Andrew Rannells performs "I Believe" from "The Book of Mormon," by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Elder Price (played by Rannells), is having reservations about his calling as a missionary to deliver the message of Mormonism to a dangerous warlord, but rather than walk away from his calling, reaffirms his beliefs as a Mormon.

Good voice, funny song, and Rannells couldn't look more like a Mormon missionary if he tried, but the way he licks his lips is kinda gross.

Good points, about why women should stop saying, "I have a boyfriend," and start saying, "I'm not interested." However, she goes a bit overboard when she suggests that women should start tirading (verbing words weirds the language) on the creep who hits on her.

"It completely removes the agency of the woman, her ability to speak for herself and make her own decisions regarding when and where the conversation begins or ends."

Um... no.

It doesn't remove that ability at all. What the writer wants is for her word to be the law of the world, and it simply isn't.

The law is this: if what you're doing isn't working, do something else.

Leave the "shoulds" to ineffective whiners.

Gog, actually, I can't agree with you. I think it's a valid point. If you rebuff a creep with "I have a boyfriend," that's suggesting that a guy shouldn't hit on you out of respect for another man. How about "I'm not interested."

This way, also, she owns it, rather than hiding behind a boyfriend (who may or may not even exist, except in the form of a ready-made excuse).

You guys smoke way more week than I do.

PS- Amy, you're kinda scary now, and that's wayyyyyy beyond normal Amy scary.

PPS- Yes, you're right. Fuck me.

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fuck, fuck fuck! Weed!

There's no good side in Syria: http://moonbattery.com/?p=36534

It's not about being kind. If a guy expects kindness when he hits on someone, he needs to stop trying to hook up -- indeed, he needs to stop being a guy -- because rejection is part of the process of trying to hook up. If he can't handle that, then perhaps he needs to become a monk.

And there is nothing inherently rude about "not interested." Rude is "Fuck off, dickhead!" But why should a girl hide behind a boyfriend real or imagined, in order to communicate that he's not going to get anywhere?

And don't even try to compare this to gay guys, because "I have a boyfriend" is not usually a deterrent. "Not interested" works just fine.

And Eric, I don't smoke any amount of weed per week.

Or any other length of time for that matter.

No, but it is "hiding" to use the existence of a boyfriend (if he actually exists) when the simple fact of the matter is that you're not interested. Why tell someone, "Gosh, you'd have a chance, except that I already have a boyfriend," when the guy would have no chance even if you lived alone on a desert island for twenty years, subsisting on a diet of raw oysters, and he showed up stark naked on a life raft?

And why is it "unkind" to tell someone the truth?

"I'm not interested" isn't unkind. It isn't saying a single thing about the guy in question. It's saying only something about you.

Maybe, just maybe, if the guy gets a lot of "I'm not interested," he'll figure out that there's something wrong with his approach.

"I have a boyfriend" in rapid succession, however, tells him nothing other than he has a string of bad luck hitting on women who are already spoken for.

Frankly, it's far kinder to be honest. I have never rebuffed someone else's interest in my life by saying "I have a boyfriend," and I have no intention of starting. To me, it's cowardly.

Well a coworker has been talking about and showing us pictures of an FWB that is a 6'2" blonde, hot, nuclear chemist that is interested in online video games.

We're now challenging him to invite her out to our neck of the woods to prove that she's real. :-p

It isn't "hiding" to be kind. If you can preserve somebody's feelings, it's best to do that.

I can see Patrick's point, Amy. If the guy is a fat slob, and women keep telling him they have boyfriends, he's less likely to see the disincentive to him remaining a fat slob. The same thing goes if he's thin and reedy and not lifting weights. Also, if he thinks working at Burger King is a legitimate career option (no doubt a no-no for most women).