An article you might find amusing.

As I recall, Haeleth, you're an artist by profession.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/nationa...ex-051130.html

Any comments?

[Haeleth]

Amusing indeed. I'm not that sort of artist, sadly. (Technically I suppose I'm more of an illustrator / designer / whatever than an artist in the arty-farty-promiscuous sense.)

I think the ones who get all that sex are the sort who live in communes and paint significant patterns while under the influence of class C restricted substances. Whereas I'm the sort who sits in front of a computer with a tablet, not the sort who sits in front of a naked model with a paintbrush, alas. ;_;

A more interesting question is... is that article saying there's a positive correlation between promiscuity and depression? Seems plausible.

Do you suppose the latter causes the former? It's much harder to rationalize it the other way around.

[l|ammamama]

My guess is just that all the depressed people go out and reinvent themselves as 'artists' - thereby skewing the statistics -_-

[Shii]

Originally Posted by l|ammamama

My guess is just that all the depressed people go out and reinvent themselves as 'artists' - thereby skewing the statistics -_-

...and that depressed people tend to have more flings with women.

But if it's an issue solely of self-perception...

Furthermore, "this sexual behaviour is tolerated in creative people," Nettle added. "Partners, even long-term ones, are less likely to expect loyalty and fidelity from them."

How do you explain that?

(This isn't a "shooting your ideas down" post so much as "let's discuss this point"... just so nobody takes this the wrong way.)

[New]

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They found that professional artists and poets had between four and 10 sexual partners, while non-creative types had an average of three.

Hot DAMN, three partners? I wish I had that many at one time!

:P

Seriously though, wouldn't everyone want to be an artist, then? Even I could throw paint and lei flowers on a canvas and call it art.

[AstCd2]

The problem with statistics is that they don't often ostensibly show the cause-effect relations. Instead of 'Artists get laid', I'd be more inclined to believe in a combination of 'Creative and interesting people have a tendency to become artists' and 'Creative and interesting people get laid'.

[Talbain]

Originally Posted by Haeleth

Amusing indeed. I'm not that sort of artist, sadly. (Technically I suppose I'm more of an illustrator / designer / whatever than an artist in the arty-farty-promiscuous sense.)

I think the ones who get all that sex are the sort who live in communes and paint significant patterns while under the influence of class C restricted substances. Whereas I'm the sort who sits in front of a computer with a tablet, not the sort who sits in front of a naked model with a paintbrush, alas. ;_;

A more interesting question is... is that article saying there's a positive correlation between promiscuity and depression? Seems plausible.

I think that sex in general leads to depression (it certainly did for me). How many happily married couples have you seen these days?

[zalas]

... and how many depressed married couples do you see who don't get any from each other? *runs*

Funny, I'd always thought that artists were prone to cutting off their ears and yelling a lot.

[Haeleth]

I think that comes under "depression".

Unless there are whole fields of sexual practice that the eroge industry has neglected thus far.

[Carl]

Originally Posted by Haeleth

I think that comes under "depression".

Unless there are whole fields of sexual practice that the eroge industry has neglected thus far.

Guro?

Doesn't fall under neglected, though.

[Carl]

Originally Posted by K

Doesn't fall under neglected, though.

Good point.