atlant said:
I don't think it's the "media's wet dream", I feel like they've been unusually quiet. Probably because anything too crazy they write now would only beautifully expose the hypocrisy in the reactions to Muslim vs non Muslim attacks, as shown in all the tweets and related pictures.
There's definitely a change in the air in Australia. I caught up with some mates I hadn't seen for a couple of months for lunch, and the attack came up, and many of them were saying things along the line of "I used to post this [anti-narrative] stuff and everyone would race to correct me, including family. Now I'm getting 20 shares per post."
These guys are all from my gym: so big, muscular guys, every one with the type of big, fuck-off beard I started growing last year. Tribal norms are evident - we look unified, the way herds of girls generally look.
So, I floated something else I've thought I'd been observing:
"Is it just me, or are girls in general dropping the attitude and being a fuckload nicer to us?"
Every guy had noticed this.
Comments went along the lines of:
"They like us being nearby in public. They used to be suspicious or uncomfortable."
"They're really polite."
"You noticed they're acting more like girls? Talking higher?"
It's exactly what I've noticed. My usual 'store / office' interactions with women usually range from pleasant / chatty to haughty and indifferent to Awkward Millennial Girl. Lately, they're really making the effort to be pleasant to me, and every simple interaction is dragging out into a five minute conversation. My mate was right: they're acting more girlishly. A higher, slightly-silly tone I recognise as resembling what girls used to be when I was younger.
I was at the Supermarket earlier, buying in bulk. The checkout chick was overly-nice and chatty, and struggled for a few seconds to pull out a large carton out from my trolley, so I lifted it and held it up so she could scan it.
Strong eye contact. "Thanks. I just couldn't get it. I'm such a weakling."
No sarcasm detected. She was genuinely-admitting her weakness, and thanking me for lifting something heavy for her. This is the sort of thing you usually only see in pre-Boomer Generation women.
I went to pay my car insurance this morning. Normally the staff in those places having Selective Vision, where they look at you and pretend they haven't seen you. The girl opened a window for me and called me over and I ran my usual 'Grease The Wheels' Game, and the next thing I know, she's asking my details, telling me the price, then saying "We can do better than that". By the time I left, my Ute gained a $500 appreciation in value after years or constant depreciation and I paid $200 less for my insurance. I'm almost hoping it gets written off.
Before that, I'd been to a doctor's appointment where I sat in the waiting room as the girls behind the counter kept up an ongoing conversation with me for 10 minutes, and one girl waiting just openly-stared at me for minutes a stretch, to a degree that I almost felt uncomfortable.
I suspect they're starting to like having a strong, mean-looking White Man in their vicinity.
I was on the phone not long ago with my Viola Player, who was sitting outside a coffee shop, and the conversation kept stopping every few minutes. He explained he kept getting interrupted by 'rando girls asking him pointless shit', then, out of the blue, said "Fuck me, are girls needy of attention lately or what?"
He's a Homophobic Gay Guy who doesn't look or sound remotely Gay, yet the pussy is being thrown at him without him even trying.
It's weird. Everywhere I go,
niceness and
submission from women whom I'd guess are feeling Very Single at the moment. Any other Aussies noticing this?