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19 Aug 2007, 8:11 am

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Due respect what evidence do you have?


Shaner's evidence is the incidence and persistence of schizophrenia. Fitness indicators as a form of sexual advertising are also a natural consequence of evolution when their benefits outweigh their costs.


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19 Aug 2007, 8:18 am

MikeH106 wrote:
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Due respect what evidence do you have?


Shaner's evidence is the incidence and persistence of schizophrenia. Fitness indicators as a form of sexual advertising are also a natural consequence of evolution when their benefits outweigh their costs.

I put more in my post. Like I said there is not problem getting sex, or they have pretty much the same chance.



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19 Aug 2007, 9:00 am

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This pretty schizophrenic I'm talking about doesn’t have any difficulty getting sex. ...


But like I said, Shaner's theory does not state what schizophrenics can and can't do, but is rather a theory about the nature of schizophrenia. There are sometimes exceptions. I'm happy for this pretty schizophrenic and I hope she fares well.


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20 Aug 2007, 12:15 pm

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I'd like to clarify something for all of you. I'm not disputing the choice to be with more attractive people. I'm just saying that the pain of the unchosen should not be ignored. That's what I meant in my essay when I said that we ought to "beautify nature by eliminating the suffering schizophrenia causes."

There may be advanced scientific solutions (genetic engineering, for example). Let's keep an open mind and not snub the less attractive in our grand purpose to better the human way of life.


When you present "sexual selection" as the root cause of suffering, as if freedom to choose one's sexual partners is the problem that needs to be solved, it makes me very leery.


I'm not disputing that freedom to be with more attractive people, nor did I say that sexual selection is the root cause of suffering in general, nor do I suggest that it should be abolished altogether. But there may be other ways to remedy the pain that results from it. Oceans cause rain, but we need not dry up the oceans; we may build shelters. Similarly, we may find ways to minimize the pain of rejection that don't interfere with sexual selection itself.

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So. . . what range of solutions to the suffering of schizophrenia do you suggest are acceptable? Genetic engineering that would eliminate the disease is obviously something that should be looked into. As far as I'm concerned, elimination of "sexual selection" is not.


There is something about my essay that I think may have bothered you: my decision to call the selection process cruel and selfish. I want to make it clear to some of my readers that it's not a clean, painless process and that I understand about the heartbreak and suffering that result from it. I acknowledge the obvious benefits of the process (fifth paragraph), but if I didn't add these words, I might've looked like Hitler to these people. But I'm open to your suggestions.

After I skipped work one day, I had a nightmare. I met my old high school crush, and we hugged. I embraced her more and she fell over, as if by fainting. When she stood up, she started punching me. I felt extreme pain in my heart later in the dream when I looked in a mirror, and this heart pain remained when I awoke. I was so nauseated that I couldn't go to school that day, and I nearly retched. A few months later I began retching every day, and I have been for about one and a half years now. You're hearing this from a 24-year-old virgin who has understood how sexual selection works for a long time.



Having experienced both rape and some pretty severe coersion, I have a less than sympathetic outlook on your experiences.

I am not going to trade war stories about who'se experiences left them more scarred.

Yes, rejection causes pain. I think it's worth it. I think "raising public awareness" about it could have some pretty sick consequences.

Let's actually discuss the issue at hand; what form of "shelters" do you think would be useful?


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20 Aug 2007, 3:07 pm

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Having experienced both rape and some pretty severe coersion, I have a less than sympathetic outlook on your experiences.

I am not going to trade war stories about who'se experiences left them more scarred.


I'm sorry to hear that you got raped. If I say anything that hurts your feelings, let me know. You may also choose to end our discussion whenever you want.

I know you said you didn't want to trade war stories, but I've been mugged before.

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Yes, rejection causes pain. I think it's worth it. I think "raising public awareness" about it could have some pretty sick consequences.


So you think we should keep the public ignorant about sexual selection? What consequences would you fear if we didn't?

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Let's actually discuss the issue at hand; what form of "shelters" do you think would be useful?


I don't know yet. I was saying earlier that we could give certain privileges to people selected against. But that's just an idea. There are plenty of possibilities.


