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Re: Similar Worlds goes nude friendly.
« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2017, 07:35:45 PM »
Its a weird complex world out there. Gotta, cut at the underbelly and chip away at the foundation, and make us known as the normal ones.
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« Reply #16 on: April 24, 2017, 07:54:09 PM »
Yeah, JohnP.

When I went to the site, most of what I saw were photos of people, mostly women, with pictures of body parts as the focal point. Very little of, even by a generous definition, what I would consider normal activities by clothed or naked people.

Did I make a thorough look through the site?
If I'm in a large group and I encounter someone that I disagree with and during a conversation they are too dogmatic, I don't attempt to FIX them.

No. I may lob a few pointers in their direction then I move on. :D

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Re: Similar Worlds goes nude friendly.
« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2017, 12:10:18 AM »
Posting on "nudist" sites to advocate nudism is preaching to a very limited choir.  We have maybe a couple hundred regular readers here?  Other nudist sites have fewer or a few more.   We only reach people who have decided to become nudists and looked for a nudist site.  It doesn't reach the millions who aren't nudist. 

Some of the millions on other sites may learn more about nudism or may become used to seeing nude humans as a normal choice.   I like a Facebook site called Nudism is the Way Forward, but again only those who look for nudity and "Like" NWF will see it.  Of course, also, Facebook censors photos so it still has a meta message that whole bodies are "obscene" and can't be seen.

Similar Worlds doesn't have as many readers as Facebook yet, but its growing.  Most of them are not nudists but now they interact with and see nudism every day.  Some of them are nudists.  Today there was a member of International Young Naturists who posted her story and IYN emblems a couple of times.  Rather than preaching to the choir its an outreach to the textile world. 

Yes, SW is "rough and tumble" with a very wide variety of personal fetishes, activities, and life stories that people want to share.  Politics, religion, sex, crime, bodies, relationships, every topic you could want.  And, it has a continuously present advocacy of public nudity among people who think of themselves normal.  It is NOT a "nudist site" with a few regular men and only occasionally a woman having a polite conversation.  It is a whole population site with lots of every kind of person.

I think its a WIN for nudists to post casual nudity as a regular choice among the whole population.   Your opinion may differ.
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« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2017, 08:22:15 PM »
I see your point Bob, and agree with you. I suppose it's like a meetup site. But while I don't have an issue with rap or head-banger music I won't spend time hanging out in those places. It doesn't appeal to me.

There may be those there that are more simply nudist friendly.
Maybe I'll look to see.

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« Reply #19 on: April 25, 2017, 09:13:44 PM »
Well, "stories that people want to share" and also "lies that people want to tell"! If you think there's anything good that you can achieve on that site, then go ahead. Or do it just because it's fun.

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« Reply #20 on: April 26, 2017, 05:18:58 PM »
Well we are back to Mark Twain's observation about lies.

A story is a fabrication. So is a lie.

A well told lie with flair, humor and/or a bit of wisdom is a fiction.

Something that they hand out awards for.  ;D

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« Reply #21 on: April 26, 2017, 07:10:09 PM »
Some people just leave comments there, looking for someone else to agree with them, then complain when their negative stance gets called out. What a waste of time to just look for agreement to reinforce BS. It is how people think they are correct, like a vote. Just stupid stuff without intellect.

It is like the unquestioned mores. "If there are other people who believe that nudity is a problem, then it must be a problem, right?" There are several morons doing this there. I'm not talking choir lessons, I'm talking cognitive dysfunction.
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« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2017, 07:23:43 PM »
I thought Mark Twain said the three kinds of lies were "Lies, damned lies, and statistics". Or maybe that was someone else.

Anyway, I'd say that fiction becomes a lie when it's presented in hopes that the reader will believe it.

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« Reply #23 on: April 26, 2017, 07:42:25 PM »
And then the writer may believe the lie and merely repeat it. That is fiction, but not a lie, but a lie, therefore an illusion. It appears to me more and more as time passes, just how much is an illusion. 

Just me breathing, naked in a cave somewhere in my galaxy, or my own private Idaho?
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« Reply #24 on: April 27, 2017, 07:14:34 PM »
Twain definitely said it, but may not have originated it.
It was one of his favorite sayings.  ;D

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« Reply #25 on: May 08, 2017, 03:52:51 PM »

Apparently "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" was attributed by Twain to have been originated by the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
For reasons I will explain in 'How was your month' thread I have not done my usual thoroughness (i.e. light!) of research to properly verify that.
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« Reply #26 on: May 08, 2017, 05:00:38 PM »
Yes Bob, it is an eclectic cast of characters on there, along with the posers and trolls but I agree with you that we should continue to post and portray nudity in a positive, normal light. Although I haven't done much except comment here and there I have received some positive feedback in the form of personal messages. As for the rest, it can be some good fictional entertainment sometime!
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« Reply #27 on: May 08, 2017, 05:06:21 PM »

Apparently "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" was attributed by Twain to have been originated by the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.
For reasons I will explain in 'How was your month' thread I have not done my usual thoroughness (i.e. light!) of research to properly verify that.
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« Reply #28 on: May 08, 2017, 07:34:09 PM »
That's the attribution I've always heard, John.

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