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“Umm, actually, how does affect YOU?!” Apart from the obvious reason why it can’t work (jealousy), one problem is that it’s not good for society at large. Thes

“Umm, actually, how does affect YOU?!” Apart from the obvious reason why it can’t work (jealousy), one problem is that it’s not good for society at large. These groups are probably low fertility for one, and they take partners away from others. Not to mention that every “polyamorous” society eventually settles into polygamy—-and that’s poison. Expect a reckoning when that happens.

piva00 3y ago
> Apart from the obvious reason why it can’t work (jealousy), one problem is that it’s not good for society at large. These groups are probably low fertility for one, and they take partners away from others. I don't follow, since the group is not a large cohort of society by any means, how can it affect society "at large"? > These groups are probably low fertility for one, and they take partners away from others. It might be, it might be not, that's your assumption. "Take" partners away from others in what sense? Their partners might have other partners as well, it's polyamorous after all, I don't understand your reasoning at all.
- ametrau 3y ago
  > Ummmm achktually, me pissing in your water source only affects a very small percentage of the pool’s overall volume.
hnaiobsession 3y ago
> Not to mention that every “polyamorous” society eventually settles into polygamy—-and that’s poison. Expect a reckoning when that happens. I don’t understand this statement. Is having multiple spouses (which is what polygamy is — husbands or wives) a poison compared to having multiple lovers?
gettodachoppa 3y ago
Have you seen what the average poly person looks like? Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried are the most famous poly people I can think of, and this is despite an obscene amount of wealth to make them look good. So no, they're not taking partners from anybody. I don't see how society is harmed if the absolute bottom dregs shack up together instead of staying alone forever. Whenever I've seen been subjected to photos of a group of polys, the men seem to have a similar look to the one the protagonist had in the closing shot of Old Boy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0nn-WgLOTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0nn-WgLOTY). Certainly their parents do.
- tivert 3y ago
  > Have you seen what the average poly person looks like? Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried are the most famous poly people I can think of, and this is despite an obscene amount of wealth to make them look good. Are they representative of the "average poly person," or just one type of person who's prone just go tear down a Chesterton's fence? > Whenever I've seen been subjected to photos of a group of polys, the men seem to have a similar look to the one the protagonist had in the closing shot of Old Boy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0nn-WgLOTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0nn-WgLOTY). Certainly their parents do. You're going to have to be more specific, because that youtube video "...contains content from eOne UGC, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."

piva00 3y ago

> Apart from the obvious reason why it can’t work (jealousy), one problem is that it’s not good for society at large. These groups are probably low fertility for one, and they take partners away from others. I don't follow, since the group is not a large cohort of society by any means, how can it affect society "at large"? > These groups are probably low fertility for one, and they take partners away from others. It might be, it might be not, that's your assumption. "Take" partners away from others in what sense? Their partners might have other partners as well, it's polyamorous after all, I don't understand your reasoning at all.

ametrau 3y ago
> Ummmm achktually, me pissing in your water source only affects a very small percentage of the pool’s overall volume.

hnaiobsession 3y ago

> Not to mention that every “polyamorous” society eventually settles into polygamy—-and that’s poison. Expect a reckoning when that happens. I don’t understand this statement. Is having multiple spouses (which is what polygamy is — husbands or wives) a poison compared to having multiple lovers?

gettodachoppa 3y ago

Have you seen what the average poly person looks like? Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried are the most famous poly people I can think of, and this is despite an obscene amount of wealth to make them look good. So no, they're not taking partners from anybody. I don't see how society is harmed if the absolute bottom dregs shack up together instead of staying alone forever. Whenever I've seen been subjected to photos of a group of polys, the men seem to have a similar look to the one the protagonist had in the closing shot of Old Boy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0nn-WgLOTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0nn-WgLOTY). Certainly their parents do.

tivert 3y ago
> Have you seen what the average poly person looks like? Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried are the most famous poly people I can think of, and this is despite an obscene amount of wealth to make them look good. Are they representative of the "average poly person," or just one type of person who's prone just go tear down a Chesterton's fence? > Whenever I've seen been subjected to photos of a group of polys, the men seem to have a similar look to the one the protagonist had in the closing shot of Old Boy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0nn-WgLOTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0nn-WgLOTY). Certainly their parents do. You're going to have to be more specific, because that youtube video "...contains content from eOne UGC, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds."