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1) you're the devil for mentioning king cake. Now I want some.

2) jockstraps? YES. It's been a while, but I used to randomly order them online to be sent to Greg.. without telling him. I'd get home from work and he'd meet me at the door wearing only his new gift.. :)

Lol thats too cute.
 
Em why are guys at Fitness First are so fucking hot in comparison to my previous gym? At least half, if not most of its members are 8 and above? And most of them seem keen to walk around naked with towels only covering their dingle in change room. I've had occasion where guys will just drop their undies in front of me. I'd look if it wasn't for the fact I'm embarrassed.

In my old gym only the old guys do this shit.
 
Em why are guys at Fitness First are so fucking hot in comparison to my previous gym? At least half, if not most of its members are 8 and above? And most of them seem keen to walk around naked with towels only covering their dingle in change room. I've had occasion where guys will just drop their undies in front of me. I'd look if it wasn't for the fact I'm embarrassed.

In my old gym only the old guys do this shit.

Thirst First, Fitness Last.
 
UPDATE: Hot construction guy asked me where the restroom is. Win. I think I responded with "haldfurrrrsl." Get it together girl



I work out at the office building gym right after so it's convenient >_<



Lol, is this the next step in our GAF relationship? :p

Seeing is believing.

1) you're the devil for mentioning king cake. Now I want some.

2) jockstraps? YES. It's been a while, but I used to randomly order them online to be sent to Greg.. without telling him. I'd get home from work and he'd meet me at the door wearing only his new gift.. :)

That's so sweet.

Whenever I get a bf, I will buy him jockstraps. But I wonder if that would be creepy ...?
 
i haven't even bought a king cake yet. gotta find a good place that make them that's not from walmart/albertson's/walgreen/etc.

Last year, we went through at least one a week.

This year? I think we've bought two or three. I don't get it. The craving hasn't been consistent this year.. just comes in waves.


That's so sweet.

Whenever I get a bf, I will buy him jockstraps. But I wonder if that would be creepy ...?

Not at all creepy! No way! That's a playful complement! :)
 
I guess the worst case scenario with the jockstrap gifting situation is if they don't like to bottom in the relationship and so they proceed to take the gesture as some kind of passive-aggressive "suggestion." lol

(experience has shown me that this could happen)
 
I guess the worst case scenario with the jockstrap gifting situation is if they don't like to bottom in the relationship and so they proceed to take the gesture as some kind of passive-aggressive "suggestion." lol

(experience has shown me that this could happen)

I want to hear more about that experience.
 
So I'm currently in the middle of a mini-relapse of depression. It sucks. I've re-acquired the terrible tendency to rub others' successes into my own face. Ugh. I need to get back on track, but it's really tough sometimes. I even had to uninstall Skype because I was drawn to the LGBT chat too much, and it's full of funny, handsome, successful people.

So if you're not crazy like me, it's actually a really great place to hang out!

On a more positive note, I'm tempted to keep my RPJ avatar past January. I want to move beyond having an anime avatar, haha. Although I honestly never really associated my old Alucard avatar with anime, because I consider him kind of "above" the form, lol. Then again, I bet everyone thinks theirs is the exception. :P
 
So I'm currently in the middle of a mini-relapse of depression. It sucks. I've re-acquired the terrible tendency to rub others' successes into my own face. Ugh. I need to get back on track, but it's really tough sometimes. I even had to uninstall Skype because I was drawn to the LGBT chat too much, and it's full of funny, handsome, successful people.

Depression is all about dem relapses, the only positive I really get from that is that I guess it's really humbling :p
 
So I'm currently in the middle of a mini-relapse of depression. It sucks. I've re-acquired the terrible tendency to rub others' successes into my own face. Ugh. I need to get back on track, but it's really tough sometimes. I even had to uninstall Skype because I was drawn to the LGBT chat too much, and it's full of funny, handsome, successful people.

So if you're not crazy like me, it's actually a really great place to hang out!

On a more positive note, I'm tempted to keep my RPJ avatar past January. I want to move beyond having an anime avatar, haha. Although I honestly never really associated my old Alucard avatar with anime, because I consider him kind of "above" the form, lol. Then again, I bet everyone thinks theirs is the exception. :P

You don't really know how successful or happy people are on the Internet, people chose what to show and what to say. If you get to actually know them you can see they are (usually) just normal guys. Most of the time, is just you being over critical of yourself, something that it seems you already know.

Also, I wouldn't have the guts to keep the RPJ thing, this goes off Saturday midnight, I'm starting to not like how I look there heh.
 
