No, macho dicks do, indeed, turn into snivelling spineless wrecks when someone takes their sense of entitlement, folds it up so it's all sharp corners, and hammers it up their rectum. It's HILARIOUS to watch.

This. My partner and I are technically open, right from the start (both with a background of shitty experiences made it make sense at the time). We've since discovered that we're both FAR too busy/lazy.

No, it's not hypocritical. There are plenty of things that fill a need and don't hurt anyone that people not involved probably don't want to see. Morris dancing, and that thing where one party lies under a glass coffee table while the other takes a shit on it, to name but two.

People will fail to maintain standards. Standards are the basis of civilisation. What's a few road traffic accidents against our descendants living in the howling waste where once stood proud cities, subsisting on the meat of rats and cockroaches and telling tales of the long-ago-before-time?

There's no right nor wrong for which side of the road to drive on either, but there's a rule for it so everyone does it the same way on the same road network. And, yes, I take my hat off when entering a private, indoor space. Feels a little more optional these days in a public indoor space (and having a flat cap on…

Thing is, you have to do the 'Duh!' studies because sometimes it turns out that stuff everyone knew stood to reason is actually total and utter horseshit.