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| 06-02-19 06:37am - 2049 days | #5 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User  Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Spam, particularly the Portuguese Sausage variety, is very popular in Hawai'i. I see a lot of it sold at my local Hawaiian food joint. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 06-02-19 06:33am - 2049 days | #3 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Weird Al Yankovic, on his "In 3-D" album, had a track called "Theme from Rocky XIII (The Rye or the Kaiser)" to the tune of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger." I wonder if he could make a Rambo-themed song? "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 06-02-19 06:28am - 2049 days | #8 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I think Amber Luke is pretty, and I dig the blue hair. I'm not a fan of tattoos, especially big ones (small, unobtrusive ones are okay), but Amber is hot. I think you'll find a lot of generational differences in reaction to Amber's appearance. To the older crowd tattoos were something for sailors and rebels. Now they've become accepted in a way that would have been unthinkable three decades ago. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 05-28-19 03:43pm - 2053 days | #2 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Wow, talk about the pot and the kettle. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 05-28-19 03:41pm - 2053 days | #6 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
In normally sunny California, where it's usually warm and sunny in May, we've had one of the coldest and wettest Mays I can remember. My sympathies to my friends north of the border. I was listening to hockey games in April and they were still talking about snow. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 05-14-19 07:39pm - 2067 days | #3 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I know that the foundations of the internet were laid some 50 years ago, but it wasn't until the mid 1990s that internet usage became mainstream. I graduated college in December of 1994, and the extent of the internet was being able to look up the titles of some books in the library across town (at UCLA). "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 05-14-19 06:50pm - 2067 days | #2 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I am a huge fan of August Ames. It's been hard to deal with her loss, as I've mentioned before I sometimes have issues looking at her work. But thanks for the notice, I'll probably give it a listen. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 04-25-19 04:50pm - 2086 days | #6 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I definitely will see Avengers: Endgame, but probably not until sometime in May. I'm kind of worried because I didn't see Captain Marvel, and I might have missed some stuff. But I saw Avengers Infinity War without ever seeing Doctor Strange either. So it's probably less an issue than it might be. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 04-23-19 06:20pm - 2088 days | #3 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I recall when I was a kid that every Easter there were a ton of Biblical themed movies on TV ("Barabus," "The Robe," "The Greatest Story Ever Told," "The Ten Commandments," etc). Now we get porn discounts to celebrate Holy Week. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 04-09-19 04:24pm - 2102 days | #6 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I've had chronic health problems since childhood. I'm on SSI because I cannot work, and qualify for MediCal. But because my condition requires specialists I cannot get access to under MediCal, I still have to buy an individual policy at full price (I cannot get subsidies because I qualify for MediCal) to get access to the health care I need. The cost for the policy is almost 67% of my monthly benefit from SSI. The United States has some of the best health providers in the world, but the absolutely worst delivery system for health care among OECD nations. It's a disgrace. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 04-05-19 04:08pm - 2106 days | #7 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
The proliferation of CAPTCHAs is more a reflection of how many bots are on the interwebs than anything else. They're an annoyance, but definitely better than servers being slowed down by innumerable bots. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 04-04-19 06:10pm - 2107 days | #11 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
What if my fantasy is for sites like Reddit to disappear? "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 04-04-19 06:08pm - 2107 days | #2 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