UPDATE: Hot construction guy asked me where the restroom is. Win. I think I responded with "haldfurrrrsl." Get it together girl

he asked you where the bathroom was because he wanted to fuck

you completely misinterpreted his signals

Em why are guys at Fitness First are so fucking hot in comparison to my previous gym? At least half, if not most of its members are 8 and above? And most of them seem keen to walk around naked with towels only covering their dingle in change room. I've had occasion where guys will just drop their undies in front of me. I'd look if it wasn't for the fact I'm embarrassed.

In my old gym only the old guys do this shit.

They're all "8 and above"? Are we talking about level of attractiveness or...?
 
You don't really know how successful or happy people are on the Internet, people chose what to show and what to say. If you get to actually know them you can see they are (usually) just normal guys. Most of the time, is just you being over critical of yourself, something that it seems you already know.

Also, I wouldn't have the guts to keep the RPJ thing, this goes off Saturday midnight, I'm starting to not like how I look there heh.

I agree. But I think a lot of the time depression and stuff can leave you really indolent and avoidant (at least it does for me), so it's not so much that seeing what other people are doing is like a realistic representation of their lives, it just triggers a sense of anxiety that was already there where you're kind of dissociated from like a meaningful sense of joie de vivre and life challenges and stuff because you're locked in a sort of self-preservation mode.
 
So I'm currently in the middle of a mini-relapse of depression. It sucks. I've re-acquired the terrible tendency to rub others' successes into my own face. Ugh. I need to get back on track, but it's really tough sometimes. I even had to uninstall Skype because I was drawn to the LGBT chat too much, and it's full of funny, handsome, successful people.

So if you're not crazy like me, it's actually a really great place to hang out!

On a more positive note, I'm tempted to keep my RPJ avatar past January. I want to move beyond having an anime avatar, haha. Although I honestly never really associated my old Alucard avatar with anime, because I consider him kind of "above" the form, lol. Then again, I bet everyone thinks theirs is the exception. :P
Depression/anxiety definitely have a very nasty habit of sneaking up on you, and it really sucks.

And you've already shown yourself to be funny, kind and handsome. You're brave enough to rock a RPJ av, and you look great. And if I recall correctly you're currently going to school, so I would definitely call that success. Learning to focus on positive aspects of your life and not dwell on things that are negative (or are just perceived as such by ourselves) can be very tough. We're always our own worst critic.
 
My dad and I are stuck in snowy highway traffic singing Blank Space. Is this the gay version of father-son bonding?

I'm embarrassed to say that I enjoy this song very much as well.

They're all "8 and above"? Are we talking about level of attractiveness or...?

Level of attractiveness. I wouldn't know about length. I'm too embarrassed to take a peek when they go full monty.

Level 8 and above on PSN

Tch. Amateurs. I'm level 15 and closing on 16. /bragging rights
 
My dad and I are stuck in snowy highway traffic singing Blank Space. Is this the gay version of father-son bonding?
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So I'm currently in the middle of a mini-relapse of depression. It sucks. I've re-acquired the terrible tendency to rub others' successes into my own face. Ugh. I need to get back on track, but it's really tough sometimes. I even had to uninstall Skype because I was drawn to the LGBT chat too much, and it's full of funny, handsome, successful people.

So if you're not crazy like me, it's actually a really great place to hang out!

On a more positive note, I'm tempted to keep my RPJ avatar past January. I want to move beyond having an anime avatar, haha. Although I honestly never really associated my old Alucard avatar with anime, because I consider him kind of "above" the form, lol. Then again, I bet everyone thinks theirs is the exception. :P
Hope you get back to the upside soon. And keep the avatar. You've got a good face.

Are you nocturnal or somethin.
Not entirely on purpose, but yeah, I am awake for the entire period that the sun is gone

My goal of gluten-free food for a month is a lot tougher than I thought....
Why are you doing this?
 
My dad and I are stuck in snowy highway traffic singing Blank Space. Is this the gay version of father-son bonding?
Yes. And it's a good song too.
So I'm currently in the middle of a mini-relapse of depression. It sucks. I've re-acquired the terrible tendency to rub others' successes into my own face. Ugh. I need to get back on track, but it's really tough sometimes. I even had to uninstall Skype because I was drawn to the LGBT chat too much, and it's full of funny, handsome, successful people.

So if you're not crazy like me, it's actually a really great place to hang out!

