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AON, is asexuality pathological? If not, should it be?

One of the weirder side effects of living in a predominately gay-friendly region is that there are certain unattached people of a certain age that have never been married or otherwise paired and seem to have no dating life whatsoever. The conventional wisdom in the past was that they were secretly gay, NTTAWWT, but that has grown increasingly implausible in a time and place where being gay is not a detriment, and in fact would be actively celebrated if part of one's public life.

One wonders whether we have misdiagnosed generations of bachelor uncles and spinster aunts as gay and repressed.

I'm not asexual. I just haven't had any good offers lately.

evenodds

12-07-2009 05:44 PM

Re: Fresh to Def.

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Originally Posted by Cletus Miller (Post 409637)

I will use m-w.com directly *and* pull out the OED when I don't think M-W is precise (or broad) enough. So, no.

My machine has Oxford American built in, so I can avoid free and m-w.

Hank Chinaski

12-07-2009 05:46 PM

Re: At the very least...

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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 409630)

Now I'm confused. Your second sentence seems to undercut your first.

Oops, I wrote the above before seeing Thurgreed's response. Apparently, for some, the fact that you are more of an ass IRL makes you all the more compelling.

i used to get confused with your "oops" posts, because I'd think that a moderator should be aware of the edit function. then I realize it was a conversational gambit....

anyhoo, I always like to hang around real assholes because then i feel better about myself.

dtb	12-07-2009 05:49 PM

I need a car

I asked this a while ago, and got some helpful responses, but w/o the search function, cannot find the discussion.

Anyway, I need a car with three-row seating that is not a minivan. Some Buick got good reviews with Consumer Reports, but ... a BUICK?!? Family-man Tiger Woods notwithstanding, a BUICK!?

I have the Volvo XC90, which I don't want to buy again. It's the right size, but too many blind spots, goes through tires like e/o goes through boyfriends, and at higher mileages, the transmission goes.

A few weeks ago, people pooh-poohed the Audi Q7 and the BMW X5, so what else is there?

cheval de frise

12-07-2009 05:51 PM

Nauseating Detail v. Attention Span

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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 409631)

You seem to lack the courage of your convictions.

Warmly,
The Italics

I'm not surprised you're repping The Italics. I assume The Footnotes gave you a broad waiver?

CDF

taxwonk

12-07-2009 05:52 PM

Re: Does he have enough $$ to pay them all?

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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch (Post 409631)

You seem to lack the courage of your convictions.

Warmly,
The Italics

The Italics killed Christ, you know.

taxwonk

12-07-2009 05:54 PM

Re: I need a car

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Originally Posted by dtb (Post 409641)

The Ford Flex has been getting some favorable press.

Paisley

12-07-2009 05:56 PM

Re: I need a car

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Originally Posted by dtb (Post 409641)

I have an almost 8 year old Acura MDX that has been very reliable. It has a collapsible 3rd row, but the seats back there don't have much leg room, so they're only good for young kids.

Pretty Little Flower

12-07-2009 05:57 PM

Re: At the very least...

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 409640)

I am not sure how the fact that I edited my post to add the second paragraph betrays a lack of awareness of the edit function.

Atticus Grinch

12-07-2009 05:58 PM

Re: I need a car

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Originally Posted by dtb (Post 409641)

My parents have the Acura MDX and love it. Then again, they have arguments over whether a particular shade of beige was "too beigey," so YMMV.

evenodds

12-07-2009 06:08 PM

Re: I need a car

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Originally Posted by dtb (Post 409641)

I like the X5. It handles well and feels very stable and it has all of the conveniences you need in a relatively compact suv.

Edited to add: the original thread started here.

dtb	12-07-2009 06:17 PM

Re: I need a car

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Originally Posted by evenodds (Post 409651)

I like the X5. It handles well and feels very stable and it has all of the conveniences you need in a relatively compact suv.

Edited to add: the original thread started here.

Thanks -- that was the thread from a few weeks ago, but there was another discussion a while back that I figured would be hopeless to try to find.

Thanks for all the suggestions, all y'all.

Sidd Finch

12-07-2009 06:22 PM

Re: Does he have enough $$ to pay them all?

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Originally Posted by taxwonk (Post 409636)

You used to be so much more discreet. Velvet has a kid, now, Sidd. You got to be more cool.

If she didn't have a kid before, she's gotta a lot of 'splaining to do. I thought I was building his college fund, $20 at a time.

Replaced_Texan

12-07-2009 06:38 PM

Re: Fresh to Def.

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Originally Posted by Cletus Miller (Post 409637)