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sunshinemiss -> RE: The Image that is Given (7/1/2010 5:37:50 PM)
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ORIGINAL: SimplyMichael
I once drove almost two hours to meet SunshineMiss when she had a stop in SF. Doesn't make me cool and none of us have ever claimed otherwise.
Maybe it doesn't make you cool, but it sure did make me fell pretty dang special!
I joined this community, such as it is, before there was internet... or at least at the cusp of the internet. I remember my friends using it to meet people and such, but it wasn't my cup of tea.
A few years ago, I was dreadfully lonely in Korea and desperate for any kind of human interaction. I found this website (and a few others). The quality of people on this one blew my mind. Very realistic, honest, upfront people. Sure there was some nonsense (in any group there is), but generally speaking this is a good site.
I feel bad for people who find wiitwd via the internet. I actually am glad I found it by teaching safer sex in a large East Coast City. It was the leather community (the gay leather community, mind you) who had been teaching themselves about safe, sane, and consensual as the AIDS crisis slammed them hard. There was a joke back then - the only gay leather men still alive were ugly tops. Macabre, sure, but they learned quickly and taught each other.
The internet allows for people to live more in fantasy *with others*. In the past, there was a much slower pace. People who were into wiitwd were exchanging letters via post office boxes and traveling to meet. Now things are a bit more acceptable, there isn't as much shame or such, but still the hngs and people like them can be the loudest. Reality is much more boring in some ways than fantasy.
Now, when are you coming to Korea, Michael?
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