Bowdlerian Jihad

I was trying to think of the name of the war against thinking machines from the Dune series, Butlerian Jihad, but someone had recently been taking about Bowdlerized art and books

Interestingly, this could be used as a name for the right wing obsession with banning or censoring of books that they consider offensive

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u/galstaph — 3 days ago

Donate to Help Ruby Shine Again, organized by Pamela Atkinson

⁨📷⁩ ⁨Recently, my rescue got diagnosed with pancreatitis which we think was caused by her food, there's a class action lawsuit against the company for higher fat content than advertised

The vet bills so far have basically tapped us out and were still worried that there might be more to come

Anything anyone is willing to do, a donation, a crosspost to a sub that you think can help, or just simply engagement here to get eyes on this, would help, and I thank you all in advance

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ruby-shine-again⁩

u/galstaph — 1 month ago

How have you dealt with the breakup of a throuple?

So, a little bit of backstory, my wife and I decided that polyamory was right for us shortly before the pandemic. For the obvious reasons we put any plans to actually seek new partners on hold. For other reasons I didn't actively start looking until early last year. Then in April of last year I met someone, I'll call her Naomi, who I connected with almost immediately. About a month later she introduced me to one of her other partners, Jasmine, and very immediately Jasmine and I hit it off. A short time later we were very much a throuple, going on dates regularly as all three of us.

Fast forward to Wednesday and Naomi broke up with me, and then yesterday she broke up with Jasmine

Jasmine and I have been consoling each other, and we've both been getting support from our respective wives.

Right now this is a "see what happens from here" situation, but I'm curious how other people's situations have evolved from this point since I don't really have any experience with polyamorous breakups in general, or the breakup of a throuple specifically

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u/galstaph — 1 month ago