the very specific pet peeve i often have with cishet men online whining about having no gfs, especially nerdy cishet men whining about having no gfs is

listen. we all know that there is more to a human than physical appearance. we all know that is reductive and the societal standard for beauty is both flawed and ever-changing due to marketing forces.

but also. my dude. my guy. your gamer girls ready to date are all around you. you're just pissed because they're not all perfect 10s when you're a 3. yeah, they're gonna look like you - glasses! overweight! probably pretty pale! - except you changed the body type setting in the character creator. we're here! we've been here the entire time! y'all just ain't see us because we're not onlyfans baddies and because you don't wanna admit you ain't an onlyfans hottie either!!

the amount of cishet dudes who say "i want a gamer gf" and then balk at just about dating their goddamn cisswap alternate version self that i have seen in my life is Too Goddamn High

@wigglytuffitout not quite what you mean

but you know the fake geek girl scenario?

If you answer their riddles three (name like 20 avengers idk) you are suddenly a True Geek Girl ™️ and are therefore fuckable

idk about you, but if someone responded hostilely to me liking games and I proved my worth to them (which tbh I probably wouldn't bother to do) If I was ever interested in dating you, I'm sure as fuck not now!

(I mean not a girl but I held this opinion when I thought I was a girl, and I think it's a realistic perspective)

@lapis Also That.

and you know, you KNOOOOW that the moment she tries to geek check him in even the slightest possible way, he'll flip the fuck out.

"oh, you only play Call of Duty? sorry, i was looking for a guy who actually plays video games :/" is the funniest way to do that, incidentally

@wigglytuffitout LMAO yes

@wigglytuffitout that will cause a heated gamer moment