Nails...gay, straight, bi, or unsure

[Pills]

Just a simple, anonymous poll. On occasion, there's been discussion of fetishes, nails, and homosexuality, and in some cases a possible link. It seems most of us here are probably straight, however, some are clearly not.

Let's take a quick, easy poll. No need to voice your opinions on the sexual preferences of others, instead, just exercise your right to vote.

I think we're capable of doing this in a professional, mature, and respectful manner.

Pills

[Lindanailz]

Pills,

I think we're capable of doing this in a professional, mature, and respectful manner

Not being disrespectful, and being a mature 53 year old, I guess I just see absolutely no reason whatsoever for a poll of this kind. Does it really matter?? Who cares if someone is gay, and likes nails? Who cares if someone is gay or a TV and likes to wear nails? Are they not entitled to their fetish like the rest of us are? I imagine for them, it is even harder, because of the homophobes in this world.

[Francoise]

ah, had to be Pill creating this thread..

[Pills]

Thanks for your input. Just a poll for fun and educational purposes.
I hope you both participated.

Pills

[editor]

Two negative reactions from LNBs here. Not good.

[Francoise]

educational???? you gotta be kidding me!
No , sorry ..i cannot participate to silly polls.

[Spectator]

ED, can we disable the "POLL" function?
Or make it an admin accessible option. every damn day there is another stupid poll.
If we were gay we'd be at man-nails,com or wherever they hang out, right?

[editor]

Spectator, what I learned about you today is you don;t like chipped nail polish. You don't like polls - they should be banned. Also you dont want giantess stuff here. Is there anything that you do like? Is there anything positive you can say? Post a picture? A Link? Something.

Can you do me a favor? Email me your list because I cannot keep track of all your wishes here.

Man you gotta be the most negative, opinionated guy around, and I'd like to think a bright guy like you has some good ideas but I am not getting that here.

[Pills]

Folks, this is a serious poll. If someone does not want to participate, it is their right. But there's no need to bash the poll. Feel free if you want to, but it's not a productive method of self expression. All you need is one "anti-Pills" comments and the parrots are out and about. :eek:

If you're some who doesn't like the poll? Then move on with dignity. As I've said, please, read through my last dozen or so posts....many are thought provoking and not offensive. What have you posted to the forum lately? But seriously, I think one of the four choices in the poll would be the right choice for everyone. It's just a question of your individual preference, and, in my opinion, it's interesting how nail lovers vote on such issues.

Not respecting a poll about a wide array of sexual orientations shows ignorance. :cool:

You don't need to live all types of lifestyles, but you should be tolerant of all others' sexual persuasions.

Pills

[fluf]

From what I gather it seems that people who are questioning, very curious, labeling and mulling over other peoples sexual orientation are often the ones who are unsure of their own sexual orientation. If we weren't to make such a big deal out of homosexuality or orientations per se, they (mainly gay men I'd guess, it's a bit easier for women) wouldn't feel so insecure about their place in society.

[Francoise]

You might be right fluf.

If he is asking and keep reapeting that this is a "serious poll" , "educational" and we should be "mature and respectful" , "tolerant" etc. That makes me think that he is confused and also he is being very intrested on our replies.He must be wondering if he is the only one here, having this problem and like long nails at the same time.

Why don't you feel free and disscuse with us about your sexual preferences, maybe we can help you clarify your doubts.We are only friends here.


Now i am starting to understand you Pills, i understand why you have those reactions(ah sorry "strong opinions" as you called it), i understand why you have no respect for us, women, on this forum.I totally understand you now.

[Pills]

We are only friends here.

True friends respect the opinions of their friends, even when they're not in agreement. And truth, yes, it hurts at times.


i understand why you have no respect for us, women, on this forum
:confused: Read my posts. Not too many are attacking all of the women on this board. Please, it's nice weather, shut down the computer and enjoy the real world today.

Many thanks to those who have participated in the poll. Seems my vote agrees with everyone else's so far.