On a more positive note, I'm tempted to keep my RPJ avatar past January. I want to move beyond having an anime avatar, haha. Although I honestly never really associated my old Alucard avatar with anime, because I consider him kind of "above" the form, lol. Then again, I bet everyone thinks theirs is the exception. :P
I kinda know how you feel. It helps if you first focus on yourself and what you are doing to get to a point where you are comfortable, and removing the distractions and sources of "insecurity". As well as accepting why you feel that way (which probably is what takes most time since). Remembering the good stuff I have done every time I was feeling down is also helpful, of course it is easier said than done because it all comes back to "I'm not where I want to be" and then I think that I'm doing what I can to get there.
 
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Depression is all about dem relapses, the only positive I really get from that is that I guess it's really humbling :p

I guess it can be compared to the time after you've been sick for a while: you appreciate being healthy and happy all the more when you've been ill for a while.

You don't really know how successful or happy people are on the Internet, people chose what to show and what to say. If you get to actually know them you can see they are (usually) just normal guys. Most of the time, is just you being over critical of yourself, something that it seems you already know.

Also, I wouldn't have the guts to keep the RPJ thing, this goes off Saturday midnight, I'm starting to not like how I look there heh.

I agree. But I think a lot of the time depression and stuff can leave you really indolent and avoidant (at least it does for me), so it's not so much that seeing what other people are doing is like a realistic representation of their lives, it just triggers a sense of anxiety that was already there where you're kind of dissociated from like a meaningful sense of joie de vivre and life challenges and stuff because you're locked in a sort of self-preservation mode.

This is pretty much it. I'm aware of the idealized version of self most people portray on the internet, but it's more that it brings up my own failures when I see people succeed. Heck, I had one of my worst breakdowns in recent memory a couple of days ago, and it was trigger by a "gay death" joke. It's not that I was offended -- it's all in good fun, and I play along with it most of the time -- but it kind of struck a cord at the time. I guess I feel like since I'm still in university, living with my parents, and unemployed, I feel like I've wasted so much of the "good years," you know? Then I see such talented people and I get down.

Plus I didn't come out until last month, and I've only really had one significant other in my life -- a couple of extremely short-term flings barely count -- and I just feel like I've done nothing with my 28 years.

Depression/anxiety definitely have a very nasty habit of sneaking up on you, and it really sucks.

And you've already shown yourself to funny, kind and handsome. You're brave enough to rock a RPJ av, and you look great. And if I recall correctly you're currently going to school, so I would definitely call that success. Learning to focus on positive aspects of your life and not dwell on things that are negative (or are just perceived as such by ourselves) can be very tough. We're always our own worst critic.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. This thread and the Skype chat have given me a bit more confidence in my looks, but it still hasn't translated to anything in real life yet.

It is now


Hope you get back to the upside soon. And keep the avatar. You've got a good face.

I'll keep mine if you keep yours. ^_^

I kinda know how you feel. It helps if you first focus on yourself and what you are doing to get to a point where you are comfortable, and removing the distractions and sources of "insecurity". As well as accepting why you feel that way (which probably is what takes most time since). Remembering the good stuff I have done every time I was feeling down is also helpful, of course it is easier said than done because it all comes back to "I'm not where I want to be" and then I think that I'm doing what I can to get there.

Yeah, I'm trying to get rid of distractions and such. It's tough with the Skype chat though, TBH. It has been a source of support for the last few months, but it's also distracting and depressing at the same time. It doesn't help that there's some, well, let's say "Ross and Rachel" stuff going on in there with me and another (extremely cute) guy.

Siiiiiiiigh.
 
This page has inspired a thought: I find attractiveness as a ten point scale to be a weird concept because everyone has such different taste and there don't seem to be any easy criteria to determine an objective score.
 
This page has inspired a thought: I find attractiveness as a ten point scale to be a weird concept because everyone has such different taste and there don't seem to be any easy criteria to determine an objective score.

I'm pretty sure he was saying they are 8s and above on his personal scale and not objectively. I kind of assume that, anyway.

Maybe we need to look at his Reviewer's Guide. :P
 
I agree. But I think a lot of the time depression and stuff can leave you really indolent and avoidant (at least it does for me), so it's not so much that seeing what other people are doing is like a realistic representation of their lives, it just triggers a sense of anxiety that was already there where you're kind of dissociated from like a meaningful sense of joie de vivre and life challenges and stuff because you're locked in a sort of self-preservation mode.


Oh certainly depression does not let you see the world realistically, and that applies to yourself as well, the self-preservation mode is a defense, but ironically it can be harmful, because it shuts you off of what you are actually wanting, which is the cause of the depression in the first place, something you want and can't have.

