Posts made by SemenDemon

@raphjd:

The problem is, there are no campaigns by the "good" feminists.   This is why I call them sofa feminists, because all they do is sit on their asses claiming to believe in true gender equality.

I'm an egalitarian.

In defense of egalitarian women with honest and educated "feminist concerns", AKA "good feminists", I'm sure you know how social mob justice via the Internet goes. Most "good feminists" would rather not be harassed by their peers and all the useful idiots that like to unquestioningly parrot what great sociopolitical wisdom they pick up from Buzzfeed and MTV and "this one zine I picked up while attending a workshop" for going against the grain. Even greater numbers of women simply reject the "feminist" label outright because of the term's negative connotations. But there are still plenty of rational women who are concerned about women's issues while refusing to drink the PoMo, critical theory-regurgitating, radfem, man-hating, social Marxist Kool-Aid. It's the "harpy" contingent keeping many women who might otherwise speak up or label themselves feminists from doing so.

The well-known/"controversial" feminists (controversial among radfem fruitcakes and/or third-wave feminists, that is) that do refuse to be intimidated by radfems and useful idiots incapable of critical/independent/objective thought face a lot of harassment, public shaming and protest at their speaking engagements. Very few people, away from their keyboards, have any desire to get mixed up in the the utter chaos and insanity that so many extremists (feminist or otherwise) exude. Sane, rational people simply do not want to put up with the vocal minority's hysterics, attempted character assassinations and general shitstorm-mongering. Who can blame them?

Caroline Crawley of Shelleyan Orphan, who died late last year. Hearing about it was a total shock. It's still upsetting when I think about it.

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I don't have a brand. I like to try different coffees, so I'll drink whatever. I like strong, dark roasts, though, and I drink them black (no sugar). I started drinking black coffee initially because I figured it was at least a little healthier that way, caffeine aside. I've developed a taste for it, though. I enjoy it both hot and chilled.

My sister sent me some New Mexico piñon coffee for my last birthday. I think I'd prefer if it had a darker roast and were less coarsely ground, but I still think it's pretty tasty… Other than that, I don't much care for flavored coffees.

I don't really feel disgusted afterward. Sometimes I get very depressed, though. I assume it's the result of all the endorphins associated with feeding my horned-up brain with sexual stimulation being snatched away seconds after orgasm. Once it's over, I feel a profound existential despair that I can't even put into words. It's as if, once the thing (sexual stimulation and orgasm) I'd focused all my attention on and derived all of my pleasure from for the last however many minutes/hours is snuffed out, I feel like my life has lost all significance. This feeling, referred to as post-coital tristesse, can last anywhere from 5-10 minutes for me.

Fortunately, it doesn't happen every time I orgasm. Only occasionally, or while under the influence of certain medications. Still, it's fucking brutal when it does happen. In general, I don't experience disgust or depression, but I do become totally disinterested in sex. It takes me anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes for me to get back to my baseline, where I can go on about my business, feeling relieved of my horniness, but not totally disinterested in everything, including cleaning myself off.

It's hard to ignore something when it starts to impact the cultural landscape beyond the Internet (and SJW-ism has done just that, if that weren't already glaringly obvious). Sadly, enough people got fed up with the "vocal minority" of narcissistic, lying, self-righteous, hypocritical social justice fruitcakes, and now we have Donald Trump as our president (Thanks, SJW's. Really proves how effective your tactics of shutting down "the opposition" have been). Partisan politics are just political football for insular, narcissistic assholes. That is precisely why the US political pendulum keeps swinging between idiotic extremes, instead of happy mediums.

Quite a few of my friends more or less fit into the SJW or SJW-parroting category. I just can't fucking talk to them about political shit. I just have to smile and nod and let them go on until they run out of steam.

Not something I ever thought too much about, but I probably like pink ones best. I guess it's because there is a kind of diffuse softness to their appearance that I find pleasing. Not something to feel self-conscious about, that's for certain.

I'd say "warm"… Not really hot or "lukewarm", but in between. I don't like very hot or cold showers. While cold showers make me feel as if something is compressing my lungs, overly hot showers seem to smother me with their humidity. Even apart from that, I find both terribly uncomfortable on my skin.

Nearly all of my friends come from different, generally male-dominated music scenes. I'd say I have substantially more male friends, associates and acquaintances than female ones. But I tend to be more in tune (no lame music pun intended) with the few female friends I have. I feel more comfortable talking to them about things I normally wouldn't discuss with the vast majority of male friends.

Downloading. But I use the forums more and more. And, lately, I use the site more often for browsing new posts than I do for downloading (I don't have a lot of free HD space at this point anyway). To be honest, I use the forums mostly because I haven't got shit going on. It's not that I don't enjoy them, I just don't think I'd spend nearly as much time online if I had anything better to do.

I don't believe in "god" in any traditional religious sense. I consider myself to effectively be an atheist. It has nothing to do with my orientation, though. And I have nothing against theistic people. If anything, I'm envious of them.

