Phew!

[aka Contrarian]

Made it! Today's my 92nd birthday.

Don't know whether to laugh or cry.  Such is life.

[ProfD]

Happy b'day @aka Contrarian. 

 

There was never a doubt in my mind that you would still be here.

 

To that end, I look forward to you keeping the peanut gallery in line.

[Delano]

Happy Birthday.

[richardmurray]

Congrats!!!:)  @aka Contrarian 

I hope you were/are/will be happy , crying or laughing on your birthday and beyond

 

anything you want to add to my calendar entry for your birthday? 

 

[Troy]

I'm late to the party. Happy belated birthday @aka Contrarian!

 

Here are a few famous people who were also born in August of 1932:  Melvin Van Peebles, V. S. Naipaul, Mel Tillis, Peter O’Toole, Meir Kahane, Edward Kennedy sadly not are still alive Kahane was assassinated in middle age and Van Peebles died during the pandemic and was the oldest of the bunch making it to 89.

 

I hope you family appreciates the gem you are.  They should be recording your every word you have so much history, family and societal, it should be recorded.  Have you heard of story corps: https://storycorps.org/participate/

 

 

 

[Pioneer1]

Troy

Ok, now.....
Who is that WELL SEASONED auntie pictured in that clip?

I don't care what age SHE is,  I could see myself getting with her to have some fun....lol.
Nice little shoulders, with an educated sophisticated look on her face.
 

[ProfD]

27 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Ok, now.....
Who is that WELL SEASONED auntie pictured in that clip?

I believe that lady was friends with the four little girls who died in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing back in 1963.  She should be almost 80 years old now.

[Pioneer1]

3 minutes ago, ProfD said:

I believe that lady was friends with the four little girls who died in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing back in 1963.  She should be almost 80 years old now.

Had to destroy the mood, didn't you...........

[aka Contrarian]

@TroyActually, I was born in 1933. My true astral twin is   Roman Polanski who was  born the exact same year and day as me. August, 18, 1933. In addition to being a brilliant film director (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown) and husband of Sharon Tate, the starlet who was among those murdered by Charles Manson followers, Polanski was later accused of seducing an underage nymphet and "exiled" from this country. He's still alive, however.  The hunky Robert Redford now in his late 80s, was also born on August 18th as well as my boy Andy Samberg of SNL and other comic ventures. Sadly, the recently deceased Malcolm Jamal Warner was also born on August 18th... 

A group from my hometown is compiling a history of its early black settlers and my story is among the accounts which will appear in a book they plan to publish. I'm also among the 3 oldest living black alumni of the highschool I attended and I was honored at the annual all alumni cook out a couple of years back. 

My family is familar with all I care to share about my history which is unique in some ways but mundane in others....

In the AI world of the future,  history will be devalued and dispensed with. Who cares?

 

[Pioneer1]

13 minutes ago, aka Contrarian said:

 He's still alive, however.  The hunky Robert Redford now in his late 80s, was also born on August 18th as well as my boy Andy Samburg of SNL and other comic ventures.

 

 -Oooh boy......

 

[aka Contrarian]

 

Just look at all that good white meat. And they're rich and powerful to boot. Leo lions!

[Pioneer1]

 

Maybe "white meat" is good if you're in the mood for a chicken dinner.
But if you want a MAN....tall "dark" and handsome is the usual request, lol.

[aka Contrarian]

You may prefer your men tall dark and handsome, (with  bantam legs and high butts) but discrimnating females appreciate more diversified standards.

 

[Troy]

16 hours ago, aka Contrarian said:

A group from my hometown is compiling a history of its early black settlers and my story is among the accounts which will appear in a book they plan to publish. I'm also among the 3 oldest living black alumni of the highschool I attended and I was honored at the annual all alumni cook out a couple of years back. 

My family is familar with all I care to share about my history which is unique in some ways but mundane in others....

 

This is all great! (sorry I got the year wrong).

 

15 hours ago, aka Contrarian said:

discrimnating females appreciate more diversified standards.

 

Yes they do, which is why I, at 5'7'' have never been challenged in the lady department   

[Delano]

8 hours ago, Troy said:

Yes they do, which is why I, at 5'7'' have never been challenged in the lady department 

Your are dynamic and have a wide variety of interest. We have only hung out a few times but every time was a different setting and you were in your comfortable in all of them. In addition you are a great host and an even greater guest. Your a beautiful person, Troy, while also being focused and driven. I would add just don't become disappointed in people that share your visions, but don't have the drive or focus to actualised their plans.

[Troy]

1 hour ago, Delano said:

Your are dynamic and have a wide variety of interest. We have only hung out a few times but every time was a different setting and you were in your comfortable in all of them

You too man!

 

I clearly remember the first time I saw you in 1991, because you are a black man in a mostly white environment. You were working in a computer lab a place I ultimately got a job which in some indirect way led to AALBC,

 

Well, I appreciate you and everyone else who spends some of their precious time here.

 

The only thing that will save the rest of the web, including websites like AALBC are human beings. The amount of AI generated content on social media is staggering. 
 

 

[Delano]

@Troy Much Love. I see so much AI generated content. I think I am in the minority of Astrologers that think that AI is the next big thing. I think if its a  clearly defined task AI can shine, however it is not innovative. They gave AI I traffic problem it would give a route but it couldn't handle road blocks. I also find a lot of Youtube clips have an AI narrator, you can tell by the cadence and the misprounounced words.

[aka Contrarian]

@Troy& @Delanoyou guys are 2 of my favorite people. Over the years, you have contributed so much to making my cyber world interesting and enlightened.

[Delano]

@aka Contrarian Thank you, you have given some of the most important insights to my persona. It has changed the way i communicate.

