She said: "Now we just had one hell of a night
And I know you love me when I hit with my right
But kiss me now, and I'll flog you when do.
But remember the safe word, before we try,
For the slap in your guts and the spit in your eye
Cause I'm your kind of bitch, your Dom named 'Sue.'"

t apologies for any D/SM mis-characterization

Is that capitalization considered over the top outside the D/s section of things?

There is a sizeable faction which thinks that the strange capitalization is not only acceptable but MUST be done to make it CLEAR W/what and W/who Y/you are (and who you own/who owns you).

There is an equally (I hope) faction which thinks that there's no need to abuse the English lanuage simply to make sure that everyone knows that the person who capitalizes everything is the big bad domly dom, and the person who never capitalizes anything is the lowly unworthy sub.

Like I said, if the dom and sub prefer to write that way to *each other,* then rock on. But when it's done on a mailing list, my eyes bleed. (Because it's also generally combined with LOLs and ::smile:: and horrible spelling and textspeak.)

Another BDSM language oddity that I also loathe is when submissives/slaves refer to themselves in the third person. It *barely* worked for Caesar and Bob Dole; it ain't going to work for you. And yes, it's meant to somehow indicate their "lowly" status. (I think considering your submissive to be "lowly" is bullshit, because if you don't cherish your submissive, you have NO business even having such a relationship. IMO.)

So it works like this. If *I* were the submissive, here's how I would post:

this girl looks forward to meeting Y/you A/all at the event this weekend. Master says that He is also very excited. this girl is hoping to make lots of news friends...or, at least, the ones that Master approves! LOL! ::smiles::

No, SERIOUSLY. Sometimes they say "this one" rather than "this girl."

Yeah.

Are you sure you don't mean B/buffistas? Can't hurt to be too careful there.

snicker

Y'all are quite entertaining. For some reason the conversation makes me want to sit back and watch heads explode while I sing, "she loves you, ya ya ya."

Random weirdness:

I got an e-mail from a crafts company advertising Marie Antoinette paper dolls at the same time I got a Freecycle e-mail offering a Marie Antoinette wig.

make sure that everyone knows that the person who capitalizes everything is the big bad domly dom

Whoa. If your authority resides in the size of your font? Dude, I'd have to suspect overcompensation of some sort.

In a weird corralation, I spend a lot of time as the doggy lama explaining the difference between dominance and aggression. Most people just don't get the distinction.

Which then lead me to spin off on a tangent about this being the reason we have no real heroes anymore.

The brain, she spins.

Another BDSM language oddity that I also loathe is when submissives/slaves refer to themselves in the third person. It *barely* worked for Caesar and Bob Dole; it ain't going to work for you.

...don't they all just end up sounding like Smeagol?

If your authority resides in the size of your font?

... then I have probably worked for you at some point.

Another BDSM language oddity that I also loathe is when submissives/slaves refer to themselves in the third person. It *barely* worked for Caesar and Bob Dole; it ain't going to work for you.

...don't they all just end up sounding like Smeagol?

Ahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fay, you crack me up.

I'd be such a wretched submissive, unless I could be the kind that sneered at everyone who wasn't my alleged master and me, who was obvious superior because I was with Alleged Master. Everyone else would be dirt.