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everythingisoptionalHot take: friendship with benefits is simplified friendship, in much the same way that transhumanism is simplified humanism.
Of course “simplified” doesn’t always mean “better”. But I nonetheless suspect that, even without changing people’s preferences, there’d be a lot more people fucking their friends if people asked themselves “What reason do I have not to do this highly enjoyable thing with this person I get along with so well and have done so many other enjoyable things with?” instead of “What reason do I have to do so?”.
Of course “simplified” doesn’t always mean “better”. But I nonetheless suspect that, even without changing people’s preferences, there’d be a lot more people fucking their friends if people asked themselves “What reason do I have not to do this highly enjoyable thing with this person I get along with so well and have done so many other enjoyable things with?” instead of “What reason do I have to do so?”.
