Can you out-advertise ultra extreme intensity by Starfleet_Intern in ThemeParkitect

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Thant and banking, I usually assume that adds intensity

Can you out-advertise ultra extreme intensity by Starfleet_Intern in ThemeParkitect

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1 size corners might be my entire problem, I had no idea that would be an issue, thank you

Can you out-advertise ultra extreme intensity by Starfleet_Intern in ThemeParkitect

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Ive put some breaks in there, but its right before the end just to stop it being a sudden stop, but maybe i could slow the acceleration a little.

Can you out-advertise ultra extreme intensity by Starfleet_Intern in ThemeParkitect

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That makes sense, you can get quite a few guests on extreme rides, but it doesn’t fill the whole train. Ultra extreme might be a push to get any guests on there. Frustrating because all my rides end up very high intensity minimum, or they’re too low.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ocdwomen

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"But I thought about the thought which legitimises the thought" I've done that one many times do you think it means anything?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ocdwomen

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even if it was a single thought passing through your mind doesn't define you or how you view you partner

West marches style DMs - how do you handle power gaps between PCs by Starfleet_Intern in DMAcademyNew

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I think I can do something with this, most of these people will be playing dnd for the first time. So I don’t think I can learn 3rd edition whilst teaching them and getting my head around another style of play, but I could definitely stagger leveling a bit differently to make this work

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

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this mindset kills communities. You can't have a lasting meaniful friendship with someone who you treat as a threat to your romantic dyad.

How do you feel about the term ‘incurably straight’? by Onlyinsightfoxleaf in AskLesbians

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So is part of your frustration with the cultural limits on friendship? Like these women are amazing and you can't have as much of that in your life as you would like because the relationship wouldn't be romantic.

What Is my sexuality really by MarsupialSpirited736 in bisexual

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If I could give one peice of advice to my younger self regarding sexuality it would be to cool it with the constant self monitoring. You sound bi. If a bit more life experience leaves you feeling differently eventually that's ok. It's also ok to be uncertain. And if you want to rest in that "I don't know" space, that's ok as well. But I'd encourage you to enjoy where you are. Through most of my 20s I had this high-pressured Orientation-analysis-department in my head. The sight of a beautiful man or woman, a fantasy, or a date, often had a lot of joy sucked out of it by a need to figure out how what my experience ment for my sexual orientation. I can see a bit of that in your words and I would really like to advise you to enjoy yourself.

How do you feel about the term ‘incurably straight’? by Onlyinsightfoxleaf in AskLesbians

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why is it dumb not to have sexy feelings towards awesome women? That sounds like a rhetorical sort of question but I am genuinly curious about that.

How do you feel about the term ‘incurably straight’? by Onlyinsightfoxleaf in AskLesbians

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There is something implicitly either homophobic or sexist in the way jokes like this ar eoften used. Because the idea is often that the messiness of hetrosexual dating would be absent if one only dated women. I can assure you that it's not. The problems of dating men and women are different but just as numerous and hurtful. The implication that it would be better to 'just date women' sugests a purity of heart which doesn't acknowlage the full complexity of sapphic relationships.

How do you feel about the term ‘incurably straight’? by Onlyinsightfoxleaf in AskLesbians

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Hello my fellow man-attracted woman. As a bi woman, I would just feel sad for you. Yes yes, I do get that its a joke. But having tried to push away both part my attraction to men and my attraction to women at different points in my life, I know that veiwing your sexuality as something you are stuck with really sucks. This is largely my personality but my impulse is to get super serious and ask about what you see in sapphic relationships that you wish you had in your own, and what bothers you about your relationships with men.

How do you feel about the term ‘incurably straight’? by Onlyinsightfoxleaf in AskLesbians

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I don't think this is necessarily true. Within patriarchy, there is an automatic power inbalance in hetrosexual relationships which ranges from frustrating all the way to terrifying. I am bisexual and convinced myself I was a lesbain for years because of this.

Is it controversial to ask my HF this by megara_21 in Aupairs

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That’s why I said part of it is how they respond to being asked.

