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Comment · 16 years ago
I don't mean to be hating on the people. I hate the culture of casual sex. The culture is disgusting. The people are mostly not disgusting, just misguided. I don't mean to imply that they're morally depraved people for participating in something stupid; I've certainly done my share of idiotic and embarrassing things and don't consider myself immoral for it.

Really, though, I don't care what people do, as long as it's not in my face and doesn't affect me. I'm five years out of college, so I don't really care that much. I think it's a shame what a farce college has become for most American students, but that problem comes from a lot of factors, most of which have nothing to do with sex.

Comment · 16 years ago
I like to believe that sex is an expression of romantic love and not just a commodity to be exchanged for social status.
Comment · 16 years ago
And some people wouldn't date a woman who isn't Catholic/Jewish/Hindu/whatever. You're within your rights to choose whom you date, but it doesn't really reflect anything about the people you're refusing as much as about yourself.

I didn't say it does.

Having a one-night-stand is stupid. Does it make someone a whore who should be ostracized? No. Is it a behavior that, in my estimation, a rational person would be ashamed of? Yes. Is it worse than the worst or stupidest thing I've done? Probably not.

Comment · 16 years ago
Arranged marriage and misogyny vs. meaningless casual sex.

False dichotomy much?

Comment · 16 years ago
Right, I know. I wouldn't date a woman who entered into a non-monogamous sexual relationship.
Comment · 16 years ago
Literal: I would never date someone who was someone else's "fuck buddy".

Interpretation: So you would never date someone that slept with someone else?

Am I missing a few steps here? I never remotely implied that.

Comment · 16 years ago
* Lots of short-term, usually unbalanced, relationships between poorly-matched people.
Comment · 16 years ago
I would never date someone who was someone else's "fuck buddy". It's just a gross and depressing concept.
Comment · 16 years ago
Because suburban isolation, widespread tolerance of social alcohol dependence, a crass consumer culture, and widening wealth inequalities (leading to social class anxiety) have bred a generation of social retards who can't muster up the courage to do things properly.

[Edit: As acerbic and judgmental as this comment sounds, I admit freely that I was one of those social retards at ages 17-20, although I didn't hook up-- little interest and even less ability.]

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