I can't take this crap much longer.

what would it take to push you over the edge?

....... that if you were a provider, writing such things, there would be those who would suggest you are burnt-out and embittered; perhaps in need of a break.

I think I snapped at somebody the other day regarding a serious issue when a stupid question was directed my way!  Seriously, I believe it was the only time in 5 years I have ever publicly been negative.
For the most part, take it for what it's worth. It takes little courage to bully or belittle someone behind the safety of a keyboard, when you know you will never meet them face to face.  It would not surprise me that the most belligerent and bellicose posters are probably 5 foot nothing and weigh 100 and nothing IRL

But this board has always been a toxic swamp.  Some of us actually enjoy it that way.  I'm surely one of those "losers" you're talking about and frankly, I don't give a rat's ass what you think.  You've proven yourself to be an almost complete fool, whose opinions are valuable only as a counter-intuitive guide on what NOT to do.
But don't take it too hard, Zak, and please don't leave.  We have precious few pinatas around here and it would be a shame to lose one.

Browse and poke around as you wish; ignore all you like.

but without whiny little fuckers (or fat ones) who would the rest of us have to laugh at?

I'm not going to argue about guys like me who call out posters we think are idiots or are giving out bad advice.  I'd say we serve a useful purpose in that.  I do take exception with your statement "you know you will never meet them face to face."  In fact, more than a few of us have met at Meet & Greets or gotten together to party, both men and women.  We are in touch back channel and sometimes even meet in some rather interesting locales.  This little world can be rather rich that way.  And, guess what?  It starts on the boards.  If you can respect the way someone posts, many wonderful things can flow from it.  And we're not all trash-talkers either.  Some of us are real gentlemen and ladies.  Not me though!  LOL!
Have a nice night, gov.

It appears to me that young Zak is a bit sensitive. One thing I've learned is not to let "locker room" banter bother me. Once, you show that it bothers you, then it's like blood in the water for the sharks and they swarm in. The best course of action is to simply ignore them and they'll get bored and move on to other prey.  

It's NEVER been like this before. EVER.  

Not sure about you but I come to TER to find hot women and enjoy a few laughs.

But yeah, DH is usually spot on in her advice,

expecting sympathy, boy did you come to the wrong place!  Lol

The board ebbs and flows a little but it's generally been the same for many years. Nothing has drastically changed since you joined.

No, never mind.  Just kidding.  He's hopeless.

I posted this back in 2012, but it still applies today:

Maybe if you want to see things change send  some positive energy bc your not making anything better

Last time I said something merely answering a question a hobbyist had written about why really high end girls don't seem to be on the board, I got some abusive PM's for my trouble which I deleted feeling quite upset about the whole thing. It just encouraged me to keep my head down and the writing superficial. No one wants to come on a board like this and get their parts sand blasted for their opinions or answers - after all isn't this just a fuck board at the end of the day and hardly to be taken terribly seriously?  
My long winded point is that maybe that's why other ladies have backed off posting - it's all been a bit nasty in here.

And like I posted last year. Ignore the flamers, disdainers, and reprobates. Find the quixotic thinkers, and enjoy their composition. That's the easy part. The hard part is figuring out where you fit on Rasha's misfit list.

people can't respond without being bitter and mean.

TER doesn't pay me enough.

There does seem to be a lot of drama here.  I cut way back posting here, and now only use an alias exclusively because nothing good can come from posting under ones main TER name.

This board has always been pretty much a **** hole.  It is dominated by a very small percentage (compared to the overall size of the TER community) of vocal posters who love drama and ripping their chosen victims to pieces.  You can see it in this thread - Zak has brought great joy and happiness to them.  

this industry drained me and i am disappointed in people and humanity  

79 reviews in a short 7 month career might be a record. Maybe perfectstorm knows...

Nothing is ever going to modify the prevailing behavior here.  Well-intentioned newcomers are continually slammed.  Never going to change.  Simply a fact of life not worth worrying about.  This board is destined to be a piece of garbage forever.  

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and if the 1:10  average holds true, you know what that means.

You can laugh at me, but I doubt if I'd make a very good piñata, unless admin doesn't let all my post go through.

…and it’s not a lot different from social media when it comes to drama...

