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How do you weigh in on the Vance-couch conversation?

08.06.2025 00:30

How do you weigh in on the Vance-couch conversation?

Vance didn’t, or that’s the story. And honestly, I believe it. He’s a bit too uptight for that sort of thing.

This, if he’d done it, would be perfectly okay.

Masturbation isn’t bad. It provides most of the benefits of sex, many of which actively improve human health, with zero risk of disease or pregnancy. It is an objectively good thing that most of us ought to do more often. Not for pleasure, though pleasure is also good, but for our health.

Why do so many people suddenly think it's acceptable to continue to live with their parents into adulthood?

I don’t see what’s wrong with banging couches.

Decadent Girl by Ramon Casas. Public domain.

We need to stop shaming people for healthy activities they do in the privacy of their own homes.

Why do Indian parents force their kids to do stuff?

But what if he had? Why are we shaming him for this? Why would we shame anyone for this?

It’s a creative form of masturbation that may feel pretty darn good.

Creativity is also good, especially as the story would cause no harm to the couch and didn’t involve any direct contact with it. There’s no ick factor here, just a young person having fun in a way that doesn’t harm or impose upon anyone else.

What does it mean when a guy says he doesn't want to ruin the friendship? Is he rejecting me or is there another explanation? Why would a guy choose not to risk the friendship if he has feelings for me?