A lot of my friends are big podcast listeners, mainly of Hardcore History and/or Critical Role (a D&D podcast). I've got a few Hardcore History episodes downloaded, but I never seem to find the time to listen to them. My friends rave about them. Freddie, have you ever heard Mark Blythe? He's a political economist at Brown. He does a podcast with Carrie Nordlund who's a political science prof. It's called "mark and carrie" and is available on soundcloud. If your like Chapo Trap House, you also might like one called "Philosophy Tube" on YouTube. For some reason I'll watch stuff on youtube, but not sit through an audio-only podcast.  "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 04-02-19 12:57pm - 2110 days | #5 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I wish I had caught that in my review. Sorry. I still think Adult Time does a lot right and is what people have been wanting for years, but I'd now rate it a bit lower for raising the price after the introductory price, and for basically offering porn they don't have. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-29-19 03:38pm - 2113 days | #27 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I think you catch the most flies with dog poo.  "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-29-19 03:35pm - 2113 days | #26 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I don't recall it written anywhere that people or life cannot disappoint me. It's allowed. I certainly won't change the person I am because of it. I think anonymity on the internet is a boon in some ways, but a huge detraction in others. It does seem to bring out the lowest common denominator in humanity. P.S. Thanks, I like this pic. I found it doing an image search for Dark Angel. I looked online but couldn't find a particular artist to attribute it to, but it looks like something from the Warcraft franchise to me. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-28-19 01:10pm - 2115 days | #5 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I very infrequently check Reddit. I've never gone to any porn subreddit. The only subreddit I regularly visit is one for gaming (r/dndnext). "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-28-19 12:48pm - 2115 days | #34 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
PU is in a difficult place here, needing to balance the freedom of members to write reviews without fear of harassment with the needs of the website owners. Although I think PU should immediately condemn any signs of harassment I'm not sure posting their response to mbaya is constructive. Mbaya, you have my support, as would any member harassed by a website owner. But maybe it's time to let this go. It may be hard, but you'll definitely be the bigger man to do so. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-27-19 11:46pm - 2115 days | #23 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I'm just disappointed I cannot seem to civilly talk politics with people online. Maybe I'm naive, but I think that the web is a public space, and even if we're anonymous or psuedononymous we have an obligation to comport ourselves in a civil manner. It's kind of funny because I'm not really naive and quite the cynic. I just think I hold myself to a high standard of behavior and keep hoping other people do too. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-26-19 11:10am - 2117 days | #20 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Politics is always a touchy subject, but I wanted to have an honest discussion with people and learn more from them. I am open to changing my mind, and like to look at things from different points of view. Not everyone wants to persuade or inform, the dominant mindset seems to be 'you must agree with me or I have a right to be insulting.' It's kind of funny, because I don't agree with anyone I know on most things politically, but we talk politics civilly all the time. I figured it would be okay to try that here. I was wrong. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-26-19 09:29am - 2117 days | #17 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I wasn't sure where I should report it, but I was pretty confident you could pass it on to the right people. thanks, Freddie P.S. Feel better soon! "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-26-19 06:42am - 2117 days | #14 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Hi Freddie, I've noticed in the last few weeks that I cannot add a reply to the Trust Ratings page. I click on the link to Add Reply and a form comes up, but there's no way to submit the information and when I go back to my Trust Ratings page, nothing I write is there. Can you get one of the tech staff to check it out? I can send you my computer's stats if you'd like. Loki "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-25-19 07:20pm - 2117 days | #26 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
From the Terms and Conditions (Updated October, 2018 ): Last line about Prohibited Actions: "To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website or expose them to liability." From Content Standards: "User Contributions must not: Contain any material which is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable. (and) Cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety or be likely to upset, embarrass, alarm, or annoy any other person." Are the Terms and Conditions to apply to the whole PU community, or just to those of us who write reviews? (though I don't do that all that often) "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-25-19 06:22pm - 2117 days | #24 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Mike C, please consider the community here. The owner of ASD was abusive. People won't want to contribute here if you let abusive behavior slide. I also find it strange that after 3 days of this thread, there is not a SINGLE comment by PU staff at all. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." Edited on Mar 25, 2019, 06:29pm | |
