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Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003


i was hoping it would be that video and it was

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Doctor J Off
Dec 28, 2005

There Is
Does anyone remember filling out xeroxed worksheet diagrams of cross sections of the reproductive organs to label the glans, fallopian tubes, urethra, etc? It seemed to make sense in the context of the classroom at the time, but looking back it seems bizarrely funny.

Bruceski
Aug 21, 2007

The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

SneezeOfTheDecade posted:

AITA for telling a student to rethink their plans post graduation?


This particular story might be bait, but I've personally seen this kind of behavior in too many educators (and from people advising someone who's talking about further education and jobs).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGp1FFQyZ2o

Midnight Voyager
Jul 2, 2008

Lipstick Apathy
They wouldn't teach us meiosis because that's too close to sex.

empty sea
Jul 17, 2011

gonna saddle my seahorse and float out to the sunset
I grew up in TN and got taught sex ed by the swim teacher who obviously hated every second of it. We did have the anatomy worksheets but he didn't really grade them, just pointed at things with a projector. And we had that split the girls and boys up class which still wasn't very informative.

I mainly learned sex ed by going online at 14 during the early internet era and looking at informational websites. Plus whatever porn I could sneak to understand the actual mechanics of it. Reading women friendly erotica was actually very good and helpful looking back since it was very safety plus and emphasized that women had control of their bodies and should feel good during sex.

I'm actually horrified by the idea of pregnancy and would hate having children so I was very much into safe sex.

DemoneeHo
Nov 9, 2017

Come on hee-ho, just give us 300 more macca


DemoneeHo posted:

AITA for not wanting to hide that my moms are gay to my girlfriend’s parents?


Make her watch The Birdcage

Update: AITA for not wanting to hide that my moms are gay to my girlfriend’s parents?

quote:

So we broke up. Yesterday since it had already been days of us not talking. I listened to ur comments and decided to ask how would she feel if I told her only one of her parents could go cause my moms are uncomfortable around heterosexual couples.

She basically laughed and said it’s not the same thing because that’s a “normal couple”. That kinda got me and I asked what’s not normal about my moms. Think that’s when she saw she hosed up with what she said. She said she didn’t mean it like that and just knows it would be awkward and weird because her parents don’t like that.

Then I asked her if she would feel like that too. And she didn’t say anything. We talked for a while and she still wasn’t getting how this would hurt my moms asking them to hide who they are. Then it got to where she admitted it would also be embarrassing for her parents would know I have two moms.

And yeah I wasn’t gonna take that and told her we’re done. Not gonna be w someone who’s embarrassed about my moms or doesn’t want others to know. That was it.

My friends haven’t said anything to me yet but think I’m just gonna block them out cause I don’t wanna deal with their poo poo rn.

I know I said in my comments I was thinking abut asking my moms for advice but since we’re broke up I’m not gonna tell them why. I only told my moms it wasn’t working out with her so we’re done.

They dont need to why cause I don’t want them to feel is their fault and they really liked my girlfriend. This would hurt their feelings knowing she was feeling that way.

Its not my first break up but it still really sucks and I’m feeling sad. It is what it is though. Thanks for everyone’s help and for telling me ur own experiences.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

I got two moms and I ain't ashamed
I got two moms and I love them both the same

But seriously, good on that kid and also how the hell is this still an issue??? Even when I was growing up there was a kid with two moms and the only ribbing he got was that he had two hot moms.

Khizan
Jul 30, 2013


I went to school in Texas and my sex ed class divided the grade up into boys and girls. I don't know what the girls learned, but the boys side of the class didn't cover anything at all about female anatomy or physiology. IIRC, it largely consisted of "Sometimes you'll get a boner, and that's okay and natural. If you put this boner in a girl she'll get pregnant and it will ruin your life and also you might get AIDS, unless you're married in which case it's fine."

Mx.
Dec 16, 2006

I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!


Barudak posted:

I got two moms and I ain't ashamed
I got two moms and I love them both the same

But seriously, good on that kid and also how the hell is this still an issue??? Even when I was growing up there was a kid with two moms and the only ribbing he got was that he had two hot moms.

Microwave... With two mums.....

Ches Neckbeard
Dec 3, 2005

You're all garbage, back up the truck BACK IT UP!

Mx. posted:

Microwave... With two mums.....

Microwaves mom, with microwaves mom at the beach house

Scaevolus
Apr 16, 2007

Sisal Two-Step posted:

lol that baby is going to be neurodivergent as hell.
Old fathers are only at higher risk of having autistic children if it's their first... Likely because dudes that didn't have kids until late are a little atypical themselves.

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

Another goon posted that the divergence thing seems to apply more to couples with large age gaps. Also tbh not the important part of that story given the father is a giant shitbag.

