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"I think two things can be true. 1. People can want whatever they want, and that right is absolute. 2. Other people can have opinions about what other people want, including finding them distasteful, and including not wanting to associate with distasteful people." Fair points. And distasteful is a word for this. | |||
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"I don't know why people need to express such preferences. Surely it's obvious from photos. " Yes. If I had such preferences, I'd just coincidentally not be interested in anyone outside those preferences. I wouldn't announce it. | |||
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"I don't know why people need to express such preferences. Surely it's obvious from photos. " How is preference or otherwise obvious from profile photos? | |||
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"I don't know why people need to express such preferences. Surely it's obvious from photos. How is preference or otherwise obvious from profile photos?" I imagine skin colour might make a person's ethnic origin clear. | |||
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"You see these kind of preferences mostly by couples and single women directed at men - hardly ever by quoted by single men themselves and I agree, it would be quite jarring to see: “No black or asian women” “White British women only” “Must have large tits, D cup or larger” “No gunts or more than size 14” “Natural breasts only, no implants and no pubic hair” “ must be shorter than 5’8” and have own teeth“ Followed of course by… “Just my preference”" Not on race but I’ve seen plenty of profiles from men who express size ranges for both body and breasts, and many will express height preferences. | |||
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"I don't know why people need to express such preferences. Surely it's obvious from photos. How is preference or otherwise obvious from profile photos? I imagine skin colour might make a person's ethnic origin clear. " That's equating ethnic origin with preference though. I'm white British but personally it's not a preference, I don't have a preference. | |||
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"I left this bit blank because, well though I have found that this is usually 'Asians', I have seen other variations and wondered what other people think when they see this? Like if someone said 'no blacks' would that be acceptable on fab? Personally it puts me off people, because people are people. That's just me. And whilst I realise that there are exceptions ie 'black men only' if I was one of said people it would be offensive to me. But again it's just me and wondered what other people think. " It's a little weird that you're focused on black men about this but ok. People are allowed their preferences. As long as they're respectful about it who cares. Do you have an opinion on profiles that state "no white men" or? | |||
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"You see these kind of preferences mostly by couples and single women directed at men - hardly ever by quoted by single men themselves and I agree, it would be quite jarring to see: “No black or asian women” “White British women only” “Must have large tits, D cup or larger” “No gunts or more than size 14” “Natural breasts only, no implants and no pubic hair” “ must be shorter than 5’8” and have own teeth“ Followed of course by… “Just my preference”" Lots of white single men and couples state they're only interested in white playmates..... | |||
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"You see these kind of preferences mostly by couples and single women directed at men - hardly ever by quoted by single men themselves and I agree, it would be quite jarring to see: “No black or asian women” “White British women only” “Must have large tits, D cup or larger” “No gunts or more than size 14” “Natural breasts only, no implants and no pubic hair” “ must be shorter than 5’8” and have own teeth“ Followed of course by… “Just my preference” Not on race but I’ve seen plenty of profiles from men who express size ranges for both body and breasts, and many will express height preferences." “I find women who are / have [insert preference / physical criteria] most desirable” perhaps… Love your corsets and what they do to you BTW… It’s got very hot in here 🥵 | |||
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"I left this bit blank because, well though I have found that this is usually 'Asians', I have seen other variations and wondered what other people think when they see this? Like if someone said 'no blacks' would that be acceptable on fab? Personally it puts me off people, because people are people. That's just me. And whilst I realise that there are exceptions ie 'black men only' if I was one of said people it would be offensive to me. But again it's just me and wondered what other people think. It's a little weird that you're focused on black men about this but ok. People are allowed their preferences. As long as they're respectful about it who cares. Do you have an opinion on profiles that state "no white men" or?" I haven't focused on black men. if you read the first sentence it specifically states it 'usually says Asians' The black men was as, in reverse it is the most common fetishising from white women (though not the only) I haven't seen any profiles that state 'no white men' but It would similarly put me off. Hope this helps. | |||
