Yes, it is still the norm in the U.S., but the times are changing. I think more and more parents are choosing to not have this unnecessary procedure performed on their sons. In some cases, that is because insurance does not always cover it anymore. For others, they simply won't do anything that is not required, hence this big dust up over whether children should really be immunized for measles/mumps/rubella. A lot of Finally, a lot of fathers are leaving it up to their son to decide, which I think is what should be done, because many of the fathers did not have a choice in the matter themselves.
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RE: Circumcision: Pros and Cons
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RE: Cut or Uncut?
I'm cut, but prefer the look of an uncut cock. I like playing with uncut men, because they are usually so much more sensitive. If I am feeling really evil, I like to keep playing with a guy's cock and foreskin, even after I've edged him 6-7 times and let him cum. In my personal experience, cut men are so much more work to get off and don't have nearly as intense an orgasm. I've been in situations where neighbors though they needed to call 911, when it was just an uncut buddy and I having loud sex, lol.
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RE: Songs that make you cry
1970's baby here. Grew up with music playing in the house all the time. Music that makes me cry always has 3 traits: a strong vocal delivery, compelling lyrics, and a driving track (unless accapella)
With that said, here are a few picks:
1970's: Gladys Knight and the Pips "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" or Lenny Williams "Cause I Love You"
1980's: George Michael "Careless Whisper" better lyrics / that sax solo! or "One More Try" better track / better vocal delivery and connection
1990's: Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You" this one has it all for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK4hweZRU0k
2000's: Maxwell "This Woman's Work" amazing remake of the Kate Bush song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkeCNeHcmXY
2010's: Adele "One and Only" the gospel choir bridge is everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4r-c4I_9RcI know it ain't easy
Giving up your heart
I know it ain't easy
Giving up your heartNobody's perfect, it ain't easy, trust me I've learned it
Nobody's perfect, it ain't easy, trust me I've learned it
I know it ain't easy
Giving up your heart
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RE: Which are your favorites female/male singers and bands? (top 5 or top 10)
Females:
1. Whitney Houston - Hex Hector turned her best vocal into a true club music diva anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX29tzHdWiE
2. Toni Braxton - her debut album "Toni Braxton" can be played start to end, no skips. "You're Makin' Me High" from "Secrets" is SO sexy!
3. Donna Summer - There's tons of disco classics, but there are also vocal gems like "On the Radio" or "Dim All the Lights".
4. Mary J. Blige - "What's the 411?", "My Life", and "Mary" are truly classic albums, even to this day. No one conveys pain/heartbreak like MJB.
5. Shania Twain - "You're Still the One", "From This Moment On", and "Any Man of Mine".(I'm leaving off names like Mariah, Christina, Annie Lennox, et al to bring some new names to the table, but I still had to put Whitney and Toni on the list!)
Males:
1. Prince - the vocal on "Adore" gets me every time. How this was never released as a single is beyond me. He was a musical genius.
2. Luther Vandross - When you do a cover song live on TV 1000x better than the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ9ZVGM7smE
3. Michael Jackson - The man had talent. I prefer 70s "Off the Wall" and 90s "Dangerous" MJ more than 80s MJ.
4. Stevie Wonder - "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "As", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered", "I Wish", "Lately", "Ribbon In the Sky" and so much more.
5. Phil Collins - There's his Genesis period. I love "One More Night". But, "Against All Odds/Take A Look At Me Now" is iconic. 80's MOR music.Groups:
1. U2 - I have every U2 album. I will always be a fan. Some seriously great stuff from the "Unforgettable Fire" through "Achtung Baby" period.
2. Earth, Wind, and Fire - "Shining Star", "Reasons", "That's the Way of the World", "September", "After the Love Has Gone" and more.
3. The Police - "Message In a Bottle." "Synchronicity" album. Sting solo career.
4. Santana - "Supernatural" is great. The early stuff is great too. They go back to Woodstock!
5. Wham - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "Careless Whisper" and the George Michael solo career.I grew up listening to music in the 80's, so my choices go back a bit. Good music is still out there, it's just that there's also a lot more crap you have to dig through.
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RE: Does Trump's victory in the Presidental election worry you as an LGBT individua?
