The Glade 4.0

Yes. They may not be the 4 he listed, they vary from guy to guy, but I'd stick with the Yes.


@Midgen:

Thanks.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

I don't know of anyone who thinks these chivalric actions are being provided on necessity, saying that women can't do them themselves, or are even expected. Chivalry comes by performing small actions due to a willingness and desire for showing someone that you respect them, be it a stranger or a loved one.

Some people just can't have nice things done for them, and some people are too selfish to provide them or see any worth in them. *shrug*

Like many other things, chivalry has been forgotten, misunderstood and bastardized, but it is not dead, and it is not dorky. Duty to your countrymen, God and women continues to be observed by some, and rightly so.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

If your chivalry is not based in humility (i.e., you open doors in order to establish your strength, or you demand to pump gas, yadda yadda) then you don't really grasp the concept.

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It feels like all the people who want limited government really just want government limited to Republicans.
---The Daily Show

I fully endorse opening doors, letting a woman proceed me through a doorway with a slight flourish of my hand, seating her at the table, putting myself between traffic and her, etc. You can't be chivalrous enough, and every woman I have met eats that stuff up.

Do it with style and everyone in the room is impressed. If you can't do it with style, don't do it. And if the focus of your attention thinks for one second that you're doing it for anyone but her, you're not doing it with style. At that moment, it's all about her, 100%.

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They don't. It has been scientifically proven that they don't. And I know all about child birth, but over the course of pregnancy, a woman's body is basically preparing its self for the pain of birth. So, outside of that, men scientifically have a higher pain tolerance than women do because we are men. And we eat nails and stuff.

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"I love this **** team right here."
-Jonathan Quick

Once when I was being chewed out for holding the door for someone (not my date, I wasn't on one) I made the comment that she was right, I shouldn't have done it, and let the door go, which promptly hit her in the face.

I almost felt bad about that.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

^^ LOL cool story, bro. She deserved it.

Don't ever feel bad about that again, Micheal! She deserved what she got!

I hold the doors open for people all of the time...male, female, old, young...doesn't matter, it's just common courtesy and how I was raised. I always get a thank you, too...and when someone holds the door open for me, they get a thank you!!

Please and Thank you are the most used phrases in my vocabulary! It's important to me to show people the respect they deserve, even if they actually don't deserve it, because I believe in the Pay it Forward concept! Do good unto others and they will do good unto others and so on and so on! Besides, Karma is a ***** and will bite me in the arse if I don't behave!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

In my experience in nursing...I have taken care of WAY more whiny men than women..men can tolerate pain way less than women...leastwise old men...maybe their pain tolerance gets less as they age..

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

Not me. I eat nails. Rusty ones, even.

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Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions

"I love this **** team right here."
-Jonathan Quick

What is pain tolerance? Is it the ability to STFU and deal with it or does it mean you feel less pain?

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I would say feel less pain.

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Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions

"I love this **** team right here."
-Jonathan Quick

Then I would say that pain tolerance is the same. Guys are just typically whinier about it.

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http://news.discovery.com/human/women-men-pain.html

...!

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Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions

"I love this **** team right here."
-Jonathan Quick

I've found that a stoic acceptance of pain in the hospital results in being bypassed by the pain meds cart. Also, if all I have to do is whimper and a sweet nightingale will come administer to my ouchie, then whimper I shall.

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In time, this too shall pass.

Do you ever get the ones wrapped in barbwire? Those are my favorite.

*flex*

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

Raltar, you're confusing pain threshold with pain tolerance.

Here's the deal, highly generalized :
Men have a higher pain threshold, so they feel less pain than women.
Women have a higher level of pain tolerance, so they endure pain better than men.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

Except they don't.



http://health.msn.com/health-topics/pain-management/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100218149

As for the pregnancy thing, women cheat

Not so much.



More:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ ... 040903.php
http://www.livescience.com/health/08072 ... facts.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_a ... 628426.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4641567.stm
http://health.msn.com/health-topics/pai ... =100218149
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/26934.php
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/26934.php
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97662&page=1

edit: As for men being babies about pain, I think it's due to selective memory on the observer's part. Who are you going to remember more, a big strapping man complaining about his boo-boo, or a sensitive little lady? On the other hand, I know I'm a complete wuss when I'm sick. I only get sick about once a year, while my wife seems to catch something about half a dozen times. When I am sick though, I want my mommy.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Having watched a woman wither away and die in great pain that I could do nothing about, and knowing I would have slit my wrists long before she got to the point of immobility, I know my wife tolerated and withstood pain far better than I do. She almost never mentioned her pain,

Is this a gender related trait? i don't know.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I have no doubt that your experience was meaningful and your wife was stalwart. My condolences, as it is obvious that you still bear the pain of her loss.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Just watched the Chapelle video, twice, and ... I don't think he really presented his case.

DC : Chivalry is dead, and women killed it.
DC : Women are getting advice about men from other women.
DC : Men only need 4 things to be happy.
DC : A woman dressed like a whore might not be a whore, but she sure looks like one.

Um, ok. You said some funny things in there, and the audience seemed to appreciate your sense of humor, but you didn't really address your claim that women killed chivalry. Unless by "killed chivalry" you mean they "decided it's not OK to say 'damn, lookit them titties'".

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

lol i think you're taking it a little too seriously, Shel

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Ron Paul 2012

Whineyness is a personality trait. Pain tolerance is ....not.