Ugh. The ad hominem is childish.
What you or “most people” think is creepy is irrelevant, because that’s the very definition of subjective.
You’re absolutely entitled to make judgements about age discrepancies in other peoples relationships if you wish, but labeling them evil or manipulative or criminal on that basis is presumptive.
I know I shouldn’t be but I’m just kind of astonished.
I get that some states are predominantly red voters, but how many people must be involved in this process, and among them not a single person with a shred of integrity. I’m a lefty, but I’d like to think that if I was in a position to have any input into a process like this, I’m pretty sure I would be screaming blue bloody murder, even if the money was going to my own preferred party.
It’s just so embarrassingly obviously corrupt. I would be genuinely ashamed to be involved, even if my involvement was simply not saying anything.
That’s subjective.
If you have a narrow definition of a “normal relationship” then sure, anything else is creepy and weird and someone must be manipulating someone.
I’m sorry to inform you that there are a great many 50 year olds who would absolutely party with 23 year olds given the means. In fact I would suggest that almost all sexually active 50 year olds, who are free of romantic entanglement would knock on that door. Fewer would be interested in setting up a long term committed relationship, but still a significant portion. Bars and brothels and strip clubs are full to the brim with these “abnormals” every night of the week.
Actually, there are a great many cultures in which this type of age disparity is the norm. I’m certainly not arguing that it’s ideal or even “better” than your definition of a “normal relationship”, just demonstrating that your views are indeed subjective.
It’s really only creepy if the 23 year old doesn’t appreciate the attention, or doesn’t reciprocate, or is manipulated.
Yes it would be possible for a 50 year old to manipulate a 23 year old with lavish gifts. It’s also possible for a 23 year old to manipulate a 23 year old with lavish gifts. It’s also possible for a 23 year old to manipulate a 50 year old into giving them lavish gifts. It’s also possible for a 50 year old to simply want to impress the object of his desires with nice things.
It’s absolutely fine for you to find the age disparity creepy. It’s also absolutely fine for others to engage in this type of relationship.
You realise it’s an article about a TV series which only quotes a grieving mother and a retired cop right?
Maybe take another look at the article with just a modicum of scepticism.
I’m struggling.
This sounds like the start of most relationships.
Perhaps separated by degree, but mostly the wealth imbalance.
Right 50 year old showers young desirable woman with gifts, hardly uncommon.
Can you help me understand love-and-money-bombed?
That sounds kinda great compared to my 20s, in which I had no love nor money and was ultimately miserable and lonely.
I mostly agree.
Yes the guy was criminally reckless with the drugs he had access to professionally.
The rest of this article is just a narrative really.
Plenty of people do drugs in their 20s. She was getting them from her sugar daddy. Every parent that lost a child to addiction could write a similar story.
What’s more startling is that users here somehow think that 50 year olds don’t want to party with 23 year old beauty pageant hotties, and that 23 year old beauty pageant hotties don’t want to do drugs and live large with 50 year old dudes.
in the same way they hear about anything else.
Low information voters who feel guilty about voting for trump because of women’s rights.
You’re not one of the idiots who’s vote they’re trying to win.
Nah the campaign has released this prior to the book release because they think it makes trump look more balanced on women’s rights.
Remember, they’re not trying to win your vote, but “low information” swing voters who will decide who to vote for based on whatever meme they happen to remember.
Let’s not look too deeply.
Someone’s contacted her saying they’ll give her a few million if she let’s them write some bullshit memoirs.
No one has cared about the insignificant experiences of this vapid bimbo since she progressed from lamb to mutton, so the book needs some controversial opinions or it just won’t sell.
I suspect that someone thinks this will make Trump seem more balanced on women’s rights which is why they’ve leaked this prior to the book release.
Yeah, I’ve never thought that far in to it.
I guess I just think it’s a way to “tease” someone without the target of the joke being them. Like, lets all laugh about what an idiot dad is, instead of lets all laugh about what an idiot this kid is.
When I was a kid uncles, siblings, and yeah parents, “teased” us by making mildly humiliating comments about which we would all laugh in a good natured hearty way. As in “fine_sandy_bottom is too short, we’ll have to put sheep poo in his boots to help him grow quicker”. Maybe it’s just teasing, maybe it’s a shitty thing to say to a child.
Playing “dad is an embarrassing idiot” doesn’t have that ambiguity.
To me, post-truth doesn’t really mean “everyone lies all the time”, rather it means that on contentious issues, there is no single perspective or narrative universally accepted as “the truth”.
In 2024, facts and information is so readily available that its possible to find “facts” to support whatever perspective or position you want, even disingenuously.
Just a few decades ago, facts and information came from news papers and the evening news on TV. There was no “choose your own adventure” nonsense.
That doesn’t really have much to do with trump and Vance, they just plain lie all the time and their voters don’t care, because they’re “low information” voters. That’s not really what posy truth is about IMO.
My kids are just toddlers but I’m so pumped to embarrass them with dad-attempts-cool-talk.
Oh man. I had blocked that sub. Silly me.
Thanks for the assist!
In Thailand they ban the major progressive party after nearly every election. Usually they’ve already formed another party even before the ban comes down. Often the party leaders are excluded but it doesn’t achieve much and creates the perception that they’re persecuted.
Can someone link me the VP debate discussion thread?
I wonder if maybe me or my home instance is banned from that community.
I’m not advocating for the devil, I’m merely skeptical about this advertorial for a docudrama.
If you want to continue believing that 50 year olds don’t find 23 year olds attractive, then more power to you.