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  • firewaterwordfirewaterword Satchitananda Pais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered User regular
    Picturing chu watching and commentating in the style of David Attenborough.

    Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
  • bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    ronya wrote: »
    or is it, like, just a straight-up robbery

    Typically they case houses.

    But I'm unsure if this is a legit thing. They want to reduce my electric bill. There is a legit business that does this. But, what they do is switch suppliers that are offering a discount. Then that supplier jacks up their energy cost so you end up paying more than if you just stay on the default "cheap" supplier.

    It's probably just dudes casing the joint because they all look like ex cons.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    you would think it would be easier to just attack unguarded mailboxes the day after utilities bills are delivered

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  • MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    i mean, i think it qualifies as sex in public

    a lot of gay clubs i've been to have "no two people in the bathroom at the same time" if they want to discourage this activity

    I'm pretty sure bathhouses do not count as sex in public.

  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    ronya wrote: »
    you would think it would be easier to just attack unguarded mailboxes the day after utilities bills are delivered

    Most of the places I have lived that are apartments the mail is either in locked group mail boxes that have a camera or in a public area or a door slit.

    Also fucking with the mail is a big federal offence in the US and they punish that shit hardcore.

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  • ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    Picturing chu watching and commentating in the style of David Attenborough.

    hea-ah, in the humid damp of the amazonian rainforest....

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  • KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    syndalis wrote: »
    ronya wrote: »
    how do 70s porno hot and 90s porno hot and 2010s porno hot differ anyway

    breast size, body shape, quantity of public hair, amount of plastic surgery...

    recent mainstream porn has been moving towards more slender women who do not have any plastic surgery and are completely hairless downstairs.

    In the 90s, you had landing strips, huge fake boobs, collagen lip injections, teased hair...

    In the 70s it was natural but curvaceous, awful makeup, and full bush...

    Like, you can tell by the body of the woman roughly what era they either made it in, or are trying to recapture, based upon the beauty standards of the time, only exaggerated.

    PM Synd for more details

    Freedom for the Northern Isles!
  • firewaterwordfirewaterword Satchitananda Pais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered User regular
    Just bros taking baths with bros. Nothing gay 'bout that I reckon.

    Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User, Moderator mod
    MrMister wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    apparently you just go, they have some dj's or whatever, they have a gym and a sauna, and then they have a ton of bathrooms and beds for you to just fuck other people

    such curious

    Are you... talking about a bathhouse? It sounds like you are. Yeah, they're totally a thing. And they usually don't have much street presence, because they don't want people to be worried about being seen walking into them. It's just, like, an unmarked door around the side of the building or whatevs.

    It would not be patronizing to just walk through to check it out, but they generally do make you take off your clothes (and give you a little towel) so depends if you're comfortable with that, plus there's a cover charge to get in and get you're locker.

    What why are you looking at me like that i've totally never

    yeah it's just, not the whole thing is a sauna! it's a new idea to me

    i guess when i thought of gay bathhouses you go in, you jerk a dude off in the sauna, his jizz kind of flows jerkily down the drain in the middle of the room, a vampire languorously uncoils from his corner of the room to bite someone, their blood mingles with semen as it goes down the drain and...

    but in actuality it is like ok you get naked, yes there is a sauna, but then also you walk into other rooms with music and gym equipment and also beds

    but you're naked the whole time

    hmm

  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User, Moderator mod
    also yes the entrance was nondescript as fuck

    it is basically a regular townhouse except the window on the door is frosted glass and there's a small, subtle plaque that says 'gymnasium'

  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    Just bros taking baths with bros. Nothing gay 'bout that I reckon.

    You get all hot and sweaty charging up your JO crystals.

  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    Bathhouses are interesting because they are kind of a hold over from when being out of the closet was dangerous for your health. A place that msm could go and meet others like them in a safe non-descript fashion.

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    MrMister wrote: »
    syndalis wrote: »
    MrMister wrote: »
    In 70s gay porn they have blonde shaggy hair, or dark hair and mustaches, they wear tighty whiteys, also they never use condoms. It's all very period.
    nobody uses condoms in hetero porn unless it is a very sketchy enterprise... like, they hire "street talent" or something equally offensive.

    California threatened to require it in all future adult films, and the industry said "fuck it, we can film in vegas if we need to."

    The hetero porn industry is very anti-protection at the moment.

    I remember that initiative!

    It goes both ways in contemporary gay porn. It's just that it used to be a 'never' thing.

    Heh

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User, Moderator mod
    is bathhouse culture big on protection or no

  • MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    MrMister wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    apparently you just go, they have some dj's or whatever, they have a gym and a sauna, and then they have a ton of bathrooms and beds for you to just fuck other people

    such curious

    Are you... talking about a bathhouse? It sounds like you are. Yeah, they're totally a thing. And they usually don't have much street presence, because they don't want people to be worried about being seen walking into them. It's just, like, an unmarked door around the side of the building or whatevs.

    It would not be patronizing to just walk through to check it out, but they generally do make you take off your clothes (and give you a little towel) so depends if you're comfortable with that, plus there's a cover charge to get in and get you're locker.

