Just Keep Your Hands Where I Can See Them
Meanwhile, in academia – specifically, the University of Southern California – it’s “Sex Week,” and so:
“Exploring Sensuality and Herbalism,” slated for Tuesday, will be a “virtual evening of plant-play and exploring pleasure, sensuality, and herbalism.”
If you feel an urge to make your own body oil, or herbal tea, or erotic pottery, or should you be in urgent need of a “sexuality doula” and a workshop on “pleasure and identities,” hosted by Ev’yan Whitney, an apparently famed “facilitator and sensualist”… well, your diaries should be updated.
But if anyone here starts fumbling in their pockets longer than is strictly necessary, I’m fetching the hose.
Also, open thread. Share ye links and bicker.
plant-play
*raises hand*
*raises hand*
Now seems a good time to share a link to this.
a workshop on “pleasure and identities,” hosted by Ev’yan Whitney, an apparently famed “facilitator and sensualist”
‘Nathan Barley’ was not a how-to guide.
It occurs to me that some of you may now be googling erotic pottery.
[ Peers over spectacles. ]
plant play
The Coming of the Vegan Dildo
and associated band name, The Vegan Dildoes
[ Quietly googles ‘erotic pottery’. ]
[ Quietly googles ‘erotic pottery’. ]
It was big in Peru, I believe. Compared to efforts from antiquity, modern offerings can seem a tad flaccid.
…a “sexuality doula”…
That is a “Sexuality Doula®” to you, uneducated bigot.
I don’t know, but I think this guy was the first.
What is a Sexuality Doula®?
The current meaning is trained support person for women giving birth, but “doula” sounds more mysterious and exotic, and thus appeals to the gullible and silly.
Amusingly, the word is taken from the Greek δούλα (doúla, “servant-woman”), which derives from the Ancient Greek δούλη (doúlē, “female slave”). So a Sexuality Doula would be a concubine. 😀
So a Sexuality Doula* would be a concubine.
Possibly a graduate of the Velvet Jones School of Technology and it is pretty much summed up here
*(Sexuality Doula®, educate yourself, do better)
The air is full of carbs, apparently.
The air is full of carbs, apparently.
Only on the planet Potato.
The air is full of carbs, apparently.
That explains all the fat Chinese, I guess.
Only on the planet Potato.
At risk of being indelicate, a factor in getting fat, and staying fat, is being the kind of person who wants to believe that the air is making them fat, rather than, as seems more likely, their own unhappy personal habits.
Speaking of people who want to believe nonsense, today we learn about tampons and “Barbie pouches”.
The air is full of carbs, apparently.
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Because nothing says “sexy” like an official week of events organised by a university. Phwoooar, eh?
“associated band name, The Vegan Dildoes”
Pioneers of accoustic punk. It’s the pan-pipes that really sell it.
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Ladies, if you’d like to drop a dress size, watch out for that fat air.
Before the interwebs, we could pretend that the people around us were normal. Now we get a front row seat at crazy. I would frankly rather not know. I have to be careful to not hurt myself rolling my eyes so hard.
University sex event: At Northwestern U in Evanston a few years ago in the evening they had an actual demonstration of how to use a dildo. Naked woman and everything. But if you make a dirty joke or look at a woman’s butt you can be reported for “assault”. FFS make up your minds.
Because nothing says “sexy” like an official week of events organised by a university. Phwoooar, eh?
For students, even prim ones, it may be a little lacking in erotic charge, but I suspect it’ll be organised and hosted by one or two misfit saddos who’ll somehow find it titillating.
today we learn about tampons and “Barbie pouches”.
What the hell is wrong with that guy? The too wide smile and the maniacal eyes – I can’t even watch the video with sound off.
He’s been featured here before – think he was a featured speaker at a Forbes women in business conference or something. Photo from the business conference has him posing wearing a midriff-baring top like he was at some Hollywood bash. Completely unserious person being fawned over by corporate America. Being just a white gay guy in modern times just doesn’t come with the kind of cachet it used to – gotta kick it up a notch with “girlhood” cosplay and Barbie pouches.
Part of me half wonders if Mr. Barbie Pouch, Mr. Rubber Boobs, and that tall guy who grew his hair out a little and wins all those women’s swim meets are really just taking the piss, seeing how utterly ridiculous they can be and still get the world to kiss their ass.
And now I just realized I don’t actually know what the American equivalent expression is for “taking the piss”. Having us on? Or is that British too?
There’s always an excuse:
Heh. I hadn’t seen that one.
Remember Mrs. Pumphrey and her dog Tricki Woo in All Creatures Great and Small, and how she would overfeed him until he became morbidly obese?
Because nothing says “sexy” like an official week of events organised by a university.
Nothing says “sexy” like the event being held in the Reparations Club , concept bookstore and creative space and home of much
angry leftistinsightful literature.Academia.
I do not think that word means what they think it means.
Not any longer, at least.
