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You're confusing asses and mules. A mule is the issue of a horse (father) and donkey (mother), and is usually sterile. (There are some strange exceptions - "jennys", fertile female mules.) The issue of a donkey (father) and a horse (mother) is a hinny. Mules are easier to breed than hinnys and usually larger. The word "mule" is sometimes taken to include both mules proper and hinnys. A donkey is the same thing as an ass, and is a species of genus Equus. In some usage, an ass is the wild version, and a donkey is a domesticated ass.

Yes, I stand corrected again on this. My can't pull the wool over too many here. And thanks BD on the graduate gift recommendation err chuckle.

Now go kiss my mule -as DC Deep put it.
 

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I'd rather play alone than kiss ass or genuflect in someone else's popularity contest. That hasn't happened to me on LPSG.

Uhh..... you're not one of the "Untouchables" here are you? I don't think I should be talking to you if you are. :rolleyes: :tongue:

*bowing with hands over head*
 

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Uhh..... you're not one of the "Untouchables" here are you? I don't think I should be talking to you if you are. :rolleyes: :tongue:

lol. That's a question I'd bat back at you!

Besides, I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity flame recipient. Everyone takes shots at me at one time or another.
 

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Oh, you said that so well, dolf! <smooch> <slurp>

Well thanks;
Providing your man does not mind I will be making a house call to kiss your ass later this week. I will start with your sense of humour and natural intelligence and them move on to the left cheek followed by your...
 

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Well thanks;
Providing your man does not mind I will be making a house call to kiss your ass later this week. I will start with your sense of humour and natural intelligence and them move on to the left cheek followed by your...
Mind? I assure you, he will be taking pictures... until he decides it's time to trade places. Ask any of the LPSGers who have met him, they will corroborate. Oh, and he's got more of a sense of humor than I, and he's the smart one in the house... he's a doctor!
 

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Earl, there's no such thing as "untouchable." This is a site where everyone is equally free to post what they want as long as it's within the bounds of the ToS. Beyond that, no one can force your words or stop them. The story could very well end right there.

The thing is that this place is not just a big cock drive-thru; it has become a community. And in any community, when people stick around over time, some become friends or build other kinds of relationships. Given that, I think it's to be expected that there will be some blowing of kisses to each other here and there. I'd like to think there is a difference, in degree at least, between that behavior and the kind of debased groveling that makes everybody nauseous, but maybe it's all in the eye of the beholder.

Beyond that, there are so many ways and so much space for people to participate here. Some spend all their time here in Etc., and others read every section BUT this one. Some spend all their time in the galleries, some only use the chat room. People make a space for themselves by being smart, or sexy, or funny, or friendly, some have even made a career here by being assholes, and some just come to hang out and don't really want to be "part of the community" at all.

Just as in any community, as you build up relationships of various kinds, people develop fondess, loyalty and/or animosity toward you, and you toward them -- and we all respond accordingly. Of course some people don't like the way others respond to them and to each other, but again, it's a place where people are free to post what and to whom they wish (within the same bounds). If you stick around and post for long enough, for better or for worse, your ass will get kissed, and you will get flamed for something.

You can let it make you bitter (and by all means this place is not worth hanging around if it makes you feel bad), but instead of the sour grapes many succumb to, you can make this place the kind of place you like, and make the type of connections with people that you want to see, by modeling it in your own posts. In my experience, while this place has certainly given me my share of headaches, it's also given me some amazing payoffs too.

I think I've said more than enough. Now come on over here and let me put a lipstick stain on your glutes. ;>
 

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but instead of the sour grapes many succumb to, you can make this place the kind of place you like, and make the type of connections with people that you want to see, by modeling it in your own posts. In my experience, while this place has certainly given me my share of headaches, it's also given me some amazing payoffs too.
Thanks, Matthew. I posted a comment in the newest "tips to the n00bs" thread and mentioned this very sentiment, but you phrased it so much better than I could have. I had said "don't walk in the door and immediately try to change everything, but help it evolve by participating." I like your expression better.
 

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lol. That's a question I'd bat back at you!

Besides, I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity flame recipient. Everyone takes shots at me at one time or another.

I guess it's a good thing that bullets don't go very far in water. I agree with you regarding this place on how it is more open and accepting of different viewpoints than other boards. I have had the same experience.
 

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It's pretty simple, really...(egregious generalizations to follow):

1) People love to be complimented
2) People are tribal and love/prefer to surround themselves with like persons

So, whenever someone feels as though they're outside the koolkids group (thanks, JQB! :biggrin1:), they figure it's a good idea to suck up to someone they view as being higher on the totem in the desperate hope that it will get them noticed and accepted.

People react negatively to this behavior from others for several reasons. They might be envious that they didn't kiss the ass first, or do it as effectively, and now feel their chances of being drawn into the tribe are diminished. Those whose asses are being kissed might feel contempt or revulsion at the subjugation of individual will (expressed or implied) of the ass kisser. Some people are just rubbed the wrong way by any show of deference.

Aren't social dynamics fun? :tongue: