Wish I had an answer for you, but you’ve just given me another reason to learn Japanese, or any other language whose speakers aren’t embracing the newest trends of the age of idiocy.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/24/america-says-goodbye-paperback

US says those are rookie numbers.

Fair, and not so much upset as, hey, I’ve now answered this for the first person who asked, and am not re-typing it. Literally, yes, I too am replying to things via my inbox, but I’m not treating comment-replies like private messages either.

I am very awkward, just no longer a problem the general-public would ever notice and much-less having to constantly keep myself in check now the hormones have … honestly, all but abandoned me, especially when needed and appropriate. Life is grand.

EDIT: I’ve said nothing here about lessons-learned. I can breathe without magically-and-constantly-offending strangers and acquainences today, but I was so used to the alternative for so long that I’ll never get used to “fitting-in”, nor do I want to. I’ve seen what’s broadly tolerated.

None did, somehow, just inappropriate behaviors in company /not-being-as-discrete-about-none-of-my-business-as-they-thought-they-were-being, and all, save one maybe, have grown out of even that.

Maybe watch for a reply to someone who already said the same as you, only better?

Apparently 50% of the population is supposed to feel that way about the OP. You want me to apologize for identifying with that which should alienate? If you don’t get or understand what I said, be glad and move-on; It wasn’t a brag or boast to try to make anyone feel left-out or whatever, nor the opposite per se.

I have regrets from my youth that I am surprised and relieved my sons haven’t replicated.

For the rest, I’m glad I’m not a single-parent. Feigning ignorance may not be more moral than calling things out in the moment, across the generational, gender, and familial-divide(sue me if that’s a non-term, I’m not creative or motivated-enough to do better at this moment), but I believe it was less-awkward and seems to have worked-out.

Sorry I left-out “ignore me” … honestly not here for attention either.

Also, you asked, I answered. Reading your reply and re-reading what I had written hours-later, I agree it was a lot … but the community isn’t titled “avoiding awkward topics” either, so … meh?

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All I see is immature-horny, and I pity people stuck trying to work these issues out with those similarly-afflicted, almost and much as I do those so-afflicted and yet preyed-upon by those of us old-and-experienced-enough to have no business acknowleging such issues directly.

As a parent, I’ve seen some shit. As a vaguely-upstanding-member-of-society, the only person I’ve told is my wife, so she can discretely steer our daughters towards keeping such private or at-least away from the notice of adults. To my surprise and relief, I’ve not had to say anything to my sons about their should-be-kept-private behaviors … they are surprisingly more discrete than I remember being capable-of at such age.

EDIT: For most of my life, OP nailed my experience of both horniness and waking-life in general. I made for a bad example of a boy, apparently. That’s not news to me in-general, but still.

Society/media expects girls to demand exactly that:mind-reading, or be labeled wanton.

Came here to say, that’s where she lost me. NEVER again.

Not before it “became” “islamic”, according to idiots who buy what Bibi’s selling. Pakistan definitely came a lot closer to meeting his bullshit criteria “first”.

So is Pakistan not a Republic or … ? Seriously though, was he already senile in 1998?

Yeah, the article’s agenda is pretty overt. End of the day, I don’t care about a corporations “rights” being violated, but this judge had the opportunity to do right by the public and set a precedent, and instead opted to shit all over it.

Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s actually unhappy with the jury’s verdict, seeing as he’s playing the “anti-corpo big-government over-reach” character to a tee.

You uh … ever heard of the school-to-prison pipeline? Judges throughout the country have repeatedly been caught literally selling kids to private prisons. Look at what Britney Spears went through and tell me the US judiciary knows-best.

The judge could have turned the matter to experts. He didn’t.

Jet-ski included? Sign me up.

Disposable drones are yesterday’s news. Disposable Jet-Ski’s, just durable/seaworthy-enough for repeat use, for nigh-on-suicidal thrill-seekers? THE FUTURE

I had the sad realization, little over ten years ago now, that joining the Somali pirates for fun and … probably not profit … would see me branded a traitor and my family likely cut-off from any benefits my service earned, but I’m just that much less attached to this flesh-sack than your average bear, ya know?

If you wonder how I could muse about going that stupidly overboard, what they did to Eric Harroun made it clear that even trying to go along with our empire’s, let alone freedom’s, interests without prior approval, was no longer an option.

Big Money wants to control your exact manner of armed death, but indiscriminantly clearing mine-fields is still on-the table, so far. If we can trick Big Money’s kids into joining-in, so much the better.

They don’t have to publish false numbers. Just keep vague which numbers they are posting. “Total active licenses” was what I referenced earlier.

I just wish VLC Android were better at handling folders with large numbers of files. Just give me the ability to turn off media thumbnails already!!!

Until then, I’m stuck with MPV