[Hotwheels]

(06-12-2015 04:07 AM)Galahad Wrote:  

I like goodfellas like all the other mafia movies too, I even like those gangster movies. But still its not an desirable lifestyle for me. True it seems like those guys hold the cards but at the end they all go down. Mostly because they get to greedy and ego driven. Don't have their shit together in the big picture.
Drive me nuts to see a bunch of teenagers that play gangster and are a waste for society with their behaviour. I've seen to many of those little idiot gangster kids.

Those Mafia mobsters and gangster rule with fear, violence and money. This give them their power. But they stab each others back most of the time when shit gets real.

On the flip side, I love the movie.

Saying that, I have my guy pistol whip the jag with the Vette.

Never do that yourself. You might go to jail.

[General Stalin]

(06-12-2015 03:56 AM)BlueOcean Wrote:  

Sonny gives the kid a good test for determining if a girl is worth keeping around.

Watch this.

I've seen this video linked several times on the forum as a classic reference metric for a "keeper." The message is clear, but it is incredibly irrelevant and and not applicable to today.

Men don't open car doors for women unless they are getting paid or it.

We all have keyless entry and all 4 doors unlock when you press your remote. The passenger door would never be unlocked without the driver side being unlocked too. Besides, most cars made in 2000 and up don't even have keyholes on the doors besides the driver's door.

We all know that in the event that we opened the car door for a broad, as we passed around the back of the car to get in the driver's side she would just whip out her phone and text instead of sitting idle and/or being concerned about us in any way.

There is never one "thing" that lets you know a girl is worth keeping around, but there are a few indicators of considerate feminine behavior I have noticed that are good starting points. One of my personal favorites is when she makes the bed after staying the night. I especially like it when she does while I'm in the shower so I know she is not "showing off" she is just doing something considerate that I won't notice until later on. Always puts a smile on my face hen I get out of the shower, say goodbye and see her out, then go upstairs to see my bed made.

[aSimpNamedBrokeback]

(06-12-2015 09:02 AM)General Stalin Wrote:  

Men don't open car doors for women unless they are getting paid or it.

Overreacting about whether she opens the lock might not be relevant today, but what he says about about a "selfish broad" and that's just the tip of the iceberg is important. Alot of what he says in the 2min clip are important, especially in the beginning when he telling him not to care what his dumb friends think.

[General Stalin]

(06-12-2015 09:18 AM)aSimpNamedBrokeback Wrote:  

(06-12-2015 09:02 AM)General Stalin Wrote:  

Men don't open car doors for women unless they are getting paid or it.

Overreacting about whether she opens the lock might not be relevant today, but what he says about about a "selfish broad" and that's just the tip of the iceberg is important. Alot of what he says in the 2min clip are important, especially in the beginning when he telling him not to care what his dumb friends think.

Yeah thats what I mean the message is clear, I'm just commenting on the the change of the times. Girls are so inconsiderate and selfish today that ditching girls for minor transgressions would leave you quite dry. Nostalgia for times we never lived in. Sigh.

[monster]

I never liked Goodfellas (or much of Scorcese's work for some reason). The Godfather on the other hand is one of my favorite movies of all time.

It is true that different types of movies appeal to different genders. I've never heard a man say "Princess Diaries really resonates with me." It's sort of like how boys play with GI Joe and girls play with Barbie. Just the way it is.

That being said one of the most masculine and redpill movies ever, American Psycho, was directed and adapted for screen by a female, and the novel was written by a gay guy. So how's that for an exception to the rule.

[Mr. Wolf]

(06-12-2015 09:02 AM)General Stalin Wrote:  

Men don't open car doors for women unless they are getting paid or it.

I haven't dated in 10 years, but this cannot be true?!? I guess I am completely out of touch, but I hope that isn't the current state of the World, because where does that leave us? Do you just both walk up and hop in the car separately? Seems very strange. Then again, I was raised in the South, and taught to open doors for women, the elderly, etc., and I still do that, no matter what they look like.

[General Stalin]

(06-12-2015 10:24 AM)Mr. Wolf Wrote:  

(06-12-2015 09:02 AM)General Stalin Wrote:  

Men don't open car doors for women unless they are getting paid or it.

I haven't dated in 10 years, but this cannot be true?!? I guess I am completely out of touch, but I hope that isn't the current state of the World, because where does that leave us? Do you just both walk up and hop in the car separately? Seems very strange. Then again, I was raised in the South, and taught to open doors for women, the elderly, etc., and I still do that, no matter what they look like.

Yeah you are behind the times. "Chivalry" is long dead. Women are not supposed to be seen as the "weaker" sex so doing things for them like opening doors and paying for everything is at best chump shit, and at worst labeled sexist. Women are independent and like men who don't give a shit about them.

[Beyond Borders]

I still open doors for women.

I mean, not so much car doors unless I already happen to be on that side of the car but definitely doors to buildings.

I could give a shit if anyone thinks it's a chump move (not directed at you, Stalin - more at the general notion). Maybe it would be if I was groveling for pussy points, but to me the move says more about the person opening the door than it does the person having it opened for them.

In other words, it's not a servile gesture; it's a token of friendship and respect.

And it's me.

In fact, I often do it for men if walking into a public building or something (though moreso for women).

Maybe once or twice in my life has some oddball woman gotten prickly about it, and I can't even recall who, when, or where so I guess it wasn't much of a big deal. I imagine I just ignored them if I was sober and laughed at them if I was drunk.

I don't really give a shit about people who have time to get offended by that sort of thing.

The vast majority of the time it has been a pleasant surprise. No one is jumping on their back because of it, but again, that's not the point. I'm the type of person who honestly does enjoy brightening someone's day, as cheesy as that might sound to some guys on here. I butter up men and women wherever I go (while simultaneously harrassing them) and not only does that make life more interesting and fun for me but I reap a lot of social rewards for doing so.

It's also interesting how such a small gesture can lower someone's guard in what we typically think of as a cold world and create a bit of basic human warmth. People just barrel right by strangers without thinking, or two people on a date act like they're in some competition to see who can act disinterested longest - sublte icebreakers carry a ton of weight.

When it moves beyond to a woman you've been with for a while, I don't know. I generally don't think of it too much. It's all part of the dance, I guess. You won't find a girlfriend of mine saying that she doesn't know exactly who stands where in our relationship (which is to say it's always her doing the groveling), so I'd say if whether or not you open doors sets some type of power dynamic in your interaction with women, you're focused on all the wrong things.