Oddbean new post about login | logout I've talked to a lot of people recently who are in polyamorous relationships. Is monogamy a thing of the past?! Or has this always gone on and now people are more open about it? #asknostr
Broken society has us seeking love in as many places as possible. It's the easy way out.
Yeah it's just crazy. On dates I have to bring it up that I'm only looking for one person and one relationship. It's hard to find.
Don't date. Join me and my wife... 🤣🤣 jkjk That's frustrating, have you diversified your search area?
Our culture has devolved into an incredibly high time preference culture where satisfying our base needs has been put on a pedestal as some virtuous life choice. It’s a disastrous path for civilization and will be reset when we fix the money. Societies turn toward hedonism and base pleasure satisfaction as civilization begins breaking down.
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I meet a woman once who said, "I've been monogamous with everyone one I've been with." I think she meant fidelity, cause that's not monogamy, or else there would be monogamous prostitutes. Unimaginable. And in that sense, there aren't many monogamous people left. Fidelity is probably more important at this point and that takes self discipline. But that is the least popular of the fruits of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Tried and true fashion of friends of friends. Most likely someone in your network will have more similar ideals than some random person.
You are talking to whores 🫡
It’s on the rise
Monogamy will never be a thing of the past, and it's possible to be in love with more than one person at a time (and has happened frequently in the past). In terms of American culture, which has deep roots in puritanism, people have realized that there is no point in adhering to restrictions based on religious concepts that have no basis in logic, respecting others, etc.