Involuntary Sparkle
Aug 12, 2004

Chemo-kitties can have “accidents” too!

There's a little update for this one, as an edit:

AITA for being upset with my husband for using my bonus on him?


quote:

EDIT/Update: Wow thank you everyone! I was not expecting this kid of support. I appreciate all the kind messages and compassion. This is more than I have ever felt in my life so thank you Reddit! I took the weekend to reflect on what I want and read through the comments and messages. I see your point and that I can’t keep treating this like a marriage if he doesn’t. So here’s to today and my first step towards freedom. I am separating the finances immediately and contacting a local lawyer to see my options and rights. As well as therapy options for him. I will present this to him and he gets to choose. But I refuse to baby an almost 30 year old. If he wants that well he has his mother. Thank you everyone! I will try and update in the future!

And in the comments:

Head’s up if you haven’t read all the comments on his post, but he said that you WANT to be the one who works full-time and does all the housework because that’s how it’s done in your family. So he’s straight up lying and/or thinks that all the working and cleaning is 100% your responsibility.

quote:

I have mentioned that I would like help. And then he claims he understands but then I’ll get an angry mommy saying how dare I make her son a house slave. I have had it with his family and to be honest him. I have started by separating our finances and will be speaking with a lawyer. I realized reading a lot of comments and messages I have have accepted his blame as true. And I need to work on picking my head back up. Thank you for all the helpful advice, words, and compassion! Even the tough love.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

I want whoever said "snoof some pamps" earlier to know I haven't been able to get the loving phrase out of my head.

Danaru
Jun 5, 2012

何 ??

Batterypowered7 posted:

I want whoever said "snoof some pamps" earlier to know I haven't been able to get the loving phrase out of my head.

God dammit now it's back in my head :argh:

Martman
Nov 20, 2006

Batterypowered7 posted:

I want whoever said "snoof some pamps" earlier to know I haven't been able to get the loving phrase out of my head.
Wish I could take credit, but I stole it from an extremely cursed infamous tweet

Google it at your own risk

Ches Neckbeard
Dec 3, 2005

You're all garbage, back up the truck BACK IT UP!

Martman posted:

Wish I could take credit, but I stole it from an extremely cursed infamous tweet

Google it at your own risk

Welp now I want to die even more

Durf
Aug 16, 2017




SneezeOfTheDecade posted:

AITA for telling a student to rethink their plans post graduation?


This particular story might be bait, but I've personally seen this kind of behavior in too many educators (and from people advising someone who's talking about further education and jobs).

real or not I saw the exact same thing happen irl, and this was in art school

specifically our teachers were focused on a very narrow definition of print design, and despite being a very accomplished artist they looked down on him for being into tattoos and pop/punk illustration

dude scraped through the program and internships, then shifted gears, became a tattoo artist and is one of the most successful alumni I can think of.

it's ridiculous in hindsight because even in design the organic/grungy aesthetic is insanely popular. it's like they were training us to only make business cards and annual reports at a Staples or something.

Another Bill
Sep 27, 2018

Born on the bayou
died in a cave
bbq and posting
is all I crave

Literally the only thing I remember about sex ed was the first day, our teacher walked in with a tampon behind her ear.

Someone finally commented on it and she was like, 'if I have a tampon behind my ear, where the heck did I leave my pen' and it got a big laugh.

ChickenDoodle
Oct 22, 2020

Khizan posted:

I went to school in Texas and my sex ed class divided the grade up into boys and girls. I don't know what the girls learned, but the boys side of the class didn't cover anything at all about female anatomy or physiology. IIRC, it largely consisted of "Sometimes you'll get a boner, and that's okay and natural. If you put this boner in a girl she'll get pregnant and it will ruin your life and also you might get AIDS, unless you're married in which case it's fine."

In grade 7 we were shown videos on puberty which while dated at least did a decent job of explaining it. It was co-Ed.

Three years later we were separated by sex. The boys learned about condoms. The girls? We were taught self defense. Bad self defense. Thank gently caress my mom had the presence to give me an age-appropriate science-based book about sex to learn from.

ChickenDoodle fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Mar 16, 2021

perepelki
Dec 11, 2020

know before Whom you stand
i learnt all about sex in sixth grade from tekken yaoi printouts my friend smuggled into class

e: and clan of the cave bear

perepelki fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Mar 16, 2021

A Small Car
Aug 24, 2016


Khizan posted:

I went to school in Texas and my sex ed class divided the grade up into boys and girls. I don't know what the girls learned, but the boys side of the class didn't cover anything at all about female anatomy or physiology. IIRC, it largely consisted of "Sometimes you'll get a boner, and that's okay and natural. If you put this boner in a girl she'll get pregnant and it will ruin your life and also you might get AIDS, unless you're married in which case it's fine."

