Your experiences on HIP forum.

Excellent perspective! I think it's healthy to entertain honest disagreements thoughtfully; the problem arises when someone takes it personally and returns with a personal attack. Name calling. Mind reading. Telling you what your opinion is and then attacking their version of your opinion. You know, like the news has come to do? Those exchanges can't go anywhere, except perhaps to hades.

 

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If there is one thing about you Gal I do know.
You don’t miss a flipping thing going on around here.
That nose you have for sniffing out the baddies won’t ever go rusty.
That’s for sure!

 

I know you love that thread. X

 

Nope I get feelings about some.
I am usually right.

 

When I disagree with anything, I go to great length to explain my reasoning. The mass hysteria about covid is a good example. I am not suggesting that their fears are not justified, but trying to get them to see a clearer picture.
I remember my response when I was concerned that Joyce could be overdosing on Potassium. Rather than call her stupid, which she is not, I went to great lengths to explain how an excess of blood potassium can upset heart arrhythmia, causing a fatal heart attack. I even mentioned that it was the way that Harold Shipman killed all his patients by adding potassium chloride to their intravenous line.
Perhaps I should not have posted online instructions for how to commit the almost perfect murder.

 

Oh, that silly fake is a gonna.

 

There are some handsome guys on this forum.

 

And some foxy chics.

 

There are some Lady Boys too.

 

Hip Forums is like a sports team: No matter how much you love the actual entity, you have to accept the fact that the roster changes every few years. A lot of the people I considered my friends when I first joined are gone. Just the way it goes on the internet.

But the cool thing is that new folks come along and contribute. Hip is a microcosm for the cycle of life. People come, people go, but it is always enjoyable.

 

I haven’t spotted any!

 

True that is very true.
BUT I have seen a few of those returns this week from well before my time.
Forums evolve.

 

Oh they are in the sex forums.

 

Funnily enough Gal I haven’t really explored them.
I must make a start!

 

I never go there.
My beach party only.

 

I wandered in here from some sex site, I think about two years or so ago. I have been in my quest to understand and accept my sexuality when I heard about this site, or found a link to a post on this site. I saw this is a Website run by/for hippies and figured I'd be in good company. The folks would be supportive and the atmosphere would support respectful but frank discussions about you-know-what lol. And with a few inconsequential and quickly dispensed trolls I haven't been disappointed. Candy Gal in particular has reached out to me and even made an online attempt to introduce me to guys that swing "my way," which was sweet of her!
I admit I tend to stick to the topics on sex and sexuality but I've contributed to unrelated topics too, which is another reason I like this Website, because although I have sex on the mind 24/7 lol it doesn't mean that's the only thing that defines me. I enjoy the spirit of the folks here and feel free to speak my mind for which I am very grateful.
This and Reddit has been my major social media outlets lately. Facebook is nice to keep up on various developments of my friends but is filled with political bullshit and other lies. Instagram is annoying. Fetlife is nicely structured but activity there is infrequent. So here I am.
Peace, Love and Happiness!

 

Wonderful post. X
Of course I make everyone welcome.
There is no place for prejudice on this forum.x

 

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I agree with every well said word you say they're Candy.
But then.
You do have a way with words!

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Usually naughty ones. I have my moments.

Lovely to see some original members return this week.

 

I seem to have been here for the longest time as well. I had friends back then and even had private conversations and correspondences. That was during the era of local BBSes and not much in the way of social media with the exception of AOL. Most of my earlier contacts have fallen the wayside. I've gone onto gay sites here or personals sites and got some nasty remarks and responses. Not everyone who comes here ascribes to hip behavior.
I don't make many appearances. From time to time I'll add a blog page.
At times I feel as if I need to reinvent myself for the new people who show up now and again.
I just usually wind up going back to my FB friends.

 

That is a real shame. Some of the newbie gay guys are really lovely on here.