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@kitten_beloved @webdevMason Good post.

@webdevMason The rub here is that some people feel a duty to meet their partner halfway, and some people get angry at the suggestion that such a duty could possibly exist (On both sides of the high/low libido divide)

My humble contribution to the discourse this morning is that there is a significant libido gap in most heterosexual couples at some point, neither party is bad because of how horny they are and as long as everybody is making a genuine effort out of love it's usually fine

@HistoryBoomer As background, the most famous survey finding that conservatives understand liberal positions better than vice versa, was Jon Haidt’s circa 2009. This was before the political realignment on education that started around 2014. And recent research hasn’t replicated those findings.

Twitter conservative: Democrats have no theory of mind for conservatives. They turn us all into stupid caricatures. Also Twitter conservative: Democrats are all communists who hate America and want to bring in 100 million illegal immigrants and impose Sharia law!

@HistoryBoomer Relationship discourse is unfortunately dominated by people who seem to have generalized anger at the opposite gender.

@HistoryBoomer Will might be worse, but the OP was a performative jerk to the people who disagreed with her—in a tone that probably can fairly be described as misandrist.

Days of discourse on sex and marriage! It's not difficult people! Generally, sex is good in relationships! Holding hands, cuddling, and other intimacies are good in relationships! Couples are different and each needs to work this out in their own way. Will Chamberalin is a jerk.

@Jafar874 @lonecrim @skdh journalofcontroversialideas.org/download/artic…

@lonecrim @skdh Can you share the paper? I need to see the evidence that support the claim.

Women hold advantages over men on most faculty hiring dimensions--and plenty of the published research indicates as much. However, the narrative of sexist higher ed persists. Wondering how many other popular ideas refuse to surrender to the facts.

@etubruton This is a reasonable take, but average difference between the sexes are so great that there would be few marriages if matched libidos were a prerequisite.

my (~unique) enlightened centrist™ take on this discourse: 1) it is just not ideal for relationships to have mismatched libidos like this. sex should not be viewed as something either partner rewards the other with. it should be a mutual need that is being met, and mismatched libidos make that lens very difficult. 2) with that said, I think a *significant* amount of mismatched libido cases are because men don't know and/or care how to give women orgasms. the statistics on "do you regularly have orgasms when having sex with your spouse" between married men and women are absolutely appalling. men wouldn't like sex much either if they never came, and I think men have absolutely zero room to complain about their sex lives if they aren't giving their wives' orgasms regularly. 3) to defend men just a little bit, I think that many things around this discourse that get labeled as specifically male behavior are actually just high libido behavior, and that just usually (but not always) ends up being the man in most hetero relationships. my wife is very high libido and literally ~every criticism of men that I've seen in the discussions around this topic would apply to her. she would be legitimately *pissed* if I initiated a makeout session right before bed and then just said "okay, goodnight I love you".

@aaron061116 @danielbiblenerd Yes, men should make a real effort. But you may be unaware of how much libido declines with age. Sometimes people just lose interest naturally, and it's nobody's fault, and no amount of effort can realistically change that.

@danielbiblenerd Just work harder if it gets difficult. Don’t use your wife to get off just because you aren’t interested in trying harder. That’s pathetic.

You could be putting you wife through the mattress and making her brain turn off from never ending orgasms, but instead you’re using her like a fleshlight while she counts ceiling fan blades and dissasociates.

@sonofasven @CrazyFenaker @BeshearStan Did you even bother to look at my posts before concluding I’m on team Riley?? Going to mute you now for lacking the courage of your convictions.

@DeDurkheim @CrazyFenaker @BeshearStan Lia Thomas has been quiet as a church mouse compared to Riley’s crusading grift tour since that swim competition. Seems like the highest profile person should get the most criticism / scrutiny, no? You probably disagree because Riley is on your team.

Nancy Mace 🤝 Riley Gaines Conservative woman who placed 5th

@davidpdeavel @BillKristol Sarah and others with the Bulwark *savaged* Biden for pardoning his son. You, by contrast, mocked those who were concerned that Trump would pardon January 6 criminals.

@BillKristol You and the Bulwark are just leftists now. Stop trying to fool yourself.

"Longwell started the Bulwark in 2018 for Never Trumpers like herself. It has since morphed into a popular, straight-shooting opinion news site...More than one million people have signed up for its newsletters; it has more than 140,000 paid subscribers." wsj.com/business/media…

@BillKristol The Bulwark is excellent,

This is one of the most depressing trends in Democratic Party politics. How can we credibly make the case to govern if 2/3 of our party don’t take pride in the country they want to lead?

Generation Z has the lowest levels of interpersonal trust of any generation we've ever polled. And although the data is time limited, the velocity of their decline in trust already far exceeds any previous generation.

@sonofasven @CrazyFenaker @BeshearStan I mean nobody is stopping you guys from going on BlueSky and declaring that Thomas reminds you of a boat anchor. Let us know how it goes.

@DeDurkheim @CrazyFenaker @BeshearStan Who ever accused Lia Thomas of being a great swimmer?

We asked people about happens when they die. Of course, religious folks were more likely to say things like: I will go to a place of peace I will reunite with loved ones. But on the statement, "I fear what happens after I die" The responses were exactly the same.

Browsing some data on this, it appears that young Republicans are driving a lot of the turn toward cultural conservatism, but I need to dig a little deeper. I might do a thread on it at some point.

@Daniel80659351 @ahmed__ycn I knew a left-wing couple in college who were planning a cross-country road trip after graduation. They decided to drive through Liberal just because of the town's name.

@ahmed__ycn Lawrence is a bit exceptional, but the even lesser known exceptions in Kansas are out in the rural cow towns.

Wallah these guys im seeing changed my whole view on kansas bro

Good news first: 75% of Americans agree empathy is a moral good. The complicated news: 55% also agree that truth is more important than empathy. These two views coexist until Christian nationalism enters the picture.

@CrazyFenaker @BeshearStan Among the problems with these insults is that they logically apply equally to the trans woman who tied her.

@BeshearStan Riley Gaines is so slow in the water that the US Navy seriously considered using her as a boat anchor.

This alleged @bariweiss quote made me want to collect data: 1) 44% of Reps and 67% of Dems voters watched 60 minutes prior to Bari’s entrance 2) 21% thought it had a Dem bias, 33% no bias 3) Voters oppose efforts to make 60 minutes less biased 38 to 29 nytimes.com/2026/06/07/mag…