How precisely is she being aggrandized? Because she's being acknowledged at all? Does egalitarianism mean pretending not to be interested in the gorgeous castle or the story of this lady's peculiar circumstance? In what way is her circumstance problematic?

Firstly, she actually isn't royalty. There are no french…

You've just explained to yourself why you should switch "anti-religious" to "anti-religion." One is a personal belief, the other is a repressive organization.

I think the confusion of that particular point that has caused so much discussion is just that: Religion is no more inheritly oppressive than other institutions created by humans. Oppression is just something that nearly always (I say nearly for the sake of accuracy, I'm quite sure it always happens) coincides with a…

I don't support or admire aggressive anti-religious atheism any more than.. anyone here, however, I feel I need to draw the line and reign in the comparison, where this aggressive atheism is not anything more than "reminiscent" of forcing people to convert under colonial circumstances. I feel it is inching into…

Do Jews not? Perhaps I misunderstand your statement, because if you were speaking non-specifically about possible separation of culture and religious belief within a religious group, I would think of Jews first. I mean, you can be a cultural/ethnic Jew while being an atheist. Of course, this is extremely common, and…

While it is certainly true that academic institutions, particularly, are totally inhuman factory farms of theft and misrepresentation... I'd like to be called when they directly contribute the deaths of countless millions of people (in the past century alone.)

I moved to Montreal, from further east, because it is an amazing city and is very cheap. Nearly absurdly cheap. Even though I'm struggling, I am still smacking myself all the time over my love for this crazy place.

Honestly, it's hard to determine what I would advise for you. I had moved previously, from my hometown to…

Thank-you. :) I am late for something or I would write more, but thank you.

Having had really terrific and reflective experiences with mushrooms and LSD, I can clearly see how that could very well be a healthy method of sorting through any number of personal issues. Of course, they used to use it for just that. I don't think CBT could ever be so effective so immediately.

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2 - Sounds like you're right, and it's odd to say I agree with you. I do, but it's somewhat easy to forget your better judgment at emotional times. I do think I need to work hard on learning my way around loneliness. In fact, I volunteer with "at-risk" LGBT youths, and we are often talking about the intense…

My favorite thing to do when I'm bored is clean. So, that works.

I agree with that. Really, I don't think it matters as much as we think it does, precisely because if we somehow manage to curb the rates of teen pregnancy, it's not like these women will be postponing until their mid-thirties. There will always be a lot of young parents around, and I don't think 20 is much better…

I smoke weed and eat to pass the time and feel not-sad (mostly the weed, eating comes alongside.) Not every night, but most nights. It is to fill in the boredom and ease the anxiety about my collection of life problems.

Most of all I am lonely. I moved to a new city 2 years ago. I have lots of friends, make them…

We didn't used to have teenagers at all, actually. People were considered to be adults when they could bear children and support themselves outside their home, around 14-16.

Teenagerdom is a very new idea, within the last century, and came about largely because we now pay much more attention to mental health and…

So you have the freedom to ask.

You think people who get a cold sore once or twice a year should inform every new kissing partner beforehand? Even though the risk of transmission when you don't have an outbreak is extremely tiny?

I guarantee you've known a great many people who fail to do that.

You could be required to have a c-section if you happen to have an active herpes outbreak at the time of labor, which with medication is extremely unlikely. You can be medicated and have a healthy, natural birth if you contract either before or in early pregnancy. The greatest risk for the baby is if the mother…

I know that with cold sores, in addition to the mental feelings of hideousness and undesirability, there's also physical symptoms like aches, tiredness and a mild feverish feeling that comes a day or two before the sore. So, even if you didn't feel your sore was gross, you feel horrible anyway. Kind of a shit…

Yes a great many people actually experience or are carriers of herpes in one form or another. And yes yes, condom use is fairly irrelevant, since they can really appear anywhere in the peri-genital area, AND because "rubbing" of genitals before intercourse is an extremely common behavior, but does not specifically…

Herpes, the actual infection, is manageable. I've had cold sores my entire life and friends have had genital herpes. I've been on valtrex for a few months, and when I do get an outbreak, the valtrex clears it up in 2 says, as opposed to 7-10 days naturally.

A friend of mine was in a LTR with someone who had genital…