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| 03-25-19 05:56pm - 2117 days | #13 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Yes. I had a few discussions on lk2fireone's thread about politics with a couple of people who got pretty insulting. At least one of them was suspended. I was kind of upset about it; I didn't want them banned, I just wanted to discuss things civilly. I can stand up for myself, and castigating people in public pretty much shows the limitations of the persons throwing the shade. But it has happened. It was about political material, not sexual orientation or porn preference, but.... "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-25-19 05:52pm - 2117 days | #1423 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
My liberal friends all felt that Mueller's report would be a proverbial smoking gun. I kept telling them that was foolish. Now that there will be no further criminal charges, we can get back to serving the public interest. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-25-19 05:46pm - 2117 days | #22 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I don't really understand what's so difficult here. A site that relies on users to voluntarily spend their own money and time to get access to sites, then spend hours writing reviews, getting abused on that site? Ban the dude IMMEDIATELY. There have been a few members I have had issues with and they all got banned when they crossed a line. Why are the reviewers held to a higher standard for conduct than the porn sites? It's wrong. I'm really sorry you've gone through this. I just got back to PU after being busy the last few weeks. I immediately read up on the issue and wrote you to let you know some of us out here want to stand up for decency and respectful conduct. Publicly at that. (And if I get banned, so be it. I can stop spending hours writing reviews. I never won first place in the lottery anyway. LOL) "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-25-19 05:30pm - 2117 days | #20 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Hey mbaya, sorry to read about this bad experience. I read the review and all the responses. I think your review was well-detailed and informative (as usual). I think the webmaster took a strong dislike to your review and was openly hostile and behaving exactly in the manner that we hope to keep PornUsers free of. I haven't been on PU in a while, not even lurking, so I just saw this. I wanted to send you my support and hope this doesn't deter you from writing reviews in the future. I have always felt that pornusers should be an open and respectful community. Reviewers who are afraid to write honest reviews because they're afraid of harassment singularly undermines the mission of pornusers. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-08-19 05:02pm - 2134 days | #2 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
From International Women's Day's website: "International Women's Day (March 8 ) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. International Women's Day (IWD) has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Prior to this the Socialist Party of America, United Kingdom's Suffragists and Suffragettes, and further groups campaigned for women's equality. Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. IWD is not country, group or organization specific. Make IWD your day - everyday." I find it ironic that on a day "celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women" that we here at PU offer discounts to porn sites (which are all sites featuring women). Let's take this day to celebrate a few achievements, that have been long fought and struggled to obtain: Women no longer being seen as chattel of their husbands Universal Female Suffrage Women's access to reproductive control of their lives Women's ability to have economic lives separate from a man Women achieving greater political, economic, and social participation #IWD2019 #BalanceforBetter "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-08-19 12:43pm - 2135 days | #1418 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I see your point, lk2fireone, but disagree. It's not debate between Trump and Democratic candidates, but between the Democratic candidates alone. Fox will have a pro-Trump bias and likely ask slanted questions of the Democratic candidates, but those candidates will need to be able to make the case for their election to the many people in the US who think the exact same way that Fox does. If they can't make a good case in a debate environment, what chance do they have in a general election? I think a Fox-hosted Democratic debate will be biased towards Trump, but in what way does literally ignoring the thoughts and questions Trump supporters have make a stronger Democratic candidate? Wouldn't any Democrat who could show backbone, charisma, and poise in a Fox-hosted debate actually be a strong candidate? I personally don't care whether the Democratic Party does a Fox News-hosted debate in the primaries. I am not a Democrat and it's up the their party to decide which presidential candidate should be their standard bearer in 2020. I just question whether or not this decision is in the best interest of our republic. Isn't one of the biggest problems in this country that two political tribes just constantly appeal to their own bases and ignore everyone who disagrees with them? How does not letting Fox News host a Democratic debate change that dynamic? It doesn't. