Posts made by eobox91103

@blablarg18 said in covid vaxx don't stop covid, says NY Supreme Court:

Another worthless contribution.

You are more proficient at those than I am.

@eobox91103 In a world of change and uncertainty, one finds constancy and predictability is useless, off topic posts:

Yawn.

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@blablarg18 Here's an interesting exercise: In the browser search box, type in "you" as a search term, and see how many times it gets highlighted in various messages. I use Firefox, and it gives me the following:

When a post is primarily about another person, and not about the issues, it's off-topic, and probably worthless.

I recommend to the Forum Administrator that this thread be locked, and perhaps deleted.

@blablarg18 said in covid vaxx don't stop covid, says NY Supreme Court:

there's another forum board for doing that.

I absolutely agree! That other board is filled with lies and misinformation.

@blablarg18 That other board is also the only place where it is permitted--even encouraged--to insult people. It doesn't belong here.

The argument ad hominem (literally, "to the man"), such as name-calling or insulting, is the weakest form of discourse. It is the ultimate refuge for those devoid of fact, reason, or intelligence.

@blablarg18 If you want to call people liars, spread conspiracy theories, or espouse "alternative facts," there's another forum board for doing that.

@cinemacapman said in covid vaxx don't stop covid, says NY Supreme Court:

no vaccine whether it's COVID or flu, etc., prevents you from catching it or getting sick. No vaccine actually kills a virus. It prevents you from becoming seriously ill, hospitilization, or dying. Your body's immune system eventually wears down the virus. You actually just naturally heal yourself. They've been saying this for a long time, and people still are stubborn about accepting what the COVID vaccine actually does. Yes, you can still catch and transmit the virus. The vaccine simply protects you and your health.

This is the medical fact, and that's what belongs in a Health and Fitness forum thread.

If you want to call people liars, spread conspiracy theories, or espouse "alternative facts," there's another forum board for doing that.

@stophe In both the US and France, people cruise on the right. In the UK, Australia, and Japan, they cruise on the left.

@stophe Sommers is listed at https://gayeroticvideoindex.com/performer/5643 , but it doesn't say much:

@Rotron-0 said in 1 Star Rating Troll:

Can someone please do something about this person?

If you click on his name, and then the three dots in the upper right for a pull-down menu, you get a magical option:

This doesn't stop feces from being posted, but at least you won't need to smell them.

@lololulu19 said in Be careful which categories you exclude:

half Chinese / half Jewish

Such an incoherent description.

I have a friend in Shanghai who is 100% Chinese and 100% Jewish. Does that mean he's two people?

There's a lot that can be (and has been) said, but @frostycab's admonition to avoid this stuff like the plague is very good advice.

Rather than write a long essay here (which is always my temptation), let me propose a few factoids:

• A website's certification that "all our models are 18+" isn't reliable. Websites are in the business of selling content, and these statements can be nothing more than marketing devices.

• mike18.com can be found on the internet archive "wayback machine," with listings starting in 2005 and ending last year. I don't have any information on why the website disappeared, but if "Mike" was 18 in 2005, he'd be 36 now, and not likely to be featured in that site's content.

• If one's computer is searched by law enforcement, and questionable material is found, it is not a defence to claim that one relied on a website's certification. While it is not possible to determine whether a model is 18 or 16 simply by looking at a photograph or video, police officers tend to be cautious and do an arrest if they have "probable cause" to believe that some material might feature under-age models.

• While the maxim of the law in first-world western countries is that a person is presumed innocent of criminal charge until found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law, in practice it doesn't work that way for child abuse, child pornography, or drink-driving. In those kinds of cases, even well-intentioned and well-informed jurors will presume guilt unless there is a proof of innocence. It isn't supposed to work that way, but this is what tends to happen.

• It is ultimately each person's responsibility to curate their own porn collection to eliminate the possibility of under-age material. There is material on this site--and many others--that I would not be comfortable keeping on my computer. That is not a criticism of this site--it's just a different perspective. Other torrent and tube sites have a variety of approaches to this topic. One torrent that I know site will only list material from Very Big Studios that have too much money at stake to risk using under-age models. I also recall a tube site hosting material, mostly home-made, that is often very questionable. I don't know where they're located or how they stay afloat.

