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Re: Show HN: Twosome - app created originally for my girlfriend

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Post by scrumper »

twanschik wrote: post #20
scrumper wrote: post #18

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That's elegant. So, OP, I have to know: did you come up with the synced seed first and then try to build an idea around it, or did the idea of simultaneous, server-less, auto-generated endearments drive you to this solution?

I had the gift idea for my girlfriend a few years ago. How to implement it came next (even so the tricky part was how to sync the seed)

Interesting. I really do like it. It's naff but in the best possible way. (I'm working on something related for my wife at the moment but it's even cheesier than Twosome - not sharing it here :])

Do you do some sort of seed exchange/negotiation? Something like swap current system times, and use the higher as the seed?

Re: Show HN: Twosome - app created originally for my girlfriend

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Post by scrumper »

ahoyhere wrote: post #19
joshmlewis wrote: post #6

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Holy smokes, that intro video is almost tear jerking for some reason. Wow. I don't even know why but it tugged at my heart strings. Sheesh.

Watch it again and look closely at how the video focuses on the woman the entire time. She's child-like and the only one who seems emotionally involved in the relationship… but in almost exclusively passive way. (All the dude does is smirk for a fraction of a second when something "nice" occurs.) Every interaction focuses on her. She kisses him on the cheek; he just looks at the camera. She kisses his picture during…

> she's hiding under a sheet with one stripey sock sticking out, a direct echo of "kids reading under the covers when the lights are out." No adult does that.

Have a middlebrow dismissal: my wife does that, and she's 33. She loves hiding.

I do have to say that you seem a bit grouchy for someone who works at a baby blue and pink startup called 'Freckle' :)

Re: Show HN: Twosome - app created originally for my girlfriend

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Post by twanschik »

scrumper wrote: post #21
twanschik wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the gift idea for my girlfriend a few years ago. How to implement it came next (even so the tricky part was how to sync the seed)

Interesting. I really do like it. It's naff but in the best possible way. (I'm working on something related for my wife at the moment but it's even cheesier than Twosome - not sharing it here :]) Do you do some sort of seed exchange/negotiation? Something like swap current system times, and use the higher as the seed?

Something similar: both phones exchange a random seed and compute the arithmetic mean in order to get a common seed :)

Re: Show HN: Twosome - app created originally for my girlfriend

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Post by jonathanconway »

ahoyhere wrote: post #19
joshmlewis wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Holy smokes, that intro video is almost tear jerking for some reason. Wow. I don't even know why but it tugged at my heart strings. Sheesh.

Watch it again and look closely at how the video focuses on the woman the entire time. She's child-like and the only one who seems emotionally involved in the relationship… but in almost exclusively passive way. (All the dude does is smirk for a fraction of a second when something "nice" occurs.) Every interaction focuses on her. She kisses him on the cheek; he just looks at the camera. She kisses his picture during…

Amy, I agree with your analysis, except for what you leave out:

Most couples are like this.

The woman IS a silly, child-like, passive, docile baby, and the guy IS a silly, narcissistic, self-absorbed robot.

These are the ways women behave, and these are the kinds of guys women fall for, because that's what our culture encourages.

If you detect a sexist tone in what I'm saying because I seem to be blaming women, I can only say this: in modern western culture it IS women who ultimately choose who sleeps with who. Criminal activities like rape aside, it is women who choose which guys get to be in a relationship with them and which guys don't. So I don't think it's unfair to attribute the bigger part of this to women.

Anyway just my opinions.

Re: Show HN: Twosome - app created originally for my girlfriend

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Post by ahoyhere »

jonathanconway wrote: post #25
ahoyhere wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Watch it again and look closely at how the video focuses on the woman the entire time. She's child-like and the only one who seems emotionally involved in the relationship… but in almost exclusively passive way. (All the dude does is smirk for a fraction of a second when something "nice" occurs.) Every interaction focuses on her. She kisses him on the cheek; he just looks at the camera. She kisses his picture during…

Amy, I agree with your analysis, except for what you leave out: Most couples are like this. The woman IS a silly, child-like, passive, docile baby, and the guy IS a silly, narcissistic, self-absorbed robot. These are the ways women behave, and these are the kinds of guys women fall for, because that's what our culture encourages. If you detect a sexist tone in what I'm saying because I seem to be blaming women, I can…

"Sure, they're babies! But they're babies with POWER!"

I guess you live in the movie The Incredibles?

Re: Show HN: Twosome - app created originally for my girlfriend

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Post by ahoyhere »

scrumper wrote: post #22
ahoyhere wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Watch it again and look closely at how the video focuses on the woman the entire time. She's child-like and the only one who seems emotionally involved in the relationship… but in almost exclusively passive way. (All the dude does is smirk for a fraction of a second when something "nice" occurs.) Every interaction focuses on her. She kisses him on the cheek; he just looks at the camera. She kisses his picture during…

> she's hiding under a sheet with one stripey sock sticking out, a direct echo of "kids reading under the covers when the lights are out." No adult does that. Have a middlebrow dismissal: my wife does that, and she's 33. She loves hiding. I do have to say that you seem a bit grouchy for someone who works at a baby blue and pink startup called 'Freckle' :)

I don't "work" at a "startup," I founded the business! I designed every last bit. That's all me, baby. True cheer doesn't come from denying reality, it comes from understanding life and laughing at the joke.

In this case, understanding means understanding narcissism and calling it out (cuz it's opaque to just about everyone else).

PS - Does your wife do it while one cutely pigeon-toed stripey-socked foot hangs out and she fawns and coos and pets your virtual image on her iPhone? No? Then sadly it's not a parallel to the video.

Re: Show HN: Twosome - app created originally for my girlfriend

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Post by jonathanconway »

ahoyhere wrote: post #26
jonathanconway wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amy, I agree with your analysis, except for what you leave out: Most couples are like this. The woman IS a silly, child-like, passive, docile baby, and the guy IS a silly, narcissistic, self-absorbed robot. These are the ways women behave, and these are the kinds of guys women fall for, because that's what our culture encourages. If you detect a sexist tone in what I'm saying because I seem to be blaming women, I can…

"Sure, they're babies! But they're babies with POWER!" I guess you live in the movie The Incredibles?

I didn't say women have power, I just said women are in control when it comes to sex, in western societies.

This is assuming normal, legal situations. Of course all forms of rape are an exception to this.

There's just no getting around the fact that women CHOOSE to be with men like this.

Those men are "winners" in regard to relationships, except that it's not much of a victory to win the type of women they win.

Re: Show HN: Twosome - app created originally for my girlfriend

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Post by ahoyhere »

jonathanconway wrote: post #29
ahoyhere wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Sure, they're babies! But they're babies with POWER!" I guess you live in the movie The Incredibles?

I didn't say women have power, I just said women are in control when it comes to sex, in western societies. This is assuming normal, legal situations. Of course all forms of rape are an exception to this. There's just no getting around the fact that women CHOOSE to be with men like this. Those men are "winners" in regard to relationships, except that it's not much of a victory to win the type of women they win.

You convinced me. It's a fact! It's a fact because you called it "the fact that."

On a serious note, I'm sorry you feel* that way (* not think, no matter how much you think it's "logical"), but have you ever considered that it's you?

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