If you see photos or video of people 100 yrs ago, no one was fat. Why? They walked everywhere, food was expensive, and most jobs were manual labor. Women had 4 kids and no labor saving devices. No one had a pantry full of snacks. Sorry, but it is that simple. And fat certainly is not due to “oppression”.
There were fat people back then, but far fewer. And the obese tended to be the middle-aged, not youths.
And fat certainly is not due to “oppression”.
[ Glares. ]
Every day at school the Carb Cartel thugs would hold me down and force me to eat a big bowl of pasta. Do not deny my Lived Experience!
Do you recall Herriot’s solution? It would be beyond amusing to see some of the *ahem* ‘plus sized’ treated in a similar fashion.
Do you recall Herriot’s solution?
Do you mean taking the dog away from her for several weeks and putting it on a very strict diet?
Phat air, huh ? Darned climate change.
Now all the pink and blue plumage womyns will be to phat to waddle away from the coast before the sea levels rise 33mm and inundate their cankles.
Pity the surface cetaceans !
The bonfire of the manatees!
The bonfire of the manatees!
Now that DID make me laugh: thank you, needed that!
Great book, awful film.
Overthinking…But y’all are a captive audience, so.
Anyone else remember Eric vonDaniken? Author of “Worlds in Collision”? He “theorized” that the biblical ” mana from heaven” was dense hydrocarbon smog left in earth’s atmosphere by a close encounter with the planet Venus. He gets away with this by (among other idiocies too numerous to recite) by slipping from “hydrocarbons” to “carbohydrates” in the space of two short paragraphs.
So. Having encountered Beijing smog, I could almost believe this.
But since I can’t be bothered to read the article, doesn’t it simply assert that smog is a deterrent to outdoor exercise? Is The smog somehow targeting women?
He gets away with this by (among other idiocies too numerous to recite) by slipping from “hydrocarbons” to “carbohydrates” in the space of two short paragraphs.
I remember that. Hilarious mistake.
But Worlds in Collision was written by Immanuel Velikovsky. Erich Von Daniken was a fraudster selling obvious BS for all the $$ he could get, while Velikovsky was just a crank who did not understand the scientific fields he wrote about–and was far too creative in how he interpreted historical/archaeological evidence. It’s kind of sad, because his starting conceit, that some myths and legends might contain references to actual events was not crazy. Where he went wrong was, I think, due to two linked faults: His ignorance of the physical sciences and his huge ego.
The bonfire of the manatees!
Moby Derp.
The bonfire of the manatees
I believe that’s among the best quips I’ve ever seen from this commentariat. Bravo.
Since it’s an open thread, a bit of spleen venting doesn’t seem out of place. As a Millennial with a mere three-and-change decades upon this wee spinny mote, perhaps my perspective on the matters often discussed here differs from most of you, who I believe are mostly somewhat older. My social (media) milieu is different, for instance.
I’m on a number of Discord servers devoted to various topics, such as military history, science fiction, role-playing games, etc. Some of them I’ve been on for upwards of five years now, and have many long-running acquaintances, even people I wouldn’t hesitate to call friends, as much as you can be friends with someone you know only through an electronic medium.
It’s been disconcerting to see the number of people over the last few years who have suddenly gone trans. These are mostly nerdy guys who work in technical fields. Their username switches to something feminine; if an actual name, always a stripper-name and never something like “Jess” or “Alice.” Sometimes a female mythological being or even some slightly naughty reference. The pronouns go into the bio, or sometimes just a reference to being a “t-girl” or “trans-woman,” often along with the trans-flag.
They form little support groups egging each other on, deeper into the “identity.” Sometimes one will complain about having a bad day or thinking they’re ugly or masculine and the others will all pile on to tell them they’re beautiful and talk about how important it is to keep their eyes tightly shut whenever these occasional sunbeams of reality pass over their face.
Thankfully this tendency has so far only affected the outer circle of “acquaintances,” not penetrating into the people I consider more than that. I’m not sure what I would say to the person if it did. Even as it is, it’s hard sometime to hold in the mirror image of “the blurting.” To keep from saying, “you’re not ‘Giselle!’ You’re a middle-aged sysadmin at a high school!”
Moby Derp
A land whale sighting.
A serious journalist offers Deep Thoughts: This Is CNN.
It’s been disconcerting to see the number of people over the last few years who have suddenly gone trans. These are mostly nerdy guys who work in technical fields.
Nerd personalities more susceptible to sexual dysfunction? More susceptible to some forms of mass hysteria? I have noticed that in spite of science fiction nerds’ belief that they are more rational and independent-minded than the general populace, they do seem to follow all sorts of fads.
The diet wasn’t strict, though not rich either. Tricki Woo got tossed among the dogs living at the practice and, between having to scramble for his food & running with the rest of the dogs, the weight came off.
Tricki Woo got tossed among the dogs living at the practice…
Yes, that’s the incident I was trying to remember.
Do you remember how, in spite of everything the vet told Mrs Pumphrey, she kept delivering special “fortifying” treats during Tricki’s incarceration? Lest Tricki “waste awsay”? Almost as luxurious as the gifts she sent to the vets themselves.
