In Iceland, with a population of around a third of a million, the danger exists of that heady one-night stand ending up as an intimate encounter between near-relatives, as nearly happened to the
friend of Elin Edda. No longer, due to the launch of
an android app ("Bump the app before you bump in bed") which easily tells a budding couple how related they are.
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posted by Wordshore
on Apr 16, 2013 -
67 comments
Sex and the College Girl, by Norah Johnson A view from an educated woman in the 1950s: "Two criticisms rise above the rest: people in college are promiscuous, for one thing, and, for another, they are getting married and having children too early. These are interesting observations because they contradict each other."
posted by shivohum
on Nov 20, 2007 -
24 comments
Firefox “causes” breakup... One man uses his fiance's computer to surf dating and swinger websites. He's careful to wipe his passwords etc. as he surfs - and then for good measure, de-installs Firefox.
The fiance then decides to install Firefox for the usual reasons, not knowing the above and happens to decides to edit the list of sites to never save passwords for. And comes across a list of said websites, and realises that he's still an active member of those websites.
Surely when you de-install a program, the uninstallation process should get rid of program-related data too, like in games? Although the geniuses at Firefox
manifestly disagree with this.
Other commenters also think the man was
in the right.
posted by badlydubbedboy
on Mar 23, 2006 -
61 comments
US Army Teaches Troops How to Pick a Spouse "Army chaplains are trying to teach troops how to pick the right spouse, through a program called "How To Avoid Marrying a Jerk. ... It teaches the lovestruck to pace themselves with a R.A.M. chart — the Relationship Attachment Model — which basically says don't let your sexual involvement exceed your level of commitment or level of knowledge about the other person."
I can't decide if this is common sense or takes all the fun out of love. If, indeed, there is any fun in it. Details on the programme can also be found at
www.nojerks.com
posted by badlydubbedboy
on Feb 7, 2006 -
43 comments
Tired of your friends and family telling you to get a girlfriend? With an
Imaginary Girlfriend, you can carry on a completely fictitious, yet authentic looking relationship with the girl of your choice.*
* By "choice," I mean "Erica."
posted by Saucy Intruder
on May 9, 2005 -
37 comments
Why Do Marriages Last? Amidst all the
psychobabble and
religious dogmatics you find on this subject, I found
Robyn Parker's review of the relevant literature to be useful, wise and true. After all, aren't the rules of a lasting relationship, whatever your gender or sexuality, the same that govern friendship, loyalty, companionship and
fun? Is marriage the
secretive exception it's made out to be? Are there really any
rules we don't instinctively, from about the age of seven, already know? As some Rabbi once said, the three words that most often save a marriage are not
I love you. They are, in fact:
I was wrong. Not that easy; but not that difficult either...
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Oct 18, 2002 -
36 comments
How Americans view us... You don't really ... do you? "They responded very readily to Britain and the British: 'Tea... proper... trousers... Monty Python... Jane Eyre... Austin Powers... soccer hooligans... Prince William... dry and witty... educated... not huggy...' "
posted by feelinglistless
on Feb 26, 2002 -
61 comments
