@raphjd said in Recent Shooting Being HIDDEN by the MEDIA:

@serenity

I'm guessing you never watch conservative media. If you did, you would know that conservatives have been calling out white supremacists. Of course, liberal media will never tell you that.

Biden completely ignored the victims and families of the christmas parade terror attack because the terrorist was a black supremacist, who killed whites.

Indeed - let's all pity the poor white people - the REAL victims of all of the modern injustices!

Reference: https://community.gaytorrent.ru/post/294794

Another thing I REALLY liked about the writers on Discovery, was slipping in 20th Century Earth cultural references...
For example, in one of the final episodes, a Star Fleet official wryly remarks "It’s nice that they’re all so eager for a three-hour tour outside the galaxy."

No one there gets the reference, and he smooths it over by simply calling it a "figure of speech"... which actually confuses more of them...

Being raised with Gilligan's Island re-runs on our local UHF stations as I grew up, I found this hysterically funny. My 38 y/o son also laughed out loud over it... but my 21 y/o daughter (also a trekker) didn't get it! And when I explained it, she was like "so?"

There are also MULTIPLE references to Alice in Wonderland (actually, several of Lewis Carrol's works) throughout!

I would assume that, eventually, the .ru domains will die... at which time, any torrents who are using the .ru tracker will also stop functioning - well, at least stop functioning with the tracker!

Some others here have surmised correctly that I am a computer professional IRL... I have explained SO MANY TIMES how torrenting works - and how the ACTUAL xfer of data is NOT "through" the tracker, but rather from seeder's PC to leecher's PC... directly! Thus, "torrenting" is a P2P technology (peer-to-peer), and NOT a "client/server" one.

... except that the tracker here is private... so if you want to be "introduced" to the people with the porn you like, you have to be registered with the tracker... Also, so that they can "keep an eye on you" (as-in are you playing fair, not anything beyond that), they assign you a random-ish "key" value that makes all the data you send or receive. I have no idea how specific it gets, but from an outsiders view, it appears very little... best guess, they know how much data you've transferred - not to whom, and not for which torrent.

That "key" information, as well as the address of the tracker, are embedded into the .torrent files you download from the website. Files downloaded from the .ru website will use the .ru tracker, and the .rent site will use the .rent tracker. The data on both appears to be the same, so an educated guess here: they share a database and site source folder in some way.

So, since we've recently re-launched the service at a new domain name (.rent vs .ru), it is safe to assume that all of your currently seeding torrents using the .ru domain SHOULD be re-downloaded with the .rend domain to ensure their long-lasting presence here. ESPECIALLY true for your uploads!

Re: Star Trek Discovery

So, I thought I'd re-start this discussion, though not so much as in how it fits into Star Trek as a whole, but instead on the LGBTQ+ themes throughout.

DO NOT READ if you haven't watched through Season 4, as I make no qualms about revealing plot lines here! SPOILER ALERT!

To start, I am a huge Star Trek fan, I have been (when much younger) to more than a few conventions (tho not in DECADES now), and find something to enjoy in all of the spin-offs. I'm REALLY enjoying the "Strange New Worlds" that has newly arrived - especially with the return of episodic television! But this is about Discovery...

That said, here are some things I hated about the first 4 seasons of Discovery:

• The first few episodes make it clear we'll be focusing on Michael Burnham - a black, female Star Fleet Officer who right at the get-go ("The Vulcan Hello") decides that she's smarter than the rest of Star Fleet and disobeys direct orders from her captain - even to the point of mutiny! Like such a personality disorder wouldn't have shown up BEFORE she'd advanced to her rank of Commander! They should have made it less a choice of hers, and more a requirement of some kind - of a choice of bad options and worse ones... not just that she knows better!
• The first season circles around the whole "infinite alternate universes" plot line that is de-rigueur in current Sci-Fi (from Star Trek to Spiderman!) - while, of course, ignoring the obvious: how could you possibly "jump" into such an alternate universe and see the same people!?!?!? (I hate "multiverses" in SciFi, even in 1967's "Mirror Mirror" episode of TOS!) I was happy to see the end of Season 1, though less so with the carryover of the Philippa Georgiou character into later seasons.
• The Discovery writers weren't loath to copy another "cheap crutch" from TOS - specifically in "Operation -- Annihilate!" when Spock is blinded - except that he has an "inner eye lid" that magically protected him (and hid itself from all of the Dr.s scans until the final scene). Puke! There are several (OK, a few) occasions in Discovery where everything seems lost, save for some miraculous last-second capability or technology "discovered" that saves the day in the last 30-seconds of the episode. Puhleeeese!
• I did like the plot-line about Control - the self-aware AI that, like all good SciFi, decides to "protect us from ourselves" and eventually decides we should just be annihilated. (Sound a bit like "I, Mudd" from TOS? Yeah, I thought so too... but on a wider scale... I didn't mind the borrow here, as they took it in a whole new direction!)

