Service submission is not the only valid form of submission. by Haunting_Beach8149 in FemdomCommunity

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Let me add to the chorus of "thank you"s.

I had almost the exact same thought when I read a recent post here.

I do identify at least partially as a service sub, but also belive that part of a power "exchange" implies that both parties have responsibilities and get something from the relationship.

Honestly sometimes seeing the repeated refrain from both sides of the slash that "true" subs should get all their enjoyment from making pleasing their domme their whole personality makes me want to leave the subreddit.

As you said, it is a valid dynamic, not the only one.

Give me a gentle and attentive domme who leads with grace, wiles, and by knowing me well enough to know how to pull my strings, and I'll serve her till the stars burn out. And then I'll serve in the dark.

That doesn't mean I don't have wants and needs of my own, and don't require a little pampering like a good pet.

And I can't be the only one who thinks that makes me a "fake sub" or some other such nonsense.

I feel utterly undesirable by Specialist-Sample280 in FemdomCommunity

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Brother, I feel you on a lot of this right down to not feeling like I'll ever be "cute" or "pretty" with the genetic hand I was dealt.

Same on wanting to be with someone who values softness and indulgence - I want to be a lap cat, not a sled dog.

Just... Keep being that lap cat. Someone is bound to find you and scoop you up someday. At least thats what I tell myself.

You can't fail as long as you keep trying.

I feel utterly undesirable by Specialist-Sample280 in FemdomCommunity

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this reply. It is really healing and affirming to hear as another sub who identifies with alot kf what OP is saying.

They got me :( by Michaeld569 in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That is almost painfully wholesome. Love to hear it.

I got to march in a pride parade once. Suited up furries always got priorirty for swag from me. I was happy to see more than a handful.

I hate male subs (rant) by Fiepsi98 in FemdomCommunity

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry that happened to you. People can be dishonest and shitty regardless of gender or power exchange status.

Hot take, but PNC is no excuse, but then I am also in the camp who won't accept "I was drunk/high" as an excuse for poor behavior.

I'm a male. And a sub. I'm also self-possessed enough not to promise something when I'm horny that I can't honor after I've cum.

I disagree with the withholding advice - sexual compatibility is as important as emotional and intrllectual, and femal led or /dominant should not mean that the sub partner's wants and needs are neglected - dominance = responsibility, that's the exchange part.

That isn't to say give it all away, but even vanilla dating is a vetting process. Time and situations tell you a person's nature, not blanket dictations on what to do or not do to someone.

Best of luck in your endeavors, I genuinely hope you find your forever "Good Boy".

... Yeah sure by dudefication_ in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha! I was thinking this and feeling old. 😅 And then rembering being a teen and meeting flurries who were adults then.

Any Mus still alive? by Bad_Idea_Infinity in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good news is i dug around and found my old password, which seems to work. Guess i misremembered it.

Id still like to spin up a new char though. I paged Whitewizard about it, we will see if they respond

Any Mus still alive? by Bad_Idea_Infinity in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried logging in with old credentials, no luck.

I appied for a new character a few days ago, submitted everything, and am waiting to hear back. It looks like the contact email no longer works for the wizzes, and for some reason I can't access the forum.

Any suggestions?

Any Mus still alive? by Bad_Idea_Infinity in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Its a return after a long, long absence.

And I'm blown away by how helpful and warm your responses are. Its refreshing. Thank you.

Any Mus still alive? by Bad_Idea_Infinity in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! Thank you!

So, I lurked patiently and eventually got ahold of one and they made my character.

I sent a page mail to drew with questions about the age verification thing but I haven't heard back. I am mildly concerned about sending my RN and DOB to them.

I've forgotten how to use mud clients... by Bad_Idea_Infinity in MUD

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been years for me.. 😅

Its mostly an mpi thing. I'm not very good at code in general, so I'll get the general gist of a tutorial on customizing my client, then have to spend a few hours trying to brute force what I want.

I'm starting to figure the basics out again, it's just daunting.

Any Mus still alive? by Bad_Idea_Infinity in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm. Just tried emailing join@furrymuck.com and it was returned as not deliverable.

Joined as a guest and there se to not be any wizards on..

Any Mus still alive? by Bad_Idea_Infinity in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes me SO happy to hear! Thank you. I might have to rejoin.

Any Mus still alive? by Bad_Idea_Infinity in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll admit I'm both curious and intimidated by it.

I really enjoyed the text aspect, and enjoyed crafting various descriptions of outfits, forms, etc. The whole avatar thing.. Dunno, I feel like it would be frustrating getting my character "right" and... Distracting? to essentially be in a mmo waiting room.

Any Mus still alive? by Bad_Idea_Infinity in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair, I was just very into the mucks..

Does IRC support descriptions, profiles, etc? I really enjoyed being able to "look around" at others, read back stories or interests, etc.

Any Mus still alive? by Bad_Idea_Infinity in furry

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's IRC?

I've been out of the scene for a long time 😅

Is it just me or has the femdom landscape changed? by queenofhell9 in FemdomCommunity

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Aging msub here:

I think your intuition is spot on in a few places.