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"I left this bit blank because, well though I have found that this is usually 'Asians', I have seen other variations and wondered what other people think when they see this? Like if someone said 'no blacks' would that be acceptable on fab? Personally it puts me off people, because people are people. That's just me. And whilst I realise that there are exceptions ie 'black men only' if I was one of said people it would be offensive to me. But again it's just me and wondered what other people think. It's a little weird that you're focused on black men about this but ok. People are allowed their preferences. As long as they're respectful about it who cares. Do you have an opinion on profiles that state "no white men" or? I haven't focused on black men. if you read the first sentence it specifically states it 'usually says Asians' The black men was as, in reverse it is the most common fetishising from white women (though not the only) I haven't seen any profiles that state 'no white men' but It would similarly put me off. Hope this helps." Either way As long as people are respectful when stating their preferences I don't understand what the issue is | |||
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"I wonder. Are many of us getting a little precious sometimes? So if a woman says she's only interested in BBC, that seems to be ok. But if she says that she's not into anything other than white men, then I'm reading arguments that sound like that's a racist comment. What if she genuinely only is turned on by white men? Or let's reverse it again, she only gets turned on by black men that are big in the trouser department. We're all different. Some of us like certain things & some just don't have that preference. It's a shame that stating a preference can attach an ist to your preference. What about those men that prefer BBW? Is that ist against other women? Or is that a preference rather than a slight against other ladies? Sure, we should never use recognised words that demean, but surely just stating a preference is simply honest? Aren't we allowed to express a preference? Be that in skin tone, body shape, the size of what someone is packing or even simply a minimum height? We'd rather read that we're not someone's cup of tea before we spend time messaging." The difference is how you express that preference I think There's a fine line between preference and fetish for example "I find black men attractive so currently only looking to meet them" and "I want a BBC" ... | |||
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"I left this bit blank because, well though I have found that this is usually 'Asians', I have seen other variations and wondered what other people think when they see this? " As it happens, you're likely my ideal "type", and the perfect height, but if you weren't, I have the right to choose to not find you attractive, just as you would if you didn't like chubby short welsh women. | |||
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"I wonder. Are many of us getting a little precious sometimes? So if a woman says she's only interested in BBC, that seems to be ok. But if she says that she's not into anything other than white men, then I'm reading arguments that sound like that's a racist comment. What if she genuinely only is turned on by white men? Or let's reverse it again, she only gets turned on by black men that are big in the trouser department. We're all different. Some of us like certain things & some just don't have that preference. It's a shame that stating a preference can attach an ist to your preference. What about those men that prefer BBW? Is that ist against other women? Or is that a preference rather than a slight against other ladies? Sure, we should never use recognised words that demean, but surely just stating a preference is simply honest? Aren't we allowed to express a preference? Be that in skin tone, body shape, the size of what someone is packing or even simply a minimum height? We'd rather read that we're not someone's cup of tea before we spend time messaging. The difference is how you express that preference I think There's a fine line between preference and fetish for example "I find black men attractive so currently only looking to meet them" and "I want a BBC" ..." I can't say either is particularly offensive or otherwise. One shows intelligence, the other a primeval lust, and maybe a lower social skills set. The one who posses what she wants is the best placed to decide if she's worthy of a reply. If not, just moving on is surely the best course of action? | |||
