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Topic: Fifty Shades of Earl Grey
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Ceridwen Moderator Posts: 19459 From: Registered: Jul 2011
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posted May 14, 2015 06:55 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8G0qhswflo I love the guy! Well I do love practically any guy who`s able to make me laugh tears. (I think his Sun is opposed mine. lol) IP: Logged |
violet7887 Knowflake Posts: 1687 From: Registered: Jul 2011
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posted May 14, 2015 02:50 PM
Never heard of him but Lol! This is even extra funny to me because when ever I see fifty shades of what ever im usually like " yeah..no." IP: Logged |
Ceridwen Moderator Posts: 19459 From: Registered: Jul 2011
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posted May 15, 2015 05:34 AM
Exactly my reaction about the whole Shades of grey thing. As for the guy here, he is apparently a dating-coach or something like that. Actually I donīt care that much about that, but I think he`s cute and funny. Well, some of his advice seems very common sense and good, other I donīt agree with. Turns out everytime I get too tangled up into the soulmate-business and lose a little perspective, it is VERY helpful to watch this little video of him, as it counterbalances this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXy8_ZX2W3k (PErsonally I think the truth might be somewhere in between )
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PixieJane Moderator Posts: 6386 From: CA Registered: Oct 2010
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posted May 16, 2015 04:16 AM
Yeah, I thought that was hilarious...wasn't too impressed with the dating advice he linked to though I expect it's true more often than not and there are special considerations to me due to upbringing that he'd probably find interesting (but would never think about on his own), but aimed at the "general" crowd he's likely to get more hits than misses. Pretty much like you I think he's got a lot of good insight and sense, but there's still plenty I take with a grain of salt...if not dismiss outright. I also suspect that he's so popular more for his looks and accent (and he has a soothing way of talking) than for what he says (which is just a bonus at best). OTOH, given the ass bad advice and such I've seen in magazines like Cosmo (but then if their advice worked then sales would go down) I suppose what he says is pure gold compared to that and coming from a guy just adds more authority to it so maybe his actual thoughts are an important factor as well, and he also delivers it in a charismatic and often humorous way (and again more pleasant to look at than an overpriced magazine filled with attention grabbing ads). Still, I was annoyed by one vid of his (which was my first impression of him) on how to tell if a guy was attracted to you. (Doing a quick search I didn't see it though I saw a very short one that was a summary of what I recall, so I'm 99% sure it was him.) It basically came down to "If he pays attention to you and doesn't treat you like crap then he likes you." I've always despised this whether told to women or to men as it's essentially saying no one is going to be friendly or do anything for you unless they want something--and people say I'm too cynical, sheesh--and also because it leads to a lot of misunderstandings that result in hurt feelings and it's hard to blame guys for some of the absurd sexual harassment I got--and even scary if a guy thought I was teasing and toying with him (though plain ol' ego can be a culprit, too)--because they mistook my smile or good deed for interest or even flirting rather than the common courtesy it was when so many women write in advice columns of men's magazines that any woman who acts that way towards him wants his body so go for it even if she plays coy (and tell women that any man who does something decent, even smile with small talk, is intentionally seducing her). I suspect that these articles get written because they figure most men and women who get their magazine (or tune in) WANT to believe they're so desired so they then buy more issues of very bad but flattering advice, and that video (that I'm 99% sure was by him) followed the same formula. Yet to my surprise my snarking on that vid with something like, "Oh dear, my cousin is into me" got me scores of thumbs up which makes me suspect plenty of others also take what he says with a grain of salt (which I found out as people were replying that they found my comment hilarious or to say maybe he is). IP: Logged |
PixieJane Moderator Posts: 6386 From: CA Registered: Oct 2010
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posted May 16, 2015 04:22 AM
Though to repeat the first thing I said so that it doesn't get lost in the haystack of everything else I posted...that Shades of Earl Gray had me struggling not to laugh so hard that I'd wake others up. IP: Logged |