Savage Love Letter of the Day: Should've Checked My Email Earlier

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Damn it. I hadn't even made the connection between that headline and the song. But now it's going to be playing in my head for days.

Doesn't help that I just had to hear it, now that you've brought it up.

Knat on August 31, 2016 at 4:39 PM

I see a few of our sad new commenters can email as well!

undead ayn rand on August 31, 2016 at 4:53 PM

Welcome back, Dan!

A fucking degenerate with a cesspool for a mind... At least now we know it's really you and not some lame substitute. We sure missed you those three long weeks you were away.

Ricardo on August 31, 2016 at 5:03 PM

Cesspooll? Yes, but what a cesspool!

saxfanatic on August 31, 2016 at 5:13 PM

Does this mean VLAD doesn't think much of our comments either? :-(

SublimeAfterglow on August 31, 2016 at 6:06 PM

DRAG ME! DRAG ME!

Red Spandex Guy from Airpocalypse on August 31, 2016 at 6:29 PM

Coming to theaters this Christmas...

Based on a little-known Marvel Comics character, Dan Savage, a former Catholic churchgoer turned sex advice columnist is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated powers of depravity, adopting the alter ego Cesspool.

Roma on August 31, 2016 at 6:32 PM

Hahahahaha. I guess I'm a fucking degenerate for reading Savage Love for about 2 decades now. Should I kill myself too?

Welcome to the Cesspool, the rest of you degenerates!

Reverse Polarity on August 31, 2016 at 7:27 PM

When mired in a cesspool, it is comforting to have such witty, erudite, and perverted company!

We are family! (https://g.co/kgs/CVFQKT)

SNJ-RN on August 31, 2016 at 7:55 PM

I lit a candle a whispered a small curse to the letter writer, may s/he one day have sexual frustration of some kind or another, a partner that just doesn't understand and seek Dan's advise.

OmarSanchezCat on August 31, 2016 at 8:13 PM

And THAT is why they call him SAVAGE.

venomlash on August 31, 2016 at 8:55 PM

I like undead ayn rand's "sad new commenters" dig. You're just another clique. All peace and love and acceptance, as long as everybody agrees with you and is in the in-crowd.

There's of course other people in the world -- heck, EVEN OTHER GAY PEOPLE -- but we don't matter as much as you. Only people who agree with you matter. Everybody else is "sad."

Typical gay hypocrisy.

GayDrunkPatriotsFan12 on August 31, 2016 at 8:55 PM

@10: "may s/he one day have sexual frustration of some kind or another"

Oh, decades too late for that ;)

undead ayn rand on August 31, 2016 at 9:09 PM

@12: Most people are welcome, but nobody likes you personally, stick to the Trump forums.

undead ayn rand on August 31, 2016 at 9:10 PM

And yes, you can feel free to fly back over to whatever idiot hell spawned you.

undead ayn rand on August 31, 2016 at 9:11 PM

I've got a bookmark on my browser so I can easily click and go to "Slog". I'm now going to change that to "Cesspool". Thanks for the suggestion, VLAD!

originalcinner on August 31, 2016 at 9:22 PM

Vlad? Who loves "IMPALING"...? Definitely a self hating/closeted mess who'd.just been forced through conversion brainwashing!

iseult on August 31, 2016 at 9:34 PM

@2 I've even started wondering if Seattleblahs was fruitful and multiplied (ICKKKKK!!!) asexually like those worms that become several worms when you chop them up!

iseult on August 31, 2016 at 9:42 PM

Please, if you have children or dependent others, stick around to take care of them.

Dan seems like a great guy; he generally gives good advice. Seems like a great husband and father too.

hey on August 31, 2016 at 10:31 PM

@1, I'm hoping this is the beginning or a small part of my cure from the re-wiring of my brain by (can't be mentioned...no no no...oh HELL YES...but stars a ten-dollar bill)...ahhhh...!!!!!!
Anybody else want to give me some brain-worm music that can cure me??
Here. It's poison. Beware.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tMf9sx7…

Sandiai on September 1, 2016 at 12:30 AM

@18, God I miss that guy!

VLAD, Dan is fairly awesome. I'm sorry for your pain?

