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I remember how much you hated my politics on the old subforum. Sorry to see you still struggling with the trauma. Whether cause & effect or coincidence, @SouthOfTheBorder has stopped (or at least paused) his obsessive scolding. Thank God for small blessings.

The tournament starts tomorrow. The biggest story leading up to the 2nd Slam of the year is the absence of Rafael Nadal*, who has played the previous 18 RGs, winning a jaw-dropping 14 titles. The tournament just won't feel the same without him. At least the top 3 men's seeds are ready to go. Alcaraz overcame a couple of injuries early in the year to retake the number 1 ranking. Novak's elbow has hampered him recently, but he has been practicing in Paris without a sleeve. Medvedev has overcome his disdain for clay to win the Rome Masters1000. Thanks to that title, Medvedev was seeded #2 at RG, and whaddya know, Carlos & Novak ended up in the same half of the draw. As if Alcaraz's draw weren't difficult enough, the draw fates rubbed salt in the wound by putting 2021 RG finalist Tsitsipas in his quarter. Even though Swiatek comes in as the strong favorite on the women's side, I'm not totally convinced. She retired with an injury in Rome and has lost a fair number of matches this year while her 2 strongest rivals Rybakina and Sabalenka are coming in with form and confidence. Rybakina has beaten Swiatek their last 2 matches, not including the retirement in Rome, and Sabalenka has beaten Iga 2 of their last 3. * "Nadal" means "Christmas" in Rafa's native Catalan (technically he speaks a dialect, Mallorquín)

You're getting really tiresome. I started what was going to be a very long discourse to respond to your post until I realized it would be a total waste of time. Why are you so obsessed with what other people think and talk about? You can write post after post after post on this obscure, virtually impossible-to-find Internet forum yet still fail to change what even one single member here thinks and says -- forget changing the thinking of society at large. But hey, if you enjoy wagging your finger at people, dictating how they should think, controlling what they talk about, post away to your heart's content. Thank God for the "ignore" setting.

You're certainly entitled to your opinion. I see this phenomenon quite differently, surprise surprise. Meghan Markle is a professional victim -- victimhood is literally how she makes her money. Since I believe the Cult of Victimhood is destroying our society, I cannot remain neutral in my opinion of her. In Harry, I see the world's most pathetic beta male, a castrated soy boy completely wrapped around his wife's finger. At a time when we most need men to be stronger, not weaker, Harry parades his weakness as if it were a virtue. And don't get me started on how these two "climate warriors" travel everywhere via private jet. Greta Thunberg had her run, but today she's a toxic nobody. Hopefully the Ginger & the Whinger meet the same fate. The narrative being shoved down our throat is that victimhood is social currency, masculinity is toxic, and climate change is the greatest crisis of our lifetime. If I swallowed the algorithms hook, line & sinker, I would be praising and glorifying H&M. Hardly the case.

Sorry if I gave the impression that I'm an experienced hirer in Spain, def not the case. But I hear that Telechaperos is the best website in Spain and the guys do charge less than on Rentmen. The catch is the website and all the ads are in Spanish. The up side is that it's pretty user-friendly. Just click on the city you're looking in on the right side of the page, then click "Búsqueda Avanzada" to narrow down stuff like age, active/passive/vers, in/out call plus to find guys who cater to your particular fetish. Dunno if Google Translate will work for Telechaperos, but even if it does, you're hard-pressed to find chaperos on the site who speak English. Maybe the Rentmen guys charge more because, with ads in English, they're hoping to attract more foreign clients.

As much as I think that complaining about higher rates is pointless, I understand that many clients simply don't have the budget for $400 guys. So they gotta get creative. Yes, your total cost is higher abroad, but you're also killing 2 birds with 1 stone: vacation to a great place and plenty of chapero ("escort" in Spain, don't know the word in Brazil) good times. As @tassojunior points out, rates are much lower in Europe. Find a cheap flight, cheap eats, opt for non-posh hotel, and hire to your heart's content. To think, in a great city like Barcelona, you can hire 6 chaperos at Thermas and buy tickets for Parque Guell+Sagrada Familia for the cost of 1 escort stateside!

I doubt Harry & Meghan's continued relevance is ensured by discussion on an obscure, virtually impossible-to-find Internet forum.

You're making this personal. Glad to see I've hit a nerve. PS: Why don't you set me to "ignore"? You'll have fewer meltdowns that way.

How often have I called people who disagree with me "racist"? Never, or almost never (been a member here a long time, not gonna dig up 20 years of posts). But wokety-wokes screech "racist" every 3.5 seconds, to the point that "racist" has lost any and all meaning. Then again, wokety-wokes, as much as they ostentatiously pretend to care about racism, deep down don't give a sh*t because all they care about is themselves and their own selfish benefit, because wokety-wokes and professional victims are the most grotesquely selfish beings in the history of the human race.

First, the swarthy stud sounds hotter than Hades. Also, nice to hear how he responded to your inquiry. A professional victim would have had a screeching meltdown. But a normal, well-adjusted adult simply answers the question.