Your entire argument is idiotic on its face. Trump has outright stated that overturning Roe v. Wade is a litmus test for his judicial nominations. So yeah, his whole goal is to overturn a supreme court decision that would strip rights from millions of people.
The fact that it would take years is why it will likely happen. RBG, Kennedy, and Breyer aren't all going to stick around waiting for a more ideologically friendly president and senate to replace them.
And, let's not forget that Supreme Court can rip apart state level ENDAs. Also let's not forget what an SC can do with RFRA in its back pocket.
We had a chance to secure decades of progress, but instead we now have a tin hat dictator surrounded by anti-gays.
I'm the last person that would ever defend Trump, but he is the epitome of "Watch what I do, not what I say." Yes, he is surrounding himself with some unsavory people, but let one of them get caught up in something like Bridgegate and see what happens to them. Just ask Chris Christie. Giuliani may be sunk now with the reports coming out about all the foreign money he took as a foreign affairs consultant for many foreign governments. What did Trump do with Paul Manafort when that happened? He was let go. Trump has to "Drain the swamp" after all, and he can't appoint someone guilty of doing the same thing he accused HRC of as Secretary of State. I think Trump is already reeling from beginning to really understand what he's gotten himself in to.
This won't be like the RNC convention where he can put down revolting delegates (with Reince's help). He needs them to get his legislation through unless he pulls a Boehner and lets the Dems vote everything through for him. Similarly, if Repubs go crazy and try to enact legislation that he is not in favor of, I could totally see Trump VETOING Republican legislation since he's more aligned with Dems on many issues anyway. No one's going to do anything that he doesn't want - he showed Pence just that when Pence stepped out of line and told everyone that the Trump-Pence campaign would categorically accept the results of the election. Donald went out of his way to never say that. He did the same during the debates when he threw Pence under the bus for saying the campaign backed using military force to overthrow Assad. He said. "We haven't talked, and I don't agree." Repubs don't get it yet, but this isn't going to be the easy ride they think they're in for. Trump is not a Republican at heart.
Neither Dems or Repubs are really liking the names being floated for several key positions in his Cabinet. Honestly, if he's having this much
trouble during the transition stage with simple staffing, he's going to be in for a long 4 years. Every single thing is going to be a battle, with the exception of tax cuts. That's about the ONLY thing Trump and Republicans really agree on.Lastly, while Trump will appoint at least one SC justice, we should wait and see if he actually follows through on his supposed SC list. I think that list was just pandering honestly, but that's just me. We will know what his intentions are soon enough. But, with the pushback he's getting from both sides on Cabinet positions, I think he realizes he can't go full tilt either way on anything.
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RE: Make America great again
These are valid fears that people have. I have no doubt that he and his cohorts won't try to roll back many things. The upside, however, is that most of these things were not given to us by a person or executive order. Court cases were decided that allowed or upheld these things. Therefore, the only way to "undo" a lot of this is through the court system, and that is a slow process. 4 years is not enough time to undo many of those things. If Trump makes it to 2020 and runs for re-election, he isn't an "outsider" or "unknown" anymore. He has a 4 year record to defend. People will have a real basis of judgment for him, and that may or may not be a good thing for him.
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RE: Does Trump's victory in the Presidental election worry you as an LGBT individua?
One silver lining…Trump is going to gut the Republican Party.
Believe it or not, even though I dislike the outcome of the election, I'm not too worried. The biggest loss for me is the Supreme Court. Had we Dems won, it really would have allowed a way to cement a lot of change in America for generations to come.
I'm less worried about Trump. Republicans are NOT unified. They are a majority, but their factions are not on the same page, and I don't think they will get there. Trump is already making mistakes that will open the eyes of his supporters to the massive con job he pulled on them. One of his main rallying cries was that he was going to "Drain the swamp" yet a lot of the names being floated for positions of importance in his Cabinet are the very swamp he is supposed to be draining. He's supposed to be surrounding himself with "Only the best", but the caveat to that is "Only the best, that he can get", as many people from both parties won't consider working for him. This idea of appointing family members is flat out nepotism. Yes, HRC was corrupt. But, Trump supporters, are these leaked, unconfirmed conversations that are happening any better, assuming a 180 isn't done on them? Or is it better simply because he's a corrupt RINO doing it instead of a corrupt Democrat? I think most of us knew they were BOTH corrupt, so it wasn't a disqualifier for either. Neither was lying, as they were both liars.
