redbucket75

redbucket75 t1_jdyt2iq wrote

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redbucket75 t1_jbhwfnu wrote

I didn't even know people without little kids went to party supply stores. Also, to build a birdhouse one usually goes to a hardware store, not a craft store where a tiny piece of wood is $11.99

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redbucket75 t1_jbc4jo3 wrote

I have one of these exact desks. I regret paying retail because I honestly just don't use the stand function like I thought I would (I just get up and move while not working lol). But it works fine and for that price I would feel no regret.

Go for it

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redbucket75 t1_j7s4o28 wrote

It's just semantics, the difference between a rule and a boundary.

In a relationship I think of crossing someone's person boundaries as how you act towards/with them ("I don't like public affection", "I won't accept you telling me what to wear", etc.)

A rule to me, in a relationship, is behavioral limits one partner puts on another outside of how they are directly treated by their partner. Monogamy is a common rule. No porn, no Netflix cheating, no talking shit about their partner to friends, whatever.

But if you are using a working definition of boundaries that includes rules that's fine. It's not a big deal, and I probably shouldn't have bothered bringing it up.

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redbucket75 t1_j7o6puh wrote

It's your relationship, you get to decide together what it looks like.

But you looking at arousing media isn't a "boundary" of hers. Boundaries are behaviors that involve her and make her uncomfortable. This is just a rule she has for you regarding your behavior generally while in a relationship with her. If you're ok with that, cool. If not, talk to her about it.

Relationships have lots of rules. I think this one is stupid but it's not my relationship.

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redbucket75 t1_j6n149q wrote

There's a group of people, men and women, who take this beyond kink and consciously try to "correct" women's behavior with corporal punishment. My guess is the girlfriend is into spanking and stumbled into this culture online, and seeing it as a way to fulfill her kink suggested it to her boyfriend. But that's a (fucked up) lifestyle that isn't just about sex, it's about treating women like abused children. I can see an appeal, it excuses her from any responsibility since it assumes she cannot make decisions without 'training', but she's probably struggling with the whole concept. Hopefully they can work together to figure out how to meet her kink desires separately from the work she needs to do to live a responsible adult life.

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redbucket75 t1_j6lfxjb wrote

Time to sit down, well she can stand, and have that conversation about limits and safe words. This wasn't any issue of consent, just a bad sexual experience, and you'll both get through it if you want to stay together.

You should also talk about safe ways to initiate punishment sessions. Burning down the house or making actual poor life choices doesn't get sexy spanking, it gets boring discussions about grown up decision making.

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redbucket75 t1_j63lhti wrote

I took a gander and it doesn't seem to be an issue any more. It's been many years since I checked it out, at the time I did it was full of "how to let the AI know you're on its side" stuff that was just scamming donations. Folks were preoccupied with Roko's basilisk, an idea that had started there long before I'd heard of the community.

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redbucket75 t1_j625xma wrote

I wouldn't rule it out immediately. Depends on the scenario.

A farming community of linked minds finding joy and even euphoria in shared mental experiences (vaguely remember a Star Trek episode like this)... No thanks, I fully support others following that path if they like but I'm not interested.

If it somehow also meant living considerably longer (brains in jars living in a stimulated world) then yeah, at some age I'm sure I would.

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redbucket75 t1_j4gb9my wrote

If you didn't drink enough to black out, and you blacked out for hours and there's an unknown dude's clothes in your home, you may have been the victim of a spiked drink. Which would not be your fault in any way. Talk to your friends about what happened during the rest of the night first, and if this seems plausible you may wish to seek further support and consider reporting it to authorities.

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