Daydream Nation

Oct 15, 2013 2:28 PM

xZora

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Yes, because this conversation would play out juuust like this.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Her speal sounds like it's personal. Honestly, so long as it's consensual, not hurting anyone and consequences are taken care of, who cares?

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

how new age pseudo-intellectualism. i dont even know where to begin with this low iq thoughts

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

If women thinks it's empowering to have sex, when you literally can any time you want, you should try being a guy.

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 10

It's not empowering. The average person is viewed as fuckable. It's not an achievement.

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

Also, trust me, guys can have sex whenever they want to, just have to learn how to work it and change who you're going after a bit

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 4

you see, that's how they get ya

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I prefer to think of sex...when i'm alone, at night, with the internet.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

I'm that person. What movie is this?

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

As a woman who has has a lot of partners, I respect people who are more particular about who they choose and I expect the same from them.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

sex... not even once

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sex is good. Sex at the right time with the right person is very good. Sex at the wrong time will feel good prob'ly but is bad. My thoughts

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Sigh... unzip

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What's this from??

13 years ago | Likes 63 Dislikes 5

Daydream Nation. It was (is?) on Netflix. Kinda slice of life, I enjoyed it but my husband didn't. (He felt it was pointless.)

13 years ago | Likes 46 Dislikes 0

I didn't really like it either

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

It hit me the right way at the time--I liked the atmosphere and the white/grey suit man legend. But yeah, not that much to it.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Awesome!! Thanks!

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Fun Fact: Also the title of the post.

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Haha yeah, I saw that. But it's very little effort to reply and this way I could give my (very short) opinion. ^^

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

There's a difference between choosing how many partners you have and using sex to feel validated and accepted.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

in a row!!??

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Goddamn, that's some serious writer-inserting-their-views-via-unnatural-monolgue

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

I see you've met my enemy: Mr. Unnecessary Comma.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

the "slut" in this scene starts crying when the accuser leaves... just so ya know

13 years ago | Likes 87 Dislikes 6

Words hurt no matter how strong your convictions are.

13 years ago | Likes 34 Dislikes 0

Well said. Also, love the username. I just realized there were new episodes of that show on Netflix...I didn't do much last night.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I just stopped browsing imgur to watch that movie.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The world needs more women with this go-get-em attitude!

13 years ago | Likes 88 Dislikes 29

There are just as many women like this as men who are like this. And yeah, be mindful of their cleanliness. Be safe :)

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 3

The world needs more women with this go-get-dick attitude!

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 2

*go-fuck-em

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

more people*

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

:) True!

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

You mean sluts, right?

13 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 9

lol yes, and I find it funny that this comment is at +5, and your other same comment is-2. Imgur...

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I I didn't even know. My crappy phone...

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I feel like every time this is posted its by teenage boys who are trying to convince girls to have sex with them.

13 years ago | Likes 35 Dislikes 6

Or women who are fighting for the respect we deserve but are denied because of society's taboo on women having casual sex.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 3

Or you can go fuck yourself.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 4

Or, being a slut, I can go fuck someone else :P

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

At least you're embracing it and not complaining.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Sex is awesome. Everyone should have sex. I'm having sex right now in my mind. Shit, wait, I was thinking about pudding, not sex.

13 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 3

doesn't matter. still counts

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I hate this. They're both wrong. It's okay to have sex, it's okay not to. Stop shaming each other, you harpies.

13 years ago | Likes 74 Dislikes 17

Ogre doesn't like that you shame shamers.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 2

It's not okay to not have sex only because someone or some philosophy is depriving yourself of it.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 10

This girl might find sex more intimate (okay) and Dennings might like it casual (also okay). Not okay is both of them judging each other.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 4

Very true but Kat Dennings only assumes that about this girl the same way that girl assumes about her. They're both wrong.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 3

That's why it wasn't sitting well with me, they both were hating on each other! You helped me get it straight in my head man :)

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 5

Wrong, she never said she HAD to have sex. She actually said sex isn't as good as she thinks it is, it'd help if you read it.

13 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 7

I had read it, every single time it's posted and she clearly insults her "gerbil-sized brain" for not wanting to have sex. So no, not wrong.

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 9

You had read it, then what happened? She's clearly mocking her for being programmed by the media. Reading Comprehension: D minus.

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 2

She doesn't, she just assumes this girl doesn't like sex so of course she's brainwashed and stupid.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 7

What happened is two girls insult each other, using their own prejudices against each other and assume they know how the other thinks.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 4

These two girls judged each other by assuming they know how the other thinks and why. How does KD know why that girl thinks this way?

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 4

We can't assume she assumed, we don't know the acquaintance of the two. Besides it's a TV show, we can't read too much into it either way.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Who would just go out of their way to call someone a slut like that? That's very rude. At least say it behind their back.

