Everything&Nothing: A Collection of Thoughts

Every few months, there’s another think piece or viral post blaming unwanted pregnancies on a “lack of sex education.” It’s one of those lines people repeat because it sounds compassionate — like we’re just one PowerPoint presentation away from fixing decades of bad decisions. But come on. Let’s be honest. Nobody over the age of twelve doesn’t know how babies are made. Everyone knows what causes pregnancy. Everyone knows where STDs come from. It’s not a lack of education. It’s a lack of accountability. --- The Lie of Ignorance People love to pretend that recklessness comes from not knowing better. It’s a convenient excuse because it softens responsibility. “They just didn’t know.” “They weren’t taught.” “We need more education.” No. Most people know exactly what they’re doing. They just hope they won’t have to deal with the outcome. We act like everyone needs a graduate course in biology to figure this out, when the average fifteen-year-old can find porn faster than they ca...

I saw a post the other day that’s been floating around online — a guy supposedly made a fake Tinder profile using the photo of an extremely attractive man. Nobody knows who the photo actually belonged to, but that wasn’t the point. What mattered was the bio. It read: > “I have a criminal record because I was abusive to women.” No sugar-coating. No excuses. Just a blunt confession — the kind of thing you’d expect to end a dating profile instantly. But instead, within 48 hours, that fake account had racked up over 800 matches. When I first saw it, I wasn’t shocked — just curious. I questioned how real it was, sure. Maybe it was a social experiment. Maybe the numbers were exaggerated. But even if it wasn’t real, I had no trouble believing it could be. Because everything we know about human behavior — and dating apps — says it’s completely possible. --- Looks First, Logic Later If the image used in that article is the same one from the Tinder profile, I get it. You could eas...