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@OKCancel-0 said in This really is a town in Sweden:

Made me think of a place in Austria that used to be called Fucking

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tn2Yf8jjuM for more on that.

@archiver55 To answer your topic question--no, there isn't a list of removed torrents that's available to users, according to what a moderator told me a few years ago.

As @john32123666 says, torrents can disappear if the copyright owner asks it to be taken down. Material from EnglishLads and OnlyFans is often removed. If the torrent is taken down but you're still connected to seeders and/or leechers, those connections will stay active and you can download/upload material from those other people. It will not, though, be counted by the tracker and figured into your ratio.

I can imagine its frustrating to have a torrent disappear when you're using it to boost your ratio. I suggest no using EnglishLads or OnlyFans for this purpose. The torrent you mentioned (Guys of London) sounds like it might have been a thinly masked bit from EnglishLads or its affiliated studios...and those folks watch this stuff carefully.

@valldelxeno said in When did you lose your virginity?:

@eobox91103 What's your body count then, if you've made up for it?
Personally I feel like mine is kind of low, I'm 28 and my body count is about 50...but almost all of that sex was compressed into a year. Can't wait to get back to that lifestyle...

When I was 28, my count was less than ten...due to both a late start and needing to study 26 hours/day in graduate school. When I hit 30 I thought I was "over the hill," but it was quite the opposite: I had more time for the gym, as well as my own place for "entertaining." I probably went ten years with one encounter per week. Do the math on that, and it's in the middle three digits.

I'm neither proud nor ashamed of that--it's just something that happened. I had a "visiting associate" post in a city with a very gay neighbourhood, and it wasn't unusual to bring a guy home that I met at the gym so we could finish what we started in the showers.

I can understand a feeling that one might have "lost time by coming out late," as I very much felt that way myself. (I do some volunteer work with a youth organisation, and there are kids coming out at 14--or earlier--these days.) But everyone is on their own timetable, and at the risk of sounding like a trite greeting card, everyone's schedule is exactly right for them. The current pandemic has put a damper on things, but I prefer to be cautious. I'm skeptical if some guy says that his dick is long enough that we could fuck even while distanced by two meters.

@chanelkokoro Yes, it's the "family values" party that worships a Dear Leader who pays hush money to prostitutes and brags about grabbing women by the pussy.

It's also the "pro-life" party that favours capital punishment.

I, too, find all of this rather odd.

There's probably somebody who thinks that all upscaling is bad--which isn't strictly the case. Using simple software to increase the resolution of a video file won't improve the quality, and just makes the file larger. Many people have done this, falsely claiming to have converted the file to HD.

On the other hand, there is some very sophisticated software that can make some improvement to the quality of a file when increasing the resolution. If the uploader has done this, they do indeed merit our thanks. While a 20-year-old file cannot be made to look like a current HD file, it can look a bit better.

I suspect that the one-star rater assumes that the uploader just increased the resolution without any quality improvement (which is the case with most upscales). Blowing up a file with no benefit deserves a low rating, but unless somebody has downloaded the material and compared it to a lower-resolution original, s/he's not going to know whether it's a "good" upscale or a "bad" one. It would be nice if the torrent page software only permitted rating by people who have completed a download of all the material, but that sounds like a massive software headache.

@vortensen said in Can a bottom rape a top?:

Hi, I wonder if a power bottom can overwhelm a top resulting in a so-called bottom raping the top?

In theory, yes: Forcible* rape only requires that one of the parties involved does not consent to the act. The most likely scenario here would be if the top is impaired by alcohol or other drugs and is not capable of giving consent, but still has a dick hard enough to penetrate.

Also, I could envision two completely sober people,** with the top lying on his back and his cock completely hard (maybe right after blow job), and the bottom straddling him. If the bottom's hole is loose and lubed, s/he could quickly sit down on the top's cock without there having been any discussion/consent/expression of desire on the top's part. From a legal perspective this would be a difficult case to make, but it would still count as rape if the top didn't agree to have this happen.

*The comments above about "forcible" rape assume that both parties are at/above the local age of consent (and that age varies by country, and even by province/state in Canada/the US). If the top is below the age of consent, and the bottom is above the age of consent, then any intercourse would be considered statutory rape of the top by the bottom.

**This discussion also applies to a situation where the "bottom" is a female and takes the top's cock into her vagina or ass.

There's probably some rape-fantasy porn showing a situation like this, although I can't recall having seen any.

@chanelkokoro said in Party of family values part 1 :

@eobox91103 omg That's such a great point. I'm a nurse, I'm positive they wipe down the injection site first.

