Not really, I get enough hard core mail forwards that I can’t always keep up with them, and free real porn is so ubiquitous on the Googly-web that I cant see just why the hell anyone here would want soft porn on forumosa for… Only as a part of a fun/joke/silly/relevant Guy thread would I think it’s appropriate.
But I’d like to have an honest to goodness Guy forum for topics and tones that guys can present to one another. In just the past couple of days I’ve seen three or four topics that scream Guy Forum (screaming like a flaming mary with a chipped nail) - one was a guy who seemed to be crowing about a conquest, another a guy with a strange chick problem, and another few with juvenile (but hilarious) posts/responses/repartee that at least one Womens forum supporter found… unnecessary (Ok that was mine I admit). Most of those could still be posted in the main forums, but putting them in a Mens Forum might elicit significantly different/weirder/helpful responses.
But I’m not goin on a hunger strike or anythin, just a strong opinion that there’s some usefulness in it.
Women need their own forum.
Trust me.
Notwithstanding my own experience with the fairer sex {scoff!}, i actually have worked in a janitorial function before. I saw well what they purport to prove in their very own sanctuary. Some of them anyways.
[quote=“TwoTongues”]
But I’d like to have an honest to goodness Guy forum for topics and tones that guys can present to one another. In just the past couple of days I’ve seen three or four topics that scream Guy Forum (screaming like a flaming mary with a chipped nail) - one was a guy who seemed to be crowing about a conquest…[/quote]
[quote=“the chief”][quote=“TwoTongues”]
But I’d like to have an honest to goodness Guy forum for topics and tones that guys can present to one another. In just the past couple of days I’ve seen three or four topics that scream Guy Forum (screaming like a flaming mary with a chipped nail) - one was a guy who seemed to be crowing about a conquest…[/quote]
You mean…coitus??[/quote]
dont get me started dude, i got a rash on my ass today i cant hardly sit down
[quote=“TwoTongues”][quote=“the chief”][quote=“TwoTongues”]
But I’d like to have an honest to goodness Guy forum for topics and tones that guys can present to one another. In just the past couple of days I’ve seen three or four topics that scream Guy Forum (screaming like a flaming mary with a chipped nail) - one was a guy who seemed to be crowing about a conquest…[/quote]
You mean…coitus??[/quote]
dont get me started dude, i got a rash on my ass today i cant hardly sit down[/quote]
Not only is there HOURS of quality laugh material here, but I’d like to know which of these men agree are right on and which are BS.[/quote]
Why is that not perfect fodder for the D&R forum?
Not only is there HOURS of quality laugh material here, but I’d like to know which of these men agree are right on and which are BS.[/quote]
Why is that not perfect fodder for the D&R forum?[/quote]
I’d argue that men can be more manly on the topic in a mens forum, more dirty more chauvanistic and more truthful without getting a slapdown from some of the women members - the opposite but similar reason some women might feel more comfortable discussing the topic without men getting goofy and perverted on them.
Really? You’re afraid of being criticized by women, who make up a small percentage of our demographic? I don’t know what to say.
Yes, we all restrain ourselves from commenting on different things - there are things that I’ll say in front of my best friends that I won’t say in front of acquaintances. There are things I’ll talk about with family that I won’t talk about with friends. But Forumosa isn’t supposed to take the place of any of those things. From the rules:
Conversely, you also need to communicate in such a way as to “get along” with everybody, just as you would do at a real life get-together or dinner party.
If I were you, I’d post that article in the D&R forum, or mention it at a dinner party, and then relay my thoughts about it. If I thought my ideas would result in me being ostracized from the community I shared it with, I’d probably want to be a little introspective about the quality of my ideas, or the kinds of communities that I want to be part of.
Put it another way - why not post as if your name, and the name of your friends and family were easily discoverable. I do. Despite my use of a username, I have virtually no anonymity on this site. I’m accountable for everything I post, for over a decade now because people know who Maoman is. It doesn’t guarantee that everyone will like what I post, but it guarantees my comfort with everything I post.
Really? You’re afraid of being criticized by women, who make up a small percentage of our demographic? I don’t know what to say.[/quote]
I fail to see how that differs from what women talk about in a Women’s forum - by their own claims on this topic, they talk about things differently, and apparently do not feel comfortable about talking about some of them in front of men - do you give them the same shakedown?
Who’s talking about afraid, I’m talking about being able to speak our mind without offending the female members of the forum, and freedom to talk the way we do in real life - at a dinner party (or a beer party), and you’re getting all defensive about it. Have you ever known me to not speak my mind on this forum?
[quote=“Maoman”]From the rules:
Conversely, you also need to communicate in such a way as to “get along” with everybody, just as you would do at a real life get-together or dinner party.[/quote]
Not taking an issue personally and not getting offensively personal is different from “getting along”. I don’t see everyone on this forum “getting along” with everyone, though most keep it to a non-personal tone unless dragged into it. Since when do we have to get along with one-another on a forum?
[quote=“Maoman”]If I were you, I’d post that article in the D&R forum, or mention it at a dinner party, and then relay my thoughts about it. If I thought my ideas would result in me being ostracized from the community I shared it with, I’d probably want to be a little introspective about the quality of my ideas, or the kinds of communities that I want to be part of.
