Transgender Q&A

[Maddie]

14 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

 

I don´t know but I´ll throw out a theory.  Could it be that women generally prefer a more collaborative, friendly kind of internet engagement and that the forum lends itself to forceful, sometimes aggressive statements of opinion that some women find offputting?

 

I feel like this thread has a little more of that vibe

 

*shocker I know lol

Edited April 27 by Maddie

[Maddie]

6 minutes ago, Apech said:

I thought it was just the martial arts background of many plus the mantak chia retention syndrome which drives many young men here 

 

What is up with this semen obsession? lol

 

Also (and I could be wrong, but I'm not) I think, thinking and seeking literal super powers is more of a young man fantasy. 

[Apech]

2 minutes ago, Maddie said:

 

What is up with this semen obsession? lol

 

Also (and I could be wrong, but I'm not) I think, thinking and seeking literal super powers is more of a young man fantasy. 

what is up with sticking pins in people? 😀

 

super powers is def a bloke thing.

 

[blue eyed snake]

58 minutes ago, Apech said:

Do people still go to church where you are?

 

no, but i see several movements of fanatics, when those grow we will soon have a problem. 

Roughly a third identifies themselves as Christians

 

58 minutes ago, Apech said:

 

On a personal note I moved to a majority Catholic country and a small rural village ( full of old ladies in black) - but I was amazed how relaxed and open minded they are about the few LGBT+ people who either live here or are related to those who do.

 

Good to hear, I guess in places were most people are going to church the fanatics are a minority, i fear the new movements wich find their existence in fanatics and do not have the buffer of a large group of people with more moderate ideas

 

58 minutes ago, Apech said:

 

Also historically most witch trials and the like were 16/17th century puritans and not  the inquisition.

 

In this case I do not mind much the rational view, i get enraged.

its Christians that drove out the old ways, Christians that reduced women to a lesser sort of human

christian who deny women to decide about their pregnancies, who chucked gynecological care into the hands of men.

 

really Apech, I get a red haze before my eyes when I think about it, thats a deeprooted anger in me.

and whichever group of christians did it is not of much interest for me, the thoughts and idea of the witch-hammer still do the rounds in all the misogyny I've seen and endured in my life.

 

as I said, they killed and tortured my tribe

[blue eyed snake]

55 minutes ago, Maddie said:

 

I was just contemplating this yesterday. Why are there so many more men on here than women? 

 

But in TCM its just the opposite. 

 

well, just a guess

 

a lot of guys find Daoism due to them doing some form of martial arts, and they are prone to be power hungry

after making fire with their fingers and blasting things out of the way...

 

women tend to be more interested in healing and caring

 

But I do not know and its unbalanced

 

years ago the men and womens places were created to get rid of all the posts about semenretention

That was good action

 

women are a tiny minority here

that's one of the reasons that at the first sign of misogynistic behavior I pounce

 

also the whole forums is not to be compared with what it was, i hope it will become alive again, I remember a place teeming with threads of all kinds and lotsa people.

[Maddie]

3 minutes ago, blue eyed snake said:

 

well, just a guess

 

a lot of guys find Daoism due to them doing some form of martial arts, and they are prone to be power hungry

after making fire with their fingers and blasting things out of the way...

 

women tend to be more interested in healing and caring

 

But I do not know and its unbalanced

 

years ago the men and womens places were created to get rid of all the posts about semenretention

That was good action

 

women are a tiny minority here

that's one of the reasons that at the first sign of misogynistic behavior I pounce

 

also the whole forums is not to be compared with what it was, i hope it will become alive again, I remember a place teeming with threads of all kinds and lotsa people.

 

I miss a lot of the old school here. 

[silent thunder]

1 hour ago, liminal_luke said:

J.K. Rowling -- delightful author of beloved children´s book or enemy of trans people everywhere?  If anyone has an opinion and wants to share it, I´d be interested to know.

 

I don't care what she thinks... I don't think about her at all.

[surrogate corpse]

1 hour ago, liminal_luke said:

J.K. Rowling -- delightful author of beloved children´s book or enemy of trans people everywhere?  If anyone has an opinion and wants to share it, I´d be interested to know.

 

bad person, worse author

[liminal_luke]

Just now, surrogate corpse said:

 

bad person, worse author

 

I prefer her over Lord Byron.

 

(Just kidding.  I haven´t read Lord Byron.)