    What why are you looking at me like that i've totally never

    yeah it's just, not the whole thing is a sauna! it's a new idea to me

    i guess when i thought of gay bathhouses you go in, you jerk a dude off in the sauna, his jizz kind of flows jerkily down the drain in the middle of the room, a vampire languorously uncoils from his corner of the room to bite someone, their blood mingles with semen as it goes down the drain and...

    but in actuality it is like ok you get naked, yes there is a sauna, but then also you walk into other rooms with music and gym equipment and also beds

    but you're naked the whole time

    hmm

    Yeah, they've always had rooms with beds. Also almost always some sort of dimly lit maze-like public cruising area. I think a more modern turn is that now they also all have weight rooms, then a varying amount of other stuff. Some of them even have, like, cafe foors with food and computers and stuff.

    Also not really naked, just close to it. People walk around with the towels around their waist.

    Also, also: I think they're pretty much dying now. The crowd now skews fairly old. Grindr is ruining them, basically.

  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    MrMister wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    Deebaser wrote: »
    Apothe0sis wrote: »
    DemonStacey, were you DemonSadi before?

    no. different guy.
    DemonSadi turned out to be a Lorc alt and was banned.

    Was Lorc also any of the other persistent weirdos?

    Like... Obs? Who was the latest obs?

    But Sadi was around for HHHHHHH!

    omg Obs!

    I FORGOT ABOUT OBS

    Yeah, I look back at the posts I made before my name change from OBS and Im embarrassed.

  • MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    is bathhouse culture big on protection or no

    100% yes for anal

    It's in the 'rules' (not that I have any idea how they'd be enforced)

    Also in the rules is no swallowing.

    I don't think people usually use them just for head though.

  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User, Moderator mod
    ok mrmister while i have you here and you aren't yet offended, is grindr basically 100% for sex

    like does anyone go on grindr like 'hey i'm looking to get some lunch with a cute dude and see what's up, i dunno'

    or is it 'looking to suck a dick tonight'

  • MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    ok mrmister while i have you here and you aren't yet offended, is grindr basically 100% for sex

    like does anyone go on grindr like 'hey i'm looking to get some lunch with a cute dude and see what's up, i dunno'

    or is it 'looking to suck a dick tonight'

    probably like 95/5

    I've run into a few dudes who seemed to actually want to date or whatever. But it's pretty much just for sex.

  • ShivahnShivahn Unaware of her barrel shifter privilege Western coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderator mod
    MrMister wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    is bathhouse culture big on protection or no

    100% yes for anal

    It's in the 'rules' (not that I have any idea how they'd be enforced)

    Also in the rules is no swallowing.

    I don't think people usually use them just for head though.

    Is swallowing actually significantly riskier?

    I'd have assumed that the mouth is the riskiest area, at least for the super nasty stuff.

  • NecoNeco Worthless Garbage Registered User regular
    I just never answer the door when people knock...

  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    omgggg i just had the most awkward greeting

    european french coworker visiting went for the cheek kiss, i went for the hug, we kind of got... stuck because i'm tall and her chin got hooked on my shoulder

    oh god i am having a whomp! moment

  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    ok mrmister while i have you here and you aren't yet offended, is grindr basically 100% for sex

    like does anyone go on grindr like 'hey i'm looking to get some lunch with a cute dude and see what's up, i dunno'

    or is it 'looking to suck a dick tonight'

    I will say for my gay friend he uses it to get his buttsex on.

    Like that is his thing with it.

    But isn't that what straight folks do with Tinder?

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  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    ok mrmister while i have you here and you aren't yet offended, is grindr basically 100% for sex

    like does anyone go on grindr like 'hey i'm looking to get some lunch with a cute dude and see what's up, i dunno'

    or is it 'looking to suck a dick tonight'

    it's gay tinder. That should answer your question

  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    ronya wrote: »
    how do 70s porno hot and 90s porno hot and 2010s porno hot differ anyway

    body hair grooming

  • firewaterwordfirewaterword Satchitananda Pais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered User regular
    edited March 2014
    Neco wrote: »
    I just never answer the door when people knock...

    I find that screaming down "WHAT DO YOU WAAAANT FROM ME?!" from my 2nd story window is fairly effective.

    * unless they come loaded with boxes of cookies ofc.

    firewaterword on
    Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User, Moderator mod
    i watched aziz' bit about how grindr won't work for straight people

    it is a weird cultural artifact- i wonder how much of it is like, the consideration of danger

    like surely many gay dudes have worries about this since they are also fucking dudes who might be jerks

    but i feel like if grindr would be very successful for gay dudes and moderately successful for gay ladies (or maybe equally successful? i might be projectiong promiscuity on gay dude culture which might not be true anymore- i just watched philadelphia a lot. i love denzel. sniff.)... it would still be a weird, underserving thing for straights

    there is probably a more complete explanation than fear of rape, tho i am not sure how to formulate it

  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Tav wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    ok mrmister while i have you here and you aren't yet offended, is grindr basically 100% for sex

    like does anyone go on grindr like 'hey i'm looking to get some lunch with a cute dude and see what's up, i dunno'

    or is it 'looking to suck a dick tonight'

    it's gay tinder. That should answer your question

    i have never used tinder and know nothin about it

  • DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    ronya wrote: »
    bowen wrote: »
    Someone had their car stolen at work. They live in an area where they feel it's safe to never lock their doors.