But what I really wanted to talk about here were the efforts this version of Star Trek has taken to be "inclusive" in casting.

• The primary character is a black female
• Her captain (Philippa Georgiou) is an an Asian female
• The Dr and chief engineer are a gay-male couple - 1 white, 1 black
• During the course of the series, "partners" are mostly described with that word, though occasionally a "wife" or "husband" will slip through. I liked that - it seems "futuristic" to me
• The President of the Federation is a white woman (albeit a Cardassian/Human mix)
• The President of Vulcan (now named Ni'Var) is a white woman
• The head of the military on Earth (United Earth) is a black woman
• The President of United Earth is a black woman - laughably, Stacey Abrams, she of failed GA candidate for Governor, but successful GA Democratic activist, fame.
• There is also a young Trans couple: Adira (human) & Gray (trill) - for whom the other crew members dutifully use the pronouns "they" (for Adira) and "it" for Gray... but I did kind-of objected to the idea that the only "foster parents" these two would have are the gay couple. I also didn't like the idea that in the Star Trek future, LGBTQ+ people would still be considered "different"... I have higher hopes for our distant future, our current present course notwithstanding.
• I really REALLY enjoyed the casting of Tig Notaro, a lesbian comedian, as a bluntly brilliant, sarcastic, lesbian engineer (I know, save for the engineering degree, not much of a stretch from her comedy character). Still, I loved the dry wit of her character and felt she was a great asset to the cast! IMHO.

Honestly, though, especially when they popped Stacey Abrams on us as the President of Earth, I originally found the casting to be laughable and obvious - an about-face to standard casting! All the best, smartest (non-crazy, anyway), most important human characters were black women or gay men! (Save for 1 Admiral in the future...)

BUT - when I stepped back and considered this, I changed my opinion and NOW think "turn about is fair play" - not having white men in charge, or in any real "leadership" (or "hero") capacity is for me now (as a white male) what people of color and LGBTQ+ people (ok, like me) have been exposed to since the dawn of television!

So, please comment below - assuming you've watched the show - about the LGBTQ+ characters in Discovery - what you liked and didn't like about their storylines, or the casting, or whatever... I'm curious to hear how others feel...

@didigb said in Condom or Bareback?:

Since I've been on prep, it's bareback all the time. Sex feels so much better and I really get turned on by cumming inside some guy's ass

I agree - I prefer cumming deep inside my guy... but whether that's bareback or in a condom is not of major import... it's that feeling of thrusting and pulsing deep inside him that is so satisfying. For me.

I too am on PReP - and I'm mostly a top. I like to think of PReP as giving us control of our own level of protection vs. depending on (trusting) another. And I respect others' choices on how they protect THEMselves... so, when I encounter a partner who wants condoms, I comply.

Mind you - I am speaking for myself - I do not mean to imply others should (or must) do as I do, or feel as I feel.

If you strongly prefer bareback - and your partners agree to it - it's all good! Just so long as you aren't being deceitful (as in: telling someone who wants/demands condoms that you're using one, when you aren't (really) doing so.)

I know others have had minor issues, but no one (else) has had a complete failure..

For those torrents you already have - and WERE seeding - try re-downloading the .torrent file. Remember, the .torrent file you get from the site has the (new) tracker information embedded into it. If you changed your passkey, that will ALSO be fixed by re-downloading the .torrent file from the site.

Good luck!

@raphjd said

And she calls ME a troll!

Any more conspiracy theories you want to push out?