[Maddie]

I went through all of those youth novels, Harry Potter, Twilight (couldn't make up my mind between team Edward or Jacob), Hunger Games. 

[liminal_luke]

37 minutes ago, Maddie said:

I went through all of those youth novels, Harry Potter, Twilight (couldn't make up my mind between team Edward or Jacob), Hunger Games. 

 

I went through all the Harry Potters and some Twilight too.  Was going to take a picture of my bookshelf for show and tell but ran into technical difficulties.  That´s probably just as well; this is a hard audience.

Edited April 27 by liminal_luke

[Apech]

55 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

 

I prefer her over Lord Byron.

 

(Just kidding.  I haven´t read Lord Byron.)

 

She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

 

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o’er her face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet express,

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

 

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

The smiles that win, the tints that glow,

But tell of days in goodness spent,

A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent!

 

 

[liminal_luke]

‘First think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
Next, tell me what’s always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together, and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?

 

-- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

 

@Apech  What was it I -- and a gazillion others -- liked so much about Harry Potter?  It´s one of the world´s greatest mysteries, right up there with the popularity of Mantak Chia.

Edited April 27 by liminal_luke

[Apech]

3 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

‘First think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
Next, tell me what’s always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together, and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?

 

-- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The answer is Nungali - I’m not kissing him!

[liminal_luke]

Just now, Apech said:

The answer is Nungali - I’m not kissing him!

 

I don´t think we´ve seen a genuine picture of him yet but he has a certain rough bad boy charm, no?  Oh well, no accounting for taste I guess.

[Apech]

5 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

‘First think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies.
Next, tell me what’s always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search for a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together, and answer me this,
Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?

 

-- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

 

@Apech  What was it I -- and a gazillion others -- liked so much about Harry Potter?  It´s one of the world´s greatest mysteries, right up there with the popularity of Mantak Chia.

I read the first two books in the 90’s cos my daughter - who never read books was obsessed with Harry Potter.  I must admit I thought they were very derivative and poorly written.  I have never watched any of the films.

 

 

[surrogate corpse]

The third movie is the closest to "alright" of the bunch. Allegedly the director didn't read the book.

[Apech]

1 hour ago, Maddie said:

I went through all of those youth novels, Harry Potter, Twilight (couldn't make up my mind between team Edward or Jacob), Hunger Games. 

I thought Hunger Games was a bit of a Battle Royale rip off - but the first film was ok and M. Wouldn’t let me watch any of the others.

[Nungali]

6 hours ago, liminal_luke said:

 

My impression from reading Catholic stuff is that there´s lots of room for dissenting opinions in Catholicism, that each person has to consult her own conscience about matters.  So perhaps the Catholic mystics you find interesting aren´t always in agreement with the official Vatican statements?  

 

So what the Pope declares is now just a 'suggestion'  ? 

 

[Nungali]

3 hours ago, blue eyed snake said:

 

well, just a guess

 

a lot of guys find Daoism due to them doing some form of martial arts, and they are prone to be power hungry

after making fire with their fingers and blasting things out of the way...

 

women tend to be more interested in healing and caring

 

But I do not know and its unbalanced

 

years ago the men and womens places were created to get rid of all the posts about semenretention

That was good action

 

women are a tiny minority here

that's one of the reasons that at the first sign of misogynistic behavior I pounce

 

also the whole forums is not to be compared with what it was, i hope it will become alive again, I remember a place teeming with threads of all kinds and lotsa people.

 

 

 

 

Boys read super power manga comics .... I wanna be like that !  the word is out ; Daobums know about stuff like that

Edited April 27 by Nungali

[Nungali]

1 hour ago, Apech said:

 

She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

 

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o’er her face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet express,

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

 

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

The smiles that win, the tints that glow,

But tell of days in goodness spent,

A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent!

 

 

 

Mhe ......

 

your poem was better .

[Nungali]

1 hour ago, Apech said:

The answer is Nungali - I’m not kissing him!

 

 

[Apech]

23 minutes ago, Nungali said:

 

Mhe ......

 

your poem was better .

sorry I’m still not kissing you

[Mark Foote]

7 hours ago, surrogate corpse said:

 

bad person, worse author
 

 

No bad children, only bad behaviors.   

Edited April 28 by Mark Foote

[Nungali]

52 minutes ago, Mark Foote said:

 

No bad children, only bad behaviors.