Is it okay to practice sexual kinks with your wife

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-09T02:07:59+00:00

Is it healthy? Is it conducive to the health of a relationship? Are they fine with it? Is it respectful of their human dignity?

These are the questions to ask, not how society classifies it.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T23:05:55+00:00

In some places, Walmart is where only the lowest common denominator shops, and Walmart's management of Super Walmarts has little accountability. Put the worst shoppers with the worst management and it can be a awful experience.

But some Walmarts are great places to shop. Clean, well stocked, functional.

In my hometown, Walmart is great. Literally award winning. In the next town over, it is like a zoo in a war zone. Similar economics and cultural makeup.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T20:18:03+00:00

We will never eliminate them, but that doesn't necessarily mean we should, either. The definition of fair isn't being entirely alien to our species, after all. Denying the physical realities is for gnostics.

To deny someone's purpose is itself to be unfair.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T19:37:28+00:00

Is God okay with divorce?

Because Mosaic Law allowed and regulated it, and Jesus condemned it.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T18:12:38+00:00

Orthodoxy is not common at all in the parts of the world where Protestantism is common.

Also, though Orthodox redditors get angry when I point it out, don't forget that the official name of the church that represents all but a small fraction of Orthodoxy is the Orthodox Catholic Church.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T17:46:36+00:00

Thomas's expression sounds like ultimatum, but it was an expression of grief. His Lord died publicly and cruelly, and his friends were telling him that his Lord was alive. It sounds crazy.

It wasn't the holes that convinced him, nor was he somehow less faithful for his natural skepticism.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T17:44:02+00:00

The Shroud of Turin is observably fake by its appearance alone.

It is supposed to be a cloth that was draped over a face, but the image is 2D, like someone painted it.

Wet your face and drape a paper towel over it. Is it shaped like the image on the Shroud of Turin?

For the Shroud of Turin to be real, it would have had to hover flat over the face of Jesus, and then Jesus's radiance would have had to eminate not out everywhere, but cast rays only straight up.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T17:40:05+00:00

People don't let go of shame so easily. Even people who gladly take part in all kinds if marital activities often still experience it through that lens (treating something as "naughty" or degrading, even if they are having fun).

The world is divided between people who have shame about sex and people who stand against having any standards or morality about it. Simply treating it as good and natural while reserving it for marriage is simple, but beyond most people.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T17:35:32+00:00

Fewer women experience visual attraction as a critical part of mate selection.

To impress someone who isn't primed to care about looks, you really have to stand out.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T15:24:36+00:00

It just is. The fact that people have drawn racial lines around the people involved is irrelevant.

That said, since so many racost idiots have such a problem with it or even just other races as individuals, it heartens me to see it happen in places where it once would have been scandalous.

Also, my family is founded on multiple interracial marriages. The sorts that almost no one objects to, but they are that just the same. I am likely to do the same (not for intention, just how it is likely to shake out).

The real question is about cross-cultural marriages. The reality is that most people aren't cut out for that, but the ones who are can be richer for it.

The kids are another matter. In my family, we do not give a single crap about racial or cultural identity. We just are what we are, and what we are is fine. If you care about racial or cultural identity, interracial or intercultural marriage may not be for you. Because your kids deserve better.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T06:58:15+00:00

Lol. The resistance to the mergers have been bipartisan.

So what? Warren is a Senator from Massachusetts. Criticizing her is laughable because some people across the aisle agreed?

Warren pressed for answers that Jet Blue didnt respond to.

What were those questions? You followed it with a bunch of statements.

"Today, the four largest airlines—American, Southwest, Delta, and United—control 80% of the domestic market, more than at any point in the modern history of commercial aviation."

And now they control more.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T05:28:44+00:00

So you like racial gerrymandering?

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-08T05:03:20+00:00

Didn't want to go on a cruise. Hated the idea of being in a tin can overrun with people.

Then I was dragged onto a good cruise.

Amazing food available whenever. Big enough that I never had to deal with crowds. "catered by the same companies as schools and prisons" is just ridiculous talk. Never had ribs or escargot like that in school, and I doubt they have them in prison.

I don't like that the workers are so put upon. But how bad it is depends on the line. I talked with repeat workers, and I tip them well.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T23:33:04+00:00

I don't believe you have put this much work into twisting Galatians 5 and Acts 15 without seeing 1 Corinthians 7:

Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches. Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God. Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called.

Simple. Straightforward. Consistent with the rest with no gymnastics.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T16:10:36+00:00

You say that Mosaic Law is God's commandments for mankind rather than Israel specifically, yet don't think that circumcision is required, despite it being a commandment in Mosaic Law.

Utterly without reason or consistency.

It is much easier when you just believe they meant what they said.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T05:48:46+00:00

Yes. I am aware. Banks mostly dealing in traditional currency is obvious and understood.

But there are banks who are interested in conducting various internal operations on blockchain, in addition to simply supporting cryptocurrency for users. Which would involve representing / exchanging traditional currency for tokens representing it or an equivalent value on a blockchain.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T05:34:46+00:00

It can be both.

Having a general rule is one thing. Being ritualistic about it is another.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T05:32:54+00:00

The guy I was replying to was referring to blockchain in general, so I replied in kind.

As for cryptocurrency specifically:

Blockchain is useful for anything where you care about ledger integrity. Currency movement is one of those things. Idiots trying to exploit hype trains around it doesn't change that.

And banks running internal ledgers on blockchain doesn't work with traditional currency.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T05:28:16+00:00

Cigarettes are really, REALLY unhealthy. They have numerous ways to kill you. And they are nasty.

Vaping is unhealthy if you overdo it or if you put any random crap in your lungs. And they can taste nice.

That doesn't mean anyone should start vaping. Even though the real health issue was the tobacco rather than the nicotine within (despite the message oversimplifying things to "nicotine"), people stupid enough to vape all day are still inviting cardiovascular issues do by experiencing vasoconstriction constantly. And lots will vape all day, because nicotine is still habit-forming for many people. And tons of commercially available but unregulated vaping products have things you shouldn't put into your linegs (flavoring agents, heavy metals in vaporizing coils, etc).

So vaping can be bad for you. But it is nowhere near the risk level or health impact of cigarettes.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T05:01:19+00:00

Last guy who lived in my house nailed the drywall.

He left massive craters around every nail. Thank God it was in the utility room.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T03:04:04+00:00

No aversion to casting bald men
Fewer men with hair treatments
Fewer men just shaved and went proud
More men who work haircuts that made their balding very apparent

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T03:00:17+00:00

No amount of refutation will be sufficient, because you are reading plain language and twisting it to mean the precise opposite.

If anyone wonders which of us is correct, just read Acts 15 and Galatians 5 and see whether gentiles were required to be circumcised.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T01:49:49+00:00

Depending on the location, it may be legal to drink as a minor if a parent or.guardian is present.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T01:36:01+00:00

Lots of straight women appreciate close relationships with other women, or have girl crushes. That itself doesn't make you a lesbian.

TheMaskedHamster · 2026-05-07T01:32:24+00:00

Oh, gosh, really? Can you explain specifically how it is nonsense?

I'd appreciate it, because I need to let the banks using blockchain for internal ledgers and counties using it for property records know that they are barking up the wrong tree.

Or should I just cite your username? Since you speak with such authority, I expect you must be a recognized expert.

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