Literally an Obvious Plant

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    “I brought her flowers one dusky Tuesday evening when the light was perfect. I pointed out the irony of that romantic old tradition— the severed genitalia of another species, offered as a precopulatory bribe—and then I recited my story just as we were about to fuck.

    To this day, I still don’t know what went wrong.”

    ― Peter Watts, Blindsight

    • TotallynotJessica@lemmy.worldOPM
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      19 days ago

      I’d unironically say similar shit. Then again, if I’m bringing flowers to someone, I’d have to be more confident than I’ve ever been.

      • shalafi@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        Picking your own flowers both signals that you care and doesn’t apply the same pressure as buying them. Believe me, girls like the hand picked far better. I just wish girls would give us flowers.