Fabricio the Guido

Hilarious......... http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/2301982-Im-getting-sick-and-tired-of-dinosaurs-being-forced-on-our-children?messages=100&pg=4

What's all this obsession with yoots?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/pumping-iron-and-possibly-other-things#2to37m0

Yes but she's not describing him to the Police is she? She is retelling an account on the forum and everyone pops up with their own tale of woe involving "black drivers" rather than "bad drivers". His race is incidental to the core of the story she wishes to recount yet takes centre stage in the reader's imagination because of the way race is mediated through society. "Angry Driver" "Black"........

What has mentioning his race or colour contributed to her account? Think seriously about that. Is he going to be identified as a result of this post. It irks me to see race being mentioned in this irrelevant manner. But it does feed into stereotypes about race. We should a deep data analysis of the number of times race is specifically mentioned on the forum, and then divide them into positive or negative mentions. I hardly ever see anyone described as white or European, I wonder why that is the case. White privilege.

We had better round up all the black people driving black cars before this escalates.

found this very interesting : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04b1v8q

Thanks everyone .....

Any ideas?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-public-wrong-about-nearly-everything-survey-shows-8697821.html

Nice one uncleBen, unsupported assertions and then when asked to provide some simple facts, you turn on the charm and aks her for evidence. Can we safely assume you were talking out of your nether regions ?

Ha Lady D, the technology is already in the marketplace. It is the take up by women which is low. Even on the more 'niche' dating sites, you will always find a preponderance of men and female participation is quite low. Ahem, am no expert but there was a really great blog called 28 Dates Later which really went through all the niche dating sites and reported similar findings. I don't see how much more control women could possibly want. At the moment, you get a nudge or a wink or a message and the woman has the ultimate choice whether to engage or not engage. Given the slut shaming society we live in, I can only imagine what would happen if a woman was unfortunately assaulted following the use of such an app. I think, also, it is the general views of society about women, which has led to the low take up rates. Also, the more mainstream dating sites seem perfectly capable of providing for the more casual dater under the guise of meeting Mr Right. The search for true love provides 'a cloak of respectability' for the casual tryst. The app with the geographic proximity gizmos are really in your face. Imagine pinging every time you walk past a potential match. Very distracting ! You see that feeling of feeling swamped would probably be welcomed by a gay man or a straight man for that matter. Therein lies the key difference, it seems biology or hard wiring has a lot more to say about the nature of desire, than technological algorithms. http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2013/04/28-dates-later-willard-foxton-part-fourteen-other-date-blogger

1. It's the wimmim, inn't? Apparently, women are more reticent when it comes to casual encounters. Despite decades of feminism and the Spice Girls, women seem unable to tell men, what they really, really want. Or, to revise that, maybe they are saying casual sex is not really want they want. The sexual liberation promised by the 60's generation never truly arrived. The zipless ruck, apparently only allowed more men to exploit women and did not mean true liberation. What do women want? The end result has been a switch back to more conservative values. I particularly liked that sexist novel - Atomised by Michele Houellebecq, which captured this dystopian sexual milieu. Men apparently have the option of negotiating the zipless ruck and are much better at creating strategies to having their needs met. 2. Sex positive culture - hooking up is a minority interest or minority pursuit. 3. Men do it better? 4. Do women need as much casual sex as men do? 5. Do women really want sex or babies? I cannot think of any more generalisations or stereotypes to shoe horn into the conversation. It is too early in the morning. But I'll come back latter if I have any more random thoughts.

Indiepanda ---- what a tantalising sign off. Pray share. Totally confess to a prurient interest in the lives of others. if I am not online here, I would probably be watching Jeremy Kyle.

Love is a revolutionary act. It attacks the ego and in its highest form, is transcendental. Jah is speaking his own truth but missing out on a fundamental aspect of what it means to be human. We are social animals. The closer the bonds, the more challenged we are in resisting the ego.