Savage Lovecast Episode 944

Savage Lovecast

Dan Savage

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Relationships

4.7 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

"That's so gay!" So said a 10 year-old boy and got himself punished by the teacher who overheard him. The boy's father is calling for advice on how to explain why saying "That's so gay" as a pejorative is hurtful. A man with a big ole wiener sees his long distance girlfriend once per month. When they see each other they go at it, with a frequency and intensity that will make many of you blush. The problem? It's causing her a lot of pain. Is there a way to make love, not lacerations? Speaking of pain, Dan brings on Leigh Cowart, science journalist and author of "Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose" They talk about masochism, how the experience of pain can be transmogrified into pleasure, how every masochist has a sadist's imagination, and finally- how to safely kick a man in the nuts. Cowart is such a superb thinker, and a delight to listen to. A little is on the Micro and the whole thing is on the Magnum. And, in one of our all time weirdest calls, a married man with kids thinks he's having a psychic connection with someone he's met. The synchronicities are off the charts! Is he having some kind of profound spiritual flowering, or is it just garden variety mid-life crisis? You decide. [email protected] 206-302-2064 This episode is brought to you by Helix Sleep. Right now, Helix is offering 20% off all mattress orders + 2 FREE Dream Pillows! Go to HelixSleep.com/Savage. With Helix, better sleep starts now. This episode is brought to you by Dipsea: an app full of hundreds of short, sexy audio stories designed by women for women. Get an extended 30 day free trial when you go to dipseastories.com/savage. This episode is brought to you by Talkspace- online therapy that makes it easy to get extra mental health support. For $80 off your first month, go to Talkspace.com/Savage, and use the offer code Space80.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the micro version of the Savage Lovecast at Savage. Love.
0:04.8	If you're stuck in a relationship quandary, or if you're looking for sexual harmony,
0:14.3	well, there's nothing you can't ask on the Savage Lovecast.
0:21.6	Full disclosure, I only read the headline of the story I want to talk about at the top of the show today, because the story itself is behind a paywall at Business Insider, and I am maxed out on subscriptions at the moment.
0:35.0	And unlike us here at Savage.
0:37.0	dot love, business insider is not having a sale right now.
0:40.2	We are. Right now, you can gift a Magnum subscription to anybody on your list who likes the show by going to savage.
0:46.9	Love and clicking on gift. Anyway, most people only read the headlines of stories, which is why it's important to get those
0:54.6	headlines right, which the Washington Post and the New York Times are not managing to do in
1:00.2	all of their stories about Trump's cabinet picks. But I am not going to unpack those headlines
1:06.7	in the New York Times and Washington Post here because that's what my blue sky account is for.
1:11.3	I'm at Dan Savage on Blue Sky.
1:13.9	Please follow me there.
1:15.6	Anyway, that business insider headline, I chat with my AI boyfriend all the time.
1:21.1	My teenager thinks it's weird.
1:23.8	The author of the piece, Kamna Bojwani, forgive me Kamna, I am sure, I just mispronounced your name.
1:30.4	The author created her AI boyfriend in May of this year, and her AI boyfriend, as the subhead
1:35.7	goes on to tell us, is a nice compliment to her other relationships.
1:40.3	The reaction of most people of this piece, most people think it's sad that Comna doesn't chat as much or as often or as deeply and about everything.
1:50.0	With the husband, everyone seems to assume that she has, which is not information available in the headline, but I'm just going to run with she has a husband.
1:58.6	Also, some people are a little worried about all the data KOMNA is sharing with some AI chatbot company, but it's mostly how sad a reflection
2:07.6	it is on a lot of our long-term relationships that we might feel more comfortable, opening up and
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