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Yeah, NBC News, Variety, NYT, etc., just publish and air accusations. No corroboration, no cross checking, no verification. They’re stenographers, really, just like those bitter “ladies” who no doubt pushed themselves into Lauer’s pants, got rejected and called the press, who typed up what they had to say. You are very insightful.

What a twisted view you have. Let’s go back to reality. ...

I've said this before...but the elephant in the room is the term "undetectable".....many....let me repeat that word....MANY.....HIV+ individuals

cannot (for whatever reason) reach that level of viral suppression. And someone who was "undetectable" last week....may....for any number

of reasons....become "detectable" today....and thus more infectious.

 

Yes, it's incredible that some people are able to reach a level of being undetectable. And even people who are detectable but on HAART

are less infectious than the "old days". Add PreP into the mix and things are starting to look up. No doubt, these are all great and incredible

things that are helping to contain the spread of HIV. Nonetheless, I feel the trumpeting of "U=U" is simplistic and irresponsible....and some,

perhaps many, people will pay with their lives.

 

Again, to bluntly speak to the elephant in the room....none of this justifies abandoning condom use.

Sorry but what is it about U = U that you can’t seem to understand.

Gadfly yes indeed and I don’t want to minimize it. Just when things get a bit far reaching I can’t restrain myself.

Hmmmm a trifecta of similar replies. My question: How can something that never was be over?

Agreed. The whole thing is a paid fantasy anyway. Like going to the theater. People act like it’s a “real” relationship. People will reply “but it IS real because it’s two people!” Yes but in the end it’s a “real” pretend relationship. Nothing truly real is going on if you have to pay them to do it.

In general I’m inclined to talk things out but I’m not sure I could get past the “I mean look at you, and look at me“ comment.

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I'm probably a 60 40 on the McKenzie scale

I’ve never heard of the McKenzie scale but you probably mean the Kinsey scale. It’s not a percent (like 60/40) but rather an ordinal scale of 0 to 6.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_scale

“Gentleman caller” ??

55

That’s 80 in porn star years. Hahaha. Jk

Lol isn’t jeff Stryker like 80 years old by now? Haha

Tuscany? Bene. Umbria? Multo bene.

Calabria? Oi vey!

It’s spelled molto bene.

Actually, yes, it is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_orthography

It can also be transliterated into the Roman alphabet. I remember a Seder I went to, where the Mom was reading the four questions from the Haggadah. She apologized because she'd learned it in Yiddish, not in Hebrew. And yet my four years of high school German helped, and followed her explicitly, whilst being completely dumbfounded as to how the words she spoke were coming out of that particular alphabet.

Lol ANY language can be translated in to Hebrew and use Hebrew characters. But this is not what was portrayed. Yiddish is not written in Hebrew characters unless it is being translated into Hebrew. Italian can be translated into Hebrew and written in Hebrew characters but it would be misleading to call it “Italian.”

They don't write Yiddish in Hebrew, do they?

No

Zachary Brown

Lots of British actors have played Americans such as Damian Lewis playing Nicholas Brody in Homeland. Lots of Americans have played Russians—see the Hunt for Red October. Should white people be offended?

Way out of line.

I genuinely want to understand.

 

I think people should have the right to ownership over their bodies. I’m trying to see it from another perspective, hence the specific question.

Yes I’m sure but to be honest your questions were dripping with a judgmental disapproval.

Autonomy over anatomy.

I didn’t think Italians were known for pastries.

I thought you were no longer going to post.

I was thinking the same thing. That didn’t last long did it.

You wanna beat him up go beat him up. Personally I like people who express themselves but you wanna tear him a new one go ahead. He can defend himself.

Why don’t you go through all the posts on the forum and rewrite them so they meet your politeness standards in the way you would express them?

That hiring escorts is “disgusting”. thats ok with you?

It’s ok with me that he feels that way because he isn’t a robot and I don’t program his feelings. I’m fine with him expressing his feeling.

Of course you’re entitled to your opinion.

 

Just seems odd to voice that here on this forum where the majority of posters are hiring escorts, and a goodly number of posters are escorts themselves. Seems you’re dissing a huge majority here, including the subset of masseurs who also escort.

He’s not dissing anybody. He’s expressing his opinion. Let him express himself. Geez.

I am sure there is a misunderstanding here, @pierrot . @Kurtis Wolfe is an active participant in the forums. You may want to take this conversation to Private.

Latbear you are without question a lovely and thoughtful guy but you often resort to “hush! Don’t say a single thing in public about sex or criticism re an escort.” I’m glad the op did this and it’s a teaching moment. How many texts escorts get and why they may fail to respond. May I gently and nicely suggest you encourage rather than discourage public discussion.

I’ve seen both probably 20 times or more over several years. I always thought Roman was 100% straight and Rubin the brother might be gay. His touch was always a bit more sensual. Still he would never agree to a HE with me.

Yes HE. I didn't ask for it...he just went for it. No oral for me.

Interesting! I was a long time client and asked for a HE and he said they would do a lot like dress down to their underwear etc but like many Russian born boys he said no touching of the cock. Maybe they’ve become Americanized lol. Or run out of clients and had to adapt.