The Swamp

Pruitt wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:18 pm North America’s first sex-doll brothel opening in Toronto

degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:43 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:18 pm North America’s first sex-doll brothel opening in Toronto

wait, how does this work? you can own a sex doll and not have to pay to fuck it for the hour.

and hands up who wants the job of cleaning the dolls?

degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:43 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:18 pm North America’s first sex-doll brothel opening in Toronto

wait, how does this work? you can own a sex doll and not have to pay to fuck it for the hour.

and hands up who wants the job of cleaning the dolls?

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:37 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:43 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:18 pm North America’s first sex-doll brothel opening in Toronto

wait, how does this work? you can own a sex doll and not have to pay to fuck it for the hour.

and hands up who wants the job of cleaning the dolls?

Those dolls are extremely expensive! Or maybe if you have a doll, it's exciting to cheat on it with a doll in a brothel? I really can't fathom any of this, but if it makes people happy, whatever. Probably makes for less angry maladjusted people who can't communicate with women.

degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:49 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:37 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:43 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Sun Aug 26, 2018 9:18 pm North America’s first sex-doll brothel opening in Toronto

wait, how does this work? you can own a sex doll and not have to pay to fuck it for the hour.

and hands up who wants the job of cleaning the dolls?

Those dolls are extremely expensive! Or maybe if you have a doll, it's exciting to cheat on it with a doll in a brothel? I really can't fathom any of this, but if it makes people happy, whatever. Probably makes for less angry maladjusted people who can't communicate with women.

The part of the article that gets me is that a client doesn't even have to interact with front desk staff. Signup online, go through the back door, put money down (or online payment?) and go straight to the room.

I find that makes maladjusted people more maladjusted. I don't know about you guys but there was a thrill to watching porn as a teenager. The risk of getting caught. Or picking out the tape from the video store and having to a) make a membership and b) face the clerk (especially if it was a woman) and c) getting that tape home in a black bag. Hiding tapes and playboys in closets or under couches at the house was half the fun.

Even if you were to get an escort today, there's that thrill of texting them and going to the location, doing some shady or getting caught.

This is all too easy!

sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 9:32 am

degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:49 pm... I don't know about you guys but there was a thrill to watching porn as a teenager. The risk of getting caught. Or picking out the tape from the video store and having to a) make a membership and b) face the clerk (especially if it was a woman) and c) getting that tape home in a black bag. Hiding tapes and playboys in closets or under couches at the house was half the fun.

Even if you were to get an escort today, there's that thrill of texting them and going to the location, doing some shady or getting caught.

This is all too easy!

Well, we can disagree on this, Degen. But for me 100% of the fun was watching the porn and rubbing one out.

degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:49 pm I find that makes maladjusted people more maladjusted. I don't know about you guys but there was a thrill to watching porn as a teenager. The risk of getting caught. Or picking out the tape from the video store and having to a) make a membership and b) face the clerk (especially if it was a woman) and c) getting that tape home in a black bag. Hiding tapes and playboys in closets or under couches at the house was half the fun.

Even if you were to get an escort today, there's that thrill of texting them and going to the location, doing some shady or getting caught.

This is all too easy!

One of Toronto’s hottest new restaurants is Dinner With A View. Located under Gardiner Expressway, this pop-up experience has everything: giant heated “terrariums” surrounding diners in flora, a celebrity chef preparing a “3-course blind menu” and, now, organized protests.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2019 12:30 pm The only thing missing in that is a reference to "little people."

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:36 pm Toronto Soup Festival This Weekend

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2019 12:39 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:36 pm Toronto Soup Festival This Weekend

Know its old but did you do this? Been looking for any excuse to drag the family to Canada. Realistically will probably be Toronto or Vancouver but with that dougj could probably visit anywhere but I'm just hungry for soup right now. Lemme know.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:38 am If you go due west from Toronto along its latitudinal line, you end up in southern Oregon. Not really The North.

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:20 am

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:38 am If you go due west from Toronto along its latitudinal line, you end up in southern Oregon. Not really The North.

Hm. I think Oregon is the north. It's certainly the northwest.

Anyway, you go the other way, and I think Toronto lines up with (southern) Maine. Also pretty northy.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:36 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:20 am

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:38 am If you go due west from Toronto along its latitudinal line, you end up in southern Oregon. Not really The North.

Hm. I think Oregon is the north. It's certainly the northwest.

Anyway, you go the other way, and I think Toronto lines up with (southern) Maine. Also pretty northy.

Part of the reason I brought that up is that my uncle who lives in Toronto used to point out to me that it was about the same longitude as Casper, Wyoming. I used southern Oregon because I don’t think very many people are familiar with Casper. .

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:22 pm I somehow missed the discussion about weather. My wife has a significant family presence up in the 'burbs around Toronto (mostly Ajax and Mississauga). I've spent a decent amount of time up there and I can tell you, the summers are gorgeous, but I've also been up there in July when the high was in the 50s and the wind made it feel more like 40s (we were out in lake country, to be fair.)

I was expecting this thread to contain a run-down of the city after the Kevin Durant injury. I've been out of town and while I watched that game, I didn't bore myself with reading all the hot takes in the aftermath.

A couple hundred people are quickly shushed by surrounding fans and the players on the court, yet everyone with an ax to grind running around "See, we told you Canadians can be assholes!"

Like, fucking no shit they can be "assholes." Try going to a US-CAN hockey game. It's not like they enjoy being talked down to and ridiculed as the US's hat all the time. But here's the thing: They will give you shit while they're handing you a beer and offering to take a pic of you and your kid. Canadians can't help being generally good-natured, yet passionate about their teams (and their country.)

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:43 pm The Police did not do an exemplary job of planning this parade - 3 miles long and 3 hours in already!

degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:53 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:43 pm The Police did not do an exemplary job of planning this parade - 3 miles long and 3 hours in already!

well, they have been planning the parade for decades.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:48 pm Kawhi Leonard's Uncle - and apparently his confidant - was standing behind Kyle Lowry chanting "5 More Years!" and Toronto sports media has lost its mind.

That's be awesome - but I am bearing in mind that these guys have been slamming back champagne since 10:00!

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:00 pm Just look at my city!

Raptors Parade

2 million or so loving life today.

Joe K wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:58 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 12:48 pm Kawhi Leonard's Uncle - and apparently his confidant - was standing behind Kyle Lowry chanting "5 More Years!" and Toronto sports media has lost its mind.

That's be awesome - but I am bearing in mind that these guys have been slamming back champagne since 10:00!

Kawhi is obviously hard to read, but I think it’s more likely he signs a short-term deal if he stays in Toronto. Something like a 2-year deal where the second year is a player option. That would give him the flexibility to make a run at a repeat while also keeping the door open to go to LA while he’s still in his prime. By all accounts, Kawhi really loves Southern California, especially San Diego.