Post-Timeline Clarity: 4/15/24
The timeline was great last week. It was dominated by the weekend of Wifejak, which was (unfortunately or fortunately, depending on who you ask) brought to a halt by Iran launching 300 missiles at Israel. No one was killed. I don’t really care.
I’m going to expand on a few topics that got some attention, starting with a very interesting observation.
If A Girl Wears A Sexy Dress But A Man Didn't See Her In It, Did She Even Wear It?
Not to kiss my own ass, but I believe I stumbled upon a fascinating discovery of psychology. Women didn’t understand the Wifejak meme. And of course I didn’t “discover” this fact, as women made that quite known on the timeline. But that isn’t as interesting or significant as the why. As I stated in the post, women didn’t understand Wifejak because men weren’t commenting on a specific woman, a physical attribute or a personality trait. It was a vague inside joke between men who have lived with women before. So, women didn’t know what to think. “Is what Wifejak is saying good or bad? What am I supposed to do with this? Tell me what to do!” One post nailed the essence of it.
To a good amount of men it was completely obvious what we were doing. As I explained in this brutal yet justified dunk (dude’s been hateposting about me for years), the Wifejak meme gave lighthearted examples of things women typically say to men when they’re in long-term relationships. It was all in good fun and came from a spirit of adoration. Honestly, it was a nice break from the incessant nagging and hostility between men and women that the timeline is usually filled with.
But today I noted something related to this phenomenon: most women don't know what they look like. Literally. Especially hot women. If a hot woman has always been hot, meaning, she’s been hot since puberty and wasn’t once unattractive then became attractive, she’s been struggling with her hotness since puberty. Everywhere she goes men stare at her, and oftentimes uncomfortably so. Women are jealous of her. If she has sisters, they undoubtedly have shown resentment towards her. Even worse, there’s a possibility her mother has been jealous of her youth and her beauty and has made a few offhand comments. Hopefully that isn’t the case, because it sticks with them forever. I think you get my point.
On top of that, there isn’t a single woman on the planet who wouldn’t change something about her physical appearance. Not one. This is part of the female condition. So not only does she already think she needs to change something about herself (which may or may not be true), but she is weighing that against the weight of knowing men find her stunning while also managing the shade she gets from other women. She looks in the mirror and may see a monster or may see a model. It all depends on the day. But in her mind? In most cases her face comes up blank.
I pointed this out after noting that the Kardashianization of women is mainly to blame on not only gay men and estheticians but the friends of the woman who get unnecessary work done. But if we really want to get down to it, the responsibility falls on men, as is the case with everything, by necessity (you are a misogynist, right anon?). Specifically, the responsibility falls on straight men blessed with the eye for beauty.
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