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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 53 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

BY JESSICA STOYA

I’m a 30-year-old guy

Might be creative writing.

Edit: just realized this is an audience submitted article, but I don’t retract my point

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

This is a column where letters from readers are responded to by the author (and sometimes guest help). Ms. Stoya is the column’s author, and she writes responses to the letters that get sent in.

Might still be creative writing, but not by Ms. Stoya.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I realized my mistake a minute after commenting and edited to point out the misunderstanding. These user submitted articles have always seemed fake to me. Particularly those from John Baron

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh. It even looks like you realized it before I commented, but my client didn’t show your edit!

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Between the time required for different instances to push and pull the update, and the minute required to write it, there was definitely room for a misunderstanding to brew. Browser lemmy also only publishes changes to the page when you upvote/downvote something. (But voting can also clear any comments you’re writing on that page, so be careful)

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

BY JESSICA STOYA

Wait is that the Stoya? I had no idea she was writing for Slate now!

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

I think she knows how sex works though.

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There’s more to the story, I saw the full article somewhere else. Dude can’t finish without a condom now because of nerves. It seems pretty believable.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Read the article and I wish them well, if it isn’t a cheeky bit of chicanery. Poking holes in the condom would also work, in addition to the soul searching and ED medication they suggested