This is what I got as well. The girls learned whatever they were supposed to learn, and they also learned whatever we were supposed to learn and we got two days of recess. Thanks Texas! It's a good thing I didn't mind googling poo poo, because my dad didn't attempt to talk to me about puberty or any of that until my junior year of high school lol

Barudak
May 7, 2007

My friends sex-ed was his parents giving him some copies of Oui magazine.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Barudak posted:

My friends sex-ed was his parents giving him some copies of Oui magazine.

Was yours some copies of Jacobin instead?

reignonyourparade
Nov 15, 2012
I don't remember a single thing about what we learned in sex ed, but I do remember that for some reason a friend of mine decided that sex ed meant it was the day to bring porn to school?

And also make basically no effort to hide that he'd done so, so he pretty much immediately got caught and I think the teacher was basically as confused as I am thinking back on it.

Cowslips Warren
Oct 29, 2005

What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?

Grimey Drawer
AITA? My dad was annoying me so I ruined his shirt :(

quote:

So my father does this thing where he jabs two fingers into my side when I am least expecting. He loves to do this when I am having a meal and I have my back turned to the entrance of the room. He even started doing this when I was driving. My father and I have our issues, but this has made me feel so scared/nervous when I am around him because I just don't like the feeling of being jabbed and being surprised on top of that! This has been going on for YEARS and every time I yell at him and tell him to STOP. I repeat this every single time and recently, I have been going off on him and yelling at him to STOP!!! But, he just ignores it.

Just a few moments ago, I was having dinner with my back turned. He was approaching me like he normally does, kind of like teasing before he actually strikes. I scoot my chair away from him and look him in the eye and I say "do NOT touch me.". He walks away into the kitchen and walks back. I thought I was safe. No. He jabs me to my surprise and I LOST IT. I usually eat ethnic food with my hands so here I was, my hand covered in curry. I ran after him and just wiped my hand on his shirt. I ruined it :(

I just feel so guilty right now. I feel like I overdid it... Knowing him, he is going to use this moment to guilt trip me for YEARS but... what I did was extreme. so, AITA?

(My mom is on my dad's side. In my house, it is always "Respect your parents". I don't want to get into our messed up fam but ahhhhhhhh *screams* anyway, she thinks I am the AH)

(summary): Dad jabs me when I least expected it. I go crazy. I wipe curry on his shirt. heh.

I vote YTA for not rubbing curry in his eyes.

WTF is with assholes touching people and thinking it's funny/a joke/gently caress lighten up I'm not hurting you!

compshateme85
Jan 28, 2009

Oh you like racoons? Name three of their songs. You dope.
Next time you're eating something that requires a fork, jab him back.

empty sea
Jul 17, 2011

gonna saddle my seahorse and float out to the sunset
Too bad she wasn't using a fork or knife. Could've used that to jab him instead.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Batterypowered7 posted:

Was yours some copies of Jacobin instead?

I've told this story before, I think even in this thread.

One saturday morning my dad woke me up early, like 6am and excitedly told me "Surprise, we're going to the theme park today!" So i get up super excited get dressed and hop in the car. As we start driving I begin to notice we're not going to the highway and then my dad locks all the car doors and disables unlock. For the next three hours while my dad drives in circles he lectures me on the mechanics and details of sexual intercourse, puberty, pornography, human biology, homsexuality and trans people, enthusiastic consent, contraception, and various religions and moralities interpretation of sex until he is sure I've internalized everything he wanted to teach me.

We did not go to the theme park.

Batterypowered7
Aug 8, 2009

The mist that chills you keeps me warm.

Barudak posted:

I've told this story before, I think even in this thread.

One saturday morning my dad woke me up early, like 6am and excitedly told me "Surprise, we're going to the theme park today!" So i get up super excited get dressed and hop in the car. As we start driving I begin to notice we're not going to the highway and then my dad locks all the car doors and disables unlock. For the next three hours while my dad drives in circles he lectures me on the mechanics and details of sexual intercourse, puberty, pornography, human biology, homsexuality and trans people, enthusiastic consent, contraception, and various religions and moralities interpretation of sex until he is sure I've internalized everything he wanted to teach me.

We did not go to the theme park.

I'm sure your mind went through some loops that day.

Tesseraction
Apr 5, 2009

Cowslips Warren posted:

AITA? My dad was annoying me so I ruined his shirt :(


I vote YTA for not rubbing curry in his eyes.

WTF is with assholes touching people and thinking it's funny/a joke/gently caress lighten up I'm not hurting you!

AARGGHH how the gently caress can you continuously violate someone's personal space and then think you have anything close to a moral high ground to whine when they do way less than you deserve.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

DemoneeHo posted:

Update: AITA for not wanting to hide that my moms are gay to my girlfriend’s parents?

