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[Actingup]

A wistful smile drifts across his face as he recalls his carefree younger days when they bounced freely, resplendent in their scrotum pasties. He'd wowed housewives, fashion execs, even a First Lady with his Newton's Cradle impression. His "Scrote to Scrote" tour had made the National Enquirer. I had it all wrong, he thought. You don't just wake up one morning and decide to trade all that for Marge, a Volvo SUV, and little Bobson and Melindabell. It creeps up on you so stealthily you don't even notice until it's done.

I might be wrong, but I believe that the Puppetry of the Penis guys might still do private parties. There's got to be a graceful way to do a managed exit from the stage, anyway.

 

[Britva415]

Spray frosting is better than spray cheese.

Spray frosting is frosting, but spray cheese is not cheese.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Did you know that you're not done physically growing till your mid twenties, and that your brain isn't done developing till your late twenties. So maybe drugs and alcohol should wait till you're 30...

No, that'd just be prohibition all over again, it's safer as it is.

 

[XerXesXu]

Pregnancy is an STD.

 

[Statius]

Pregnancy is an STD.

 

[TheRedChamber]

Pregnancy is an STD.

Chlamydia is such a pretty name for a girl.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

Pregnancy is an STD.

So I guess we're AIDING our parents after all...

 

[SimonDoom]

The best flower is a purple iris.

 

[SilkyVine]

“Loving Wives” was always tongue-in-cheek and never literal.

This is controversial?

"Loving Wives
Married extra-marital fun: swinging, sharing & more."

Not our problem the insecure manlets can't read I mean it says it RIGHT THERE. "extra-marital". What do they think this means?

 

[Robin_Starveling]

The best flower is a purple iris.

The Tulip Mania was the only time flowers were ever valued properly.

 

[XerXesXu]

The Tulip Mania was the only time flowers were ever valued properly.

I have a tulip bulb for sale for only the average annual salary. PM me.

 

[crookedletter]

It isn't always abusive.

Shit, I didn't even know I was a 'trad guy' until after my first marriage exploded and went down in flames. The first Mrs. Baz was very liberated and decided that she had to be 'free'.

My second wife was someone who had been nursing a crush on me and when we got together we went bare, she moved in with me, she got pregnant, and we got married. Three kids and a thirty-one year marriage followed.

After we paid off the house in 1993 she stayed home and I fucking loved it. So did she.

Rae died in March 2020 and I've been single ever since.

I'm sorry for your loss. Your life's trajectory is, of course, entirely valid, and I hope it brought you happiness. But it's far from the only path towards happiness.

 

[Baztrachian]

I'm sorry for your loss. Your life's trajectory is, of course, entirely valid, and I hope it brought you happiness. But it's far from the only path towards happiness.

True. Some people are only happy when they die.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/marriage-motherhood-happiness-children/684064/

A common narrative has it that commitment and motherhood make women unhappy. New data suggest the opposite is true.

 

[NaughteeDragon]

I think there ought to be a week long module in high school English classes entitled "Genre is a Lie that is True"

It should use this argument as the prime example and highlight how all genre distinctions are somewhat arbitrary and can always be broken with convenient outliers.

In the end, it's revealed that the actual title was "Genre is a Social Construct" and, oops, we just explained in detail with an engaging example how social constructs are simultaneously real and fake and how to spot when they are being used in a silly way.

That would be brilliant class. Way better than having to read Grapes of Wrath and The Scarlet Letter.

 

[Nightaelf]

Em dashes are basically the written version of someone who keeps interrupting a conversation to say, “Oh, and another thing!” or “You know what’s really important?” They break the rhythm, grab attention, and pretend to add meaning, while actually just killing the flow.

 

[Statius]

That would be brilliant class. Way better than having to read Grapes of Wrath and The Scarlet Letter.

Love both of those books

 

[NaughteeDragon]

Love both of those books

If I went back and re-read them now, I could probably appreciate them a lot more. Asking a 15-16 year old to appreciate the nuance of those stories is asinine.

 

[Statius]

If I went back and re-read them now, I could probably appreciate them a lot more. Asking a 15-16 year old to appreciate the nuance of those stories is asinine.

Probably. But confession I loved Scarlet Letter first time I read it in HS. But yeah I get why most don't

 

[StillStunned]

Em dashes are basically the written version of someone who keeps interrupting a conversation to say, “Oh, and another thing!” or “You know what’s really important?” They break the rhythm, grab attention, and pretend to add meaning, while actually just killing the flow.

Like all tools, sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. The trick is to understand when and how.

 

[crookedletter]

Semicolons are underrated.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Birds are overrated. Especially ducks.

 

[Statius]

Birds are overrated. Especially ducks.

 

[TheLobster]

Semicolons are underrated.

Colons are overrated: they tend to be full of shit.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Birds are overrated. Especially ducks.

Birds aren't real.