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-07-19 09:51pm - 2135 days | #1416 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I don't think that avoiding Fox News is a good move for Democrats. Fox has the highest ratings of any news network and is watched by many Americans who feel ignored and overlooked by "elites" on the coasts. Failing to engage with the audience of Fox News is akin to Hillary Clinton's failure to campaign in Rust Belt states in 2016. It reinforces the idea that the Democrats are ignoring vast portions of the American electorate. It's also a further entrenchment into us vs. them political tribes that is damaging the republic. And what does it say about the Democratic field? That they're too scared to engage Fox News? If they're too scared to take on Fox, how do they hope to prevail in 2020 against Trump, who will be able to tell his base and swing voters that the Democrats ignored them and were afraid of a challenging venue? Yes, Fox News is almost an extension of the Republican Party and President Trump. But what kind of person who seriously considers themselves qualified to be president can make the argument that they can handle the pressures of the presidency if they can't handle Fox News? "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-05-19 03:33pm - 2137 days | #21 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Thanks Freddie and PU. The Norse god Loki is more than just a trickster god, or god of mischief. He is both integral to the success of the Aesir (the main group of Norse gods) and opposed to them. It's complicated. It seemed a fitting handle for me. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-03-19 04:24pm - 2139 days | #1414 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Impeachment is a political process, not a legal one, so it is no panacea. It's not likely to actually end up in the removal of a president. It literally never has (no president has ever been removed from office through impeachment, though a few federal judges have). The specific grounds for articles of impeachment are the crux of the matter about political succession. If the Trump-Pence campaign is accused of criminal conspiracy, how could Vice President Pence then assume the presidency as a benefactor of the conspiracy? Impeachment is not a magic bullet solution. It's more like using a sledgehammer when a scalpel would be better. I'm not a prognosticator, but the most likely scenario would be a state of constant investigation of the President and his campaign and businesses for the next two years, concurrent with federal and state prosecutions for any crimes thus unveiled. With President Trump having a floor of about 30-40% support in the electorate, there's not much else that can happen. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-03-19 02:38pm - 2139 days | #3 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Chaturbate has some extremely nice models. I'd love to see some of them in more mainstream venues, but being chat/cam girls gives them more control over what they want to do, and a lot of the advantages listed by lk2fireone. Carolina Ramirez is an absolutely stunning trans performer I'd love to see somewhere else. But being Columbian, she can do her thing on Chaturbate and not have to relocate to the United States. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 03-03-19 11:58am - 2140 days | #1412 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
If President Trump is impeached and convicted by the Senate, there is a possibility that Vice President Pence might not be able to assume the presidency. In circumstances where the Trump-Pence campaign was found to have committed a criminal conspiracy (or other wrong doing), Vice President Pence would be implicated in the wrong doing too. Therefore it is not unreasonable that he too would have to resign, and House Speaker Pelosi would become president. This is one of the reasons that I find the possibility of impeachment slim. It would be seen as a coup against a government by the opposition party in the eyes of more than 40% of the U.S. public. Very dangerous territory. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-28-19 05:53pm - 2142 days | #101 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I don't dispute that the thread is useful. I think that there's two competing goals: getting more people to contribute to our community here at PU and getting quality information in the reviews. To some degree, it's a trade off. We should welcome all. It's also to be noted that some members write very few reviews (like me), but that that isn't the only way one can contribute here. I know when I wrote my first review I wasn't sure what to write. I spent hours reading reviews on PU, analyzing what other reviewers did, and then jumped in head first. A little guidance would have been invaluable. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-28-19 05:47pm - 2142 days | #4 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Best of luck to you in Columbia, jook. I've been a fan of South American girls for a long, long time, and am kind of jealous. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-28-19 05:44pm - 2142 days | #99 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I feel kind of sheepish about this, but I never even THINK about whether download manager support is available for a site. I don't ever use one. It simply never occurred to me. I also think whether or not a site supports download managers is in the official TBP review. Everyone has their own style with reviews, and if we focus too much on "what makes a good review" will admittedly give us all the same information to work with, but also limits the potential writers of reviews. Not all reviews will be helpful, especially as we're all (supposedly) amateurs at it. PU has criteria for reviews. As long as those criteria are met, publish them all. Otherwise we self-limit the potential contributors to the site. We all bring different qualifications to the reviews we write. If the goal is to get amateur reviews, the cost is that some of those reviews will be, well, amateurish. