Rants and Raves

[Niteluvr]

This is just taking control of the narrative. It's like how gay people started calling themselves "queer", and eventually "LGBT"; once you start defining your own category (or someone else's) you gain a certain amount of power over yourself (or others, as the case may be.). There's a good essay by Thomas Szasz on this very subject (no link, but you might Google it?)

So: care work. For awhile, there have been two warring Leftist narratives about "sex work", one which calls it a legitimate kind of work deserving of protections, and the other which conflates it with human trafficking. I guess "care work" tilts the argument towards the "legitimacy" argument, which, on balance, is a good thing.

FWIW, I *have* met some pretty "caring" sex workers! (and I'd say they outnumber the handful of frightening narcissists and psychopaths I've also met in the game.).

O.

I think I need to ask my next therapist if she'd "care" to give me a blowjob.

[Niteluvr]

That was the prevailing narrative after the Robert Kraft story. "Every Asian massage parlor is a brothel and funded by Chinese mafia who force women into prostitution" but the fact that these women have family and loved ones stateside, leads me to think that narrative is not quite accurate.

If news outlets want to truly report accurate news, they simply need to visit some parlors, get to know the girls and their expensive cars earned from jacking dicks, then report the facts.

[Lift Her Up]

I'm foregoing one of my twice-monthly sessions and spreading the money ($point6, the customary "donation" for a session here in the San Gabriel Valley) around to each of the victims via the GoFundMe links below. If it weren't for these women, I would have no sexual connection with anyone at all. This is the very least I can do.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...-here-n1261764

Lift Her Up.

[HobbyMan51]

I imagine it's best to leave your gun in your glovebox instead of bringing it in. Seeing a gun would likely frighten the girl and lessen the chance of getting fully serviced.

That is why I placed emphasis on not letting them see it. I have also had several members of law enforcement tell me to never leave a gun in your car and especially not in the glovebox. I don't.

[GorosDawg]

Yep, while laying face down and naked. Or having sex when the door busts open by a lunatic gunman. I will have to stick to hotels as at least the door locks.

Sorry Doc I don't think they are going to miss you. Stopped by Kaina mid morning after a haircut just to say hi and see how the girls were doing and all the rooms were full. A tragedy does not make the morning horny go away.

[Gary Ridgeway]

Massive difference between shots fired as in the listed example at Tokyo vs people getting killed. Shots fired in and around the blue flame seems to be extremely common, but is not deemed a big deal due to lack of a body count. There are several multiple victim shootings a week in the Atl area that barely get any press because they are in a low rent apartment complex and victim and suspects look like each other. This story grew legs because of the body count, the sexual aspect, the suspect is out of central casting, white bible thumper vs perceived poor immigrant " sex worker".

[EarlSandwich]

All three parlors been reviewed extensively over the years. Young's was a Chinese parlor (rub and tug) and the other two were Korean parlors (full service). Those women are not trafficked in any way. Koreans are usually recruited from Korea but not forced into anything. Their network allows them to move around freely to different parlors in the States and they even have their own "taxi" system to move them around.

Yes, Flushing, NY has a shit ton of Koreans and there's a lot of shady stuff that happens there (mostly gambling and real estate dealings), but forcing women to work against their will is not one of them.

That was the prevailing narrative after the Robert Kraft story. "Every Asian massage parlor is a brothel and funded by Chinese mafia who force women into prostitution" but the fact that these women have family and loved ones stateside, leads me to think that narrative is not quite accurate.

[AtlantaNights]

WTF is it that 75 in Stockbridge always jams up around noon?! I want to hit a good spa in Locust Grove, but can't stay in traffic for the extra GD hour!! JFC!!

GDOT had an opportunity to really make improvements to the highway in Henry, but they put in that goofy reversible toll lane that hardly anyone uses, unless you are bypassing all of Henry Co.

Which spa are you referring to? I'm in that area occasionally. Thanks.

