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[azurelunatic]

Do you believe in monogamy? View 501 Answers

I join the crowds who say "What kind of fool question is this?" and "Monogamy is not Santa Claus". Does monogamy care whether I believe in it? Would monogamy exist if I didn't believe in it?

But the intent of the question!

I believe that it is possible, in general, for some human beings to behave monogamously. I believe that some human beings are wired to pair-bond monogamously. I know that I am one of the humans that requires an intense pair-bond in order to behave monogamously, and that forcing me to behave monogamously in the absence of that pair-bond is a recipe for disaster.

I also know that it is unlikely for me to achieve a mutual pair-bond like that at this time. So monogamy can go suck it.

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[raranax.livejournal.com]

But if you don't believe, come valentines day, Monogamy will leave coal in your condom.

[azurelunatic]

What if I don't believe in heterosexuality either?

[raranax.livejournal.com]

Well, come Jesus' re-birthday a bunny might leave a strap-on under your basket. But only if you believe in him. And if the police don't arrest him for being publicly seen in a fur suit.

Define this heterosexuality that you do not believe in. Simply not believing that there are no heterosexuals is not enough, unless you believe that there is no variability. (Heterosexual can be defined as the limit, even if there are no people actually there)

[azurelunatic]

Seen in public in a fur suit = probably not a police problem. Seen in public with a fur suit carrying a sack of strap-ons = probably a police problem.

I believe in heterosexual behavior (that it exists) although I still think that actual heterosexuals are potentially tooth fairies.

[raranax.livejournal.com]

I guess it depends on wether or not the strategic velcro flaps are open or not.

So you believe in heterosexuality, but not that there are people who are heterosexual.

I would like a firmer (hur hur hur) definition of what you think a ____-sexual is. For fun, lets define a measure gamma, ... humm I think this would work better as a pdf

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[azurelunatic]

I knew I should have taken more math courses.

[raranax.livejournal.com]

The real question is what the lowest probability of preferring man that is allowed to translate arabic for the military. "Sorry, you are under .95, we researched your porn, you're out."

[azurelunatic]

What about the people who watch pr0n that's marketed at a different demographic?

[raranax.livejournal.com]

What do you mean by demographic here? like http://www.furnitureporn.com/ ? "I would not screw that man, but the couch he is sitting on is HOTT!"

[azurelunatic]

You think I look at heterosexual porn for the men?

[raranax.livejournal.com]

By demographic you mean porn for hetero-men, porn for hetero women, porn for homo women, porn for homo men?

I think that the lines between those demographics are too blurry. Just because it is marketed at one demographic does not mean that it could not be marketed at another.

[azurelunatic]

How would a theoretical Heterosexuality Police be able to tell that I was watching porn with heterosexual pairings for the women?

[wibbble]

Eye-tracking would give it away, although haxxoring your webcam might be seen as being a /little/ invasive.

For extra-special invasiveness, there's the 'are you actually gay' test, which involves wearing a device which measures your level of arousal while they show you various types of porn and non-porn images.

I think that if they're going to be cocks and ban gay people from military service, 'don't ask, don't tell' is better than 'run a test to find out'.

[raranax.livejournal.com]

In the case above I was thinking more along the lines of him watching man-man porn.

Also I think most heterosexual porn is more focused on the woman. From the little I have seen it is mostly a girl and then a cock pokes on from some side of the screen.

[krinchan.livejournal.com]

O.O;

I just finished Discreet Math this spring and all of that MADE SENSE!!!!! *SQUEE*

Uh...wondered here from meta-quotes...and am sooooooo keeping that pretty PDF around for a while.

[raranax.livejournal.com]

Yes, LaTeX gets me all hot and bothered too. Although apparently just by knowing it one's crusty academic rating goes though the roof.

I really should have used the marvosym \Female \Male \FemaleFemale ... \Hermaphrodite symbols.

[azurelunatic]

It's not too late to make a new version.

[raranax.livejournal.com]

There you go:

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[tygerr.livejournal.com]

Important safety tip! The Beltane Bunny thanks you!

[adalger.livejournal.com]

I just had to metaquote this.

[azurelunatic]

So I see!

[amiga500.livejournal.com]

I believe in monogamy, and ghosts, but I do not believe in the Tooth Fairy.

Seriously, who worded that question?

[azurelunatic]

I used to believe in the Tooth Fairy. Then Mama made a crucial mistake, and I was So Very Angry With Her for lying to me. They'd evidently had at least one argument about the whole thing, but they'd come to the conclusion that it would be nice for me to have some of the "normal" childhood things such as belief in the Tooth Fairy, despite their usual careful efforts to teach me c'thia and give me realistic expectations about things. (The advent of my sister was heralded with descriptions such as "a red, wrinkly, crying baby".) They learned from their error.

[azurelunatic]

The metaquotes link.

[tangerinedreams.livejournal.com]

THIS.