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    This is said seriously but also with a smile on my face and twinkle in my eye: It does me good to see that the Tiny Christian and I are both upset by the bad grammar. ♥
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    As an intrepid introvert, that makes me torn! I would love participating in these European carnivals and festivals that I see. By participate I mean hiding in a corner somewhere, with an adult beverage in hand (or both hands) observing the locals with an anthropologist's eye. I first became aware of them when I saw a friend's vacation photos from Belgium, and many were of their carnival. It was weird, foreign, exciting, beautiful and looks like so much fun! And terrifying and tiring and too too too much for an introvert, who also is genetically wired with the horrifically titled "highly sensitive person" nervous system. I'm hoping that in years to come, armed and protected by my very own screaming extrovert (Da5id) by my side, that we will venture forth into these strange and mysterious lands.
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    people are veering very close to having discussions /me looks furtively left and right, seeing if one is about to be slapped without consent... /peeve
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    The difference here though, Scylla, is the line that states "group for all those womens who accept that truth..." The women are giving consent if they read anything about that group. It states clearly how the women will be treated. This is a huge difference from what was discussed above with the rampant misogyny one sees every day. Huge difference, actually. There are both women AND men who have a kink about various kinds of humiliation and various kinds of service. As long as the actions are between consenting adults then why should anyone else care what they are up to? As soon as that behavior moves out of those confines, however, then it is fair game for derision and more. That includes a consenting couple foisting this behavior in other (non-consenting) people's faces. My main peeve with that group is the grammar.
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    Some people, who know me a bit (not well), might find that me agreeing with you is odd, but I do, whole-heartedly. I've not made a secret here (of late, early on in my SL I did keep my proclivities entirely under wraps) and that is I'm a BDSM sub in an M/s relationship—SL & RL. I don't shout about it, but when, like now, it is on topic, I fess to it. Those who know that, but don't know me (or others) well, will shake their collective heads at the total preposterousness of me saying, "I agree." Because isn't that kind of dynamic by nature a misogynistic one? No. Not in the least. Because what you are describing, which is indeed pervasive and normalized, lacks one KEY thing: consent. To the troglodytes who do this behavior you describe, consent means just showing up as something vaguely female. Where I do, possibly find an area of disagreement with your statement, and possibly with @Scylla Rhiadra's group tag (let me emphasize possibly) is when you range into "adult venues as a woman." THEN, it is possible that by just showing up as a female you ARE giving consent. It varies wildly depending on the sim, the group, and other things. By NO means is that true of all places, and the loathsome behavior you describe would be just as loathsome.
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    Oh! This will make sense in context of anyone who was a noob around the same time as me. At that time, vampires were roaming the grid, hanging out at various places where you'd find noobs and in busy stores. My first few days, I wasn't sure how this "game" worked. Could my avatar die? Permadeath like? Etc. Every two seconds it was: May I bite you?
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    UR Purdy, Sx Now?
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    bondage discipline sadism masochism (well it often feels like at least half of the grid anyways...)
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    Everything goes back to the Templars. Everything. Watch "Curse of Oak Island" or read Eco. Templars (who might have been aliens? or who still are around? or...)
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    Interesting you'd assume you'd get a pat! I did say "not to everyone" after all. :smiles sweetly:
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    The forums give me lessons in perspective (I don't mean in the 1-point perspective of art 101) and empathy. For example, from my perspective and understanding, I often see threads that are perfectly reasonable, on track, and on point; however, I am often shown a very different perspective, one saying "so not ok" and I have to wrap my head around someone else's reality being so totally different from mine... So the SLForums, "they make me a better person?"
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    Kind of how this place has worked for like... ever. Sadly. One of those often requested things for them to "fix" like giving us more emoticons to respond to a post, but that's been a feature here for years. Most of us who have been here for a while know this...
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    Lots of people sighing with relief...
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    WTAF? *I was going for "What did I just look at?" but... not four.
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    "What do you get from [the SL Forums]?" I innocently (? really?) put forth. This last page has given me further insight into when Canadians get a little bit miffed (they end in 13 attempts to apologize). There is also the errant white knight off on a quest no one requested. So international drama, math and statistics, sociology, anthropology (not to mention clinical psychology) and so much more! See, these really are interesting places to post about SL of course.
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    /me suggests Marigold and Phil create a new thread to discuss "were too" "were not"...
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    Page 600 btw. Pats on heads all around. Well, maybe not to everyone...
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    Well, this one I understand, although don't entirely agree. Thank the gods I have never had a DJ friend me and force-port! Unreal. :shudder: The venue owner may not be able to be there all of the time, and hosts can act as a proxy. (Agree about the CSR/tip comment.) Until I started hanging out at Da5id's sets, I never saw the point of hosts, but now that I am seeing things regularly, weekly, I'm seeing a different side of things... when the hostesses do their jobs (which imho "annoying" shouldn't be part of the job description and so much of what has been discussed in this thread is just annoying).
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    Geez. The world is ending. Both a relatively short post and one that I agree with in total. I have very little budget for SL these days, and "expecting" to pay the musician/DJ, venue, host, dancers... I just can't, not in a meaningful way and yes, 100L$ in real money isn't all that meaningful. The system is messed up, but it seems to be the system we have, for some reason (mostly mirroring RL).
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    Another serious ponder between "achoos"... I'm very grateful that not only did I meet @Da5id Weatherwax here in the forums, but that behind that, I'm very grateful I was in the forums at the time when that meeting happened. I have a very on/off relationship with this place (and am being heavily reminded of why "off" today), so to have it timed that he and I were both here at the same time is a bit of a miracle. If I had just stopped posting here a little earlier, none of this would have happened. I'm more than delighted by that outcome, and am looking forward to "Scotland" in early 2024, fingers crossed.
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    18.4K plus 1...
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    Kali, in the thread yours truly started, summed up one aspect of forum participation (and leaving) I suspect many of us old-timers experienced. It was a (mostly) good old days, that turned rabidly bad, but yeah the banter, play, serious discussions, and disagreements all formed a type of community that should have been nurtured by a company that hosts an online community, or so it seems. The reality of course, was much different. (As I'm being reminded harshly today, "Oh right, that's why I stopped posting again.") Wait. YOUR fond memories are arguments about traffic bots?!?!
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    Mosquitos in the tent.
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    ummmm... gosh... maybe that is why I posted my peeve? just a thought
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    I totally disagree! (And while that is a quip, it is also true.)
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