BREAKING NEWS: Because of the gender issue and other issues people have raised with proboards, I will be moving the forum to another platform, probably phpBB. Just give me a few hours! I’ve locked the proboards forum down in the meantime. Post below with any thoughts and/or advice.Ā
You asked for it ā well, a majority of those who took the poll did. You got it! The Man Boobz Forum is open for business. Right here, right now.
I hope the discussions here on the blog will remain long and spirited and sprawly, but now you guys have a place to go to discuss, well, whatever you want to discuss, actually (within the limits of the forumās comments policy, which you should all read). Raise you own issues, link to Man Booby stuff, link to off-topic stuff, link to your own blog, talk about books, talk about Magyck the Gendering cards, plan get-togethers, you name it.Ā One bit of warning: Iām going to try to keep discussions on the forum a little more civilized than they tend to be here on the blog; this means I will be more stringent about the commenting rules and much quicker to ban offenders, temporarily or permanently.
I encourage everyone who regularly comments here (and who wants to post on the forum) to register there using the same nickname you use here. Also, please post a comment here after I approveĀ you (just to verify that itās really you behind both accounts). If youāre a regular commenter here and youāre interested in being a moderator of the forum, let me know.
Note on gender: Not everyone here identifies themselves as male or female. Unfortunately, proboards requires you to check either “male” or “female” when registering. The good news, for those who don’t fit the gender binary or who simply don’t want people to know what gender they are, is that you don’t have to display your gender in your profile or posts. (Go to your profile, and click “modify profile” and you’ll find a way to “hide” your gender as well as other ways to customize your profile.)
Post any feedback you have about the forum here or on the forum itself.
And enjoy!
Ami, I appreciate the help. I just want to check out what options I have for customizing, moderating, etc etc before committing to phpBB as a platform.
Okay, I’ve registered as Pam and my reg has been approved
doing the locked forum thing for personal/triggering/etc talk is easy too…. just leave the whole forum publicly postable and open, and just allow as members everybody here who is not a troll (i suppose if they want to sneak in they can but that’s true of nething) :]
ok :] i understand
when i get into creating things, or etc.. i can get v into it xD (as my 88 magyc cards show)
Hey, if you modify your profile, it lets you choose a username with upper case letters and spaces and all that other complicated stuff. So now I am forum user Johnny Pez!
HUZZAH!
Sarah, thanks for seeding the board with topics!
And thanks to everyone for registering.
It looks like the blog platform Ami is recommending is a better choice than proboards, so I’m going to go ahead and switch to that.
Sorry about the confusion/inconvenience! But I think the forum will be a happier experience for everyone on the phpBB/forumotion platform than on proboards.
It’s my pleasure!
So, should I refrain from posting until you get the phpBB stuff set up? Or will transferring posts be easy?
Registered… Woo hoo.
David, are you planning on keeping the comment threads here along with the forum? I’ve made this suggestion before, but perhaps you could migrate the comment section to a post in the forums, perhaps under a “Blog Posts” board. That way everything can be streamlined and easy to follow and so-forth.
Oh noes… And of course I completely misinterpreted what your last post said, David… Guess the forum stuffs will have to wait.
My vote is to migrate the comment section to the forums.. so it keeps things streamlined and less confusing š
like create a new post on the forum when a post comes here
and add a link at the bottom of here says “want to comment? click here!” or something that links to the forum post :] (i know some blogs that do this… girl-wonder for one..)
My plan is actually to keep the comment threads here going alongside the forum. I’m hoping it won’t bee too confusing and/or distracting to have both.
I may reconsider later, depending on how things go.
Ya know, I was thinkin about gettin my johnson hacked off and permanently sewn up my ass, as well as popping out my left eye and having a pussy sewn into the empty socket.
I demand my new gender be called PUMA-PIE.
Which stands for Penis Up My Ass, Pussy In Eye.
And don’t be callin my no pussy-eyed penis pooper. I’m just so sick of the negative gender stereotyping. Gender is a construct damn it.
Holy crap I’m funny!
WOW YEAH THAT WAS SO HILARIOUS
Wait, was it Mr Slave who dislikes all caps or was that someone else? I do know he definitely dun like these XD XD XDDDDD
That’s AWS who hates caps xD He’s Kirby’s NWO xD AWS is obsessed w/ Kirby like NWO is w/ me xD
@Snowy:
That was AWS. Shame he isn’t here…
@NWO:
Wow, you’re so funny and insightful. It’s like you can zero in on the real issue of transgendered people, the desire to make up an entirely new gender, consisting of randomly reassigned body parts. Yup.. How very intelligent and witty of you… yup…
AWS that’s right! Oh well, I tried.
Funny how “gender is a construct” somehow translates to “I can construct my own gender,” not “gender doesn’t define who someone is, it is something bestowed upon them.”
kirbywarp… transgendered people and reassigned body parts. What a crazy thought. It does sound insane doesn’t it? HAHAHA. Keep on keepin on, you people rock!
Well, you certainly sound insane. Maybe it’s the maniacal laughter.
@NWO:
Randomly reassigned body parts. Randomly. As in without rationale or reason. Kinda the important bit you missed.
Transgendered people aren’t trying to drill holes into their eyes or put penises on their shoulders. They are altering their body to the “gender” they associate with. Unfortunately this is kind of hard for me to get across to you, because it involves a great deal of understanding and nuance. So, whatever. Keep on trollin, man, keep on trollin. Unless you actually want to learn something. In which case ask away, I might actually answer your questions for once. š
Personally, I think ppl should be able to do what they want w/ their body. xD If he wants to do that he can go right ahead.
@Ami:
Well, yeah, technically.. But its kinda like the people who say “Well, if you let gays get married, why not let people marry rocks? Or dogs marry cats? Or people marry goldfish? Adults marry two year olds? Or let brothers and sisters marry?” Basically, its trying to take a reasonable position and equate it to what is meant to be a horribly unreasonable one. But of course when the two aren’t equivalent, the tactic falls flat.
Hm. That’s an interesting point, Slavie! Is gender really just a construct? I think a lot of it is! A lot of what we associate with gender is culturally produced. But I’m not sure all of it is! Now I’m not arguing that there is an objectively correct way to present, or anything like that, but I think there may be some inherent part of human nature that makes gender somewhat meaningful.
NWO, you already suffer a rather severe cranio-rectal inversion, so I’m not sure that’s gonna work.