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True @BootmanLA. But I do wonder if the fact I am many years older now also had lessened my odds. And of course compared to you young whippersnappers, overlap isn't; gap is. 🙂

Do you mean is there a "Gen (fill in letters here)?" chart? Not that I've ever found. And lately I am wondering why we continue to put a name to definitions after "baby boomer"? Why not just refer to our decade? Wouldn't that be a shit load easier on everyone?

There is a fellow who lives a few miles from me; married and ostensibly straight. For the past 10 years he hits me up about once a year or so for a blow job. In the grand scheme of things I don't make his problem my problem. However were we fucking; yeah, no. At that point i would be pretty directly exposing her to any STI's I might pass on without her consent.

We seem to be living very similar lives my brother...

I guess I am bless that at least at this point in my history my viral load is reasonably well controlled without meds. When I went to pick up Biktarvy the first time the pharmacist told me I should not take it as long as I am taking pill for diclofenac. Stopping that would significantly interfere with my mobility.

Brothers it sucks that we all see to share the same online life on the proximity apps. Maybe I should just change my profile say "if you're actually reading this I'll buy you lunch...". LOL

Fuck. I really hate how we seem to be devolving as a nation. Thanks for the update rawTOP. Appreciated.

Even then.... On a butt cheek? Above one's cock? ON their cock??? or around navel? Chest?

1. Which tattoo do you have? Temp Tat, black. It is a + symbol about 1.5" square black outline. 2. Where is it located? Left shoulder best viewed from the side. 3. Are you detectable or on meds? I am never medicated poz. 4. Do guys ever mention them? Less often than I wish. 5. Do you think they attract or scare away more potential partners? I'm not sure that matters. My intention is as a conversation starter. But I imagine those who really don't want to talk might just steer clear; and maybe that's for the best. 6. Has anything ever been said to you by a bathhouse staff member? Ah if only we had a bathhouse less than 2+ hours away... 7. Do you regret having one? I don't. Really the reason I am using temp tats right now is that I have an ongoing debate on how I want my tat to be. I rather like the simple + sign. Informative but without the edginess of a biohazard tat. It's a symbol I have on the walls of my home dungeon, but I don't necessarily want that on my skin during a surgery. I have a notion to incorporate it into something quite like the old Intel Inside logo we saw on Intel computers of the past 20 years or so. Mine might replace "Intel" with either HIV or + . And I don't want to replicate the intel blue. Black most likely. As the details of my tat are still rolling around with my sole remaining brain cell (at my stage of life); temp tat is serving me well. 8. How often do you see another guy with one? I only know of one other guy who shows a + sign tat. I know a few with a classic biohaz; and were I their age I likely would already have it. That Intel Inside look reframed rather speaks to me; so I may be fairly close to seeing my local tattoo place (met the guy, have his card). Location? I like shoulder for the + sign. Might consider inside my wrist. 3/4 of the year I typically wear long sleeves living in a cooler climate. SO QUESTION BACK to you? What argues for one location over another?

Yes it is transmitted by touch. More often than not that is via fucking. But indeed the chance is there if the virus is on the surface; and depending upon the nature of your sex play; obviously that is possible. A regular cadence of STI testing is always a good idea for us barebackers; pretty much in proportion to our number of partners. It's never a good idea to assume that our bareback buds only have sex with us. Like above, it's certainly possible but odds are better our sex mates are physically exclusive.

I don't believe Trump will win the election. But I do believe he is going to deny the hell out of his loss, and now he as SCOTUS in his corner. Honestly there is no way for any of us to know this. But unless the Trump base finally just throws in the towel on him; I believe we are in for a rough Fall this year.

Indeed @BlackDude not everyone tolerates every antibiotic.

@Jaygusher Hopefully you'll wrap this particular story up; although I think after the bar Will's ass is already bugged. Maybe take him through fuck flu and sink into full on depravity????

@curiousaboutbb you do have the right to sit this one out. I submit though that when we sit out an election; we are already letting others make the decision for us.

