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ORIGINAL: MsValentine

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ORIGINAL: Darcyandthedark

Excellent piece stella - and your new pic rocks!
But as all good pieces of writing, it went over some peoples heads and they come in being what they don't get.
Ah - I love the smell of irony.

the.dark.

It is more fun for others perhaps to take what is an interesting post at face value and discuss what they feel. If something is just meant or taken as irony, what then does it mean in terms of subsequent posts. They can say " Jolly good, what hilarious irony" but what else? It can just seem as though all you get is much sage head nodding at the cleverness of it all and without any other substance, it seems a bit empty.

More fun to just debate as is written and allow people to get steamed up and stir up some fiery responses.

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ORIGINAL: Griswold
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha......

Okay...get ready Stella.....

How many times have you sub males felt like raw meat because you have a credit card?

A beacon....laser lights have shone on you...."look...over THERE!!!!  There's someone who can cover our fun for the night@!!!!!!"

How many times have you, a male sub, having done well in life, been the active focal point of the Domme you used to date (because they DO talk amongst themselves you know), and she's telling all her friends "he does very well...snuggle up to him...he'll take care of you"....

(And then they all do).

And then several get drunk (just like those guys you mention)...and the ones who have breathalyzers attached to their steering wheel (unbeknownst to you) all seem to aggregate in your booth...but you don't know that....anymore than some chic might know that the guys she eschews {after knowing the facts} would wonder why they chose her.....:: snip::
Occasionally you'll find there's as much swill on each side....as the other.

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ORIGINAL: christine1

Stella, i thought it was a brilliant post.  am i the only one that saw a lot of  "tongue in cheek" here?

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

I know, Toppy - wasn't trying to exclude the non-Britts that did 'get it'. I didn't mention them, it was rude of me. Spank me!

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ORIGINAL: MsValentine

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ORIGINAL: Darcyandthedark

Excellent piece stella - and your new pic rocks!
But as all good pieces of writing, it went over some peoples heads and they come in being what they don't get.
Ah - I love the smell of irony.

the.dark.

It is more fun for others perhaps to take what is an interesting post at face value and discuss what they feel. If something is just meant or taken as irony, what then does it mean in terms of subsequent posts. They can say " Jolly good, what hilarious irony" but what else? It can just seem as though all you get is much sage head nodding at the cleverness of it all and without any other substance, it seems a bit empty.

More fun to just debate as is written and allow people to get steamed up and stir up some fiery responses.

 
Firstly - welcome to the forums.  I do hope you enjoy your forage on here.
 
I completely agree that the writing - interesting (or not depending on the readers perspective) as it is, would be great taken at face value and the discussions that come from it are (nearly) always as good as the original piece itself.  My comment was more to observe those whom are ignoring the post and focusing on slaying the messenger - as so to speak - and hence 'becoming'.
 
As for adding my perspective on stellas writings, I pretty much guess my feelings on the 'lifestyle' is the pretty standard 'it does not exist' blah.  Stella, being the writer and playwrite she is - does it much better than I can.
 
the.dark.

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ORIGINAL: kittinSol

Fast reply - Perhaps some people didn't 'get it' because of the cultural divide. All the local Brits seem to have 'got it'. I thought it was funny as hell. If you didn't 'get it', it's no reason to be angry, upset or offended: rather, you could take it in your stride and laugh at yourself for 'not getting it'. Stella's post is a well-written piece of satire, not an indictment on your personal choices and 'lifestyle'.

It's funny that people take this so seriously: it's comedy, for crying out loud  .

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ORIGINAL: gypsygrl

I was kind of surprised when people took it literally and presented their position as if she had put forth a thesis for discussion.  I mean, really, now.

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ORIGINAL: EvilKitty

Simple...empathy. Some of us got borneded wit dis extra weird ting. I know it sounds odd, but we really do feel bad (not grotesquely, "gotta cry" bad, just "awww, darn it" bad) for people who appear to be having a hard time or are having bad stuff happen to them. I think that trait is reinforced during upbringing, by being encouraged to try & put ourselves in the other person's place. To those with the trait, that encouragement takes hold naturally & reinforces the propensity, to those without, it's an academic exercise to teach us not to be egocentric.
 I've found that both types tend to look across the creek at one another & shake their heads slowly. Ahhh life! What diversity! Happy Monday morning y'all!
Lady Cat

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I was kind of surprised when people took it literally and presented their position as if she had put forth a thesis for discussion.  I mean, really, now.

Exactly.

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ORIGINAL: camille65
Well I guess that makes me one of those less than bright people that don't get it and I must also be one of those that come in being what I don't get.

I have no problem with irony but it should have been posted in Off-Topic if that was her point.

Apparently I'm not in the Stella-loop and actually, foolishly took it at face value.
So very silly of me, I should be ashamed of myself.

But I'm not.

All she had to do was indicate that it was not to be taken as she wrote it then those of us that replied as if it were a genuine post wouldn't be shelved under 'those that just don't get it because they are exactly what she is talking about'.