13 years ago | Likes 370 Dislikes 7

Some people feel that announcing a statement like that from their pedestal makes them "good," it's really just crude.

13 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 1

That's what my mother used to call me. Now she wonders why I never come over now that she's dying of cancer.

13 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 3

This made me sad in many ways. :(

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 2

Yah, it makes me sad too, but we have nothing to talk about and I really don't know what she expected would happen. Thanks though!

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

*gives hug* Well if you need anyone to chat about it with, or just shoot the shit, hit me up. My inbox is always open.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Thanks! Best Man Behind Curtain Ever!

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Lots of people. Chicks are terrible to each other; that's a fact.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I find this a very common trait of all television portrayed teenage girls.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I really want to learn this mindset to accept people more easily. It's just difficult after being programmed growing up.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Meh a little from column A and a little from column B. Sure media and society's perception are partially to blame but I think a lot is inate

13 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 7

You mean the desire to have amazing sex is instinctual rather than a socio-media construct? Almost like we are programmed to reproduce?

13 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 3

Sex is more than reproduction, it also builds trust and intimacy, which doesn't have to be exclusive. Like crying, you build relationships

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Sarcasm noted. Sure we have that urge already, but the idea of sex is constantly shoved down our face in every corner of our lives that...

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

...it becomes apart of our collective consciousness AND with that, society has dictated how we should view sex and what "should" be ok.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

3 important foundation for civilisations to start.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I agree. Instinct planted the general desire, society/media/religion shaped our views on it.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Think those followed our views rather than the other way around.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

2 After which they did start to leave their traces, of course. But I suspect that men knowing which offspring is theirs is a rather

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I think the "guilt/shame" stems more from the fact that we know we just did someone we shouldn't have, not something >.>

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 3

Am I the only one who sang this like the Genie from Aladdin? Yeah? Ok....

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

The "problem" is you didn't charge them money, and that makes you dumb. SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU DUMMY!

13 years ago | Likes 30 Dislikes 10

If you're good at something, never do it for free. -Joker in The Dark Knight

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Why post who said it and from where? Everybody with an account on this site knows. Not trying to be a jerk here, but for fuck sake...

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Imgur has 100 million unique monthly users from around the world, I'm 100% sure not EVERY SINGLE ONE has seen the movie, so for fuck sake...

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

100 milllion?!

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I'm still gonna just have sex with one person. K, thanks.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

That's fine for you, just don't go hating on those that choose to do it differently! :)

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Calling them a slut is hating them? No. I don't hate sluts because they choose to be sluts. I hate that they bitch about it.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

no where in that sentence you're responding to said calling people sluts is hating on them.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Amen. I hate the pity party when something goes wrong. I've never had sex. I've also never been pregnant, had an STI, or banged and left. :)

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I dunno. My GF's had sex with about 20 guys. It bothers me sometimes. I can't rationalize it though. Why does it bother me? Serious question

13 years ago | Likes 81 Dislikes 10

It's just your own insecurity. She's with you now, feel proud. If you're wondering if you're the best man for her, make an effort to be it.

13 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 4

It could also be a lizard-brain sperm competition issue. You don't know you have it, but you have it.

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 2

look at it this way: out of 21 guys, you're her favorite so far!

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

My bf gets upset that I've had sex with the same amount of people he has. He feels weird that I got to be intimate with people before him

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

He needs reassurance that he's better than the other guys. And he is. He genuinely loves me for me. Unlike my exes. He's the best I've had.

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Us sensitive guys need a little reassurance sometimes lol but I think we give back more than other guys too

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Save for it being a fetish, no 1 likes to think about some one else's cum being inside their lady or her mouth on some one else's cock, etc

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 4

It's bothering you since you're wondering if one of them was significantly more endowed than you and you can't make her toes curl like that.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 1

Yup. Thanks for the mental image btw.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Having in mind that humans are basically only really smart apes: Many animals defend "their women" against other males...

13 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 7

Basing on the downvotes, some people may not want to accept the quite animalistic roots of their sex drive and concerns about.

13 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 2

Yeah, I agree it seems to be some sort of pre-human instinct. Glad to see you got voted back up :)

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Maybe it bothers your girlfriend when she tells you something private and you tell the internet...

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

My bf pretends to not be bothered by the number of men i've been with, but once when we were arguing he brought up my number and he 1/2

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

tried to shame me for it. I am not ashamed of my past, and I don't want to be shamed for my past too. It almost got ugly...

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

almost? I think he went there already. I think he could use some alone time...like for good.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

ugly as in him getting a black eye... ugly is when I raise my fists... lol

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Wow. I would never shame her for it. Just remember he was probably having a weak moment and feeling insecure. If he does it again though...

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

...Well I might go with the 3 strikes, you're out, rule. Sure, I feel jealous about my GF's past, but I know it's about me, not her.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

That's what I'm going with. It was kind of a weak moment because he was losing an argument... So he kind of pulled the number card to 1/2

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's retroactive jealously.