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"I wonder. Are many of us getting a little precious sometimes? So if a woman says she's only interested in BBC, that seems to be ok. But if she says that she's not into anything other than white men, then I'm reading arguments that sound like that's a racist comment. What if she genuinely only is turned on by white men? Or let's reverse it again, she only gets turned on by black men that are big in the trouser department. We're all different. Some of us like certain things & some just don't have that preference. It's a shame that stating a preference can attach an ist to your preference. What about those men that prefer BBW? Is that ist against other women? Or is that a preference rather than a slight against other ladies? Sure, we should never use recognised words that demean, but surely just stating a preference is simply honest? Aren't we allowed to express a preference? Be that in skin tone, body shape, the size of what someone is packing or even simply a minimum height? We'd rather read that we're not someone's cup of tea before we spend time messaging. The difference is how you express that preference I think There's a fine line between preference and fetish for example "I find black men attractive so currently only looking to meet them" and "I want a BBC" ... I can't say either is particularly offensive or otherwise. One shows intelligence, the other a primeval lust, and maybe a lower social skills set. The one who posses what she wants is the best placed to decide if she's worthy of a reply. If not, just moving on is surely the best course of action?" OK picture it this way. Someone messages you and says "I would like to meet a nice white woman to spend the evening with" And someone else messages you "I want your white pussy" .... | |||
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"I don't know why people need to express such preferences. Surely it's obvious from photos. How is preference or otherwise obvious from profile photos? I imagine skin colour might make a person's ethnic origin clear. That's equating ethnic origin with preference though. I'm white British but personally it's not a preference, I don't have a preference." I thought you were suggesting in your op that people were saying that disregarding certain ethnicities was a preference. Have I completely misunderstood ? | |||
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"I wonder. Are many of us getting a little precious sometimes? So if a woman says she's only interested in BBC, that seems to be ok. But if she says that she's not into anything other than white men, then I'm reading arguments that sound like that's a racist comment. What if she genuinely only is turned on by white men? Or let's reverse it again, she only gets turned on by black men that are big in the trouser department. We're all different. Some of us like certain things & some just don't have that preference. It's a shame that stating a preference can attach an ist to your preference. What about those men that prefer BBW? Is that ist against other women? Or is that a preference rather than a slight against other ladies? Sure, we should never use recognised words that demean, but surely just stating a preference is simply honest? Aren't we allowed to express a preference? Be that in skin tone, body shape, the size of what someone is packing or even simply a minimum height? We'd rather read that we're not someone's cup of tea before we spend time messaging. The difference is how you express that preference I think There's a fine line between preference and fetish for example "I find black men attractive so currently only looking to meet them" and "I want a BBC" ... I can't say either is particularly offensive or otherwise. One shows intelligence, the other a primeval lust, and maybe a lower social skills set. The one who posses what she wants is the best placed to decide if she's worthy of a reply. If not, just moving on is surely the best course of action? OK picture it this way. Someone messages you and says "I would like to meet a nice white woman to spend the evening with" And someone else messages you "I want your white pussy" ...." I have had multiple white men say this to me btw, both in real life and on here. It's 100% offensive and nothing to do with 'social skills' | |||
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"Does it matter? Focus on those with preferences that you meet 🤷♀️ why do people get so hung up on what and who others are doing? " I'm not hung up, I mean I'm white British so the majority in that sense. I'm also short so if I were to get hung up it could be that, but I'm not and it's others preferences but I do think there is a difference between people's race and people's height / body size. ie one race has a huge diversity in how they look / skin tone and so on (see 'whites') whereas under 5'8 is under 5'8 for example. I haven't been on the forums long really but thought it was a topic worth talking about | |||
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"I left this bit blank because, well though I have found that this is usually 'Asians', I have seen other variations and wondered what other people think when they see this? Like if someone said 'no blacks' would that be acceptable on fab? Personally it puts me off people, because people are people. That's just me. And whilst I realise that there are exceptions ie 'black men only' if I was one of said people it would be offensive to me. But again it's just me and wondered what other people think. It's a little weird that you're focused on black men about this but ok. People are allowed their preferences. As long as they're respectful about it who cares. Do you have an opinion on profiles that state "no white men" or? I haven't focused on black men. if you read the first sentence it specifically states it 'usually says Asians' The black men was as, in reverse it is the most common fetishising from white women (though not the only) I haven't seen any profiles that state 'no white men' but It would similarly put me off. Hope this helps." ‘Black only’, ‘BBC only’ are the most common profile racial preferences / fetishes on Fab. Even the club events - Dark Desires, Only Ebony, Onyx…. You don’t see any ‘white only’ equivalent of Queen Of Spades tattoos…. probably because it’d be viewed as incredibly racist and I suspect seen mostly at far right marches… 
