My mom is from Ingushetia (in USSR times counted as part of Chechnya, now a Russian republic). My dad is German.

German and Russian native speaker here, so English is my third language.

I think it would be less common if people accepted that monogamy is not the norm. Just be honest with yourself and your partner(s). If you want a monogamous relationship - commit to it. If not - don’t start one. I found out that I am polyamorous the hard way by thinking I am some kind of monster because I couldn’t just be with one partner. I did not cheat but kind of always had other love interests. Fortunately, my partner of 20+ years now was able to accept this as part of me. And now there is no risk of cheating for either of us because we can just be honest if there is someone else. It doesn’t change my love for him, it even made our bond stronger because it needs even more loyalty and acceptance of the needs of your partner to let them be.

Ryan started A New Social https://www.anew.social/ that seems to aim at exactly this. So, maybe you could reach out and see if you could help there?

Interesting. I’ve just read about https://se-bridge.org/ the other day. Maybe you can join forces or collab or just learn from each other.

Thank you, I was going to say the same. The post’s headline is quite misleading about what the review actually found. Also, it included only three epidemiological studies (humans) and 27 animal studies. The two human studies that were on reproductive outcomes included only 40 and 43 pregnant women, respectively. This is way too few to draw definitive conclusions.

Thanks, enlightening text. I think, the biggest problems w/ blocklists are “guilt by association” (you lose all your connections because someone on your server was being problematic - I feel oftentimes account-based blocking should be the first choice) and these lists being created and maintained by a small group of people who are all more or less friends. On the other hand - as you pointed out - for now, they seem the most feasible option to provide at least some kind of protection. Not sure, if there will ever be a solution that fits all. Probably not.

It is mostly complaining about the hardships of life as a creature without any responsibilities whatsoever.

Yes, this! Came to see someone comment this.