@raphjd said in This Is Such Bullsh*t:

@bi4smooth

Your beloved RINOs and swamp monsters wanted to cancel Trump from the very start.

I'll take this example of "what about-ism" as acquiescence to the validity of my earlier point...

However, there are legitimate reasons, from time to time, when politicians should be removed... though it should be rare.

But let's be honest: Conservative Republicans were the first to use impeachment as a political weapon - against Clinton: for the high crime of having an extra-marital affair with a White House intern and lying about it!

Let's review history:

• Johnson was impeached for firing a Secretary of War the other party wanted to keep
• Clinton was impeached for lying about sex in the White House
• Trump was impeached for covering up an attempt to get a foreign leader to interfere with US elections (two things there!)
• Trump was later impeached for Inciting a riot for the purposes of insurrection against the US Government

Of ALL of these things, the Clinton impeachment stands alone in the pages of history as frivolous political nonsense... and it is we Republicans who are to blame for using impeachment for such base, purely political, means... it has (predictably) back-fired on us!

Do I, personally, think Trump should have been removed from office in the FIRST impeachment? No - not really, but he should have "gotten a bigger scare" - MORE Republicans should have voted to remove him, and the vote should have been CLOSE, but not enough to remove him.

Do I, personally, think Trump should have been removed from office (and barred from future office) in the SECOND impeachment: HELL YES!!

Given the precedent the (WE) Republicans have now created, President Biden can, in January 2025, LITERALLY ARREST sufficient members of Congress on January 5th - enough necessary to override the Electoral College's count, throw the election into the House (and Senate), and GUARANTEE that his replacement (assuming is isn't him) is a member of his own Party - as chosen by the remaining MoC... and there isn't SHIT Congress can do about it because he'll be out of office by the time they can try him in the Senate!

The idea that one can resign or otherwise leave office to avoid impeachment is an anathema to the concept as a whole (which comes from British Law!).

One of our Founding Fathers, John Quincy Adams, ca. 1832 - AFTER his term as President - proclaimed on the floor of the House that: “I hold myself, so long as I have the breath of life in my body, amenable to impeachment by this House for everything I did during the time I held any public office.”

Yes, Virginia, there IS impeachment after you have left office!
... and this new precedent is wrong: historically, politically, and logically.
I just pray that, like the "impeachment as a political weapon" has, bite us in the ass a few years down the road!

@ledbear said in Bad news for Reno Gold.. good news for us!:

Only fans is the new tumbrl XD

If by that, you mean "headed for the dust bin of failed Internet companies who tried to "fix" a formula that worked?

Yup!

And for those who say "they're realize the error of their ways and put things back" - that ship usually sails pretty quickly...ask MySpace how they recovered from the "advance" of FaceBook... By the time they realize their HUGE mis-calculation, the "masses" will have moved on...

That's the beauty of the Internet... the barrier-to-entry for startups is nearly ZERO... and with most cloud providers, you can "pay as you go" - so if your new gizmo website hits gold, you can grow as fast as you need to (so long as you can pay the bills as you grow!)... The key isn't getting the best technoolgy (that's an IT guy's perspective and it's a false narrative)... the key is (and is ONLY) getting the user-space to USE it!

People have built "better" facebooks - but not SO MUCH better that folks have left FB for it...
People have built "better" twitter (conservatives would point to Parler) - but not SO MUCH better that folks have ditched Twitter for it...

There will be new gizmos (who'd have thunk TikTok would have caught fire like that!)... and those new gizmos will be replaced too...

The key to BUSINESS success is to "ride the wave" as long as you can, and DON'T try to switch surf-boards mid-wave!

@hingstkuk said in Turn-on: Mixed condom use:

Thanks for the tip! Stealth is not really what I'm looking for though. More a consensual situation where some where condoms and some don't, preferably in the same bottom.

That's very specific... I can recall some scenes where this happened (many years ago) - when the barebacking was done by a couple, and the condom was used by the "3rd"...