In some ways, all of this could play to the Dem's advantage. Trump and Co feel they have a mandate. That's really not the case. The Dems actually picked up seats after the elections even though they didn't wrestle away control (don't quote me on that, I read that somewhere but haven't confirmed it). There are still a lot of Repubs who are wary of Trump, given that he's really a Dem who simply used the Republican platform to launch his White House campaign. He really has very few values in common with Republicans. Deportation isn't going to happen (at least not these mass roundups like he described and instilled in his voters), as no politician really wants what Trump described on the campaign trail, with the exception of my single issue Senator, Mr. Sessions. Obamacare will NOT be repealed on Day 1. They have to come up with an alternative, and get it up and running, before they ever repeal anything. (If they do repeal on Day 1, it will be symbolic only, and people will be grandfathered into current Obamacare coverage until the new alternative is up and running. That could take years, as this is the US government we are talking about.) Gay Marriage is safe until a court case works its way through the completely backlogged court system and winds up before a Supreme Court that has had at least 2 appointments filled. (One appointment just points the court back at 5-4 with the same make up that decided for Gay Marriage. An additional appointment is needed to actually tilt the court, and it needs to be a Repub replacement of a retiring Dem.) It's the same for Roe vs. Wade and abortion. Building a wall and getting Mexico to pay for it was just a pipedream to begin with.
Trump made too many promises that he will not be able to keep. They were either impossible from the get go, or he needed bigger coat tails than what he got to be able to force these things through, assuming he believed in his own ideas in the first place. I, for one, am NOT convinced he believed them. I think it was just his way of motivating/pandering for votes, just like HRC did. It amazes me that people bought his crap hook, line, and sinker. If he does try to force things through, he's going to be a one term President, as he is on a short leash, even if he doesn't realize it. We are going to have just as much gridlock as we had before (possibly even more, since most Dems are not even open to giving him a "honeymoon"/chance from the start.) I'm not sure how the right doesn't see all this.
All this controversial stuff is for the birds. The walk back of his campaign rhetoric has already started, as we are already hearing that major parts of Obamacare (outlawing pre-existing conditions, kids on coverage until age 26, arguably the two most useful, costly, and important parts) may be kept. If he's looking to make good on a campaign promise, he needs to focus on jobs to maintain those "Blue Wall" states he flipped. His infrastructure idea would be a place he could start from, but, (surprise!) that isn't anything Repubs truly want, or it would have been done at some point during the last 8 Obama years, as it is NOT a new idea. Obama called for it in at least the last 3 State of the Union addresses. Besides, Repubs don't want to flat out confirm for voters that they were playing obstruction politics with the economy for the last 8 years by not allowing a large infrastructure program way back then.
To be honest, I can't even think of a safe place for Trump to start trying to "Make America Great Again" from. It's too early to start talking about tax cuts. Besides, he probably doesn't want to use what little "goodwill" or political capital he may have post election on that as a starting point for his presidency. That's something that wouldn't impact until 2018 at the earliest, likely 2019 if Dems fight it. Trump has basically just jumped out of the plane and landed behind enemy lines. He's on rough terrain filled with landmines ready to explode. There's no way he's going 4 years and not set one off, especially given the start he's already off to - politics as usual with Cabinet appointments from an "outsider" who's already learning to be an "insider", and a helping of nepotism to go along with it. Dems just need to make sure they don't take a beating in 2018 or mess up 2020, as that is the census year and they need that to clean up all the congressional district gerrymandering from 2010 that allowed Repubs to start taking over the state level.
I'm interested in hearing what Trump supporters really think he's going to be able to accomplish. Not what he said he would mind you, as what he said is already being walked back by none other than the man himself in some cases. Do you really think he's the change agent he sold himself as? That's what Obama was too, no? Republicans blocked Obama. Do you really think Dems won't block Trump? How does he escape gridlock without considerably more Republican unity, assuming no Democratic wipeout in 2018? Moreover, where can he start that won't explode in his face?
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RE: Make America great again
Hillary lost because of because of identity politics; ie feminism, BLM, SJWs, etc etc, etc. Almost no one who voted against her cared that she is a woman.
