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Like I need people to understand the mental image here of a multimillionaire internet creator personally overseeing DVD production in his own house like he’s running an underground bootleg operation out of a basement in 2007.

It’s weirdly charming because there’s something very “old internet” about it, this energy of “I made a thing, and now I will physically hand it to people myself like an artisan at a craft fair.”

The man really said: “The future of cinema is me standing next to a humming disc burner at 2am”

A big ol' WEIGHTLIFTER, last name Hamman.

And a TRIATHLON GUY, last name Smedley, are you kidding me.

I miss Supernatural

I should rewatch Supernatural

Supernatural was such a good show

1) You have almost entirely imagined this group of people. They do not exist. You have fallen for a specific caricature of gay people as sexual predators designed by homophobic right wingers. I would take a second to pause and take a step back and wonder what basis in reality your fears about exhibitionists exploiting kids at Pride have.

2) Gross does not mean harm. Part of living in a public space means learning to distinguish between the two. The temptation to conflate it in order to lend moral credence to your feelings of disgust is powerful but it doesn't make it valid. People will see a gay couple chastely hold hands and be overwhelmed with feelings of disgust. They will see a gay couple give each other a peck on the cheek and think it's the grossest thing they've ever seen in their lives. Disgust alone can't be the sole measure of what is and isn't allowed in public spaces.

3) Sorry to dig up old discourse, but unfortunately there is a difference between "performing" kink and engaging in kink. A person in a dog mask at Pride is, most likely, not necessarily titilated by the activity or feeling aroused in a particular way. Same with people in leather. They're almost certainly just preoccupied with advertising their lifestyles to other queer kinksters in the same way that anyone in a rainbow tee is. Why do you think people wearing leather to Pride are secretly getting off to it? Have you ever spoken to them? Because you'll find their primary emotion, at least in my experience, is largely variations on a theme of "It's so fucking hot here and I wanna go home and shower and get a vodka soda." They're not like, secretly nutting. Seeing someone in leather gear is not "participating" in their kink any more than seeing someone in a rainbow shirt is participating in their gay relationship. You can't "not" consent to seeing someone in leather gear any more than you can "not" consent to seeing someone in a shirt that says like, "I love blowjobs."

It is the job of the adult at Pride to deal with their own shit at seeing someone casually and non-sexually annoucing their personal kink.

It is the job parents who bring their kids to Pride to answer their kids' questions when they see stuff at Pride. I don't have kids. I have never wanted kids. Here's a couple of answers to questions I invented based on imagining what kids might ask:

"Why is that person dressed as a puppy?"

"That's a grown-up Halloween costume. They like to be a puppy like you like to be a wizard."

"Why is that person wearing that stuff on their chest (I assume a kid doesn't know the term 'leather harness')."

"Some adults like to wear their belts like that."

LOOK AT THAT. LOOK HOW EASY IT IS TO GIVE KIDS AN ANSWER THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE AN EXPLANATION OF ANY FETISH.

IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU WANT IT TO BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU'D RATHER BE A PERFECTLY SMOOTH-SPHERE QUEER WELCOMED IN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE TALK SHIT ON QUEERS BUT SAY 'BUT NOT YOU YOU'RE NOT LIKE THEM.'

There were many days of me in all black and her in all pink. I was a trouble maker and she was the star student. She graduated #7 in her class and people were surprised I even graduated.

Many of our friends said we wouldn't last more than a few weeks.