Yes. As I recall most of the ‘fortification’ was enjoyed by the vets.
Having re-read the series a month or two ago I may have a slight advantage.
It still charms.
A serious journalist offers Deep Thoughts: This Is CNN.
Amazing what you can do with straw, mud and buffalo shit. Sounds like the future we deserve.
Amazing what you can do with straw, mud and buffalo shit.
“But, Mrs. Presky, but it’s really great shit”.
And now I just realized I don’t actually know what the American equivalent expression is for “taking the piss”
I fear we’re stuck with the rather mundane, “pulling your leg”. At least that was what my mother used to say. Though if you think of it as your third leg…never mind…
Aaand now Steve E has jumped four plus hours into the future. What does that feel like? Do you get all tingly or the other thing?
Firesign Theater was apparently influenced by the Goon Show. So, on that note (and for no other reason than your C&C quote reminded me of it, ‘cos it’s totally irrelevant to the thread), I give you this, from Wings Over Dagenham:
What does that feel like?
I feel a little like Wilfred Brimley in Cocoon. Though I still look like shit.
Nerd personalities more susceptible to sexual dysfunction? More susceptible to some forms of mass hysteria?
People with oversensitive amygdala tend to drift into technical fields because baseline competence can be gained with perseverance and focus rather than talent, and because machines are more predictable and controllable than people. Also more predictable and controllable than people: fantasy milieux.
It is always, always, always a dysfunctional coping mechanism. The social contagion effect means it’s no longer always, always, always about childhood sexual abuse.
It’s a pity that Netflix’s Snowflake Mountain isn’t real, because it has an interesting prize structure and is a good idea: there are far too many young people, men and women, who need to be put in a moderately taxing and stressful environment for a while until they realize they can survive moderate levels of physical and mental stress, and calibrate their priorities appropriately.
I’m on a number of Discord servers
Oh, look. IRC. I’ve never understood the popularity of Discord for subjects where people routinely write essay length opinion pieces that are often referred to years later.
“you’re not ‘Giselle!’ You’re a middle-aged sysadmin at a high school!”
I’d bet money none of these people are doing this in their daily lives. The Discord channels are, ahem, more predictable and controllable than people.
Mr. Rubber Boobs […] are really just taking the piss
I did a bit of digging. He is. He’s had a number of run-ins with the HDSB over the last couple of years of trans indoctrination and he’s engaging in a little Alinsky# 4: make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.
Firesign Theater was apparently influenced by the Goon Show.
Apparently so…
Wakanda as a model for the future: did the author notice that Wakanda has an impenetrable wall around it and does not try to help other countries in Africa?
People with oversensitive amygdala tend to drift into technical fields because baseline competence can be gained with perseverance and focus rather than talent, and because machines are more predictable and controllable than people. Also more predictable and controllable than people: fantasy milieux.
Ooh, this. Though I put that somewhat in the context of the memorization vs. logical thinking axis. The biological sciences seem to have a similar issue.
I see Steve E. is now back from the future, whatever the hell that might mean. Literally.
I wanted to say to Steven Hawking, if time travel were possible, someone from the future would have come back here by now and told us how to do it.
Then too, if time travel were possible, “by now” would be a meaningless phrase.
‘Bye now.
[gasp] what have I done!?
Where, I mean when, am I?!
if time travel were possible, someone from the future would have come back here by now and told us how to do it
Well, that’s what the time cops are for, isn’t it?
There’s a very old Dark Horse Terminator vs. Alien mini-series in which it is revealed that in the Alien timeline, Kyle Reese is a distant ancestor of Corporal Hicks.
“But, Mrs. Presky, but it’s really great shit”.
LOL I had completely forgot about Firesign Theatre. I think Dr. Demento was where I first heard them.
For me, the classic “shit” skit was Cheech and Chong:
I paraphrase from memory.
I feel a little like Wilfred Brimley in Cocoon
That’s probably better than feeling like Wilfred Brimley in The Thing.
Where, I mean when, am I?!
We’re going to need a whole new set of tenses to deal with this.
“if time travel were possible, someone from the future would have come back here by now and told us how to do it”–I think anyone from that future would avoid our time like the plague (heh)
Excuse me sir. Kindly put your “doula” back in your pants.
LOL.
Nitpick: “doula” is feminine. The masculine form (if it existed) would, I think, be “doule”. (Not that you should trust my Greek.)
pst314: I think it would actually be doulos (of which an earlier form, something like doeros, appears in the Linear B tablets from Knossos, with the meaning “slave”).
Alex: Thanks.
in the Alien timeline, Kyle Reese is a distant ancestor of Corporal Hicks.
Interesting. Because if you look at both characters, they really look quite similar.
I thought the PRE tags worked….
“Exploring Sensuality and Herbalism,” slated for Tuesday, will be a “virtual evening of plant-play and exploring pleasure, sensuality, and herbalism.”
Let’s see