tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post3426811817200635900..comments2024-03-29T11:47:06.499-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Millennial memoirs #1: Superficialityagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-86916843779500293862014-03-17T21:38:42.581-04:002014-03-17T21:38:42.581-04:00Millennial girls are definitely more picky than gi...<br /><br />Millennial girls are definitely more picky than girls of previous generations. In generations past couples were generally looks-matched and dating happened within cliques - jocks dated cheerleaders, nerdy girls dated nerdy guys, stoners dated freak girls etc.<br /><br />Nowadays even average girls are demanding "hot" guys. Meanwhile below average guys have dropped out of the mating game altogether, wanking off to internet porn and video games. The explosion of PUA/Game is a reaction to the current cutthroat sexual marketplace. <br /><br />Keep in mind that Millennial girls also have huge egos due to the constant attention and validation they're getting from social media and the influx of messages on online dating sites.<br /><br />In generations past, girls sought validation through relationships with and approval from straight men. But now all those selfies on Facebook and Instagram and the "omg soooo gorgeous <3" from their GRRRRLS and gay guy friends have supplanted actual real heterosexual relationships.<br /><br />Millennial girls have also become more visual because they spend so much time staring at screens (smartphones, tablets, PCs) and on social media/online dating sites where they're looking at pictures of people. They evaluate guys based on their looks foremost. And if you don't meet her (inflated) minimum looks threshold sorry, you're out of luck. You're not in her sexual radar.<br /><br />There was simply no such equivalent in the 70s and 80s. In fact, this is unprecedented in human history. We're in for interesting times.Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-66601145997041480062014-03-17T21:18:11.787-04:002014-03-17T21:18:11.787-04:00*the 60s-80s*the 60s-80sCurtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-9795264700096454112014-03-17T21:13:27.111-04:002014-03-17T21:13:27.111-04:00"Perhaps you can also comment on the Game/PUA..."Perhaps you can also comment on the Game/PUA movement as an effort on the part of desperate average/less genetically endowed/asocial Millennial guys to get girlfriends"<br /><br />I'm not sure if girls are choosier now or not, but "Face to Face" has a previous post about how even nerds and Goths used to throw parties back in true 60s-80s. You simply didn't see young people in those days becoming totally alienated from their peers.Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-16646361793838674522014-03-17T20:59:48.287-04:002014-03-17T20:59:48.287-04:00I think the malls will make a comeback.I think the malls will make a comeback.Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-57945275446819148412014-03-17T14:25:16.842-04:002014-03-17T14:25:16.842-04:00Very astute and well articulated agnostic.
Given...Very astute and well articulated agnostic. <br /><br />Given my experience with Millennial girls, a common reason for rejection is "you're not my type". The problem when girls have this mindset is that guys who don't conform to the media-driven Hollywood aesthetic ideal - guys who are not tall, not muscular, don't have sharp cheekbones and don't have the right hair - have no chance. <br /><br />In generations past, these guys would've used their wit, charm, charisma and masculinity to "game" these girls. But when Millennial girls say right from the outset "you're not my type", these girls have dismissed you before you can even open my mouth. In their minds, you don't exist as a sexual entity. You can't get your foot in the door simply because you don't conform to a physical archetype. <br /><br />I believe it's mostly Millennial girls that subscribe to the "he needs to be my type" mindset as they're generally shallow and very much influenced by mainstream media/social media. Women of past generations were independent-minded, not as visual, and tended to judge men as individuals and not on the basis of how much they conformed to an archetype.<br /><br />I'm also shocked by how seemingly effeminate a lot of Millennial guys are. With their primping and preening, a lot of these guys strike me as borderline gay (did Boomer/Gen X guys invest so much into their appearance?) From seeing pics of regular guys in the 70s and 80s, I don't get that vibe.<br /><br />But it could just be a reaction to sexual market forces. With girls increasingly selecting for looks over wit/charm/personality/masculinity, guys are investing heavily in their appearance. The question is what caused this huge sea-change?<br /><br />Perhaps you can also comment on the Game/PUA movement as an effort on the part of desperate average/less genetically endowed/asocial Millennial guys to get girlfriends. In generations, these guys would've compensated with charming personalities and had cute girlfriends. But in an age when looks reign supreme, average guys are getting shunned.Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-83871564939076798582014-03-16T05:34:13.757-04:002014-03-16T05:34:13.757-04:00Good link on malls, Curtis. I think malls embody ...Good link on malls, Curtis. I think malls embody the quality of impermanence in American life, which dooms each generation to find its memories sinking into quicksand. Not pleasant.Dr. Stephen J. Krune IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883514471341513380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-30046657751773812282014-03-16T00:19:06.497-04:002014-03-16T00:19:06.497-04:00Curtis, the decline of malls in a lot of the count...Curtis, the decline of malls in a lot of the country has to do with ghetto blacks frightening white customers away. Unlike Civil Rights era "boycotts", a white boycott really does just mean quietly not buying things. The malls either don't notice or pretend not to notice, but in the long run this is far more fatal than open protests.<br /><br />There are all kinds of retail options in expensive cost of living areas that are implicitly white/Asian, at least as long as the banks allow for it. They'll eventually be sold out too. Online shopping is the inevitable future of multiculturalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-52222779458434827802014-03-15T11:56:35.521-04:002014-03-15T11:56:35.521-04:00off-topic, but here's an article from the New ...off-topic, but here's an article from the New Yorker about malls: <br />"The End of Malls"<br /><br />http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2014/03/are-malls-over.htmlCurtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-21943717469152098002014-03-15T02:39:39.605-04:002014-03-15T02:39:39.605-04:00Great post. Teens and young adults are a lot more...Great post. Teens and young adults are a lot more childish today. In past decades they were much more quick to adopt adult ways of thinking and adult social norms.Dr. Stephen J. Krune IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07883514471341513380noreply@blogger.com