• The bottom line, though, is not, "how do I stay out of jail?" Our concern should be "how do I not exploit young boys/men?" A 15-year-old who is paid a few dollars/pounds/euros to wank on camera might look like he is giving consent to the act, but he isn't able, at that age, to fully appreciate the consequences of his actions. He is being exploited for profit and/or gratification. Even though we might not be holding the camera or paying money to view that performance, we are still participating in the exploitation.

OK, I confess to having written a long essay despite my stated intention otherwise. But these are important issues that need our careful attention.

@jokuihmemies said in Czech Hunter actors:

is it part of the act "being straight"? also i hate it when the boys trying to cum and the filmer just stop filming...

I think that's it. Many of the guys that are "hunted" have done lots of other porn and are able to cum on demand. I'm sure some of them blow a load after the camera is off.

As an aside, a fairly comprehensive list of Czech Hunter actors by episode can be found at https://pbc.xxx/wiki/List_of_Czech_Hunter_actors .

@MrMazda said in uTorrent 3.6.x Version:

it doesn't report your upload data whatsoever

Very interesting--I had 3.6 for a couple of weeks, and I wondered why my uploads didn't seem to show up...this explains it. It also added an additional "ghost" tracker to each torrent, with a URL that didn't exist, forcing the client to keep looking for something that wasn't there. It did this for torrents on several other sites. After returning to 3.5.5, I went through each torrent and deleted that ghost tracker.

I notice an annoying feature of uTorrent 3.x that I didn't see in 2.x: If I'm deleting a torrent and data that has many files, it takes quite a while to delete the downloaded files. I seem to remember this happening very quickly under 2.x. My suspicion is that 3.x has a different and clumsy interface with the Windows file management system, and I don't think there's a simple way to fix that.

Check to see which version of uTorrent you're using: Version 3.6 has lots of bugs and causes many problems. The solution is to download and install version 3.5, and then set preferences so that the software doesn't automatically try to upgrade itself back to 3.6.
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The procedure for doing this, courtesy of @john32123666 , and copied/pasted from him, is as follows:

In uTorrent point on Options/Preferences/General
Uncheck - Updates & Privacy / Check - Notify me before installing updates ...
[This will prevent your client from updating automatically] ...

[Older versions/Windows only] :
https://utorrent.en.uptodown.com/windows/versions

If you want to downgrade from earlier version,
[simply disable your anti-virus] and disable software updates from keeping your client updated ...

SEE : https://community.gaytorrent.ru/topic/9055/utorrent-how-to-downgrade-or-fresh-install-classic-version-2-2-1-build-25302
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I followed these directions and everything worked fine. Note that you don't need to uninstall 3.6; the installation of 3.5 will keep all your settings and torrents.

@MrMazda At the risk of being off-topic (and therefore interesting): How does one insert a YouTube object into chat like you did in your post?

@Rotron said in Can a ratio be too high?:

my goal is only a ratio of 1:1 per torrent that I upload

As a fine point, you'll always get a ratio of at least 1.0 with a torrent that you upload, because you have to send every piece of that file to somebody. I find that I usually have a ratio of 1.3 or so by the time my uploaded torrents are fully seeded, because some pieces will have been sent out to more than one member.

I still do get some encouragement from individuals who would send me a PM here or comment on my torrent posts

I'm happy to hear this. A written comment on a torrent post is so much more rewarding than clicking "thank you" on the torrent page. Even if that doesn't happen, I take satisfaction in seeing how many people have downloaded the material. I hope you are able to take satisfaction in this and know that your contributions to the site are appreciated.

That might sound like a silly question, but...

Over time, and some good internet connections, I've built up a share ratio of 6.6 on this site (much larger on some other sites), with a download buffer of 35 TB. I'm not likely to go to ratio jail any time in the next hundred years. (I'm not bragging about size. Mousing around the "active users" list on the home page shows members with ratios in the twenties.)

By definition, having a good ratio is a good thing. But I remember my early days on this site, trying hard to get my statistics above water, and now it occurs to me that every GB I upload is a GB that someone else isn't uploading--and maybe that someone else needs more upload opportunity to stay afloat. Members with struggling ratios might have a better chance if I throttled my upload a bit.

I'm curious about other members' views on this topic. There isn't a specific "right answer" here, which is perhaps what makes this interesting.