I see why you might think that's a good idea, but it's terrible for so many reasons.

It will cause fracturing, already in a community that doesn't have a huge following. I also feel like it may facilitate gossip. Walls need to be broken down, not constructed.

There's also something very archaic and kind of backwards about splitting the community this way. It makes me think of the Men's Clubs and women-only organizations of yore. Or the days of Jim Crow; white v. colored. It goes against the very notion of inclusiveness. I don't wish to go back 60+ years.

It makes me wonder what Martin Luther King fought for. What those womens' rights activists fought for.

Overall, I think it would send the wrong message.

I also don't really see a lot of point in separating by role, since not only can someone have more than one role (feeder and feedee for example), but sometimes those of other roles may nevertheless have useful advice or something to add.

It also wouldn't ultimately solve any problems, and likely cause more of them.

Despite our best efforts, scammers and those who misrepresent themselves do occasionally slip through, and it's often not possible to take action immediately. Out of fairness, there needs to be evidence or failing that, multiple reports and this doesn't always present itself immediately. While a serious problem, there's no simple or easy solution so we just do the best we can to remove them, while attempting to be as fair as possible with an extremely low rate of false positives.

With this sort of thing, scammers and troublemakers will have even more of an incentive to misrepresent themselves than they already do. The problems of harassment will only continue on as much as they have.

That's just my two cents on this, so far.

You just work with estimates, but that's more than good enough most of the time.

Also, I hope you don't expect perfectly linear results. You, or someone else, will probably not experience a consistent rate of weight gain.

The only thing that's consistent is if you can regularly "eat a lot," you will gain eventually. It's funny. Sometimes, you can eat a lot and nothing happens, then suddenly a few pounds end up out of nowhere. Everyone is a little different.

I suppose this would happen at some point, if you put on enough weight. I'm not there yet, but I can't help but think I might have to, eventually. I suppose this thread is similar to one I made awhile back about having to increase ring size because even fingers can fluff up from weight gain.

I can almost swear the shoes I have are just a little more snug than they were, though I think I still have a ways to go.

So, have you ever had to upgrade to a larger shoe size? About how much weight did it take, and how tall? I suppose it's wishful thinking to hope it's possible to estimate a need for larger shoes, perhaps based on difference of BMI.

If you had to upgrade shoe size, did you take the opportunity to phase out shoe laces in favor of slip-on shoes and side zippers?

I can't be entirely certain who the OP is referring to, but a lot of the difficulty involved is because a lot of the abuse reports received is a lot of "he said, she said" with little to no information otherwise provided.

We really do try, but sometimes it's a challenge. That said, the more details, the better. If more than one person complains, odds are they aren't all wrong, so there's that too.

And sometimes, they do get banned. One user who shall remain unnamed, earned a week long ban and it looks like I'm going to have to spend a good chunk of the afternoon removing the posted comments. I'll probably finish watching a feature length film and there will probably still be a lot of comments left. Anyway, time to keep chipping away at them.

"Feedback and Suggestions" is probably the best place to mention things like this. I agree that would be annoying, though it's not a bug I would have encountered personally.

Okay so, I've seen some electric deep fryers for sale for pretty cheap, and I'm wondering if it's worth it. Surely there's others here who use deep fryers.

Thing is, I really do love fried boneless chicken strips. I also like fries, but only when fresh. But, going to Cane's gets expensive fast, so I don't get to do that as much as I might like. And it's not like any of the other fast food chains that specialize in fried chicken are any cheaper or better. For reference, the 25 pack of strips at Cane's is something like $38-40, and that's gone in a day or two at most, though damn if that sauce isn't delicious.. but I digress.

The cheaper ones have what look like a pretty small capacity of around 2-3 L or so. But, I don't hold huge cookouts and I live alone, nor am I going to run a restaurant, so hopefully that's enough?

It's easy enough to determine the financial impact for the most part. I know how much the frozen strips at the grocery store are, how much vegetable oil is, and that you use can use the oil 5-10 times or so.