Reminds me of a Frank Sinatra Song: That’s Life:

I'm not going to list all this useful topics I found, but I'd say any fair-minded person who simply scrolls down this page will find mostly interesting and/or useful threads that are largely free (I did not say entirely free) of flaming.
Are there more than a few flame wars?  Sure.  Some of them involving me.  Nothing new about that.
One thing's for sure; this is no place for the thin-skinned.  Zak, I think you need to sit in a corner for a while and just keep repeating, "It's only a fuck board.  Words can't hurt me."  Do this until you get things figured out.

This is a man's Board.   A lady is representing her business when she posts and is in Danger of receiving the HATE that flows easily from this Board.  It is SAFER for a lady to Not Post.

You manage to make your points and not attract any attackers, so it can be done.  And you are far from alone.  So while it may be a "man's Board," smart, sexy and literate ladies are very welcome.  Hell, even Fancy gets along OK here because she handles the teasing fine.  The people who have problems are over-sensitive whiners of both sexes.

Not just a frontrunner, but most often the odds on favorite, you have also been a board pinata since before Zak had even heard of this place.

Most people usually end up looking like fool for responding to my posts.

What is the point of the teasing?

Yes. I agree.  There are some over-sensitive men and women.  I say this is a man's Board because the ladies are not free to rant and vent, because their BUSINESS is attached to every post. ( if they use their real business name)   I post, yet I know, every word I type has the potential to come back and bite me in the ass.  Deep truthful emotions of a woman will not be common on this Board.  The place would go up in flames.

I might need to find some extra stout rope for Zak, besides being 400 pounds, I wonder if he can bench 400 pounds?

It would be stupid for a woman to let her emotions flow on this, or any board.

I don't post much, but continue to read.   Some topics are interesting up until the regulars come and crap all over everything.

Fancy gets teased  because of the awful things she does to the English language.  You get teased because of the awful things you do to rational thought.  So the two of you are somewhat alike.  No one is forcing you to come here and put up SPOTY posts.  I guess you just can't help yourself.  Fancy, too, seems unable to post without sounding like Tonto or Tarzan.  Oh, well......

Not only did it not hurt her business, but she embraced it and could have trademarked it she was so good at it. lol

LOL

It's sad to see the same people constantly do the teasing, it would appear the people doing the teasing have nothing else better to do. Kind of like an out of work hooker.

There are providers who want to keep a low profile on TER and don't post much. However, to get on the PO board you need to have a board presence. If a provider has the prerequisite number of reviews, board presence shouldn't matter.

... from her perspective.  She used an alias so that she was free to express her unfiltered opinions without affecting her business.  I miss her and her perspective.  

Plus keep in mind the PO board is not private.

So far most of your posts have been nothing but whines. If you don't like the way things are, contribute something interesting instead of whining about a little verbal roughhousing.

I'm kinda trippin over the "cream of the litter" analogy, but hey maybe the ladies mentioned are considered sex kittens!

Every new topic just gives you one more place to crap on.

humorous sarcasm and tongue in cheek that goes on here.  Most guys keep it light even with the teasing or when making a substantive argument, but many times with humor, what sounds funny in your head comes out as an attack when you write it out.  I've had it happen to me a few times on other boards where the IQ's are substantially lower overall.  

I think we can agree that some of the biggest assholes on the board are me, Jake, Jack and Perfect Storm. Combined we must have well over ten thousand helpful posts for both newbies and veterans alike. How many helpful posts do you have? All I see out of you is whining.

The board is too politically correct to be all that useful. There are too many guys who worship hookers and go nuts anytime anything unfavorable is said about the subject..  

Don't say "hobby" in front of Jake.  Pass it on.

Your hand basket is here.

...you have over 14,000 posts on this board all by yourself.  

it didn't use to be this bad.  used to be 60% interesting and 40% bs.  now the bs outweighs the interesting by 9 to 1 or so.

The nouveau riche syndrome.  You've climbed to the top of the heap so you can ... crap on everyone below.   You see it in Hollywood all the time.  Some nobody from nowhere gets a few good roles and suddenly they are divas from hell.  A legends in their own minds.
 

The debate continues, sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes ugly.  Get used to it...the drama, the bull$hit, the utterly inane, the occasional train wreak...that's life here.  If you wish to withdraw, your call...

1:10 ... equals 790 by your count ... seven months ... 210 days ... equals almost 4 appointments a day every day, u days a week.