Ugh, I hear #7 ALL THE TIME. From the same fools who think that bullies can be dispensed with a good right cross, a la George McFly vs. Biff Tannen. The most tenacious bullies use psychological tactics — so much so that the humiliation is enough to drive lots of people to suicide. If someone retaliates, the bully's…

At some point I learned about their underrated Hershey's counterpart, which I prefer

This is actually the superior version:

• Since husband and wife generally pool their incomes into a single economic unit, what really matters is the combined family income, not the pay gap between them.

The guys who do this aren't too concerned with modesty.

I guess I prefer a different flavor of silliness

True, but I think the best defense for doing something pointless should be that it's interesting.

Ah, that's different then

Whoa, that person is really committed to the concept

So I didn't read the books, but Oleanna~Oleander (poison)? am I reading too much into it?

Most people here may be applying western standards to the situation re dumping her, but I don't notice that they are commenting on whether she deserves to be sued or not. I might be misunderstanding though.

Someone pointed out that this is a country who favored male babies and discouraged folks from having more than one kid. Who could have foreseen.

Geography isn't everything though. My aunt is in her 70s, grew up in the rural South and is very pro-gay, goes to a Unitarian Church, voted for Obama etc. I realize this is an exception but she still lives there and has many like-minded friends. Bigotry isn't regional, although I think the South does embody a more…

Well you know — the masturbating folk obviously don't give a fuck. The peeing people are nearly always drunk. Smoking people are happy to be seen defying social pressure. I let the sleeping people be. They are least likely to say "why don't you take a picture, it'll last longer!"

That's why I don't take the bus anymore

There are people of all persuasions in the get-rid-of-all-legal-marriage camp, but I don't notice that it's made many advances. Voting for the libertarian candidate is kind of a waste.

Wow, that's not what I meant at all. I'm just saying lots of us are turned off by religious polygyny and that's unfortunately most people's point of reference for polygamy. I'm aware that there are people who advocate for poly's to get legal recognition, I know plenty of polyamorous folks just so we're clear. I…

I mean there was "Big Love". I assume those are the type you're talking about? They might have more supporters if it went both ways — that is, if their model allowed for one woman to have multiple husbands, or just mixed-sex group marriages? Poppy Brite, the author, was at one point in a domestic partnership with 2…

I guess I could have been clearer. However many polygamists there are or aren't, not many of them seem to be organizing to have their marriages legally recognized.