MoT's WDF

MAAHHH THE FRENCH! wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:48 pm Your official containment box to gripe, bitch, flame, mope, rant, vent yer spleen, and really let it all out.

I'll start things off with a flipping of the double bird, punctuated with emphatic swells and swoops like a conductor on acid fighting a swarm of particularly grumpy yellowjackets, directed at Mot for his concerted effort to drive us all to living on the filth of the streets with nothing but a cardboard box and a pile of the finest Swiss and Oriental technology to keep us warm!

deckeda wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:28 pm Apropos of nothing, here are the two VigLink links for "double bird" and "cardboard box." I mean, I just had to know, you know? No?



https://www.amazon.com/s?k=cardboard%2B ... nkCode=ur2

I don't know why I posted this, and so therefore, have created my own "WTF was that?" scenario. You're welcome.

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yinzburgher wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:47 pm Robinhood can f****** burn.....

PSA: If you use the platform, please consider removing your money and closing your account.

If you have recommendations for other trading apps (with emphasis on ease of use) please PM me.

If you’re a heterosexual man looking for love this Valentine’s Day, here’s something you probably don’t want to do: include a cat in your online dating profile.

“Chicks don’t want a guy with a cat,” said Rachel DeAlto, chief dating expert for Match, an online service that promises to connect compatible romantic partners.

In the U.S., straight men who reveal on the website that they own a cat have a 5% lower “like” rate on average compared with other straight men, and straight women who have a cat have a “like” rate that’s 7% lower than their peers, according to a spokeswoman for the company.

But cats aren’t a turnoff for everyone.

The “like” rate for gay men who divulge they own a cat is 5% higher.

It’s possible that other traits revealed in dating profiles are responsible for the lagging appeal of heterosexual cat owners. But studies suggest the problem is the pet.

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Whether the women saw the cat photo first or second was randomized, but regardless of the order, the man photographed with a cat was viewed as less masculine, more neurotic and, ultimately, less datable.

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Few of either sex reported that a relationship couldn’t work with a “dog person.” But a higher fraction of women than men said a relationship couldn’t work with a “cat person.”

“Dogs are winning,” Ms. DeAlto said, a conclusion also supported by Match’s data. The “like” rate for both straight and gay men who have dogs is 20% higher on average, and the “like” rate for women is 3% higher.

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A French study published by Anthrozoös in 2008 provides further support. In an experiment, 240 women ranging in age from approximately 18 to 25 were approached on the street by a handsome 20-year-old man (sometimes with a dog) who asked for their phone numbers. ...

When the man was alone, he retrieved numbers from about 9% of the women he approached. But when he was accompanied by the dog, he got three times as many.

The researchers cautioned that women might not find every dog equally fetching.

ManOnTime wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 3:35 pm

yinzburgher wrote: ↑Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:47 pm Robinhood can f****** burn.....

PSA: If you use the platform, please consider removing your money and closing your account.

If you have recommendations for other trading apps (with emphasis on ease of use) please PM me.

Add pretty much all the retail trading apps to that list.

Boourns wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:47 pm Found a Bulova A-15 on Craigslist for a great price of $150. The guy accepts my offer of $125. I am in Dallas, and he lives in Arlington (where the Cowboys play) about 30 min from my office. I ask him if Venmo is OK. He says no I don't have any of the apps. OK, fine, I will get cash.

I ask him if he can meet me at the intersection of X and Y Road, which is 5 minutes from his house. "No, you will have to come here." Literally his house. I say sorry, but I only do Craigslist deals somewhere public. If you can't meet me somewhere I will have to pass. Sorry to waste your time. He says I'm not driving to Dallas to sell a watch.

WTF! I asked him to drive 5 minutes from his house, not all the way to Dallas. I ended up not responding because I now have the icky feeling. But I am annoyed because it was a great deal.

Rant over.