I agree with this to some extent. I don't think people voted against her because she is a woman. I think they genuinely felt she was corrupt. The wikileaks emails weren't the be all end all, as ALL campaigns discuss strategy like that, but the collusion with the DNC, the sharing of debate questions, etc. It just goes to show how deeply unethical she and her team were. Add that to all we know from the last 25 years of her public service, even if she was NEVER convicted of anything legally, and I can see how people just couldn't vote for her.
Trump is no saint, but he was never vetted by his supporters in most cases, like HRC was. What do people who voted for Trump actually KNOW about Trump? He rarely stated a position without taking both sides of that position. He'd make statements, and then a campaign manager or a surrogate would come along and try to walk it back. What proposals and policies did he put forth? Not:e proposals have plans, analysis, action steps, targets, dates, etc. "Build a wall" is an idea. So is "Deport illegals." or "Make America Great Again."
What really did HRC in was Trump's killing line that she had been in politics for 30 years and hadn't achieved what she was aspiring to do. Say what you will about how he talks, he connected with an overwhelming majority of people that were actually MOTIVATED to go vote for him. HRC didn't really motivate or inspire anyone. She never broke away from the lesser of 2 evils box/argument, and that isn't enough to get people to actually vote for you if they already think you are corrept.
The only good thing about this whole mess is that I think young people got a wakeup call. They are the future, but they can not assert control until they start exercising control. That starts with doing your civic duty and voting. And that means making a real choice between those with an actual shot at winning, not just a protest vote for a 3rd party candidate with no shot at winning. HRC lost because she didn't connect with women, and the youth vote didn't show up in force like they could have. Until the young start acting like they are the future and get off the couch, and put down the videogames for a minute, they are going to remain at the mercy of the 70 year old guys with walkers that I saw coming in to darken one bubble and vote straight Republican. That 30 minutes that 70 year old invested, got him at least 2 years of what he thinks he wants politically. If you didn't/don't vote, that 70 year old just may have made the deciding vote for you. I think many get that now. Now we just have to get them to see that politics is an every 2 year cycle, not every 4 years.
The Electoral College numbers look like a blowout, but if 150,000 voters in each of 2-3 states had a change of heart and voted for HRC, the results would have gone the other way.
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RE: The best body wash?
I like Irish Spring.
Same here. If I don't use Irish Spring, my backup is Old Spice Swagger. The scent is subtle and fresh, and it lasts all day. Good stuff.
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RE: Would you date with someone who isnt out?
Probably not. I think I've overcome a lot of hurdles over the years in order to be truly comfortable with my sexuality. Nothing against closeted people, but I think I would probably be frustrated by the inability to be myself around them - with friends, family, etc. I understand the need to be discreet, but it's not my cup of tea when it comes to relationships.
…Doesn't mean I can't hook up with 'em, though.
^ Pretty much this.
I can understand being in the closet, and that's fine. Friends? Hook up? A couple "dates" in his flat? Sure. But I'm not going to get into anything serious knowing I'd have to hide it half the time. I'm comfortable out of the closet ; I don't want to go back in.I agree with you guys. Being with someone who isn't out can be a bit limiting. All those things that you don't concern yourself with once you are comfortable with yourself and out, become things you have to think about when you get involved with someone who isn't out. Holding hands in public, randomly kissing or being affectionate…those are no go's. Where and with whom you socialize...gotta think about it.
I couldn't seriously get involved with someone who isn't out. It's like trying to cage a bird, that's already had a taste of freedom. It's hard to go back in.
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RE: Oldest guy you've had sex with?
58, and this was just this past weekend. This guy had an incredible body and easily passed for the 49 that he told me. Unfortunately, he's just coming out (newly divorced), and is in his exploring phase. I'm 41 and have 20+ years of exploring under my belt. At this point I know what I like, so while he was fun, and could continue to be fun, he wouldn't fit what I want in the long run.
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RE: Are you the man or the woman in the relationship?
"Are you the man or the woman in the relationship? That's all I need to know right now," the user wrote.
Kenworthy, 24, followed up with:
"In a relationship I am the man. As is the other man. I'm gay. Not trying to emulate a heterosexual relationship."
This totally is an annoying question. I really like the answer given though. I will use that answer in the future myself. There is nothing worse than when actually family members something like this. It's so awkward.