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Client (who is a professor): You could be my boyfriend.
 
Me: Are you tenured?

Vanity... Definitely my favorite sin.
 
(Al Pacino in The Devil’s Advocate)

Speaking of fathers and their daughters’ work: I wonder sometimes about The Diary of Anne Frank. Otto Frank, Anne’s father, published it after she died. Some speculate that much of it was fabricated. I myself have trouble finding credible a quote she purportedly composed herself in her diary: “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Perhaps I’m just jaded.
 
I took two classes on the Holocaust. In one of them each member of the class had to do a brief presentation on one Holocaust diary (dozens of them are extant — Anne Frank was not the only Jew who kept one). My particular one was written by a twelve-year-old boy. He lived with his parents and the three swore that when the police came to call, rather than be taken away, they would all immediately ingest cyanide tablets that the father had procured, in the interest of leaving this world on their own terms. The police eventually did come to their home, and the boy took a cyanide tablet immediately as his parents had earlier instructed him to do, as they had all agreed to do. His last words reportedly were: “Daddy, the cyani—“ and then he dropped dead. The police officials were so horrified by this that they just left. The parents survived the Holocaust and had another child. It really annoyed me. I felt great disdain for those parents. What the hell?
 
Side note: He and his parents lived in a “ghetto.” Until those classes I don’t think I was aware of the term originally referring to living quarters for Jews during the Holocaust.

I happen to be aware of the magnitude of the plight of academics. Some of my professors were not at all shy about broaching the subject. One straight up said that life is miserable for them before getting tenure. Another told us that they owe far more in loans than they bring in each year: “...Seriously, it’s not good.” The “publish or perish” aspect of it all was the most daunting to me when I considered it as a profession. They have to keep churning out literature to stay afloat in the estimation of their respective universities and the academic realm in general.

Client (who is a professor): You could be my boyfriend.
 
Me: Are you tenured?

This is the sort of thing with which I have to contend today.

I love how the bios of some Grindr guys address a certain subset/group of gays and add “to the front of line.” As if there’s really a line of people waiting to get into their pants.

“If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.”
 
-Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

I had to provide a pic of my ID way back when. The problem for me is “verifying my photos” (which is optional, and on your page indicates to visitors that you’ve done so) by taking a selfie holding up a paper with my URL (rentmen.com/loremipsum) on it. I just don’t feel comfortable with the possibility of that photo swimming around; it is irrefutable proof that I was at one point an escort.

I’m pretty au courant, but I’ve no clue what all this is.
 

 
Marijuana, typically. The alternative, enjoying the outdoors and arboriculture/horticulture, would be expressed in writing without the aid of an emoji. Having a hobby of smoking marijuana may also be couched as “I like ‘greenery.’”
 

 
“Gen?” means “Are you generous (monetarily)?”
 
?, ?, the word “party,” and a capital “t” where it ought not to be (e.g., I like To have a good Time), all indicate a proclivity for crystal meth (street name “Tina”). (They can show up the middle of words, too.)
 
? — roses are used less often, but several times men have hit me up asking “How many roses?” In turn, guys who wish to be paid may also use them. It’s a means of solicitation.
 
??‍♂️ means that one lifts.
 
⬆️ means that they top.
 
⬇️ means that they bottom.
 
↕️???? all mean versatile.
 
? (or a similar emoji), means that they are hip and spiritual, or at least that they fancy themselves as such.

Clicked the link. Interest piqued.

Actually, said tableau reminds me of a Sex and the City scene that finds Samantha waiting a long time for a date to show: “She hadn’t expected to be caught out in public alone without a book, project, or any of her dining-out-alone-armor.”

TruHart1

I first watched Milk with a girlfriend of mine. In the scene where Sean Penn first meets James Franco and asks to spend time together, she said, “That’s forward...” I’m like... That’s nothing.
 

Some emojis...


The diamond emoji is used to refer to crystal meth and the snowflake symbol is used to attract the attention of people wanting to buy cocaine.


Some Grindr users feature the capital letter T in their profiles, which refers to the street name for meth, Tina.
 
I believe the tree and clover are weed...???☘️??
Snowman and eightball coke. ❄️☃️
 
“Unicorn” in the context of dating and hookups means a person willing to be the third member of a threesome with an established couple. ?
 
