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1. Research options. I'm mostly an autodidact, which means I have learned most of what I know by finding out myself.
2. I would buy extra stuff for it. 3. I don't care what other people think about my household so no Christmas tree for me! ---- 1. Why is polygamy frowned upon in most civilizations? 2. Would you like to have more than one partner? 3. Why is nudity such a big issue nowadays? In the middle ages people did everything together, including bathing and making love. |
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Last Online: 05-18-2012 08:46 AM
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1. Religion, I suppose, and social conditioning and all that stuff.
2. Nope. I'd prefer monogamy, to be honest. ![]() 3. People will feel good about themselves and not buy products to ease their paranoia! Clothes are also pretty convenient for cold weather, too, and its just the done thing to wear them most of the time. __ I'll pass these qs on, out of laziness.
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2. I don't believe I can handle one partner at all right now, let alone more than one. 3. Don't know about the rest of society, but I stand to reason that my personal problems with nudity would completely vanish if women's bodies weren't universally considered as public property. *** 1. Do you like loud music? 2. What's the most unusual instrument you can think of whose sound you enjoy? 3. What's the most unusual genre of music that you enjoy?
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the midnight rambler
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2. The Clavioline as demonstrated in the wonderful " Baby You're a Rich Man". 3. I think it's probably ambient / 'minimalistic ambient drone'. Like this and this. It really gets under my skin like no other genre. Failing that chip music like this woo! I've got to go right now! So I'll pass those fine questions right on ![]()
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Personally, I believe this was more of a problem back when married couples were encouraged to have many children (infant fatality isn't as prevalent in modern society). In modern families, where there are rarely more than two or three, and most children are expected to grow up and go on to do their own thing, rather than go into the family business, it seems much less problematic to me. But I still don't expect to see polygamy legalized in my lifetime. 2. Personally, yes, but it's not practical for my current relationship. 3. Because prudish post-Hellenic societies invented what we now call slut-shaming, which is one of the greatest hypocrisies we've been saddled with. This notion that mature women are forbidden to enjoy their sexuality in any way they choose creates far more evil than it does good (not to mention the male double standard, and the very stilted limitations placed on male sexual expression as well). Quote:
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2. The Theremin. 3. I enjoy some 20th Century compositions. ____________________ Actually, I like Squinky's questions. Passing them along. |
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the midnight rambler
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I'd love to continue this but it's dream time for Mr Bubbles.
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2. The tubax. (i.e. a contrabass saxophone) I particularly like the rendition of "Stardust" featured on that page. So delightfully deep and croaky. 3. Balkan brass band music is pretty unusual where I come from. ![]() *** 1. How do you calm yourself down when you're under a lot of stress? 2. How do you cheer yourself up when you're sad? 3. How do you entertain yourself when you're bored?
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the midnight rambler
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My apologies if I'm coming across harshly but this sort of stuff really gets me going Having said all this, the whole Jade Raymond fiasco really pissed me off and revealed just how pathetic many male gamers really are. I do agree with what you're saying but I just think 'public property' sounds a bit mawkish and not a phrase I'd expect from someone introducing a site like the Border House! Anyway, for fear of derailing this thread feel free to pm me, I'd love to hear your thoughts on all this patent nonsense ![]()
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the midnight rambler
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I was going to summarise the incident but it's been covered far more clearly than I can articulate here in various places on the interwebs. A good place to start is here. There's also this one that features many articles on the matter (in the 'here' links at the top).
It's probably the most appropriate incident to illustrate Squinky's comment about "the experience of being judged as a body first and foremost and a person second".
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2. Music 3. TV __ 1, 2, & 3, How 'bout you?
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2. I can't, really. All I can do is pace around to try to understand the sadness, and then try to move on. I can't really find entertainment when I'm sad, just regret that the rest of life can't be more like the entertainment. 3. Music, thinking, playing games, reading comics, watching TV shows, or browsing the web. The trouble, with all those options, is that I rarely reach a state of boredom in the first place. 1. If you were living in a different country, which one would it be? 2. If you were living on a different planet, which one would it be? 3. If you were living in a different kind of existence, which one would it be? |
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the midnight rambler
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2. I don't really try to cheer myself up either. I think I just let it all out, try to understand and accept it then try to move along. Failing that, again, I go to sleep. 3. I never get bored, there's too much to do. Honestly, a quiet moment of nothingness is wonderful to me. EDIT: Beaten by Mori! A couple of my answers to Squinky's questions resemble yours too ![]() To answer Mori's questions: 1. I'm not so sure, but I've always been interested in Canada. 2. Assuming whatever fatal environmental hazards won't affect me I'd probably say Mercury just to really see the sun up close. That would be unbelievable. 3. I think I'm lost on this one. Existence? I don't know how to answer that. O~ - - - - - -->¬O 1. Do you like horror films/games/books? 2. What is the scariest you've witnessed? As in scary-creepy, not scary-jumpy. 3. Why do you think that was?
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