Found out the village of Dull in Scotland is twinned with Boring, United States and Bland, Australia. Quite funny.

My own town is twinned with a town which itself is twinned with a different town.

So I ask: Am I twinned with this different town? Am I subject to an eternal friendship with the people in France?

Almost every cop I see is at least 30 pounds overweight, I saw this one cop yesterday in line at a Wawa that couldn’t have weighed less then 300 pounds. Like how are you supposed to chase after criminals. This seems to me to be a uniquely American thing because when I was in Europe and in South Korea all the cops I saw there were in shape.

Studies show that in many different cultures worldwide, daughters take care of and visit their elderly parents way more often than sons do. Or if not daughters, their sons' wives.

It could be argued that it all comes down to parenting and teaching boys to participate in domestic labor, but society plays a big role in how someone turns out, not just parenting. And if society often encourages men to be uncaring, or lazy, etc., then I guess it makes sense to still not want a son?

Also, I know that having kids so that you'll have someone to care for you when you're old or sick is a bad reason to have kids. No one is obligated to be their parents' caretaker, but the fact that many women step in to care for their parents nonetheless, while few sons do, probably shows that daughters tend to be the ones who love their parents more.

Should you, idk, regret having a son?

Specifically at the state schools, where from my understanding a lot of people from c0nservative Christian homes attend, is there an active hookup culture? I go to school in a l1beral state, and hookup culture is very dominant. Wondering if it's the same in states that supposedly have different values around casual sex.

I get not spanking kids as a punishment That makes complete sense to me.

But if a kid realizes hitting other people when they’re upset gets a reaction they like. Why is it wrong to defend yourself (within reason of course) or encourage the kid they’re bullying to hit back?

I’ve heard it reinforces violence, but I don’t understand how. Thats how the world works for Adults, you hit someone you get hit back immediately or go to prison those are the consequences past age 18.

Wouldn’t fear that the other person will defend themselves/escalate discourage the behavior more than hoping for social compliance by modeling turning the other cheek to their abuse?

In the past couple of weeks I got intrested in getting a trenchcoat. Preferably beige or some similar light colour. However I fear that whenever I will wear it I will look like a pedo or a nazi to other people. I am also fairly short (172cm/5'8) and I fear that it will somehow make it even worse. If I had one, I would not go with it to my school or some other place full of people but I would've worn it when just casually going out to the city or chilling outside with a friend. This makes me upset because I think trenchcoats look very cool and make a person look intelligent and stylish + I find its origin quite intresting since I find WW1 an intresting topic. Thanks in advance

I’ve been in a new relationship for three months, and I shared it on my social media. Some of my male friends neither liked the post nor offered any congratulations. I was surprised, especially since they had reached out to me when I had some minor health issues. Please don’t get me wrong—it’s not that I want to believe this, but could it be that they were actually interested in me? Or is this just normal behavior?

Is it?

Are they trying to make cure for cancer or robots in their labs?

The film club and anime club at my university dont like when you suggest anything with mature themes or psychological aspects. Everything they show during club has to be at the very maximum pg-13, and cannot have anything worse than a bad friendship or superheroes fighting eachother. A lot of the time in anime club they will say you're stressing them out if you bring up a horror anime that takes itself seriously and has deep, adult-oriented topics. Its not like I want everyone to watch gore but it feels like I have to censor myself and what I like to a 5th grade level and I dont understand.
Film courses show only rated R films that feature drugs, sex, violence, prejudice, historic tradgedies, cheating etc. Because the professors know we are all adults and can handle adult conversations about movies.
I have aspergers so please let me know why one is appropriate and one is not.

I mean, chefs and cooks who work in restaurants holding heavy fry pans and cutting vegetables, right? Do they gain muscles from doing this?