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6 hours ago, ellentonboy said:

I saw a report on that particular event, hey it's Florida, so it's not out of the realm of possibilities.

The clinic was in New Mexico.

3 hours ago, Knightfalconer said:

I appreciate the text being split up into paragraphs and the separation of speech from description. Makes a story much easier to read than a single block of text.

Paragraph breaks are always appreciated.  Stories that are a single, dense block of text are very difficult to read.

2 hours ago, partying.hard said:

For those of us who have an amazingly kinky and wild Imagination, for me there is a disconnect between the story and the images. 

This is a well-written series, as are other stories by the same author.  But, I agree with you.  I'd rather not see images in stories (any stories, not just this series).  A well-written story provides enough detail that I build an picture in my mind based on what I think is hot, and the images never match my imagination.

6 hours ago, BootmanLA said:

I think if they actually controlled everything completely, including the Supreme Court, the answer might be "No". But as strong as the right (in a general sense)'s control is over the political system, the Christian nationalist types don't control the Supreme Court.

At one time, Roe seemed safe.  But, then the composition of the entire court system rapidly and radically changed within just a few years.  That's why I worry about the future.  It doesn't take a majority, or even a substantial minority, to push through change.  It just takes a enough single-issue voters who are razor-focused on that goal, while the rest of us split and dither over what we should seek next and refuse to unite as a bloc against the single-issue voters.

1 hour ago, BootmanLA said:

But there's never been any hue and cry from the right that the key First Amendment cases on obscenity should be overturned.

You're probably correct.  But, do you really think that Christian nationalists are going to let porn exist in their theocracy?

On 3/2/2024 at 2:05 PM, BootmanLA said:

I can't imagine the Supreme Court wanting to tackle that definition to rewrite it. 

There used to be a lot of things that we couldn't imagine the Supreme Court doing.

15 hours ago, BootmanLA said:

But as things stand now, discrimination on the basis of the content of the expression (including porn, but not stuff that is legally "obscene") is subject to the highest scrutiny,

You're right.  The risk is right-wingers shifting the definition of "obscene" to the point that it would include pornography or gay porn (they'll probably figure out a way to keep straight porn legal, for a while).  The definition of "obscene" is subjective.  "Obscene" materials may not be sent through the US Mail, per the Comstock Acts.  Since the Comstock Acts are being used by the right-wing to try to outlaw the mailing of "abortifacients", the same people are trying to argue that it applies to private companies such as UPS and FedEx, too, which would basically cut down any physical distribution channels.

2 hours ago, ellentonboy said:

They could probably pass legislation that would make it illegal for a company like T.I.M. to send us gigs of porn through the USPS, but what about Fed Ex, UPS, etc?  Are they going to have EVERY piece of mail examined.  I just don't think it's feasible.

A law could be passed that makes the interstate distribution of porn illegal.  That would apply to USPS and the private carriers.  And, they wouldn't have to examine every piece of mail.  Just do a sting operation and order from distributors.  Then, come down hard on the distributors.  But, that would only work with US-based distributors.  If they were foreign-based, they'd be beyond the reach of American laws and your point that there's no way that every piece of (international) mail could be examined would be true.  

But, the heteros will be pissed when they discover that they can't get their porn, either.

1 hour ago, onlyraw said:

and does anyone use Manhunt anymore?  —- I feel a certain loyalty as they started n Boston… and one of the owners used to host these great spanking parties at his house (“mansion”)

I used to like MH.  But, it really went downhill when they eliminated the region-specific chat rooms and forced everyone into one room.  People were supposed to be able to create other chat rooms, but I found that they were unstable and usually lasted just a few seconds before I got dumped back into the single chat room.

In my area, I don't know of a good alternative to BBRT.  There are a lot of Sniffies users, but most of the profiles are completely empty or the guys are very young.  Fortunately, there are hundreds of BBRT users in the NYC/NJ area active at any one time.

1 hour ago, MantisShrimp said:

That’s a “we’re pissed off, so stop emailing us” post.

I don't really blame them.   All those emails are a distraction and won't lead to a faster resolution of the problem.   The real question is how many people, having read the message, will email them anyway?

This is the message being displayed as of 10:20 EST on Friday morning:

BBRTS Servers are DOWN

Yes, we know about it.

No, we are NOT going out of business.

Yes, we are WORKING on correcting the problem.

It is a HARDWARE issue that must be addressed.

No, it was NOT a Data Breach

No we do NOT have an ETA

Lastly, there is NO NEED to email in with questions.

On 12/29/2023 at 11:01 AM, chunkychains said:

OK, I no longer seem to be able to add images, and my attempts to insert from or add links to hosting sites have failed. Will just have to be narration from here on…

Personally, I think stories are hotter without pics because that allows the reader to visualize the guys in the way that they think is hot.

On 11/30/2023 at 8:57 AM, hntnhole said:

Note the recent elections in the East/Midwest states:  really pissed off women (and their supporters) came out in droves to vote the R's out. 

If those women had been as motivated in 2016 as they are now, we wouldn't in this mess.  When a party says that they're going to screw you if elected, believe them.

