Rubbernecking

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Aquarians, Mar 15, 2024.

  1. I learned a new term while watching American Dad, Rubberneckers episode:

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3667582/

    In summary (as a parody to Snowden case), Stan becomes a target for a CIA elimination operation for exposing to his wife the covert operation all men do: eyeball other women.

    I hope my wife never finds this place and if she does, I hope @Baron can push the atomic button and wipe all my data, but let's not get ahead of ourselves and avoid having fun just because our wives might find out :)

    So here's why I need Baron's capability (along with EU's GDPR enforcement) to wipe out what I'll say next:

    My wife has no idea I rubberneck. Probably most wives don't or at least convincingly pretend they don't. My wife has actually, like cartoon character Stan's wife, told me at some point how much she appreciates that I only have eyes for her. Yeah, right. "I never in my life have looked at another woman after I met you" :))

    Overall I read somewhere and my life experience confirms this thing: if you're a reasonably attractive man (need to be reasonably attractive to ladies to pull this off) then your perception in life about 20-ish something women follows this progression:

    - At 20 you like maybe one in ten women / chicks (of 20-ish something age, I repeat).
    - At 40 you like half of women of 20-ish something age.
    - At 80 you like all of them.

    I enjoy re-watching shows of my youth or even looking at video clips from when I was 20-ish myself because as I grow older (I'm 40-ish now), I keep seeing them with new eyes, kudos the algorithm described above. Effectively I see what foolish younger me never saw :)

    Take this 2000-ish Romanian billboard music video that I recall perfectly but I haven't really looked at when I was of age (so more like 0 than one in ten). Holly Molly, I feel 80 already!! :D

     
  2. RantaMin

    RantaMin

    Sounds like trying to convince your wife you've got "eyes only for her" after a "Rubberneckers" episode is tougher than convincing a cat to take a bath.