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the hasty generalization. i learned about it in logic class in college as one of the many fallacies. and that word has nothing to do with flacid or phallic (pertaining to the dick). but a hasty generalization is when you take a quality of one portion of the group and assume that it applies to the whole group.
ex. some younger guy fucked you over and made you feel like shit for being an interesting person once, so all younger guys are going to fuck you over and make you feel like shit for being an intersting person.
obviously this train of thought is bothersome to me. i have gone out of my way to become the diverse man that i am. chameleon like at times. i can fit in or at least survive in most groups because of my adaptability to different people and different situations. its one of my qualitiies that i am most proud of. that, my sense of humor, and the fact that i am hung like a field mouse, gets me through my day.
so why is it that when something happens to a person under a certain circumstance, they feel that will happen everytime? i know the whole pavlovian argument could kick in here, but that involves more than one bad experience. i thought it was the humans ability to reason that separated us from the animals. that and poseable thumbs.
and yes, i recently met a girl that will not date younger men, hence the rant. i have no set type or serious rules about the women i date, so this blows my mind.
but fuck all that because my best friend is down from PA and we are just goign to get fucked up and have a good time. drink some beers, chuck some frisbees, and bullshit. maybe meet up at the penguin tomorrow night. who knows?