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Ok, so less a shower thought and more a "random observation while standing in line to vote" thought, but my mind is about equally checked out in both scenarios, so I'll count it.

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[-] [email protected] 123 points 7 months ago

Getting hit on at the polls is a great way to make voting even more uncomfortable.

Best to stick to polite chit chat, and otherwise avoid bothering people when they're voting.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Seems to me that if you're canny about your polite chitchat while standing in line, you could segue to "you wanna get a drink sometime?" after you both come out of the polling place.

Which leads me to remind the ladies, just because he was all supportive of women's bodily autonomy in line, doesn't mean you can be sure how he actually voted in the booth!

[-] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

Which is why so many women hate talking to men they don't know: there's so often that request for a date after even the most innocuous small talk.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Yes I guess that's true, and it doesn't even help if he'd be chill about accepting a "no thanks," because she can't know that in advance, and so many guys aren't. I guess there's always the possibility of running into each other in a bar or similar situation where they could assume meeting someone might be a goal of being there. "Didn't I meet you when we were both voting for Harris?" would be a change from the usual lines.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

It's like trying to find an SO at a comic convention. Just enjoy the show and be happy you've found like-minded nerds.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

"I hate these polling places, they're such meat markets."

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[-] [email protected] 116 points 7 months ago

This may be the most brilliant get-out-the-vote tactic I've ever seen.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago

Nah, cause the hot girls won't care about republicans.

Wait a second...

[-] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

Lol, thanks. Kinda wish I'd have thought of it sooner and made some kind of graphic based on those old ads.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

You really know how to work the polls

[-] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago

Anything to get out to vote. Made me laugh. Good day for it.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Same reason I go to the dentist. Dental hygienists are hot as hell.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah. But they’re spitters.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

Personal preference. I guess I'm just into scrubs and latex in my mouth 🤷🏻‍♂️

[-] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Did you floss for me big daddy?

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I thought the punchline was going to be "to get drilled".

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Punchline requires joke, lol

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Okay, they thought the joke would be “get drilled”

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I get that; I just wasn't joking

[-] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I used to have a roommate who was in dental school. He said getting dates was incredibly easy because everybody realized it was the last time they would be in a large community of single people their age who were also intelligent and had similar interests and earning potential. And indeed, he went out with probably 20 different women that year. And he was incredibly picky and would write them off after one date - she's too loud, too quiet, doesn't drink, drinks too much, swears too much, smokes... Right at the end of the year he found the one, then had to go off and spend 2 years doing public health dentistry in another state to pay for his school loan. After 2 months he found another the one there and dumped the local one. So okay, I'm sure that gripping saga was worth telling lol.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Hm. Hm. Mhm. If I'm understanding you correctly, you're saying that all dental hygienists are whores?

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Mine never shut up. Why was my appointment booking an hour?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

That's part of it for me. I love listening to idle chatter while my teeth get worked over with implements. And nitrile on gums is better than a deep tissue massage.

Any single dental hygienists near BGKY hmu please

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Mine want a two way conversation. And I have stuff to do.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Just go

"Guh. Uh-huh. Mumblemumblemumble"

[-] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

Turn voting into speed dating

[-] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

Just got back from voting and I was looking for an opportunity to mention how attractive the lady that checked me in was.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

was she checking you out, too?

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

They were all ancient ladies with curly grandma-fro hairdos at ours

[-] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Okay I've been voting by mail for years, but if I ever have to go to the actual polls again I want to walk up to somebody working there and say, "We've been trying to get in touch with you about your extended warranty."

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