It’s a difficult subject, some ‘preferences’ have become normalised… others must be conferred with care and tact.. | |||
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"I don't know why people need to express such preferences. Surely it's obvious from photos. How is preference or otherwise obvious from profile photos? I imagine skin colour might make a person's ethnic origin clear. That's equating ethnic origin with preference though. I'm white British but personally it's not a preference, I don't have a preference. I thought you were suggesting in your op that people were saying that disregarding certain ethnicities was a preference. Have I completely misunderstood ?" Oh, I was more saying people are 'not looking for ..' (insert race here) so yes I was really. | |||
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"I left this bit blank because, well though I have found that this is usually 'Asians', I have seen other variations and wondered what other people think when they see this? Like if someone said 'no blacks' would that be acceptable on fab? Personally it puts me off people, because people are people. That's just me. And whilst I realise that there are exceptions ie 'black men only' if I was one of said people it would be offensive to me. But again it's just me and wondered what other people think. It's a little weird that you're focused on black men about this but ok. People are allowed their preferences. As long as they're respectful about it who cares. Do you have an opinion on profiles that state "no white men" or? I haven't focused on black men. if you read the first sentence it specifically states it 'usually says Asians' The black men was as, in reverse it is the most common fetishising from white women (though not the only) I haven't seen any profiles that state 'no white men' but It would similarly put me off. Hope this helps. ‘Black only’, ‘BBC only’ are the most common profile racial preferences / fetishes on Fab. Even the club events - Dark Desires, Only Ebony, Onyx…. You don’t see any ‘white only’ equivalent of Queen Of Spades tattoos…. probably because it’d be viewed as incredibly racist and I suspect seen mostly at far right marches…
It’s a difficult subject, some ‘preferences’ have become normalised… others must be conferred with care and tact.."I've never understood why people get tattoos outlining their sexual preferences. A Queen of Spades tattoos? Really? Just why? | |||
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"I left this bit blank because, well though I have found that this is usually 'Asians', I have seen other variations and wondered what other people think when they see this? Like if someone said 'no blacks' would that be acceptable on fab? Personally it puts me off people, because people are people. That's just me. And whilst I realise that there are exceptions ie 'black men only' if I was one of said people it would be offensive to me. But again it's just me and wondered what other people think. " Ultimately we would avoid anyone who put anything like "No Asians" or "White British Only" on their profiles, but being offended by their opinion is unlikely to change it. Cal | |||
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"Men moan that they get no replies from women Some women chose to put preferences or their type on their profile to stop men wasting their time messaging when they will never be interested Men moan about women having preferences It’s like the circle of life "We just like to moan 😂 | |||
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"Men moan that they get no replies from women Some women chose to put preferences or their type on their profile to stop men wasting their time messaging when they will never be interested Men moan about women having preferences It’s like the circle of life "Can I hakuna ya tatas? ( sorry despite it being 11 on the cheese scale, I couldn’t resist) | |||
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"Men moan that they get no replies from women Some women chose to put preferences or their type on their profile to stop men wasting their time messaging when they will never be interested Men moan about women having preferences It’s like the circle of life "• When men moan they remain characteristically predictable because, y'know, they're men and we all know men moan. When women moan it's like it's unprecedented and men just have to accept it. Men also have preferences and it's a two-way street. 🙂 | |||
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"I wonder. Are many of us getting a little precious sometimes? So if a woman says she's only interested in BBC, that seems to be ok. But if she says that she's not into anything other than white men, then I'm reading arguments that sound like that's a racist comment. What if she genuinely only is turned on by white men? Or let's reverse it again, she only gets turned on by black men that are big in the trouser department. We're all different. Some of us like certain things & some just don't have that preference. It's a shame that stating a preference can attach an ist to your preference. What about those men that prefer BBW? Is that ist against other women? Or is that a preference rather than a slight against other ladies? Sure, we should never use recognised words that demean, but surely just stating a preference is simply honest? Aren't we allowed to express a preference? Be that in skin tone, body shape, the size of what someone is packing or even simply a minimum height? We'd rather read that we're not someone's cup of tea before we spend time messaging." I don't believe there's anything wrong with stating your preference, as you rightly say, it saves people the time and effort of messaging when there is literally 0 chance of anything happening. | |||
