viking8x6

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.

27 minutes ago, topblkmale said:

The answer to your 'they' question is NO.

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.

13 hours ago, TomOnHisKnees said:

Is writing about my wife role playing as an escort allowed?

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...

On 8/1/2024 at 12:47 PM, topblkmale said:

 

Thank you @Poz50something for the picture of her father and the Wikipedia page.

 

I stand corrected. Kamala Harris and her father are in fact black.

 

1 hour ago, JamesL100 said:

Nowadays it's part of the standard routine blood testing for poz people.

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/

Just now, PozBearWI said:

@viking8x6 indeed, you're one on my list...

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.

23 hours ago, DallasBareTop said:

Still jerk to this story and wish the author would finish it. 

 

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.

On 8/28/2024 at 4:31 PM, cub84 said:

Having checked the rules I think a story idea I've had some initial thoughts about is ok, but I just want to be sure.

Basically it's a chasing fanfic based on an existing book/TV series. So I was wondering if there are any prohibitions on derivative works based on existing material. I was probably going to change character names and some details to make it less likely that a random person search for content relating to the series wouldn't find it, but folk here that know it could make an educated guess about the connection.

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.

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J. K. Rowling has also complained about sexually explicit Harry Potter fan fiction. However, lawyers on behalf of Ms. Rowling specifically noted that she has "no complaint about innocent fan fiction written by genuine Harry Potter fans"[48] and she "is happy for spin-offs to be published online as long as the publications are not sold and it is made clear she was not involved in the stories", under the condition that they do not contain pornography or racism. [from the above Wikipedia page]

So, if you choose to attempt this at all, please be respectful, and be judicious.

BZ has never supported uploading video. I suspect the forum software that the site is based on doesn't handle video file types at all.

See this topic:

It is localized to your anal area. It can be transmitted by contact with that area, which could happen during sex even if you were mainly in the top role. For example, sometimes the bottom will rim the top as part of foreplay...

My preference in such cases is to notify all of my sex partners (where possible) and let them decide their own comfort zones.

If it causes stomach upset, definitely take with food, BUT NOT (as per warning labels quoted by @Ieatcumholes - thanks!) with milk products, antacids, or calcium or magnesium supplements (all of which can interfere with absorption).

Also, take any kind of drugs taken by mouth, medical or otherwise, with plenty of water! Dilute! Dilute! All One God Faith! and all that yada yada... 😉 

I've been using DoxyPEP (or DoxyPrEP) for a while now. I definitely use a risk-based approach. If it's a one-off play date with a guy I already know, or who I believe has a reasonably good risk profile, I usually skip it. If I'm headed to the bookstore or the sex club, I take it. This has been very effective (I think zero failures) for about 5 years now.

Frankly, I'd probably take it more of the time if my current primary care people just prescribed me a bottle of it, but they dole it out a dose at a time, so it's just inconvenient enough to create a bit of a speed bump. We'll see how the next set of medical professionals does, as I'm moving soon and will likely be auditioning a new team.

For what it's worth, all notification emails to me have gone missing since the initial outage sometime in (I think) early June.

Get on PrEP yourself.

Fuck whom you please and don't worry about it. Sometimes you'll catch something, often you won't, just get it treated and carry on. Life's too short to worry!

Don't expect to find love or real intimacy from an app or a hookup. And if by some twist of fate you do find it, don't expect the guy to be monogamous with you.

13 hours ago, BlackDude said:

Donald Trump was already in office. And we survived. We’re not afraid of project 2025. 

Some of us believe you probably should be. In particular given Trump's history of alignment with White Nationalists and his obvious tendency to autocracy.

Actually, the original post was about Trump, and his being held accountable for his past and present attitudes about Black people in general and about Kamala Harris in particular.

To be honest, as a White person (through no fault of my own) who is well-disposed toward Black people, I'm confused by the direction this thread has taken.

It seems we have agreed that Kamala Harris is in fact Black, and from what I've read recently in reputable media, she has had reasonable exposure in her past to what I'd describe as "Black culture" - certainly enough not to be ignorant of it.

I totally get that she's socioeconomically out of line with the vast majority of the Black populace. However, given the way our system is set up, that's going to be true of any candidate for high office.

So I don't really understand how exactly the Democratic party is "flipping the bird" to Black people.

I'm not saying that it isn't the case, what I'm saying is that I haven't heard (here) HOW they are failing to "support the interests of the Black vote" and what those interests are, and without having some clue about that, on the face of it your assertions don't make sense to me.

It's your right to sit this one out, though as others have pointed out, Trump is a tremendous threat not only to the interests of Black voters but to American democracy itself, and that may be a reason to vote without regard to your own interests.  I do have a question, though:

I will be voting, at least for that reason, and also because I consider it my civic duty.  Who would you rather I vote for, Trump or Harris? That is to say, if you had to choose one, which would it be?