CHAT: mental masturbation

Matt (in early May):
> I once had a psychologist tell me that my conlanging was no better
> than mental masturbation (whatever that means),
I think I would agree that conlanging is no better than mental
masturbation. Indeed, if one broadens the sense of "masturbation" to
"self-gratification (not necessarily erotic)" then it surely *is*
mental masturbation.

I'm sure that I have pointed out before on this list that in Namjuan,
calling someone a masturbator is not an insult, and if you do want
to insult them you call them a chat show host.


--And.
[Sorry if this repeats what someone else said.]