In all honesty though, with the advent of PrEP, the use of condoms in porn has been on the decline for a while now... you can think that's good or bad, but that's where the industry is now!

My point is: look for content from the late 20-00's to mid 20-10's... by 2018 or 2019, most sites were already largely bareback.

@raphjd
There are many jobs in the Federal Government where the "head" (even cabinet-level head) of the organization really doesn't need to know ANYTHING about the ACTUAL WORKINGS of the agency they're "heading" - the day-to-day WORK of the agency is done by "career" Government employees. These "political appointees" are there to provide direction (goals & points of emphasis) and policy.

For example, I'd bet you that Pete Buttigeg couldn't name 5 different bridge construction base materials. But that doesn't mean he can't be a good Transportation Secretary! At that level of leadership, the details of the "job" are NOT what you're hired for - it's the leadership and direction-setting. (Mayor Pete will be deciding to "Fix that Bridge... and that one, too" not "Let's use a polymer concrete wearing surface system instead of rubberized asphalt."

Dr. Rachel Levine, as the Assistant Secretary of Health can provide MUCH NEEDED and VALUABLE guidance on the health needs of the LGBTQ community without having to know the difference between Bikarvy and Dovato.

Is it good that she's a health professional? Absolutely! Is there possibly, anywhere, someone POSSIBLY more qualified? Sure, that's actually probable! But the mix of competence AND personal qualities makes her a ground-breaking and inspiring choice!

Now, with that said, it's also the case that, when you put someone at the top who really is CLUELESS about the department they head (and, to be sure, that is NOT the case with Dr. Levine), real damage can be done. Betsy DeVos. Enough said.

@raphjd said in Rush Limbaugh dies at 70 from lung cancer:

@bi4smooth

Liberals on social media are celebrating.
Quite disgusting, but hey, they're liberals.

There are disgusting, monstrous people on both sides. That said, people celebrating the death of another is the worst in human behavior.

It's like how they danced when the Antifa member stalked and murdered the Trump supporter.

... celebrating the death of another is the worst in human behavior.

@freddie7 said in Why is everything new being deleted from the "Fan Sites" category?:

@bi4smooth said in Why is everything new being deleted from the "Fan Sites" category?:

@freddie7 said in Why is everything new being deleted from the "Fan Sites" category?:

I'm not sure why you would think that's not their job... Just saying...

As I understand things, there are different staff members for different operational areas of the site.... with site operations being separate from torrent "moderation" being separate from forum "moderation" (this is what I have gathered from being on this site since the stone ages - like 2008 I think!)... I would be surprised if there weren't OTHER areas of the site I'm missing.

But if past experience is any measure, moderators (staff) DO NOT read every post in the forum! What's more, if a forum moderator read your complaint, who's to say s/he would know anything about what you're talking about?

Also, and I'll get off my high horse after this comment: what's to say YOU are due an explanation? Are your subscription fees ($0.00) any higher than anyone else's?

This site (and all other torrent sites) is limited to what the users have access to (usually paid access).

When you get a Carnal+ video here (or on any other sharing site), it's because someone, somewhere had a paid subscription and then downloaded and shared it.

Production companies sometimes embed data into the downloaded video stream that identifies the account downloading the file... if it shows up on the share sites, they suspend your account (with no refund!)...

Additionally, THIS site in particular, is searchable via the web-crawlers (that index the Internet for sites like Google) - thus, a decent programmer can look for Carnal+ videos popping up here and auto-send a DMCA notice.

Yes, they're making it harder to pirate their content - do you blame them?

Often, for one studio (or site) or another, there will be one or two users that help us (leechers) keep current - but if/when that one uploader goes dark (vacation? just tired? arrested? dead?) it can be a long time before someone else "steps up"

I've been on this site for nearly 20 years now - and some of my favorite studios have gone thru "dark times" and then someone new comes along and fills in the gaps.

