Recent content by Shapshu

I don't think it's in any way bigoted to apply whatever standards you have for attractiveness towards your dating. If you're only attracted to X group of people, you're only attracted to X group of people. I'm really uncomfortable with the line of argument that says it is bigoted, because the...

MTE. I think that realistically sexuality is so complex that trying to force people into gay or straight boxes is destined to fail. But. I can't help but feel like the number of other labels has exploded beyond any necessity. (And, you know, I am one of the "other" people.) When someone...

DO WANT. I would pay good money for that.

I don't really have one. I'm attracted to some people. Gender isn't a factor at all in who I'm attracted to. If I'm pressed, I'll describe myself as bi, but really I don't see why it matters. I'm sort of a bad queer person, though, because I'd significantly prefer to end up in a...

Sometimes . . . My main reason for not doing it much is not so much the "they might spend it on drugs or alcohol" one --- I figure they'll spend it on whatever they're going to spend it on. It's that some of the people I've given money to in the past were really obnoxious. I remember once I...

I think there are some questions of definition here. What are we counting as knowledge? People who have had mystical experiences claim to have definite knowledge of the divine. (In fact, iirc, that certainty is one of the defining characteristics of a mystical experience.) That type of...