She outright rejected my response. Apparently fossils caught in amber were in recent decades as decorations and movie props. And that nodosaurus fossil that’s so well preserved? It must be a dead crocodile with cancer or something.

@FutureFicus it's so sad that people can be so closed minded to learning new things!

@FutureFicus wow, well at least you found out that she's not for you.

@RobLawrence

Of course you can. I'm flattered.

@RobLawrence

Oh my goodness! Now I understand why my comment resonated so much.

That sounds horrible. I've had a few battles with fruit flies myself over the years. Nothing of your magnitude though.

I researched things on the Internet, and subsequently won one particular battle. I washed bananas as soon as I bought my grocery shopping home and dried them. I then stored them in the fridge. Any banana skins were discarded and put outside.

I learned that fruit flies lay their eggs on the skins of fruit. So washing and drying fruit is one effective strategy.

It's a shame swallows or other insect eating birds don't descend on Delaware en mass during this season. I wonder if there is a solution.

Lol! I didn't feel like commenting twice, but yes, this was my first thought!
Bingo!

Note some of my other replies. Sometimes idiocy doesn’t show until you hit the subject.

Lols.

Exactly.

It still surprises me how a woman can go from beautiful to physically revolting within the span of a few words.

@FutureFicus Because you are more evolved than many...I think at the base of humanity, there are those who operate fundamentally on a physical level...pure animalistic instinct, so to speak...as you evolve, mature, whatever...your mind needs, craves, more...and it will be more enduring as well since we all age and physically become "less beautiful"

Up to that point, most of our conversations had been related to physiology, music, art, etc. This was the first time I got any clue that she is severely lacking in logic and reason.

It’s like seeing a puppy from a distance, and thinking “A puppy! Cute!”, but when you approach you realize it’s a mangy opossum. “No, wrong. Definitely not cute.”

Edit: I have a better analogy. Do you remember that scen in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” where Eddie Valiant thinks he’s seeing Jessica Rabbit, but when she turns around, she’s a grotesque deformed clone of Jessica Rabbit? That. That’s what happened there.

@FutureFicus or the bathtub scene in The Shining

Almost my thoughts exactly. The only thing different is, now there is no hotness or appeal to even try to redeem anything.
Lack of intelligence doesn’t just trump physical appeal to me. It erases it. She is no longer even physically attractive.

@FutureFicus Amazing how that works. Also usually irreversible !

See, as for me, I’ve never been much of a speed demon. Give me the durable car.

As they say on the internet, Your Mileage May Vary.

See, the analogy holds up!

I’m a little bit confused here. Are you saying intelligence is only a necessary or attractive attribute for those working in fields that specifically require intelligence?
If that’s the case, I wholeheartedly disagree. For me, you can’t be hot and dumb at the same time.

i meant that if i was in your situation.. working, let's say at AAFES (i used to work there) and there was a really cute chic (like one i know that works at AAFES), i would overlook her lack of intelligence...girl at aafes isn't brainy at all but still cute.

Spoken like a true gentleman.

@Ellatynemouth its the essence of what I said rather than exactly that and it works both ways, also fuck them doesn't just mean sex.