Stickam.com is a webcam based social network.  All members have a Myspace type of profile but there are also active chat rooms. The most popular room, “!*SHOW N TELL *!”, appears chaotic at first,  usually populated by around eighty people. About 1/4  of them are streaming live video and sound.  It’s only possible to watch twelve people simultaneously, but of course users choose by “docking” them to a top panel. Members also have the option to “go live”, meaning they start streaming live video which is indicated in the person’s profile. When being live, the stickam user has full options to broadcast the video publicly for attention or privately for intimate communication.

            It’s Thursday 1:30 a.m. I’m in the public chat room “ALCOHOL/420” owned by a 44 year old named Albert. He is overweight, unattractive, with white messy hair and a hick persona. But he has a charismatic radio voice which grabs the attention of the audience. It’s titty night in his chat room, the online version of a wet t-shirt contest. Any girl, 18  and over, can participate by messaging Albert or his co-host illist_will. Age is determined by whatever the user typed in her profile. Minors are being booted by a designated security that is checking for underage members. Albert announces the girls who are in the competition; this allows the audience to know who they should dock in order not to miss the show.

            The competition is ready to begin.

            “Sexy_bitch is here to defend her title boys”, Albert yells.

             Sexy_bitch is a slightly overweight, a Marilyn Manroe look alike who is ten years beyond her prime. She is the first one on the spot light, an honor that is usually given to the reneging champion.

            “We are ready to begin titty night. When ever Sexy_bitch is ready we can begin”

With Albert’s encouragement she looks into her webcam with a wide smile, slowly stands up and completely removes her t-shirt.

            “Oh my lord! The lord has blessed this girl with some nice titties”, he proclaims.  The chat room is being flooded with text, people are typing numbers, mostly 20’s.

             “Rate them tities boys, a 10 for each breast”. The scrolling is faster, people are voting multiple times.

             “I think bendthechoir is going to win tonight” illist_will announces as a suggestion that she is up next. She sits up straight and grabs the bottom of her shirt.

             “Shut em down boys, shut em down!”  Albert commands.

            A stickam.com admin has joined the room.  Stickam has a no explicit material policy and administrators are instructed to ban girls who flash.  Albert himself claims to have been banned over fifty times, but because of the free registration in ten minutes he comes right back.

            “It’s time for a commercial break, Will.”

            Illust_will begins looking around his desk finally grabbing a  Miller beer bottle. He holds it up to his webcam and says “Tonight titty night was brought to you by Miller light, drink responsibly.” It’s all in good humor. The admin leaves and it’s back on with the show.

            Later, I asked the stick admin what he thought about titty night.

            “We are working on that at this point,” was his only comment.

“Titty night” is just one aspect of stickam.com but it by no means represents what the website is all about. Stickam.com could be the future of online chatting.

I remember I was at a small kick, back in the day at my now ex girl friends house, when one of her friends came and brought a really fine girl with her. I instantly took notice of her thin body, perfect skin and commercial worthy long black hair. She was wearing  a tight black dress showing off most of her legs. Being the gentleman that I am, I offered her some shots and she took them like a sailor. Of course I was attracted and I would be lying If I said I didn’t want to see her naked. Anyways I began some harmless conversation.
me: “So how old are you?”
her: “14″
me: “hahaha really how old are you”?
her: “14″
me: “uhh what? no way!”

Holy shit 14? What is wrong with me to be attracted to such a little girl, I was 20 at the time. The truth is everyone was shocked to find out her real age. It killed my mental erection but that day I realized every guy is a pedophile at heart, meaning you would if it were legal, you lying piece of shit. I know I would have.

1) Promotes non-logical thinking.

Religion almost by definition is not to think using logic. It’s not to prove anything. It’s to accept things without coherent evidence. It’s the complete opposite of science’s systematic approach to understanding phenomena. People who are religious come to the conclusion that god exists by making a leap.

It’s amazing how religious people are shocked to hear I’m an atheist. It’s strange I didn’t make the same logic leap they did? What’s really strange is that When it comes to religion common sense is out the window.

2) Separates humankind

All religions can’t be right. This leaves a sort of battle of the religions that will never be resolved that is unless one group… eh never mind.

Did you know that you can’t access any internet pages ending in .il (Israel) from the United Arab Emirates? How many people have died as a consequence of religious beliefs? The crusades, inquisitions, 9/11.

3) Religions are up for interpretation

Is the bible literal or metaphorical? The Quran, which is believed to be the literal word of god, has different interpretations. some think all non-muslims must be killed and who is to disagree. Religion is just a matter of interpretation. Reminds me of what Plato wrote.

Paraphrasing
Socrates: When I asked a poet what his poem ment he himself had no idea. It was up for interpretation.

Religion is like that today. No one can say for sure exactly what is meant my most of the religious writings.

4) Justifies non moral behavior.

I can quote unethical behavior coming from the bible all day but I have limited web space. Here are a few…

Leviticus
20:9
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.
20:13
If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.They must be put to death.

Ephesians 5:22-24
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything

If I were to ask which list is most familiar to you the answer would be obvious. I think that is a huge shame on society today. In the 1800 century Benjamin Franklin inventor, educated man, writer, founding father of America was the most popular and well known man in the United States. Today the most popular man is probably an actor or singer. Michael Jackson? Regardless I think it’s a shame how people who really deserve recognition don’t get it.

Why!? Why are movie stars so highly regarded? They are just pawns in a director’s vision. Little shrines of actors all over America baffle me. Most actors are not even the best lookers. You could find better looking Colombian whores for less than a movie ticket. E channel executive are making money. People magazine is being swiped at the check out. You are losing focus on your education or career. Your conversations involve gossip of a complete stranger. Who married who? Who wore what? Who was where? It doesn’t affect your life one bit. If people paid attention more to the people that really matter we would live in a better place. At least more educated. What is really sad is how people don’t reach their potential in this world because they waste their energy following, watching, reading complete garbage that doesn’t matter one bit.

Don’t try to figure out who is winning because I guarantee you this will cause you to lose, you will start thinking of her too much.  When you are losing you got to step back and avoid her. Then she will naturally start thinking of you more wondering what is up with you and this will even the score. The higher your score the more power and influence you have over your opponent. People have different strategies like sending mixed signals, and pretending they don’t care but it’s all for the same objective, to try to make you think of them more. The game only continues along as it stays balanced. You win when the other person thinks non stop about you. 

Sociologists would like a world where everyone would proudly admit to being a feminist. So where did the word feminist become so negative? The answer might be right around the corner in your living room inside your television. The main stream media has a lot of social control of what we think. During the 1960’s when the feminist movement was getting media coverage it was being portrayed negatively. The news would only show the girls who ripped their bras off, the girls who were man haters, the extremists. Some might say that the media only covers what gets the most rating and certainly bra-less bitches yelling are better than college graduate women speaking for equality. The reality is white male executives had an incentive to portray the feminist movement negatively. Why would they want women out of the kitchen disagreeing with a man’s authority tryign to get an education and becomming independent of men.

 Ultimately the feminist movement was fundamentally successful despite the corporate elite but the negative connotation still exists. Their social control is so strong that to this day people don’t want to describe themselves as a feminist. Don’t let the media tell you how to think you should be proud to say “I’m a feminist!”