About this topic, no, I don’t really care much. I was just wondering for future reference whether it’s worth trying to reason with him in cases where I actually do care. I’ve never actually seen him indicate any respect for anyone who holds a different opinion, or any receptivity to ideas he doesn’t embrace. I just wondered if it’s a theoretical possibility.
Also, I’ve changed my mind on some topics when confronted with a compelling argument. I’m actually pretty receptive to new ideas.
rimshot
Yep, odds are it’s an idea doomed to failure in China. Or anyplace people are messing with nature in order to have male children.
Works great with guinea pigs, though.
:::groan:::
What’s it you say about a warrant…
Whatever gets you off.
Yup, I knew as I was posting that someone would say something about that. It’s good to be able to count on other Dopers for stuff like this, y’know? 
Well, it depends. A lot of gay innuendo stuff goes answered when there aren’t so many Europeans on line.
ivn1188 is married and lives on the second floor of his apartment building.
What’s a “LAUGHINGSTOC^W”?
Yes, well, the Europeans don’t like it when we impugn their sexual orientation.
Me too!
I think it means, “I hate to be the one to tell you this, but dude, no one here likes you. The ones who say they do are just pretending. They all talk about your behind your back. I’m sorry that I am the only one who is honest with you. Hate to break it to ya bro, but the internet hates you.”
I was surprised in this thread as well. I’ve lurked for years and never considered Diogenes much of an asshole. My opinion’s beginning to change.
I"m sure it’s happened, but I don’t remember anything specific off the top of my head. Usually these Pits happen to me because of my tone more than my position, per se.
I had a grandfather who had a wife and a mistress, and children with both of them, and maintained the polite social fiction that he was a faithful man largely with the aid of an ocean between the two households. I’d much prefer to be able to look back on a polyamorous/polyfidelitous set of relationships than that morass of cheating and deception.
I somehow doubt the wife would have been willing to go along with that.
I just downloaded that paper from my University. That paper only deals with single-sex groupings of military personnel in specific-sized rooms. I suppose that satisfies the strict “letter” of what you said, but since the topic at hand is about sexual relationships of men and women in real life not confined to rooms, your “cite” is deceptive.
In other words, you have used a deceptive cite to attempt to win the argument here. That should be a Rules violation, but since I’m nothing more than an embarrassing pariah when it comes to the Straight Dope Message Board, I don’t expect anyone to agree with me.
I don’t think any of that. “Outside the norm” doesn’t even mean anything, nor is it the reason that I have trouble taking this “poly” shit seriously, nor do I think it’s “immoral.” Immature, yes, but immature isn’t the same thing as immoral.
Dude, RAGING asshole. Thus it’s always been.
We are here to serve – for as long as rimshots are not mandatory anyways.
Blow me.
Ooops! Is that a tell?
Which one?
If I don’t want to come on a woman’s face, that makes me an asshole?
I’m sure there’s a witty word-play answer to that question, but I can’t think of it right now.
They’re all a buncha homos, everybody knows that.