Did other emergency calls (house fires, heart attacks, strokes, etc.) simply get ignored because all resources were at the Twin Towers?

I'm so confused

I was laying there spooning with my wife. I was the big spoon and she the little spoon. I grabbed her ass and gave her a little spanking. It made me think, why do I get that urge to want to do that? I know it's a human thing to do sexually. Girls do it to guys and vice versa. But why? Why do we get the urge to do it? We know that physically harming someone is bad. Even if it's just a little bit but we do this.

weird thought but topologically a blow job and anal sex is the same only a different name for each side right?

edit:this question is more about the definition than actual sex

edit2: please just Google what Topology means if you don't know it instead of assuming

I feel like the answer is obvious or something but I just can't figure it out.

Edit: Thank you! I learned some really interesting stuff!

35yr old female. When hooking up with dudes, I ask them ahead of time not to cum in me as I’m not on any birth control. They’re always cool to do so.

My question is: once they cum, say like on their belly, hand, my belly or wherever, how long should I wait to get up and offer a towel?

I did so within seconds with this last guy and he seemed offended. Should I have waited and “cuddled” for a few minutes before offering help with clean up?

Thank you.

Is it just because she had intercourse with a lot of men or has she done awful things aside of that?

Would i still be found guilty of murder? What happens to my trial?

What's the morality of convincing someone who truly has no memory of the crime? Am I the same person at all?

Okay so obvious TMI but my theory is that shit gets caught on ass crack hair which makes wiping harder.

If there was no ass crack hair, the shit would have nothing to get caught in so it'd be easier to wipe.

"Get a bidet!" easier said than done
"Use wet wipes!" they help but maybe shaving would also help

Are there any negative health effects to shaving?

Often I see people refer to guys as son but I've never seen a women referred to as "daughter"

Like in movies they'll be like "Put the gun down son, this isn't you"

Is it because "put the gun down daughter" sounds stupid?

Some of my (28F) friends recently made me feel really stupid for something I did when I was younger and I’d like some other opinions.

When I was 19, I briefly hooked up with a 30 year old male coworker of mine. It was mutually respectful, the best sex I’d had until that point, and I have zero complaints. I never wanted or expected it to turn into a relationship. I took it for what it was. He wanted sex with a hot 19 year old, I wanted sex with a hot 30 year old. He treated me better than any of the guys I met who were my age. He did ask to turn it into a relationship after about a month and I said “nope, that’s weird” and ended it. He quit the job we worked at together and moved away soon after and that was the end of it.

I’m really not seeing the issue here, at least not on my end. Yes I was young. No I wasn’t naive. I knew exactly what was going on and what I wanted and I ended it as soon as he wanted more from me than I felt was appropriate. Obviously he was weird for wanting to date me, but did I really act foolishly here? They said I was really naive to hook up with a predator in the first place. To be clear he didn’t pressure me. I came onto him and I’ve never felt any regret or shame about it until they called me out. I still don’t really, I’m just kind of hurt.

Edit: I commented this but wanted to add it here for clarification. No man in any of my past relationships or casual encounters has ever successfully manipulated, controlled, abused, or mistreated me in any way. At least not more than once before I left. I have a very healthy relationship history in that sense. You can ask my dad. The second I feel remotely manipulated, controlled or threatened I go into fight or flight mode. I have a strong radar for that shit and have never tolerated it. I can smell an abuser a mile away, courtesy of my abusive mom.

Edit 2: I think what bothers me the most is that people are automatically seeing me as a victim because of the age gap. Not every age gap encounter or relationship creates a victim. I actively pursued him, got what I wanted, enjoyed the experience, and then ended it, all fully on my terms. I know there are plenty of young women who were in my position and became victims. I hate it for them, but I am not one of them. Were his intentions pure? Maybe, maybe not. But even if they weren’t, that doesn’t automatically make me a victim. I exercised agency and control of the situation and I wasn’t harmed. This is the only point I’ve been trying to make.

I’m a pretty liberal guy, going to school for engineering, but I work summers doing blue collar jobs. Just about every guy ive worked with could not give less of a damn about the billionaire class, yet they all are either under or barely touching $20-30 an hour. Not to mention the bragging of how many hours they work. I just cant wrap my head around such a large portion of the working class supports things directly against their interests such as healthcare for all and class consciousness, without some sort of psyop of the 1%. Anyone get what I mean?

This question also assumes the resources to implement this, like providing housing and food for everyone, would be offered. I'm curious strictly from the disease control point of view.

I’m a single guy, mid 20s, recently hosted my first party - around 10 people, mixed gender, for a few hours. Three different people mentioned that my bathroom didn’t have a bin.

I know some people have bins in their bathrooms, but I don't really see the point? I maybe throw away a toothpaste tube or toilet roll core once a month, and otherwise there’s basically nothing. I just take it out and put it in the main bin.

But when 3 people mentioned it, I started wondering if not having a bathroom bin is actually weird and I’m just oblivious?

A favorite of mine is for at restaurants -

Server: “Would you like more Parmesan on the salad?”
Me, serious faced; “why not, I’m not driving”

Works with any food that’s obviously not alcohol and always gets a good chuckle.

Im talking simple, probably a bit cheesy, low-stakes lines that are appropriate for most settings that you use frequently to introduce a bit of humor or wit.

Do you have a particular line you keep in your back pocket or have remembered since you heard someone else use it?

I have a woman at my church who is pregnant with her 12th child. Tbh she’s pregnant every year. When I thought about it, I’m unsure if she and her husband can emotionally and mentally support and connect with that many children. Is this possible? Has anyone had any experience with this?

It's especially noticeable online but also in real life. Instead of understanding that someone is in an actually tough situation and has real needs that aren't being met the assumption is that therapy can fix everything. A lot of the time it also feels very much like weaponizing to support a certain narrative, and that goes for pretty much everyone.

So, for example men will share that they're struggling with loneliness and on instagram you'll see that weaponized with statements like "get therapy", "you're not lonely enough", without any real idea of what isolation means and does to someone.

On the other side here on reddit you will see a woman sharing genuine pain about a boyfriend seeking out porn and will sound genuinely like her self confidence is completely eroded but people will be like "get therapy, you're just insecure".

It seems like everyone completely lost the ability to empathize with perspectives and lived realities that aren't their own. You struggle with finances? - therapy. You have to handle way more in life than one person possibly could - therapy. Worn down by racism or other kinds of constant bigotry? - therapy.
Does anyone else see this as an increasing trend?

It has zero sweet flavor and just feels sharp on the tongue, but it is super popular everywhere. Did you love it the first time you drank it, or did you have to force yourself to get used to it?

There’s a dog that’s been crying constantly for a long time and I’m starting to get worried. They’ve had this dog in the apartment downstairs from us for a long time and this has never happened. I’m worried that the dog is being neglected or the owner is in trouble or something. This isn’t normal barking, it seems frantic and abnormal. Should I call the cops or something?