Why are you here?

[Keroin]

Also, the fact that the threads are not too fast is actually something that contributed to me both de-lurking and staying around. Because of the opposite time zone and the fact that English it is not my native tongue, it takes me a little bit more time to express my thoughts and on boards where the threads get archived daily or have a quick turn over, I could never feel part of the community of it.

I am a native English speaker and I still like the speed, or lack thereof, of this board. It was especially helpful on the island, where my internet - as I'm sure everyone remembers from my endless complaints - was so damn slow.

This is what keeps me popping in - even though I'm talking to people about sex for large chunks of the day so on paper it might seem redundant, the conversations usually lack the connection of normal human discourse.

I can keep windows open, pop in, interact, pop out. If you are close to a chair at all times, it's something resembling a social life.

Wow, that sounds kinda sad. I love my job, I really do. It keeps me semi sane.

I don't think it's sad at all. I wasn't sure if I was going to stay on the board once I returned to civilization but now that I am office-bound most of the day, I find this the perfect sanity-stabilizer.

Also, on those days that the muse is silent, Lit helps to keep me from wandering away from the laptop. Sometimes it's just a matter of keeping yourself in the chair.

I'd like to see more silliness.

Wish I could help you there, Soumis. Unfortunately, I am a very serious person.

5. I've wandered into some of the other fora; some of them (GB, Playground, for example) are downright scary. AmPics is kinda fun once in a while.

I'm at home here in Talk and Café, have made some good online frienquaintances, I sometimes get a chance to share a pinch of my experiences, and I get lots of chances to learn from the experiences of others. What more can one ask of a forum? :: blink ::

One could ask for chocolate from a forum but I don't think one is likely to get it.

Yes, I've tried other forums. I like the poetry forum but I'm a terrible poet so I rarely visit. The GB scares the pants off me - well, the horrific spelling and grammar scares me. Some of the dudes in the AH just squik me out so bad I can't stay. Etc. I like it here best. Kind of a Goldilocks thing..."but the BDSM forum was just right!"

(If you say “the Internet” I will be forced to smack you)[/B]

Internet, internet, internet!

I am too tired to smack you and thus will resort to a verbal upbraiding...

POTATO BRAIN!!!

5. General Lit thoughts?
The GB is just way too weird for me. I'd rather hang out with the normal people who like to tie each other up, and beat on each other and set each other on fire for fun and... well, for fun.

Word.

I'm here for the people. I'm no longer in a BDSM relationship, but I still love all the friends I made when I was, so I stick around. This allows me to meet new people, too! And of course I love the opportunity to spout off. My opinions are still plentiful even if my activity is nil.

I love this, Etoile! Glad you stuck around.

 

[Keroin]

3. I eventually started visiting this forum more and more. It kind of scared me at first! Well, intimidated is probably a better word for it. I don't think I really said much until that Bratty thread with ataxia.girl. In the second thread in which I tried to talk about my personal experiences, I met with a response that was a little too harsh for me and I almost gave up on this board. I've since gotten over it...it was me having too thin a skin, which I probably still do, but it's thickening. I grow more comfortable sharing more of myself as time goes on.

I wonder how many folks lurking out there don't participate in discussions here because they are intimidated? Either by the uber-intelligent among us or the loudmouths such as myself?

1. What brought you to Lit and specifically to this forum? (If you say “the Internet” I will be forced to smack you)

I actually used to spend about 30 hours a week on a very vibrant antique tractor forum. One day, in a particularly nasty and personal debate with koolfarmguy1951 over whether the Fordson Super Major was a sweeter ride than the Lanz Spaniard 4090 (in their PRIME, mind you!), I looked up and thought:

What. the fuck. Are you doing?

I sold my collection of Marvel-Schebler vintage parts, found Lit and I'm much happier.

Oh my Cod! koolfarmguy1951, it's me kubotagurl!! Wow, what are the odds?

