I am not sure if I missed something in the context of a few of these posts, but is it assumed above that if you make a boner joke or two (or a bazillion ....jwar.....) that it is because you want to avoid talking about "real" shit?
And that if a conversation isn't serious it's boring?
A few thoughts
1. We have a crap ton of serious conversations both on and off the forum even the most bonerjokerific of us have very serious moments.
2. Don't assume people are deflecting "real" conversations.
3. Lists are cool and Number three on any list should always be a very valid point.
Not sure I ever chimed in on the context of this thread but I like it here, I am closer to some peeps on here than I am to anyone in real life.
The last few years have been brutal for me and ILF is critical to my sanity on a daily basis (especially when I travel)
I have made lifelong friends on here who can be very real and their boners I am sure can be very real or metaphorical in nature.
Gunner Recall wrote:This thread is bad and everyone in it should feel bad.
Iommic Pope wrote:This thread is mediocre at best, but I encourage everyone posting in it to feel as awesome as possible.
I: Mostly it's that using boners as a shorthand for desire is overplayed.
II: Occasionally shit gets real and maybe people get uncomfortable and try to distract. And that's fine because maybe we don't need to get so deep into it on a forum for noisy weirdos. I know this is the best some of us can do.
III: I am very happy that this community exists. I am enriched as a human and feel supported in my eccentricities.
oldangelmidnight wrote:I: Mostly it's that using boners as a shorthand for desire is overplayed.
II: Occasionally shit gets real and maybe people get uncomfortable and try to distract. And that's fine because maybe we don't need to get so deep into it on a forum for noisy weirdos. I know this is the best some of us can do.
III: I am very happy that this community exists. I am enriched as a human and feel supported in my eccentricities.
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I get what you are saying
The "I have boners for that pedalboard" thing.
totally get that.
quality discussion my friend!
Gunner Recall wrote:This thread is bad and everyone in it should feel bad.
Iommic Pope wrote:This thread is mediocre at best, but I encourage everyone posting in it to feel as awesome as possible.
I was going to respond but I cannot do so in a way that's PC and not offensive.
I will say this. I'm going to say what I want, when I want until one of the mods or admins ask me not to. That's the way it's always been on ILF. You guys know that. It has nothing to do with maturity or growing older. A lot of the folks on here are still in their 20's for crying out loud. I love the community feel and I love adding value at times but I also like my dick and fart jokes. So what. I can have both. That's why I come here. I love how people express themselves so differently.
Also, I'm a man. Me saying "my boner" or something similar is me expressing my sheer desire to have a taste of what someone else has. Again I'm a man. I'm not going to not be a man anytime soon. So I'll say my boner for as long as I desire. I don't care that it's "overplayed" in someone's mind.
"I do not have the ability to think rationally 90% of the time and I also change my mind at the drop of a hat".
jwar wrote:
I'm going to say what I want, when I want until one of the mods or admins ask me not to. That's the way it's always been on ILF. You guys know that.
That's not how ILF works. People here are too much wussies to say shit directly to you.
jwar wrote:I was going to respond but I cannot do so in a way that's PC and not offensive.
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Also, I'm a man. Me saying "my boner" or something similar is me expressing my sheer desire to have a taste of what someone else has. Again I'm a man. I'm not going to not be a man anytime soon. So I'll say my boner for as long as I desire. I don't care that it's "overplayed" in someone's mind.
Would it be "better" if you said "This pedal makes my pussy so wet!"?
psychic vampire. wrote:The important take away from this thread: Taoism and Ring Modulators go together?
…...........................… Sweet dealin's: here "Now, of course, Strega is not a Minimoog… and I am not Sun Ra" - dude from MAKENOISE #GreenRinger
jwar wrote:
I'm going to say what I want, when I want until one of the mods or admins ask me not to. That's the way it's always been on ILF. You guys know that.
That's not how ILF works. People here are too much wussies to say shit directly to you.
jwar wrote:I was going to respond but I cannot do so in a way that's PC and not offensive.
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Also, I'm a man. Me saying "my boner" or something similar is me expressing my sheer desire to have a taste of what someone else has. Again I'm a man. I'm not going to not be a man anytime soon. So I'll say my boner for as long as I desire. I don't care that it's "overplayed" in someone's mind.
Would it be "better" if you said "This pedal makes my pussy so wet!"?
Or perhaps, this pedal makes me want to vigorously rub my clitoris.
Listen if something offend you it's because you've made a conscious decision to be offended by it. Words are just words. Yes they can be damaging but I don't think that is the purpose and anything I've ever said and if it has been I've owned up to it and apologized. I could care less about the ratio of men to women on this forum. What it be nice if more women participating in the forum? Sure why not. It makes no difference to me. I like all the conversations we have regardless of if they are joking or serious. My entire point behind this thread was that people get offended so easily that it's obnoxious. It's gotten to the point sometimes where you cannot have an opinion because it may offend somebody else. That is just fucking stupid in my opinion. Everyone can think the way they wanted an express themselves the way they want. We aren't all civil all the time but we get along.
"I do not have the ability to think rationally 90% of the time and I also change my mind at the drop of a hat".