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Quality Contributions Report for September 2024

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These are mostly chronologically ordered, but I have in some cases tried to cluster comments by topic so if there is something you are looking for (or trying to avoid), this might be helpful.


Quality Contributions in the Main Subreddit

@naraburns:

@Highpopalorum:

@2D3D:

Contributions for the week of September 2, 2024

@Dean:

@faceh:

@KolmogorovComplicity:

@ControlsFreak:

@RenOS:

Special Issue: Babies Everywhere!

@Hoffmeister25:

@ProfQuirrell:

@Tractatus:

@doglatine:

@urquan:

@satirizedoor:

Contributions for the week of September 9, 2024

@CrispyFriedBarnacles:

@FiveHourMarathon:

@ControlsFreak:

@gorge:

@Rov_Scam:

Contributions for the week of September 16, 2024

@Dean:

@naraburns:

@100ProofTollBooth:

@Walterodim:

@CrispyFriedBarnacles:

@MaiqTheTrue:

On An Ideology With No Name

@MadMonzer:

@Hoffmeister25:

@FCfromSSC:

@Supah_Schmendrick:

Contributions for the week of September 23, 2024

@teleoplexy:

@wemptronics:

@FiveHourMarathon:

@Hoffmeister25:

@LotsRegret:

You're a Villain All Right

@Baila:

@DirtyWaterHotDog:

@faceh:

Contributions for the week of September 30, 2024

@self_made_human:

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I’ve had secular, male, young people(so what we should naively expect to be the most pro-casual sex demographic) say unprompted ‘you shouldn’t treat women that way’ ‘promiscuity is wrong’ ‘if you want that, visit a whore. Otherwise commit to her’ ‘he’s not a good guy, he’s promiscuous’ etc etc. These men were not waiting for marriage and didn’t think women should either.

There are certainly filter bubbles where openly criticizing casual sex is verboten, but I’m unconvinced they’re the majority. Certainly my coworkers mostly think that one night stands are doing wrong, and based on observed behavior they’re more likely to have kids out of wedlock than go to church regularly.

These are examples of men getting criticized for their promiscuity though. This is a rather important distinction.

You can totally criticize women for promiscuity in a ‘stop making bad decisions’ way. It’s not against the rules. You can even say sex without commitment is morally wrong.

The difference is that using rude words remains rude(and no, playboy is not a rude word).