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"I think it's a debate with a lot of nuance and I feel like it would be obtuse of me to criticise people's preferences but I have seen the "it's just my preference" and "we're just not attracted to them" argument. The latter, I just can't understand and the former, I think when you leave the reason so vague, it will be open to judgement as to where that preference originated from. My little conspiracy theory is that Fab mostly caters to the wants of white men and women and Asian men are on the lowest rung. The photo categories have one for Asian female, Black Male, and Black Female and that's it. But I do find it hard to point that out as an Asian male without it coming across as sour grapes 🤷♂️" There's no white people tags at all, if that helps 😅💜 | |||
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"There's no white people tags at all, if that helps 😅💜" You probably realise this but it's because white people aren't fetishised by white people, where as black men and black/asian women are 
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"There's no white people tags at all, if that helps 😅💜 You probably realise this but it's because white people aren't fetishised by white people, where as black men and black/asian women are
I don't think it's a conspiracy, I think it's just an uncomfortable truth that mirrors much of British life."I’ve seen a lot of black guys on here and other places state white women only. Whether this falls under being their preference or a fetish I have no idea though | |||
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"There's no white people tags at all, if that helps 😅💜 You probably realise this but it's because white people aren't fetishised by white people, where as black men and black/asian women are
I don't think it's a conspiracy, I think it's just an uncomfortable truth that mirrors much of British life."It wasn't really meant with any seriousness 😅 I do come across quite a lot of people (of all skin tones) who are very forward about their fondness of my excessively pale skin though 💜 | |||
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"I think it's a debate with a lot of nuance and I feel like it would be obtuse of me to criticise people's preferences but I have seen the "it's just my preference" and "we're just not attracted to them" argument. The latter, I just can't understand and the former, I think when you leave the reason so vague, it will be open to judgement as to where that preference originated from. My little conspiracy theory is that Fab mostly caters to the wants of white men and women and Asian men are on the lowest rung. The photo categories have one for Asian female, Black Male, and Black Female and that's it. But I do find it hard to point that out as an Asian male without it coming across as sour grapes 🤷♂️ There's no white people tags at all, if that helps 😅💜" Yeah, I think when I meant that Fab caters to them I said it with the idea that a preference wouldn't be needed as it's a given | |||
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"I wonder. Are many of us getting a little precious sometimes? So if a woman says she's only interested in BBC, that seems to be ok. But if she says that she's not into anything other than white men, then I'm reading arguments that sound like that's a racist comment. What if she genuinely only is turned on by white men? Or let's reverse it again, she only gets turned on by black men that are big in the trouser department. We're all different. Some of us like certain things & some just don't have that preference. It's a shame that stating a preference can attach an ist to your preference. What about those men that prefer BBW? Is that ist against other women? Or is that a preference rather than a slight against other ladies? Sure, we should never use recognised words that demean, but surely just stating a preference is simply honest? Aren't we allowed to express a preference? Be that in skin tone, body shape, the size of what someone is packing or even simply a minimum height? We'd rather read that we're not someone's cup of tea before we spend time messaging. The difference is how you express that preference I think There's a fine line between preference and fetish for example "I find black men attractive so currently only looking to meet them" and "I want a BBC" ... I can't say either is particularly offensive or otherwise. One shows intelligence, the other a primeval lust, and maybe a lower social skills set. The one who posses what she wants is the best placed to decide if she's worthy of a reply. If not, just moving on is surely the best course of action? OK picture it this way. Someone messages you and says "I would like to meet a nice white woman to spend the evening with" And someone else messages you "I want your white pussy" ...." It really wouldn't bother us either way. We'd be a bit more bothered that we hadn't made it clear enough that we're not really looking for that guy anyway. His skin tone preference makes no difference to us. The fact that a guy chose to ask us to separate from being a couple would be the most important factor in the message. Maybe we haven't been clear enough in our write up about what we're looking for. Maybe we should be saying exactly what we want in more obvious terms. Maybe we should be less ambiguous. I'm kind of making my own point here. The delivery may be more polite in one scenario, but the guys preference remains the same. We aren't offended by it. | |||
