The Glory of Grinder: Equality for LGBT
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The Glory of Grinder: Equality for LGBT
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#2Grindr brings out the worst in gay men, it is an STD sharing application and often enough it makes me feel ashamed to be gay.
I believe that all in all it made the world worse for gay men.
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#3Grindr brings out the worst in gay men, it is an STD sharing application and often enough it makes me feel ashamed to be gay. I believe that all in all it made the world worse for gay men.
How so? In terms of disease .. in terms of how people treat each other there? Something else?
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#4Grindr brings out the worst in gay men, it is an STD sharing application and often enough it makes me feel ashamed to be gay. I believe that all in all it made the world worse for gay men.
I disagree. Sure, there can be crummy people on it, but there's also great people. People you can actually form relationships with—my partner can attest to that one.
Also, sometimes sex is just sex, Tinder is no worse (or better).
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#5Grindr brings out the worst in gay men, it is an STD sharing application and often enough it makes me feel ashamed to be gay. I believe that all in all it made the world worse for gay men.
How so? In terms of disease .. in terms of how people treat each other there? Something else?
Sex is reduced to a commodity, people get offended if you waste their time by talking about anything but how and where you two will have sex, rampant racism against Asians and black people is common (which, as a white man, does not concern me).
There are countless predators there looking to exploit young and inexperienced men, like me from years ago.
It makes lots people unable to have monogamous relationships, because at every moment sex with incredibly attractive men is less than a minute away.
If you want countless real life examples just search for Grindr on /r/askgaybros: https://www.reddit.com/r/askgaybros/search?q=grindr&restrict...
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
How so? In terms of disease .. in terms of how people treat each other there? Something else?
Sex is reduced to a commodity, people get offended if you waste their time by talking about anything but how and where you two will have sex, rampant racism against Asians and black people is common (which, as a white man, does not concern me). There are countless predators there looking to exploit young and inexperienced men, like me from years ago. It makes lots people unable to have monogamous relationships, becau…
Grindr isn't the only thing in the world reducing sex to a commodity, that happened long before Grindr showed up in the scene. Same with predators; when was the last time you went to a basement gaybar?
You put monogamy on a pedestal as if everyone should prescribe to your world views, perhaps they don't?
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#7Grindr brings out the worst in gay men, it is an STD sharing application and often enough it makes me feel ashamed to be gay. I believe that all in all it made the world worse for gay men.
I disagree. Sure, there can be crummy people on it, but there's also great people. People you can actually form relationships with—my partner can attest to that one. Also, sometimes sex is just sex, Tinder is no worse (or better).
I have heard lots of stories of people finding long term partners on Grindr, but I am fed up with searching for someone who looks for a serious relationship among a flood of dick pics and people who did not read my profile even if my profile name was "ReadMyProfile". OkCupid and Tinder led me to more success and half a handful of dates.
I am happy for everyone who is sex positive and enjoys Grindr to it's fullest though, but I believe Grindr is reducing the gay population's interest in monogamous relationship which is what I am looking for.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sex is reduced to a commodity, people get offended if you waste their time by talking about anything but how and where you two will have sex, rampant racism against Asians and black people is common (which, as a white man, does not concern me). There are countless predators there looking to exploit young and inexperienced men, like me from years ago. It makes lots people unable to have monogamous relationships, becau…
Grindr isn't the only thing in the world reducing sex to a commodity, that happened long before Grindr showed up in the scene. Same with predators; when was the last time you went to a basement gaybar? You put monogamy on a pedestal as if everyone should prescribe to your world views, perhaps they don't?
Nothing reduces sex more to a commodity than a catalog of abs tagged with top/bottom/vers.
I am happy for everyone who is sex positive and enjoys Grindr to it's fullest though, but I believe Grindr is reducing the gay population's interest in monogamous relationship which is what I am looking for.
Yes I put monogamy on a pedestal, but I am aware that the majority of gay men do not or seemingly outright reject monogamy.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree. Sure, there can be crummy people on it, but there's also great people. People you can actually form relationships with—my partner can attest to that one. Also, sometimes sex is just sex, Tinder is no worse (or better).
I have heard lots of stories of people finding long term partners on Grindr, but I am fed up with searching for someone who looks for a serious relationship among a flood of dick pics and people who did not read my profile even if my profile name was "ReadMyProfile". OkCupid and Tinder led me to more success and half a handful of dates. I am happy for everyone who is sex positive and enjoys Grindr to it's fullest tho…
You're looking for something that isn't easily offered by the app, and yet blame it on the app and the users using it for what it's readily available for. I imagine you see the problem here...
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have heard lots of stories of people finding long term partners on Grindr, but I am fed up with searching for someone who looks for a serious relationship among a flood of dick pics and people who did not read my profile even if my profile name was "ReadMyProfile". OkCupid and Tinder led me to more success and half a handful of dates. I am happy for everyone who is sex positive and enjoys Grindr to it's fullest tho…
You're looking for something that isn't easily offered by the app, and yet blame it on the app and the users using it for what it's readily available for. I imagine you see the problem here...
I blame the app for making it harder to find what I am looking for.