Classically testing was done for THC. Now with it legal in so many areas and countries with less consequences than alcohol; what is the motivation? The last employer I worked for had an official policy about random drug testing. But I never heard actual accounts of that being done.

True, there are no official flag rule keepers although I am sure there are many who desire that. And I'll expand on that; gatekeepers seem to be around. While I understand in many cases why someone is put off by certain words. I has some early coming out years in the early 1970's when I gave a crap about what color of hanky I carried. Rather I resorted to just asking that nice lookin guy I started talking with. Somehow we survived that and didn't have to resort to fisty cuffs to resolve that (not the fun kind).

Thankfully we've millennia of data on human behavior to consider. Humanity seems to have our cycles as well. The USA has survived some challenges; seemingly every year or so has it's big human/social impact thing. Some years like 1968 might have seriously skewed that average. 🙂 Historically we've climbed out of our national challenges; often replacing one challenge with another. And it seems we are as a species capable of learning from history to attenuate the depth of future social strife. Perhaps we focus too much on one thing and thus fail to observe deviations of our trajectory.

My understanding is that our position has for quite awhile now been to strongly encourage Netanyahu and Hamas to come to a peace agreement. We aren't IN the war. We sell stuff to them and largely the good stuff. A whole lot of people are truly distressed that the Palestinians in Gaza are getting majorly fucked, and not in the fun way here on BZ. Israel is a long standing ally on most world matters. So a lot of cooperation, to some degree even reliance exists between USA and Israel. We can't diplomatically just sever ties. Nor should that be considered advisable. Rather we need to continue to speak our distressing observations with our ally and strongly encourage them to stop the destruction of another nation just to get your hidden enemy. Biden has been at this particular condition for months now. It isn't like he is doing nothing. But in this "fuck it let's divorce" world many have stopped thinking, if they ever even considered, that the best allies are the ones we can not always agree on and still keep the alliance going; trusting over time it will resolve. Only a dumb ass like Trump would just go off and break an agreement or dump an ally. Who can trust us after that? And why should they when our word is on wet tissue paper? It would be utterly foolish for her to even discuss this except for when the Orange Clown asks such a dumb ass question. I'm sure she will be prepared to answer in a manner consistent with the vapid whims exist that particular day - when we get to that day.

.... @hntnhole and I believe it is going to get worse before it gets better. But I do believe it will at a point get better.

And along that line, I guess it depends upon whether you wanted a hot fuck or a hot face.

Indeed @tallslenderguy In reviewing a well done CNN series on 1968; that was a form of a civil war I think; and I believe we'll AT LEAST see that this Fall. @hntnhole the operation of our government will dramatically change. A full on civil war might ensue. The Orange One is going to claim he won regardless of the facts; and how his people act might make Jan 6 look rather tame being in just one location. I think we need to be prepared for some difficult times.

Thanks for your reply. We may have to agree to disagree on that one though @brnbk. Disclosing someone's specific location does nothing to protect a customer. Beyond that; hell yeah I think sites catering to us gay folk need to promote our diverse interests. In my experience gay bars are more often than not in the less desirable areas of their communities. And so being aware of what is around us is an essential part of being there. But if I am a participant at an event like the Olympics, I for one would shut off location features on my own phone first and most likely would not use Grindr but take advantage of the high density healthy co-attendees in person at watering holes and eating places (and I imagine spontaneously created cruising places).

Not to mention property taxes... You're welcome? It is a gift I give myself. That others benefit too is just frosting on the cake. 🙂 And @BootmanLA I am grateful every Thursday when my local paper comes. And it is so weird. Somehow we survive with out "breaking news" for the rest of the week...

Pretty simple for me; a top is the guy whose dick is currently fucking my hole....

When outing people risks their lives; I think providers should attenuate certain services; in particular during times where security measures are already heightened. WRT words. Is anyone else getting tired of the never ending unfolding of "words you can't say"? They are f-ing words. If we put binders on words so that one can ONLY say certain things we are, essentially telling them "communicate my way or don't communicate at all"? How does this help us pull together as a cooperative species. We seem to have lost the ability to "agree to disagree".