through it. Yes, boys, the entire thing. I didn’t read Eve’s rant first, though, and at the time of writing this I still haven’t. I suppose that would be important if I started an arguement, but hey, I don’t really plan to.
The thing I paid the most attention to was the comments following Amy’s entry. God, it’s been a long time. I had forgotten about a lot of the soap opera-like rivalries and alliances around here. I’m sure Justin’s digging it. Whenever there is controversy, he sits back and watches the action. But I digress.
I guess the reason that I decided to post (beside, you know, the fact that I haven’t done it in a while) is to comment on Amy’s post and the comments to that post. I don’t know. I guess I was inspired.
Let’s not even pretend that I’m the smartest person here. I wouldn’t even presume to be as good at backing up any arguements I may have as someone like Amy, or Eve, or especially Discommode, whatever his real name is. This may be a good reason for you to stop reading right now. How could you take someone seriously when they themselves say that they’re probably not smart enough to listen to?
My view on the whole “sex” arguement is simple: who fucking cares? Who really gives a damn? The smart people, the REALLY smart people that view this page, that read the entries… they’re the ones that say things like, “I’ll read it later, I swear.” Or, “Amy, I wanna hump you.” If you want to know why I think these people are smarter, it’s because they really don’t give a shit. Their lives are less complicated and happier because they have much better things to be pissed off and worked up about. I myself get more pissed off at things that directly affect me, not something as lofty as how people do or don’t like their sex. I know how I like it. That’s enough for me. I don’t even care to share with anyone, and I would certainly not try to tell people how they should like it. And certainly not why they should like it their own way or anyone else’s.
For the feminists in the audience that are gasping because a woman apparently doesn’t care about all the blood, sweat, and tears that have gone into the freedoms and equality with men we share today: I’d just like to say that I’m not a feminist, but I’m not a feminist basher. The term “feminist” nowadays, more often than not, brings to mind a bunch of women with lots of body hair, burning their unmentionables, screaming about the evils of men, touting the virtues of the dildo, and spelling women, “womyn.” You’d avoid that, too. I appreciate all of the amenities I now enjoy because of feminists. I personally hate wearing skirts, I like being able to vote, and I’m glad that men don’t automatically expect me to know how to cook, clean, sew, and rear children. And before you ladies have a heart attack and die, I KNOW there’s more to it than that.
You know what I think? I think men should start their own movement. Call it Masculinism or something. Men have rights, too. I see so many cases where men get screwed, it’s disgusting. Fathers in this country have practically no rights regarding their children. How often, really, do you hear of cases of divorce where the father is awarded custody for any other reason than having a lot more money than the mother (except in cases where the mother is a heroin addict or some crap)? And don’t even get me started on the Armed Forces. I say, if you’re a woman and you want to be in the military, don’t expect to do any less than the men do. Don’t pout and fuss because you want to play with the boys, and then expect to play with different rules.
I forget which of you said it, but yes, arguing over the internet is pretty stupid. No doubt about it. I probably wouldn’t even be typing this right now if it weren’t for the fact that 1) I’m very bored, 2) I can’t sleep, and 3) I’m feeling pretty stupid right now. I guess some people argue just for the sake of debate. We have to match wits against eachother. Prove who’s smarter than who. Who agrees with what. I admit that some of the points made were very valid, but come on: is it worth attacking a person’s character? I admit some of you are genuinely, without a doubt, very intelligent: but really, you could focus your intelligence into something incredibly positive. People that concentrate so much on the fact that they’re “smarter than everyone else” either have a chip on their shoulder or are very, very lonely and/or depressed. And that’s just my humble opinion.
I forget which other person said it (was it Discommode?), but arguing from the feminist standpoint about sex and gender roles is also stupid. I’m not even going to say, “I guess it’s an important issue,” because really, it’s not. If it’s being discussed in terms of “fucking” then it’s about recreation, and as far as “fun” goes you’d have a much less moot debate about bowling leagues or chess tournaments. As far as regarding sex as either “filthy,” “scary,” or “beautiful”, that’s one person’s personal choice based on the way they were raised, religion, personal values, ect., and no amount of bitching is going to change that person’s mind.
It’s been done to death, really, and it’s just one of those things that you can go round and round about it forever and never get anywhere.
If a tree falls in the forest, and there’s no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Who fucking cares?
