By way of illustration, a female acquaintance whom I have known since university was a big one for this. She's straight and probably of average attractiveness. While at university she'd frequently remark on the absence of men she found attractiv

[Nearenough]

To think cross gender collective punishment is a thing.

Yeah but no but yeah but no...

Also OP - you might want to have a think about the fact that, as with male and female strippers, female criticism of men is not the precise equivalent of male criticism of women. This is because of something called 'Context'.

Both happen within the context of a patriarchal society in which men have more power than women in almost every respect, although I understand that you've been confused by Nigel telling you that this is the Big Lie or whatever.

Wins the internet today!

Oh chapeau, @DollopOfFun , for getting that!

Though it transpires putting title and OP the correct way round doesn't actually increase intelligibility...

Is OP going to come back and engage with the deep and meaningful discussion he started?
My money’s on this being about tree limbs not people limbs. But I’m just going out on a limb here.

I think it boils down to a fairly simple phrase.

'I'm not getting laid and I don't like it'.

It's on the shelf behind the food processor.

Huh?

Shall I have the Pistachio Magnum or the hazelnut one?

Op did your school break up for the holidays today? Surely you aren't bored already?

Rarely does one find such obvious examples of where A1 would have made an improvement.

Oh for the olden days when people merely swallowed dictionaries, rather than LLMs.

So what? It's biology, the vast majority of female species are more selective than males. Did you think biology only ever worked in males favour?

I love both a Waning Gibbous and a link to a Boden sale.

🤣🤣.

I may not be university educated, but I think I am of reasonable intelligence, and I am not completely sure what the heck is going on.

But I am eating a sausage and watching with interest.

Is this just like saying, "Who you think you are to call someone ugly?"

I believe the answer to be 42.

Don’t do drugs, kids.

Pistachio! Everything is improved with pistachios.

You beat me to it although I was about to pontificate about Oxford commas.
Anyway, it was general waste day here and I put out the recycling by mistake so now I have to take the waste to the tip (by appointment only) in case it gets too hot next week. The weather, not the waste but it could be both.

This thread, and so many brilliant posts is yet further evidence of why we still need the laughing emoji.

Pleeeeeeaaaaassssse return it to us.

I think you’ll find the A1 is in need of vast improvement. The potholes are appalling.

People need to be able to drive to Curry’s!

It's irelands biggest lingerie section I understand.

North West Highlands.

It looks like it might rain tomorrow as well, so it might be tumble dryer job.