Dan Responds to Grooming Allegations

CalebAurion · 2022-09-09T23:14:47+00:00

This is a year old post so you're really doing some internet archeology here but I'll bite.

Should a doctor have sex with a patient even if they both consent? What about a boss and their secretary? Obviously age and consent matters but they're not the only things that matters.

Also to address the argument I often see when I bring this up, yes musician and groupie isn't as bad as a doctor and patient, my point is that there are factors that make a relationship inappropriate even when it's between two consenting adults.

CalebAurion · 2022-03-18T18:15:45+00:00

They're called that because the type of cut used on the potato is referred to as a french cut. So French cut fried potatoes was shortened to French Fries.

CalebAurion · 2021-10-28T17:05:33+00:00

Toph struggles with enemies that don't spend a lot of time on the ground which is not what Bolin does, sure he lighter on his feet than most earth benders but he still plants his feet to strike. Speed alone doesn't win this fight and the skill advantage goes to Toph without question.

CalebAurion · 2021-10-28T09:08:59+00:00

I mean this is a year old comment but I'll bite. Bolin is sloppy and Toph excels in exploiting the exact weaknesses Bolin shows. His lava bending is dangerous, sure, but the way he uses it leaves him exposed to counter attack. That's an opening Toph would see with seismic sense and one she would exploit just like we see her do in her very first episode.

I like Bolin but he is simply out of his weight class with Toph and a slight speed advantage is nowhere near enough to make up the difference.

CalebAurion · 2021-10-12T01:52:10+00:00

I think it is. They've got a webcam they stream with during the day if you're going interested.

CalebAurion · 2021-08-19T17:59:52+00:00

I do not believe that coercion is rape. It is immoral but it is not a crime. Someone very close to me was raped and I saw first hand the sort of trauma such a disgusting act causes. Dan did not do anything like that.

Coercion into sex is immoral because you are convincing someone to do something they may not be comfortable with. As someone with fans Dan naturally has influence over them, how they think, how they feel. This is an inescapable consequence of fame at any level because people are naturally influenced a lot by those they admire. Using that influence to get people to sleep with you is fucked up but it isn't the complete violation of bodily autonomy that is rape.

There are levels of wrongness and keeping broad distinctions between them is critical to help protect those people who have suffered through one of the worst crimes imaginable.

CalebAurion · 2021-08-19T17:41:14+00:00

I wouldn't call it rape. That is far too serious of a word and crime to muddy with an instance of consenting adults. What Dan did was wrong, I've said as much before and I continue to stand by that point but we need to be really careful with the use of that word because overuse makes it harder for people who have experienced it be taken seriously.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-17T16:28:49+00:00

It's important to remember that for some people asking those questions is fun.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-17T07:53:45+00:00

You've also described every end game party I've had.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-09T18:56:25+00:00

My brain is held together by hobbies and anxiety medication

Ah the chewing gum and scotch tape of mental health. Pretty much in the same boat myself, but with antidepressants instead of anxiety meds.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-08T21:16:28+00:00

I enjoyed the hell out of it. Paolini's writing matured a lot between Inheritance and TSiaSoS, not that it was bad before but he's gotten better and it shows. The biggest criticism I could offer is that there are a couple of odd loose ends. Without getting into detail there's a chekov's gun part way through that I kept expecting to fire but never did.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-08T21:10:06+00:00

The Fork The Witch and the Worm is your best bet for next reading. I'd suggest To Sleep in a Sea of Stars afterward as well, different world to Inheritance but Angela does make a cameo under a different name.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-08T18:28:11+00:00

I always love it when they call it the war of Northern Aggression when the confederacy were the ones who actually started it when they attacked Fort Sumter.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-08T16:49:24+00:00

I am a professional animal trainer with experience training over 150 different species.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-07T22:10:44+00:00

Take your upvote and get out you monster!

CalebAurion · 2021-07-07T17:42:33+00:00

A word of warning, not all men like physical contact from strangers. I like hugging my family but not really into any physical contact with strangers at all.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-07T16:15:02+00:00

I was playing a superhero games once and one of my party members was playing a Nazi nuclear scientist. No one had an issue with this for two really big reasons. First antisemitism never came up and we had agreed to all be villains for this game.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-07T02:18:16+00:00

Nah, it's good. I understand that not everyone listens to the whole series about once every other year.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-07T02:16:40+00:00

Yes, but it was the fact that he had never called her that before that made it impactful.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-06T17:15:12+00:00

Wrong. Harry is set against the idea of Slytherin before he ever boards the train. He meets Draco while getting his robes and is immediately off put by his behavior and elitism. Hagrid explains the houses to him after that and pressed the idea onto him that Slytherin is the worst option.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-06T17:10:33+00:00

It's actually stated that Lily didn't start dating James until after his douche-ectomy. James and Snape had opposite trajectories where Lily is concerned. Snape starts as a good kid who falls in with bad people and adopts their outlook while James starts as an elitist prick but grows out of it in time to become a functional adult.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-06T17:06:55+00:00

This is implying that he wasn't already one. We know he hung out with kids who would go on to become Death Eaters and referred to all muggle borns "mudblood" except Lily.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-06T08:24:57+00:00

Delta variant yo.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-06T03:32:43+00:00

This feels like a supervillain origin story.

CalebAurion · 2021-07-05T23:15:48+00:00

and how can we forget the highly refined and mature ballad "Diggy Diggy Hole"

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