Absolutely! You don’t have any say in what family you are born into, they might be good, might suck ducks, more likely somewhere in between. You can choose family that are not biologically related to you, and love them as purely or even more so than you do biological family. Many refer to their close friends as chosen family for this very reason. Love who you love and be happy, no matter who may try to piss on your happiness.

Ah, my mistake. Thanks for the correction

Umm wasn’t Sagan responsible for scientology?

Thank you for responding. I have boiled down the aggregate of answers as basically a tankie supports authoritarianism, or use of violence to deal with opposition. If this take is incorrect, someone please correct where I have it wrong. Btw, I have deliberately ignored references to left/right as meaningless in my quest for information.

Thank you all for your help, it is much appreciated!

Epic :)

Prisoner of Azkaban was my favorite for that one shining moment of hope for Harry, that he could live with someone who knew his parents, loved them, and loves him. The hope was dashed too quickly though, I cried harder when Sirius died (in order of the Phoenix) than I did when Dumbledore died.

Not really, you can love the stories and still not support the views of the author

Aww cutie pie sleeping bags!

Couch art

That looks like a slicker type brush, but I could be wrong. Maybe try something with softer bristles and see if it’s more easily tolerated?

That is pretty awesome, look out Grumpy Cat!

Awwww precious baby!

Just wanted to add that here online, you can expound at length on any topic you are passionate about. If someone is not interested, they’ll move on. If they are interested, they’ll engage with the topic, if they are a troll they’ll say something rude. So, ignore the trolls, chat happily away with any who engage, and you won’t even miss those who don’t care. It’s all good.

Diggy diggy hole, popcorn, classical gas

Darwin award winner in the making

Adorable pupper! Give her some cuddles for me

Very much yes. Now I can make relevant and helpful comments without 50 other people saying the same thing before I even saw the post. I feel like my contribution here matters.

Sex is one area where surprises are generally a very bad idea. Many relationships have ended because one partner thought the other would enjoy x, only to find out that they were disgusted/insulted/traumatized/etc instead. It is difficult and may be impossible to recover from this type of oops.

The best idea is to set aside some relaxed time to discuss interests, curiosities and hard limits with your partner. Probably start with the hard limits so you don’t stomp all over them with your interests. Then decide to try out one thing you both are interested in. Keep communication open at all times. Go slow. Keep in mind that some (many) people have been sexually assaulted or abused in some way and that will make them incredibly sensitive to anything that recalls those feelings.

You want this relationship to be as enjoyable as possible for as long as possible? Yes? Don’t take chances, be smart, be kind, communicate openly and good things will happen. I promise.

Wouldn’t it be more effective to simply delete whole subreddits en masse? Not only would that spit in spez’s face, but it would drive many to other sites like here. Or am I missing something on account of being a low tech old fart?