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-28-19 05:14pm - 2142 days | #1410 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I laugh at the irony of the anti-welfare state crowd, who believe that people should get what they've worked for, supporting Trump and his family/friends, all of whom were born with a silver spoon in their mouth. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-28-19 05:08pm - 2142 days | #9 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I love this suggestion. I've mentioned before that you can only review what you join, so those of us on limited budgets are essentially structurally locked out of the weekly raffle. Giving points for other reasons should really be investigated. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-28-19 05:03pm - 2142 days | #15 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I have several friends in LA who work in the film industry. Some are screenwriters, some actors. Most are part of the industry guilds that give their members all of the movies nominated for awards to them for free. I have one actor friend who has told me that the only reason he ever does any acting it to keep his credentials current with SAG so he keeps getting free movies. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-28-19 05:00pm - 2142 days | #5 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I know that you want to attract more users to the site, and rewarding those with good interactions on the site is fine, but I kind of fear that this will devolve into the same people winning every time. The weekly raffle already has this issue. People who have the money to join sites can write more reviews, so they win all the rewards. Poorer users, with limited budgets are sort of locked out of the competition. It needs some thought into what the criteria and judging will be. I think focusing on a reward for winning rather than whether the original concept is a net positive is premature. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-26-19 08:40am - 2145 days | #12 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Kind of a parallel for how "Driving Miss Daisy" won Best Picture over a field that included "Born on the Fourth of July," "Dead Poets Society," "Field of Dreams," and "My Left Foot." Spike Lee has made compelling and meaningful movies. His contributions to cinema are great enough that he will be acknowledged by the Academy with an honorary award, but because his films challenge orthodoxy, he either (a) will never win Best Picture or (b) will finally win Best Picture for his last feature film. Hollywood works that way. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-26-19 08:32am - 2145 days | #11 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Peter O'Toole was nominated for his portrayal of T.E. Lawrence in "Lawrence of Arabia" which won seven Academy Awards (out of ten nominations). This was possibly the greatest role he ever did. He was nominated for Best Actor, and lost to Gregory Peck for his portrayal of Atticus Finch in "To Kill A Mockingbird" and probably rightly so. Some never win Oscar gold. The whole process is kind of ridiculous. At the inaugural Academy Awards, the dog Rin Tin Tin won the most votes for Best Actor, but the award was given to a human actor, Emil Jannings, as they didn't want the first award to go to a dog. There was someone, I don't recall who, who pointed out that the whole Academy Awards process for giving acting awards is ridiculous. The person pointed out that to truly judge which performer was best, they would all have to be in the same roll in the same movie, and the Academy would decide which performer was best in the role. This is impossible, but it does point out the absurdities of judging different performances in different movies against each other. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-26-19 05:01am - 2145 days | #8 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
mbaya, "Birdman" won for the same reasons "The Artist" won, which is namely that the Academy is made up of film professionals, and they absolutely LOVE movies about their industry and the people who make it. This kind of inward focus of the Academy and the industry makes films like "Birdman" very popular. It wasn't just an award for the film, but more a kind of cathartic acknowledgement of it's star, Michael Keaton. Keaton is a talented actor, and casting him as Batman was a great idea (I loved his performance, in an otherwise so-so movie). But Keaton's career took a nosedive. "Birdman" winning was not only about an actor, but an actor doing stage work (another fave for the Academy, see "Shakespeare in Love"), and mirrored Keaton's story. As much as the Academy loves patting itself on the back, they love redemption stories and Keaton's performance made that a critical darling. BTW, Keaton had made a great appearance as Dogberry (the lead of Messina's night watch) in Kenneth Branagh's 1993 movie adaption of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." There's also a strong undercurrent in the Academy that certain actors or directors "deserve" an Oscar, usually late in life after failing to win many times, and usually for an inferior performance. Henry Fonda winning for "On Golden Pond" was such an award. There's many more. This is kind of why Spike Lee, who didn't win for "Do the Right Thing" won an honorary Oscar for "contributions to film," but they still won't give him one for "BlacKKKlansman." "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." Edited on Feb 26, 2019, 05:14am (Loki: added the last paragraph) | |
