Posts made by moonmonday

Are you even an actual human making these posts, or just a half-brained AI model? You're spamming the hell out of these forums. Maybe we don't need admins who are making their own problem. Especially as we can't even block your asinine posts or report them. You're making the forums an objectively worse place to be, and your poorly-made icon is just making it worse.

This is a very poorly-composed attempt at a statement. It assumes that people who don't prioritize race and assess a person for who they are, rather than the color of their skin, are somehow blind to racism.

Racism is judgement based primarily on race. This is an inherently oppressive concept in the first place, made worse by people ignorant enough to assume something about a person's character from an inborn trait over which they had no control.

Not dwelling on superficial qualities or inborn qualities is a step in the right direction, but it also doesn't mean that there's no discrimination or bigotry left in the world.

Be very careful buying any toys online, especially with Amazon.

You want to make sure they are as non-porous as possible, and be sure to use the right kind of lube with them. Condoms are generally recommended for even slightly porous materials, but they're usually a pretty good idea in any case.

I recommend silicone and the like. Make sure the toys are phthalate-free, non-toxic materials if they are, for example, TPE. Don't get PVC toys, they're cheap and not worth it in any case. You can get solid glass ones, but that depends on if that's the texture you're looking for, and I would definitely only be okay with that from a brand I trust.

Vixen Creations and Bad Dragon are both two very reputable toy sellers that make very high-quality toys.

I hope you'll find success in your search!

The new forums fairly regularly tell me that the connection has been lost and to give it a moment. It's quickly enough resolved, most of the time, but it's pretty annoying and seemingly needless, as some of the times, I'm not even doing anything that would require an active connection.

Free online gay comics, with plenty of nudity and some sex, by a prolific gay creator:

hxxps://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/hushicho/

Adult content requires a free login that's easy to set up.

Overall I like the new layout very much! It's such much neater and the little thumbnails are really fantastic. Everything looks much smoother and in general much better. Great work!

My only suggestion would be a slight tweak to the previews that appear when you mouseover the titles. They almost always pop up a preview upwards, which is hard to see in its entirety. If they popped up downwards instead, they would be much easier to see and more helpful.

Lust for Life is a huge disappointment. That there is a song on it called "Summer Bummer" basically says it all, especially when compared to the sublime "Summertime Sadness". Pretty much any of her previous work blows Lust for Life out of the water.

It's especially disappointing because "Love" was such a strong single…but it's literally the only good song on the album. The rest were either middling or "featuring" someone we didn't buy the album for, which is what I was afraid of after "Lust for Life", the song, was released. I don't like the Weeknd and I don't buy Lana Del Rey's albums to hear them...or Stevie Nicks, who is always embarrassing these days.

I can only hope that their affiliation ends with Lust for Life. I used to like Stevie too, but her brand of toxic crazy ruined her and I'd rather she not take Lana down too. Listening to even Lana's unreleased work, when she didn't really know which direction she wanted to go in, still reflects a far more dynamic and engaging creator.

Maybe it's just one of those cases where an artist loses their pathos and really shouldn't be putting out work when they know they can't do it. It's like slapping pink glitter paint on a wrought-iron fence – it just looks wrong and doesn't suit the creator's voice. Ultraviolence was Lana's best, I assert: it presented a beautiful darkness and poetry, which avoided pretension and excessive pastiche. Lust for Life was supposed to be uplifting and hopeful, but it was exactly what this world didn't need…a half-baked idea only completed by dragging otherwise unrelated people into it. That makes it even more depressing.

Sorry this is so late, but I lost track of this topic and just found it again.

I'll check those out. Thank you!

Good, way to take headlines largely out of context and attempt to still pretend you're on top and have a point.

This is just another in the series of heavy-handed dismissals so our grand dipshit can stack the deck in what he thinks is his favor.

It's a band of idiots trying desperately to damage-control the actions of a demagogue who has no idea what the hell he's even doing. You're on a gay torrent site, you're the last people who should be monkey-parroting idiot pseudointellectual political stances, but here you are trying to defend people because oh hey, surely people who were appointed to a fancy-titled position must know what they're doing, right?

Also, L O L at the "liberal mainstream media". Because handy buzz phrases make you sound so intelligent and informed! Please, get a clue; this is a disconcerting trend from the dictionary definition of a demagogue. It is not anything that should be defended or least of all justified, and least of all still by anyone who is gay and frequents a torrent community! Frankly, it makes no difference whether this is the action of conservatives, liberals, or whatever – those are just convenient oversimplifications that have nothing to do with the matter at hand and lend themselves to logical flaws and frankly asinine argument in an attempt to polarize. You have failed. You get nothing, sir. Good day.

Monogamy is a social construct, like much of modern society. It's largely designed to serve heterosexual-dominant society due to the vast inequality of numbers.

It's fine if you feel a need for one-on-one exclusivity, but it's nothing short of puerile to insult those who don't see relationships the same way or don't operate that way. Not everyone operates in an exclusive manner, and two people is not the be-all and end-all of a relationship dynamic.