BTW: If every single person in a retirement home in GA were to have voted for Trump - in GA (a race that was statistically close) - Trump still loses GA by thousands of votes... not as wide a margin, but a loss (and a humiliating one, at that! GA was always predictably RED!)

The assumption that these residents all voted Democrat is laughable - it's just as likely that they were "assisted" by Trumpites as Bidenites!

And it would've been wrong - in both instances... I know you'll conflate my argument that this DOES NOT support your theory that Trump's loss was due to fraud, with the absurd notion that there was NO fraud! There was! We've found it! But, unlike your biased view, the REAL enforcement agencies have found that what fraud WAS there was pretty much evenly distributed - Republican and Democrat. In other words, statistically insignificant noise.

But statistics are a kind of science... and to Trumpites, Science is bad

Funny: you (Trumpites) will decry the vaccines, eschewing them because you "don't know what's in there" and you "don't trust the scientists"... yet, you'll force yourself to the front of the line to get monoclonal antibodies once you GET the virus! What happened to "I don't trust the doctors"?? Why not find the YouTuber who shows you how to ingest disinfectant - safely ROFL - nd take their advise on that one, too?

@raphjd said in Gay Florida student says school stopping him from running for senior class president:

@bi4smooth

Blah, blah, blah, is all our resident troll says

You sad, pathetic White Supremacist... you think I wrote that for you?

Narcissistic much? ROFL

@raphjd said in Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) pleads guilty in fraud case:

@bi4smooth

Nope, you're just a troll

And you're just a bigoted White Supremacist hiding behind Trumpite & Russian propaganda!

There! Names traded... I win! Again!

@raphjd said in Gay Florida student says school stopping him from running for senior class president:

@serenity

That is what the laws of the US and SCOTUS say.

Also, NO, the US is not a democracy. The US is a representative republic.

It seems, that you believe that people can break any rules they want, as long as you agree with them.

Even if this student supported the Florida law and protested in favor, I would still say he has to pay the price for violating the rules and knew it beforehand.

1 - @serenity is correct: the religious-right will not stop with "don't say gay" - and they have an insidious new "weapon" they're using: allowing individuals to sue governments over perceived "morals" abuses. Further, the challenge to Roe v Wade is also a harbinger to a sure-to-come challenge to the Obergefell v. Hodges case - the one that legalized Gay Marriage using the 14th Amendment protections to do so. (The religious conservatives consider this JUST AS EGREGIOUS a "moral overstepping" as Roe v. Wade.)
2 - The assumption that outlawing gay activities in the US would make this website illegal is moot. Under US Law, this website is already illegal in many, many ways! And as that legal environment continues to change, the site owners (and staff) have made changes to our rules of behavior that are intended to help keep us "under the radar" of any enforcement... even though I highly doubt that this site is physically housed in the US, coming under attack in US Courts would be - let's just say, crushing.
3 - @raphjd's assertion that the student "broke the law" is absurd, but it follows from his common theme: people who agree with him are to be allowd the MAXIMUM freedoms to express themselves, while other, dissenting views, should be shut down. It is a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT under the US Constitution for people to protest their Government. The Jan 6 protesters were all well-within their rights to protest... right up until they attacked and broke into the Capitol building! This student didn't break any laws - he just organized a student protest against a new law he thought was targeting he and others like him... and he wasn't wrong.
4 - the idea that all teachers are pushing a "gay agenda" on their students is hogwash and an overstatement of the problem, such as there is one, to a MASSIVE scale. YES, there are teachers who overstep their bounds, "get out of their lanes" - and they should be punished. But that doesn't mean typing the hands - and exposing everyone to frivolous litigation - is even a reasonable solution... UNLESS your goal is to enforce your own moral beliefs on all others. Sieg Heil! (And I thought the "culture wars" were over for the US after the 1980's and 1990s! Silly me!)
5 - the mere idea that you can "groom" someone into becoming gay or trans is a concept debunked in the 1950's! Ref: Kinsey & Associates). That it's being brought back up now is just "cover" for the fear and hate mongering of "people not like US" (In this case: US is code for: white, straight, christian MEN - you know, the people who built this country and that we should all be worshiping - right now!)