And roses and others represent payment. ???
And I guess there are some which are less subtle.
https://www.pride.com/dating/2017/3/14/grindrs-new-naughty-emojis-are-sending-internet-frenzy

I’m pretty au courant, but I’ve no clue what all this is.
 

 
Marijuana, typically. The alternative, enjoying the outdoors and arboriculture/horticulture, would be expressed in writing without the aid of an emoji. Having a hobby of smoking marijuana may also be couched as “I like ‘greenery.’”
 

 
“Gen?” means “Are you generous (monetarily)?”
 
?, ?, the word “party,” and a capital “t” where it ought not to be (e.g., I like To have a good Time), all indicate a proclivity for crystal meth (street name “Tina”). (They can show up the middle of words, too.)
 
? — roses are used less often, but several times men have hit me up asking “How many roses?” In turn, guys who wish to be paid may also use them. It’s a means of solicitation.
 
??‍♂️ means that one lifts.
 
⬆️ means that they top.
 
⬇️ means that they bottom.
 
↕️???? all mean versatile.
 
? (or a similar emoji), means that they are hip and spiritual, or at least that they fancy themselves as such.

I’m pretty au courant, but I’ve no clue what all this is.
 

 
Marijuana, typically. The alternative, enjoying the outdoors and arboriculture/horticulture, would be expressed in writing without the aid of an emoji. Having a hobby of smoking marijuana may also be couched as “I like ‘greenery.’”
 

 
“Gen?” means “Are you generous (monetarily)?”
 
?, ?, the word “party,” and a capital “t” where it ought not to be (e.g., I like To have a good Time), all indicate a proclivity for crystal meth (street name “Tina”). (They can show up the middle of words, too.)
 
? — roses are used less often, but several times men have hit me up asking “How many roses?” In turn, guys who wish to be paid may also use them. It’s a means of solicitation.
 
??‍♂️ means that one lifts.
 
⬆️ means that they top.
 
⬇️ means that they bottom.
 
↕️???? all mean versatile.
 
? (or a similar emoji), means that they are hip and spiritual, or at least that they fancy themselves as such.

TruHart1

My autocorrect did correct "versa" to "versatile." I noticed it right before I posted. I decided to keep the error to see if anyone noticed. ?
 
Gman

I’m pretty au courant, but I’ve no clue what all this is.
 

 
Marijuana, typically. The alternative, enjoying the outdoors and arboriculture/horticulture, would be expressed in writing without the aid of an emoji. Having a hobby of smoking marijuana may also be couched as “I like ‘greenery.’”
 

 
“Gen?” means “Are you generous (monetarily)?”
 
?, ?, the word “party,” and a capital “t” where it ought not to be (e.g., I like To have a good Time), all indicate a proclivity for crystal meth (street name “Tina”). (They can show up the middle of words, too.)
 
? — roses are used less often, but several times men have hit me up asking “How many roses?” In turn, guys who wish to be paid may also use them. It’s a means of solicitation.
 
??‍♂️ means that one lifts.
 
⬆️ means that they top.
 
⬇️ means that they bottom.
 
↕️???? all mean versatile.
 
? (or a similar emoji), means that they are hip and spiritual, or at least that they fancy themselves as such.

I’m pretty au courant, but I’ve no clue what all this is.
 

 
Marijuana, typically. The alternative, enjoying the outdoors and arboriculture/horticulture, would be expressed in writing without the aid of an emoji. Having a hobby of smoking marijuana may also be couched as “I like ‘greenery.’”
 

 
“Gen?” means “Are you generous (monetarily)?”
 
?, ?, the word “party,” and a capital “t” where it ought not to be (e.g., I like To have a good Time), all indicate a proclivity for crystal meth (street name “Tina”). (They can show up the middle of words, too.)
 
? — roses are used less often, but several times men have hit me up asking “How many roses?” In turn, guys who wish to be paid may also use them. It’s a means of solicitation.
 
??‍♂️ means that one lifts.
 
⬆️ means that they top.
 
⬇️ means that they bottom.
 
↕️???? all mean versatile.
 
? (or a similar emoji), means that they are hip and spiritual, or at least that they fancy themselves as such.

“The comfort zone is a nice place, but nothing ever grows there.” -Unknown