5) My main lit thought is of gratitude as even though friends have been and gone, I met one wonderful person who currently lights up my life every single day. We met on here, and are now a couple in RL and I wouldn't change it for the world and I consider myself the luckiest guy on the planet. This would be another reason why I will always visit lit and will never forget about it.

This is fantastic, Nax! Good for you!!

 

[neci]

Also, I have a frequent poster card, and I'm amassing points for special offers, coupons and hopefully, a free holiday turkey.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U6CSlZ6tx7w/R0V7AlCMRaI/AAAAAAAAAnE/lOkVxamgjGo/s400/turkey2.jpg

she comes bound and stuffed for Your pleasure.

 

[graceanne]

Wish I could help you there, Soumis. Unfortunately, I am a very serious person.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U6CSlZ6tx7w/R0V7AlCMRaI/AAAAAAAAAnE/lOkVxamgjGo/s400/turkey2.jpg

Some people just do not have enough to do with their time.

 

[Keroin]

Sure. In my opinion, the interesting discussions do one of two things. They die a quick death because two or three people will say something insightful and then everyone else says, "I agree." Or they'll turn into a who's got the bigger dick contest, which takes the focus away from the actual point of the thread.

Check out the longer threads in Talk. Most of them are arguments, LOL. Eastern sun's "Marks of a Slave" thread is a notable exception. The rest of them sorta just fizzle.

I would like to see more interesting discussions (insert your own definition of interesting discussion here ) that don't fizzle or get hijacked with BS.

I've been mulling this over. I'm probably guilty of the part in bold.

Also, sometimes I have trouble with how things are worded. I think like a man in the sense that if someone presents a question I usually assume they are looking for a solution. Sometimes I'll get six posts in before I realize, fuck, no, they just want to "discuss" the question, they don't want anything solved. At which point I usually bow out of the conversation.

I generally stay out of the Talk area for the most part and I do make an effort, (now), not to trample on the more sensitive...but I'm only human.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

Oh my Cod! koolfarmguy1951, it's me kubotagurl!! Wow, what are the odds?

Do NOT confuse me with that bastard koolfarmguy1951. Dude had a hair trigger, and was just downright nasty after the first frost. I'm DeepGreenDeere. Remember me now? I remember you. I still recall your sad attempts to justify using a plastic 7 inch fan blade in the 9 inch slot of your vintage Kubota. Sheesh.

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U6CSlZ6tx7w/R0V7AlCMRaI/AAAAAAAAAnE/lOkVxamgjGo/s400/turkey2.jpg

she comes bound and stuffed for Your pleasure.

I so want to pluck you.

 

[neci]

Some people just do not have enough to do with their time.

i know. i was bored today. really bored. i also wait all year for thanksgiving, just so i can get my hands on some really good turkey bondage pictures. they have to be some of my favorites.

 

[Keroin]

Do NOT confuse me with that bastard koolfarmguy1951. Dude had a hair trigger, and was just downright nasty after the first frost. I'm DeepGreenDeere. Remember me now? I remember you. I still recall your sad attempts to justify using a plastic 7 inch fan blade in the 9 inch slot of your vintage Kubota. Sheesh.

DeepGreenDeere? You fucker! Are you stalking me again?

The warrant specifically said you must keep 5 Internets away from me at all times!

 

[neci]

I so want to pluck you.

QUACK!!!!

wait, that's a duck.

um... GOBBLE!
hehehehe.... gobble.

 

[graceanne]

K! DGE! DO NOT MAKE ME SEPARATE YOU!

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

DeepGreenDeere? You fucker! Are you stalking me again?

The warrant specifically said you must keep 5 Internets away from me at all times!

The warrant ended Saturday at midnight. You never were a stickler for details, though, were you? You, who thought it was "not some kind of crime" to replace a Farmall Cub steering support with off-the-shelf stuff, "as long as it wasn't visible."

Listen, sister, we all knew it was there.

K! DGE! DO NOT MAKE ME SEPARATE YOU!

She started it.

 

[graceanne]

She started it.

Yeah? Well, I'm gonna finish it!

