If I were to take a guess… another slice?

During Operation Metro Surge I had random dudes on various fetish sites that lived across the Atlantic asking if I was doing ok and expressing solidarity with Minneapolis.

If random kinky gays on Recon can understand, surely the “rare switch” Dom does

But hey what do I know

Not big/hairy/old, not chiseled out of marble, and therefore completely useless

Like, if I were to find out I’d always be this tiny, with a fucking baby face, and I’d never look like those “real men” Leather loves so much, I’d throw myself into oncoming traffic

Patiently waiting for twink death so I no longer look like a disgusting skinny kid

Everywhere I look something reminds me of her

Sir you have NO idea how close I was to using that EXACT same verbiage.

Which gives me an excellent scene idea: sub in full gear with a pull string in his ass, and every time it’s pulled he spouts a fansite promo post like a Woody doll.

And as an aside, I say “was,” I am incredibly certain that they’re still like this.

The kicker here is I had confided with him not too long before this point that I just had a guy SNAIL MAIL PRINTED OUT SCREENSHOTS OF MY TWITTER NUDES TO MY BIOLOGICAL DAD.

Needless to say men like that are another major reason I have very little intention to go back to Smokeout.

Fun story about this:

There was a guy I had talked to off and on on the Birdsite that was EXACTLY like this.

When we finally crossed paths in person he told me “I recognize you, you’re the guy that replies to everyone’s posts and never shows their face.”

You’re telling me that “My [insert site here] just got a new subscriber” isn’t stimulating discourse?

Amen.

That’s real Praxis™️

It’s not just a Live Laugh Love Sign, it’s a movement

Because I haven't posted in awhile

Learned about the category of propaganda that is the Glittering Generality and now every problem I have with the Leather Somebody Industrial Complex™️ makes so much more sense

But hey what do I know I’m just some dumb 20-something

Lukewarm take most likely, but I don’t think we’ll ever see an IML winner even close to Coulter Thomas’s age (23) again.

Combination of the new explicit “only compete once” rule, and the fact that I genuinely believe Leather doesn’t take anyone under 30 seriously.

Bonus #MuircapMonday video after the cigar social. Includes leather creaking, if that’s your thing.

“Remember, your safeword is Hydroxychloroquine”

I made a mess. (I've got over 12 minutes of video but can only upload so much. 🤷‍♂️)

Those briefs, of course

🤣🤣🤣

Oh I’m not saying it’s never been a thing, but I don’t know if it’s just me knowing ChatGPT has a total boner for that flavor of description and being on the lookout for it or what.

Like if I have to see another “It’s not just an event, it’s [insert favorite platitudes here] I swear to God

Ok real talk why am I seeing so much “It’s not just ___, it’s ___” literally EVERYWHERE.

I’m not willing to say that it’s all just AI writing, although at this point who knows.

I’ve heard about Second Skin for years but I’ve always been too eBay-brained. Not the first time this week I’ve been asked.

I’m definitely curious to know if there’s a US demographic on there because my initial impressions for things like this is that it’s much more Eurocentric.

👀👀👀

And at last, after dealing with a god awful humidor (probably because I didn’t season it whoops) that could never hold humidity for more than a week and a half.

Beautiful, but won’t hold my 990s. 9/10

In closing, I, too, am just some guy.

Just one that can’t throw a whip.

…yet.

Dare I say that group can be just as exclusionary as the Old Guard, albeit in different ways to the folks they try to distance themselves from. To me the very concept of New Guard is so wrapped in publicity, influence, and “doing the work” that if you have none of those, you may as well not exist.

As a judge for Mr. Twin Cities Leather, another judge essentially asked them where they stood on this dichotomy. To the best of my memory none of them gave a concise answer.

I’ll see terms like The Next Generation being touted at high profile events, but not at the bar.