Good head on this kid's shoulders.

tatterhood
Apr 4, 2007

If you look out the window you will see many ruined cities & enduring seas.
AITA for a genuine compliment about my gf's sister's clothing purchase?

quote:

My gf's sister and I actually go way back. It's kinda funny I started dating her sister because we are pretty good friends. This weekend, we were hanging out and the sis wanted to show some clothes she had ordered and we sort of joked about putting on a fashion show. Out she came in various pieces of clothing and everything was great and chill until she came out wearing a bikini and look, they're both really fit and got some fantastic curves and I just said, and I quote: "that bikini really captures your fantastic curves! front and back!"

Apparently that was just one compliment too far for my gf who was quietly pissed off at me until she unloaded on me later telling me that I was being pretty creepy about her sis and that this is the sort of stuff "horny teenagers joke about" not 25 year olds. I didn't help my case by saying that I wasn't joking. I even texted her sis and told her I'm sorry if that compliment came off as kinda pervy. She just responded with a ndb and a smiley.

Guys, AITA here? I don't wanna say I'm wrong .. am I?

edit: at press time the OP has answered basically every comment with "OK, my eyes have been opened!"

tatterhood fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Mar 16, 2021

Barudak
May 7, 2007

tatterhood posted:

AITA for a genuine compliment about my gf's sister's clothing purchase?


Thats it, we're bringing back Home Economics classes and this will be on the test!!!

henkman
Oct 8, 2008

tatterhood posted:

AITA for a genuine compliment about my gf's sister's clothing purchase?



edit: at press time the OP has answered basically every comment with "OK, my eyes have been opened!"

loving idiot lol

Do it ironically
Jul 13, 2010

by Pragmatica

Tesseraction posted:

AARGGHH how the gently caress can you continuously violate someone's personal space and then think you have anything close to a moral high ground to whine when they do way less than you deserve.

That’s on the level of like when I hear stories from a friend who said growing up their family would just bug them till they blew up then would say something like “it’s just a joke, you can’t take some jokes, what’s your problem lighten up”, just like straight up gaslighting poo poo

These are also the parents/siblings who don’t understand why no one ever talks to them again after they’re victims are adults and can move out and on

Barudak
May 7, 2007

I knew somebody whose girlfriend was like "hey my sister did a porno, could you watch it and tell me if its good" and they weren't stupid enough to fall into that trap and this is a person who fell into a wheely trash bin once and couldn't escape.

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

How did you sorry I mean your friend escape that trap?

Barudak
May 7, 2007

We just kind of gently lowered the lip of the bin to the ground thinking he would then crawl out backwards but the dumbass stood up with the bin still on like a hard plastic ghost costume.

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tatterhood
Apr 4, 2007

If you look out the window you will see many ruined cities & enduring seas.
WIBTA for not excepting a "free" prosthetic arm because BF's ex made it?

quote:

I (31f; former Indy singer) am dating V (42m; author), we are happy and well off; however I was in a car accident last year that resulted in the loss of my left arm. V has been there for me, cared for me and been nothing but supportive. My Father(65m; Old money rich), also was around more (too long a story for here) and paid off my medical bills along with putting money aside for a prosthetic when the time was right. Well, that time came recently. Pops' had gotten ahold of a professional of some sort to make me a custom arm! V toke me for a casting of my stump and I could tell something was wrong, but he wouldn't talk to me about it; He was very quiet and curt to everyone, which is very not like him. The woman taking my cast seemed to know V. It was only after that I found out the person Pops' had paid was V's ex.

Now, I had not met V's ex before but I had heard the whole story from his brother, friends, and basically anyone that knows of the pair. Her family had “forced” her to marry a man they picked over V even though ex & him where very much in love, as far as I know they had been dating for years before the forced marriage. Some have told me she was only lightly pressured and could have stayed with V if she went no-contact with her family. After the marriage, Rather then let him move on she kept him around in the background for over a decade toying with the idea of leaving her family for him. Her past actions bothers me and I know anything to do with her makes V sad. A part of him still loves her, I know and have made peace with that, though I know from the things he says and the things he does that he loves me as well.

This is the problem, I know the arm will bother V and he'll just silently bare it 'for my sake' as is his self-sacrificial tendencys. Pops' will be pissed off if I don't take the arm but at this point I feel like it's not something I want. I have a much cheaper arm that works ok for everyday needs it's just not flash enough for Pops'. I want to do right by V and not needlessly hurt him with something that will likely remind him of ex every time he sees it. So WIBTA for not excepting this arm when pop's has already paid for it? Am I just being weird about his ex?

Sorry if this is choppy, first time using Reddit and typing with one hand is a pain. If you have any questions feel free to ask, I'll be around for a while.

(65m; Old money rich)

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