[AtlantaNights]

I think as long as you were able to keep it 100% concealed you would be alright. But if they saw it they would think you were the police or had ill intent. The other problem is if you are required to leave room for table shower or saunas. I don't think it would be a good idea to leave it unattended. If you do carry, but leave it in car, for the love of god spend the 50 dollars and get a lock box for your car. The glove box or under your seat is not sufficient. It's a calculated risk. In all honesty you are more at risk in the parking lot vs actually in the spa. I am about as paranoid as can be. I think this incident was a once in a hundred year events. I would worry more about a straight up robbery at a spa then another avenger. I avoid Atl after dark. I scurry around during the day and head out of town at dusk. With that being said I realize most beefs at the clubs I go to are about past beefs, bad deals or " disrespect" none of which apply to me. I don't know these people and is too old to be a challenge to their respect. I elect not to talk about my opinions on Trump, blm and prison reform at the club. So thankfully the worse things that might happen to me is being ignored. In closing everywhere you go you are a target. If you like me find it hard to relax, but still need to engage in hobby it will be well worth it to spend the extra cash. Get a hotel room and lock door once she's in. Stay safe.

Crazies show up everywhere. Media cares nothing for the fact that just over the hill from Aromatherapy and Gold is Tokyo Valentino's which had their own shooting this month. Wasn't a bunch of Asians inside, so none of the woke crowd made anything of it and it was another day in Atlanta. https://www.11alive.com/article/news...b-820c2ab3936c.

[AtlantaNights]

I too have a permit. I carry everywhere, years before this happened. The gun is useless in the car and also just gives a scumbum the opportunity to steal your gun and use it in ways that you would not want it used. The places I go to know that I carry and they are good with it, especially now, but then they have known me for a long time and they know I won't back down from a situation. New places might be different though since this is so fresh and they will probably be frightened at the sight or the appearance of a gun. In that case the emphasis should be on the term "conceal" so that they don't see it. As a responsible gun owner I'm sure that you know what to do and what will be the right call to make.

I imagine it's best to leave your gun in your glovebox instead of bringing it in. Seeing a gun would likely frighten the girl and lessen the chance of getting fully serviced.

[AtlantaNights]

https://www.gq.com/story/sex-work-is...-spa-shootings

Someone break this down for me.

If sex work is care work, I need a new career.

Absolute garbage article. She's just another weak journalist trying to make the story about her and her feelings. Nothing at all about the actual women who were shot dead on the other side of the country, but, yeah, go off about how you had your brows done by an Asian.

[Niteluvr]

The one I was thinking was at a Luby's.

Yeah, but that was in Killeen, not Lubbock.

[Ozymandias]

https://www.gq.com/story/sex-work-is...-spa-shootings

Someone break this down for me.

If sex work is care work, I need a new career.

This is just taking control of the narrative. It's like how gay people started calling themselves "queer", and eventually "LGBT"; once you start defining your own category (or someone else's) you gain a certain amount of power over yourself (or others, as the case may be.). There's a good essay by Thomas Szasz on this very subject (no link, but you might Google it?)

So: care work. For awhile, there have been two warring Leftist narratives about "sex work", one which calls it a legitimate kind of work deserving of protections, and the other which conflates it with human trafficking. I guess "care work" tilts the argument towards the "legitimacy" argument, which, on balance, is a good thing.

FWIW, I *have* met some pretty "caring" sex workers! (and I'd say they outnumber the handful of frightening narcissists and psychopaths I've also met in the game.).

O.

[HobbyMan51]

You've got a better chance getting shot and killed at any Atlanta convenience store / gas station. If you think it's all of a sudden dangerous to go to a massage parlor because one crazy (who is in custody) got stupid because he was horny you need to lay off the liberal cool aid.

Do you remember when a whack job shot up a mcdonalds some years back killing like 17 people? So did you think it was dangerous to go to mcdonalds after that? You can get killed anywhere anytime, for no reason. I'm all for getting a weapons license, but that's because no place in the country is safe, but a massage joint is no more dangerous than the grocery store. Heck in the past year been many grocery store shootings over masks.

A whack shot up a grocery store in Boulder, CO today. So far ten are dead including a police officer. The perp is alive and appears to be a pudgy white male. The beat goes on.

[HobbyMan51]

https://www.gq.com/story/sex-work-is...-spa-shootings

Someone break this down for me.

If sex work is care work, I need a new career.

The author is a woke Asian female from California who knows that emotion sells. Just another scab capitalizing on last week's tragedy, no better than the media turds and political hacks.