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Around here, it's called the self checkout, and it's so annoying if I have anything like produce that can't be directly scanned that I've given up on it.

I'm not familiar with Cardhu. If it's more expensive than the least expensive Glenlivet, it's beyond my budget, though.

If they did, they'd be doing something dumb. Science does not in fact support yearly mammograms. It doesn't support mammograms for women at all until age 50. Women who lobby for them anyway are looking for emotional comfort, not science. Unicorn covered this in another post. Note that I didn't contradict him. The information he presented was compelling. http://m4m-forum.org/threads/a-public-service-announcement-i-like.113241/#post-1081956 Quick correction: I'm not heterosexual. I happen to have only had sex with cismen, but I am attracted to people of various genders and gender presentation. Otherwise, thanks!

Seeing as the gin martinis I've sampled have had little to no vermouth in them, it seems safe to say straight up gin and I don't get along. But that could probably be said of most hard liquors. Liqueur and Glenlivet seem to be the extent of what I can drink without a mixer.

Then I'm a wimp. I can't stand the way gin martinis taste. Nor can I drink a G&T, but that's understandable, as I loathe tonic. But I've had a gin-based punch I liked, so it may depend on how much gin there is and what it's combined with. It may be my taste buds, as I have a decided aversion to bitter. (Endive, blech.) Mellow spirits go down much better than harsh ones, making Glenlivet far more enjoyable than an equivalent single malt that's harsher. And while vodka is my liquor of choice these days, I've enjoyed whiskey, tequila, and rum-based cocktails in the past. So it's not how strong the drink is, but how harsh.

They'd be in trouble in NC or anyplace else with anti-trans bathroom legislation. I guess Scots should boycott NC as well.

Oh, Mr. Smith. Smooth. (Love the intro.)

Even better, digital!

I hate dreads, braids, etc. on white guys irrespective of whether they look good or not. White people ripped black people out of their homes and now hairstyles created by the latter for cultural and aesthetic reasons (because black hair and haircare are totally different) have become the latest accessory for a classless, entitled white singer? No thanks. There isn't the same association with slavery, but I can't stand it when Kpop stars and their stylists rip off black hairstyles either. They're not indigenous to Korea, the styles don't address issues Koreans have with their hair, and it's disrespectful. It makes videos by some of my favorite artists hard or impossible to watch.

You do realize nobody writes like this anymore? Language in romance novels is generally explicit.

You made my day (or in this case, early morning) by calling me an optimist. I know several people who would be surprised by that characterization.