That is, of course, the trickiest part, because you think you know what you want, but most of the time you actually have absolutely no clue. That's where therapy can help, but it's not a simple process.
 
I agree with it!

Well that's anticlimactic. I was expecting something significantly more dramatic.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. This thread and the Skype chat have given me a bit more confidence in my looks, but it still hasn't translated to anything in real life yet.

If you feel like you've been able to become more confident by even the smallest amount, that's still an improvement. Relapses don't stop completely, and you shouldn't be dismissing the progress you've made as intangible because of that.

This page has inspired a thought: I find attractiveness as a ten point scale to be a weird concept because everyone has such different taste and there don't seem to be any easy criteria to determine an objective score.

It functions well enough as shorthand for the opinions one person holds at a specific moment, but numerical ranking doesn't even function across time, let alone accounting for the taste of others. You'd have to attain human instrumentality for a ten-point scale to have any objectivity or permanence.
 
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This page has inspired a thought: I find attractiveness as a ten point scale to be a weird concept because everyone has such different taste and there don't seem to be any easy criteria to determine an objective score.

I wanted to make a thread asking people to post public figures who they truly consider a 10/10 in appearance, but I was worried it could get too nsfw and wouldn't be interesting without seeing pics that people find flattering.
 
I'm pretty sure he was saying they are 8s and above on his personal scale and not objectively. I kind of assume that, anyway.

Maybe we need to look at his Reviewer's Guide. :P
It functions well enough as shorthand for the opinions one person holds at a specific moment, but numerical ranking doesn't even function across time, let alone accounting for the taste of others. You'd have to attain human instrumentality for a ten-point scale to have any objectivity or permanence.
Haha I didn't think peeps in here were doing it objectively, I get what was meant. :P
But my personal tastes are so eclectic the best I can do is a binary scale of 0 to 1...

I wanted to make a thread asking people to post public figures who they truly consider a 10/10 in appearance, but I was worried it could get too nsfw and wouldn't be interesting without seeing pics that people find flattering.
That sounds like it could be really fun or a total trainwreck.
 
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I wanted to make a thread asking people to post public figures who they truly consider a 10/10 in appearance, but I was worried it could get too nsfw and wouldn't be interesting without seeing pics that people find flattering.

I think rating people based on their appearance is ummmm... unfair. But that's just me, I'm biased. :P

Haha I didn't think peeps in here were doing it objectively, I get what was meant. :P
But my personal tastes are so eclectic the best I can do is a binary scale of 0 to 1...


That sounds like it could be really fun or a total trainwreck.

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That sounds like it could be really fun or a total trainwreck.

I think rating people based on their appearance is ummmm... unfair. But that's just me, I'm biased. :P

I'm only interested in it from the perspective of getting to know what people really find attractive visually (and hey, it's nice to learn new names of great looking people out in the media and such), and to kind of see different standards people have. No big deal to me hearing a numerical scale on looks, as far as I've thought. It would just be really interesting to me to see people's top tier idea of looks selected from public figures.

But I never made the thread worrying that people would compare or have negative things to say about other people's picks or would post inappropriate visuals. After Mumei explained the downfall of the Hot Men thread it seemed like people would just go after each other's preferences and lean nsfw.

So I'd love it if it weren't so potentially messy.
 
Downloaded My Fitness Pal app today. For the first time ever, I'm counting calories. It's...not as big of a hassle as I thought it'd be, but it is kind of a nuisance. Some people make it a way of life though, so I'm guessing it'll get easier as I get used to it? :/

My dad and I are stuck in snowy highway traffic singing Blank Space. Is this the gay version of father-son bonding?

That's pretty damn fantastic.
 
Downloaded My Fitness Pal app today. For the first time ever, I'm counting calories. It's...not as big of a hassle as I thought it'd be, but it is kind of a nuisance. Some people make it a way of life though, so I'm guessing it'll get easier as I get used to it? :/

I used it for a few months and lost about 5lbs, which was nice. I am not overweight really, just more average and inactive, but I have a little to work on and since I live that sedentary life 24/7 (I have an honest fear that since I haven't run anywhere since I was in 8th grade PE, I don't remember how to do it and will injure tendons and look stupid) I just wanted to get a bit of results without doing much. So that app for around 3 months got me down a couple of belt notches.

That said, I am signed up with a trainer at my university gym and it's supposed to start sessions in February. I have never checked into the gym and I don't want to start alone or asking a friend because it makes me really anxious, but with a trainer it feels okay because its like I'm free to be clueless, inexperienced, and I am supposed to be there because the trainer is supposed to be there. Plus, I don't feel very decisive or confident trying exercises, even reading the endorsed routines on FitGAF. Don't know the difference between chin-ups and pull-ups and proteins and rest days, so I want to have someone who does.
 
