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Title: Oh gnoes!!! I'm IN VOGUE
Post by: Kazan on October 24, 2005, 09:49:02 am
and i didn't do anything to be!

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1598631,00.html
Title: Oh gnoes!!! I'm IN VOGUE
Post by: Grey Wolf on October 24, 2005, 09:56:00 am
This still doesn't cover my standard concept of t-shirt and jeans.
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 24, 2005, 10:18:11 am
Sloppysexual?
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Post by: Ford Prefect on October 24, 2005, 11:19:36 am
That's too bad. Fashion is a lot more inviting than political activism.
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Post by: redmenace on October 24, 2005, 11:39:06 am
Sigh no matter what happens, women still only care about one thing: money.
Title: Re: Oh gnoes!!! I'm IN VOGUE
Post by: pyro-manic on October 24, 2005, 12:05:58 pm
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Originally posted by Kazan
Oh gnoes!!! I'm IN VOGUE


Since when is that something to be proud of? :p

I go out of my way to avoid being trendy...

redmenace: You're obviously after the wrong ones then... ;)
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Post by: vyper on October 24, 2005, 01:12:53 pm
Money and Penii then.
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Post by: Kazan on October 24, 2005, 01:48:11 pm
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Originally posted by Kazan
and i didn't do anything to be!
Title: Oh gnoes!!! I'm IN VOGUE
Post by: IceFire on October 24, 2005, 04:12:56 pm
So wait...

Having a brain, dressing nicely whenever possible, and generally respecting people is in. WTF?  I've been doing this for years and not getting any attention at all.

Now I'll be called part of the trend no doubt...

Still nodoby will listen to me...
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Post by: Taristin on October 24, 2005, 04:37:23 pm
anyone hear anything? :nervous:
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Post by: IceFire on October 24, 2005, 04:39:10 pm
Nobody can hear me over the crickets...

*crickets*
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Post by: Flipside on October 24, 2005, 04:45:21 pm
I love these magazines/articles, you can usually be sure that 'What Women look for in a Man'™ changes about every three months, which makes you wonder how humanity got so diverse (and allows them to carry on 'What Women want' articles).
Best bet is just carry on being yourself, on average you're going to be in-fashion at least three times in your life anyway ;)
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 24, 2005, 05:02:03 pm
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Originally posted by Flipside
I love these magazines/articles, you can usually be sure that 'What Women look for in a Mans Wallet'™ changes about every three months, which makes you wonder how humanity got so diverse (and allows them to carry on 'What Women want' articles).
Best bet is just carry on being yourself, on average you're going to be in-fashion at least three times in your life anyway ;)


Corrected by the Institute of Chronic Cynics.
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Post by: karajorma on October 24, 2005, 05:12:05 pm
Personally I reckon that if you've ever questioned whether you're a metrosexual, ubersexual, new lad or any other of these terms you might as well put on a dress now and call yourself Mary.

Real men don't care about such trivia :)
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Post by: Sandwich on October 24, 2005, 05:24:00 pm
Ok, wait, lemme get this right. Basically they're saying that acting gay (more or less; not to be confused with being gay) is out for Manly men? Wow, what a surprising conclusion.
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Post by: StratComm on October 24, 2005, 05:28:38 pm
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Originally posted by karajorma
Personally I reckon that if you've ever questioned whether you're a metrosexual, ubersexual, new lad or any other of these terms you might as well put on a dress now and call yourself Mary.

Real men don't care about such trivia :)


Thank you.  Why this isn't obvious, I'll never know.
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Post by: Kazan on October 24, 2005, 05:55:27 pm
my fiance linked me with article

i was just making a joke about now being in the officially "in" group
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Post by: Rictor on October 24, 2005, 06:23:40 pm
Anyone who actually runs their life according to the latest trends as prescribed by the fashion/PR industry deserves to be the sad, empty shell of a human being that they are. I'm just waiting to see how far they can take it. I easily forsee some sort of transplated animal apendage being in vogue within my lifetime.
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Post by: vyper on October 24, 2005, 06:43:40 pm
Or rat-flails to be the next generation's version of mobile phones...
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Post by: Grey Wolf on October 24, 2005, 06:52:10 pm
Don't insult VGCats.
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Post by: redmenace on October 24, 2005, 08:07:36 pm
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Originally posted by pyro-manic
redmenace: You're obviously after the wrong ones then... ;)
Let me restate that:
Women that read vogue, if you were to ask them what is their dream man, they would say wealthy or well off as one characteristic.

