Affirmative consent (n.) is asking out loud for the thing everyone would rather assume.
Affirmative consent (n.) is the idea that if you don't consent at every stage of a sexual encounter, it's rape.
Assent (n.) is where the wise and the fool part: both go pale at a crash from the sky, but the wise man refuses to agree that it is terrible.
Assent (n.) should be given like a night watchman lets people through: 'show me your marks' — no impression passes unexamined, just as Socrates would not live an unexamined life.
Assent (n.) cannot be forced: no one can stop you agreeing to the truth, and no one can make you accept a falsehood.
Assent (n.) does not wait for full understanding; we can say yes to many things we know only obscurely and confusedly.
A Bargain (n.) is rarely as good as it appears — A good bargain is a pick-purse.
A Bargain (n.) is still a purchase — A good bargain is a pick-purse.
A Bargain (n.) is easy to identity - it doesn't fit.
A Bond (n.) is like a rope between two climbers, the reason one is saved and the reason both can fall.
A Bond (n.) is measured by what it survives, not by what it enjoys.
A Bond (n.) is built almost entirely out of the times neither person was at their best.
A Bond (n.) is a bad diversification strategy - it's di-worse-ification