I assume they saw flashes and then went to reddit's news feed or something.

The audience and maybe the social circle of a particular letter-writer isn't necessarily the same as whatever you mean when you refer to it being "normative." I think most stories which are about the nature of marriage in some way display non-monogamy, either in reality or in media.

Well, I think it's absurd, honestly, to not give primacy to internal feelings in favor of "actions only." One could describe marriage as, in part, taking on someone else's desires and needs as one's own, so that personal goals and feelings become shared. I'm extremely invested in partner's happiness and personal…

But do you think the way the Indian protesters you're referring to were handled was correct?

That seems more like a "I oppose rape" story than a "I oppose bachelorette parties" story.

"My Only Dildo" is a great name for a band.

I've noticed that there are some people who have no problem with the distinction between "that person is attractive" and "I'm attracted to that person." For some people there's no difference, for others it's a very big difference.

Dan is a victim of sloppy thinking in taking what is a general tendency for a class (humans as a whole, don't do monogamy well: certainly not universally and probably not even typically) and applying it to individual advice, which you cannot do.

I thought it was interesting that Dan basically did not get what the letter-writer was saying (and not expressing very well), but I do.

A spicy Latina is a great choice for when you want to be diverse but not really.

"casteriskke" is the Russian term for bath salts, though most shorten it to c*ke, just like "going ,ndo" for eschewing underpants or ":oscopy".

Given how incestuous the Star Wars universe is, it's pretty likely he knows who Lando Calrissian is and that Han at least knows him.

I'm glad you found such a well-behaved wife, and at 14, no less.

Cumbersome DOD software acquisition processes that ignore the innovation of off-the-shelf components in favor of ridiculous rules and regulations UH-OH my battleship crashed again.

You're not applying the physical principle of "wouldn't it be awesome if it did?!" Cf. wormholes and tachyons.

Look, canon explicitly states it wasn't the airplanes that killed the beast, duh.

In theory, yes. In practice, no.

If I recall correctly (and likely I don't) there's a reference to Angel and her meeting in the middle and it's either stated or implied it's a couple of hours for each of them. I imagine Sunnyvale as a central coast town north of Pismo Beach, like another, more central Santa Barbara.

Too many dicks!

I remember Cloak & Dagger not being awful, despite being an attempt to have cool urban things, youth culture, and a cautionary tale about drugs.