* Why I think it's moronic to force a kid to eat "just a taste" of food zie doesn't wanna eat. (Decided to kill the thread -- my blood pressure didn't need it.)
* Why it's not an insult to be called (or asked if you are) a transperson. (Defused by giving personal testimonial of a time I was called trans in a newspaper article and was amused/flattered.)
* Why it does not follow that having more partners means (a) cancelling out the flaws of your existing partner(s); or (b) having inherently more jealousy to deal with (because monogamous people can just assume there's no one else. Yeah, right.) (Tried the broken-record approach, with a modicum of success.)
* Why it's not an insult to be called (or asked if you are) a transperson. (Defused by giving personal testimonial of a time I was called trans in a newspaper article and was amused/flattered.)
* Why it does not follow that having more partners means (a) cancelling out the flaws of your existing partner(s); or (b) having inherently more jealousy to deal with (because monogamous people can just assume there's no one else. Yeah, right.) (Tried the broken-record approach, with a modicum of success.)