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Betty Davis was married to jazz legend Miles Davis, herself being a musician who recorded some edgy funk/rock albums. Bette Davis, the subject of this thread, was the internationally known film star. When I saw this thread, I was confused that anyone in 2024 would be discussing Betty Davis' passport since she isn't well known outside of certain music lover circles.

I seldom use Google's Image Search because it's been so long since it was useful. I remember when it was new, it was really bad. A photo of a man with an erection would get matched with any items that contained hard, tubular parts like brooms or mops. Then it seemed really good for a while. I don't know if it's just that sites are now programmed to limit Google's abilities to match the photos they host or if there's something else going on, but I almost never find a match any more. I just noticed that if you are using Chrome, it now indicates that you can search using Google Lens, so maybe that's the new product. Interestingly Lens did work when searching an image from a news article on msn.com; it found not only the same image but also similar images (same group of people, but different photos). It did not work when searching an image from Rent.men; I got no search results.

Makes an appointment with you and then blocks you before the appointment is scheduled? If that's what happened, then what I would make of it is that the guy is confused unless you've left out other details. Why would a business person schedule a meeting in order to make money and then do something to communicate to the client that they don't want their business? It makes no sense. If your appointment required sending a deposit and then you got blocked after sending money, what I make of it is that the guy is a con artist and you've got taken.

To each his own. If I find a scene going on too long, it's easy to skip ahead. I like the camera work in his videos because it puts me in the room, so to speak, showing me what I would see if I were there walking around and observing the action from different vantage points. It's a lot better than footage from two or three stationary cameras edited together. I also don't care about the setting (never cared about that in porn unless the setting added natural beauty, like being filmed on a beach). I will admit, though, that all porn gets repetitive. The only thing that keeps it fresh is "new meat," so to speak. I understand getting bored with someone and wanting to move on.

RentMasseur 2.0 is online now. Not sure if it was offline 14 hours ago or if it just didn't load for some people because there is not a pop-up that you have to click in order to proceed to the site. Depending on one's browser configuration, I imagine that could cause the site to just not load properly.

I don't think they've ever had a detailed search function -- just the filtering options you mentioned.

That's not the way it's working for me (Windows OS, Firefox browser). The list just keeps expanding as I scroll down the page until I reach the end.

What don't you like about it? From what I can tell (just spent about 10 minutes poking around), it's an improvement over the previous version.

I don't think I've ever used the phrase "the boys" to refer to my group of friends. I probably used "the guys" instead. I'm not offended by others using the term.

Maybe my use of Zelle is different. I've only ever requested or sent money via Zelle when logged into my account on either my computer or my phone. Apart from confirming my login credentials, I don't remember seeing any type of code. When I send money, if the other person is looking at their phone at the same time then they accept the funds immediately and I get a text that the transaction is complete. I'm pretty sure there's no way to claw back the money after that; I even see a warning before sending money that I should only send money to known parties because there is no way to reverse the transaction once it's complete.

That's horrible. Note: I am not suggesting sending any type of threatening communication to his work email, but if you can figure out what it is given you know where he works then I think you'd be within reason to simply send an email to that address that indicates his Zelle payment did not go through and you still expect to be paid "for the work you performed for him." That might make him concerned enough that he'll turn honest, at least for his transaction with you. Again, I don't think you should write anything in your email that could be interpreted as a threat to expose him; hopefully he'll just worry about that on his own and then send you the money.

I actually found Austin's self-directed/filmed porn boring precisely because of his "technique," which seemed to be just to put some stationary cameras around the room with little consideration given to resolution, lighting and what each camera was actually going to capture. Maybe if I was a bigger fan, I would have enjoyed watching multiple videos with different angles of the same sexual encounter, but with most of his videos that I saw it just seemed like it was difficult to see much other than two bodies going through the motions of sex without much detail. Contrast that with better self-directed/edited porn like Rhyheim Shabazz's which is basically produced more like studio porn, with a person actually moving a camera around the action so we can see different angles, close ups, farther away shots, etc, all done with proper cameras and lighting so you can actually see what's going on. I know Rhyheim sets the bar high on production quality, but there are a lot of other guys filming their own porn with lower production qualities who still manage to put out stuff that looks better than Austin's.

I once saw a porn where the bottom said repeatedly, "Sweet Mother Mary!" (No kidding.) Are you talking about something similar? "Fuck me, Jesus!"

Not a provider, but even if a provider tells you here that certain phrases mean certain things that's only true for that provider (assuming he's 100% honest). As discussed many times here, there is no standardization. One guy very well might be suggesting a highly erotic experience by using certain words, and another might be hoping to entice clients to pay him a higher-than-average massage rate because he's expecting something more than that but in the end the guy only provides a basic massage. If you want to know what a specific provider's ad means, you have to contact him to ask or, perhaps even better, get feedback from actual clients here. Even then, there is always the "your mileage may vary" situation. One guy in my area obviously vibed with some of his clients more strongly than me because they posted here about post-session showers together with the guy, and the few times I hired him he just brought me a towel to clean up. But he didn't misrepresent himself; he just gave more to some clients than others.

