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Is this a shitpost? I honestly can't tell. You start off by saying you've only ever visited SF and then go on to make a load of generalisations as if you know S

Is this a shitpost? I honestly can't tell. You start off by saying you've only ever visited SF and then go on to make a load of generalisations as if you know SF like the back of your hand. Also this: > there are very few attractive girls at bars, or at offices, or even on the street, compared to just about anywhere in the world. and if that's not why you go to bars, i have to ask -you'd enjoy going to bars with mostly men? because that's cool too -once in a rare while Is so awful that the only explanation is that the whole thing is a shitpost. Boom, mystery solved. Case closed.

dongvsascript 6y ago
i said what i noticed from my 3 weeks there over 2 trips, which was contrary to what op claimed. i presented my observations asking if they were not normal for sf. so you consider a sausage festival at every bar you go ok, but not enjoying that sausagefest is awful. i think i just solved a mystery of my own. not that there's anything wrong with that, just not something that appeals to most males.
- djur 6y ago
  Have you considered that not all of the people you're talking to here are men?
  - dongvsascript 6y ago
    never
- chipotle_coyote 6y ago
  Okay, I'm gonna let you in on a shocking secret. Ready? Lean in close so this doesn't get out. Some people go to bars... to drink. Crazy, right? I know! But it's true, I swear. And it turns out San Francisco has -- well, at least pre-pandemic -- bars that make really good drinks. Smuggler's Cove is hands down one of the best tiki bars in the world. Rickhouse is a great (if crowded) new-deal whiskey bar, right around the corner from another great (if crowded) new-deal tiki bar, Pagan Idol. Tadich Grill is like stepping back in time. Trick Dog is wildly inventive and kind of nuts. Bourbon & Branch is a dynamite speakeasy. Buena Vista has legendary Irish Coffees. Cliff House is kind of a tourist trap, but their Ramos Gin Fizz is on point and you can sip it while looking out plate glass windows overlooking the Pacific. And speaking of gin, there's Whitechapel, which is like someone opened a goddamn steampunk bar in an abandoned London subway station. Tequila? There's Tommy's, a dive Mexican restaurant whose tiny dingy bar happens to be run by a guy designated as a "tequila ambassador" by the Mexican government. I'm sorry San Francisco bars didn't live up to your standards as pickup joints. But maybe when you come back here sometime you could, you know, get a drink. Cheers.
  - wolco 6y ago
    You kinda made his point. Hanging out with a group of guys with everyone drinking a ramos gin fizz while overlooking the Pacfic doesn't seem what the average guy would seek in a bar. What does on point mean? Is this a drink you order everywhere and the quality at this place is comparable to others you've tried? Is Gin a popular choice for a young person in sf? "Ramos Gin Fizz is on point and you can sip it while looking out plate glass windows overlooking the Pacific."
  - dongvsascript 6y ago
    it's not about a pickup joint. when i go out, i enjoy women in the crowd. i know it's hard for you to understand with your large anime and mgtow collection, but men like to hang out with a good mix of women -for the company, not just the sex. heck, even my wife doesn't like a bar full of guys. and no one likes a saturday night hangout that closes at 1am. that's not a bar -that's a daycare. the drinks you described do seem appropriate for a daycare. that wonderful experience you just went on about? yeah, no one wants that if they can help it. lift some weights, acne cream, shave with a razor not a hair trimmer, maybe a nosejob. and if you go somewhere only to, you know, drink, maybe time to start some aa meetings instead of a bar. people of all sexes go to bars to socialize, not to drink. alcoholics go to bars to drink.
    - hhmc 6y ago
      Gay men certainly enjoy bars full of guys, which your wildly heteronormative claim seemed to forget.
      - hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
        Oh please. I'm gay, and this comment is ridiculous. You mean gay men enjoy being in bars where there are other people who they are sexually attracted to and who could be sexually attracted to them. Which is exactly the parent commenter's point. It's obvious the parent commenter is speaking about things from his own perspective, which doesn't make it some sort of "heteronormative" crime, it just means he's straight.
- kelnos 6y ago
  Um, I go to bars to hang out with my friends while someone else makes tasty cocktails I'm too lazy to make for myself. News flash: most people who go to bars aren't there just to look at or hit on women. Yes, there are some who do, but that's not what bars are for.
  - Cthulhu_ 6y ago
    It's one of many things happening in bars though. IMO it's another symptom of the lack of gender diversity in tech though.
emmelaich 6y ago
It sounded right to me.. I've visited SF about four times over the last few years - staying between one and three weeks each time.
- mav3rick 6y ago
  Both of you don't know the city.
globular-toast 6y ago
People go out to have sex. Either you haven't noticed somehow (maybe you aren't old enough?) or you're deluding yourself that it's about something else. We're a sexual species. You exist because your parents met and had sex. It's just the way it is.
- mav3rick 6y ago
  Okay ? Are you humping everything in sight every time you step out ?
  - globular-toast 6y ago
    I have no idea how to respond to such a silly comment.

