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(SFGate)   "It was, at once, a gallery, an archive, a library, and an event space. Events like rope bondage classes, masturbate-a-thons, and a reading series were just small slivers of its calendar"   (sfgate.com) divider line
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Mr. Coffee Nerves [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2019-02-20 6:04:19 AM  
Best. Boy. Scout. Jamboree. Ever.
 
August11 [recently expired TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2019-02-20 6:36:28 AM  
They probably weren't charging enough for the masterbate-a-thons.
 
Coelacanth  
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2019-02-20 6:38:23 AM  
Rent's too high strikes again.
 
BitwiseShift  
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2019-02-20 6:40:42 AM  
"Clean up on aisle three!" In the 304.18 section.
 
cabbyman  
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2019-02-20 6:44:00 AM  
Well if they're unhappy now at least they can go outside and poop on the sidewalk without getting harassed by the fuzz.
 
Ishkur [OhFark]  
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2019-02-20 6:45:01 AM  
But enough about the Priesthood.
 
Blue Wave Nation  
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2019-02-20 6:51:04 AM  

Ishkur: But enough about the Priesthood.


Can't be about priesthood, since it didn't say anything about raping little boys
 
HAMMERTOE  
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2019-02-20 6:51:37 AM  
Good luck getting all those stains out.
 
anuran [TotalFark]  
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2019-02-20 7:00:51 AM  
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Prank Call of Cthulhu  
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2019-02-20 7:07:34 AM  
Masturbat-a-thon? What, like people would pledge something for each one you rubbed out in a specific time period? Man, I would have cleaned up as a teenager. (And then, the jizz mopper would have had to clean up.)
 
Noah_Tall [TotalFark]  
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2019-02-20 7:11:25 AM  
Their big mistake was not upgrading and putting in an observers lounge then charging admission. Or accepting donations if they want to stay non profit.
 
Vlad_the_Inaner  
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2019-02-20 7:19:40 AM  
"SF kink community..."

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nicoffeine  
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2019-02-20 7:21:57 AM  
"...sex positive community..."

Wouldn't that describe most people in the world?
 
Extra Virgin Geek Olive Oil  
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2019-02-20 7:26:31 AM  

Vlad_the_Inaner: "SF kink community..."

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Honestly I thought this story was about them. Headline didn't mention it being an old Armory so I suppose I could have caught that. I had heard that Kink doesn't have that Armory any more though also due to rising costs. Maybe they found a way to keep it? I dunno, I dropped my subscription a couple of months ago...
 
Vlad_the_Inaner  
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2019-02-20 7:32:17 AM  

Extra Virgin Geek Olive Oil: Vlad_the_Inaner: "SF kink community..."

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Honestly I thought this story was about them. Headline didn't mention it being an old Armory so I suppose I could have caught that. I had heard that Kink doesn't have that Armory any more though also due to rising costs. Maybe they found a way to keep it? I dunno, I dropped my subscription a couple of months ago...


Wikipedia says they sold it in 2018 to an investment firm, that apparently has special plans for The Upper Floor.
 
Keith Dudemeister  
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2019-02-20 7:35:54 AM  
Despite being in the tech hub of the free world, SF Gate's website somehow totally blows.
 
elvisaintdead [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2019-02-20 7:39:20 AM  

Keith Dudemeister: Despite being in the tech hub of the free world, SF Gate's website somehow totally blows.


you're right. Given the context, it should absolutely masturbate-a-thon.
 
Brawndo [TotalFark]  
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2019-02-20 7:49:24 AM  
"This book is two days overdue. Fetch me the paddle"
 
Extra Virgin Geek Olive Oil  
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2019-02-20 7:52:34 AM  

Vlad_the_Inaner: Extra Virgin Geek Olive Oil: Vlad_the_Inaner: "SF kink community..."

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Honestly I thought this story was about them. Headline didn't mention it being an old Armory so I suppose I could have caught that. I had heard that Kink doesn't have that Armory any more though also due to rising costs. Maybe they found a way to keep it? I dunno, I dropped my subscription a couple of months ago...

Wikipedia says they sold it in 2018 to an investment firm, that apparently has special plans for The Upper Floor.


I thought I remembered them having to sell it... Shame honestly...
 
