Comments on: Born in the wrong century https://didacticmind.com/2017/10/born-in-wrong-century.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 12:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Didact https://didacticmind.com/2017/10/born-in-wrong-century.html#comment-2467 Wed, 22 Nov 2017 01:20:48 +0000 #comment-2467 In reply to Tom Kratman.

All I can say to that, sir, is: "Amen".

I've actually said something similar to my kid sister in the past about any prospective boyfriends: "He breaks your heart, I break his legs". This is usually met with an eye-roll and an overly dramatic huff, but the reality is that the old ways really do make quite a lot of sense.

Hey, I said I was born in the wrong century.

]]> By: Tom Kratman https://didacticmind.com/2017/10/born-in-wrong-century.html#comment-2466 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:51:07 +0000 #comment-2466 Oh, and it appears that the actual rule, for sex, for most of mankind for most of history – at least in cultures that placed a high value on certain things – was, "We know you're human and you're going nuts with the urge to rut. Once you are properly engaged / betrothed we will avert our eyes to what you do. However, if she comes up pregnant you had best be prepared to move the wedding date up to the week after the rabbit died. Oh, and if you try to back out we'll kill you or, bare minimum, shotgun you to the altar."

]]> By: Tom Kratman https://didacticmind.com/2017/10/born-in-wrong-century.html#comment-2465 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:40:50 +0000 #comment-2465 I'll give you three guesses as to where that culture of working for a single employer because you love it still exists.

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