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

Its just an instinct to want to have "your" woman all to yourself. I was a bit of a skank too, it doesnt mean she wont be faithful to you.

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 4

Thank you, all these comments are making me feel a lot better.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I don't know, bud. Just remember that she is with you now and not with any of the others she's been with. <3

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

That's what I tell myself when I start to feel jealous :) thanks

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's absolutely the truth. I'm hear to talk sometimes if you need it. :)

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Your username also made me feel better.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That makes me happy.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Quite possibly because the average person has at max 14 sexual partners, ever.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 6

I'm sorry, I was wrong. It's seven.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

you know that 20 other guys have seen her naked and had sex with her. it's an intimate thing and I always wonder if my partner fucked...

13 years ago | Likes 75 Dislikes 3

...other girls in the same positions or if he said the same things or made the same noises with other girls. plus I feel compared to them

13 years ago | Likes 57 Dislikes 3

It's weird, though. We feel more strongly about sex than any other things. How often did it bother you that your SO had spent many great

13 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

moments with his/her ex(es)? Probably not as often as it's the case with sex, right? I think it's because of simple jealousy, fueled by the

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

desire to successfully procreate, which is engrained in every one of us. It's different from love and intimacy, I think, a much more

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

If they where competition you wouldn't be the GF.

13 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

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13 years ago (deleted Oct 24, 2013 9:31 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

You guys are awesome. I feel quite reassured after reading these comments. Thanks :)

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I have to say as a girl, I am reassured after reading this 'thread' that there's good guys out there; they aren't all insensitive pigs.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

As a guy, it's reassuring to know that girls aren't always attracted to insensitive pigs!

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Are you perhaps afraid that she is secretly comparing you to the other guys?

13 years ago | Likes 33 Dislikes 1

Pretty much.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

You won't care as much once you get older. I used to care when I was younger and now I couldn't care less.

13 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 4

That's good to know :) thanks

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

I can confirm this

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Serious question back: How do you feel about sleeping with multiple women?

13 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 0

Maybe because you've had fewer? Subconsciously, you're competing?

13 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Probably cause it was all at once. KIDDING! Don't hit me. ;)

13 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 1

Two kinds of people... haha

13 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Not all people that think some people are slut are "Brainwashed into thinking sex is a sin" that's just trying to justify your behavior . .

13 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 11

by grouping everyone that disagrees with you and calling them brainwashed.

13 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 5

That's true--they can be judgy, in-your-business assholes without being brainwashed.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

What about it? That hardly seems to prove anything regarding multiple sexual partners.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

2) but there are multiple scientific and psychological studies that show that frequent casual sex relationships can have extreme negative

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

CAN have negative consequences. Doesn't mean you should call people sluts--being irresponsible is the problem here, not sex.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

1) If you seriously want to keep justifying your lifestyle by saying everyone that's critical of it is just judgy or assholes go right ahead

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm monogamous, so I'm not justifying anything--I just think an oppressive society is a lot less "healthy" than casual sex.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

3) consequences. Heath journals are full of them.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Can't you argue that this post is doing the opposite? Trying to brainwash people into a permissive neutral attitude about sex?

13 years ago | Likes 38 Dislikes 16

That character seems to be advocating a balanced view, imo: neither sex-negative nor sex-obsessed.

13 years ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 5

That's why I used the terms permissive neutral attitude ; )

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 3

That's so not PC.

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 4

Yeah, it's more Mac to me.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

"brainwash"? Sooo, which part of the Bible belt are you from? I'm gonna guess Iowa.

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 17

I live in Iowa and have never heard of IA being part of the bible belt?

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Actually, "brainwash" is kind of a relevant term here. If you left out the forcible aspect of the definition, this scene is pure propoganda

13 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 3

I'm just using the language from the OP. Is Ohio part of the Bible belt?

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

No need to bash people, Nomanorus is just stating a point.

13 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

A neutral attitude isn't permissive. Making value judgments about people based on their sexual history is pretty messed up, is her point.

13 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

2/2 by arguing that ascribing a moral nature to sex (regardless of what that nature is) is brainwashing someone. Seems circular to me.

13 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Sure it is, if something has neutral moral value, its certainly permissible. I agree on you second statement though.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I agree that calling people sluts is wrong but she's still making a claim about the moral nature of sex (that it's neutral). 1/2

13 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 3

been called a slut, after all. One person arguing off verbal abuse isn't brainwashing, whereas the cultural machine she calls out can be.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Her point is about the culture of shame surrounding sex 'brainwashing' people, and she's making it in defense of herself. She's just (more)

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Just because she's presenting a culturally accepted opinion doesn't make it any less circular.

13 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Circular logic depends upon its premises. If anything, you're drawing a false comparison between an individuals's speech and a culture's.

13 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0