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| 02-26-19 01:43am - 2145 days | #7 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I don't know what you find sad about this. It's not clear if you mean my finding it hard to watch movies or porn made by people who committed suicide or my being mentally ill. I've had bipolar disorder all my life. I wasn't even aware that other people didn't have mood swings or depression or suicidal ideology until I was 10. I've been in therapy and treatment since I was 12. It's not sad, just a fact of life. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-26-19 01:37am - 2145 days | #6 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
There is a big disconnect between the movies that people see and the ones nominated for the Academy Awards. Decades ago, most of the nominees for Best Picture were also among the movies with the biggest box office take. That changed. For the last few decades, almost no major awards picture is even in the top 20 of box office take. There is a big disconnect in the film industry between the movies made for money and the movies made for critical prestige. Almost all the biggest box office movies aren't considered for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, or Best Adapted Screenplay. Film is an industry where most of the movies are made to reap huge box office take, which is why so many big studio hits are so similar. Due to the lengthy production process of film, money chases tastes, so we tend to see very similar movies over and over (one of the reasons so many movies are sequels, prequels, or trilogies). The money invested is chasing the trend of what has succeeded before. The major exception to this is "Oscar Bait" movies. Many of them have small budgets, don't get seen by many people, and make very little money. The reason that these movies are made (they don't get high returns on investment, so why make them?) are strictly to get awards. The blockbusters are subsidizing the more interesting and provoking films that won't make money. It's imperative that these smaller films give the studios *something* for their investment, so they are usually geared to winning awards. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-25-19 03:33am - 2146 days | #4 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
After studying film history and theory at USC (leaving college in 1994), I was an avid follower of the Academy Awards for a few years. I was bitterly disappointed in the Academy's choices for Best Picture four years running ("Forest Gump" in 94, "Braveheart" in 95, "The English Patient" in 96, and most of all "Titanic" in 97). I lost even more interest when "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" lost in 2000 and was even more alienated when the superb "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" lost in 2001. Then the best superhero movie ever made wasn't even *nominated* for Best Picture, Best Director, or even Best Original Screenplay in 2008 ("The Dark Knight"). The Academy Awards have often gone to movies that, in hindsight, were obviously less influential in technical merit, cultural significance, or pushing the boundaries of cinema. "Annie Hall" was a really good movie, but in hindsight, wasn't "Star Wars" really a more significant movie in all three features than "Annie Hall?" The Academy is an industry awards show. It is a big night for the studios, as a win is a marketing and box office boon. But the awards given out by professional filmmakers and critics probably have more relevance, if not the cachet that the Oscars do. Hell, most years I'm way more interested in the Golden Raspberry Awards (the Razzies) than the Academy Awards. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-25-19 03:03am - 2146 days | #5 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
Yes. I watched Aladdin a few months ago, and found it super uncomfortable to laugh at the Genie's antics knowing full well that Robin Williams had suffered from serious mental illness and eventually took his own life. Maybe I'm more attuned to it than most, as I too suffer from mental illness. My thanks to PinkPanther, lk2fireone, and biker for your thought-provoking responses. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 02-23-19 02:42pm - 2147 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Loki (0)
Active User Posts: 395 Registered: Jun 13, '07 Location: California |
I've recently gone through my collection and spent a good deal of time reviewing sets and videos with August Ames. I've always liked her, and was going through her sets and found myself feeling a little weird about it. Ames committed suicide in 2017. I know that mental health issues affect many people, including lots of people in the porn industry, but wanted to ask how the PU community feels about looking at porn produced by performers who are dead. I enjoy August Ames' material--she was such a pretty and personable actress-- but at the same time it makes me sad. What do you think? "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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