I can appreciate that, and, historically, I am quite observant of signage at beaches demanding that I not mess with the dunes. But at most that just means people need to be mindful not to fuck in very particular places.

First off, fruit peels and caca are not necessarily signs of people banging; they might be, but not necessarily. For almost everything else, people need to just pick up after themselves when they’re done doing it. The only thing that can’t be helped is the broken vegetation... but c’mon. Broken vegetation? Give me a…

I hadn’t heard or seen that quote before now, but I gotta say that I’m on board.

I mean, it might be government propaganda—but so is the theory of American history that is taught throughout the South and Texas, and which is pushed by the GOP and assorted white supremacists. But at least the “propoganda” around vaccines is demonstrably accurate and good for society in general.

I agree that he’s unlikely to get the help he probably needs, and will probably spend the the next 5-10 (or more,) years in prison; there’s a sort of bounded limit of bad shit that can happen to this guy, and the upper/worse end of the limit is categorically unjust (i.e., no mental health treatment; one or more decades…

I think everything you said makes sense, but this in particular resonates:

Definitely a potent combination, but I’d put the higher stupidity potential somewhere in the realm of Evangelicals who have been convinced by YouTube prophets that Donald Trump is some kind of foretold “chosen one,” or possibly Qanon couples. So, as categories, I guess I’m saying Evangelical/Evangelical and…

The death penalty is unconstitutional in non-homicidal cases. Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008). Kennedy dealt with a child rape case in which the defendant had been sentenced to death; the Court said you can’t execute someone or anything less than intentional homicide. Baganda didn’t discharge his weapon,…

You have a pretty mercantile perspective on these various relationships—but I’m not gonna say I necessarily think you’re wrong. I consider myself a pretty romantic guy, but I can’t imagine what billions of dollars would do to me (other than make me a yacht owner many times over.)

That just tells me lesbians lie in questionnaires.

That’s an interesting take; you might be onto something. This behavior is weird enough (to me at least,) that I wouldn’t disregard any remotely plausible factor, or combination of factors. It would be a little boring and sad if it were simply the case that they callously weigh the views/clout/followers as more…

Is your colleague doing okay? 

The women that are the subject of the sentence. I realize now that it wasn’t crystal from the way I drafted it. The rationale is that women would be doing this to men under the assumption that men (or at least these men in particular,) are likely to be humiliated or panicked by the potential revelation that they’ve…

Baganda told police he was Jesus while he was being taken into custody and that “all churches and schools need to be shot up.”

Is it just me,

What a polite and courteous exit! Thank you for your time.

Based on the numbers, it does looks like there’s less cheating among homosexuals than heterosexuals (even if the difference is threadbare,) and if your incorporate in bisexuals, it shifts the other way, but only by like 3%—certainly more than the <1% difference between homosexuals and heterosexuals, but I still…

And that assumption would be false. I specifically mentioned in my first response that the phenomenon is rooted in several things that differentiate straight relationships, and this person decided that I was talking exclusively about cheating.

This entire phenomenon provides a bizarre and interesting new context from which to consider the famous Margaret Atwood quote, “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.”

I note that the occurrence of NCNM in gay/lesbian relationships is shown as 4/58 or 6.9%, while the occurrence in straight people is 166/2155, or 7.7%. Which is higher.