tlwest
tlwest
tlwest

I never thought of “Mary Sue” as a gendered term. In fact the way the term was first explained to me was “Like, you know all of Tom Clancy or John Grisham’s main characters”?

I know - choosing not to tip on "principle" is basically the same as me feeling like I'm making a difference by not donating money to anything. I mean, at least I'm not donating to the bad organizations right?! I'm so principled.

Maybe she has wondered that because she loves him and doesn't want to hurt him or take advantage of him?

This. Not to mention the fact that anthropologists and evolutionary psychologists aren't necessarily all in sync with the "we evolved to be polyamorous" theory. There are a few different schools of thought that say a few different things.

It's very nice that you found an environment in which you are happy, but I do wish people would stop deferring to evolution every single time. The people who write books and push the idea that humans "evolved" or "didn't evolve" to be monogamous or play football or drive a Toyota Cressida do so with very flimsy

"I'm all for enjoying what you've earned, except for this case, when you can't enjoy what you've earned."

Good for him. He made a fun game, he didn't rip anyone off. He's earned his money.

"I am experienced and this is stupid."

I think you're confusing "normal people" with "easily impressionable maniacs that lack moral compasses."

I watched the left side. Nobody tells me what to do.

I just really like pretty cakes.

I played for roughly three years.

Wait a second... does this mean that I'll never be able to use the Turing-Lovecraft conjecture to derive a Dho-Na geometry curve containing Nyarlathotep's second-cousin once-removed?