Posts made by NF16

My mouse finger slipped and I accidentally made the DVD version a FreeLeech for the next 24 hours or so. Doh!

So if anyone reads this thread and wants the full DVD, you have a bit less than a day to get it for free.

I have a video that I was going to upload but I found the identical video in the "dead" section (first posted here 452 weeks ago). I'd like to make it available again. Is it considered a duplicate if I post a new torrent? Or should I download the older torrent and point it to my file and make it available that way?

In the latter case, if I seed a previously-dead torrent, does that move it to the top of the torrents list so that everyone will see it again or does it remain buried?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

@dracowiz8 : It's "Crossroads," with Danny Sommers and Chuck Barron. You can find it at https://www.gaytor.rent/details.php?id=535e6798a4ef2d76a3c9db96fa8466f2eba1fe4f1f9ef22a or the full DVD at https://www.gaytor.rent/details.php?id=93a393bba6e0a065a3c9db96fa8466f2d99e6058571c3ef0

@2127493739 said in Florida to Enact "Don't Say Gay" Bill:

Perhaps as adults we might try to equip children with the moral character to ignore that part of the culture

That has been tried many times, with abstinence programs and various "purity" notions. It has been well established, repeatedly, that none of that works. At all.

I also reject your premise that teaching about sex is in any way contributing to a "hyper-sexualised world," nor that this is what flozen described. This is your notion, not his. And if you're going to claim this notion, you'll have to do a much better job defending it.

@2127493739 said in Florida to Enact "Don't Say Gay" Bill:

The left sees early teaching about sexuality / gender as an opportunity to advance leftwing narratives

I'm sorry, but I cannot let this pass. This is just nonsense. Who, specifically, is saying anything even remotely like this? And who, specifically, is doing anything like this?

This is not a "both sides" issue. This is strictly a partisan Republican issue, just as all of the anti-gay stuff has been for pretty much my entire life.

Q.E.D. I don't think anything more needs to be said.

You're trying to solve a "problem" that simply does not exist. Any set of guidelines you can come up with is going to be either too complicated, as your example is, or so ambiguous as to be absolutely worthless, other than to be used as a cudgel against anything LGBTQ related, as is the case with the Florida law.

There is no way to bypass the partisanship on this issue because it originated as a purely partisan issue, not as a problem that needed a solution.

Edited to add that the real bipartisan solution here would be to abandon this harmful nonsense and instead focus on real problems, of which there is no shortage these days.

I should add that this is always, without exception, an argument made in bad faith and it should never be taken seriously or treated as legitimate discourse. The premise on which such arguments are made is false. By engaging with the argument, you could be seen as implicitly accepting the premise.

Probably the best response is to ignore the argument completely since it is self-evidently false. Another good response, as we've seen here, is to challenge the premise. The person making the argument is left flailing, unable to respond (see above).

A similar tactic is often employed by right-wing media: the "people are saying" nonsense that they so often use. One of the many things I love about Jen Psaki is that she does not let them get away with this but responds by asking who, specifically, is saying such things. They either have no answer or they are forced to admit that "the people" they are referring to are Republican politicians and operatives (see Doocy, Steven for examples).

It's an old, old tactic, something that I've seen referred to as "nutpicking." You find an example somewhere online, usually on Twitter or in some obscure forum post or comment, and then pretend that it applies to some vague and undefined set of "liberals" or whatever enemy of the day you're targeting.

In this case, you're targeting "white liberals" but, as noted above, you never do specify just which "white liberals" you are referring to. It certainly does not apply to anyone in this forum, nor does it apply to any Democratic politician nor to any liberal organization, pundit, leader, etc. And in this case, the example you found was not only fake, it was obviously fake.

The equivalent tactic from me would be to locate a comment on Breitbart or Gateway Pundit, or to find a blatantly racist thread on Parler, of which there are many, and pretend that it applies to some vague set of "conservatives" and that it somehow proves something.

It doesn't prove anything, of course, other than demonstrating a bankrupt argument and the poor logical and reasoning skills of the person making it.

I've enjoyed the Charm of Magpies series from KJ Charles. It's a fantasy series. She does include explicit sex scenes but she doesn't let them get in the way of the story. The books are:

Book 1: The Magpie Lord
Book 2: A Case of Possession
Book 3: Flight of Magpies

Set in the same world, I also liked Rag and Bone.

@john32123666 : John, that only applies when you load the torrent file into your torrent client/app.