The only problem is that we keep killing innocent people on death row. And I'd rather get rid of the death penalty entirely than risk even 1 innocent person dying because of it.

Yes, that's the problem. Whether needle or noose, there's no "undo" button after the fact.

@pmrrk I use uTorrent and I don't notice a problem here. I don't think I fiddled with any of the default options/preferences, so that's probably not an issue here.

I looked at the torrent you linked, and right now it has about 25 seeders and 2 leechers. As far as the tracker software is concerned, you're on equal footing with the 24 other seeders of this material even though you were the original uploader. New people grabbing the torrent will still get your material even if it isn't directly downloaded from you.

Even if you don't get lots of upload volume from the torrent, you can take satisfaction in knowing that there are 50+ other members who have downloaded your stuff. They might not post a thank-you, but they do appreciate it.

@bi4smooth said in Is it just me? WHO pulls out of a fine ass to cum on a dude's face?:

I don't get it... SO MUCH porn these days features this "ending"...

2 hot guys fucking - sometimes even flip-flopping - and at the last minute... when the top is about to cum... he pulls out, quickly re-positions himself, and shoots his load on the other guy's face... not even in his mouth, just "across his face"...

Porn directors like to show cum shots on screen, presumably because they believe that's what the audience wants. I agree that's it's unrealistic--in real life fucking or sucking, most guys (giving or receiving) want an internal cum shot.

Another "unrealistic" part of porn is that the actors never communicate what they want--the director is telling them what to do. The best sex happens when guys say what they like--and don't like--as they're doing it.

@calatar You're quite right, although I enjoyed the exchange with Bi4Smooth--that's the kind of discussion that shows the potential benefit of a forum like this. It's unfortunate that good discussions get poisoned by a childish brat.

Let's go back to the original post of this thread and break out the three questions that were posed:

• What is the policy on this? (With "this" defined as posting a new torrent that is essentially identical to one already on the system, but dead.) The policy is that this is acceptable, and further discussion suggests that it can even have some advantages over re-seeding the dead torrent.

• Can such a "new" torrent be reported? It is not a violation of the site's rules. There is no need to report it. Subsequent discussion said that this "reporting" would not be "reporting a duplicate" but "pointing out to staff that the 'new' one was unnecessary." It's not clear what benefit accrues from doing this.

• How [would] such a "new" torrent be reported? Using the report link at the bottom of the torrent page, but since there's no violation here, there's not need to do this.

Subsequent posts added a new question:

• Why re-post identical files? (1) The new torrent will show at the top of the search page and be more obvious to other members, and this will happen automatically without having to involve site staff in recycling the torrent; (2) "Even if you have a file with the exact same size, that you can give the exact same name, if it doesn't have the same hash value as the original file it will not seed as the original file."

But, given that

Problem solved.

...perhaps we're done here.

We're probably all familiar with the difference between "real inches" and "online inches," the latter being inflated (!) A little exaggeration in a hookup ad is to be expected, but there are limits to credibility.

I found the following graphic interesting: A US banknote is 6 1/8 inches (15.5 cm) long, which is a longer than the "average" erect penis size of 5.5" (14 cm) that most studies report:

I think most of us would consider a "dollar size" penis to be adequate...but nobody's going to proudly advertise that.

What about larger? Standard letter-size paper in Canada and the US is 8.5"x11" (216 x 279 mm); standard A4 paper in Europe is 210 x 297 mm (8.3" x 11.7"). How many "nine inch" porn models (or hookups) are longer than the width of standard business paper?

As much as I like numbers, perhaps we should leave them out of size discussions. Some adjectives like "good," "large," or "huge" can be helpful, but I think anyone advertising something larger than average needs to show a photograph. We all know "big" when we see it; we don't need to put a number on it.

@raphjd I am not quitting the forums, I'm only quitting making responses to you. This post is an exception. I enjoy thoughtful engagement with forum participants.

It is ironic (and that's a polite word) that you are a "forum administrator," when you frequently engage in venomous and childish name-calling. That would not be permitted in most forums, and even goes against the rules of this site. It's amusing (again, another polite word) that you violate the very rules that you have posted.

You're not fooling anybody. People who read your postings have this all figured out. If grownups are having a discussion on here that you don't understand, perhaps you should stand down.

@Rotron said in Vanishing torrents ...:
You raise several interesting points. I'd like to share my perspective on them, but please don't see this as a point-by-point rebuttal. If anything, it's an affirmation of what you're saying.

