Omg! Lol!

River

River

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It's even funnier on the second and third viewing! LOL
 
Haha! This was great!
 
The curious thing is ... I'm not entirely sure if it was meant to be funny or serious. It's difficult to imagine that thing being serious, 'cause it's so f'ing funny! On the other hand, the guy sounds weirdly serious! :confused:
 
I think it's funny that they equate polyamory to being interested in orgies. I guess I've been doing it wrong all this time. The cartoon is way more entertaining than the corresponding article, which I think someone posted here a while ago, but it could have been on a different poly board.
 
Hannahfluke said:
I think it's funny that they equate polyamory to being interested in orgies.
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Indeed. Whoever wrote that apparently thinks polyamory is all about sex (Unless it was a spoof of some sort). If it's not meant to be funny, a parody, then the guy surely didn't do any research on the topic before spouting off about it.
 
Actually I think the video has some points. I'm pretty sure it's serious. It pictures the difficulty of dating multiple partners rather well. I mean yes, they think poly is just about enhancing your sex life, but since that is a huge motivation for a lot of polycurious newbies, they've certainly got audience to speak to.

Btw. I've listened to some more of those 'school of life' videos, and my feeling is, a lot of them suffer a similar bug. They take some pretty advanced idea, they often do in-debth historical and philosophical research, they convey interesting thoughts I didn't know about ... and then they totally blow it for me by jumping to some ethically biased conclusion. It's not uninteresting, but I'm picky about what to take from them.
 
I saw many examples of rather silly assumptions about people and relationships, which is why I found it quite funny. Most of all, it assumed that we're all pretty emotionally (etc.) immature. So I do suppose the video applies to immature people as sound advice. If we're not mature enough to handle poly, prolly aught not to mess around with it. It's not for children in grown up bodies.
 
River said:
Most of all, it assumed that we're all pretty emotionally (etc.) immature.
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That's a good way of putting it.
Yes, actually, I think that they assume a maturity of a smart teen in their audience - which does not offend me at all, because a lot of people (dare I say most people) don't get past that on a lot of topics. On this board, we've studied relationships in depth - but I'm sure I've got other areas of my life where I'm totally at this level.
 
Polyamory certainly can have problems, and isn't right for everyone. But the video goes too far, prophecying doom for almost every polyamorist.
 
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