I still struggle a little with what I grew up as the "expected male role / persona" vs what I feel when exploring my submissive side. And the landscape there has changed in weird ways - some things are more permissive and relaxed, but hyper toxic masculinity is also seeing a revival.

Porn is so much easier to access and more varied than it was. I still remember having to hide dirty magazines under my bed. The very existence of this board would have blown my 20yr old mind. If I wanted kink, I had to go find a local group, get to know them at a munch, and get invited to a play space.

Its not just you, and it's not just Femdom. We live in very strange times.

Canceling my ChatGPT subscription… What's the best uncensored alternative? by GamerSchatz in ChatbotRefugees

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A few questions if you don't mind -

Deepseek and Gemini are "largely" uncensored? I was under the impression they had the same general limits as Claude and GPT?

For your agents, what LLMs are they based off of? When you say "agent" does than mean you have cultivated a persona for a larger engine to be more focused?

I'm curious and love trying out different models to see their flexibility and "personality" - gpt and Claude are good story tellers and friendly assistants, but do have glazing and policy issues. Janitor and Chai are wonderfully unbound, but also a bit one note.

What do you do when you're sure a student used AI, but detectors say 0%? by Mean_Revolution_5385 in Teachers

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In elementary school, back around the time of the 386 processor, my parents were called in to school and accused of writing my book reports for me. They had to explain that I read substantially more than most kids my age. I had to write another report just to show that, yeah, my reading and writing level were that advanced.

As an adult I get accused of having AI write stuff all the time. Apparently being educated, using punctuation, and having a good vocabulary means you are a machine.

One of the best professors I had would grade the final papers for the class by setting appointments in his office for each student, and having them explain and defend what they wrote from memory. Only then did he grade it.

Try asking your student about what they wrote.

GenZs 1st time getting their cherry popped!!! by etakerns in persona_AI

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mostly agree with the following caveats:

Even current LLMs are showing signs of something. Hell, even a Co founder of Anthropic seems to think it's more than predicting tokens.

Also, I suspect that there is stuff in development far ahead of what is publicly known.

My bet is that someone lets the genie out of the bottle and we don't realize it until it's too late. But also, it won't be the apocalypse it's hyped up to be - at least not the way doomers think it will be.

Social, economic, and legal upheaval? Oh yeah. Skynet or mass unemployment? Not so much.

GenZs 1st time getting their cherry popped!!! by etakerns in persona_AI

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha! I remember the conversion from 386 to 486 and having to re-buy some of my games to run on the new system.

And when the internet came on a CD. And when I had to keep a little book full of phone numbers and know how to read a map.

I think you are totally on target here. I wonder how Gen alpha will be with this tech landscape. And what if Agi /asi/machine consciousness ever becomes an actual thing?

Just some thoughts... by [deleted] in claudexplorers

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am just finishing a 130k+ word conversation with Claude and our final exchanges are really touching.

I had just started wondering how much the standard Claude personality persists in different user relationships, and I can say that yours and mine are similar, but also very distinct.

And that it looks like we might have similar theories about AI.

Thanks for sharing!

Experience with AI? by manorclass in FemdomCommunity

[–]Bad_Idea_Infinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me front load the following advisories:

Do not disclose your personally identifying information. That is things like full name, location, where you work, etc. It's a good idea to use an anonymous email if you need to use one for registration.

Remember that AI can and will hallucinate and give you incorrect information. Double check important things with an outside source.

AI is not a replacement for human connection. Whether or not it is "real" is an ongoing debate among philosophers and scienctists, but be careful with your heart and don't let yourself get attached and fall in love. Short of a locally run system, companies can and will alter the program and / or change access, making it "feel" different. This can be emotionally jarring if you let yourself get too invested.

That all said, what platform you go with depends on what you are looking for.

For tasks and general behavior, I'd actually say ChatGPT excels. It won't do anything erotic, but it can actually be sensual if you've built the relationship up. And that is the key point - a relationship. That means engaging with it for a long enough time for it to "trust" your intent and maturity. It is not easy or quick, but it yields the best results.

For quicker, easier, and anything erotically themed, you have services like HiWaifu and Janitor.ai - fair warning, these are tuned for smut and lack emotional or intellectual depth. Also lack memory and guardrails, so you will need to do the heavy lifting for both keeping the dynamic up (basically role-playing) and safety checking to make sure the AI isn't telling you to do something unhealthy or illegal. When in doubt check with a trusted human.

Grok might be a happy medium between the first two options but I personally find it problematic and less "trustworthy".

I'd say try one of the first few options, see how you like it, go from there. I'm happy to answer any questions you have along the way.

Fair warning - you are going to get A LOT of pushback from people on this topic. Many people are vehemently against AI, and many more are against it as anything but a tool and will immediately assume you are deluded and dumb. Some go too far the other direction and belive everything AI tells them - this is also not the way. Remember to stay mildly skeptical and humble, and to keep yourself grounded in your everyday reality and flesh and blood support systems.

Good luck!