You could also be that person: you pay for the content, and then share it here! (NOTE: If you do choose that, I recommend - from a friend of mine who DOES do that for a studio - that you ALWAYS re-code the downloaded content from a studio site. He uses HandBrake on Windows...)

@raphjd
I'm not claiming Betsy DeVos was devoid of good decisions, only that the DIRECTION she gave the Education Department did little-to-nothing to promote actual education - and actually DEVALUED public education.

Mind you, I am aware that was her goal as the appointee of Mr. Trump! But my point remains: political appointees don't have to be experts in the fields they are asked to lead! They are appointed to provide direction and leadership to echo the desires and wishes of the President and his Administration.

My point about DeVos was not just that I didn't agree with her positions (I didn't - though I admit to not knowing about the specifics to which you refer), but rather that by being so controversial in her position, she drew added (unwanted) criticism and bad attention to her Department.

Regardless of your political views (even if you agreed with her - and the Administration's - positions), she herself was a disaster for the Department of Education.

So I have to post about this - because, contrary to your proposition that if the races were reversed, that the media would have covered it more, I can tell you that this happens far too often - regardless of the races involved, and the media coverage is poor regardless.

... and it NEVER gets the attention that it deserves! And I am sometimes literally brought to tears to hear the stories of some of these poor children...

You see.... I am an adoptive parent (I adopted 7 - yes, you read that right, SEVEN) children from foster care... and as a result, I served for nearly 20 years on the board of our local foster parents association. I actually have known "offenders" - and their victims - before this kind of tragic event occurred. It never ceases to break my heart to hear just how badly these adults have failed the little children ... these adults weren't coerced or forced to adopt - they volunteered! and then to fail these kids so badly!

There is a new circle of hell for these people... end even that isn't bad enough!

But to the point of your note: these stories are always buried. As a society, we don't like to be reminded of how poorly we treat our "indigent" children.

@marshy said in Why is everything new being deleted from the "Fan Sites" category?:

I just received a Demand for Deletion of Infringing Domain from their lawyers because my domain has the word "fans" in it. They're definitely up to something. It's possible a lot of performers are complaining about piracy sites not removing their content and they want OF to do something about it.

So I am an IT consultant, not a lawyer - but I'll tell you this about your domain name: tell them to pound sand - the US laws do not apply to Internet Domain Names. If they want to PURCHASE it from you, that's all well and good - $250,000 and a lifetime "membership" to all OnlyFans content - current and future. Otherwise, kiss your royal ass!

They could, theoretically, sure in US courts for DAMAGES, but they would have to prove such. But there is no US Court (not even the US Supreme Court) that has jurisdiction over internet domain names.

I had a client who was sent a similar "demand" letter because their domain started with "it4" and the "demander" owned the domain it4.com... we told them "tough titties... US courts have no jurisdiction, and unless you can show actual harm, you got nothing... but we also offered to SELL them the domain name for $250,000 - which was declined.

@andergarcia said in THIS or THAT: the game:

Skinny dipping, no doubt about it. We have great beaches in Spain where you can practice nudism.

I have been to Malaga (technically, we visited Malaga, but stayed in Torremolinos!)
Beautiful beaches, beautiful naked bodies, but chilly water LOL!
(Anything to explain the small - when soft - penis!!! ROFL )

Sleeping naked or with pyjamas?

I don't sleep well with clothes on - too many years sleeping nude (since I was like 12!!) to change now!!
So - definitely naked

Next:

unusual for a gay forum (stereotype much?)... but...
It's SuperBowl Sunday!

Bucs or Chiefs?

@raphjd
Can we dispense with the bi-polar nature of the argument?
Can't she be both qualified AND a token appointment?

So, is it really so bad to look at a stack of 700 resumes of highly qualified people and say to yourself: "Hey, there has never, EVER, been an out trans person appointed at this level of government. She's as qualified as the others, plus she'll make history as the first trans person appointed to such a high office! BONUS!"