It’s not about ostracization or whatever the word is, it’s about me and others not offending some other members, ask any man in the forum if there are certain things he would talk about with his male friends and certain things he would talk about with a mixed crowd, and you know the answer is hell yes. Same with the women. To claim forumosa is like a dinner party just aint the full truth, even if that was your intention in creating the forum, because there’s a helluva lotta stuff that gets posted here that would not get talked about, at least in this fashion, at a mixed dinner party.
If you truly believe that, then disallow pseudonyms and hiding of private e-mail addresses and personal websites for everyone. Otherwise, your personal preference as to what you consider open to the public and what you keep private is just that - your personal preference. There are plenty of people on this board who I’d prefer to never meet and definitely am not interested in letting know my personal e-mail address and other personal info that can be gleaned from name and picture websites. Those who I decide I’d like to meet in person or on a private basis, I do so through PM or after meeting them live. And I’d argue that as moderator/owner of the website in general, maybe you personally have more of a reason to be more open about it: but in the end, it’s up to you.
How does one’s stand on privacy in a forum have anything to do with having special topics for people to discuss special (or stupid) things in special ways? You know from previous discussions with me that my rationale behind the mens forum is not in the interest of divisiveness, “tribalism”, or fear of women, so why the defensive tone?
Eew! The way I talk in real life doesn’t require me to be sequestered away from women. And I don’t tend to tolerate people very well who talk shit about women (unless you’re talking about something else that I haven’t thought of). I can’t think of anything I’d be likely to talk about at a dinner party that couldn’t be said in front of a woman.
Eew! The way I talk in real life doesn’t require me to be sequestered away from women. And I don’t tend to tolerate people very well who talk shit about women (unless you’re talking about something else that I haven’t thought of). I can’t think of anything I’d be likely to talk about at a dinner party that couldn’t be said in front of a woman.[/quote]
Even out of politeness, or concern for a woman’s feelings? Man I bet there’re probably some posts of yours lying around somewhere here that definitively contradict that statement. But if not, then based on parties I’ve had and nights out with friends, some of whom are on this forum, I’d say you’re in the absolute minority.
And no one’s talking about “sequestering”, we’re not monks, this isn’t 'nam; this is a small subset of topics and posts for the overall forum - just like the ladies have. And if it grew into a monstrosity with the bulk of posts going there - then I think that will have proved my point.
Eew! The way I talk in real life doesn’t require me to be sequestered away from women. And I don’t tend to tolerate people very well who talk shit about women (unless you’re talking about something else that I haven’t thought of). I can’t think of anything I’d be likely to talk about at a dinner party that couldn’t be said in front of a woman.[/quote]
Even out of politeness, or concern for a woman’s feelings? Man I bet there’re probably some posts of yours lying around somewhere here that definitively contradict that statement. But if not, then based on parties I’ve had and nights out with friends I’ve been on, some of whom are on this forum, I’d say you’re in the absolute minority.[/quote]
No doubt. I fully admit that I’m very picky indeed about who I’m prepared to spend time with in real life. I have a very small circle of close friends, about half of whom are women. I’m reasonably certain that if I were invited to a dinner party at which some of those people were likely to be offended by trash-talking by other guests, it wouldn’t be one I’d be interested in attending. Unless there was free booze.
All this talk is meaningless. What we really need is a ginger forum, wherein we can talk in piece away from you louts & layabouts.
As if it’s not enough that we’re discriminated in real life, we have to put up with the erstwhile whinging of Canucks, lowlanders, and smokers of hashish. None of whom, with perhaps a few exceptions, are any good at securing the perimeter.
Better Red, than…
[quote=“TheGingerMan”]All this talk is meaningless. What we really need is a ginger forum, wherein we can talk in piece away from you louts & layabouts.
As if it’s not enough that we’re discriminated in real life, we have to put up with the erstwhile whinging of Canucks, lowlanders, and smokers of hashish. None of whom, with perhaps a few exceptions, are any good at securing the perimeter.
Better Red, than…[/quote]
finish yer sentence, man! i’m on tenterhooks and i gotta pee soon
[quote=“TwoTongues”][quote=“TheGingerMan”]All this talk is meaningless. What we really need is a ginger forum, wherein we can talk in piece away from you louts & layabouts.
As if it’s not enough that we’re discriminated in real life, we have to put up with the erstwhile whinging of Canucks, lowlanders, and smokers of hashish. None of whom, with perhaps a few exceptions, are any good at securing the perimeter.
Better Red, than…[/quote]
finish yer sentence, man! i’m on tenterhooks and i gotta pee soon[/quote]
Give yourself some credit, afore I goggle some damn Leboswki quote. You know the answer, already.
Flankers, … Out!
[quote=“TheGingerMan”][quote=“TwoTongues”][quote=“TheGingerMan”]All this talk is meaningless. What we really need is a ginger forum, wherein we can talk in piece away from you louts & layabouts.
As if it’s not enough that we’re discriminated in real life, we have to put up with the erstwhile whinging of Canucks, lowlanders, and smokers of hashish. None of whom, with perhaps a few exceptions, are any good at securing the perimeter.
Better Red, than…[/quote]
finish yer sentence, man! I’m on tenterhooks and i gotta pee soon[/quote]
Give yourself some credit, afore I goggle some damn Leboswki quote. You know the answer, already.
Flankers, … Out![/quote]
ask anybody around here, i dont know jack :raspberry: or his evil twin brother herbert neither…