Hmmm...Fluf hasn't added his answer yet....too bad he's not participating.


Pills

[magurodoe]

Stop This Political Correctness That Takes Away Freedom Of Speech And Expression!

It's Ok To Be Gay ?! It's Ok To Speak Too, Let The Voices Be Heard Instead.

Pills Has A Point, Gays Have A Point, If They Can Speak, Pills Can, If You Dont Like It Dont Join.

Pills, Go Ahead. Homophobe Or Not, We Are Allllllllllllllllllll Free. We Dont Live In The Cold War And Thank God We Have A Liberal Internet.

[fluf]

Why is that "too bad". I'm sure of what I am, always have been. You on the other hand seem to have a lot on your mind...

[Tigressa]

It is interesting and somewhat funny in a sad sort of way how some people think so much of their own opinions that they hide behind the “I have the right to say anything I well damn please cause I believe in free speech and you can’t stop me cause my opinions are far superior than all others and that gives me the right to insult and be rude but it is ok cause my opinions are thought provoking.”

I mean no disrespect but it seems to me, and this is just my humble opinion (I do have a right to one, yes?) that some people are so into their own egomaniacal ways that do think that everything that churns out of their brain is worth exposing to the public. Their need to “stir” controversy seems to be just a way to cram down our throats what they believe to be either the proper or correct way to do, accept or view things. It is the “yes, you have the right to say what you want, but it does not match my opinion, so you are wrong!” speech. And therefore proceed with rudeness and insults when challenged.

This site used to be, at least for me, a friendly place where positive thoughts were abundant. We made friends, some of us found our significant other here and we found that little heaven where we could go and talk about beautiful nails, exchange ideas on how to make and keep them beautiful and exchange knowledge with those who have spent years working, learning and doing nails. We “oooh’ed and ahh’ed when we saw nice nails regardless of whether they were home grown or store bought or a combination of both. We enjoyed sharing and participating because it brought us closer as a community. We didn’t belittle those who couldn’t grow a fantastic set of nails without some help; instead we rewarded the effort and the desire of beauty with a positive comment. People weren’t confronted by such silliness as polls and inane questions put forth just so they could pretty much be in the spotlight and be the center of attention. Sad to say that the board has become more of a boys club than a place were we could all partake. It is a cruel world out there and it was here where I would get away from that. It isn’t the little heaven anymore.

[Pills]

Stop This Political Correctness That Takes Away Freedom Of Speech And Expression!

It's Ok To Be Gay ?! It's Ok To Speak Too, Let The Voices Be Heard Instead.

Pills Has A Point, Gays Have A Point, If They Can Speak, Pills Can, If You Dont Like It Dont Join.

Pills, Go Ahead. Homophobe Or Not, We Are Allllllllllllllllllll Free. We Dont Live In The Cold War And Thank God We Have A Liberal Internet.

Thank you Magurodoe. You're absolutely correct. People are reading into this far too much. It's a poll. Vote, or don't vote. No need to whine or carry on about it. Although I am a straight, I respect gays for their lifestyle. They do not choose to be gay. It's akin to us choosing to have a nail fetish. What a preposterous thought. The fact is, it's hardwired into our psyche.

I happen to have gay neighbors. Although it didn't bother my wife, I was a bit apprensive at first to live near them. It was not that I didn't want them around, I was just afraid they would not respect or take a liking to a "normal" family. Turns out they are wonderful neighbors and great human beings. It's better they live the personal life they're comfortable in, rather than marrying the opposite sex, having kids, and then waking up deciding it's all a lie and they're not being honest with themselves. We've had them over for meals, and I'm more than happy to help these two nice female partners when they need things fixed in their house.

Please vote...let's move on...new topic.

[fluf]

Cute.

But why are you so hung up on sexual preferences then?

[Pills]

Cute.

But why are you so hung up on sexual preferences then?

Fluf,
You've obviously made an error in both choice of words and perhaps paraphrasing, as well. Count my total posts here and then count how many are in regards to sexual preference. You'll find the percentage on sexual orienation is extremely small...probably below ten percent. That proves your question to be downright silly.