Also, if you were to ask women on the street which the prefer, a rich man or a poor man, just guess which they would answer.

Now, if I were to get married one day, on the off chance of that happening, it would be proper for a fiance to ask that question since you are to be one flesh and she would likly be handling the finances of the house. However, if a woman asked me that on say a first date, I would:
A. Be Offended
B. Not want to go on a second date
C. Try and cut that night as short as possible

But, to be honest, there are plenty of man whores out there that would do the same thing.
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Post by: Nuke on October 24, 2005, 08:13:25 pm
i follow one rule when it comes to fashion, it it aint black i aint waring it. im not goth but im on the same level as johnny cash.  dont like al these sub-class metalheads who run around wearing nu-metal band t-shirts. i perfer to keep my t-shhirts solid black. if youre gonna wear a band t-shirt, you had better have bought that shirt at a concert, unless its like iron maiden or motorhead or a troo black metal band.  :D
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Post by: Sandwich on October 24, 2005, 08:32:24 pm
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Originally posted by redmenace
Now, if I were to get married one day, on the off chance of that happening, it would be proper for a fiance to ask that question since you are to be one flesh and she would likly be handling the finances of the house.


:wtf: You'd let the woman deal with the finances?? :confused:
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Post by: redmenace on October 24, 2005, 08:41:06 pm
Paying the bills, basically. Although my grandmother, may she RIP, was a very frugle woman and wisely invested her money for retirement.
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Post by: Ulala on October 24, 2005, 08:53:35 pm
Yeh, my stepmom is pretty sharp with the money, so she always did the majority of finances. She and my dad are pretty well off. *shrugs*
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Post by: NGTM-1R on October 24, 2005, 08:53:58 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich


:wtf: You'd let the woman deal with the finances?? :confused:


Only pants in this closet! 'course, half of 'em are pink.
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Post by: vyper on October 24, 2005, 09:10:41 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich


:wtf: You'd let the woman deal with the finances?? :confused:


The smartest person in terms of finance I know is one of the girls of my group of friends- she got a 1st class honours in accountancy and works for PWC (http://www.pwcglobal.com/). I gave up trying to argue that men were better at finance long, long ago.
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Post by: Kazan on October 24, 2005, 09:17:57 pm
Sandwich I hope to whichever god you worship that was merely a joke
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Post by: icespeed on October 24, 2005, 10:10:21 pm
what i've never really understood is why you'd _want_ a metrosexual partner in the first place. all guys have to do is to know enough about fashion to appreciate what you're wearing. when they start getting into the clothes thing themselves, it's like they're usurping your role in their lives.

basically it means you tell the girl that she's hot no matter what she's wearing.
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Post by: Scuddie on October 24, 2005, 11:32:44 pm
I can guarantee it was no joke, Kaz.  Men are infinitely better at dealing with numbers, just as women are infinitely better at dealing with what the numbers are for.

Now with all that said...
ICE, GET BACK INTO THE KITCHEN AND SEW ME A SANDWICH!!
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Post by: Kosh on October 24, 2005, 11:48:57 pm
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when they start getting into the clothes thing themselves, it's like they're usurping your role in their lives.


So in other words, women's roles are only to shop for clothing? :wtf:


The point is that "real" men in the US are now supposed to be insensistive jerks, and what is more pathetic is that girls want these people.
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Post by: Ford Prefect on October 25, 2005, 12:07:57 am
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I can guarantee it was no joke, Kaz. Men are infinitely better at dealing with numbers, just as women are infinitely better at dealing with what the numbers are for.

I've known plenty of girls who could calculate circles around me, while I could write circles around them.
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Post by: Scuddie on October 25, 2005, 12:55:37 am
That is not true.  It would make too much sense.
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Post by: Kosh on October 25, 2005, 01:33:12 am
When I was a student, one of my friends told me one time she had a dream where she was doing her math homework.
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Post by: WMCoolmon on October 25, 2005, 01:38:47 am
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Originally posted by vyper
The smartest person in terms of finance I know is one of the girls of my group of friends- she got a 1st class honours in accountancy and works for PWC (http://www.pwcglobal.com/). I gave up trying to argue that men were better at finance long, long ago.


Well, this sucks.

So you're telling me if I decide to work with money, no matter how much raw talent I have, no matter how hard I work, I will always be inferior to women simply because I wasn't born as one?

