To be fair, I was sixteen and I’ve gotten way better at selecting people to date. For example, I wouldn’t date you if my life depended on it. :)

That’s pretty neat!

Agreed. This is the same logic that’s been used to deny women, people of color, gay people, and trans people their rights for decades.

I agree. It is absolutely a compusion and it’s absolutely unhealthy. My greater point, is that I’ve only ever heard people explore how icky it is, and I’ve rarely heard anyone ponder why he does it. I find the converstation lacking empathy in a way that makes me uncomfortable.

Or, maybe monogamy just isn’t for some people, but our rigid social structures and expectations, especially for public figures, and even moreso for politicians, don’t allow people the leeway to explore their sexuality in healthy ways.

No, they did show him as straight. Whenever Sulu had the chance to express his sexuality in TOS (including when all inhibitions were removed), he expressed himself as heterosexual.

My father is a retired police officer. The first time my mom ever saw my dad cry was 13 years into their marriage. He was the first officer on the scene of a murder-suicide; a father killed his 2yo daughter and then himself. My dad came home that day and she found him in their bedroom crying.

Sometime in 1993, probably. (I don’t recall exactly because I took the PSATs once in 10th grade and did pretty well, and so just went on and took the regular SATs once, said “lol 1390's good enough for anywhere that would take my crappy grades”, and never bothered to try it again even though I could have almost…

Nope, she’s a mediocre piece of shit. You’re also a piece of shit. The end.

There’s quite a bit of scholarly research that has been done on this subject. It’s hard to link to those things as they are largely behind paywalls, but here’s a decent article from Frontline:

The thing is though is that there’s apparently a widespread acceptance of special consideration for legacies, exceptional athletes and students involved in extracurriculars that kind of flies in the face of the objectivity advocated when considering race or class. It has never been a purely meritocratic process and…

So can we talk about how Nigel Farage should be mowed down by a double decker bus? CAUSE YEAH.