What are you seeing that's different? I just checked both rentmen.eu and rent.men on a desktop computer and didn't notice anything different.

I find the speculation about income level interesting. Given my limited sample (escorts I knew/know well enough to know what their income was/is), I think the reality is that some guys don't make all that much money, some guys are able to make enough that they are solidly upper middle class (and maybe even become "rich" due to wise investments) and then there's a lot in the middle. A lot of careers/jobs result in people working for vastly different wages. Some of that difference is due to luck (right place, right time), but a lot of it is due to what an individual brings to the work. In terms of escorts, I think the principal qualities that result in a higher income are looks, personality and business acumen.

I wasn't referring to performance in bed. I literally meant what I said. I have traveled to Mexico but never to any other Latin American countries, so my knowledge of what men of that origin look like is limited to men I've seen online, on television, or whom I've seen in person in the United States. Not enough exposure to form a generalized opinion.

With respect to the original question, I don't think I can offer an opinion since my sample size isn't great enough. The hottest Latino I ever had sex with was from Aguascalientes, Mexico.

If someone asked for the best steakhouse and someone offered vegan restaurant recommendations, would that be relevant because they are all places to eat?

I just ask them to describe what their erotic massage entails. If I get a vague response, I press farther and say I've been disappointed sometimes in the past when a masseur has provided a not particularly therapeutic massage while wearing underwear and considered that an erotic massage. Typically that will get someone to elaborate a bit more about what they are offering. There's still an element of wonder about how things will play out during the massage, and I do understand that there can be chemistry reasons why a masseur's service to some clients may differ from what he offers others. After all, if a masseur is to guarantee that he's going to have more extensive sexual interaction with clients then he might as well advertise as an escort and charge more.

From Wikipedia: The teardrop tattoo or tear tattoo is a symbolic tattoo of a tear that is placed underneath the eye. The teardrop is one of the most widely recognised prison tattoos[1] and has various meanings. It can signify that the wearer has spent time in prison,[2][3] or more specifically that the wearer was raped while incarcerated and tattooed by the rapist as a "property" mark and for humiliation, since facial tattoos cannot be concealed.[4][5][6][7] The tattoo is sometimes worn by the female companions of prisoners in solidarity with their loved ones.[8] Amy Winehouse had a teardrop drawn on her face in eyeliner after her husband Blake entered the Pentonville prison hospital following a suspected drug overdose.[9] It can acknowledge the loss of a friend or family member: Basketball player Amar'e Stoudemire has had a teardrop tattoo since 2012 honouring his older brother Hazell Jr., who died in a car accident.[10] In West Coast United States gang culture, the tattoo may signify that the wearer has killed someone[11][12] and in some of those circles, the tattoo's meaning can change: an empty outline meaning the wearer attempted murder. Sometimes the exact meaning of the tattoo is known only by the wearer[12][13] as in the case of Portuguese footballer Ricardo Quaresma, who has never explained his teardrop tattoos.[14] So I guess the teardrop means different things to different people, and it might mean something different in one region versus another. No wonder I associate it with murder since I'm on the west coast.

Though the photos of the alleged killer aren't clear, it looks to me like he has small teardrop tattoos on his face -- maybe one on his left side and three on his right. I think that's a big part of why my reaction to his photo was "why would anyone be attracted to him?!" I assume you all know that gang members get teardrop tattoos on their faces after they kill someone, so if my reading of his mug shot is correct it looks like he's telling the world that he had already killed numerous people. If you find that sexy and "masculine" then I have nothing else to say.

When I got that scam email, I'm not even sure they hinted at what "naughty" material I was viewing. I guess they probably realized it was more lucrative to not specify what someone was supposedly viewing because their lie would be obvious if they approached someone who only watched gay porn with suggestions that they were obviously looking at straight porn. My scam email also contained a couple of extremely grainy images of what they claimed were me jacking off. What amused me is that despite the extremely low resolution of the photos (presumably chosen by them because it was nearly impossible to see any detail) it was still obviously not me because (a) I don't even have a camera attached to the computer I use when viewing porn and they guy in the photos was clearly younger and thinner than me.

So, in summary, this is a guy who charges rates that would suggest he's offering more than massage but then, in person, you find out that in fact he is offering only massage services unless you pay him even more? Even though I enjoy an element of surprise during a massage session (i.e., how erotic will this massage be?), I have to say that after feeling ripped off more than once by masseurs with suggestive photos and ad text along with escort-level rates who ultimately gave uninspired, not erotic massages I now ask very specific questions if I'm inclined to hire someone whose price is significantly more than other masseurs.