I used it for a few months and lost about 5lbs, which was nice. I am not overweight really, just more average and inactive, but I have a little to work on and since I live that sedentary life 24/7 (I have an honest fear that since I haven't run anywhere since I was in 8th grade PE, I don't remember how to do it and will injure tendons and look stupid) I just wanted to get a bit of results without doing much. So that app for around 3 months got me down a couple of belt notches.

That said, I am signed up with a trainer at my university gym and it's supposed to start sessions in February. I have never checked into the gym and I don't want to start alone or asking a friend because it makes me really anxious, but with a trainer it feels okay because its like I'm free to be clueless, inexperienced, and I am supposed to be there because the trainer is supposed to be there. Plus, I don't feel very decisive or confident trying exercises, even reading the endorsed routines on FitGAF. Don't know the difference between chin-ups and pull-ups and proteins and rest days, so I want to have someone who does.

Must resist urge to make inappropriate joke...
 
I used it for a few months and lost about 5lbs, which was nice. I am not overweight really, just more average and inactive, but I have a little to work on and since I live that sedentary life 24/7 (I have an honest fear that since I haven't run anywhere since I was in 8th grade PE, I don't remember how to do it and will injure tendons and look stupid) I just wanted to get a bit of results without doing much. So that app for around 3 months got me down a couple of belt notches.

That said, I am signed up with a trainer at my university gym and it's supposed to start sessions in February. I have never checked into the gym and I don't want to start alone or asking a friend because it makes me really anxious, but with a trainer it feels okay because its like I'm free to be clueless, inexperienced, and I am supposed to be there because the trainer is supposed to be there. Plus, I don't feel very decisive or confident trying exercises, even reading the endorsed routines on FitGAF. Don't know the difference between chin-ups and pull-ups and proteins and rest days, so I want to have someone who does.

Good luck with your workout routine! And don't ever feel anxious about being at the gym just cause you might be new to it or not as well versed. Be sure to especially get comfortable around the free-weights. Even if it's full of super beefy meat-heads. I used to feel the same way, but I'm a paying member, and have as much of a right to be there as anyone else. Regardless of my knowledge level, expertise, or size. (From my experience, most dudes are super nice anyway, and more than happy to rotate a bench with someone and spot, and give pointers.)

Also, trainers can get expensive, so use them to get comfortable and get your feet wet, jump start you, etc, but unless you have money to burn, or somehow found a really reasonably priced one, long-term I'd just go at it myself with research and/or like-minded work-out buddies.

Oh, also, from whatever pics you've posted, you do not look like you need to worry about losing any weight.

Must resist urge to make inappropriate joke...

Lol bless you. I didn't even notice the missed opportunity.
 
Must resist urge to make inappropriate joke...
Oh no I don't get the joke! I must be in a clean joke mind reading it...
Good luck with your workout routine! And don't ever feel anxious about being at the gym just cause you might be new to it or not as well versed. Be sure to especially get comfortable around the free-weights. Even if it's full of super beefy meat-heads. I used to feel the same way, but I'm a paying member, and have as much of a right to be there as anyone else. Regardless of my knowledge level, expertise, or size. (From my experience, most dudes are super nice anyway, and more than happy to rotate a bench with someone and spot, and give pointers.)

Also, trainers can get expensive, so use them to get comfortable and get your feet wet, jump start you, etc, but unless you have money to burn, or somehow found a really reasonably priced one, long-term I'd just go at it myself with research and/or like-minded work-out buddies.

Oh, also, from whatever pics you've posted, you do not look like you need to worry about losing any weight.
Yeah, I've never been too overweight and had no problems with weight really as an adult, but I just knew I had a little to burn and I didn't plan on doing much to burn it so I went the passive route. Just lots of high protein, low calorie food that requires no use of the kitchen for me. Surprisingly, I balance my diet and McDonald's urges well.

I don't think it's a particular single thing or rational fear, it's just in general around people it gets me really nervous and exhausted mentally. If anything, fit guys are sort of inspiring. I like the Pain & Gain movie posters, like I've posted before lol. It's just that, they're all people and most of them know what they're doing and look more fit because of it.

Best of luck on your goals and thanks
 
You got that James Dean day dream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time.
Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

FAVE 4ever
 
You got that James Dean day dream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time.
Cause we never go out of style
We never go out of style

FAVE 4ever

For a moment I thought this was about James Deen, the porn actor. >.>
 
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