You are a brave soul.

The "Drippy Dragon" is also...different. I once found a GIF of someone test-ejaculating it in their backyard; I would try to find it again, but I am just not up right now for what that Google search would turn up.

Oh gods...laughing...I can hardly breathe right now!

Dear gods....

Warning: do NOT spend much time on the Bad Dragon website - I went down that rabbit hole once about a year ago. Don't get me wrong, I'm pro-kink as long as everyone is a consenting adult, but some of the fanfic just gave me waaaay too much insight into the minds of people I do not understand.

There are no right answers for this.

Thanks to Burt for giving me the response I need for this -

Same here! I have literally been a night owl my entire life (my Mom used to just plunk me in my crib around 11 PM and let me play until I fell asleep around one), and people seem to think that I sleep all the time, and am lazy. I sleep about 8 hours a night, I work hard...it's just at different hours! I'm in my late…

Hmmm...good question, actually. I think the only way you can walk in them without a horrifying clatter is to try to do the "Versailles Glide", which seems like too much work for shoes.

ALSO WEAR POINTY-TOED MULES. THEY LOOK GOOD ON EVERYONE. I MEAN IT. WEAR THEM NOW.

I normally carry a black bag I got at the Army Surplus Store - it's supposedly an Israeli paratrooper kit bag, although I can't vouch for its provenance. Either way, it's black, functions wonderfully as a purse and messenger bag, and has lasted almost a decade of heavy use. I think it was $25? I'm not against buying…

I also once had a fairly under-endowed boyfriend...and it was, very honestly, some of the best sex I ever had. I've also slept with guys who were over-endowed, and they frankly just weren't that great.

OH GOD THE MULES.

I also have a raging hatred of her insistence that super-pointy-toed shoes look good on everyone. Or that everyone should look like a J. Crew model. Or that your preferences and personality don't matter.

*sigh*

My contact lenses are drying out, so I need to keep this fairly short, but ID'ing a creeper is basically common sense. A shy guy who thinks your pretty will make an effort to, well, not be creepy. He'll respect your personal space, not bug you when you're reading or some such on the train, and he won't stare at you…

This is the only explanation that makes sense at this point...I am otherwise totally baffled.

I'm rather happy that this thread went from snarky and probably unhelpful to possibly productive and impressively civil - who'd a' thunk it when we started? :D

Great link! Thanks for adding that. :)

Part of the issue with some jokes is that, for more guys than you would think, they're not really jokes. They really do see women as lesser, as chattel or prey. They don't use those words, but studies done on acquaintance rape show that a disturbing number of men admit to being rapists as long as the word "rape" isn't…