# Controversial lifestyles **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 11, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442 "2010-09-11T21:49:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/21 "2010-09-12T02:07:52Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > > [@winterhawk11](#): > > > > Toilet paper flap: over or under. > > Should be “front” or “back”–the paper hangs from the top/distended by the side of the roll either way. How you phrase responses. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/22 "2010-09-12T10:49:56Z")
Saving an important species from arbitrary destruction to study it and maybe some exclusive rights for somebody, or just nuking it from orbit. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/23 "2010-09-13T05:25:59Z")
Anything at all having to do with sex and relationships. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/24 "2010-09-13T05:47:06Z")
Whether or not (autism, hyperactivity, dyslexia, multiple personalities, etc etc) is real / fake or overdiagnosed ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/25 "2010-09-13T06:15:30Z")
Obese parents with obese kids. Parents allowing their kids to drink or do drugs, especially if the parents are the suppliers. BDSM relationships, especially male top/female bottom. Teen pregnancies or abortions. Parents naked in front of kids. Marriages with a large age difference. Women having kids later in life. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/26 "2010-09-13T19:50:59Z")
> [@Peeta\_Mellark](#): > > Pubic hair trimming/waxing/shaving. That discussion can get really, really ugly. The discussion is fine. The pictures are really really ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/27 "2010-09-14T11:14:23Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Parents naked in front of kids. Wait - what? Parents shouldn’t be naked in front of their kids? I’ve never even heard of this. Don’t people take their kids to the pool and shower/change with them? Or have a bath together? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/28 "2010-09-14T11:26:35Z")
Eating at the Olive Garden ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/29 "2010-09-14T12:54:49Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > > [@panache45](#): > > > > Parents naked in front of kids. > > Wait - what? Parents shouldn’t be naked in front of their kids? I’ve never even heard of this. Don’t people take their kids to the pool and shower/change with them? Or have a bath together? > > 😕 I think the debate is (as per a current thread) at what age is it no longer appropriate for parents to be naked in front of kids. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/30 "2010-09-14T16:41:11Z")
I would only consider less than half of what has been thrown out… **a lifestyle**. Most are just choices made during your life that are not everyday. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/31 "2010-09-14T16:48:10Z")
Dryer lint. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/32 "2010-09-14T17:08:27Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > Eating at the Olive Garden \*quel horreur \* :eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/33 "2010-09-14T17:12:21Z")
Celibacy. No, I do not miss having sex. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/34 "2010-09-14T17:19:26Z")
Goreans. OK, you want to do Lifestyle S&M, bully for you. But Jesus Motherfucking Christ, don’t base it on such BAD SF! ---
**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/35 "2010-09-14T17:21:52Z")
As far as life styles go ours often seems to be somewhat polarizing. We live full time in a class A motor home (looks sort of like a bus) and travel around the country going where we wish when we wish. We have done this for almost 8 years. The two main reactions people have to this are: they think it’s a great idea and wish they could do it or say they could never give up their - house, yard, garden, grand kids, etc - and they think we are weird. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/36 "2010-09-14T18:12:03Z")
Both parents working -vs- having a stay at home parent. Homeschooling. ---
**Author:** ![tingbudong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tingbudong/32/520_2.png) [@tingbudong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tingbudong)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/37 "2010-09-15T00:57:59Z")
Apple products vs. everything else …you’d be surprised how fast such conversations spiral. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/38 "2010-09-15T01:50:24Z")
> [@tingbudong](#): > > Apple products vs. everything else > > …you’d be surprised how fast such conversations spiral. Nuh uh! schmuck! ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/39 "2010-09-15T02:19:05Z")
Apparently, douching… ---
**Author:** ![BayouHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BayouHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BayouHazard)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442/40 "2010-09-15T02:20:28Z")
Alrighty then…you _asked_ for controversial lifestyles, I’ll _give_ you a discussion on controversial lifestyles…:eek: (_riiiip_)( pops tab on biggest can of worms she has) **Okay dopers…who should transsexuals be allowed to marry?** My answer would be “The consenting adult of their choice.”😃 Do male-to-females get to marry men, women, both, nobody? Female-to-males, what sex do they get to marry? None? still female? other men? And what about people who ID as Bi-gendered? They are out there, you know. What about the intersexed? What about those intersexed people who had their parents “select” their sex surgically as an infant…but-ooops!-mom and dad were wrong! Now you’ve grown up a woman in a man’s body, and you hate it! Or vice versa. Or you should have been both. What about them? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-lifestyles/553442.md?page=1)