The most important thing is honesty and communication. If more gay relationships find it more realistic and honest to simply maintain open relationships to function, then I personally find that an enlightened perspective. We don't need to ape the heterosexual and judeo-christian-influenced mainstream to function. It's ridiculous that some never think outside of it.

Sex is a thing to do like board games or charades. To end a relationship that is otherwise strong because you don't have great sexual chemistry, yet you're not willing to allow each other to fulfill yourselves sexually with other people…seems a questionable approach. I would recommend examining yourselves individually to figure out your true identity and what you really want in a relationship.

It's good to live somewhere you don't have to hide your love. Any country that doesn't accept it is simply a country that is not well-governed.

Still, marriage isn't always the answer. You can always draw up power of attorney documents with a lawyer. Marriage is just another social institution that can be terribly limiting to those participating. It's attractive due to its "they have it and we don't" factor, but it's really just another crutch. The only reason why gay marriage is so concerning to so many is for its promise of equality and equal rights and privileges that are currently not afforded to same-sex couples in a number of places.

Moffat is a hack and the revival series is Eastenders in Space.

Doctor Who ended in 1989, and even that was giving it more than it deserved by the time it was over. Still, even there at the end it had some good ideas. But that's a story that was more than told by the time it finally stopped telling.

If nothing else, the series – one of my very favourites as a young person, and one of the few things I could find comfort in as my family moved house near-constantly -- has taught me not to wish for a series to be picked up after its cancellation. It is always better for something to leave you wanting more, than it is for something to come back and make you wish it hadn't.

Good – heavy-handed government bullshit always leads to action from concerned people.

If a fantasy with other far more troubling elements than homosexuality is too much for them, maybe they have a little growing up to do. And maturation is best under the supervision of those who can handle it, not those who obviously find it overwhelming. Perhaps they should seek more fulfilling work in other fields.

I don't know what you've tried, so it's hard to suggest things you haven't. That said though, some things that have helped me are the following:

• Don't be afraid to call bullshit on yourself.

• Give yourself time to deal with things. You need to let yourself have time to be depressed and even to be anxious. But don't allow it to go on for more than it should have. It does not deserve that; you control it and allow it, not the other way around. When it's had its time, it needs to move on and let you live your life without its influence.

• If you're sleepy, sleep. Your body needs sleep and is communicating this need. Both depression and anxiety tend to make this need greater, but that's not for any illusory reason. Stress will make your body need sleep, and sleep will help you to recover your energy and heal from illness. Depression and anxiety are illnesses, and resting will help you to gather your energy to fight it.

• Don't hesitate to create a space that makes you feel as comfortable as possible. This will help you to be able to deal with these things.

• Breathe. It's a fundamental thing and something that many forget in the grip of stress and anxiety, and even depression. Practicing what is known as cleansing breaths can be tremendously centering, and it can help so much in dealing with mental and emotional distress!

I hope these help!

"Fire In The Water" - Feist

What it boils down to is this: if people decide they don't like you anymore after finding out you're gay, they weren't really friends with you to begin with and clearly didn't know much about you. They're not worth worrying about, and certainly not worth keeping in your life.

People can marry a partner of another sex and still be gay; they can even have children and still be gay. It's not that uncommon, even though some seem to think it never happens. It's hugely common and was vastly widespread until fairly recently. And with the see-saw of social status and acceptance, it waxes and wanes. People marrying in a hetero way or having kids doesn't mean they're not gay. Sometimes it just means that they're seriously in the closet or in denial.

Regardless, more pertinent to the original question here: yes, I'd certainly out someone…but only if they were in a position of power and were oppressing people for likewise inborn traits. You don't get the luxury of hiding in the closet if you're abusing your status to keep others down or cause harm to them.

Other than that, though, I can't see much reason to out someone. Most of the time, it's a personal matter. I don't even think gays should out themselves in every case. Sometimes, if you know it's not going to go well and your very survival is endangered, it's certainly not worth it; you're more use staying alive and using your position of stability to help with the fight.

Always help in any way you can, but it's important to note: these people are fanatics – maniacs -- and the only things that are likely to make any difference past a point is the kind of resistance that shows them they can't just massacre people with impunity. Active resistance is going to most likely be the only thing that pushes this back on any course from barbarism. Stonewall's riot was the thing that turned the tide even in a country as obsessed with freedom as the US. It's going to take some serious shit in a cesspool like Chechnya.

Lorde always gave me the impression of trying to build herself up into more than she is. She constantly shoots off her mouth about things she doesn't understand, tries to provoke other musicians into catty spats, and everything I've heard of hers has been less than compelling. Weird Al's song about aluminum foil was more enjoyable than the song it was parodying.

Lana, 100%. She's an artist, she's interesting, she's fun, she has so many great songs and albums (plus plenty of unreleased work that is enjoyable), and she doesn't seem to take herself so damn seriously. I didn't like her at all the first two times I gave her music a try, but the third time I found where I could get her vibe. I don't like everything she does, but I enjoy most, and I'm very much looking forward to the upcoming album.