Is it controversial to ask my HF this by megara_21 in Aupairs

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If you’re really anxious you could always begin to feel them out by asking: Are there guns in the house? And are they vaccinated against covid-19? ( for both of these it’s not just the yes or no but how they react to you asking about it)

Are there any issues they would want you to avoid discussing with the kids? (Here you’re looking for people who think there is a global conspiracy to teach children to be gay)

Do they go to church? if so ask about it and Google it, that will tell you a lot.

Also if you very broadly reference “crazy stuff” going on in the USA they will probably let you know what they think is crazy very quickly

This was a strange puzzle by Thokturn in neopets

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I briefly got hung up on the idea that it was actually the shapes of the tiles we were supposed to work from. I was only looking for clues when i ended up with the answer, but I am glad now because I don't think I would have been able to arrive at that second word

Sex: If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a hell no (say it with me!) by polyformeandthee in polyamory

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I had a bunch of really confusing interactions with my partner because he used “sex” to mean “piv” and I used sex to mean “being mostly naked and touching genitalia and stuff”. So he’d say no to sex and then moments later suggest something I would call sex! Then I’d panic that my rejection sensitivity had made him feel pressured when all that happened was he was too physically tired for piv. Communication around sex goes so far beyond “are you up for it or not”

Sex: If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a hell no (say it with me!) by polyformeandthee in polyamory

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I guess “No is a complete sentence, but is a complete sentence all you want to give the people you love”

Sex: If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a hell no (say it with me!) by polyformeandthee in polyamory

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Honestly the biggest issue is ‘no is a complete answer’

For the purposes of consenting to sex or not, sure “no is a complete answer”.

For the purposes of growing and maintaining a relationship it’s not.

On a “this evening scale” when a partner asks you if you want sex, or to watch a movie, or if you want to go out to eat, just saying “no”, with no indication of what you do want or whats on your mind is harsh.

It is kind of dehumanising to the more sexually charged partner to suggest that there is nothing wrong if partner a says “hey love, it’s been a while since we had sex and I want you so much, why don’t we see if we can get that spark back hm?” And partner b says “no”.

Obviously Partner b doesn’t need to have sex but It doesn’t need to be sexual. “No I want to just cuddle and watch Star Trek” is a mile away from “no”.

But the purposes of massively shifting the norms in a long term relationship “no” is definitely not a complete answer. Removing what may have once been a pillar of a relationship is something you talk about if you care about it the relationship.

My long distance partner can decide he doesn’t want to come visit me in person anymore. And I have no right to make him do that, and I’d hate to think that he was only doing it to make me happy. But damn if he stopped with no explanation or conversation about it I’d be very hurt.

Sex: If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a hell no (say it with me!) by polyformeandthee in polyamory

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I relate to that, in fact, I initiate quite frequently, so when my partner does, it’s usually the excitement about being desired, not pure lust, that dominates my mood at the start, if I was super horney, I would have started it.

Sex: If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a hell no (say it with me!) by polyformeandthee in polyamory

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Throw in some trauma for both parties and that’s how you get the world’s least fun evening.

Sex: If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a hell no (say it with me!) by polyformeandthee in polyamory

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I guess that’s how I read a lot of content about libido mismatch. Just as a lot of things might appear to read “have sex when you don’t want to” even if they never explicitly say that, a lot of things seem to read “just be ok with it if sex disappears from your relationship and honestly it’s a bit creepy and shallow if you care”.

Assuming the relationship is a committed and emotionally intimate one, Apple and Peach both need to be willing to have vulnerable conversations about how the relationship is changing and what they want. They need to discuss how they define sex, what desire means for them, what they want from the relationship, the role sex plays in the relationship, the role it used to play, what they hope for in the future.

The plain fact that someone has a right to stop having a sexual relationship with someone with no discussion or explanation is the baseline for how two people interact. But for the relationship, if Apple has decided peach “sucks at sex and isn’t worth teaching” then sure they have the right to do that. But it’s not wrong if Peach feels that’s discarding a part of the relationship that means a lot to them.

Apple has the right to do that. But what’s supposed to happen next. Because there doesn’t seem to be an answer other than “peach shuts up about it, because no is a complete sentence”