In reading scooterboi's comment, it looks to me as though the issue occurs when he clicks on a torrent file link here on the site, before it even reaches his app. He wants to, and used to be able to, have the browser or system ask him what he wants to do with the torrent file, at which point he could send it to his torrent app. Now, it just saves the torrent file to his downloads folder without asking.

It would likely help if you would let us know what operating system and browser you're using.

There are really two separate questions here and it's not clear which one you're asking.

Question 1 is why are internet download speeds in general so much faster than upload speeds? In my own case, my maximum download speed is about 20 times faster than my maximum upload speed. As to why that's the case, it's because that's the way the cable and telecom companies designed it. They optimized for the common scenarios: browsing the web, watching Netflix, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, etc.

Question 2 is why download speeds on specific files here can be so much faster than upload speeds. Part of it is the technical issue above but it also depends on who else is uploading and downloading at the same time you are.

If you are one of the first few people to start downloading a torrent file, when there is only one person seeding, you are likely to find that your upload and download speeds are relatively close to each other. Depending on the upload speed of the initial seeder, you may even find that you're at or above 100% by the time you've finished downloading.

If you pick up the file much later, when there are are dozens of people seeding and only a few of you leeching, your download will go very quickly and you may find that at the end of the download, you've uploaded almost nothing. In that scenario, you may have to wait days or even weeks to achieve a 100% ratio.

If there are a lot of files here that you're interested in, checking back regularly and grabbing the files when they first become available is likely to be your best bet. As for the larger collections with fewer people leeching than seeding, it's a judgment call: do you really need those files and are you prepared to wait as long as needed to get your ratio up again?

In some cases, you may not be able to upload as much as you downloaded, in which case you can look for the other alternatives to keep your overall ratio good: uploading new content, making use of the FreeLeech torrents, donating to the site, keeping a popular torrent active and uploading much more than you downloaded for those files, and so on.

As Arago44 noted, a seedbox might be a good solution for you if you're willing to spend a little money. There are dozens of providers and plans available, from just a few bucks a month to high monthly fees, depending on the disk size and network bandwidth you need. You'll find a lot of information by doing a web search on "seedbox."

@Chocoboi96 : Seeding now at https://www.gaytor.rent/details.php?id=933c589578a540eda3c9db96fa8466f28f94d811ca91eeb8

Update: The torrent has been removed.

Another option, assuming you're willing to pay a monthly fee, is to set up a seedbox. Not only will the seedbox help out with your ratio here, many of them also offer the ability to stream the content to your phone or tablet, mostly via the Plex server and app.

If you do a web search on the term seedbox, you'll see a ton of links, explanations, providers, etc.

Speaking from personal experience, it's not as much fun to be the guy with the ripped pants.

@minhnguyen : Please stop spamming the forum with your Telegram link. If you have a file to share, please follow the instructions to upload it via your torrent app. Anyone who wants the file will then be able to connect and download it from you.

@Chocoboi96 : Post the link. Some people here have filesmonster memberships and might be willing to download from there and upload here.

It's worth pointing out that this is a universal issue that is encountered by gay, bi, straight, men and women, young and old ... pretty much everyone. I would venture a guess that everyone here has had the experience of having a crush on someone unobtainable. And many of us have had the experience, or know someone who has, of having a crush on someone who is a player.

The original post could just as easily have been from a straight guy's mistress, someone complaining that her lover keeps telling her about how bad his marriage is and how he's going to leave his wife any day now, but somehow never does. Would you give her the advice to wait? Would you encourage her to keep having sex with him? To try new things to entice him? To let him know "It's just sex play?"

Personally, I would give that mythical mistress the same advice I'm giving here: have it out with him and if you don't like the answers you're getting, be prepared to move on. Life's too short to waste your time with assholes and players.

This is a situation as old as the hills, a pattern that has been played out over and over again over the centuries. And the outcome is almost always the same.

I would argue that it is, in fact, very much cut and dried. He's clearly not happy with the way things are, which means that something needs to change. And that change needs to start with him.

Accepting the status quo is not a good option, as it leaves him miserable and it damages his self-esteem. And it leaves him in a place where he is getting neither the respect nor the trust that he deserves. There is also an opportunity cost of waiting, potentially for years, for something to happen when he could instead be out there finding someone who will give him the kind of relationship that he wants and needs. Shutting yourself away for weeks, months, or even years, waiting for someone else to change? No. Just no.

If not running away, then at the very least there needs to be a frank and open conversation about the relationship and its future, along with setting some new boundaries. That's not "forcing your feelings onto him:" it's being honest, standing up for yourself, and insisting on the respect that we all deserve.

There is only one bad choice here: doing nothing.