@lololulu19 said in It's official - Ofc Sicknick died of natural causes related to 2 strokes:

So.. one officer died of natural causes... and 4 of the protestors died because of the treatment BY the officers.. and 2 more officers later committed suicide, probably because they killed the 4 protestors! Hardly an "insurrection"

Are you freaking serious? I guess that, since we won the war after all, the German's and Japanese in the 1940s weren't "that much" of a threat after all?

We all WATCHED that shit happen - on LIVE TV! You can't un-see it!

If you stop for a minute and imagine that the crowd that stormed and invaded the Capitol had been BLACK - how high would the body-count have been?

@flozen said in Why is everything new being deleted from the "Fan Sites" category?:

I feel as if half of the posters (guess) are late for their Ivermectin boosters.

Conspiracy?

Are the takedowns the conspiracy? Or are the wild-ass guesses about the takedowns the conspiracy?

Only the Shadow knows!

@andergarcia said in THIS or THAT: the game:

@ricky

I would say outdoors when there is no privacy... fucking outside with snow around must be so dammed cold!!!

fucking in an orgy or just with one person?

Oooohhhh.... I love a good orgy! For a totally VERSATILE and insatiably horny guy, that's just a BUFFET of good times!

OK, a 3-way (in honor of the orgy question):
Pubes: shaved? trimmed? of full-natural?

@raphjd
The term "bi-polar" is not only used in mental disorders. It refers to any instance where there is little-to-no middle ground between two opposites.

In a mental disease, it means you're UP or you're DOWN but you're nearly never in-between.... It's a terrible condition. I know people who suffer from it.

But in this case, I'm using the term to say that you don't have to look at people (or their records) as either all-good, or all-bad. Donald Trump demeaned and lessened the office of the Presidency in the US - but that doesn't mean he didn't also do good things, too! Betsy DeVos wasn't all bad - and even after doing a brief search, I have no idea what you mean by "restoring due process"...

But back to the point: If you're going to pre-judge Dr. Levine and her appointment because she's trans-gender, well, get in fuckin' line! If you think you'll be the first to make that mistake, you're the latest winner of the "Miss Taken" idiocy pageant! And you won't be the last, either! (Your sash is in the mail... the US mail, so be patient! LOL)

Your attitude amplifies the importance that her appointment has: she will suffer the "slings and arrows" of narrow-minded bigots - and I suspect begrudgingly so - so that future trans people do not.

@tobert0 said in BLM is a racist organization:

P.S.2: I love reading all the debates you and @bi4smooth have here, they are really interesting.

Awww.. thanks! (at least from me)...

BLM is about the generalized abuse of (and taking of) black lives - regardless of who commits the crimes.

That said, they cannot "cover" every incidence of police misconduct... in part, because here in the US at least, the conduct (misconduct) is so widespread. So, just like the cop on the side of the road who seems to ignore the people going 10 MPH over the speed limit, but pulls out to tag the guy in the red corvette going 8 MPH over.... you choose your targets and try to make them make an impression on others!

LOL So you know, I got nabbed doing just 8 MPH over the posted limit in my little-red 1990 Mazda MX-6 GT (long time ago!) and was told by the cop that he picked me because it would make more of an "impact" on the other drivers seeing ME pulled over... Not fair, but then LIFE isn't fair!

@massafera said in Why is everything new being deleted from the "Fan Sites" category?:

@bi4smooth

Lmao you really went off didn't you?

First of all, I'm not demanding anything. I'm not complaining about "the volume of content being uploaded by users". I'm very aware that this is illegal sharing and so are you and guess what, we are both still here. Actually, we are both still here since 2008. I've been contributing with a lot of content here and helping users with their requests since then without expectations.

As I said, if users were choosing to upload fewer files I wouldn't be complaining at all. This is not what this is about and we both know it, so don't try to make it sound like I'm complaining because there aren't 'enough' torrents being posted.

I'm just saying that me, as well as other users, would LIKE TO KNOW why every single file is being deleted, that's all. I was very polite both times I messaged the admins. The only one being agressive and with an attitude for no reason here is you. There's just no need for that.

