5 Questions
Yes, it’s time for another round of 5 Questions. The rules are still really simple. Thankfully, the site has advanced some since the last round of 5 Questions, so users no longer have to use QuickMail to ask their questions, they can simply leave a comment. So, for the unitiated, here’s how it works: the lovely visitors to this humble website will ask me (Alex, in case you are wondering) one question each, and I will answer the first five questions submitted.
Commentors may also ask one another questions, such as “why did you ask that?” or “are you free this evening?” However, Tumbledry, Ltd. can not guarantee answers to inter-comment queries of the type outlined in the previous sentence. That said, unlike last time, life will go on around here normally while this open question session lasts: that is, I won’t threaten to boycott posting just because there aren’t five questions. If there aren’t enough, there aren’t enough. Such is life.
Have fun, stay safe, and when necessary, use protection (I speak of these, of course).
Comments
Justin Gehring
When will you be getting married to the best of your knowledge?
John
What is the meaning of life? I am looking for a non-numerical answer.
Mykala
Yeah… I wanna know the answer to Justin's question. Haha…
Kidding, kidding…
I know what I want to know…
Why do men have nipples?
Markoe
Can I borrow a pen?
Justin Michael
How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man?
Bonus question: what about women?
Nick
Do you have a picture of your sister that we could see?
Justin Gehring
Will Alex Answer any of these?
Alexander Micek
Here we go, answering the first five questions submitted:
1.) To the best of my knowledge, I have no idea when I will get married. It's a lot like asking when I will go into my own practice: I know it will happen (that is, I would like it to, and hope it can happen), but so many variables exist at the moment that I can not say for certain. So, I will get married at some point in the next 10 years.
2.) The meaning of life is different for each person. The secret of understanding the meaning of life is to know that there is never one maxim, answer, or catch-all statement that reveals the meaning of life, even within the confines of your own life. Furthermore, consider your question; what are you really searching for when you ask such a broad, all-encompassing query? I am reminded of a Joseph Campbell quote:
"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life … I think that what we're really seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our innermost being and reality, so that we can actually feel the rapture of being alive."
3.) I've been thinking about this nipple question beyond the usual explanation, which is: the female and male fetuses develop identically during early stages, meaning they both get nipples, regardless of whether said nipples will end up functional. Beyond that, I think I have a good reason: the breast tissue in men is capable of quite a bit of growth/change throughout the life, be it due to muscle or adipose tissue; these orbs of tissue need a place to take up slack from this changing shape. You know when you try to cover a basketball with wrapping paper, you get paper crinkles? I think nipples could serve to alleviate skin "crinkling" and allow the epidermal layer to smoothly cover whatever shape of tissue is beneath.
4.) lol. You may borrow a pen, but you are limited to one every month or so - I'm running low, myself. And only works of peace may be wrought with this pen!
5.) Much as I would like to challenge the preconceived notions of this question, as I did in the meaning of life (see answer 2.), such as a definite meaning of "man," and that the evolution from boy to man is really a confused and sporadic evolution, I will still attempt to answer this question.
To become an adult, a person must have earned a profound understanding of death, loss, love, and responsibility.
None of these are simple (I think the last two are the most complicated). For this reason, I think they are able to encompass the fascinating journey that is a transition from child to adult.
Richard Roche
wow…that nipple thing was deep