The way I see it, a divine creator who watches over us on earth and decides our fate in the afterlife just doesn't seem plausible. First of all, I don't believe there is life after death. I don't believe we have immortal "souls". I wish I did, because it's a very reassuring thought, but I can't force myself to believe it if I don't have any faith in the idea to begin with. Secondly, even if there is some universal/cosmic consciousness, or a sentient creative being (be it the universe itself, or something outside of it), I have a hard to believing it has any interest in (or perhaps even knowledge of) our puny lives on this puny planet in our pathetically minuscule galaxy within the universe. So, for all intents and purposes, there is no god.

I think "queer" used to apply more (if not entirely) exclusively to gay men and drag queens in ~50's-70's (probably much earlier, even). But it's become and remained sort of a catch-all term for "non-heteronormativity" (which includes gays) since then. These days, it seems to be even more nebulous and open-ended, what with kids today cooking up new labels and "identities" for themselves every week (anything in an effort to be "different" or "a minority", because then they don't have to hate themselves as much for actually just being boring, middle-class honkies). "Queer" has effectively become a meaningless, generic descriptor for "not straight and/or cisgendered".

Which is fine, don't get me wrong. I have no desire to stake a "gay claim" on it. I've always hated the word "queer" anyway.

@raphjd:

I agree with marriage tests when it applies to immigration, but not in general.

Ditto.

I think it's ridiculous under any other legal circumstances, though. Marriage between legal citizens should not be treated like an episode of The Newlywed Game for the sake of state approval or validation. Granted, lots of people get married for the wrong reasons. Some people even do it with malicious, self-serving ulterior motives. But that shouldn't mean that everyone has to have big daddy government's blessing just to get married.

EDIT: I forgot I'd already posted here.
Feel free to delete this post.

I think they can be very hot. Something about well-built men with shaved heads really does it for me. Even better if they have bushy eyebrows, haha. Dunno why.

PS: I used to have the weirdest crush on Bulldog (Dan Butler) from Frasier, even though he's practically a dwarf. That might've just added to the cuteness factor, actually.

When it comes to hairy guys, I like hair everywhere, yet I prefer minimal facial hair. A bit of stubble is really hot. A neat, close-cut beard is fine, too. But I really think this hobo beard trend needs to die already. Worse still is when it's coupled with a Hitlerjugend haircut. I can't understand why that look is so popular. I think it looks positively ridiculous. The 1890's are over, okay?

I only smoke pot about 4-5 times a year, if that much. Basically, whenever someone hands it to me. Being such an infrequent user, I'm not much into getting completely raped by the aggressively potent shit some people smoke these days (which I attribute to people's growing over-indulgence, tolerance and dependence on pot, not the development of "better weed"). I don't like throwing up, sweating profusely and getting CEV's for hours from taking a few hits of marijuana, having such low tolerance to some of the ridiculous monster-weed that's out there these days.

Point is, I don't smoke enough for it to make a difference. Just a puff or three or four, or a couple of bong hits and I'm done, thanks. But I have very much enjoyed the occasional spliff (which, at least where I live, is tobacco and weed in a joint). Most people scoff at the very idea, and obnoxious hippie fuckwits usually whine about how "tobacco is poison, maaan, blah blah blah" (as if inhaling combusted plant matter of any kind is especially "natural" or "good for you"), but I enjoy it, because I get a nice mellow/non-aggressive marijuana high with a slight nicotine buzz to go along with it. It's the best thing I've found for social smoking. I can trip balls or get stoned as hell on my own and enjoy it, but getting high in public just sucks for me because of my anxiety. In social settings, a spliff allows me to achieve a mild, pleasant high, instead of getting completely freaked out.

I have a stoner friend in Germany who says he does not like to mix tobacco into his weed. Perhaps being a stoner has something to do with that. As for Americans, even casual smokers (not raging stoners) in the US tend to smoke only pure marijuana. It's cheap and easy to obtain. I think the average smoker in the US only "resorts" to spliffs in an effort to stretch out their herb. I still like them, though. People can scoff all they want. I'd rather be a lightweight than a shiftless burnout stoner who treats getting baked like a competition, to be honest. ;D

Not electronic, but this thread is getting way off-topic anyway. So, if you like the early releases from Reich and Glass, Charlemagne Palestine is also worth looking into:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzsmbf6bQVs
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@bimsbims:

mine is very thick and completely straight which means it acquires a bit of work to get any sort of life in that doesn't look retarded  :-X

I feel your pain.

I'd say I have "nice" hair. It's very fine and fairly soft, but I can't do shit with it. It's totally lifeless.

It's pretty much down to reverse image searching or posting them somewhere and asking for info. The later is probably your best bet, because reverse searching a lot of video stills/GIF's usually just leads to something like endless tumblr reblogs with no source info.

I suppose you could find the original uploader (if it is something with lots of reblogs on a site like tumblr) and ask them the source. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with asking here.

Some physically attractive people seem ugly to me based solely on their rotten personalities. And I think many people who don't fit my physical ideal are very attractive/beautiful based solely on how great their personalities are. So, while I can't pretend it's all I care about, I definitely value personality over looks. Personality is crucial for any kind of "real" relationship. I can be friends with anybody, regardless of looks. But I can't be in a relationship with someone who I don't already consider a friend, i.e., someone who's personality clicks with mine.