LowbrowDeluxe  
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2019-02-20 8:00:03 AM  

nicoffeine: "...sex positive community..."

Wouldn't that describe most people in the world?


Haven't met very many people, have you?
 
Fireproof [OhFark]  
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2019-02-20 8:00:23 AM  

Mr. Coffee Nerves: Best. Boy. Scout. Jamboree. Ever.


Realization: There's probably several ex-Boy Scots who put all that knot-tying knowledge to good use many years later.
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]  
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2019-02-20 8:20:12 AM  

Vlad_the_Inaner: "SF kink community..."

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"The SF Citadel, a BDSM club, is going through a significant "change in management," Bilodeau said."
 
v2micca  
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2019-02-20 8:28:50 AM  

nicoffeine: "...sex positive community..."

Wouldn't that describe most people in the world?


Sadly no, it does not.
 
FreeBirdInTheHand  
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2019-02-20 8:33:38 AM  
At least the books are safe.

Luckily, those archives have all found new homes. Harvard University bought the majority of their archives and books. Other works will live on at Cornell University, the One Archives Foundation in Los Angeles, and the Carter Johnson Leather Library in Indiana, where Katerina will be moving across the country to work from.
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]  
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2019-02-20 8:45:04 AM  

FreeBirdInTheHand: At least the books are safe.

Luckily, those archives have all found new homes. Harvard University bought the majority of their archives and books. Other works will live on at Cornell University, the One Archives Foundation in Los Angeles, and the Carter Johnson Leather Library in Indiana, where Katerina will be moving across the country to work from.


She moved from San Francisco. To Indiana. She chose...poorly.
 
LewDux [OhFark]  
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2019-02-20 8:47:49 AM  

nicoffeine: "...sex positive community..."

Wouldn't that describe most people in the world?


Your definition of "most" sounds small
 
Somacandra [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2019-02-20 8:49:50 AM  

nicoffeine: "...sex positive community..."

Wouldn't that describe most people in the world?


No. No it does not.
 
Gordon Bennett [OhFark]  
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2019-02-20 8:50:11 AM  

FreeBirdInTheHand: At least the books are safe.

Luckily, those archives have all found new homes. Harvard University bought the majority of their archives and books. Other works will live on at Cornell University, the One Archives Foundation in Los Angeles, and the Carter Johnson Leather Library in Indiana, where Katerina will be moving across the country to work from.


When I was in school I contacted them to see if they could provide resources for my research into the Norwegian leather industry.

They were not much help.
 
Somacandra [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2019-02-20 8:51:55 AM  
Thank goodness all the historical archive has at least gone somewhere. The one of a kind periodicals alone would be weep-worthy if they were lost or destroyed.
 
Somacandra [TotalFark] [OhFark]  
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2019-02-20 9:00:35 AM  

GardenWeasel: FreeBirdInTheHand: At least the books are safe.

Luckily, those archives have all found new homes. Harvard University bought the majority of their archives and books. Other works will live on at Cornell University, the One Archives Foundation in Los Angeles, and the Carter Johnson Leather Library in Indiana, where Katerina will be moving across the country to work from.

She moved from San Francisco. To Indiana. She chose...poorly.


Looks like it's a traveling collection.  Ugh. That makes it more vulnerable.
 
kobrakai  
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2019-02-20 9:06:46 AM  

nicoffeine: "...sex positive community..."

Wouldn't that describe most people in the world?


People having intercourse and sex positivity are, sadly, two very different things.
 
browniepoints999  
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2019-02-20 9:17:28 AM  

Mr. Coffee Nerves: Best. Boy. Scout. Jamboree. Ever.


You joke but, been there. Done that.
 
Bondith  
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2019-02-20 9:37:36 AM  
Please don't talk about slivers in the same sentence as all that other stuff.
 
nicoffeine  
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2019-02-20 9:41:13 AM  

LowbrowDeluxe: nicoffeine: "...sex positive community..."

Wouldn't that describe most people in the world?

Haven't met very many people, have you?


I've met many many people. The vast majority that I've had any discussion revolving around sex seemed to enjoy the activity. They are still having sex, and nothing seems to stop them. Perhaps they are perplexed?
 
orbister  
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2019-02-20 10:54:46 AM  

Prank Call of Cthulhu: Masturbat-a-thon? What, like people would pledge something for each one you rubbed out in a specific time period? Man, I would have cleaned up as a teenager. (And then, the jizz mopper would have had to clean up.)


