Man, if my date asked me a question like that, I'd be all "Score!"

All I saw was "The other night I went on a date, and the guy I'm out with asks me "What do you think of exisistentialism?" What a loser. Like I've cared about that since freshmen philosophy. Hello?"

And I was confused

If a date asked me that, I'd probably think he was a pretentious schmuck. Sartre and Camus were both pretentious fucks.

On the upside, she remembered the word "exisistentialism", and when she heard it last. Good for her.
~A

beautiful... perpetually sour expression on their joyless faces

personally, i find those two things to be mutually exclusive. beauty is as much about carriage and happiness as it is about facial features, which means by definition that i would not have found those women beautiful. >;)

L'enfer, c'est les autres. ("Hell is other people").

I have to agree with Sally and company on this. (And yes, I do have an opinion on existentialism.)

Having worked for a cosmetic surgeon on the West Side, I know that species to which you refer quite well. That type of creature is best served by sticking with their own kind. (Someone for everyone, you know?) But surely the poor guy she went out with had to know what he was dealing with? And if so, why ask a question like that unless he was trying to level the playing field by showing off his intellect? Which is a very good way to end up NOT having sex that night.

But do you see how wise you are in comparison to her date? You already know that you have nothing in common with her or her kind.

immaculately done up, thin, heavily made up, beautiful, carefully done hair, perpetually sour expression on their joyless faces due to spending all their time at the gym or shopping,

I know the type, but where is the beauty in there?

I'm glad for the guy actually. Dating a person with such a disregard for the importance of existentialism would indeed suck.

I'm probably gonna piss off every woman on your friends list with this... but honesty will out.

I wouldn't date a woman like that, but I'd bend her over the coffee-table in a heartbeat.

(I was gonna say "but I'd fuck her" but I didn't want to make your comments page NSFW.)

~j