What you've obviously meant to say is, "Why is Fluf so hung up on Pills?" I don't say that in an attempt to attack your sexuality, rather....Why are you giving me so much attention? :confused:

Move on, bro....find something productive to share on the forum. Try adding a post here that doesn't center around me.

The Pills

[KerCyt]

I mean no disrespect but it seems to me, and this is just my humble opinion (I do have a right to one, yes?) that some people are so into their own egomaniacal ways that do think that everything that churns out of their brain is worth exposing to the public.It is just the way of things, Tig. Some people, either through insecurity or simple curiosity, want to see how many other people have the same opinion(s) that they do. And polls are a quick 'n' easy way to do so. But you can usually tell the difference by the subjects in the poll. If you see a poll like the following...

Which is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Vote!
Chocolate
Vanilla

...then that is usually a good sign that this is someone fishing for a little ego-stroking. Such a small list to choose from shows the narrow-mindedness of the poll's creator. What about people who like strawberry? Or rocky road? Were they not worthy of inclusion? Some will try to get around this and seem more 'open' by simply adding "Other" to the list of choices, but this does not work. All that tacking "Other" onto the choices does is to say, "Are you a right-thinking person like me who values these clearly superior flavors (chocolate/vanilla), or are you a peasant who prefers one of the ones I couldn't be bothered to name (other)?" You and I both know that when the pollster returns to review the responses, (s)he is going to totally ignore however many people answered "Other." If there were a dozen or more flavors to choose from along with "Other," then I might believe (s)he was using "Other" to mean "something I forgot to mention" instead of "something I don't care about." The only sort of exception I can think of would be a poll where there are clearly only a small handful of obvious answers, such as:

Which is your favorite cola? Vote!
Pepsi
Coke
Other
Something like this is much more appropriate, since Coke and Pepsi control something like 95% of the global market of cola, and anyone who likes one of the independent cola makers (Faygo, RC, store brand, Towne Club, etc) can choose "Other." However, this poll is still lacking in that it does not allow people who do not like cola to express their opinion, nor does it have a slot for those who like cola, but don't have any particular preference as to brand.

A good poll is not something you can casually toss out there. The choices should always be as comprehensive as possible within the limits of the polling mechanics. The pollster should anticipate as many answers/categories as possible to give everyone a chance to express their opinion. The real object of a poll, after all, is to get as many people to participate as possible. If the available choices are limited, then the responses will be limited, too.

--KerCyt

[Francoise]

"It seems most of us here are probably straight, however, some are clearly not. "


So tell me Pills, how do you know that some guys here are not straight?

[jdawg]

"It seems most of us here are probably straight, however, some are clearly not. "


So tell me Pills, how do you know that some guys here are not straight?

He doesn't really know anything. Just pushing buttons apparently. There really is no purpose at all to this poll that I can see. Obviously, it has irked quite a few people which Pills had to know would happen, but he'll never admit to that I'm sure.

[LeniCano]

I happen to have gay neighbors. Although it didn't bother my wife, I was a bit apprensive at first to live near them.

We've had them over for meals, and I'm more than happy to help these two nice female partners when they need things fixed in their house.

Please vote...let's move on...new topic.

Just a small personal poll Pills, if these gay neighbours had been men, would you feel the same way about them?

[fluf]

Fluf,
You've obviously made an error in both choice of words and perhaps paraphrasing, as well. Count my total posts here and then count how many are in regards to sexual preference. You'll find the percentage on sexual orienation is extremely small...probably below ten percent. That proves your question to be downright silly.

What you've obviously meant to say is, "Why is Fluf so hung up on Pills?" I don't say that in an attempt to attack your sexuality, rather....Why are you giving me so much attention? :confused:

Move on, bro....find something productive to share on the forum. Try adding a post here that doesn't center around me.

The Pills

Why is it educational and important to know the sexual preference? You made the poll. I think it's quite entertaining so see you squirm like this. But I do think many of us here are pretty convinced that you're a homophobe.