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20 Aug 2007, 4:24 pm

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don't know yet. I was saying earlier that we could give certain privileges to people selected against. But that's just an idea. There are plenty of possibilities.

I already discovered one of the possibilities in 2005: escort services. If you have enough money, can treat a woman with respect, and like to have fun, an escort will do wonders for you. Natural selection discriminated against me ever since I hit puberty. Free girls (a term I use to differentiate them from escorts) avoided me like the plague. But escorts were very warm and friendly, and they "took care of me" very well. Yeah, it costs money, but it is a way for undesirable males to get sex. Besides, what's the difference between spending money on dinners and paying for sex directly? Minimal, if any!



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20 Aug 2007, 4:30 pm

I'm rather used to having women take
care of me. :P



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20 Aug 2007, 5:06 pm

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Besides, what's the difference between spending money on dinners and paying for sex directly? Minimal, if any!


You get a receipt for dinner. I've yet to hear of anybody getting a 28-day money-back guarantee from an escort :P


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20 Aug 2007, 11:23 pm

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I already discovered one of the possibilities in 2005: escort services.


Oh, I know. I just want my first sexual experience to be with a girl who likes me for who I am.

But I appreciate your kind advice.


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21 Aug 2007, 12:06 am

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I already discovered one of the possibilities in 2005: escort services.


Oh, I know. I just want my first sexual experience to be with a girl who likes me for who I am.


And after that you don't care?

If so, there are probably sites dedicated
to deflowering men.



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21 Aug 2007, 6:48 am

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Wow... 8O I think Im about half that list.

I just looked it over more carefully, I fit about 20 of them already and I've never been in a real relationship before. This could be why.


18,19,37,39,42,48,50,57,60,73,91,92,93,104,107,110,129,131,137,

I'm screwed according to that.

"no friends" "his house is a sty" etc

Unfixable. I don't think I will ever have friends.


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21 Aug 2007, 9:15 am

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Oh, I know. I just want my first sexual experience to be with a girl who likes me for who I am.


And after that you don't care?


Just because I want my first one to be real doesn't mean I wouldn't mind my second one being fake. You will almost never have to read between the lines of anything I say.


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21 Aug 2007, 11:04 am

MindOfOrderedChaos wrote:
Jimbogf wrote:
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Wow... 8O I think Im about half that list.

I just looked it over more carefully, I fit about 20 of them already and I've never been in a real relationship before. This could be why.


18,19,37,39,42,48,50,57,60,73,91,92,93,104,107,110,129,131,137,

I'm screwed according to that.

"no friends" "his house is a sty" etc

Unfixable. I don't think I will ever have friends.


I wouldn't worry too much about it. . . it's a pretty screwed up list.

Rather than take it as a sign that you're "unfixable," you might want to just consider the items that apply to you, why they apply to you, whether they are important to you, and how they would effect your attractiveness to the people you want to attract.

Some of these items are things I look for in a man. . . for instance, all my friends are flakes, crackpots, and otherwise disturbed.

Given that I find the world pretty effing disturbing, I wouldn't have it any other way.


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21 Aug 2007, 11:08 am

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don't know yet. I was saying earlier that we could give certain privileges to people selected against. But that's just an idea. There are plenty of possibilities.

I already discovered one of the possibilities in 2005: escort services. If you have enough money, can treat a woman with respect, and like to have fun, an escort will do wonders for you. Natural selection discriminated against me ever since I hit puberty. Free girls (a term I use to differentiate them from escorts) avoided me like the plague. But escorts were very warm and friendly, and they "took care of me" very well. Yeah, it costs money, but it is a way for undesirable males to get sex. Besides, what's the difference between spending money on dinners and paying for sex directly? Minimal, if any!


In my "professional opinion," ( :lol:) taking this option will cause many- possibly all- sensible and mentally collected women to cease considering you as a possibility.

Perhaps I should start a prostitution thread so I can explain why.

Seriously, though, this is really gross.


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21 Aug 2007, 11:17 am

There is already a prostitution thread in the adults forum


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21 Aug 2007, 11:18 am

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There is already a prostitution thread in the adults forum


Thanks. I'll have to have a look.


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