It must be very hard to make long-term spending plans when your income comes in spurts.
 
orbister  
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2019-02-20 10:57:00 AM  

nicoffeine: "...sex positive community..."

Wouldn't that describe most people in the world?


You'd think so, but in the Dan Savage sense it means "People who are completely controlled by their fetishes and think this is something to brag about". It's a bit like describing anorexia as being "slimming positive" or heroin addiction as being "opioid positive".
 
feanorn  
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2019-02-20 10:59:54 AM  
And nothing of value was lost.
 
trappedspirit  
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2019-02-20 11:00:04 AM  
Black light/Jackson Pollock
 
GardenWeasel [TotalFark]  
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2019-02-20 11:04:56 AM  

orbister: Prank Call of Cthulhu: Masturbat-a-thon? What, like people would pledge something for each one you rubbed out in a specific time period? Man, I would have cleaned up as a teenager. (And then, the jizz mopper would have had to clean up.)

It must be very hard to make long-term spending plans when your income comes in spurts.


Porn is the ultimate gig(gity)economy.
 
blahpers  
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2019-02-20 12:28:14 PM  

orbister: nicoffeine: "...sex positive community..."

Wouldn't that describe most people in the world?

You'd think so, but in the Dan Savage sense it means "People who are completely controlled by their fetishes and think this is something to brag about". It's a bit like describing anorexia as being "slimming positive" or heroin addiction as being "opioid positive".


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orbister  
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2019-02-20 12:44:08 PM  

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That's transphobic.
 
blahpers  
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2019-02-20 12:55:03 PM  

orbister: blahpers: [i.giphy.com image 186x266]

That's transphobic.


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Clemkadidlefark  
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2019-02-20 1:15:37 PM  
Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
Then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground came a bubblin crude.
 
Ziabatsu  
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2019-02-20 1:24:14 PM  

Extra Virgin Geek Olive Oil: Vlad_the_Inaner: Extra Virgin Geek Olive Oil: Vlad_the_Inaner: "SF kink community..."

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Honestly I thought this story was about them. Headline didn't mention it being an old Armory so I suppose I could have caught that. I had heard that Kink doesn't have that Armory any more though also due to rising costs. Maybe they found a way to keep it? I dunno, I dropped my subscription a couple of months ago...

Wikipedia says they sold it in 2018 to an investment firm, that apparently has special plans for The Upper Floor.

I thought I remembered them having to sell it... Shame honestly...


That was just an added bonus for some of them.
 
Steamed Hams  
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2019-02-20 2:23:49 PM  
We're talking about the Internet, right?
 
shabu  
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2019-02-20 2:56:24 PM  
So Indiana has a leather library? How do we get Pence to visit? maybe a ribbon cutting  ceremony? Maybe a promise of leather bound tomes of worship?
 
whitroth  
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2019-02-20 3:03:52 PM  
Love the "they're so locked in, that they try to act like it's normal..." Go read the a.s.b FAQ.

And I *really* like the post, above, that an investment firm bought the building. I read, a few years ago, after the Great Recession began, that farkin' investment companies and hedge funds were buying *rental* property, so they could crank up the rents, and who cares where people who can't afford it will live?
 
orbister  
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2019-02-20 3:12:36 PM  

blahpers: orbister: blahpers: [i.giphy.com image 186x266]

That's transphobic.

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That's a rabbit with a pancake on its head. Even worse!
 
SoCalCub  
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2019-02-20 4:18:48 PM  

nicoffeine: LowbrowDeluxe: nicoffeine: "...sex positive community..."

Wouldn't that describe most people in the world?

Haven't met very many people, have you?

I've met many many people. The vast majority that I've had any discussion revolving around sex seemed to enjoy the activity. They are still having sex, and nothing seems to stop them. Perhaps they are perplexed?


People are still having sex.  It's been going on for quite a while.  Perhaps it's quite fashionable.  It hasn't gone out of style.
 
yug0w0lf  
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2019-02-20 5:31:09 PM  
Was "Wieners " tag busy? Or would this be "Boobies " ?
 
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