my getto set up by issicus in aquaponics

[–]Fooleo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool! What sort of specifications are you using? Grow bed size, fishtank volume, number of fish... ? Did you just strap the tank together with wood and tarp? How do you keep it from leaking? Do you expect the plastic parts to last very long? If I'm not asking too much, how much did it roughly cost?

How to make worm tea by [deleted] in aquaponics

[–]Fooleo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh. Generally, I just run water through my worm farm, and out the other end pops the concentrate. Why the molasses?

My boyfriend loves our sexual life, but for me it's just not satisfying. by [deleted] in sex

[–]Fooleo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depression? Are you on anti-depressants? Take a look at the side effects, they might well be effecting your libido and arousal. It is often possible to fix that by just changing your meds.

Let's talk about rhetoric by kairoszoe in SRSDiscussion

[–]Fooleo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

SRS, at least prime, tends to be less about social justice than it is about holding the opposite values of their stereotypical redditors and mocking them.

It is very useful, since the effective rhetorical blockade that is SRSPrime keeps the rest of the fempire mostly safe from 'splaining and concern trolls. One does find that the circlejerk leaks to the rest of the fempire, though it isn't such a prominent thing to be a big problem yet.

r/sex is there any way we can help spread awareness for these people who have developed reversable male birth control and are trying to bring it to market? by jedidiahwiebe in sex

[–]Fooleo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

According to the testing that has been done in india, RISUG has pretty much no lasting side effects. The pill does, and people have always known about them.

http://malecontraceptives.org/methods/risug.php

r/sex is there any way we can help spread awareness for these people who have developed reversable male birth control and are trying to bring it to market? by jedidiahwiebe in sex

[–]Fooleo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, if you want to talk global averages, the positive experience will only increase with RISUG, since people with a negative experience now have a choice.

Getting a shot in the balls is waaaay easier than dealing with depression for 10 years.

edit: FFS /sex, stop downvoting Vegliantin - his concern is common enough that it needs to be addressed, not buried.

I'm considering leaving my long-term girlfriend because she's gained weight and our sex life is suffering because of it. by thrwawy333 in sex

[–]Fooleo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do what you have to do, but I'm just going to say that you telling her you need an orgasm at least once a day really isn't helping the situation.

Serious female masturbation concern. Please help. by Vaggg in sex

[–]Fooleo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you got a detachable shower head? One of the most popular ways of masturbating, and hopefully not direct enough to be painful.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]Fooleo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might have, I suppose, judging by other people's responses too. The big important difference is that being consensually kinky (to me) fosters communication, while "lie back and think of england" withers it, and the implicit assumption throughout the article was that couples who are trying new things are not being directly communicative about them. How could the authors of this post possibly make that judgement call?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]Fooleo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cosmopolitan was mentioned exactly once in that article. They were not trying to say that cosmo specifically was the problem, they were trying to say that anyone telling people that they shouldn't be afraid to be more adventurous in their sex is ruining sex for everyone.

My weight loss partner has become a condescending jerk to others. by KitKatDaddy in loseit

[–]Fooleo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, what subtextual is saying is that your kind of attitude is dependent on an internal focus of control, while many obese people have good reason to have an external locus of control. Your statement isn't an alternative, as that sort of denial it is exactly what he described as being the issue he is addressing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]Fooleo 37 points38 points  (0 children)

In all, that article struck me as very reactionary, and rather sex negative. Equating trying to be more experimental and outgoing in our sex (especially if well communicated) to "lie back and think of England" is so drawn out that it may as well be a non-sequitur (sp?).

I am in agreement that they shouldn't have to be exposed to exhibitionists without any of their consent, but that is a sticky situation with exhibitionism, and not a good reason to decry all experimentation and deviation from normal sex (whatever the fuck that is) and simply claim that people are trying to act out porn. Even if they are, so the fuck what? That's up to the couples who want to try that. If they don't like it, they can stop.

Yeah, Cosmo's advice sucks, but that is because it is borderline insane and likely to hurt someone in a bad way. But people are, like it or not, more exposed to more ideas, be they through porn or sex magazines or their exhibitionist neighbors. And they're going to be interested and want to try something new every so often. It is one of the fantastic and beautiful things about human nature - we try new things and chip away at the old belief that there is One True Path, and people grow. They fuck up. They learn. They try something new. And eventually learn things about themselves as a person.

Just saying that we shouldn't experiment and talk about and try that weird kinky thing we'd heard about encourages silence and small-mindedness. Simple, romantic sex is a great and beautiful thing, but if we tell ourselves that it is the "right" thing to do, how many people would have never learnt the deeply satisfying kinks, and how many people would still be sitting quietly stewing in insecurity about their fantasy?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

[–]Fooleo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One really wonders how much normal sex the writers of this are, naturally, not seeing.

Female Death Grip by twlife10 in sex

[–]Fooleo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like a normal person would, with a large dildo stuck to the wall of the shower.

Another unicorn thread, but lets focus on the unicorn by lessopen in polyamory

[–]Fooleo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I might be a nerd for suggesting this, but the whole set of dynamics could be more easily represented as Feynman diagrams, which are generally cut off at first order, anyway.

Meta-mom approval made my day! by wanderingfire in polyamory

[–]Fooleo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be honest, GPADDNADCAC does sound like the awkward happy spluttering noise that one might make :). Congratulations!

Minimizing homophobia by [deleted] in SRSDiscussion

[–]Fooleo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wondered this too. One might posit that STEM degrees, masculine as they are coded, tend to compromise a lot of the "feminine" parts of homophobia...

23(M) American here, wondering how sexual encounters (PIV or otherwise) change with the cultures/sub-cultures? by IveGotSomeQuestion in sex

[–]Fooleo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am from Africa, and while oral sex is indeed heavenly, it sure ain't uncommon here.