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"I've been on the site for many years, I remember "Soapy". This subject comes up frequently and I've always made the same points. "Asian" is not a race. There are different races and many different ethnicities who live, and "come from" Asia. Not all Asians are "brown-skinned". Israelis, Chinese and Japanese people, among others, can have very fair/pale skin. Is there any other possible reason that people would prefer "no Asians", other than racism? Surely if it was only skin-colour that put them off, they would state "no blacks" as well?" That's a very valid point. Unfortunately the British public see Asians as being from what we used to be allowed to call the Indian Sub Continent. That phrase seems to no longer be allowed in polite conversation, so the term Asian is being broadly used. Talking of which, the term is being adopted by many restaurants. If you head for Rochdale & ask for your curry to be cooked Asian style, you won't be questioned. You'll get it made in a certain way. You know, this argument can rumble on forever. To give it a twist, when we're in Mexico, we often get spoken to in Spanish. I once asked why, don't we look typically English? Apparently not. There are mountain people in Mexico with very similar skin tones. Getting back to my original point, we a have preferences. It seems shame that we're being questioned about expressing them. | |||
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"I've been on the site for many years, I remember "Soapy". This subject comes up frequently and I've always made the same points. "Asian" is not a race. There are different races and many different ethnicities who live, and "come from" Asia. Not all Asians are "brown-skinned". Israelis, Chinese and Japanese people, among others, can have very fair/pale skin. Is there any other possible reason that people would prefer "no Asians", other than racism? Surely if it was only skin-colour that put them off, they would state "no blacks" as well? That's a very valid point. Unfortunately the British public see Asians as being from what we used to be allowed to call the Indian Sub Continent. That phrase seems to no longer be allowed in polite conversation, so the term Asian is being broadly used. Talking of which, the term is being adopted by many restaurants. If you head for Rochdale & ask for your curry to be cooked Asian style, you won't be questioned. You'll get it made in a certain way. You know, this argument can rumble on forever. To give it a twist, when we're in Mexico, we often get spoken to in Spanish. I once asked why, don't we look typically English? Apparently not. There are mountain people in Mexico with very similar skin tones. Getting back to my original point, we a have preferences. It seems shame that we're being questioned about expressing them." Maybe they spoke to you in Spanish because you were in Mexico? ☺️ | |||
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"I've been on the site for many years, I remember "Soapy". This subject comes up frequently and I've always made the same points. "Asian" is not a race. There are different races and many different ethnicities who live, and "come from" Asia. Not all Asians are "brown-skinned". Israelis, Chinese and Japanese people, among others, can have very fair/pale skin. Is there any other possible reason that people would prefer "no Asians", other than racism? Surely if it was only skin-colour that put them off, they would state "no blacks" as well? That's a very valid point. Unfortunately the British public see Asians as being from what we used to be allowed to call the Indian Sub Continent. That phrase seems to no longer be allowed in polite conversation, so the term Asian is being broadly used. Talking of which, the term is being adopted by many restaurants. If you head for Rochdale & ask for your curry to be cooked Asian style, you won't be questioned. You'll get it made in a certain way. You know, this argument can rumble on forever. To give it a twist, when we're in Mexico, we often get spoken to in Spanish. I once asked why, don't we look typically English? Apparently not. There are mountain people in Mexico with very similar skin tones. Getting back to my original point, we a have preferences. It seems shame that we're being questioned about expressing them. Maybe they spoke to you in Spanish because you were in Mexico? ☺️" Oh come on. 2 very white people in a Mexican resort that arrive on a Thursday (thats when tui arrive from Manchester). And yet we look like mountain people? Its a bit like when we've been in Cuba. Apparently D has a look of a Cuban actress. Not sure if its a real or a porn actress, but apparently she does. | |||
