village604

Yeah, she asked me to stop because it made her more self conscious.

Such as?

Of course not, but when good communication is stifled by a field of eggshells, you do what you can.

Our communication on the subject is pretty good, but that alone doesn't solve the issue. It's hard to see a way to open that line of communication without them being offended

The hard part is communicating my needs without trampling on their feelings, because at a certain point the onus shifts off of me and I don't want my SO to have that pressure

Until the game changes to socialism, this is the reality of drug development.

You can argue that until you're blue in the face and it won't mean shit.

While the system of government these drugs/crops are developed under is capitalist, we're stuck with the same shit.

This is an instance of "don't hate the player, hate the game."

It's not pointless. I make a claim and you're free to refute it. I've already done the research to make myself a secondary source, so you either believe me or your provide a conflicting source.

It speaks to this generation's willingness to accept information presented to them as fact.

Those people are stupid and you shouldn't trust a god damn thing anyone on the Internet says as gospel.

I actually witnessed the perfect exchange today. Someone made a claim. Someone else said, "Hey, this source I found suggests you're wrong."

The original commenter said, "here's my source that contradicts that."

They both Agreed on a middle ground and moved on

This is my method. If I sat something you disagree with, call me on it with a source to refute me.

Don't ask me to type 4 words into Google for you. If your request for information can be completed with one hand, go fuck yourself. This is literally the point of "do your own research."

I wouldn't trust one God damn source you put in front of me. I'm going to research the antithesis to your statement just for a chance to prove you wrong.

I'd never trust you to provide me any evidence at all

Yeah, people are fucking stupid. I empirically proved they'd never get a lower price, but they passed because they thought the capitalism knew more than me.

Guess what? Those fuckers didn't get to deep fry a turkey because they're stupid. Which I guess is a net positive for turkeys

Unfortunately I retired from drinking

I really appreciate your answer

But the fact that I've never pushed anything is actually part of the issue. I've been happy to let my SO go at their own pace, but by their own admission it's why I don't get the sexual gratification I'd enjoy. Like, when we first started dating they were the ones pushing me to engage in penetrative sex while I wanted to hold off.

Although that backfired on me because my penis doesn't work.

The hard part is that they've stated that the reason they don't offer to get me off when they're not up to sex is because I don't ask enough, but I don't ask enough because if they're not feeling well enough for sex then it seems shitty of me to ask for personal gratification at all.

But it's really hard to gauge when they're not feeling well enough to do anything, and when they're well enough to do it

Not that me cumming is directly relational to me seeing them naked, but it speaks to my hesitation to ask. Because I do ask to see, but they seem to intentionally conflate me asking to see with me asking for sex, even though I've explained that when I ask to see I'm literally asking to see them naked.

I have asked for them to think of a way I can ask for personal gratification without seeming callous to their feelings, but like most requests of this nature it falls on deaf ears. Probably because they're demisexual and don't really understand a cis gendered straight male on testosterone's sex drive.

I don't think that it's unreasonable to expect to recoup the millions you spent on R&D for developing a new crop.

Yes, the length of ownership should be much shorter, but until the world governments collapse, technological advancements cost money and resources.

If you remove the ability to recoup R&D costs before addressing the need for private r&d at all, you're going to stifle innovation.

This isn't an endorsement for the current system, but these processes will continue to exist until the current system is replaced.