AdamSmith

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You can get STDs from anything.
So? Stay home behind locked door?

Have done it for many years, and never problem.
Course I had longtime a dog who licked my face every day and built up my immune system. 

How old is this gentleman? 

How old is this gentleman? 

??? 
What drugs are you on?

There are a lot more of these if you Google  for them. 

Have done it for many years, and never problem.
Course I had longtime a dog who licked my face every day and built up my immune system. 

Don’t talk about underage boys. Otherwise this site is open to anything that comes into your head.
Or any other organ 

From the late ‘70s...
You picked up a guy you liked, or a girl you liked (or one of both that you both liked  ), went out eating & drinking, then went home & spent the next 24 hours in bed together.

Not exactly childhood, but in 11th grade my English teacher said, ‘I know who you would like,’ and handed me a collection of short stories by Flannery O’Connor.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannery_O'Connor
Life perception was never quite the same since. 

Also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Sea

Couldn't agree more, OZ.  
I've never felt that Black Lives Matter means that white lives don't matter.  What it's always meant to me is that black lives seem not to have mattered in the past and now it's time that they do.
As far as I can tell, those who hear Black Lives Matter and then parrot All Lives Matter or White Lives Matter are folks with a zero-sum viewpoint.  They think that, if a black life matters more, then a white life must matter less.  Personally, I don't believe that's true, nor have I ever been a fan of zero-sum thinking.
Like our President, I enjoy making deals but, unlike our President, I don't enjoy zero-sum deals where, in order for me to win, the other person has to lose.  Maybe that's what his life experiences have taught him but it's sure not what my life experiences have taught me.  I've found that, if I've got a deal where the other person is a loser, there's still more work to do.
A deal where there's a loser is unstable.  The "loser" is going to be unhappy and will be looking for a do-over at best and revenge at worst.  Much better for both parties to end up with a smile on their face.  For me, it's always been a matter of increasing the size of the pie so that both parties get a bigger slice. It may take a little more work, but it's well worth the effort.
Even if it takes a lot more work, it's well worth the effort.  Who wants to be surrounded by disgruntled colleagues?
And even if I come out of a deal with a little bit less than I otherwise might, it's worth it to have partners who are content and who will look forward to doing another deal in the future.  My white self has certainly got enough privilege throughout my life that I can afford to get by with a little less in the future so that my black partner can get a better deal than he has in the past.  The payoff of mutual support, stability and, inshallah, friendship is well worth any conceivable shift in the balance.
More than dislike of those who believe that a zero-sum deal is the only kind there is, I'm saddened that their life experiences have given them a win-lose mindset.  My hope is that life will be kinder to them in the future.  And that they will be kinder and more generous to others.
 


 
 

As my 6 month Ban was lifted yesterday, I logged back in to find a message "from the Big man" as to the reason of my Ban, which i never knew.....   So here it is: posting CHILD PORN....   I posted the pic in a political thread regarding the Trump administration..
PARANOID much ?    HE never ceases to amaze the shit outta me.  

CAT CONDO.....

 

He always had something interesting to post.

@Adam4muscle, Dude.......  cut the crap already !   EVERYONE (except Trump cultists) have decried the Election to be FAIR, without tampering or Fraud.   He LOST by a Landslide, live with it..... now go sulk for the next 4 years like WE had to do when Trump won....  there is absolutely NO way to defend Trump here, and his behavior is Despicable and Anti-American, or as HE would call it...TREASONOUS !
The time of Trump getting HIS way and getting away with it HAS ENDED !!!!!

 

I suppose it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one separated from my (distant) family this Thanksgiving. (I refuse to sit at a table with Trump apologists.) Maureen Dowd has long made public her rift with fellow family members over Trump.

Today, she gives her column to her brother Kevin (seated center), who wrote in praise of Trump. It's a fascinating, intelligent read.
Oh, Brother! Tears for Trump
(Love the headline.)
The Comments section on the opinion piece is just as fascinating, and those numbers are growing. This early comment from a Nevada psychiatrist, The Pessimistic Shrink, jumped out to me:
"I am telling Kevin that he and his millions do not feel what they think they feel. Love is not angry. It does not minimize entire ethnic groups. It does not admire a sociopath who likely never had a kind or giving thought in his head. You cannot simply say a word and make it so."
AMEN!

He was always kind and had a playful sense of humor.  I'll miss him.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chief-justice-roberts-striking-down-164800063.html?guccounter=1
Very, very good news/
Chief Justice Roberts: Striking down ObamaCare 'not our job'
 

A true online friend. I am devastated likewise.

I know people who were born in Manhattan and have never been on a subway train. I'm never sure what to say about that. In the early 80's, I had some hot sex in the subways. Now, with Covid, many are afraid to go near a train. Afraid of the virus and afraid of the rise in crime.
I've lived in NYC since my teen years, so my transportation experience is all over the map. I walk, I run. I once owned a Vespa. I take the subway when it rains. I rely on taxis when it's convenient. For many years, my account with Music Express played a major role. Plenty of reasons to hire a limousine here. And then I purchased a car. So many New Yorkers hate car owners, and I know what their wrath feels like.
No matter how you choose to get around, it's important to feel safe. We have a new mayoral election next year. We'll see where crime fits into the politics. Many assume Biden will be more sympathetic with funding. Given Trump's vindictiveness, he told NY to go fuck itself. Most of us are thrilled to see him gone. 

I just wanted to log in and say that I am too. 

This video is four days old now, but it's a worthwhile, intelligent discussion about the state of things. I have always loved working with Katie Couric, and she's no slouch here with good questions. Her only guest is former Acting Solicitor General for the Obama Administration, Neal Katyal, whom I also adore.