Becky's Bedtime Story: The Fable of the Hare and the Infamous Sperm

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 Dave-Down-Under...Please Put This in Your Pseudo Pipe and Smoke It

A strange thing happened to me the other day over at Frank’s Jazz. 

 More specifically, I should say I had an encounter with one of the strangest 
men that I have ever met here in Second Life. 

Dave-Down-Under Having a Candid Discussion with a Specialist

This episode was more of an exception than the rule - 
for the vast majority of men that I meet at Frank's Jazz 
in Second Life are quite civil and possess gentlemanly charm.

My First Encounter with Dave-Down-Under

Just the same, I believe that it prompts an important discussion on the topic 

of what makes a gentleman truly a gentleman. I want to talk about the difference 

between that of a true gentleman versus one that makes claim in his dubious profile - 

to sadly discover that his actions speak literally louder than his superficial words. 

Well, picture this...I was having my fun with Nanceee ordering one of my special 
make believe caramel lattes with several other girls in open chat.

Nanceee was playing Barista. It was hilarious and all in good fun. Out of the blue, this one individual by the name of "David-Down-Under" chimes in and tells me to take a breath. I thought it was rather odd but seemingly funny so I took it in good light and responded by responding “Breathe In… Breathe Out,” in my usual self-deprecating way.

After all, we ladies do like to chat & express ourselves.

Dave-Down-Under's Intellectual Resource for "Advice."

During the course of our fun, this certain man called me out again publicly for apparently making a simple typo error - erroneously using the word “advise” instead of “advice.” Well, being that we all make typos from time to time here, I responded by politely asking him if he had ever misspelled a word here in open chat before. I also remarked that if so then he shouldn't live in that glass house of his.

It drew some lols and then we all moved on (so I thought). 

Being the type of individual that always wants to make good with people I thought that it 
might be appropriate to send him a nice IM to begin a nice friendly dialogue with him. 

As most people do here, I first looked into his profile to read up in order 
to perhaps better relate to him. 

His profile read:

"Mature Australian gentleman with a strong interest 

in traditional values, fashions and styles, particularly the 50's era. 

A dedicated romantic looking to spend time with a mature like minded lady 

who shares the core values of husband and wife as it was in those golden years, 

when men and women knew and happily accepted their roles in society and the family.”

I thought to myself, “Hmm…interesting...a gentleman with a strong interest 
in traditional values, fashion and styles. I definitely must talk to this 
man personally to find out more about him.” 

Well, being the comic that I am, I thought that it might be rather clever to IM him something about our brief encounter. The mistake I made was to talk about his profile. I opened with a simple, “btw... " like minded" should be hyphenated. lol.”

Brace yourselves, Ladies. The following events are graphic and
may be unsuitable for some. Viewer discretion is “advised.” 

I did not realize that this “Dave-Down-Under” was truly 
from way, way down under - I mean like Hell. LOL. 

He responded, “you're a loud mouthed c**t.....what part of america you from?” 

Followed by a canned “(busy response): 
You've obviously been muted because you lack enough 
brain cells to qualify as a normal functioning person. 
IOW f**k off shit for brains!”

("No need to further give him capitalization and sentence
structure pointers," I thought to myself).

This rude encounter made me think about a man’s charm 
and gentlemanly principles when it comes to women.

This example of Dave-Down-Under I believe helps in part to explain some men's ambivalent relationship with women underscored by the amoral virtue of hypocrisy. 

The fact is that only a self-aware man can have genuine gentlemanly charm. It is something that when combined with sensibility can lead to true wisdom and undeniable virtue – a level of personal growth that transcends well beyond words and self-interest.

Benjamin Schwarz aptly pointed out David's apparent long-forgotten quality of politesse and civilité in his article entitled "The Rise and Fall of Charm in American Men." 
I encourage everyone to read it.

Regardless of where you live in this world,
 these principles have true merit.

Dave-Down-Under’s sad response speaks unfortunately to being devoid of male charm and this lost virtue. To say one thing in a profile about yourself being a gentleman and then having your actions define who you really are is hypocritically a very sad thing.

  

In essence, I believe that his profile is a thinly veiled description
of a insecure but domineering man looking for sex...
looking to entrap the unwitting.

I wish that I could have had the time to respond to this
reprehensible idiot with something like...
"and YOU were the sperm that actually WON?"

"Becky Da' Boop with Da' Scoop!"