dongvsascript 6y ago

i said what i noticed from my 3 weeks there over 2 trips, which was contrary to what op claimed. i presented my observations asking if they were not normal for sf. so you consider a sausage festival at every bar you go ok, but not enjoying that sausagefest is awful. i think i just solved a mystery of my own. not that there's anything wrong with that, just not something that appeals to most males.

djur 6y ago
Have you considered that not all of the people you're talking to here are men?
- dongvsascript 6y ago
  never
chipotle_coyote 6y ago
Okay, I'm gonna let you in on a shocking secret. Ready? Lean in close so this doesn't get out. Some people go to bars... to drink. Crazy, right? I know! But it's true, I swear. And it turns out San Francisco has -- well, at least pre-pandemic -- bars that make really good drinks. Smuggler's Cove is hands down one of the best tiki bars in the world. Rickhouse is a great (if crowded) new-deal whiskey bar, right around the corner from another great (if crowded) new-deal tiki bar, Pagan Idol. Tadich Grill is like stepping back in time. Trick Dog is wildly inventive and kind of nuts. Bourbon & Branch is a dynamite speakeasy. Buena Vista has legendary Irish Coffees. Cliff House is kind of a tourist trap, but their Ramos Gin Fizz is on point and you can sip it while looking out plate glass windows overlooking the Pacific. And speaking of gin, there's Whitechapel, which is like someone opened a goddamn steampunk bar in an abandoned London subway station. Tequila? There's Tommy's, a dive Mexican restaurant whose tiny dingy bar happens to be run by a guy designated as a "tequila ambassador" by the Mexican government. I'm sorry San Francisco bars didn't live up to your standards as pickup joints. But maybe when you come back here sometime you could, you know, get a drink. Cheers.
- wolco 6y ago
  You kinda made his point. Hanging out with a group of guys with everyone drinking a ramos gin fizz while overlooking the Pacfic doesn't seem what the average guy would seek in a bar. What does on point mean? Is this a drink you order everywhere and the quality at this place is comparable to others you've tried? Is Gin a popular choice for a young person in sf? "Ramos Gin Fizz is on point and you can sip it while looking out plate glass windows overlooking the Pacific."
- dongvsascript 6y ago
  it's not about a pickup joint. when i go out, i enjoy women in the crowd. i know it's hard for you to understand with your large anime and mgtow collection, but men like to hang out with a good mix of women -for the company, not just the sex. heck, even my wife doesn't like a bar full of guys. and no one likes a saturday night hangout that closes at 1am. that's not a bar -that's a daycare. the drinks you described do seem appropriate for a daycare. that wonderful experience you just went on about? yeah, no one wants that if they can help it. lift some weights, acne cream, shave with a razor not a hair trimmer, maybe a nosejob. and if you go somewhere only to, you know, drink, maybe time to start some aa meetings instead of a bar. people of all sexes go to bars to socialize, not to drink. alcoholics go to bars to drink.
  - hhmc 6y ago
    Gay men certainly enjoy bars full of guys, which your wildly heteronormative claim seemed to forget.
    - hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
      Oh please. I'm gay, and this comment is ridiculous. You mean gay men enjoy being in bars where there are other people who they are sexually attracted to and who could be sexually attracted to them. Which is exactly the parent commenter's point. It's obvious the parent commenter is speaking about things from his own perspective, which doesn't make it some sort of "heteronormative" crime, it just means he's straight.
kelnos 6y ago
Um, I go to bars to hang out with my friends while someone else makes tasty cocktails I'm too lazy to make for myself. News flash: most people who go to bars aren't there just to look at or hit on women. Yes, there are some who do, but that's not what bars are for.
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  It's one of many things happening in bars though. IMO it's another symptom of the lack of gender diversity in tech though.

emmelaich 6y ago

It sounded right to me.. I've visited SF about four times over the last few years - staying between one and three weeks each time.

mav3rick 6y ago
Both of you don't know the city.

globular-toast 6y ago

People go out to have sex. Either you haven't noticed somehow (maybe you aren't old enough?) or you're deluding yourself that it's about something else. We're a sexual species. You exist because your parents met and had sex. It's just the way it is.

mav3rick 6y ago
Okay ? Are you humping everything in sight every time you step out ?
- globular-toast 6y ago
  I have no idea how to respond to such a silly comment.