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Sounds more like an implementation problem than a conceptual one. If you're getting 24 people on the ballot, it maybe should be harder to get on it (though that obviously has other pitfalls), but certainly if one doesn't wish to vote for a candidate, one shouldn't be obliged to. However, all this is conjecture coming from someone who's been stuck in the USA for the last many decades, and not seen another system in operation.

I'm a big proponent of ranked choice voting. It empowers people with fringe leanings to vote for their preferred choice, without losing their chance to effectively vote against the turd du jour. Furthermore, it could discourage the dominant parties from fielding candidates that pander to the wing nuts therein, which gives the latter disproportionate power to demand the implementation of generally unpopular policies (as we have lately seen with both major parties).

This is false. Kamala Harris is mixed race. Her father is Jamaican. Her mother is [[NOT Native American]] Indian. Yes, there are plenty of video clips of her saying this. Perhaps that's not surprising, given the amount of misinformation and confusion out there that she has to correct.

I would be very interested to read this, if you can provide a link. I'm not sure I agree (based on that one-sentence summary), but I am firmly of the opinion that the difference between the physical and the virtual is of great importance to the future of this country and of the world, and that in a sense far greater than mere finance.

Editing or deleting a post yourself is only possible for a short time after you make it. After that a moderator has to do it. See above in this topic for details.

Yes. Utah posts go in the general Southwest regional forum. Thanks for asking.

He requested that his profile be deleted.

THIS TOPIC WILL BE TEMPORARILY LOCKED TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO COOL OFF A BIT HERE. I'm not handing out infractions, although there are a sizable number of people who merit them. Please remember: Abuse of other members is NOT ALLOWED. Posting of false statements and conspiracy theories is NOT ALLOWED. This is one reason it's good to back up your assertions with some kind of sources and/or references. Posting twaddle of the "candidate X is stupid" genre does not constructively contribute to the discussion. Please refrain. Things get contentious enough in this subforum without members displaying their own idiocy.

I have fucked virgins. It can be a good time. Only problem is when they fall for you... Which usually, in my experience, ends badly. That may be less true now than it was a few decades ago, depending on your societal context. I think a lot of the "ends badly" parts had to do with guys who were not yet OK with being gay, working through their internalized homophobia. I hold out hope that there's less of that going around these days, though I'm sure it is far from gone.

Since this seems to be a perennial source of distress, I will explain again for those who are new (or hard of hearing): Yes, there are rules on BZ. You can find them here https://breeding.zone/topic/12285-read-this-before-you-post/ and in other more specific topics linked from that one. The Moderators do not make the rules. All we do is apply them, as even-handedly as possible (but hey, we are human). @rawTOP, the site owner, makes the rules, and spends considerable effort to make them carefully and for good reasons, which he also makes an effort to explain. Very few of the rules have substantial penalties attached. Usually, you will get a warning and a few points (which expire over time), and maybe a suspension of posting privileges for a few days. It's not a big deal. For those few cases that are a big deal, you could get dozens of points or have your login privileges suspended for weeks or months. Repeated offenses push up the penalties. The offenses in this category are things like bullying other members, suggesting harm to real people, posting child porn, and spamming the site. Complaining about a penalty is actually an infraction of its own (because the moderators are volunteers). However, if you truly don't understand - after reading the rules - why your post was an infraction, it is OK to contact the moderator and ask. We didn't give it to you because we hate you, we gave it to you because it's our job to enforce the rules. It is quite possible that we made a mistake, in which case we'll try to do our part and apologize nicely. If you realize - after posting something - that you made a mistake and it's an infraction (perhaps because you posted it in the wrong place, which is the easiest infraction to make without noticing), report your own post (use the "Report" option in the "..." menu at the upper right corner of the post) and let a moderator know that you goofed and what you'd like done to fix it (if it's not obvious). The penalties for self-reported posts are generally waived.

Perhaps you'd do 'them' the courtesy of allowing 'them' to demonstrate their willingness to listen and to support this exploration, rather than prejudicially answering the question before 'they' have any chance to do so. @nanana asked very nicely. Give 'them' a chance.

Moderator's Note: Thanks to all of those who have made thoughtful contributions to this very lively topic. I'm extremely happy that despite some contention and rowdiness, things have stayed relatively civil and there haven't been heaps of infractions! Let's keep it that way: Please remember that ad hominem attacks are off-limits. Please also remember that posting false statements and conspiracy theories is not allowed. If you feel the need to defend your statement with a comment about its veracity, please put a link in to that fact-check and save your readers (and the moderators) the effort of doing the search. At its best, a topic like this is a chance for us to understand a bit more of how people in very different "echo chambers" see the world, and mutual understanding is something we need a LOT MORE OF just about now. Let's give it the best possible chance here. Again, thanks to everyone who is making the extra effort here.

Yes. Fictional references to escorting are now allowed.

Those of you joining (or re-joining) the mosh pit with the dead horse, please scroll back...

For sexually active gay men in general, at least where I am. It helps that antibody testing is a *lot* cheaper than it used to be. Not that you would believe that from seeing the list prices on the tests.

If you just came in at Part 2, here's part 1 so you can catch up...

this story continues with Part 2 in the Chem Sex FICTION forum... https://breeding.zone/topic/86500-the-night-that-changed-my-life/

The listing is definitely mutual, @PozBearWI!

Definitely yes for at least one (with the video to prove it, though sadly I never did get around to editing it). I have a long list of people here I'd love to hook up with, many far away and a few rather closer.

Sadly, the author is no longer a member of BZ (at least not with the account where they wrote this story).

Oh, my... Truly too twisted for Technicolor!

Use the drop-down menu from your screen name (upper left corner of the window) and select "Manage Followed Content". Scroll down to "Members".

TBH I haven't got clear answers to those questions; I haven't played around with the system all that much myself. The "INSERT IMAGE FROM URL" option works with images that are hosted in the galleries here, but one has to copy exactly the right version of that URL to get it to work - it's quite fussy. Agree Bareback Bastards sucks, in that it's glacially slow and the software appears to be fairly antique. I think Thisvid is somewhat better. I don't believe you can embed things from either, although you can certainly post links (they won't be live, most live links are auto-edited to dead ones because of spam concerns). Last time I checked the site would still do embedded links to videos on Xitter, though that obviously has its own concerns.

Great start! And OMG... When I was an undergrad I used to live literally across the street from the Fens. For real. Had no idea at that time what went on there.

In general, don't rely on posting questions of this nature as topics/comments in the forum. There is nothing that will ensure a moderator will see them! Instead, message a moderator or @rawTOP directly. The thing you need to worry about here is copyright violation. The Wikipedia article on legal issues with fan fiction is instructive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_fan_fiction Sexually explicit fan fiction, aka slash, is a particularly sensitive topic, and that would obviously go double for HIV fetish. So, if you choose to attempt this at all, please be respectful, and be judicious.