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The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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He’s an extremely wealthy divorcé in his mid 60s. She’s a 33 year old model… which is well past the top end of that career, with two children, who is now the VP of Adams’ WhenHub. I think it’s clear everyone in that relationship knows what they are doing. Doesn’t make it any less the fact that he’s old enough to be her father.

Is this a American cultural quirk I'm not understanding? Who cares that he's old enough to be her father? Why is it interesting or relevant? He married an attractive younger woman. She married a rich older man. It happens every day all over the world. Its not the first marriage for either of them and they both already have children. It says very little about either person involved except that one likes attractive wom…

> Is this a American cultural quirk I'm not understanding?

As an American I would say: yes, it is.

I suspect it has something to do with the rising neoteny of more recent generations coupled with America's persistent puritanical views on sex, but there has been an increasingly bizarre fixation on the age gap of couples. All teenagers have recently be re-defined as children, so much that it's common on places like reddit to view even attraction to say a 17 year old viewed as a form of pedophilia.

For nearly all of human history men over 30 forming relationships with women in their late teens has been normal. This was even not too rare 30 or so years ago in the US. But there has been a rising moral panic about age and sex that leads to comments like the above.

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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> My thought was we are all standing on the shoulder's of those who went before us. By helping each other we build towards a better future. Inspired by this comment, just wanted to share this with you: https://manyworlds.pages.dev/about Still in development (first time sharing the site!) — in any case, thought it might resonate!

Oh that is really cool! Thanks for sharing it. I signed up! Hey folks take a look!

Thank you so much, deeply appreciated! Feel free to pass on / use as you like!

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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If you read his books, it’s obvious he’s doing that on purpose in order to get more attention (which eventually is converted to fatter bottom line for him). Essentially, the dude is a professional troll.

Totally agree, but it really felt like he had drunk his own kool-aid at times.

First rule of drugs and propaganda: Don't get high on your own supply.

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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Hi all this is Scott Adams. I am open for an AMA (Ask Me Anything), awaiting your comments!

Thank you for making such wonderful adventure games!

Will your games ever be ported directly to app stores or game stores such as XBOX Live? I think you would get thousands of new fans.

Any updates on your Lyme resources?

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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She is 33 and was 25 when they met. That is not "extremely young". She's a mature adult, and presumably she knows what she's doing.

We're not saying it should be illegal, we're saying it's creepy. The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years. That makes anyone over 36 creepy for dating a 25 year old.

Are you a teenager? Believing after college age that that "rule" is some kind of law is kind of ridiculous

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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post #65

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We're not saying it should be illegal, we're saying it's creepy. The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years. That makes anyone over 36 creepy for dating a 25 year old.

Are you a teenager? Believing after college age that that "rule" is some kind of law is kind of ridiculous

60yos dating 25yos is creepy to nearly everyone.

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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She is 33 and was 25 when they met. That is not "extremely young". She's a mature adult, and presumably she knows what she's doing.

We're not saying it should be illegal, we're saying it's creepy. The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years. That makes anyone over 36 creepy for dating a 25 year old.

The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years.

Where'd you dig that out of, a back issue of Cosmopolitan, right next to the "partner compatibility" quiz? Two grown, consenting adults don't need your approval to hook up, no matter the age difference. Calling it "creepy" is simply arrogant and self-righteous, with a sprinkling of tone-deaf on top.

There's plenty to not like about the other Scott Adams. His choice of partner is not one of them.

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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We're not saying it should be illegal, we're saying it's creepy. The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years. That makes anyone over 36 creepy for dating a 25 year old.

The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years. Where'd you dig that out of, a back issue of Cosmopolitan , right next to the "partner compatibility" quiz? Two grown, consenting adults don't need your approval to hook up, no matter the age difference. Calling it "creepy" is simply arrogant and self-righteous, with a sprinkling of tone-deaf on top. There's plenty to not like about the other Scot…

There's peer reviewed studies that validate that range. One example: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-01742-002

I find it really amusing that the hate I'm getting on this seems to be coming from older men.

Re: The Further Text Adventures of Scott Adams

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The general rule is you can go down to half your age plus seven years. Where'd you dig that out of, a back issue of Cosmopolitan , right next to the "partner compatibility" quiz? Two grown, consenting adults don't need your approval to hook up, no matter the age difference. Calling it "creepy" is simply arrogant and self-righteous, with a sprinkling of tone-deaf on top. There's plenty to not like about the other Scot…

There's peer reviewed studies that validate that range. One example: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-01742-002 I find it really amusing that the hate I'm getting on this seems to be coming from older men.

> Results show that females preferred partners of their own age, regardless of their own age and regardless of the level of relationship involvement. In contrast, males, regardless of their own age, desired mates for short-term mating and for sexual fantasies who were in their reproductive years. However, for long-term mates, males preferred mates who, although younger than them, were sometimes above the age of maximum fertility.

I'm not sure your study is validating that range. I feel like it's doing the opposite. I also remember statistics from dating websites where women always preferred someone their age, while men always preferred someone between 20-25, no matter their age.

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