Bugsy,

Psycho-analysing anonymous posters on this forum is half the fun.

: )

I find it remarkable that anyone's taking this thread seriously, much less getting hot and bothered about it (at which point, I believe, the differences no longer exist).
BTW, I think Poirot should be barred from this thread, as she doesn't even have a penis, much less a foreskin.
Come to think of it, everyone with a foreskin should be barred also, as they have no experience of living with a deprived penis.
I said "deprived" not depraved, Houe.

Poirot, only half? What's the other half?

Good question, Bugsy.

I suppose most of us come on here to give our egos a bit of a buff and polish. While we're here, we might learn something. But for the most part, it's a bit like Shakespeare's line - "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

Feeding the birds and hoping for something in return.

Lets face it, the thoughts on here are rarely original, and I worry about people who are here to enjoy rehashing climate change, juliar, zany MTR (guilty), and God and Gay Marriage.

I once considered creating a series of original discussions but I don't think anyone is really interested. I used to try and tie a few themes together and create a baseline for all sorts of possibilities, but I found the direction of discussion always went in the most obvious and predictable fashion.

Of course it would have been a bit of a circle wank, and the risk and intimacy required would probably have made it a non-starter as you'd have to trust people to invest a lot more honestly than people generally are even when anonymous.

I considered even if people did it dishonestly it would still be fun, but I suppose people don't like to be as dishonest just for the purpose of entertainment like me. Hmmm entertainment, authenticity, strangers, not sure it matters as you can mix honesty and dishonesty to contribute to a shield of ambiguity, and get something out of the exercise with little risk.

But people like to hold a line and their values are very rigid and I suppose stability is comforting.

Lets talk about gay marriage and climate change again...

Wow that was deep.

I can see you've had time to think about this. People rarely want their views challenged, they want them reinforced. This site is perfect for that, you can find all sorts of reinforcement material here.

Pretending to have certain views in order to elicit responses for entertainment purposes has a particular name on the internet.