I've wanted to try my hands at becoming a YouTuber, but it sees YouTube is dying out as of late. Does anyone here do YouTube? How is it? If you're getting the views, are you making good money as well? Back in the day I heard YouTube was great for making money, but these days it seems like it's not as useful anymore, and it's also tougher to get into.

Do you think it's even worth it to jump into YouTube now with all the changed they've made over the years?

When you play anything, like basketball, football, etc. do you guys get physical to get the win? Or do you just play to have fun? When I play, I try not to get physical, unless the person I guard is being an ass and is trying to push me around a bit. I don't do that, so if you act up, I will get physical, and it won't' be fun haha for the other dude!

Anyway, if I can, I try not to get too physical. On top of that, my knees haven't done so well in recent years, so I try not to go too overboard with any sport. But, you bet your ass if you at up on me, I'm going to act up on you right back.

I feel like as I've gotten older, I'm seeing my friends less and less. This is especially the case with a few of my girl friends who have kids now. We're lucky if we see each other once a month! Of course this is all worse with the pandemic but I was already feeling this before everything shut down.

I think the best approach to solving issues starts in the small, more localized areas. Obviously, you want to get your crap together in your own home but once you got things squared off, what is the next move? I want to work on improving my community. Ensure things stay clean and maintained, crime doesn't get higher, and so on. What are some approaches to doing this so I can get an idea?

Lately I've been eating like crap, and I need to change that. What is your diet like? Do you guys do any type of diets to help keep the weight off or to just live a healthier lifestyle? I want to try the OMAD diet myself, but idk if I want to just eat one meal a day.

What diets do you use? I'm thinking of getting back into fitness as well, as I could use all the help right now.

The abortion debate is waging more and more these days, as I hear politicians are trying to overturn roe v wade. which made it legal to get an abortion in the US. What is your opinion on abortion? Do you find it morally wrong? Or do you feel a woman should have the choice to abort a fetus if she wants to?

I guess politicians right now are trying to make it illegal to abort a fetus 15 weeks and older, so you would need to get an abortion before that point, otherwise you'll be forced to carry the child till birth.

In all honesty. I am for abortion rights for women. I think they should be allowed to abort a fetus if they want to. It's their body, and their choice. I think at a certain point though, you shouldn't be able to abort a child. Like when you're full on showing and ready to pop. But other than that, I think a woman should be able to abort without issue.

But, what are your views on this?

Dude, when is it going to end? I didn't see Tom Brady bringing the Buccs to the Superbowl last season, but he did. It's crazy to see this dude winning so many. Anyway, do you think he and his Buccaneers can win another? Honestly I hope not, because I'm tired of Brady winning them all. Lets get some younger QBs out there.

It just seems like he wants more superbowl wins, and I just want a break from the guy. What about you?

I have some tattoos and I fear that if I show them off, it will be tougher for me to find work. Have you had any issues because of your tattoos? I want to get a sleeve on both arms, but I worry if I ever work an office job, they will not allow me to show them off at all.

I figure, as long as my tattoos on my arms and any visible areas is SFW, but anything under the clothes can of course be NSFW. :D

What do you guys consider to be your favorite sports games? I have a fond place for NBA Jam, I grew up playing the game. Plus the likes of NBA Street, NFL Street, NFL Blitz. Those games are classics. Sad to see EA not doing anything either IP. :(

As for my favorite of all time, it'd have to be ESPN NFL 2K5 on the PS2 and Xbox. It's so good, that I think it destroys current Madden NFL in gameplay, presentation and everything else. It's sad how far Madden NFL has fallen. I also really enjoyed ESPN NBA 2K5, at the time, and would consider it to be one of my favorite basketball games.

What are some of your favorite sports games?

You can answer this as a guy or gal but I want input from the ladies specifically.

When it comes to your own hair, what preference do you have? I know a lot of ladies who rock wigs and I get it. It is convenient and cheaper than having to get your hair done all the time. I have a few myself that I used to wear a lot. I have gotten weave done a few times and just didn't like what it was doing to my natural hair. It was falling out and thinning on the edges so I stopped. I decided to go natural a few years ago. I cleaned up my diet and working on my haircare routine and I am happy to say I can get some good length now! So for me, I like being natural.

My opinion on fake nails is mixed. I feel like they can look nice and really add a nice feminine touch to a woman's style but some of the nails I see women rocking are just awful. Like when you get them done and have them longer than a certain length, it just screams "trashy" to me. I have had mine done and I do enjoy it but I don't go overboard with it. This is a case where less is more and if you get more, it just looks terrible. It doesn't help I got an RN degree and know about the germs those long nails harbor either.

This looks nice:


This DOES NOT:


I want the opinions of both men and women here though. Like do you think they are classy or trashy?