Anyway, I won't message you anymore. This is not why I created this thread. I'm only going to say that in MY opinion I think it would be fair for the admins to let us know why this is happening. Specially to avoid waste of time to download and upload files that are ALL gonna be removed in a few hours. This is MY opinion. Feel free to not agree with me but don't tell me what I should or shouldn't say. If you can have your opinion on rhat matter, well... So can I.

My apologies if I "went off" on you - but it annoys me when people complain about things they're getting for free. If you honestly want the content that isn't here, pay for it! It's the "sense of entitlement" that riles me - and that comes from my job... sorry if it rubbed off here.

What I was trying to make clear is that the STAFF here aren't taking down videos because they don't like them, or the uploaders, or anything else - with the exception of uploaded content that is barred (like duplicates, and illegal stuff [pedo, snuff, etc. - read the rules yourself])... in fact, you likely can't see it, but there are categories for straight porn here, as well as (nasty to me) scat!

This place goes OUT OF THEIR WAY to allow almost
anything!

@raphjd - a site administrator - confirmed above that the suspicions aired here from the start were correct... the removals are because of DMCA takedown requests.

An argument could be made that, "hey, we know we're "stealing" content here, why not ignore the DMCA requests?" - But the site advertises that copyright holders can request, and they will comply, with valid DMCA takedown requests! They own the site, they make the rules!

Also, as has been pointed out already as well: while the current "fad" seems to be targeting the OF content, they are far from the only content pulled. I have uploaded probablty 2-3 TB of Helix and NextDoor content (my collections there are nearly complete), and another 4-5TB of Sean Cody and Corbin Fisher content (my collections there ARE complete) - and because I post in "collections", they usually get DMCA'd after a month or 2...

But, I get a notice in my mailbox that the content was removed for a DMCA complaint. Also, there's no penalty on here for losing an upload due to a DMCA complaint.

If you are an uploader of OF content and your posts are disappearing -- WITHOUT a note from the staff as to WHY it's gone, -- open a helpdesk ticket! 100% of my uploads that have been taken down in the past have been explained to me why they were removed.

IMHO, the ONLY people due an explanation for removed content are the uploaders themselves. (And in my experience, the staff has always done that for me.)

@magicdhani8 said in THIS or THAT: the game:

@andergarcia

Cum inside ass or mouth?

Ass! I can almost never get off orally - love it, it just won't get me to shoot!

Race in porn matters? Or not?

@flozen said in Goodbye, SlamRush:

Earlier this month, the porn review website str8upgayporn reported that MasterCard stopped processing charges for the SlamRush site.

https://str8upgayporn.com/slamrush-changes-its-name-to-facedownassup-in-wake-of-mastercard-drama/

Faced with this economic pressure, SlamRush morphed into a newly named site -- facedownassup. Here, the text for clips is now scrubbed of direct drug references, such as "getting cloudy."

They also pulled several clips that included needles and pipes and are reworking them, cutting out background visuals on tables, etc.

With these changes, the revised videos and new content won't present -- and normalize -- sex in scenes that infer intravenous slamming and smoking of meth.

As well, goodbye to the language promoting cloudiness (drugs) as a way to lure younger gays into a state where they are no longer capable of proper judgment and consent.

Goodbye to all of that going forward.

While it is clear that there was a market for that content, I have to say I'm not sorry to see it go. I found it ... distasteful, if sadly realistic...

That said, I am sure that others will lament its loss, and decry the actions of the Credit Card companies... These companies do need to thread the needle:

• they have to assuage the concerns of many of their customers (on the banking side of their equation) that they're not supporting illegal activity
• they also have to beware of the slow creep of consumers switching to blockchain (eg: BitCoin) types of currency exchange, which allow direct transfers of money - without the need for these "clearinghouse" companies

If the Credit Card companies misstep here, they can push themselves out of business!