

We should execute those who wield influence who make homophobic or transphobic comments in this way, by public hanging, immolation, or firing squad. I will literally vote for this.
We should execute those who wield influence who make homophobic or transphobic comments in this way, by public hanging, immolation, or firing squad. I will literally vote for this.
New father here as well. Let me start by saying, please ignore any negative comments, they are shitty or non-parents. I see some terrible responses here.
Here’s what I see: a responsible kickass father is owning up to this huge lifestyle change, giving 110% to his wife and son, doing a perfect job emotionally and physically - service with everything but the smile. A mom going through post-partum depression, which is not only normal, it’s actually abnormal not to. You’re also going through something like “post-partum depression”, which is also not your fault at all and totally normal. Seek help for yourself too, and remember this will all pass. You need support from your wife as well - and sometimes giving support is the greatest way to feel acknowledged, you may be doing her a favor to dump on her (and yes, I know your time to converse is like minutes per day). You’re in the hardest phase and we all feel exactly the same way. It gets so much easier so quickly.
As for the sounds, I’m very, very sensitive to crying so I suggest ear protection like over-ear headset + earplugs or ear pods with white noise playing. Trust me, you don’t need to hear the crying to be a responsive parent. I use physical cues like vibration, facial expressions, physical movement, etc like a deaf parent, and I use and audio monitor too to physically see the sounds. This makes me 1000x more functional and responsive.
As for not feeling the “connection” (yet!), that is textbook post-partum and again, super normal. Your guilt/anger/depression at lacking that connection, feeling lonely and unsupported - these are textbook normal things. Newborn parenting is fucking hard. In pre-history infant mortality was crazy and there was 10 adults per newborn, we’re not meant to do any of this. If you exit this with 30 fingers and toes you’re smashing it. I think in time you’ll be able to enjoy it once you are sleeping, eating, and not completely overwhelmed. It could be years, but you know that. In the mean time, wish you (and I) luck to surviving…
“Expansive”, great definition, thanks.
“An expansive vision that’s not about money” 🤣 thanks for the laughs.
Power dynamics can be hot, only when they’re consensual. You can’t take a minor and give them a safe word that turns them 25.
In a world where sex with teenagers wasn’t taboo, even then we still want it to be illegal to counter the power imbalance. It gives power to the less informed party. That world would also require curing all STDs, all disease, abortion being universally acceptable, perfect birth control, and nearly perfect emotional maturity from everyone - mandatory perfect parenting, school, and therapy for 100% of people, free mandatory parenting, probably a post- singularity situation if it’s even conceivable. We might also envision a world where theft is acceptable, or murder, because we’ve progressed so far as a society that we lose any ability to carry trauma, and thus lose our sense of self. I don’t think these will ever happen and if we do there would be no laws at all.
Hey I’m sure there’s plenty of 34 and 12 year olds that do have a healthy relationship, you’re just cherry picking the bad one here.
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For some reason it makes me happy you’re on here, I thought it was all tech neckbeards. Wish your family luck in bargain hunting!
I’m downvoting it for the premise that there’s usually nothing wrong with it. It may work out in some cases, but I only hear about it rarely compared to the times it did work out. A lady interviewed about her positive experience with David Bowie when she was a teen (I wouldn’t downvote her, she vouched for the guy not the practice). This guy says he has a good experience. Then there are thousands of others that didn’t. Scientific papers showing negatives, and virtually no positives to outweigh the risk. It’s almost like advocating for gambling, some may win but most will lose. Glad that the op was a winner.
What if your physics teacher got pregnant and decided to keep the child? What if you got an STD? What if you rejected/cheated on her and she gave you bad grades or made up shit about you to get you expelled? Would it have been an “attaboy” in that common situation?
Realistically unless you press charges there won’t be a criminal proceeding. Even in your case, having the option of a criminal proceeding gives you a lot of protection. You’re lucky you didn’t need to use it. I’d venture a vast majority of times don’t end up like yours. It’s never “just sex”.
In some jurisdictions maybe, but only if it’s close in age. Like 16 and 18. 26 is very upsetting, what if she got pregnant and kept the child?
United States schools have many advantages over European ones. For example we don’t need a lengthy unit on WW2 era Germany, you get it for free by walking outside.
AI sure can fix this problem. “Sure, I can help with that. Here’s your rhetorical web article about recycling actually being a sign of homosexuality or closeted femininty, aimed at 25 to 65 year old conservative men in your electorate, as requested. Let me know if you want any modifications”.
CNBC didn’t here. So it’s a lie.
Hitler was “incendiary” and “political” but I think there’s a four-letter word so much better, so much more concise, that this wording is actual disinformation.
Report shows no link between pirates and global warming. Pastafarians united to say “teach the controversy”.
Find one person, and I mean one that isn’t skewed by knowing the context of the case. Jury nullification is the correct course when it’s very, very clear that the prosecution is acting in bad faith. I have no idea the facts, I do know the prosecution is lying about the narrative because we’re not stupid.
I definitely don’t. He’s a hero because he’s innocent and stood bravely against abusive treatment by the state. Too much fuckery for me to believe even hard evidence presented before my eyes. We know when we’re being fucked with.
That would make more sense in theory. I think we’re past the point of civility though.