    I've lived in areas like that, you always lock your doors. Those are like... the biggest places to get screwed over.

    They literally walked into the house, took the lady's purse, walked over and took her keys, then stole her car.

    All that damage and frustration for what is 1 second of your time. I am baffled. Makes me rebuff why I always lock my door even though my neighborhood is less safe. Mother-in-law always hates it because they go outside for like a half hour to go to the store and I'll come downstairs to see the door unlocked, and lock it, then they come back. Look there's a key right there to my car, you don't do that shit. Take the house key with you and lock the damned door.

    I grew up in an area where it is normal to have four-five separate locks from house to street, and only learnt that this was considered really extreme whilst eavesdropping on an international flight to expats complaining about it

    I wish I didn't have to unlock my door to talk to people panhandling so it's easier to just shut the door and say "no thanks, I don't have the time."

    Like I seriously get pestered every 3 months to deal with some shady looking dudes coming around wanting to look at my electric bill. Sorry it's all digital now.

    "Well how about you print one off"

    "No I don't have a printer."

    "Well I can come in and take a look"

    "No thanks. Don't come back"

    Yet they still come back. I can't wait to get out of apartment living so these fucks don't bug me anymore.

    Pro-tip:
    Even in a house these people show up all the fucking time.

  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    i thought tinder was less hookup-focused than that

    a lot of people here talk about actually hanging out with people, at least

  • Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator mod
    Picturing chu watching and commentating in the style of David Attenborough.

    david attenborough narrating eastern promises

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User, Moderator mod
    the only people i know who use tinder are elementbrian and simonwolf

  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    while we're asking questions

    will, i'm pretty sure i've asked this before

    but what the christ is your avatar

  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    Huh. I didn't expect Yu-gi-oh World Championship-games to be super-rare. I'd like a newer one.

  • MrMisterMrMister Jesus dying on the cross in pain? Morally better than us. One has to go "all in".Registered User regular
    Shivahn wrote: »
    MrMister wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    is bathhouse culture big on protection or no

    100% yes for anal

    It's in the 'rules' (not that I have any idea how they'd be enforced)

    Also in the rules is no swallowing.

    I don't think people usually use them just for head though.

    Is swallowing actually significantly riskier?

    I'd have assumed that the mouth is the riskiest area, at least for the super nasty stuff.

    Yeah, it's the mouth that's the problem. Not really swallowing per se, but popping off in the mouth. Even then the risks are, from what I understand, unknown and/or low. But the bathhouse population is how shall we say a high risk partner pool so maybe no risks.

  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    hmm, i have been such a downer the last two weeks

    bleh

  • ShivahnShivahn Unaware of her barrel shifter privilege Western coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderator mod
    MrMister wrote: »
    Shivahn wrote: »
    MrMister wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    is bathhouse culture big on protection or no

    100% yes for anal

    It's in the 'rules' (not that I have any idea how they'd be enforced)

    Also in the rules is no swallowing.

    I don't think people usually use them just for head though.

    Is swallowing actually significantly riskier?

    I'd have assumed that the mouth is the riskiest area, at least for the super nasty stuff.

    Yeah, it's the mouth that's the problem. Not really swallowing per se, but popping off in the mouth. Even then the risks are, from what I understand, unknown and/or low. But the bathhouse population is how shall we say a high risk partner pool so maybe no risks.

    Yeah, that's what I thought. It just seems like a rule that was made cuz it sounds good, not cuz it's useful (as opposed to anal condoms which is like yes, please for the love of god encourage that in hookups).

  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    edited March 2014
    syndalis wrote: »
    ronya wrote: »
    how do 70s porno hot and 90s porno hot and 2010s porno hot differ anyway

    breast size, body shape, quantity of public hair, amount of plastic surgery...

    recent mainstream porn has been moving towards more slender women who do not have any plastic surgery and are completely hairless downstairs.

    In the 90s, you had landing strips, huge fake boobs, collagen lip injections, teased hair...

    In the 70s it was natural but curvaceous, awful makeup, and full bush...

    Like, you can tell by the body of the woman roughly what era they either made it in, or are trying to recapture, based upon the beauty standards of the time, only exaggerated.

    quickest way to set a timeline for a porn is
    Snow_Bush_Hibiscus.jpg

    override367 on
  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    i thought tinder was less hookup-focused than that

    a lot of people here talk about actually hanging out with people, at least

    I've realized that since I grew up through most of the late 90s stages of the internet, I suspect my perception of how relationships over the internet work is pretty fundamentally skewed from reality. That said, objectively I still don't get how Tinder isn't mostly for sex. I suppose it's a little closer to being about dating maybe? I mean geographic proximity is important in that.

  • firewaterwordfirewaterword Satchitananda Pais Vasco to San FranciscoRegistered User regular
    Shrubs?

    Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
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