Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

[Hank Chinaski]

President Obama is 6' 1". He looks an inch taller than Trump. Trump's medical report says he is 239 pounds and 6'3". 239 is 1 pound less than obese for a 6'3" man.

There is speculation that the 239 is a lie, but the 6'3" clearly is, alleged to get below that limit. At long last is there nothing that is beyond the need to lie?

#Imagirther

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

Dudes should be more aware of their partners during sexytimes. Dudes should check in from time to time to see if she's having a good time. Women should feel comfortable saying "whoa" without having to justify it or give that (consensual) get-it-over-with blowjob. Women should also feel comfortable grabbing the reins and taking over. And dudes should be happy to hand them over. Porn shouldn't be the sole educational tool for sex in this country. This is a really fucking important discussion, but because it's framed in the "famous man fails at fucking reluctant 23-year-old" context, the bigger issue is lost.

And so endeth the lesson.

TM

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

The Jezebel piece that talked about how badly babe.net fucked this up is worth reading

I could have sworn it was you I was responding to when I linked to that one.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by SEC_Chick

So how do we feel about the Stormy Daniels piece where she says Trump is bad in bed?

Unsurprised?

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

President Obama is 6' 1". He looks an inch taller than Trump. Trump's medical report says he is 239 pounds and 6'3". 239 is 1 pound less than obese for a 6'3" man.

There is speculation that the 239 is a lie, but the 6'3" clearly is, alleged to get below that limit. At long last is there nothing that is beyond the need to lie?

#Imagirther

Of all the things he could lie about, why not about his weight? He's a vain man. And obviously not the healthiest guy out there.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by LessinSF

I am going to eat, drink, hang out, explore the city. It has been fifteen years since I last did so. And I prefer funky, dive bars to fancy, upscale places.

I think Wicker is a place for funky more than dive. It's been years since I frequented Chicago, but back in the day the true dives were out at the edges of the city - the ethnic neighborhoods in the far Northwest or Southwest and the African American catfish joints down in South Chicago. There were a couple I liked in my own 'hood, Rogers' Park, but last time I was there most of them had been upscaled and funkified.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by SEC_Chick

So how do we feel about the Stormy Daniels piece where she says Trump is bad in bed relative to Ansari?

Hilarious that Trump paid her to keep quiet years after she gave the interview to In Touch.

I'm going to be real disappointed if that piece doesn't get a Fakey when Trump starts giving out the awards tonight.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Probably downtown/Loop area is your best home base then. You can get almost anywhere from there pretty easily.

There used to be some pretty divey stuff just west and toward the south of the loop, has that all been gentrified now?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

This piece is also very good and I think gets to the essence of what Adder was trying to convey.

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...ed-opportunity

TM

Jill Filipovic rocks.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Seriously? You have got to be kidding me.

I think that I'd be having performance issues from now until the end of time if my technique were to be described in such a way and disseminated to so many people. It would take me YEARS to get over something like that. I'm vaguely surprised they didn't go into penis size/relative flaccidity in the article.

But maybe that's not a consequence worth considering.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I could have sworn it was you I was responding to when I linked to that one.

You were! I have been in several discussions about this in various forums, so I forget who said what where.

I will say this, I'm so glad my dating years are well behind me and my husband and I have figured most of our shit out about this stuff.

Also: About a year ago, Porn Hub launched a sex education platform on their site. I haven't checked it out (nor do I know if it's still up and running), but in the right hands, it could be an invaluable tool for figuring this shit out in our puritanical society that is so scared of kids having sex we'd rather everyone just have sex wrong instead. Here's an article about it. http://mashable.com/2017/02/01/porn-.../#oAMzeOTxt5qY

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

I think that I'd be having performance issues from now until the end of time if my technique were to be described in such a way and disseminated to so many people. It would take me YEARS to get over something like that. I'm vaguely surprised they didn't go into penis size/relative flaccidity in the article.

But maybe that's not a consequence worth considering.

I know where he can go to get some help with his dating.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Wow. I have a very different expectation when it comes to privacy. If my wife gave me a terrible blowjob, she would be incredibly offended, horrified, embarrassed, angry, and betrayed if I went around telling my friends about it. And I could say the same thing about a girl I dated briefly in high school who was so overly aggressive it was a complete turnoff.

You're weird. And let me guess, you're going to say that these types of examples don't count, right?

TM

No, but I think there's a difference between how Ansari feels about it and whether its inappropriate for her expose his conduct.

There's also a difference between your wife and the girl you dated briefly in high school, whom you should probably assume has told her friends whatever you did that was embarrassing in your relationship.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

There is a lot that's interesting in this article as well.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...ushpmg00000009

TM

Your obsession keeps turning up good ones. As for the encounters described in this one, we are apparently even more fucked up about sex than I thought.

Although I guess I should know that from some of what my wife has said about past relationships too.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Adder

No, but I think there's a difference between how Ansari feels about it and whether its inappropriate for her expose his conduct.

There's also a difference between your wife and the girl you dated briefly in high school, whom you should probably assume has told her friends whatever you did that was embarrassing in your relationship.

You've said nothing in this post. Nothing at all. And don't think we haven't all noticed that you flipped the hypothetical about the girl in HS to what she might share to please what amounts to a nothing-message.

If your argument is that no one should have any expectation of privacy until you are in a very serious relationship, you're fucking crazy. If you're saying that Aziz Ansari should have absolutely no expectation of privacy in any of his relationships without marriage or an NDA (and maybe you're not saying that, but I have nothing to go on), I'd say that's a pretty unfair position.

Celebrities surely should have an understanding that there are people out there who want to reveal any and all interactions with them and should probably act in accordance with that understanding. But that doesn't mean that they shouldn't expect some level of privacy with people they are intimate with.

TM

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Adder

No, but I think there's a difference between how Ansari feels about it and whether its inappropriate for her expose his conduct.

There's also a difference between your wife and the girl you dated briefly in high school, whom you should probably assume has told her friends whatever you did that was embarrassing in your relationship.

Did he forego any expectation of privacy because he's a celebrity, because he treated her in a way she didn't like, or because the important of having a conversation to change sexual mores trumps any personal interests he might have?