What are you satisfied with the most, money or your job? What do you think is more important? I believe both are equally important and interlinked but work contentment is what I prefer the most as I like to learn new skills and challenge myself for the new tasks which eventually enhances my knowledge.

Who's going to watch this today? Looks like it's going to be a good episode.

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By moving in silence I mean keep your goals and moves to yourself until they're done or set in stone. I was reading something that said it was important for women to do this because announcing your goals can sometimes put a target on your back and you'll have people trying to tear you down. I think this applies to any POC though, you never know who's waiting for you to slip up so they can knock you down. So do you keep your goals to yourself or do you announce them?

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Alright, imagine you’ve been dating someone for a few months. Things are going well but no one has mentioned anything about a title. Should a man or woman bring up the topic? If someone asks, what are we…what do you say?

Sadly I hate to say it, but it seems like the Jake and Logan Paul has brought boxing back. Before them, it wasn't doing much of anything. Yeah we had Mayweather vs McGregor, but I feel like ever since these annoying Paul brothers came to the picture, boxing has gained so much popularity.

I hate these guys, but I gotta admit, without them, I feel like boxing wouldn't be this mainstream like it used to be.

But, I think it's also because people want to see these guys knocked out, and I think that's partly fueling the popularity these days.

Do you think Boxing is back? Or is it just a quick comeback before it's forgotten again?

Now that a lot of areas requires cops to wear body cams, it made me wonder if we should also wear a camera on us as well? I figure with how some cops can be sneaky, they could easily turn off a camera and do their worst as they are known to do sometimes.

But, what if we start to wear body cams as well, just as an added bit of protection? Having our phones is one thing, but we can always hid a hidden camera on us to better protect us from the lies cops may spew. I've been thinking of buying sunglasses that also work as a camera. I want to use it for vlogging, but I may use it to capture any wrongdoing cops may do if I'm in the area.

You guys remember this show? It's a competitive show where a general nobody would take on these buffed up dudes and women. If you can get past them or best them, you win. I remember watching the show growing up and how cool it would be to try the courses and challenges myself.

Who here remembers this show? Do you think you could have competed? They had this big black dude on the show and I remember always wanting to get as buff as him.

Our one and only queen Beyonce has turned 40 years old and it doesn't feel right. I feel so old, and yet one of the women I had a massive crush on growing up, is getting old too. But damn, she is still one hell of a gorgeous woman.


Here's to 40 more years and longer. May you live forever! :D Happy birthday to Beyonce! :)

I remember hearing the news of people showing interest in Idris Elba playing the new James Bond. I don't think he'll end up being a black James Bond, I think he'll have his own story to tell, with his own name and code word like 007. Maybe he can be the new 007 but will have a different name of course.

Idk, what do you guys think? Would you like to see Idris Elba take on the role next? Or will it go to some other white british dude?

I heard a statement made the other day that was along the lines of "doctors are to black women as police are to black men" and the comments on it were really eye opening. So many stories of women who struggled to get their doctors to listen to them and some had even lost family members due to not being listened to. I think it starts to create a really big problem where black women feel so worried about being brushed off by the doctor that they don't go at all. I also know that a lot of research isn't being done on how disease presents itself in black women. I feel like all of this is a silent killer that no one talks about. What do you think about it? Have you girls ever had any bad experiences?

I heard about this, someone I know brought it up. Does this mean we are going to finally get more information about what happened that day? And why wait 20 years? That seems a bit odd to me. I don't know man. This whole thing never sat right with me and I know I am not alone. Something fishy was going on that day and the days leading up to it. I doubt we will ever get the full truth of it. Probably just some spun-out story to give the US more of a reason to do stuff overseas and continue this so called war while Americans suffer.

Awhile back, some girls around here got attacked so I decided to keep a few things on me just in case. I have a pepper spray and one of those key chain alarms along with a few other things that I keep in my car. I also always make sure someone knows where I am if I ever go out alone. I feel like you can never be too careful these days!

I am just going to say it like it is... People like Cardi B are nothing but hood rats with money. They make us women look bad and give dudes some kind of false perception of how women should be and act, especially in a relationship. Since this behavior went mainstream in music, I noticed a growing issue with valuable black men not only casting away black women but actually dating and marrying white women. Some will go for Asian or Hispanic women but they show some kind of distaste for black women, as if these hoes represent all of us. I am sick of being labeled as undatable or "not marriage material" because of them. I know a lot of black women will follow this behavior and act like this but that doesn't mean we are all like that. You don't see this with any other race either. You don't just assume all white girls are drinking Starbucks. Like damn.

My worst experience isn't so much a date but after the date. The days after he constantly texted me all day, asking where I was and what I was doing. He got more and more aggressive in how he was asking and it felt like he just wanted someone he could possess rather than get to know and date. I ended up blocking him but it started getting really worrying after awhile.