Members Ryan Trevisol Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 I know but my sexual orientation has nothing to do with this post.I'd post the same thing if I was straight. No, you wouldn't. At the very least you would've phrased it very differently (you wouldn't say "what if I", it would've been "what if somone", or "what if a female member") You need to understand two things about the heterosexual male mind. 1) Many of them are capable of playing that kind of devil's advocate, but will take HUGE measures to distance themselves from any perceived homosexuality. 2) If there were more than, oh, I'd say 5 avatars featuring scantily-clad muscular men on here, all the straight men would have avatars turned off. If you were straight, you'd know the unequivocal answer to your question would be YES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dom1412 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Or actually do work while you're at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 No, you wouldn't. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 No, you wouldn't. At the very least you would've phrased it very differently (you wouldn't say "what if I", it would've been "what if somone", or "what if a female member")You need to understand two things about the heterosexual male mind. 1) Many of them are capable of playing that kind of devil's advocate, but will take HUGE measures to distance themselves from any perceived homosexuality. 2) If there were more than, oh, I'd say 5 avatars featuring scantily-clad muscular men on here, all the straight men would have avatars turned off. If you were straight, you'd know the unequivocal answer to your question would be YES. No, these are macho heteros who are too worried about their masculinity. I see many things I dont like, as avatars or not, but I dont turn it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plunky Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Some political avatars (not restricted to this forum) smack of hatred, and that is far more offensive to me than those showing beautiful women.I'm starting to avoid threads with lots of YouTube embeds. I read at 50 posts per page, and threads with a ton of YouTube embeds really put a strain on whatever browser I'm running at the time (Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome). I need to figure out how to shift the embeds into simple links, so I can launch them on demand in a new tab. Run Firefox with Flashblock. Lets you choose which videos to play or not play rather than immediately loading them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Some political avatars (not restricted to this forum) smack of hatred, and that is far more offensive to me than those showing beautiful women.. Tell me about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fusion1 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Well, I wont put a pic of an ugly man now would I?In what context?In the context of making jokes that make the OP seem like an attention whore or putting erotic avatars of men, like the ones of females here? The neverending innuendos of gay or gay sex. It is annoying and what you do in your own bedroom is your business, keep it that way. Some of us prefer not to hear about the adventures of Adam and Steve in the Garden of Eden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratocaster202 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 IMHO pictures of half naked women are not going to have a detrimental effect on children: nudity is a fact of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members niceguy Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 I know the 'No nippleage' and 'no fur' rule has been mostly obeyed, but I can't cope with the jizz-mag shots, even though the specified body parts aren't on show. So avatars are off for me now - back to learning who people are from their names. dude, I turned off avatars YEARS ago. most avs are pretty pathetic---"look at me, I post about strats and I have a picture of a sexy lady!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Run Firefox with Flashblock. Lets you choose which videos to play or not play rather than immediately loading them. Awesome. Thanks for that. I knew there had to be a solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 The neverending innuendos of gay or gay sex. It is annoying and what you do in your own bedroom is your business, keep it that way. Some of us prefer not to hear about the adventures of Adam and Steve in the Garden of Eden. "Adam and Steve"? Did you take it from Philadelphia? And for god's sake my OP was about pissing people off and finding out their reaction, not about my own sexual orientation. Also, I am thinking about turning off avy's my self, how do you do so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 The neverending innuendos of gay or gay sex. It is annoying and what you do in your own bedroom is your business, keep it that way. Some of us prefer not to hear about the adventures of Adam and Steve in the Garden of Eden. What about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 IMHO pictures of half naked women are not going to have a detrimental effect on children: nudity is a fact of life. Goatse is also a fact of life. I'm grown & sure as {censored} wish I'd never seen it. It cannot be unseen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 What about this? Oh god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RooSTER-b Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Far be it for me to bitch about anyone's avatar (ahem......see mine) but I will weigh in on the half naked chick thing........there are very few females who post here regularly, and I can see why. If the gals took over the forum and started posting beefcake pics, the boys would revolt and drop like flies. That's my 2 cents (and it's worth about a tenth of that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Far be it for me to bitch about anyone's avatar (ahem......see mine) but I will weigh in on the half naked chick thing........there are very few females who post here regularly, and I can see why. If the gals took over the forum and started posting beefcake pics, the boys would revolt and drop like flies. That's my 2 cents (and it's worth about a tenth of that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratocaster202 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 In Ferdinand's defence the HC forums are filled with heterosexual innuendos so what's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 In Ferdinand's defence the HC forums are filled with heterosexual innuendos so what's the problem? They're also filled with homosexual innuendos in equal measure as I've noticed. From straight & gay alike. Why come to someone's defence when they aren't under attack? Are you Nancy Grace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A-20 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 IMHO pictures of half naked women are not going to have a detrimental effect on children: nudity is a fact of life. Afraid not. A-holes are also a fact of life, but that doesn't mean I want to/its beneficial to look at them while posting. The images we allow to come into our brain effect our behavior. That's why the ancient wisdom of the Bible says "think about whatever things are lovely, good, honorable and praiseworthy." because "as a person thinks, so are they." Not saying that to preach, but pointing out that as a concerned parent it does matter what my children see because it effects their behavior and who they become. Nudy-girl-pics are about sexuality, not anatomy. As for myself, since I want to stay married to the same wonderful woman the rest of my life... I need to fill my head with things which will lead to that outcome. I want to practice honoring women and seeing them as people instead of objects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratocaster202 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Goatse is also a fact of life. I'm grown & sure as {censored} wish I'd never seen it.It cannot be unseen. But goatse is meant to be disgusting whereas the avatars in question aren't, but I do agree I wouldn't want me or my kids to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RooSTER-b Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 They're also filled with homosexual innuendos in equal measure as I've noticed. From straight & gay alike. Why come to someone's defence when they aren't under attack?Are you Nancy Grace? Hey.....my monkey is not about any innuendo. (he's just flamboyant and proud) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratocaster202 Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Afraid not. A-holes are also a fact of life, but that doesn't mean I want to/its beneficial to look at them while posting. The images we allow to come into our brain effect our behavior. That's why the ancient wisdom of the Bible says "think about whatever things are lovely, good, honorable and praiseworthy." because "as a person thinks, so are they."Not saying that to preach, but pointing out that as a concerned parent it does matter what my children see because it effects their behavior and who they become. Nudy-girl-pics are about sexuality, not anatomy. As for myself, since I want to stay married to the same wonderful woman the rest of my life... I need to fill my head with things which will lead to that outcome. I want to practice honoring women and seeing them as people instead of objects. If that's the case whatever you do don't go to Paris, unless you're prepared to blindfold your children when you walk past a newsagents. At young ages, young children have no sexual drive so how does something that is stimulating only once a certain hormonal level has been reached affect them. Or am I misinterpreting your posts and are you more concerned about your kids considering women to be objects? EDIT: I missed the line abut women as objects, and that I agree with, I misinterpreted the reasons behind earlier posts and thought they were more concerned about the images having some form of traumatising effect upon children, however the comment about Paris still stands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Hey.....my monkey is not about any innuendo. (he's just flamboyant and proud) You're monkey is male? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RooSTER-b Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 You're monkey is male? I've never checked. don't ask don't tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chippy Posted April 29, 2009 Members Share Posted April 29, 2009 Hey.....my monkey is not about any innuendo. (he's just flamboyant and proud) He has the same shade rouge as mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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