ExiledTyrant
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There is a plethora of reasons people come here. The big reason I came here, a long time ago, because I’ve always been a freak… I should stress the always part… and after studying more fascinating sailor knots I stumbled across Shibari, and as one thing invariably leads to another, I realized there was a vocabulary attached to freaks like me and low and behold there were colonies of freakazoids, a lot like me. So I came to this site at its inception and lurked for a long time, acquiring vocabulary, and learning knew things. I discovered a lot that resonated with me.
One day I saw something on the forum scroll that actually made me a bit afraid for the OP. She was taking a dangerous leap into the unknown with no safety net in sight or in place. So, I made a new profile, intended to make one post, and be done with the profile. I wrote a scenario detailing the inherit dangers in her actions, scared the hell out of her, and an ocean of advice for her flowed into the thread spurred on by the horror I presented. I enjoyed the interaction and stayed.
I had a few advantages; I’m smarter than the average bear, I communicate well (unless the face to face meet has rolling subtitles and then all my bad spelling and grammar becomes apparent), I was old enough to have restraint and put forethought into my responses, rather than knee jerk stupidity, and I am a great people watcher. Furthermore, I can, will, and do support anyone’s right to his or her opinion, unless it is tainted or inundated with stupidity, and I loath chest thumping one true-wayism idiots.
Had I had access to all of this in me early twenties, I would be much further along in WIITID, but as a 20-sumthin, I most likely would’ve made many mistakes like the 20-sumthins do when they come here. One of the consistent things that have put my man-panties in a twist repeatedly, for years, is the truculent nature of the self important posters. The cliquish imps that create their own set of rules around their bevy of boneheads with all their glorious post count that doesn’t mean dick. The TOS is being modified way too often to rein these life sucking sphincters in, because if you’re not a part of their exclusive ass sucking parasite clique, they don’t want you here. Cliques destroy communities.
What the wank-rabbit (bless their hearts) fail to realize is that we get yungins here because they are trying to understand themselves, get settled with their freaks, realize that their freaks aren’t bad, and are mired in a je ne sais quoi that they can’t escape, don’t want to escape, they just need to understand. We’ve all been there, none of us were born all knowing, we had a je ne sais quoi, and we came here and found the label maker 2000 that helped us get settled with it.
We do get overwhelmed with wank and belligerence… “tell me wot it feels like when I poke this in X” “How does, how is, show me them boobies!” “No one will fuck me because X” “No one— wah, wah, wah”. We get enough of those for us to expect the same when the avatar has a teeny tiny post count. Then in walks the clique squad trying to run the fucking show with their “play by my rules or we will all beat you up” bull shit.
Forum Mentors are in place to snatch newbies from the jaws of the protocol piranhas that are making their own rules, and the ever evolving TOS is to rein those fuck-heads in. If you’re so bitter and frustrated, just back away from the keyboard or blow the dog whistle; the giver of golden wedgies is usually prompt.
Now, do I think the Mentor Program is a good idea? Yes I do. Offering posting advice to newbies is a great thing. If they do not head that advice, I’ll bring the hot sauce for their Docent posting fantasy.
Do I think that after they have been mentored they should be thrown to the wolves to run with the pack or be slaughtered? Yes I Do!
Do I think [Awaiting Approval] should be changed to [3 days forced posting in P&R]? Yes I do!
Jus Sayin
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