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- From: J.W.Harley@newcastle.ac.uk (Jon Harley)
- Newsgroups: soc.bi
- Subject: Re: Gripe: soc.motss
- Message-ID: <C1Gpso.E8p@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 13:07:36 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.203741.17574@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1993Jan22.000051.10916@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- elle@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Ellen Keyne Seebacher) writes:
- > as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Scorpii) writes:
- >>... why is the atmosphere [in soc.motss] so hostile and chilly?
- >>Admittedly, this is the sweetest, friendliest group I know of, but the
- >>general aura is as different as--forgive the cliche--night and day.
- >
- >Different strokes for different folks. I've been in soc.motss since
- >net.motss began -- eight, nine years? -- and I rather like the atmosphere.
- >
- >Several soc.motss regulars are bisexuals who avoid soc.bi, because what
- >you find sweet and friendly, we find ... cloying. I don't mind fluffy
- >nuzzle-lick-snuggle stuff _in person_, and I see a number of soc.bi
- >posters in person every week. Online, though, I find it most definitely
- >Not To My Taste.
-
- But there *are* usually some intellectual discussions going on in soc.bi;
- I guess they're easy to overlook because so few people contribute to them.
- But they are there if you look.
-
- >I might add that the worst soc.bi generally has to deal with are the
- >clueless straight boyz who Just Want to Watch. Over in soc.motss, we
- >get to defend all of queerdom from the real hard-core net.phobes. Makes
- >a bit of difference in our attitudes, no doubt.
-
- Fair point. No doubt it does.
-
-
- /jon (who sadly doesn't have _time_ to read soc.motss any more)
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