Sandiai on September 1, 2016 at 12:40 AM

Yeah, it's about time someone spoke up for those who believe sex should be between married heteros for baby-making and always quick, shameful and devoid of pleasure. Because people who believe that never secretly watch porn, sneak around for some strange, hire gay escorts etc. Y'all should not just be openly sexual and happy, you hear, that's disgusting.

deirdre_velcro on September 1, 2016 at 1:02 AM

VLAD, living breathing proof that opinions are like assholes - everybody's got one. Please note that Dan shared yours rather than trying to shout you down like you and your sad little clique of Trump-washed friends (do you even have friends?) would undoubtedly do. Note: " I am right, and everyone else in the world is wrong" is a telltale sign of a sociopath.

DonnyKlicious on September 1, 2016 at 5:28 AM

I can find myself in occasional harmony, if not agreement, with people who are fairly socially conservative and who are probably not Dan Savage fans. But anyone who would go out of their way to write Dan, curse at him, and encourage him to commit suicide...? That is another kind of beast altogether. A relatively rare one, I hope.

Lance_Thrustwell on September 1, 2016 at 6:44 AM

@24: Yup, it's not that the LW is right-wing, it's that they're an objectively shitty human being, full of hate and malice.

undead ayn rand on September 1, 2016 at 7:02 AM

Vlad has to be really fucked up. Who calls you a degenerate and then in the next breath tells you you should kill yourself. I would understand if they said they would pray for him or he should seek God, but saying he is a bad person and that he should kill himself is almost an oxymoron. "Yea God" people are so fucked up, but I guess that's what happens when you believe in imaginary sky people, you can believe in anything you want... Must be nice, but I wouldn't waste it on hate I would waste it on getting off, just saying!

Mnstrmia on September 1, 2016 at 7:58 AM

@24: It is simple catharsis. People love saying stuff online just to say it because it feels good. You can see many examples on comment threads in the Slog itself.

Theodore Gorath on September 1, 2016 at 8:10 AM

@27: Trolling isn't cathartic, though. These people get off on hating and trying to hurt others. If only these garbage humans said their peace and were never heard from again, they don't become any less nasty afterwards.

undead ayn rand on September 1, 2016 at 9:59 AM

@24 @25 policies of modern right wing are hateful and malicious in effects even when "nice" conservatives are pushing them.

Social and economic conservatives both! Gays can't get married, adolescents can't get sex ed or contraceptives, people who aren't rich get bankrupted by random illness as private sector healthcare costs double or triple some kind of single payer or more regulated system (per capita and % of GDP).

Limited unemployment and unlucky people become homeless even if wanting to work. No unions and millions of jobs pay less than a living wage.

Conservative policies are inherently hateful and malicious in outcome even if the people advocating them aren't personally assholes.

delta35 on September 1, 2016 at 10:28 AM

@23 - Here, try this one on for size (offered in a wholly friendly way from one degenerate to another):
"Opinions are like assholes... if I wanted yours it would already be on the tip of my tongue."

:D

treacle on September 1, 2016 at 11:01 AM

@29: I don't at all disagree here, but I'm sure that there are more "polite" conservative posters here that enjoy discussing sex and relationships without being a human flaming bag of dogshit.

Nobody's beliefs on the benefits of progressive socioeconomic policy are going to get changed overnight with these discussions. I'm just happy whem the obvious malactors were disappeared right back to their cocaine-and-hatred addled Breitbart forums.

undead ayn rand on September 1, 2016 at 11:42 AM

@26 "Who calls you a degenerate and then in the next breath tells you you should kill yourself"
Oh honey, this must be your first day on the internet.

drjones on September 1, 2016 at 1:15 PM

I wonder how much time VLAD spends reading Dan's columns to know so well what they are about, why so many of us read them and how transformative have they been over the years.
Yeah, I'm sure guilty VLAD was just bored out of watching porn and decided to punish himself proxy.
We'll be seeing you around, VLAD

xjuan on September 1, 2016 at 1:24 PM

Ok, I admit, I got too impatient to read all of the other comments... my first impression to this person's letter was simply, "wow. That's a LOT of anger, especially considering you are not doing anything that directly affects this person". My second thought was off the many times your advice to others had literally saved my life (i.e. giving me courage to leave abusive relationships, coping with lgbtq related violence, etc). If you don't like it, don't read it. Simple.
Anyway, thanks for being there during my darkest hours, and for doing what you do. I'm CERTAIN I'm not the only person you've saved.

espresso_dreams on September 1, 2016 at 6:03 PM

Dan- wtf? I suspect you get plenty of letters from people with genuine questions, but instead choose to print this one and a clearly fake one on the main thread that don't seem to serve anyone.

CMDwannabe on September 3, 2016 at 11:48 AM

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