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[Rolan7]

True, the best measure of morality is whether it fits in the database.
So many freakin time systems and name traditions.  Internationally speaking, dates and names are surely the greatest of humanity's sins.

Plus all the other stuff that's worse, obviously.

[hops]

I kind of assume someone's straight if they come across as apathetic to nonstandard relationships, but then I just remembered you did link that essay ages ago.

I just personally feel that apathy is the norm.

[Putnam]

True, the best measure of morality is whether it fits in the database.
So many freakin time systems and name traditions.  Internationally speaking, dates and names are surely the greatest of humanity's sins.

Plus all the other stuff that's worse, obviously.

names are a sin

actually, 100% serious, do you know how many times i've had to sign up with the name "Putnam ." (since I use just "Putnam" for basically everything that isn't tied to the government or likely to be)

I kind of assume someone's straight if they come across as apathetic to nonstandard relationships, but then I just remembered you did link that essay ages ago.

I just personally feel that apathy is the norm.

How d'you mean apathetic? I'm apathetic to polygamy but only as apathetic as I am to monogamy.

[hops]

By "standard" I mean a cisgendered heterosexual couple. Which, due to their utility in reproduction and thus transfer of culture, is the most popular.

[Putnam]

...Oh, wow. I feel... sheltered, somehow?? Because when I heard "standard" I thought "two people in a relationship", no gender even came to mind.

[Frumple]

... today I learned that it is apaprently rather frustratingly difficult to get google play to work on either a kindle or to get it to just let me goddamn download the apk onto my computer and deal with things from there.

Google. Google. Why don't you want my money? I get some of this is amazon's fault but for the love of fornication every minute I deal with this is another minute closer to saying fuckit and addressing this problem through alternate means. And it's a problem that could have been trivially solved by just... not having to associate a device to their service.

[IronTomato]

...Oh, wow. I feel... sheltered, somehow?? Because when I heard "standard" I thought "two people in a relationship", no gender even came to mind.

Not sure if sarcasm.

[Rolan7]

I kind of assume someone's straight if they come across as apathetic to nonstandard relationships, but then I just remembered you did link that essay ages ago.

I just personally feel that apathy is the norm.

To be absolutely honest, I personally... emphasis on personally... think that everybody is on a homosexual spectrum.
But as someone who (after a period of difficulty, despite relative support from friends and family) is bisexual (almost entirely homo)...  Who am I to say.

I do like to think that everyone is a bit homosexual, but that's still likely to be wishful thinking of someone who IS on the spectrum.  I haven't studied it because fuck that who has the time to care that much?
Greater minds than mine have tried.

Plus I really don't care if "normies" are at all homosexual or not, and if they admit to a small degree of homosexuality...  That doesn't mean shit, it's just them exercising a bit of imagination.
"IF you were gay, who would you-" is a instrument of acceptance.  Doesn't mean anything more than that.

It's infinitely more important that people stop treating homosexuality as a problem, than that they adopt some theory where everyone is some degree of homosexual.

... today I learned that it is apaprently rather frustratingly difficult to get google play to work on either a kindle or to get it to just let me goddamn download the apk onto my computer and deal with things from there.

Google. Google. Why don't you want my money? I get some of this is amazon's fault but for the love of fornication every minute I deal with this is another minute closer to saying fuckit and addressing this problem through alternate means. And it's a problem that could have been trivially solved by just... not having to associate a device to their service.

Uh, okay look I don't know.  My dad talks a lot, and knows, but I'm not going to ask-
It's a Kindle (r)...  My understanding is that Amazon stripped the Google stuff in order to support their proprietary app store and everything else.

Again, I don't know and I have a problem with finding out, but,
You need to root that shit.

[Putnam]

...Oh, wow. I feel... sheltered, somehow?? Because when I heard "standard" I thought "two people in a relationship", no gender even came to mind.

Not sure if sarcasm.

No, not at all. Polygamy was the first thing that came to mind when I heard "nonstandard" and that's only because people don't seem to consider it at all, even in fiction.

[IronTomato]

...Oh, wow. I feel... sheltered, somehow?? Because when I heard "standard" I thought "two people in a relationship", no gender even came to mind.

Not sure if sarcasm.

No, not at all. Polygamy was the first thing that came to mind when I heard "nonstandard" and that's only because people don't seem to consider it at all, even in fiction.

Oh, okay, thanks. From here it sounded like you were trying to say something else.

[hops]

Polygamy would be really boring in fiction unless you're Geralt of Rivia.

[Yoink]

Ugh, I have to go and vote today. Finding out actual information on the parties (and which ones are available in my area) is a colossal pain in the arse.
Also I have to walk to some nearby school to vote. There will doubtless be a heap of people there and some of them might even try and speak to me. This is crossing into Terrified Thread territory, so... well. Working this stuff out is confusing. At least I have until 6PM to vote.

Fakeedit: Stop ninja'ing me, you bastards. 

[Putnam]

Polygamy would be really boring in fiction unless you're Geralt of Rivia.

I don't mean the dumb weird "polygamy=one man married to many women" thing, I mean the general idea of polyamory. That's the word I was looking for.

[Frumple]

Uh, okay look I don't know.  My dad talks a lot, and knows, but I'm not going to ask-
It's a Kindle (r)...  My understanding is that Amazon stripped the Google stuff in order to support their proprietary app store and everything else.

Again, I don't know and I have a problem with finding out, but,
You need to root that shit.

Yeah, the kindle thing was amazon being a shit -- part of the reason I haven't registered this device with 'em. The PC thing's google being an idiot, though. There's ways around it that don't involve rooting the kindle, it's just a hell of a lot more effort than I should be expending on this.

E: I'm still going to do it, at this point more out of spite than anything, but still.

[hops]

Polygamy would be really boring in fiction unless you're Geralt of Rivia.

I don't mean the dumb weird "polygamy=one man married to many women" thing, I mean the general idea of polyamory. That's the word I was looking for.

I'd say that would be because of the naïve idea of love being something sacred and complicated that is ingrained in popular culture would have trouble reconciling with polyamory's tendency to share in importance.

tl;dr: americans