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You know what misled me most about America when I was a kid in China? The flirting lines in old Hollywood movies.
I was like “Wow! This country must be a holy land of culture. People are so witty and romantic, and also sarcastic without being a dick. Why can’t we talk that way?” Back then, the imported foreign movies were mostly dubbed. And these highly trained voice actors would mimic how Americans talk but do it in Chinese. I was sold. I totally tried to talk like that. And other kids were like, why you sound like a fucking capitalist?
I don’t remember a lot of specific examples, but you can check out the opening scene of this movie. So charming.
I’m not just talking about the pickup lines. Most of the time, those characters don’t flirt for the sake of sex. It looks like they just enjoy the art of talking. And there are no aggressive or sexually explicit jokes. Men totally respect women’s boundaries and everything.
But it turns out it was all just artistic exaggeration. Or maybe even propaganda, who knows? It sure worked on me. I was totally in love with America.
But now that I’ve seen the real shit, especially during the last few election cycles, OMG, this is a country of Joe Rogan, if not Andrew Tate. There’s no such thing as a healthy and upbeat romantic culture.
I saw this video of a real encounter: A man was trying his luck with a woman, and his first sentence was judging her for TikToking in public, basically a lite version of slut shaming. And then in the same breath, he offered to buy her a drink. Like dude, are you actually trying to mansplain someone into sleeping with you? Like, what’s the thought process here? I’m 99% sure who he voted for, btw. Can you guys at least study some old movies before putting yourself out there? Watching Andrew Tate won’t help you.
Tate and his Nazi buddy Nick once said something like, “if you like to hang out with your wife, you’re gay.” And so many people agreed with them.
Turns out I’ve been gay this whole time. No wonder I’m so creative.
I mean, how can you learn about relationships from someone who claims to be straight but only wants to surround himself with male hormones?
I don’t get how young boys just went crazy for him. This other influencer, Adin Ross, famous for homophobia, OK? He built a name by insulting gay people. But then one day he went to sniff Andrew Tate’s chair during an interview with him.
If those old Hollywood movies showed me these people, I would probably be like, “uh, I’m not going there. I’m good.” But the tricky thing about life is that you’ll regret it either way. If I hadn’t come here, and hadn’t been exposed to the American internet, I wouldn’t be disillusioned, and I would just keep dreaming about this American wonderland with verbal artists roaming the streets.
And btw, if someone does present some noble demeanors, they will be considered outsiders because they “don’t understand young men”.
I have a theory why so many people found Joe and Kamala “out of touch,” even though they are not nearly as rich as the other guy. I think it’s because they are actually close with their spouses. They actually flirt in public. How dare they?
A healthy, light-hearted romantic relationship makes you “out of touch” because it’s so fucking rare in America. Well, it’s rare in any country, I know, but somehow I think Americans are less cool about it. That resentment of normal romance may be a factor that pushes men over to Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson, and of course, the incel-in-chief.
I mean, the resentment is understandable. I don’t want to blame people for being unhappy because no one chooses to be unhappy. But if you don’t know how to enjoy verbal interactions with your romantic interests, I really want to advise you to watch those old movies and learn a thing or two. But not Gone with the Wind, please. That shit is uh. Not just the slavery white-washing, but I think the sexual chemistry in that story is also pretty unhealthy. A lot of obsession and manipulation kind of bullshit, which is kinda fitting for the Confederate weridos. But there were a lot of healthy old movies. Try Breakfast at Tiffany, so good. The Apartment (I don’t think there’s a modern movie that romantic), Casablanca if you want some thrill, or any of the Hitchcock movies. All good. Hitchcock was not just about suspense. He had very charming characters.
If I could learn something from them as a kid who didn’t speak English, so can you. I probably wouldn’t have been able to win over my wife if I hadn’t done my homework and learned to be a gentleman. It’s useful.
I know the old movies are unrealistic. But the reality is shitty, isn’t it? Sometimes we need to make life unreal to feel good. That’s why we do all the unreal things like art, music, and poetry…even video games, fashion, baseball… none of these things are real, strictly speaking. They’re all human constructs with fictional premises. If you dig any of those things, I don’t see why you can’t enjoy a civilized way of romantic interactions.
We’re social beings, why do we have to play a primal caveman when it comes to sex and relationships? Right?
If you think about it, Andrew Tate’s sexual philosophy, in essence, is the caveman philosophy. Territorial, reproductive, non-consensual, if you believe in those, you should probably fuck off to the mountains, and you’ll blend right in with the other hardcore mammals.
Humans already invented better ways of interacting with their romantic interests, just like we eat from a plate not the fucking dirt. Why not give them a try? Make flirting great again!
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