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Re:Chad Strings – The Chad way to handle strings in C by Buge on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @09:39PM (#27203592)
>Or if anime references don't work... 40 year old virgin movies or whatever.

Are you saying that movie doesn't stigmatize male virginity? From its wikipedia page:

>The film was criticized by Harry Forbes of Catholic News Service for promoting "the false premise that there's something intrinsically wrong with an unmarried man being sexually inexperienced,"[41] and by political columnist Cal Thomas for being an example of societal decline in regards to "self-control or what was once known as purity."[42]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_40-Year-Old_Virgin

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Re:Chad Strings – The Chad way to handle strings in C by dragontamer on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @09:59PM (#27203708)
If I remember the film correctly, his friends were a bunch of jackasses (in a comedic fashion), while the 40-year-old virgin was actually the nicest guy... Who best deserves the girl at the end. The female lead was also a virgin, and actually valued that in the main character.

I mean, I guess it still falls on the trope of "the hero gets the girl" at the end, if that's what your problem is? A lot of what his friends do get in the way of him actually having a successful romantic experience with the female lead.

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I dunno, reading those reviews kinda reminds me of one review I read for Frozen: where they were critical about "Love is an Open Door" and failing to understand the satire. Sometimes there are messages behind the message...

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