BTW: @raphjd's "replacement" is awaiting entry into the UK right now. He is a black, African, Jew who will take his job, his house, and his lover... because they (people of color, people from poor countries, and non-Christians) are all superior to him in every way!
Or, at least that's what he's been programmed to believe!

They're coming for you!

Ooga booga! (hands waving)

@scartoonstar said in Picture Spamming::

They would've been better off just making gifs lol

You won't hear any complaints from me - thanks for sharing the link to the torrent.

@raphjd said in Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) pleads guilty in fraud case:

@bi4smooth

You really are just a troll.

Yeah, I know - pointing out the CORRUPT politicians is so "being a troll"

The problem you have with this - in spite of this being a Democrat - is that the "field" of corrupt politicians is RIFE (nay, overcrowded) by Trumpites! And, while you love to point out the faults of others, you are loath to allow for the possibility of "bad apples" in your own fold.

THIS is why you are a hypocrite and an evangelist for a lost, faithless cause.

@raphjd said in Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) pleads guilty in fraud case:

@bi4smooth

Blah, blah, blah

Pull your head out of your extreme TDS suffering ass.

yet another 1-liner just calling me a name!

I'm on a roll!

Victory!

@raphjd said in Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) pleads guilty in fraud case:

@bi4smooth

As it currently stands, those that create and/or enforce the laws can break them at will.

How many laws, that her party put in place, has Scotland's First Minister broken and the police refuse to charge her? The same goes for countless politicians.

Biden's first hour in office he signed the EO mandating masks on ALL federal property, which he promptly violated with his family. Similar thing with many governors.

"Equal protection" my ass.

Oh, I'm not claiming elected officials don't sometimes get away with things they shouldn't! But this ain't that!

You wanted to punish her MORE because she's an elected official... that's just as wrong as not punishing her!

I get it - as a Trumpite, you don't really get the concept of "equality"... it's an anathema to your belief system that you're right, every one else is wrong, and nanny-nanny-boo-boo!

@raphjd said in OAN forced to admit 2020 Election fraud claims were... well, fraudulent!:

@bi4smooth

I don't know enough about the case to know what evidence or not they have.

But since you are both members of the DNC, and think only Repubs steal elections, I thought you 2 rub vags on the regular.

You stupid shit - no one ever claimed that the Republicans stole any elections! Indeed, the issue isn't whether Dems or Republicans stole any elections - BOTH outcomes would be drastically evil for democracy!

No, fart-for-brains, the concept is simple:

No one stole any election!

They were free and fair elections, with no more than the normal amount of irregularities.

@raphjd said in Gay Florida student says school stopping him from running for senior class president:

@bi4smooth

Blah, blah, blah

Keep snortching Pelosi's gin soked pussy farts.

A 1-liner just calling me a name (not even a new one)!

Victory!

@kco said in Handling "dead" torrents.:

Is there a way for the tracker to better report why a torrent is dead on the torrent client side?

I've got "some" unregistered torrents. (As reported by the tracker)
That means:

1. taken down?
2. tracked decided to mark them as "dead"?
3. ¿?¿?

Why I don't delete them? Because sometimes torrents "revive".

Could you improve that messaging system please?

If there are no seeders, but the torrent wasn't deleted, you'll get a registration with the tracker...

If the torrent was deleted or suspended, you get the "unregistered torrent" - but that's because that particular torrent doesn't exist in the system anymore.. Tell me, do you leave a post-it note in the pantry when you throw away the empty cereal box? I don't! You know it's gone because it's not there anymore.

Finally, The moderators have a way to make a torrent "unavailable" - which I would think would also give you that "unregistered torrent" message. I had an upload that they wanted to "review" once... once it was "passed", it reappeared on the site.

Hopefully this explains what you're seeing - and why significant changes aren't really possible...

still more YouTube shit?

Someone's news feed from the Kremlin has been cut...
and he's in a panic for material... but really, honestly, this low?

I'm disappointed!

omg - Someone's news feed from the Kremlin has been cut...AND THEY'RE IN A PANIC!

Now we get fed random right-wing shit from YouTube?

That's sad & pathetic!

Someone's news feed from the Kremlin has been cut...
now we get random right-wing shit from YouTube?

That's telling!