[Pioneer1]

On 8/28/2025 at 12:05 PM, Troy said:

Yes they do, which is why I, at 5'7'' have never been challenged in the lady department   

Lol....
5'7 may be on the short side, but it's not a midget.
Eazy E was only 5' 5 and had many women and fathered children.

I can't judge you on your looks but you're obviously smart, was married, and have children so I have little reason to doubt what you say about never having problems attracting women.
However it's  rare to hear men, especially Black men admit to this even if they did.

Having problems attracting women is probably the 2nd from last problem most men would honestly admit to.
I think we all know what the #1 problem men would be the last to admit to....lol.

[aka Contrarian]

As much as some persist in boasting, black men are probably no different from any other species, and run the gamut from impotent nerds to virile studs.

Many have embraced the mythical image originally perpetuated by whites who portray them all as animalistic oversexed brutes, and this has become their claim to fame.

[Delano]

1 hour ago, aka Contrarian said:

black men are probably no different from any other species, and run the gamut from impotent nerds to virile studs.

A woman told me I was a nerd who can dance.

[Troy]

18 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

I think we all know what the #1 problem men would be the last to admit to....lol.

 

Judging by Viagra sales plenty of men are admitting a problem.

 

18 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Eazy E was only 5' 5 and had many women and fathered children.

 

Prince was shorter and effeminate and you could not beat the women off him with a stick.  Obviously it is much more than stature that attracts women.

 

18 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

However it's  rare to hear men, especially Black men admit to this even if they did.

 

There are whole bunch of guys who admit they can't attract a woman and have formed communities of Incels.

 

2 hours ago, aka Contrarian said:

run the gamut from impotent nerds to virile studs.

 

...including virile nerds 

[Pioneer1]

Cynique
 

Many have embraced the mythical image originally perpetuated by whites who portray them all as animalistic oversexed brutes, and this has become their claim to fame.
 

There's a middle ground.

One doesn't have to equate a strong dominant sex drive and virility to be envied by other men WITH being "animalistic" and "brutish".

One doesn't equate to the other.
 

Whites would often ASSOCIATE our strong dominant masculinity and sexual power WITH being an animal but if one just stops and things for a minute....most animals DO NOT have a strong sex drive, or atleast no stronger than the average human.

It was just their way of trying to defame the Black man and scare White women away.

 

Just like associating a big penis with being animalistic when MOST animals (including primates) have much smaller penises compared to humans.
 

 

Troy

Judging by Viagra sales plenty of men are admitting a problem.
 

Lol...I think "confiding" (to their doctors) would be a more appropriate term.


 

Prince was shorter and effeminate and you could not beat the women off him with a stick.  Obviously it is much more than stature that attracts women.
 

Well, he attractive to CERTAIN American women; but most of the non-American Black women I talked to did NOT find him attractive at all.
 

Him, and Shemar Moore....men who a lot of women say are cute and attractive but in an "effeminate" or "cutesy" sort of way have been 2 of my examples to many non-American Black women as to what type of Black man they consider attractive.
 

On the other end of the spectrum was 50 Cent and Wesley Snipes who I would use as examples.
 

I didn't use Denzel Washington or Idris Elba because it seems to me that Black women around the planet no matter what country or culture they came from find these men attractive.

 

 

 

 

There are whole bunch of guys who admit they can't attract a woman and have formed communities of Incels.

 

These are mostly White men though.
We know they have different standards of masculinity and what they tend to brag about or be ashamed of.
I meant Black men.

 

[aka Contrarian]

@Pioneer1

In your ongoing attempt to aggrandize black men, contrary to your implications, black men do not have a monopoly on "strong dominate masculinity and sexual power".These traits  are common among men of all ethnicities. 

You are biased; the black counterpart of a white supremacist. Not surprising since you reject the idea that there is only one race.

[Pioneer1]

13 minutes ago, aka Contrarian said:

 Not surprising since you reject the idea that there is only one race.

And according to your past writings.....
Apparently I'm not the only one who does.

[aka Contrarian]

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

And according to your past writings.....
Apparently I'm not the only one who does.

Who does what?? I dont have a problem with the one race concept -  and the "tribes" contained therein. 

 

 

[Pioneer1]

14 hours ago, aka Contrarian said:

Who does what?? I dont have a problem with the one race concept -  and the "tribes" contained therein. 

 

 

 

"tribes"????

First you're talking about only one race, like Troy.

Now you're talking about some "tribes" business, like richardmurray.

You don't know WHO you want to follow, do you....lol.

 

Poor lady just wandering around in the street with a rag on her head and a bag in her hand willing to follow ANY man around.
The first one to say "hello" to her, her eyes light up and she starts following in behind him....lol.
 

[aka Contrarian]

@Pioneer1Puleeze. What I do and who I agree with is none if your goddamned business. In truth, I never rejected Troy's one race argument, and on many occasions I have referred to myself as belonging to the "hybrid slave descendant" tribe!

As usual, you and your sulking self don't know what the hell you're talking about. So take your lying, obnoxious, wanna-be, over-the-hill, attention-seeking ass, along with your made-up scenarios and crawl back under your rock.

You apparently can't handle  the fact  that all you represent to me is a good case study to be observed and poked at. It's amusing to watch you in action as you skitter around, grasping at straws, resorting to every trick of the trade in an attempt to prevail.

However, like everyone else here, I'm hip to your ego-driven, pathetic, devious, ploys. Your transparency is blatant.

Bottom line:I simply don't like you. Deal with that, and move on. TaTa.

 

[Pioneer1]

Cynique

Bottom line:I simply don't like you. Deal with that, and move on. TaTa.

I got news for you miss lady,
I'm not exactly "in love" with YOU either.....lol.

However I DO get a kick out of pulling your chain.
Speaking of which.....

You sure do put a lot of energy into responding to people you CLAIM you don't like...lol.