Oh but I do, I contribute by having a couple of webpages and on nailslong.com.

[Pills]

Why is it educational and important to know the sexual preference? You made the poll. I think it's quite entertaining so see you squirm like this. But I do think many of us here are pretty convinced that you're a homophobe.

Oh but I do, I contribute by having a couple of webpages and on nailslong.com.


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[diggem]

Generally, I stay out of these things, but I know that some of the long standing members of the Long Nail Community (includes both owners and admirers of long nails) no longer participate. Part of the problem has been stated already, and more articulately than I could.

That being said, we in the USA have heard and been told many times, that 'Freedom is not Free'. There is a cost associated with any freedom. For a free society, that means that people's lives may need to be sacrificed to protect it (please don't go down the current 'war in the middle east' path, that is not the point of the statement). For 'free speech', the cost is that we are fully responsible for what we say and how we say it. The whole idea behind being 'politically correct' was that we need to take proper and reasonable consideration is what we say and how we say it. Unfortunately, the idea has gotten to the point that you cannot say anything about anyone because they will be offended. When I was younger when I had something to say, I'd say it the way I thought it. The result was that I insulted a large number of people, most of whom I respected. It was my feeling at the time that I said it but they needed to hear it the way I wanted them to hear it. It took many years for my wife to get that out of my brain and realize that it is my responsibility to understand my audience and to phrase things that took them into consideration. I could still be truthful and accurate doing this. I think we'd all be better off if every one engaged their brain prior to engaging their mouth. And even if you did that and you were still misunderstood or unintentionally insulted someone, you were still responsible for what you said and should apologize and explain yourself.

In the end, we'd all be better if we'd stop and consider others prior to saying anything. And you'd be surprised at the results. People would consider what you say more seriously and may even be more readily swayed by your well articulated argument. And even if they were not sway, that's fine, but you'd still be able to communicate.

Think about it.

diggem

P.S. This was written with no one individual or group of individuals in mind. If you personally take offense at it, then you may want to consider why that is. It is my hope and wish that maybe rational, reasonable, and consider discussion would be the result.

[fireman]

hi guys i haven't posted anything for awhile so for that i apologize...now here's the reason i'm posting today...we've gotten much too sensitive today, so much so that we can't even ask a simple question without it being a big deal...here goes some non-politically correct facts...GAYS offend the church....THE CHURCH offend gays my point being ppl no matter what we do we offend others whether intentional or not...do you think they killed CHRIST because they loved him lol... HELL no , rather' it was because he offended some ppl ...think about this...A PREFECT MAN OFFENDED PPL .....PS. this isn't meant to offend but it might so i await your reply.....

[Ardell]

I am 100% all heterosexual and there's not a damn thing anybody going to do about it! I am anti-LGBT. First, here is the picture of the heterosexual flag. One more thing, heterosexual is the way to go, PERIOD!!!!!

[Rebs]

What in the world does any of this have to do with nails? Can you imagine what people must think if it's the first time they are stumbling across our little corner? Hanging my head............

[Da Foot Mon]

Oh man this is better than TV, seriously, I can't stop laughing. It's always fun to see a bunch of people fight over stupid things

lol /getlife

[Pills]

Oh man this is better than TV, seriously, I can't stop laughing. It's always fun to see a bunch of people fight over stupid things

lol /getlife

YAH MON.....U FRAHM JAH-MAY-CAH :rolleyes:

[Pills]

Just a small personal poll Pills, if these gay neighbours had been men, would you feel the same way about them?

Of course, Leni. Good people are good people regardless of their sexual preference. The same applies to bad people. Sure, they may be more inclined to check me out when I'm strolling about, shirtless, which I wouldn't go out of my way to invite, but actually these ladies made a few 'comments' about "The Bod". So....perhaps I'll convert them! Seriously, I do not believe that happens. Once gay, always gay.


Cheers,
Pills

[Saba King]

this was a pointless poll