Not to mention that because I'm not a woman, I'm not allowed to express my opinions about other people's looks?
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Post by: Sandwich on October 25, 2005, 05:28:38 am
I'm just reminded of that line in The Island.
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Post by: Grey Wolf on October 25, 2005, 05:30:41 am
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon


Well, this sucks.

So you're telling me if I decide to work with money, no matter how much raw talent I have, no matter how hard I work, I will always be inferior to women simply because I wasn't born as one?

Not to mention that because I'm not a woman, I'm not allowed to express my opinions about other people's looks?
That's as foolish as the statement to the opposite.
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Post by: Ford Prefect on October 25, 2005, 05:54:48 am
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Originally posted by Scuddie
That is not true.  It would make too much sense.

It actually didn't feel too sensible when I was bombing every chemistry test I took, even on the retakes.
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Post by: Kazan on October 25, 2005, 06:47:19 am
Scuddie: I'll refer you to my female friends who are aerospace engineers and the letters STFU and GBTW
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Post by: vyper on October 25, 2005, 06:48:51 am
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Originally posted by Kosh


So in other words, women's roles are only to shop for clothing? :wtf:


The point is that "real" men in the US are now supposed to be insensistive jerks, and what is more pathetic is that girls want these people.


Read the article again. Or die.

[q]So you're telling me if I decide to work with money, no matter how much raw talent I have, no matter how hard I work, I will always be inferior to women simply because I wasn't born as one?

Not to mention that because I'm not a woman, I'm not allowed to express my opinions about other people's looks?[/q]

No I was simply observing that trusting women with the finances is not automatically a bad thing you bell end. Jeez.
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Post by: Sandwich on October 25, 2005, 11:50:22 am
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Originally posted by Kazan
Sandwich I hope to whichever god you worship that was merely a joke


Partially. It wasn't a sleight against any female lack of capability to handle numbers, but more as a dig at the female propensity to frequently perform the female bonding ritual known as "shopping", during which said numbers have an tendedcy to decrease at alarming and often surprising rates. :D
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Post by: Scuddie on October 25, 2005, 12:35:19 pm
I'm a better shopper than any female I know.  Does that make me a lesbian?
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Post by: Kazan on October 25, 2005, 12:54:32 pm
Sandwich: females don't inherently have a problem with numbers, but yes shopping is a problem.
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Post by: Martinus on October 25, 2005, 01:36:46 pm
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Originally posted by Scuddie
I'm a better shopper than any female I know.  Does that make me a lesbian?

[color=66ff00]no, to be a lesbian you:

1. Have to be a woman
2. Have to be sexually attracted to other women

I buy really cool stuff all the time which I consider an excellent way to employ cash, it does not in fact make me a woman. ;)
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Post by: vyper on October 25, 2005, 03:38:36 pm
Men are better shoppers anyway - we get what we're looking for, no dillyadllying or browsing, and leave.
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Post by: Ford Prefect on October 25, 2005, 04:26:08 pm
Not always true. I enjoy browsing through the nice clothing stores.
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Post by: Scuddie on October 25, 2005, 04:33:43 pm
Aye.  I find myself browsing thru hardware stores all the time.
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 25, 2005, 04:42:38 pm
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Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]no, to be a lesbian you:

1. Have to be a woman
2. Have to be sexually attracted to other women

I buy really cool stuff all the time which I consider an excellent way to employ cash, it does not in fact make me a woman. ;)
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Yes, but don't you buy stuff which is a) useful and b)you will use, rather than say 12 pairs of shoes which turn out to clash with your handbag and get chucked in the wardrobe?

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Post by: Sandwich on October 25, 2005, 05:34:47 pm
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Originally posted by Kazan
Sandwich: females don't inherently have a problem with numbers, but yes shopping is a problem.


You say that as if it contradicts in some manner what I posted above... :confused:
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Post by: Black Wolf on October 25, 2005, 05:46:45 pm
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Originally posted by Kazan
STFU and GBTW


Shut The **** Up and Go Bang The Wife?
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Post by: aldo_14 on October 25, 2005, 05:48:24 pm
Sell The First Ukelele and Go Buy Two Windchimes?
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Post by: Kazan on October 25, 2005, 06:25:18 pm
Black Wolf: you wish "get back to work"

banging the wife requires you have one :D :P

Sandy: i missed one word in your sentance that changed the meaning