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@funpozbottom I have somewhere around 30 vintage condoms; all dating from 80's and 90's.

This was actually covered fairly well last night on Bill Maher's 8/30/24 show. Options other than color to encourage diversity. Many times I am struck with how racist some of our antiracist fellows are. We still focus way too much on complexion and too little on who we actually are. While on one hand it is a great thing that we have a woman of color running for President; in truth color is just a small part of who she is. Rather she has had diverse professional experiences; and we can see even in her policies how that has shaped her. Almost comical how some pundits are going nuts over her apparent position changes and yet the rather dramatic position changes of Agent Orange are ignored by those same people. One day the race of leader, victim, neighbor will a footnote rather than the main part of our description of someone. But for now we seem to be overly focused on race.

That was well done too, I'll tune into him from time to time...

Indeed and yet; we both know it is ever so much more nuanced than that. There was a symphony of factions afoot then. But yeah we didn't need the benefit of history to know why the Anita Bryant was happy as fuck that us queers were apparently dying off. Look for why that is? Why? Those f@&&0ts will be dead before my term is up. No voters there.... And indeed. I imagine there are some excellent books written, probably banned in some places, which were current then much as our current pundits write today about recent events.

@hntnhole Doc Jones added some dimension to my understanding of the evolution. I often falling into the "is it in the dictionary" camp. My childhood drilled that into my developing brain cell. This does add a layer of complexity - our propensity to evolve words as we try to express ourselves. And it has taken time since then to evolve myself. -- and yet -- now I am retired, and my presence in the workplace (and the dialogue which evolved there) has become somewhat an exit ramp to language currency. It evolves in my town differently; and local dialects still do exist. Think I might be wrong on that? Come on by and we'll fry out. 🙂

@topblkmale Thank you for exposing me to something interesting to watch. Not to disparage porn. But THIS engaged my brain (as does some of our conversations here - I rather like the bit of a brain jolt.). Otherwise here we might have beat this topic to death perhaps. Glad for the topic - and in particular enhancing my understanding.

Yup post covid was a very sexually active time for me as well.

3 to 5 days a week for an hour or two.

Of course, there is no connection between Ronnie and AIDS; save that as a leader he figured it was a self limiting problem.

... 🙂 And BootmanLA drops the mike. Truly kudos my brother!

Indeed, why not go to a local STD clinic who are well trained at dealing with warts?

All he needed to do was say something like "no but thanks". Instead he proved himself to be an utter asshole.

Hmm, perhaps it is a good thing Wisconsin doesn't have legislative term limits....

Hmm, we share some history @NWUSHorny. Roadside rest stops in Illinois and Wisconsin were great cruising spots.

New new "ear ring"? which has now become ubiquitous.

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.