03-14-2018, 04:28 AM
I remember that thread Men only...It as a good thread and we had lots of good post to it and we were communicating. Ah I think that is the start of most healthy relationships.
As for liberated...Vancouver might be Gay Disneyland of the north but to me, it really is a none starter. I don't play ping pong so I am not really interested in discussing paddles and balls. I get many friends, co-workers, and associates do like ping-pong and they enjoy topics about it. Doesn't mean we can't be friends and it doesn't mean your worldview is or has to be ping-pong centred. A non-starter. If you like to wear your ping-pong team jacket out when we go out for dinner that is cool. I might good naturally tease you about it and you can critique my wardrobe choices too. I don't mind if other people in the restaurant think I play for your ping pong team because you're wearing your jacket. I am me your friend and you are you. If I am to be judged by the company I keep then fine, you are my friend and so you must be a great person and if others wish to reduce everything to a sport you play then they are pretty shallow. Thanks for saving me the time figuring it out myself.
A non-starter. A non-issue. About as important to me as the colour of your skin.
I once had a friend come out to me after we had been friends for seven years. I think it was pretty anti-climatic for him. He got all serious and I honestly thought he was going to tell me he was dying of cancer. When he told me the big secret I said: "yeah I knew that a couple of weeks after we met."
Who really cares what colour another person paints their wagon?
I don't get the big ticket issue many countries, cultures, and societies make of this.
Faith/Politics and resources/idea of family?
Ah HELLO!! North America is a country of immigrants. We all brought different ideas about ALL those things from the places we came from.
Now we are here. We need to love the things that unite us and be liberal about the things that divide us. I am not going to toss rocks at someone because they play or like Ping Pong.
So over here the lady/women/wimin/girl thread is hidden to try an avoid accidental exposure to things that some wish to say only in the lady's room. Not an issue and I get it some stuff I've said in the locker room I wouldn't want to expose my sisters too. Not an issue.
But I don't think orientation should separate us. I've had very enlightening conversations with ping pong playing female friends. But other topics of a sensitive GENDER notion; yeah I don't really need, or want, to be in the loop. Invisible is best, just avoids the male opps factor!
GENDER is GENDER
Orrientation is Orrientation.
Binary...Ok first work out all the grammar changes that have to occur in a language (English) that has no grammar differences like Russian and French have and we can make a separate safe place for you. If you identify then you should be on the hook to clarify how we pluralize the adverbs required for a present future perfect tense sentence. Too much work? OK then I will use they, them and just join the campfire and have a drink. I don't care if you play Ping-Pong or Checkers. How do you like your hotdog!
As for liberated...Vancouver might be Gay Disneyland of the north but to me, it really is a none starter. I don't play ping pong so I am not really interested in discussing paddles and balls. I get many friends, co-workers, and associates do like ping-pong and they enjoy topics about it. Doesn't mean we can't be friends and it doesn't mean your worldview is or has to be ping-pong centred. A non-starter. If you like to wear your ping-pong team jacket out when we go out for dinner that is cool. I might good naturally tease you about it and you can critique my wardrobe choices too. I don't mind if other people in the restaurant think I play for your ping pong team because you're wearing your jacket. I am me your friend and you are you. If I am to be judged by the company I keep then fine, you are my friend and so you must be a great person and if others wish to reduce everything to a sport you play then they are pretty shallow. Thanks for saving me the time figuring it out myself.
A non-starter. A non-issue. About as important to me as the colour of your skin.
I once had a friend come out to me after we had been friends for seven years. I think it was pretty anti-climatic for him. He got all serious and I honestly thought he was going to tell me he was dying of cancer. When he told me the big secret I said: "yeah I knew that a couple of weeks after we met."
Who really cares what colour another person paints their wagon?
I don't get the big ticket issue many countries, cultures, and societies make of this.
Faith/Politics and resources/idea of family?
Ah HELLO!! North America is a country of immigrants. We all brought different ideas about ALL those things from the places we came from.
Now we are here. We need to love the things that unite us and be liberal about the things that divide us. I am not going to toss rocks at someone because they play or like Ping Pong.
So over here the lady/women/wimin/girl thread is hidden to try an avoid accidental exposure to things that some wish to say only in the lady's room. Not an issue and I get it some stuff I've said in the locker room I wouldn't want to expose my sisters too. Not an issue.
But I don't think orientation should separate us. I've had very enlightening conversations with ping pong playing female friends. But other topics of a sensitive GENDER notion; yeah I don't really need, or want, to be in the loop. Invisible is best, just avoids the male opps factor!
GENDER is GENDER
Orrientation is Orrientation.
Binary...Ok first work out all the grammar changes that have to occur in a language (English) that has no grammar differences like Russian and French have and we can make a separate safe place for you. If you identify then you should be on the hook to clarify how we pluralize the adverbs required for a present future perfect tense sentence. Too much work? OK then I will use they, them and just join the campfire and have a drink. I don't care if you play Ping-Pong or Checkers. How do you like your hotdog!
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