The worm is turning...

[shereads]

This place draws a strong contrast to me that while I really like being here, it isn't compatible for me.

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=310693

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=310683

Two (2) birthday threads. Rampant nudity. Free porn. A game of strip parcheesi every Wednesday night in the stairwell. Never have so many people will so little in common come together from so many far-flung places to hug, cry, get drunk, have fistfights, recite poetry, and run from the Feds while maintaining a conga line.

Compatibility would reduce the AH to a fern bar.

 

[cantdog]

I was about to post that I don't care for writing exercises, but then I remembered that there had been a thread called, "What if they wrote porn?"

I wrote in that one, a couple of times. It was snippets of porn in the style of Thurber, of King, of Hemingway, and in the poetic idiom of several poets, besides. It was fun. But it wasn't presented as a "challenge" or an "exercise," just as a writerly party game. Mabs did some brilliant stuff on it.

So I guess we all can get suckered in, under the right circumstances.

(I hope no one needs a link. I spent a long time going through old posts to find a link to the orgasm threads for hmmnmm, and I haven't the heart to do another search.) That thread was worth the price of admission for at least a month of malarkey, all by itself.

And there'll be others. It's all good.

cantdog

 

[shereads]

I was about to post that I don't care for writing exercises, but then I remembered that there had been a thread called, "What if they wrote porn?"

I wrote in that one, a couple of times. It was snippets of porn in the style of Thurber, of King, of Hemingway, and in the poetic idiom of several poets, besides. It was fun. But it wasn't presented as a "challenge" or an "exercise," just as a writerly party game. Mabs did some brilliant stuff on it.

"Wish! Did someone say 'Wish?'" ~ Genie, the talking head-in-a-box of "Pee Wee's Playhouse"

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=265175



Thank you for remembering this thread, Cdog. I'm particularly fond of Subo97's pornographic Dr. Seuss:

One thrust, two thrust, three thrust, fun
four thrust, five thrust, six thrust, done!

Honestly, where else can you get dirty stories of this quality for the price of the odd Top 10 list, some random bitching, and periodic attempts to wrestle someone's penis out of your breakfast cereal?

 

[Carl East]

Well I just say what I like, when I like, and if no one likes it bite me. lol

Carl

 

[shereads]

Well I just say what I like, when I like, and if no one likes it bite me. lol

Carl

It can never remember whether "bite me" is considered a dismissal or an invitation at Literotica. How do you use it?

 

[Carl East]

It can never remember whether "bite me" is considered a dismissal or an invitation at Literotica. How do you use it?

Both. lol

Carl

 

[shereads]

Both. lol

Carl

Pervert. I forget sometimes that some of you people are pornographers.

 

[Seattle Zack]

I used to enjoy the AH, because the posts seemed to be more composed ... more literate, somehow, than the GB. Not just mindless drivel, or oh-so-clever one-line repartees with lots of smileys attached.

I've given up on it anymore, I only stop by when I'm completely drunk or when I'm on a break from a poker tourney. I still remember the communal Monty Python parody .. where is DirtGurl when we need her?

It sucks. I do read gauche and the doc's posts, but other than that ... very lame. I have no interest in anyone's favorite pizza, or who fucked who(m). I miss the cleverness, and the composition that used to be the hallmark of this forum.

 

[shereads]

Maybe it was always just the sig line. I could have sworn that used to be charming.

 

[oggbashan]

Overdosing?

This place can be addictive.

If you open every thread and read every post then you won't have much time for writing or for real life.

You can have too much of a good or bad thing. You can even overdose on chocolate.

It is a worthwhile exercise from time to time to stand back and ask yourself 'Why am I on the AH?'. The answer will vary according to your own mood at the time you ask the question.

This is a fun place and it is educational without being didactic. You can ask serious questions and usually get a few sensible answers among the badinage.

I think how any individual feels about the AH is more a reflection of that individual's personal circumstances than about the AH itself.

Please be selective and do not try to participate in every thread. I think if you do, you will soon become bored and disillusioned. Use this place as a place to drop into then pass on to other aspects of your life before returning. Remember that the AH is 24/7. You need sleep. You also need to pay some attention to real life.

And then there is writing...

Og

 

[gauchecritic]

The concensus seems to be dichotomised, polarised and other words that end with 'ised'.

It has got worse

and

None of the above


I've intimated a number of times that my time is probably due with regards to the AH, I am just stunned that I've been here this long.

I think I've mostly paid the dues for the education that I've received here. I've paid off the mortgage on the ego that I've had swelled here and I like to think that I've propped up as many faltering ambitions as those that have boosted mine.

I know for a fact that I've made more people smile than have made me laugh (that's what comes of being weird).

But I still can't help feeling that there's more to be had just by being here.

Wheat and chaff.

