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shells-on-my-eyelids

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So you're in a bar and you meet an incredibly attractive man/woman (that is a man or a woman not a manwoman..although there was that time in Beijing..ah sweet memories..anyway), the kind of person you can imagine marrying then and there, fall nto their eyes and swim around yada yada yada.

You're chatting away, he/she is funny intelligent thoughtful etc and really digging you. This looks like a dead cert.

And then the bomb: 'I've been suffering bad energy lately, my homeopathist has recommended a good reiki healer. I haven't felt the same since mars moved into my sign.'

Pop quiz hot shots, what do you do?
 
Smile and nod. Someone will need to be there when things aren't working for them with their Reiki healer.
 
New age philosophy AND bad grammar? I'm the very guy to help her! I propose there and then.
 
shells-on-my-eyelids said:
So you're in a bar and you meet an incredibly attractive man/woman (that is a man or a woman not a manwoman..although there was that time in Beijing..ah sweet memories..anyway), the kind of person you can imagine marrying then and there, fall nto their eyes and swim around yada yada yada.

You're chatting away, he/she is funny intelligent thoughtful etc and really digging you. This looks like a dead cert.

And then the bomb: 'I've been suffering bad energy lately, my homeopathist has recommended a good reiki healer. I haven't felt the same since mars moved into my sign.'

Pop quiz hot shots, what do you do?
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What to do ... what to do ....

Sorry, I'm afraid the argument is precluded by the second paragraph: intelligent, thoughtful, etc... into homeopathy. ZZZZZZZZZZZZT! Thanks for playing.
 
I'd gather more information before making a decision. She could be joking, she could be testing my response, she might be confusing homeopathy with herbal medicine, etc.

I'd also find out how tolerant of skeptics she is. If she can meet me halfway, I suppose I could meet her halfway.
 
Search under my bar stool for a button or lever labeled "EJECT"

Tried it many times. Why can't I just find a girl that isn't a total lunatic for once?
 
delphi_ote said:
Tried it many times. Why can't I just find a girl that isn't a total lunatic for once?
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Oh, we're out here. It's just that the ratio of total lunatics to reasonable people is so high. I'll give you a hint though - I've found that a greater percentage of the tall blondes are likely to be insane. Try a brunette in the future. :D
 
eri said:
Oh, we're out here. It's just that the ratio of total lunatics to reasonable people is so high. I'll give you a hint though - I've found that a greater percentage of the tall blondes are likely to be insane. Try a brunette in the future. :D
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Hey, some of us (at least THIS skepdude) prefer brunettes. Unfortunately, the feelings usually aren't mutual. :mad:
 
eri said:
Oh, we're out here. It's just that the ratio of total lunatics to reasonable people is so high. I'll give you a hint though - I've found that a greater percentage of the tall blondes are likely to be insane. Try a brunette in the future. :D
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Hey, I'm into brunettes! Sadly, that hasn't helped...
 
Well... I'd say, have some fun, get to know her... dating doesn't require philosophical alignment... but I'd have a very frank discussion before a lengthy commitment. "I'm really into you, does it bug you that I think Reiki and homeopathy are useless?" Whether you need her to listen to you, agree with you, or simply to refrain from arguing about it, is up to you.
 
"he/she is funny intelligent thoughtful etc"

then:

"I've been suffering bad energy lately, my homeopathist has recommended a good reiki healer. I haven't felt the same since mars moved into my sign."


Hmm, seems unlikely to me.
 
Okay substitute funny intelligent thoughtful for 'charming and witty' so we don't get bogged down in contradictions (it is possible to be charming, witty and reiki-lovin').

I met a lovely girl once who started talking about a reflexology point on her hand for controlling sneezing. I am a bitter skeptical scathing man but I couldn't bring myself to say anything for the simple reason that I fancied her. I nodded and smiled (I would have sold my soul frankly, I'd have bought a star chart and embraced ID as a science for a shot at some time with her).

There is a point where someone is so attractive that you will tolerate love of ◊◊◊◊◊◊ movies, religion, liking RnB, voting Bush etc. At least till you can bare it no longer. There's probably a mathematical equation for how attractive a person need be for you to tolerate stuff you usually hate in people and how long you'll tolerate it. Any mathematicians out there able to come up with a sliding scale?
 
shells-on-my-eyelids said:
There is a point where someone is so attractive that you will tolerate love of ◊◊◊◊◊◊ movies, religion, liking RnB, voting Bush etc. At least till you can bare it no longer. There's probably a mathematical equation for how attractive a person need be for you to tolerate stuff you usually hate in people and how long you'll tolerate it. Any mathematicians out there able to come up with a sliding scale?
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I've got two different opinions on this.

The first is: why should a girlfriend or boyfriend need to be anything more than a sex toy? Is there a law that says you should pay attention to them? Just because it's popular to respect the person you're dating, doesn't mean it's always the most intelligent choice. Pay a stupid girlfriend no mind as much as you'd pay anyone else stupid no mind.

The second is: it would make me absolutely sick to my stomach to spend any more time than I must with idiots. Nothing is worth it. No matter how hot. I can't stand idiots. I try to be polite. But the blunt fact is they almost make me vomit. Only intelligent girlfriends for me, please.

See the thing is, I really wish I could just look at a girl as a person with tits and a vagina. I wish so bad I could just tune people out. But the fact is I'm a curious, and sensitive person. I'm not a very vocal one, but I get bitter fast when I have to listen to naive people. I wouldn't have the patience to follow through with the first choice.
 
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