 

[DeepGreenEyes]

QUACK!!!!

wait, that's a duck.

um... GOBBLE!
hehehehe.... gobble.

I love it when you make those little game bird noises. Come over here.

 

[Keroin]

The warrant ended Saturday at midnight. You never were a stickler for details, though, were you? You, who thought it was "not some kind of crime" to replace a Farmall Cub steering support with off-the-shelf stuff, "as long as it wasn't visible."

Listen, sister, we all knew it was there.

Um, hello, I wasn't the one trying to fleece some poor sucker into shelling out 8 large for a 1530 John Deere, which is worth maybe 3K on a good day.

You sir, are no gentleman!

She started it.

Oh please, as if.

 

[graceanne]

You sir, are no gentleman!

*strikes dge off my troll experiment list*

*sigh*

 

[rida]

I generally stay out of the Talk area for the most part and I do make an effort, (now), not to trample on the more sensitive...but I'm only human.

I actually started out feeling more comfortable in Talk than in the Cafe. Mainly due to the fact that "friendships" somehow stand out more in the Cafe than in Talk, and it made it harder to feel welcomed. Not that the poster were unwelcoming per se. Just the way I feel when walking into a party room where people have known each other for a long time. (In the real world I veer for the kitchen: around food is the best place to make friends )

 

[graceanne]

(In the real world I veer for the kitchen: around food is the best place to make friends )

Yep, me too.

 

[Keroin]

I actually started out feeling more comfortable in Talk than in the Cafe. Mainly due to the fact that "friendships" somehow stand out more in the Cafe than in Talk, and it made it harder to feel welcomed. Not that the poster were unwelcoming per se. Just the way I feel when walking into a party room where people have known each other for a long time. (In the real world I veer for the kitchen: around food is the best place to make friends )

Yep, me too.

I tend to stay out of Talk for a few reasons. Mostly because I don't discuss the intimate details of my BDSMing, (too shy), and also because I feel I have very little to offer in the way of advice.

In the cafe I can talk about penguins or the Olympics or stuff that doesn't involve technical details and such. And I'm far less likely to trod on someone's feelings. I'm more comfy here.

 

[graceanne]

I tend to stay out of Talk for a few reasons. Mostly because I don't discuss the intimate details of my BDSMing, (too shy), and also because I feel I have very little to offer in the way of advice.

In the cafe I can talk about penguins or the Olympics or stuff that doesn't involve technical details and such. And I'm far less likely to trod on someone's feelings. I'm more comfy here.

I prefer the cafe for similar reasons, plus I've been hear too long (in some ways) and have very little tolerance for conversations that have been DONE. I know that they need to be redone for newbies, so I just avoid them, so as to keep from being an annoying kill-joy. I, also, won't go into extreme detail about my sex life, I was raised that that is private.

Plus, when I mention cookies in talk, I get dirty looks.

 

[BiBunny]

I've been mulling this over. I'm probably guilty of the part in bold.

Also, sometimes I have trouble with how things are worded. I think like a man in the sense that if someone presents a question I usually assume they are looking for a solution. Sometimes I'll get six posts in before I realize, fuck, no, they just want to "discuss" the question, they don't want anything solved. At which point I usually bow out of the conversation.

I generally stay out of the Talk area for the most part and I do make an effort, (now), not to trample on the more sensitive...but I'm only human.

Nah, you're not guilty of it. Not that I've seen, anyway. There's asking for clarification or offering advice, and then there's being an ass. I've seen you do the former, which is fine, but not the latter.

 

[Keroin]

Nah, you're not guilty of it. Not that I've seen, anyway. There's asking for clarification or offering advice, and then there's being an ass. I've seen you do the former, which is fine, but not the latter.

Good, glad to hear it.

I may not be an ass but I've been told I have a nice one.

 

[BiBunny]

Good, glad to hear it.

I may not be an ass but I've been told I have a nice one.

This post is worthless without pics!

 

[chy_girl]

This post is worthless without pics!

Better?

 

[BiBunny]

Better?

Perfect.