Yeah, that's absolutely where I am, and a good comparison. First Serve was fantastic, but it wasn't De La Soul. I really enjoyed it, though.

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Did you not feel as if something was missing? I thought it was a great Plug One solo album, but without Dave’s whimsy, it seemed to not be De La Soul to me.

Okay, but “First, We Take Manhattan” is a Christmas song.

6/ straight men, the buying is evil. It’s stupid, but consistent with the ways in which people practice these kinds of politics.

5/ unless there’s a hidden principle, which there usually is. And I suspect that in this case, the hidden principle is that “People of identity X must only be celebrated.” Because sex workers tend to be gay men and straight women, we celebrate the sellers, but since the buyers are

4/ But what I had expected is that my friends who are pro-sex work would be the ones with few problems with him, they’re the loudest that he’s a creep. It seems inconsistent to believe that selling sex is salutary and buying it is evil.

3/ Some people think that we should not hold it against him, it’s “sex shaming” to think less of a guy for hiring a hooker. Others agree with me, he’s just not credible. Imagine him looking at porn on a work laptop, even.

2/ for this, you can hire a hooker from your phone and pay with PayPal, even. I just had no idea of any of this. What’s been fascinating is the response. I’d never hire the guy again, it seems like he has terrible judgment and impulse control.