gungadin09 -> RE: Weight and Master/Dom control (12/1/2010 4:48:37 AM)
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ORIGINAL: BonesFromAsh What I, personally, question in regards to the OP and the original post is this line... quote:
ORIGINAL: anniezz338 I've read several Dom profiles and when I see one where they are grossly overweight (or don't give their weight), I question their control over themselves and I question putting myself in their control. That is a strong judgement to make, especially basing it soley off a profile. But i think we all make irrational judgements, especially on CM where we are often obliged to screen users without having many facts to go on. Personally, i discard anyone whose screen name i don't like, which seems just as irrational and unfair as doing it based on weight. "suckmydickbitch" may be a perfectly nice guy, not a creep at all, who just happened to choose the wrong user name. But, in most cases, i wouldn't bother to engage him in a nice lengthy discussion and give him the chance to prove that. We all make superficial judgements sometimes, especially here on a website where it's often not possible to make any other sort of judgement. ...combined with this from another of the OP's posts... quote:
ORIGINAL: anniezz338 No, weight doesn't make the Master/Dom. But I feel it's an ingredient, especially if the overweight is just sheer neglect. If he chooses to be obese, then it probably just wouldn't work for me. I've got 40lbs left to go myself. I can't be around someone eating twinkies and rocky road ice cream watching tv every night....lol. I would really enjoy an active man. If we're talking gross obesity (100+ pounds overweight), and If it were proven to be from sheer neglect, and If it were truly due to a "choice" to be that obese, and not from any other reason, and If there were no mitigating factors (like the person didn't go to the gym because he was too busy curing cancer, deworming orphans in Somalia, or recovering from an injury, whatever...) ...then it would be an "ingredient" for me too, i think. It would not be the "whole enchilada"- (i.e.- it wouldn't automatically condemn a person if i ever met them and got the chance to know them), but it would be an "ingredient". Like i said, it would "raise questions". ...and this... quote:
ORIGINAL: anniezz338 I just need some awesome Dom to cure me of my evil drive-thru ways :P i took this as a joke. But, i need to eat less junk food too. We could probably all say that, regardless of weight. ...and this... quote:
ORIGINAL: anniezz338 Point blank, when wannabe's and wankers are brought up, I think of some overweight men I have chatted to online. They can't get a date anywhere else so they present themselves as Masters/Doms. I may have little experience, it's true, but it comes out in their behavior when you start talking to them. I've been looking into this stuff for about a year now. I can start ticking off the names of who I would consider true Masters/Doms in CM....and I bet I would get alot of agreements. I can tell at least a general difference. And there is alot of them (no not all overweight).....lol. i think this is a pretty ignorant and prejudiced statement. But she is entitled to her opinion. ...and finally this from the OP... quote:
ORIGINAL: anniezz338 Nope, haven't met a one of them, much less scened with any. Yes, I am basing it on what I am reading on here, and the correlation in other forums and the Doms I have been fortunate to meet. And I see where you are going with this and I'm not going to split hairs on it. Why do you think I ask so many questions? i think it's always alright to ask questions, especially for someone who's very new to all this (like myself). If the question is stupid, then the answers will reflect that. Posters aren't obliged to be polite or patient when they answer, but she had the right to pose the question. My reason for offering all these examples is because I'm trying to get to what might be the point the OP was making and where she might be coming from. What I saw when this thread started was someone who was choosing to judge a person's ability to control or master others based on his physical appearance in a profile photo which may or may not be a recent representation of that individual or numbers typed on a profile that may or may not be a recent representation of that person. Judging a person's ability to master or control another individual without meeting them in person and based soley on a photo or listed weight seems limiting, to say the least. If it works for the OP and others, fine, but to paint a picture with such a "fat" brush seems...well, shallow. Which, ironically, is what the OP said in the original post. If shallow works for her, fine, but don't expect it to work for everyone. i don't think she does expect it to work for everyone. i think she is merely offering her opinion which, however controversial, she has every right to give. Having personal preferences is totally acceptable and expected, imo. However, the OP asked for opinions on her thought patterns in regards to dominance/self-mastery/weight, which she recieved. One thing you're not going to find a lack of on CM is opinions. You, in a general sense, may or may not agree with the comments on this thread (goodness knows I sure don't agree with all of them), but they're opinions nonetheless. Yes. i'm sorry if i was overly sensitive or gave the impression that everyone on the forum is not equally entitled to have their opinion about her opinion. This is a forum. That's what we're here for. FWIW.... After looking up the definition of "gross obesity", it seems to be defined as weighing more than twice your ideal weight or being more than 100 pounds overweight. I'd be curious to know if that definition is what the OP was going by when she posted her original question. i don't know Yep...nothin' like a fat thread! [;)] Still, i prefer it to a whining thread. pam P.S.- BonesFromAsh: thanks for the feedback.
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