I know, right? I just never had that kind of emotional energy. Dating is exhausting. So glad I am finally “past it,” but I still remember what it was like. P.S. Among all the good comments on women’s safety I have to add that even a very polite and carefully worded refusal of a second date can be twisted into an…

Exactly! What is wrong with us?

I’ve done my part. I cancelled Showtime and HBO but kept Starz. So there :)

You think Minnesota is going to be in better shape? Hmmmmm.....

You know I was mostly kidding, right? ;)

not sure, gramma and that device are long gone, sadly, or I could report back

There are old phonographs that are hand-cranked. Gramma had one. Granted the sound was pretty janky but beggars can’t be choosy and all that.

Typical. A few idiots have to ruin it for the rest of us. It’s why we have to take our shoes off at the airport and have passwords for everything, and, and.... get off my lawn!

Exactly. Where is the representation of asexual characters on tv? An argument can be made that demanding that Sherlock be gay (or more aggressively straight) is being an asexualphobe.

Yes, THIS.

There are shippers for the brothers in the tv series Supernatural, which they actually joke about in some of the episodes, but.... EW (not for the homosexuality, but for the incest).

It’s too bad you actually had to spell that out, but apparently you did, so I thank you.

You probably have a point:

Yes. If I recall correctly I have read about that type of thing often. One example would be the actors who played Mulder and Scully on the X-files (early days). The old “will they won’t they” thing has disgusted many actors who just want their performance to be judged on its merits and not whether they and their…

He was joking; granted it was a bad joke badly delivered.

GAH!

Exactamundo.

Totes. He looks like he has a sense of humor, if nothing else.

Luck definitely plays a part, anyone who denies that is fooling themselves.

You speak the truth.