Would I rather have sex, or watch a new Alec Steele video? I think the answer is pretty clear.

Society still can’t comprehend men who are not totally controlled by their own sex drives.

💫Sexism💫

I've seen this posted in the past.

I still don't know which video he was watching... :(

Can't wait for him to get that new power hammer up and running!

Yes, either way.
Anything. Please?

Hell yeah! The days counting down is killing me.

I wanna see that thing mush metal around like it's playdough.

Only one of them involves a real hammering.

The last time I saw this posted, someone linked this NOVA episode about the Ulfberht

https://youtu.be/namXt4Etn_o

I know! He was such a tease uploading like 3 videos in 4 days, then leaving us dry for nearly a week now

I love a good power hammering.

So hard and hot and fast 🥵🥵

Good guy Greg.

I thought I was being trolled but I looked up alec Steele anyway....Nice!!!!!!!

Be the change you want to see in the world!

We all know you've always wanted to get a crucible, an anvil, and a power hammer!

Learn, then show us how it's done!

Joking aside, his stuff is absolutely fascinating.

Shut up Wesley.

https://yt.chocolatemoo53.com/watch?v=namXt4Etn_o

watch?v=namXt4Etn_o&

The Ulfberht

https://yt.chocolatemoo53.com/watch?v=namXt4Etn_o

watch?v=namXt4Etn_o&

Also it's a pretty transparent desperate attempt at some attention, and the internet's natural response whenever anybody does something like that, is to deny it.

Thanks everyone. 12:30AM and I’m watching a swordmaking doc.

Maybe if she also had a medieval sword? 🤔

Jesus, it's like you're me from a different timeline where I don't have a midterm tomorrow. Or a different timezone I guess.

The solution here is clearly to have sex while watching the video

Ladies, if you want sex, say so. Nothing shameful in it. The times where every little bit of initiative has to come from the guy are really past, and even if some of you seem to think that - we cannot read your thoughts and you might just sit there in your underwear because you are comfortable that way.

Be more interesting than a documentary?

Depends on the underwear.

This is of course the only correct answer.

I mean, just do both

A woman might get beaten up or even raped as being "a whore" for being too outright about wanting sex. The risk is not very high, but if you repeat an action with a small risk often enough, the risk will realize.

Yeah, this is a thing that needs to change in the society. But, to change it, first it must be made safe, which means men actively standing up against other men when they behave in misogynistic ways. The bad guys look externally precisely the same as the good guys, and they ruin extremely much for the rest!

I wish he'd do some 725 part elaboratly engraved sword videos again. But I also enjoy the hammer restorations

At some point his workshop will only consist of power hammers and nothing else

Ehm, we are talking about a situation where a woman is sitting next to her boyfriend and not voicing what she wants because she expects him to read her thoughts. You are missing the mark here, although i agree with the rest of your sentiment.

Maybe you can watch it afterwards, to unwind?

Either way, good luck on your midterm!

This.

and god forbid you assume the undetwear means she wants sex

modern society clearly says that is sexism or something

You mean his primary workshop.

I mean the solution is simple.

Fire up that forge. Then she can finally start pounding that hard rod.

Do it doggystyle so you can both watch X-Files Medieval Swordmaking Documentaries

Real talk: A lot of hey-this-will-be-awesome sword making documentaries on YouTube have gotten to where they're trying to sell them.

That's not what I'm about. I don't care about your side hustle. I care about your interest is veering into a passion that goes a bit beyond what is acceptable in polite society.

I Don't know how far a halberd would penetrate into a 2019 GMC Yukon. That's what I'm about. That's what the world needs.

My wife comes out in underware, it means laudry day is past due :)

Please no, I can't invest $1000s in another new hobby I will abandon in 3 months.

There's an xkcd hover text that really captures some of my feelings about people and their interests/passions:

I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at.

This is an underlying filter for whether someone else's passion strikes me as interesting. I need a level of authenticity in the people who I interact with on any given topic.

I think it's perfectly reasonable to complain when a partner will never make a move, or hasn't made a move in a long time.

I'm a straight dude in a long term monogamous relationship, and I don't like stretches where I'm the only one initiating. It needs to be give and take, over time. Being desired, especially when I'm not expecting it, is part of my own emotional needs, and I can't imagine it's uncommon, even across genders and sexual orientations.

And simultaneously is (rightfully) scared by men who are. Gotta really toe the line.

Dunno. I don't think she literally expects him to read her mind but this is rather an allegory of sorts.

And here comes the thing that her life doesn't happen in a vacuum. She has been conditioned in all other parts of her life since she was only 12-year-old to not show sexual desire outwardly. It takes a lot of wisdom to understand not to apply in this situation something that you have accepted as a basic axiom of life.

Yeah, it would be much better to be outspoken about one's needs, but that's a very big thing to demand of a young and inexperienced woman. Relationship skills grow during the relationship. They are not something innate.

As long as the rest of the girl's life conditions her to a certain behaviour, I would be primarily angry at those things conditioning her to that shit and only secondarily to her not recognising she has been conditioned to bad behaviour and should unlearn that usually necessary behaviour in certain contexts.

It is also a sword making video. I sort of want a link.

I fully agree that this is a 2-way-street. But in my experience over the last 27 years of relationships, women still somehow think that simply responding to male sexual drive is enough, while most young men nowadays are keenly aware about the fact that permanently lusting over their partners is a very pushy thing to do, and they have adapted to that reality. Also, young men (at least the ones worth of being in a relationship) also realize that this is a 2-way-street. So it is only fair to expect from this lady - who is publicly complaining instead of talking to her partner, which in itself is somewhat fucked up - to voice her desires instead of holding her partner to an impossible standard.

Edit: she can complain publicly again if her partner categorically refuses sex with her regardless of circumstances, but she might be better of separating at that point instead of whining - there are enough men out there that are viable partners and who would do a lot for that opportunity - if she is a decent partner herself.

Not even that is a sure indicator. They might just wear the intricate and fine stuff because they felt like it, not because they are horny. It still needs some confirmation about her motives, especially in this age where (finally! and even against the backdrop of erosion of womens and LGBT+ rights) consent is so important.

I've commented on this before, she needs to learn to communicate her desire and not just assume her being in her underwear instantly communicates "I want sex."

Like, sure, if he saw her in her underwear and understood this was her way of communicating that and he is still not going for it maybe there is an issue. But by default there is no way to know that is what their relationship is like.