Beyond disingenuous, you're being flat-out dishonest. It was quite obvious who you were referring to in this thread. By the way, have you been able to come up with a definition of "supremacist"? You called me that a few posts back yet still haven't said what it is.

@pubic_assistance, because José Soplanucas couldn't come up with an argument, he stooped to name-calling. First "supremacist" (which he cannot define), now "racists." In Victimhood (the language of the wokety-wokes), "racist" means "anyone who disagrees with me."

Sorry, I don't speak Victimhood. What's a "Supremacist"? I'm guessing it means "anyone who disagrees with me."

Of course it exists, some awful people will always be amongst us, but on a systemic level? I'd point to other factors *coughsinglemotherhoodcough* but don't want to get too political. Sad to say, for far too many Americans victimhood is social currency. Forget fancy degrees, income, net worth, or even cock size, the ultimate in prestige and social status is victimhood. That's why Harry & Meghan scream "racism!" every 3.5 seconds. There is no chic like victim chic.

This sums up the Cult of Victimhood: the knack for taking any possible situation and figuring out how to make yourself a victim.

Gay activists and gender studies professors drive an agenda in the US, and obviously the same is true in Brazil. Their very livelihoods, their means of paying their mortgages and feeding their families, depend on pushing a specific narrative. Fair-minded people see this narrative with some skepticism. But members of the choir embrace this narrative as gospel.

Yeah, I don't get it either. If you're with your mistress or drug dealer, OK, but other than that, no big whoop. That's just it, the "manufactured crisis" is exactly what Whinge & Ginge want. If their precious celebrity ever fades, lucrative offers will dry up. Without $multimillion Netflix and book deals, they might have to suffer unspeakable hardship, like flying commercial instead of private (eek!).

The Whinger & the Ginger's sole source of income is their celebrity. Yes, Harry did inherit a good amount from his mother, but money goes awfully quick when living the glamorous life. So what choice do they have but to tirelessly prime the pump?

So would I. The HBO drama Oz made prison sound hella fun: tons of smokin' hot guys, great sex nonstop, maybe meet the love of your life. Pretty sure the reality of prison is quite different. Get it over with. But interestingly enough, whenever presented a choice between death or life without parole, almost all convicts choose the latter. Given how relatively few convicts are actually executed (22 in 2019, 17 in 2020, 11 in 2021, 18 in 2022), I'm guessing the same thing, that the death penalty is more an ace up law enforcement's sleeve than anything else.

Allow me to share what happened to someone I know (no, not "a friend," literally just someone I know). "John" and "Sam" meet and fall madly in love, or at least John does. In his mid-30s, John thinks he has finally found true love. Of course John introduced Sam to his 2 best friends, his adopted family since he wasn't that close to his biological family. After a few times out to dinner & drinks, John's 2 friends tried to warn him that something was off, that Sam's body language just didn't feel right. John just shrugged it off as Sam being less demonstrative or less comfortable with PDA. After all, he and Sam had mind-blowing sex every night, which was far more important to him than some vague intuition. Then when Sam asked John to lend him $20,000 (to start a business or some such), the 2 friends rang all the alarm bells, but too late. The last 6 months with Sam had been the happiest of John's life. As soon as the check cleared, so did Sam (oh, shock!). John got a "Dear John" letter from Australia, where Sam had gone to join his true love. Sam was terribly sorry (uh huh), but don't worry, he promised to pay John back every penny of the $20K (more uh huh). @Statham, I realize some elements of this story differ (significantly) from your current situation, but I notice that most of the advice given is all about just the 2 of you and how you should deal with things. Why not get a 2nd (3rd, 4th) opinion? Trusted friends or family members will get a far more objective read on this guy. Maybe they'll get to know him and think he's awesome and you're hella lucky. Or maybe not.

The Cruise Critic message board has meet-up threads for almost every cruise. While the threads are not LGBT-specific, you can always post saying you're looking to meet other LGBTs on the sailing. Here is the meet-up thread for Wonder of the Seas July 16-23, 2023: Sorry, you do not have permission for that! BOARDS.CRUISECRITIC.COM Oops, forgot, you have to create an account on Cruise Critic to be able to access the thread.

Does it cost that much more to keep a person in a mental health facility vs. prison?

That "dumb two-minute video" is now up to 78.1 million views. Again, no point in pissing back & forth. Let's revisit Tucker Carlson's situation in 2 years when we'll have some cold hard numbers to look at. We can also look at the election results on November 6, 2024 to see if MAGA is "toast." Note who we're not talking about: the subject of this thread Don Nadie, er, Lemon.

One of the best moments I had in Boston was seeing the Old North Church for the first time, when it hit me that Paul Revere was a real-life person, not just some story I heard in grade school. I was surprised by how short the steeple was and doubted that you could actually see a couple of lamps all the way over in Charlestown until I noticed that it is indeed quite a bit taller than all the surrounding structures. The pews are tiny -- were people that much smaller in the 1700s? Anyway, even though I can't really say I'm a history buff, I really enjoyed all the history to be discovered and enjoyed in Boston.