I think that the 2024 election will have a great impact on where LGBT people decide to live and retire.  Living in a blue state offers more protection than living in a blue oasis in a red state desert.

On 9/19/2023 at 3:38 PM, norubbers said:

Brock's Gaze snapped to the door in time to see Uncle Dale entering the office. And he looked pissed.

I'm confused.  I thought that Dale was already in the office.  After all, he was the one who introduced Brock to Dr. Shah.

12 hours ago, BootmanLA said:

The instructions for 2+1+1 don't say when to start counting the 24-hour doses ...

I always found those instructions to be frustratingly vague.  But, I see that the CDC site is finally more explicit:

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The type of “on-demand” PrEP that has been studied is the “2-1-1” schedule. This means taking 2 pills 2-24 hours before sex, 1 pill 24 hours after the first dose, and 1 pill 24 hours after the second dose.

Although it provides information about "on-demand" PrEP use, the CDC doesn't recommend it (they don't seem to oppose it, either).

[think before following links] https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/prep/on-demand-prep.html

9 minutes ago, ellentonboy said:

I recall hearing that all hotels would now require a room be cleaned each and every day so that some nut job could not hoard guns over a period of days.

I don't know if there is a law that requires that a room be entered daily, but the law that requires rooms to be cleaned daily was repealed in May of this year:  [think before following links] https://thenevadaglobe.com/775times/nevada-governor-signs-bill-eliminating-daily-hotel-room-cleanings/

3 hours ago, INcumdump said:

Interestingly enough, in person, those same tops ended up willingly fucking me without a condom... and giving me their load.

I've encountered bottoms who are the same ... "safe sex only" in their Grindr/Scruff profiles, but never mention condoms once the sex starts.  My theory is that they're concerned about being "outed" to friends who may know their profiles, so they're using the socially-acceptable response to the safer-sex question.

4 hours ago, UKFFBBBtm said:

They'd also need to be careful implementing any form of ID submission check in the UK and EU countries as we have very tight and strict data processing/handling laws, when it comes to personal/private data of people, that they could possibly fall foul of.

A lot of companies might just cut their losses and block the US and not implement any form of check as its too expensive, too prohibitive or just can't be bothered.

I don't disagree that there won't be some major issues.  There will be some loss of membership, I'm sure.  I guess my point is that large, revenue-generating sites like Grindr have the resources to try to work around these problems.  Free sites like this one do not.

5 hours ago, Malesack said:

I’m not how true it is but a guy on another site said Grindr will be forced to do this soon.  

Grindr has the resources to implement compliant age verification systems, if needed.  Sites that don't charge users or earn substantial advertising revenues can't afford to develop such systems and need to resort to blocking states.  This will entrench the big playes, such as Grindr, and discourage the rise of competitors.

21 hours ago, JimInWisc said:

Definitely Van.  We all know the social pendulum swings.  I am hoping it will slow its course soon and start to swing back.  

Once in place, laws like this are unlikely to go away.  You know, "think of the children".  Those four words cause a lot of irrational behavior.

On 6/28/2023 at 10:20 PM, Lustofalltrades said:

I wish finding 2 guys for what I want to do came thru as easy as the first guy.

You've just increased the difficulty tremendously.  First, not only do you need to find two relatively local guys who are into what you're seeking, but then you've added an additional complication of wanting them to be a couple.  Remember, other guys can be just as picky as you.

4 hours ago, PupLucca said:

The real problem is republicans don't want to do anything that would actually benefit the people of this country. So to distract from that they have to create villains and the homosexuals  are always a popular group among their followers to hate on

Yes.  This comment multiplied by 1000!  DQSH isn't new ... it has been a "thing" for years.  Most of the books that right-wingers complain about have been in libraries for years, if not decades.  What's new?  Now that Roe has fallen, the right-wing needs a new target for its hate to distract from the fact that it has no solutions to the problems facing Americans.  No solutions for affordable housing shortages, unaffordable healthcare, declining education outcomes, international competitiveness challenges or climate change.   But, it has managed to convince the MAGA crowd that none of this matters as long as gays are kept in their place and away from "normal" people.

13 hours ago, ellentonboy said:

I don't know if "requiring" more information in the profile is the way to go.  After all, this is a Forum, some people wish to share less than others.  They may not want to be tracked, or give other members an idea as to who or where they are.

Maybe a compromise would be somewhat of an (easy) opt-out approach.  When someone joins, they could be presented with the profile questions.  They wouldn't have to answer any of them, but it might encourage more guys to respond if they're presented with their profile upfront rather than having to seek it out to update.

8 hours ago, VersGuyAnon said:

There's a lot of "queer" in the UK now, but I hate the word. I'm gay. 

I'm with you.  I despise that word "queer."

3 hours ago, Raw&Vers said:

I'm not sure if It's just me or if anyone can view it.  I get a screen that says "GONE! The requested resource is no longer available on this server and there is no forwarding address. Please remove all references to this resource."
wtf?

I get the same message when I attempt to view your profile, Raw&Ver, but I can view my own and others without a problem.