There still is no clarification about this as I think a DMCA request should effect the whole title

The takedoown process can seem random if not chaotic, but I think the site removes all--and only--those torrents that are challenged. This can look weird: I posted a torrent for a full-length video in single-file-.mp4 format that was on the site for years, and than was taken down. Oddly, the same material, in native DVD format (a .VOB folder) remained on the site--and is still here. I suspect that the site got a takedown request for the single file torrent, but not for the DVD...and responded accordingly.

This has definitely discouraged me from uploading more in GayTor as this is so questionable and I have not been experiencing this somewhere else.

I know it's discouraging to have uploaded torrents removed. I take time and care to make my torrent descriptions thorough, with good pictures, thumbnail sheets., etc. (In the past week I had one taken down, but I take comfort in knowing that almost 2,000 other users got that material.) I can see that you care about sharing material, and I suspect that your torrents are well-constructed, and I've probably downloaded some of them. I hope you continue to share.

So for the meantime, I'm taking a vacation from sharing in the GayTor and and also hopefully this gets rid of that 1-star troller.

Vacations are good things--they tend to extinguish burnout, if you'll forgive the mixed metaphor. I would pay no attention to anonymous one-star ratings (or any other ratings). If someone has a worthwhile opinion about a torrent, they should have the balls to post a comment with their username attached.

I will still be active here in the forum. Maybe.

I hope so.

Question: Will my seed bonus count be wiped out if I request all my uploaded torrents to be deleted?

Someone from the site would need to answer this...but I don't think you'd lose it. But please don't ask your torrents to be deleted--again, I'm sure it's good stuff, and other users will enjoy having it. I, myself, may have had some enjoyable "private moments" with your torrents.

@stam8 said in Being attracted to Straight Guys but it's a bad thing now?:

There seems to be a little bit of a pushback from other gays, maybe due to the g4p models too taking over jobs from gay models.

There's "gay for pay," and "gay for play." I use the latter category to describe guys who are emotionally/psychologically attracted to women, but enjoy the physical sensation of sex with guys. Such as:

1. One buddy of mine is a police officer (who would sometimes show up in uniform, although that's not a fetish of mine). He's married, has a couple of kids, but enjoys getting fucked. It's always doggy style, and he's not looking at me...but he loves getting his prostate tickled. It's not the best hookup in the world, but still enjoyable for both of us.

2. Another guy I met a few times (at his place) was also married, but he wanted to suck cock. He said he was neutral about "enjoying it," but that his wife really liked seeing him do it, and he would ask me to hold a camera or phone to do a POV shot of him sucking (which wouldn't show my face). This seemed a bit weird, but he definitely knew what he was doing, so I was fine with it. One time, though, we were in his bedroom, and I heard a rustling in the closet: It turned out that his wife was in there watching us through a hole in the door. I zipped up and left, and I never went back.

@chanelkokoro I appreciate your careful response to my post. I think we probably agree on a lot more things than we disagree on, but it's the differences that make for good discussion. It's nice to have that discussion by addressing issues rather than by calling names. There are people on here who need to learn that.

And you're right, I don't live in the US (although I'm there right now). I do spend a lot of time there (here) and thus try to be informed on US issues, but I'd probably dig into them more deeply if I were a full-time resident.

@lololulu19 said in Why is porn blocked on the internet?:

Just because we don't LIKE something doesn't mean we have the right to eliminate it

WiFi in a public place is a service owned by that place (e.g., a restaurant). They're paying for it, and they "have the right" to make the rules.

If someone wants to make their own rules, they can use their own connection to the internet--such as through a mobile phone.

@stam8 said in Being attracted to Straight Guys but it's a bad thing now?:

Where do you usually find them?

The cop was in a gay chat room; the other guy was from a gay hookup site. The cop was open about his situation from the beginning; the other guy only said he wanted to "give oral" and then hit me with the camera thing when I got there. Those are the only two "straight" guys I've hooked up with--that I know of.

I haven't had any experience lately because of the pandemic and just worried about catching anything in general.

Same here. Somehow asking for proof of vaccination and a recent covid test seems like a mood-breaker, even if it is just a hookup.

@raphjd said in Scotland officially bans free speech:

@eobox91103

You probably don't realize it, but it makes you look like a hypocrite when you attack me for something, while blatantly ignoring the same thing from someone to who I was replying.

I made no such attack. My whole point is that attacking others is inappropriate for useful discussion. I try not to use the word "you" in a reply unless it's clearly complimentary.

I once heard a proverb that, "If you throw a stone into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps is the one that you hit." It is good to think on that...but as staunch dog lover, I'm a bit uncomfortable with the proverb.