1. i hate maxim
2. if you want to interpret sexist remarks in my paper because you hate men, that's your business. my gf of two year's would be more than happy to argue that we're equal partners in our relationship, however, and what attracted her to me in the first place was an article I wrote on dating. Would you prefer me to, when writing to an undergraduate college audience, use academic speak instead of fun casual speak?
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The truth is, you actually have a strong and notable advantage over the “over-confident, over-gelled and over-cocky bad asses” that keep stealing potential women from your grasp before you’ve even had a chance to remove your hands from your pockets.
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I could have said
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he truth is, you actually have a strong and notable advantage over the “over-confident, over-gelled and over-cocky bad asses” that are able to more effectively garner the attention of a woman in a social setting and maintain that interest long enough that she makes a conscious and independent choice to enter into a courtship ritual with him instead of with you before you've even had a moment to consider the implications of your actions.
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Don't you see how the first one kind of makes the point a bit more effectively?