Josh - There are ambiguities in the Strauss-Kahn situation, but unlike the Duke case (or, imo, Tawana Brawley's case), we don't know conclusively that rape didn't occur. (There's a significant difference between cases where it can be shown that there was no sexual contact between the parties, like the Duke and Tawana Brawley cases, and ones where the defense alleges consent.) Ditto with Kobe Bryant, Patrick Kane, and a whole host of other celebrities accused of rape. It's not a matter of man-bashing. It's a matter of assuming that rape accusations are untrue unless the evidence is irrefutable or the circumstances so heinous a scapegoat is needed (the Central Park "wilding" case, for which a group of teens was wrongfully convicted). Here's another article on the case SundayZip mentioned: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/12/16/an-unbelievable-story-of-rape#.8GNJXIVGH When we read about arrests for other crimes, we don't generally have the same skepticism. And the most recent studies, which have been careful to only treat allegations that have conclusively been shown to be untrue, show a low rate of demonstrably false accusations - around 5%. Sadly, the above case, where a rape victim was not only pressured into recanting but pled guilty to false reporting, thus leaving her rapist free to rape others, would at one time have been counted as a confirmed false allegation. Not only is this an issue of general concern, it's not as though men can't be raped or that women can't be rapists. That very skepticism gives predators cover to continue to operate, whether they're your average garden-variety rapist or a pedophile like Jerry Sandusky or, apparently, Dennis Hastert. I say "apparently" because to the best of my knowledge, the person Dennis Hastert paid off hasn't gone on record as to why he was being paid, thus there are no allegations. Even if all rape victims were women, it's not as though gay men (which even if all three women who post here left is not the entirety of this forum anyway) live in a vaccum. You're part of society, too. It could even have personal application; we all had at least one female relative in our lives, and most of us have female friends. They're all potentially subject to this too. I would also like to point out that I was not the one who brought up the topic of rape (as opposed to child porn) in the first place and that the gist of my post was that Strauss-Kahn wasn't a particularly good example to support the argument. Also, it seems a little disingenuous to in one breath say the topic that I didn't bring up in the first place is irrelevant to gay men and in the next accuse me of bashing (straight) men. In any event, if my opinions or participation in the forum are truly that bothersome, as opposed to you having a bad day and taking it out on me, the ignore button is your friend. Sincitymix - Those photos were always child porn irrespective of your age. Teenagers who have sent explicit photos of themselves to others have been prosecuted under child porn laws. As terrible as it was to destroy a piece of your past, it was probably wise to destroy that photo. Unicorn - I think our attitudes toward sex and consent are fucked up. That includes our attitudes toward people who say they've been raped. When it comes to legal process, it's a different mater. I would have dropped the case against Strauss-Kahn. I would have acquitted the New York City cops accused of raping a woman they escorted home from a club because she was too drunk to get there on their own even though I believe they did it because there was no conclusive physical evidence and she was so intoxicated she could barely remember anything. I also differ with those who think advising young women not to get drunk at parties is victim-blaming. Getting drunk makes things easier for predators. (See previous paragraph.) I see not getting drunk as a risk reduction technique no different than locking a car or front door to prevent theft and other crimes. I'm saying that with rape allegations, the inclination is to assume they're false until conclusively proven true. I'm saying let's start off assuming they're true and then try to confirm them, in the process of which we hope unsupportable cases will fall apart. If I really felt accusation equals indisputable fact, I would never have characterized the Duke or Brawley allegations as false. Also unsupportable cases need not involve false accusations. They can be cases that the prosecution feels it's unlikely to win. Acquaintance rape (which is what the majority of rape cases involve), which usually involve the defense alleging consent, are notoriously hard to prove. I've never said shakedowns are impossible. I've said they're not usually the reason why rape accusations are made. Where we disagree is that in the kind of high-profile allegations that get discussed here, it's always your first theory. I would be interested to know why you haven't been fulminating against people for assuming that Dennis Hastert was paying off a victim of child sexual abuse without proof or even an accusation on the record. That seems inconsistent. Is it because child victims are more believable than adults? Or more sympathetic? Or that since the statute of limitations on any crime has passed, it's okay to speculate? In any event, I appreciate the vote of confidence that I'm not motivated by hatred of men.

That's three words, Mr. Smith!

How about email? Pretty sure there's an email address around here somewhere.

I like all kinds of songs, so I can't pick one favorite. WilliamM, thank you for reminding me about Patti Smith. "Because the Night" is one of the most erotic songs ever. Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane singing David Crosby's "Triad": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4HlOnA9NgQ Taeyang singing "Let Go": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQedG8DSO7o English translation here.

Hey, now we're getting personal...unless you managed to miss all my references to the past practice of law. On the bright side, perhaps I don't need a strap-on to be able to boast of being a good top.

Oh, Mr. Slater, naughty, naughty!

I didn't get it at first either. Do I get bonus points for figuring it out the second time I read it?

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Not exploring further, or at least asking questions, when my college boyfriend said it was okay with him if I slept with a friend of his I'd told him I was interested in as long as he was present. It wasn't until later that I found out that some guys enjoy watching their partners have sex with someone else. (My assumption was that he would be jealous.) Who knows? Maybe it would have turned into a threesome.

Kris Holden-Ried is absolutely perfectly cast as Dyson. And I'm not usually into werewolves.

I knew someone would turn this into a pun.

I prefer ballet dancers' physiques to bodybuilders'. As that famous philosopher Sly Stone said, diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.