You’re totally attractive, just not to me?

Okay… Those people who know me realize pretty quickly that mincing words is not my strong suit. Blurting my first thought, then shrugging… Yeah, that’s more me.

I was just “corrected” by a dude online. He wrote that he hoped he would still be attractive after a few beers. I replied that, while I didn’t want to be rude, I didn’t find him attractive. Harsh perhaps, but I didn’t want us wasting time. I’ll ignore the fact that he assumed I found him attractive to begin with…

He suggested I should have said “You aren’t my type.” or “I’m not interested.” But that mostly, suggesting he was unattractive was unfair to him. Now, initially I laughed, but typographical laughter is so subjective. To quote myself, “‘Unfair to the other person’ is so subjective as to be ridiculous. …such phrasing is why being PC is a farcical nightmare of hyper-sensitivity.”

If I had said either of those other two would it have truly been better for his feelings? Now, I am sorry that his feelings were hurt, as much as my de-sensitized programming that a non-PC lifestyle has allowed me to empathize with another.

Seriously though, semantics are tedious…