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Heterosexual dating is inherently hypocritical. You're not a woman, yet you demand to date women, what is the matter with you? Where do you get off with this ki

by Dewie 12y ago

Heterosexual dating is inherently hypocritical. You're not a woman, yet you demand to date women, what is the matter with you? Where do you get off with this kind of entitlement? More seriously though (that first sentence was just 70% serious), just consider if you are looking for a partner that is masculine (holds equally for gay or straight relationships). Suppose that you yourself are feminine. But isn't that hypocrisy? How can you demand to only date people that are not like you, in some way? Or you are an extroverted person that wants to date introverted people. Or that you are impulsive, and want to date someone more calculating and planning. Hypocrisy? Or is looking for someone who is different from you in some way, okay? If you say; but being fat is unhealthy. OK, but is it purely a character flaw? I think not; some people have a harder time keeping the weight off, though they might be equally healthy to someone who is relatively thin. Louise CK might not be a good example of this, though. And, if it is some "flaw", then that fat person might tolerate other flaws than being fat. Do people have to match up symmetrically when it comes flaws and virtues? Besides, people are fat for different reasons; some people eat a lot because they use it to fill a void in their life. Other people may have totally different reasons. So it doesn't even make sense to take two people and say "they are both fat, and thus they both have the same 'issues'". One issue might manifest as sex addiction in one person, alcohol addiction in another, and food addiction in yet another.

HellaMedusa 12y ago
I get what you're saying, but denouncing someone for traits you yourself have is in fact hypocritical. If you want to date an honest person but you yourself are a flagrant liar, that's not a "desire to date someone different than you." Anyone with common sense would call that out as hypocritical.
jiggy2011 12y ago
Is it hypocrisy to want somebody who is complementary to you in some way, who can balance out your own flaws while you balance theirs? We do this all the time in business, perhaps you are an amazing programmer but poor at design. So you will seek a co-founder or co-worker with the skills that you lack.
dasil003 12y ago
This type of literal pedantry and dissection of minute details is the polar opposite of the type of insightful and revealing observation which Louis CK is so adept at weaving into his work.

by Dewie 12y ago

HellaMedusa 12y ago

I get what you're saying, but denouncing someone for traits you yourself have is in fact hypocritical. If you want to date an honest person but you yourself are a flagrant liar, that's not a "desire to date someone different than you." Anyone with common sense would call that out as hypocritical.

jiggy2011 12y ago

Is it hypocrisy to want somebody who is complementary to you in some way, who can balance out your own flaws while you balance theirs? We do this all the time in business, perhaps you are an amazing programmer but poor at design. So you will seek a co-founder or co-worker with the skills that you lack.

dasil003 12y ago

This type of literal pedantry and dissection of minute details is the polar opposite of the type of insightful and revealing observation which Louis CK is so adept at weaving into his work.