When I see people talk about polyamory, one concern they often have is that the partner who’s more attractive (or female) will be out every night sleeping with a new person, while the partner…| Thing of Things
6) are people who are only attracted to others of the same sex morally obligated to feel ashamed of this? You are not actually morally obligated to feel ashamed of anything. 7a) if penises are fema…| Thing of Things
I recently stumbled across this set of questions for trans people about sexual orientation and genital preferences. Since there is nothing I enjoy more than answering strawmanny questions, I decide…| Thing of Things
[HISTORICAL NOTE: This is literally the only post anyone ever wanted to reference after my blog was deleted. Sadface.] This is a pet hypothesis of mine, nothing more. There is absolutely no empiric…| Thing of Things
After five years on Wordpress, Thing of Things is moving to Substack! I have been pretty dissatisfied with Wordpress for a while, as they have replaced their good text editor with an abominably awf…| Thing of Things
Today I want to tell you about one simple house rule which really improves my games. My Call of Cthulhu campaign is mostly classic, with squishy investigators who are easily torn apart by monsters …| Thing of Things
I recently made a quiz about what Americans believe about animal rights, and the results shocked a lot of people. 74% of Americans think that animals have rights? 32% think that animals have the sa…| Thing of Things
I have regularly complained about misuse of the term “gaslighting.” Gaslighting is a form of abuse in which a person you trust manipulates you into distrusting your own perceptions, mem…| Thing of Things
[My friend nextworldover wrote this as a Reddit comment in response to a person who grew up conservative Christian and did not know anything about sex. I thought it was an excellent explanation of …| Thing of Things
I have acquired a special interest in the Cthulhu Mythos lately, so I’ve been reading a lot of short stories set in the Mythos. Some of them, particularly the ones by Lovecraft himself, are v…| Thing of Things
These are my house rules for handling Sanity in Call of Cthulhu 7e. Most of the rules are not strictly speaking new rules; the mechanics basically work the same. However, I have rewritten and clari…| Thing of Things