But here's what's harder for me to figure out.. how high maintenance or time consuming is it? How much of a mess would it make? How difficult is it to clean? How long does it take to warm up the oil? For that matter, how long can I expect an electric deep fryer to last?

I have this silly dream of being able to eat more fried food. Probably not every day, but more often. But what's the reality? As I live alone, I do have to place some premium on ease of use, but of course there's always a trade off. I'm trying to figure out what that trade off ultimately is.

So, not just me who thinks this reads a lot more like a fiction story than something that actually happened? Good.

Much as I want to believe this, I just can't.

I will say this though.. it does seem like very good writing and it's engaging. Even if it's all fiction I still want to read the next part.

No it's not just you. There really is something seemingly juvenile about roleplay and make believe. Adults are expected to understand the cold, hard reality and if they'd like to do something, to actually make it happen. There's daydreaming and being lost in thought, but that's different.

Hell, it really reminds me of when folks used to refer to "cybering" online. Mostly amongst those who are officially too young for this site (and I'm duty bound to ban if I discover any). I think the kids call it "sexting" now.

That said, I suppose you might find some folks of all ages who might do this if you search long and hard enough. While not too common, there's some adults who still have a sense of being a child at heart. I never had the desire to engage in online roleplay, and I completely outgrew any notions of make believe after I turned 12 or so. Even roleplay questions at some job interviews irritate me and make me think less of the company. But, some folks never really do outgrow this stuff at all.

Just my opinion but that would seem really far-fetched, unlikely, very unrealistic, and maybe even a little sad.

In the modern era, maybe even in poor taste? I might be overthinking this though.

It'd be quite a downgrade in lifestyle. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, many of the former states of the Soviet Bloc have continued to be characterized by horrendous poverty and costly food.

About 15 years ago, I met a university instructor who actually did marry a woman who came from the Ukraine. He said that a pound of beef was something like $12/lb. there, and that's at nominal exchange rates, not even purchasing power parity. And the average salaries aren't even close to comparable. Also keep in mind, that was back in '07. I didn't ask him when he married her, but presumably it was some years back. Even before the Russian-Ukraine debacle, I wouldn't be surprised if that still remained high. This instructor would still visit the Ukraine about 3 weeks out of the year, maybe to do some volunteer work and a chance for his wife to see family, so I considered him knowledgeable about the subject. Wonder what he'd say about the current situation over there now.

He also told me that a short time after she moved here, she gained 20 lbs. Pretty sure she isn't a feedee, a gainer, or anything like that either.

I wouldn't thus expect a "peasant" to be particularly heavy, due to what may be a lack of cheaper, highly processed foods over there. Although, if it's possible for someone there to be both poor and heavy, I'd like to hear about it. After all, there are very heavy people in France, even though it was my understanding the local cuisine makes this kind of a challenge.

The opposite scenario seems more realistic. Someone from such a background gets the opportunity to visit America and meets someone, where a relationship somehow allows her to stay. Or maybe there's an American tourist (business or pleasure) that she meets. Maybe the tourist is fat. Maybe a "mail-order bride" dating service is used, or maybe not.

Or since this mail-order concept can often take many months and even years (the USCIS has been cracking down, doing what they can to ensure it's "real" and not just some sort of immigration fraud).. maybe after each visit to the fat man in America, she comes back fatter each time.

Anyway, just kind of spitballing here. Take it for what you will.

Kind of curious what kind of answers folks might say. I've lived here for years and I've yet to get any good answers to this question.

I was briefly chatting to an FFA but then she stopped replying and never got an answer to that question. Maybe it's due to my lack of pictures and not being heavy enough yet. I also live alone so I'm not really motivated to eat out at sit-down restaurants. If I'm in the mood for takeout it's typically one of the chains that's not exclusive to DFW. If I go out it's typically bars, but then I'm there to drink and hang out with the other regular patrons, not eat.

Whataburger is probably the least bad fast food place for burgers but, pretty sure you have that in Pearland so meh. Though as regional chains go, it's the least bad one I've experienced.