Of course it's changed. As several people have pointed out; everything changes. And as several recent threads have declared as we grow our needs and requirements become less.

Newbies don't turn up (though they seem to be turning up thick and fast these days) and piss and moan about the state of the AH, only those that know the difference.

Even Zoot has changed. In the old days he'd come right out and post a thread saying "The AH has turned into shit" these days he subtly insinuates it in threads about film stars and their favourite aftershave.

I'm sure someone like Harold or Maths or, I seem to recall Zack being a statistical wizard could look at the dates and threads and subject matter and conclude that the writerly threads have not lessened a speck they've merely been swamped by shereads' polls.

 

[Guest]

 

[Liar]

The worm?

Interresting metaphor, I've never hear that one before.

Anyway, I don't really get it. I've been here since August -03 (lurked for about half a year) and I must say that when I look back at it, this place looks pretty much the same. Some banter some flirting, some serious discussion and a little writing excersises and discussion now and then.

The only thing I see that has changed is that the tempo has increased a bit. Not so much that it's impossible to handle, but there are more people here that posts regularily.

I also see the same sentimental whining that I saw then about how much better the AH was "in the good old days" and how certain appriciated former members are missed. And sure, they are missed. I'd like to see MathGirl, Gary Chambers, Raphy et al in here as well at the other guy. Bit I find many of the newer arrivals being just as witty, intelligent and eloquent as the ones that have chosen to do other things.

Things change shape. That's the nature of things. I don't see that it's better or worse though.

Me, I like people, and as long as there are agreeable people here, I don't see myself leaving.

Well, that's my 2c. Take'um or leav'um.

#L

 

[English Lady]

The worm?

Interresting metaphor, I've never hear that one before.

Anyway, I don't really get it. I've been here since August -03 (lurked for about half a year) and I must say that when I look back at it, this place looks pretty much the same. Some banter some flirting, some serious discussion and a little writing excersises and discussion now and then.

The only thing I see that has changed is that the tempo has increased a bit. Not so much that it's impossible to handle, but there are more people here that posts regularily.

I also see the same sentimental whining that I saw then about how much better the AH was "in the good old days" and how certain appriciated former members are missed. And sure, they are missed. I'd like to see MathGirl, Gary Chambers, Raphy et al in here as well at the other guy. Bit I find many of the newer arrivals being just as witty, intelligent and eloquent as the ones that have chosen to do other things.

Things change shape. That's the nature of things. I don't see that it's better or worse though.

Me, I like people, and as long as there are agreeable people here, I don't see myself leaving.

Well, that's my 2c. Take'um or leav'um.

#L

I'll take'um as that makes wonderful sense to me and I agree

 

[Guest]

Yes, or "What the fuck you on about woman!?"

I'm beginning to wonder myself...

It's a phase. I'll grow out of it. Or not.

I have been spending less time here recently, maybe I just feel out of it. Which is a bloody good thing! One can be too all-consumed.

Og, yeah, you said it all, I think.

Gauche, you weird bloke, this poster always appreciates you. And your AV.

Lou

 

[Liar]

Yes, or "What the fuck you on about woman!?"

I'm beginning to wonder myself...

It's a phase. I'll grow out of it. Or not.

I have been spending less time here recently, maybe I just feel out of it. Which is a bloody good thing! One can be too all-consumed.

Amen for that. (Or is it amen to that? I can never remember.) This place is supposed to be a stess relief. If it becomes a stress factor (time consuming, unable to keep up and so on) then one is not having one's priorities in order.

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

"less" time, eh?

it's all relative.

Yes, I was gone for almost a fricken' week, and since I've been "back" I haven't been around nearly as much as before.

Anyway, why the fuck am I explaining myself.

What does it matter to you?

 

[Guest]

Amen for that. (Or is it amen to that? I can never remember.) This place is supposed to be a stess relief. If it becomes a stress factor (time consuming, unable to keep up and so on) then one is not having one's priorities in order.

Yep, and there's lots more kinky fun to be had elsewhere on the 'net.

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

as i said.."it's all relative"

what does it matter to me? hmmm I'll have to ponder that.

I'm deeply offended by that! I've never been into incest in my life, won't even write about it...

 

[Guest]

I am aware that I do not matter to you

Um, excuse me? What on earth brought that on?

Why? Do I matter to you, or something?

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

your comment brought that on.

"What does it matter to you?"

and my observation that My concerns, comments appear to mean little to you...no biggie.

That you might matter to me... I think as much as ANYONE here matters to me...as a person as a human being...As someone who I have been aware of from first post...as someone who is a bit of a "fixture" here...you matter to me.

beyond that...not quite sure.

Ah, I see.

And, no, that isn't the case.

Call me snipey, call me defensive, whatever. I've been feeling a little "feisty" recently.

Anyway, I've PM'd you.

And, yes, you do matter to me, you daft Rhino.