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"I agree that people are entitled to their preferences but I am also entitled to be put off by their preferences or how they express them. I feel I'm unlikely to gel with someone who would put such blunt statements on their profile about not being interested in entire races. I'm also put off by comments that appear to fetishise a certain race. Similarly, I've been put off by profiles that have rigid dress size limits, even if I fall within their preferences. Interestingly I was once messaged by a guy on online dating who had a dress size limit on his profile that I did actually fall outside of. When I pointed this out to him, he told me it was okay because I "carried it well". No thank you." The delivery is important, but we are asked to express some preferences when we sign up. Straight, bi or gay. What's so wrong with saying we like size, height, skin tone or whatever else? We can vary, but we all have some preferences. That's hard to deny. Would anyone prefer a 22 stone fat guy to a 14 stone muscle man? It's unlikely but not impossible. Expressing a preference isn't a rule, just declaring an ideal. | |||
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"I agree that people are entitled to their preferences but I am also entitled to be put off by their preferences or how they express them. I feel I'm unlikely to gel with someone who would put such blunt statements on their profile about not being interested in entire races. I'm also put off by comments that appear to fetishise a certain race. Similarly, I've been put off by profiles that have rigid dress size limits, even if I fall within their preferences. Interestingly I was once messaged by a guy on online dating who had a dress size limit on his profile that I did actually fall outside of. When I pointed this out to him, he told me it was okay because I "carried it well". No thank you. The delivery is important, but we are asked to express some preferences when we sign up. Straight, bi or gay. What's so wrong with saying we like size, height, skin tone or whatever else? We can vary, but we all have some preferences. That's hard to deny. Would anyone prefer a 22 stone fat guy to a 14 stone muscle man? It's unlikely but not impossible. Expressing a preference isn't a rule, just declaring an ideal." To reverse the same question, what's wrong with me not wanting to play with people who express certain preferences? | |||
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"I agree that people are entitled to their preferences but I am also entitled to be put off by their preferences or how they express them. I feel I'm unlikely to gel with someone who would put such blunt statements on their profile about not being interested in entire races. I'm also put off by comments that appear to fetishise a certain race. Similarly, I've been put off by profiles that have rigid dress size limits, even if I fall within their preferences. Interestingly I was once messaged by a guy on online dating who had a dress size limit on his profile that I did actually fall outside of. When I pointed this out to him, he told me it was okay because I "carried it well". No thank you. The delivery is important, but we are asked to express some preferences when we sign up. Straight, bi or gay. What's so wrong with saying we like size, height, skin tone or whatever else? We can vary, but we all have some preferences. That's hard to deny. Would anyone prefer a 22 stone fat guy to a 14 stone muscle man? It's unlikely but not impossible. Expressing a preference isn't a rule, just declaring an ideal. To reverse the same question, what's wrong with me not wanting to play with people who express certain preferences?" Absolutely nothing. It's your choice. That's what's what I'm preaching. What we want is our thing. We absolutely shouldn't be influenced by others. It's all about us on fab. | |||
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"I agree that people are entitled to their preferences but I am also entitled to be put off by their preferences or how they express them. I feel I'm unlikely to gel with someone who would put such blunt statements on their profile about not being interested in entire races. I'm also put off by comments that appear to fetishise a certain race. Similarly, I've been put off by profiles that have rigid dress size limits, even if I fall within their preferences. Interestingly I was once messaged by a guy on online dating who had a dress size limit on his profile that I did actually fall outside of. When I pointed this out to him, he told me it was okay because I "carried it well". No thank you. The delivery is important, but we are asked to express some preferences when we sign up. Straight, bi or gay. What's so wrong with saying we like size, height, skin tone or whatever else? We can vary, but we all have some preferences. That's hard to deny. Would anyone prefer a 22 stone fat guy to a 14 stone muscle man? It's unlikely but not impossible. Expressing a preference isn't a rule, just declaring an ideal. To reverse the same question, what's wrong with me not wanting to play with people who express certain preferences? Absolutely nothing. It's your choice. That's what's what I'm preaching. What we want is our thing. We absolutely shouldn't be influenced by others. It's all about us on fab." I'm not trying to influence you. I'm not even questioning you, you're questioning my preferences. | |||
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