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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby rangerone314 » Thu 05 Mar 2009, 16:54:09

I wouldn't mind having another wife or two...
An ideology is by definition not a search for TRUTH-but a search for PROOF that its point of view is right

Equals barter and negotiate-people with power just take

You cant defend freedom by eliminating it-unknown

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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby Pops » Thu 05 Mar 2009, 18:10:35

Jeeze, this is like watching Nero tapping out theories while his palace burns.

You people crack me up.
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby rattleshirt » Thu 05 Mar 2009, 18:17:05

Pops- +1
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby rangerone314 » Fri 06 Mar 2009, 14:48:09

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'J')eeze, this is like watching Nero tapping out theories while his palace burns.

You people crack me up.


I'm still building my palace!
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Fri 06 Mar 2009, 15:57:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', '
')Come on guys it's a nice fantasy but it doesn't really work for modern people. Unless you are an Alpha Male.
The 80% betas outnumber the alphas and henchmen. They gang up and eat them. Then they form a religion of guilt and redemption.
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby anador » Fri 06 Mar 2009, 17:31:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', '
')Come on guys it's a nice fantasy but it doesn't really work for modern people. Unless you are an Alpha Male.
The 80% betas outnumber the alphas and henchmen. They gang up and eat them. Then they form a religion of guilt and redemption.


I think you might win.
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby DomusAlbion » Fri 06 Mar 2009, 17:43:07

I prefer polyarmory. Many different and varied guns. Then I can take your women. :-D
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Fri 06 Mar 2009, 19:25:24

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('anador', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', '
')Come on guys it's a nice fantasy but it doesn't really work for modern people. Unless you are an Alpha Male.
The 80% betas outnumber the alphas and henchmen. They gang up and eat them. Then they form a religion of guilt and redemption.


I think you might win.
What, eating the alphas or forming the new religion? My post was, of course, a reference to Freud's book Moses and Monotheism. But seriously, dealing with these issues that SeaGypsy raised is a longstanding problem.
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby anador » Fri 06 Mar 2009, 19:51:06

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('anador', '
')
I think you might win.
What, eating the alphas or forming the new religion? My post was, of course, a reference to Freud's book Moses and Monotheism. But seriously, dealing with these issues that SeaGypsy raised is a longstanding problem.


No, I just meant that your statement was funny, i didn't get the reference, I thought it was a perfect response.
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby PenultimateManStanding » Fri 06 Mar 2009, 20:14:58

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('anador', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('anador', '
')
I think you might win.
What, eating the alphas or forming the new religion? My post was, of course, a reference to Freud's book Moses and Monotheism. But seriously, dealing with these issues that SeaGypsy raised is a longstanding problem.


No, I just meant that your statement was funny, i didn't get the reference, I thought it was a perfect response.
Oh, I can't help it, it's in my nature: "raising a longstanding problem." 8)
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby papalegba » Mon 09 Mar 2009, 12:45:52

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'I') wouldn't mind having another wife or two...


Ha! I once lived for a couple of months with a family in a small Indonesian village where the man of the house had three wives - they were Moslems. After living there awhile my Indonesian got to the point where I could carry on a limited conversation, and one day I said to him, 'Hey, it must be great having three wives!' He looked at me and laughed, and basically said, 'Sure, but it's not all it's cracked up to be!' Three times as many dependents to support, they tend to bicker among one another, and if you think being nagged by one wife is bad, try three!

I could see his point.
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby rangerone314 » Mon 09 Mar 2009, 13:00:05

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('papalegba', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'I') wouldn't mind having another wife or two...
Ha! I once lived for a couple of months with a family in a small Indonesian village where the man of the house had three wives - they were Moslems. --snip-- Three times as many dependents to support, they tend to bicker among one another, and if you think being nagged by one wife is bad, try three!I could see his point.
Choose a wife(wives) like mine who doesn't nag.
An ideology is by definition not a search for TRUTH-but a search for PROOF that its point of view is right

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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby Narz » Mon 09 Mar 2009, 13:33:12

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'C')ool
:lol: I bet you think you're an alpha don't you?$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'C')ome on guys it's a nice fantasy but it doesn't really work for modern people. Unless you are an Alpha Male.
The 80% betas outnumber the alphas and henchmen. They gang up and eat them. Then they form a religion of guilt and redemption.
Haha, sounds familiar.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'M')onogamy isn't especially the norm among Homo sapiens. Polygyny is more common, polyandry less so.
Maybe in the past. Not anymore. Agricultural humans are generally monogamous. I can't really imagine modern women (especially American women) reverting back to polyamory, my GF wants to wring my neck just for the fact that I even still e-mail my ex from time to time even though she's got a new boyfriend (a real douchebag unfortunately) who wants to marry her.
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby Narz » Mon 09 Mar 2009, 13:34:53

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', '
')Choose a wife(wives) like mine who doesn't nag.

You wouldn't happen to also have a unicorn would you? :wink:
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby WildRose » Mon 09 Mar 2009, 13:45:29

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Narz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'C')hoose a wife(wives) like mine who doesn't nag.
You wouldn't happen to also have a unicorn would you? :wink:
Or a saint? :P
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby papalegba » Mon 09 Mar 2009, 15:09:42

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'C')hoose a wife(wives) like mine who doesn't nag.
Ha! Mine doesn't either (mostly!), but I don't know if that would still be true if I invited in a couple more!
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby Sixstrings » Mon 09 Mar 2009, 21:01:35

I dunno, isn't oil required for group activities?
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby LoneWolf79 » Mon 09 Mar 2009, 21:06:52

the crude kind? :P
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby Pretorian » Mon 09 Mar 2009, 21:13:13

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Narz', 'M')aybe in the past. Not anymore. Agricultural humans are generally monogamous. I can't really imagine modern women (especially American women) reverting back to polyamory, my GF wants to wring my neck just for the fact that I even still e-mail my ex from time to time even though she's got a new boyfriend (a real douchebag unfortunately) who wants to marry her.


there are no monogamous mammals. Not one.
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Re: Polyamory as a post-Peak communal way of living

Unread postby Narz » Tue 10 Mar 2009, 16:39:26

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 't')here are no monogamous mammals. Not one.

Except 90% of birds that pair up for life.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to defend monogamy by any means, if any of you fancy yourselves to have a wicked, irrefutable argument I invite you to take it up with my girlfriend. :lol:
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