Slog - Comments on Savage Love Letter of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1 I'm an 18 year bisexual writing in response to your column on the "war" on teen sex. As the son of a social worker and a psychologist, let me give you the best advice I can: Stop fighting a losing battle. I can understand every parent's concern about the matter. No one wants to be the mother/father of the pregnant homecoming queen and I know that STDs are a serious issue for everyone. No kid wants to be HIV positive, trust me on that one. Do you really want teens to stop doing it? Sex is a beautiful experience and... Copyright 2008 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:38:57 -0800 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:41:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by christopher Oh, holy shee-ot. Someone thought that was serious?

]]> christopher http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782661 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782661 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:50:02 -0800 Comment by Gloria Go back to old man school and learn to send your VIBES, Mr. Savage!

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782668 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782668 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:53:58 -0800 Comment by bma Too bad he didn't figure out irony before he ate all of those Irish children.

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782686 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:12:41 -0800 Comment by Tlazolteotl Yes, maybe he'll learn about sarcasm when he grows up.

]]> Tlazolteotl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782689 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:15:23 -0800 Comment by erin god, humorless self-righteous teen sex must be the worst.

]]> erin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782692 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782692 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:21:30 -0800 Comment by iheartbeer Dan, seriously, you should write a sex-ed text book. It would require heavy editing but it would be brilliant!

]]> iheartbeer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782694 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782694 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:22:12 -0800 Comment by Sam Seriously, bma, nothing gets me hotter than a Jonathan Swift reference on Slog. Rawr.

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782700 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782700 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:30:38 -0800 Comment by Medina In my teenage years, sex was not a beautiful experience.

]]> Medina http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782701 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782701 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:33:35 -0800 Comment by Tank Why did you do that? Now we're both going to die. It's in my nature.

That was cruel but funny. Eighteen, the son of a social worker and psychologist, and he lectures his class on the horrors of amyl nitrate (gasp!). He'll make a progressive crunchy "like wow" chick very happy one day with his zeal for championing the plight of the downtrodden...set to alanis. After a few more windmills, maybe he'll take himself less seriously.

]]> Tank http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782712 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782712 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:42:49 -0800 Comment by Phelix Hehehe... I wonder if he's local... it'd be fun to flirt with him and watch it sail over his head. Or at least play with his apparently serious nature. :D

]]> Phelix http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782726 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782726 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:01:54 -0800 Comment by Tiffany Does this mean that you are going to take them off the "enemies of Slog" list?

]]> Tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782746 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782746 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:38:54 -0800 Comment by Tiffany Ooops never mind, I thought I was commenting on another post :p

]]> Tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782749 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782749 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:42:22 -0800 Comment by michelle bma, I just sprayed fresca all over my keyboard. fucking hilarious.

]]> michelle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782755 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782755 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:48:03 -0800 Comment by Jack This is one eighteen year old I would love to sit and talk to for a few hours and exchange generational horny stories ... I have thought sex was heaven since jr. high ... what is new?

Don't be jealous Dan, just another sexy hormonal driven boy kitten ... the young replacing the old. Get used to it.

]]> Jack http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782761 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:10:23 -0800 Comment by Kay Hey, gotta give him points for at least refraining from the use of smilies, 'lol's, and the abuse of the phrases "like" and "you know."

Sure, he might have gone a little over-the-top, but at least the guy can use a comma, which puts him ahead of most of our teenage population.

]]> Kay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782833 Savage Love Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:16:25 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark You gotta love the kidz, they are our future!

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782885 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782885 Savage Love Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:41:59 -0800 Comment by Gloria No, he actually doesn't know how to use a comma. See: comma splice error.

I didn't want to bring it up, but come on.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782887 Savage Love Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:49:28 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger Hmmm my sex as a teenager was kinda painful, but then he was pretty big though and the first time neither of us were that great at understanding the idea of LIBERALLY using lube.....

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782903 Savage Love Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:38:15 -0800 Comment by theashesstir you guys are being a bunch of kids yourselves. Even if he was being niave, or if his youth was showing - a truly progressive and mature, or self secure posture to take would be one wherein you reinforce that young persons attempt to engage these issues with discourse; rather than mocking, condescending, and dismissing him... i think it betrays some insecurity.

sometimes when you're preoccupied with scorning through the looking glass, you miss your own reflection coming into focus, and fail to see it for a mirror.

]]> theashesstir http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782904 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782904 Savage Love Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:44:07 -0800 Comment by Cat in Chicago I don't buy it. The kid ain't real. There is no such thing as an 18-year-old bisexual boy who can't recognize simple sarcasm. Granted, he would have only half the usual dose of natural gay cynicism, but being bisexual at 18 requires better than average common sense. He ain't real. Somebody had too much time on their hands.

]]> Cat in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782926 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782926 Savage Love Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:52:16 -0800 Comment by Kay @17

Couldn't you leave me just a little faith in humanity? ...no?

At least he didn't try to make little faces out of the punctuation. Right? Right?

]]> Kay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782968 Savage Love Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:09:23 -0800 Comment by -B- He is 18?
Ok then in less than 2 years he can join the rest of us in not being a teen right.
The problem is dividing adults from teens. Everywhere you look the word teen is used to promote an sell something and it creates an enemy (adults).
The very second that "teen" turns 20 do the same rules apply to him.
Where are the rites of passage that get the point across that you do not get to be a "teen" there is no such thing. Adults get to use "teen" as a convenient way of dismissing younger people and "teens" get to be part of a group that dismiss anyone older than them by being blatantly ageist.
I remember teen years and the amount of crap that was out there to dummy me up was overwhelming. Today it is worse because it is perfectly designed manipulation

]]> -B- http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782997 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c782997 Savage Love Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:38:49 -0800 Comment by nataliewouldnt I think Cat is right. Somebody is having fun with Dan having fun with the crazy religious abstinence crowd.

]]> nataliewouldnt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c783070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/savage_love_letter_of_the_day_1#c783070 Savage Love Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:41:37 -0800