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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

For some reason, the background being this color made it impossible for me to read.

A comic strip

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Vision issues. I literally could not read it. Changing the background to white gives me sufficient contrast to read it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Damn, that sucks

[–] Windex007 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Cunningham's Law demands I point out this is perhaps better attributed to Hanlon's razor.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dunning-Kruger tells me it’s actually Poe’s law.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Nobody mentioned Hitler though..?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also possibly low standards, though that's probably not something that you want to hear from your partner ...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Some people just can't think of shit when put on the spot with questions like "but why do you love me" because my brain is made of fluffy kittens playing clumsily with ribbons.

I still have the nightmares.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Same.

It doesn't help that "why do you love me" is often an impossible question to answer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

It's not really taught that this is often fishing for compliments, though sometimes they want to hear about how they impact you on a deep emotional and psychological level. Depends on the person. The former is easy enough, the latter does require you have a level of emotional awareness and the communication skills to express it.

[–] Shou 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Clearwater 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I love you because one day you walked into my house, wouldn't leave despite repeatedly being told to, and then I eventually gave up and let you sleep in my bed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

He definitely can't listen

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"You're pretty and smart and drag likes the way you see the world and you have a big heart."

Y'all don't know how to compliment your dragons properly. Tell it that it's pretty and smart and kind. Easy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's what I would personally call "cheap".

Among those words the only one that could barely resonate would be "I like the way you see the world", but that's still pretty reductive as I doubt your partner at the time is doing groundbreaking philosophy.

And it doesn't say much about your feeling toward anybody else that share the same outlooks/lifestyle.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

That's cheap? What would you consider deep, then? Binding your soul to your partner's in an ancient ritual?

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 2 points 11 hours ago

Depth here just means thinking more about their inner life and choosing a compliment based on your intimate knowledge about how they feel. That kind of compliment demonstrates the connection in a way that feels profound, rather than mere flattery.

About fifteen years ago I told my partner, rather artlessly I thought, that I love them not in spite of their flaws but because of them, too. It wasn't what you'd call genius material but the words were intended to quell a deep fear of conditional love, and they still haven't forgotten the compliment. Despite not being anywhere near poetry or a grand gesture, the fact that I realized this could not be left implicit was an important moment in our relationship.

Not a perfect example, but it's the best I've got.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

A combination of "I don't know I just do" and "Probably because of my experiences as a child".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago

Huh. So knowing your own desires makes relationships shallow in most people's eyes?

Drag sure is glad not to be normal

[–] Im_old 9 points 1 day ago

I needed this 2 years ago

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago

Definitely that he's just dumb. The saying should be "please don't dismiss the posibility".