kneehighs

Love the pumps and skinny pants! Bravo

On 4/3/2024 at 2:18 AM, Gige said:

No, but I do have to be very careful about what I say because it could be viewed as being discriminatory. 

Or some form of sexual harassment?  I'd be surprised if in Western run companies, the #MeToo movement is over yet.

9 hours ago, Jkrenzer said:

Turn about is fair play. Make some suggestions for them.

Are there possible legal repercussions for him if the does that while being on US soil?

On 2/29/2024 at 8:41 AM, Shyheels said:

So true and so disappointing. I’ve been experimenting with shooting images of myself in heels - not posing but looking natural, casual, as though it were not staged, and shot in such a way that the fact that I’m wearing heels is not immediately apparent although the heels are fully visible. It is entirely possible to photograph a guy in heels in such a way that it seems completely unremarkable -

From a pro photographer no less. Would love to see your final product! Do share

18 hours ago, Bubba136 said:

Is anyone buying it at this price?

 

Larry Fink, CEO of Black Rock talked about that today.  The BTC ETF is the most successful ETF in history. But the ETF is a narrative. Narratives change rapdily.  In 2023, the narrative was recession while markets rallied.  Even Elon Musk was wrong. Nevertheless, the Bitcoin halving narrative (daily BTC issued gets cut in half) occurs in April. 😕That doesn't address the demand side of your question, but it does address the supply side. Many ETF issuers also can't promote their ETF until +90 days after initial issuance for regulatory reasons. So with 6 trillion in cash sidelined from the 2023/2024 recession, and a supply shock (halving) and demand surge (ETF) you get three new narratives to pump price from. 

So for me, I'll rely on Technical Analysis indicators to bypass narrative hype.  As price accelerates through the Optimism, Belief, Thrill and Euphoria stages of the Wall Street Cheat Sheet cycle, dips get shorter and shorter in time. The shorter the time the dips average, the greater the risk the top is near. Why? Because in the final parabolic stage, dips barely last more than a few days. Coupled with Super Bowl ads for crypto, Coinbase app being #1 in the app store, and multiple mainstream celebrity crypto endorsements the top will be near. 

But that is for cycle traders (about 4 years according to the liquidity cycles).  For those who hold BTC for 10-15 years +, they'll hold BTC into a whole new global financial reset when the USD loses it's default global reserve status

This guy in this conversation always told me "trust the FED" and constantly mocked me buying Bitcoin

Bitcoin was at $5K USD at this time. This was March 2020. Bitcoin never went back to $5K ever again after this.

Naturally I playfully have to occasionally give him a hard time for his decision to not buy Bitcoin back then.

Per usual, most don't understand risk to reward is in your favor when the rest of the world is fearful. Now that Bitcoin is consolidating near 70K, most are becoming greedy. 

And that my friends has me playing defense now. 

Good to see you around @Mr. X

Wondering if @Shyheels new nickname should be Johny Cash?

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3vnVROtpDK/?igsh=dG0xcG96dW04aWdh

Bitcoin is at $71,000

and 

Ethereum $4,000

Now that optimism and belief are returning, things will heat up even more

On 3/21/2023 at 1:25 PM, mlroseplant said:

Out of the blue, a friend sent me this picture, which was posted by this young man's mother on social media. I have very inexpertly blotted out his face because I don't know any of the people involved, although the post was set to full public. The caption to the photo set read, "[Young man's name] absolutely slayed his senior recital! And in 4 inch heels. He worked so hard and we could not be more proud."

I shall have to find out the back story, but it is encouraging to see. I believe my friend sent me this because doesn't this general style look a little familiar? Only on somebody younger, taller, and better looking than me. This is at a fairly famous music school, too, so this guy is no hack.

Off topic from the most recent thread, but did you ever find out the back story on this?

11 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

The workaround link evidently doesn't work in the U.S., but like a good American, I'm going to offer up my opinion from a position of ignorance. I wouldn't want to break tradition or anything.

I, of course, have no idea what the article says, but what I imagine it says in part is right up my alley. Much of what attracts me to high heels is the athletic challenge, and I alone in my world actually walk in high heels. I cannot say that this practice has done me any harm. In fact, I'd say it's quite the opposite.

I seem to remember another guy who walked several km in high heels pretty much every day. I want to say he was from Oz, but my memory is fuzzy. Perhaps a former member here?

Any chance you have a parental control setting on your wifi? Or some kind of safety setting? The archive.ph often doesn't work in that situation.

2 hours ago, Shyheels said:

Alas I couldn’t read it without creating an account . It looks like an interesting article from the very brief glimpse I had before the firewall went up 

https://archive.ph/YNoUy

Now that Bitcoin is starting to gain attention again, if anyone has time to read this article it makes the strongest case that Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto is Len Sassaman.

I'd bet money on it. Satoshi's online footprint and Len's peaked at the same hours of the day, they both spoke the same kind of British english, Satoshi made reference to Euros too.

And most importantly, Len roomed in San Francisco with the creator of Bit Torrent, Bram Cohen. Bram started an online Peer-to-Peer marketplace called Mojo Nation. Mojo Nation was powered by "Mojo" coins. It collapsed due to hyper inflation. 

Thankfully, Bitcoin has the 21 Million limit in supply forever. I wonder why?

https://evanhatch.medium.com/len-sassaman-and-satoshi-e483c85c2b10

Diverse series of comments from this Instagram post

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1m1Nf2sRc5/

I've been in Istanbul for awhile now.  I've seen 2 girls decent beautiful heels here. That's it.

On 8/11/2017 at 9:36 AM, kneehighs said:

Blockchain is happening folks, for real: http://www.trustnodes.com/2017/08/10/institutional-investors-move-bitcoin-ethereum

Goldman Sachs: “Whether or not you believe in the merit of investing in cryptocurrencies (you know who you are), real dollars are at work here and warrant watching,” Goldman Sachs said according to Bloomberg."

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), US’s biggest options exchange, is to soon offer bitcoin options and futures trading following an agreement with Gemini Trust after CFTC approved Ledger X for clearing derivatives on July 24th.

 

How times have changed, eh? I gotta laugh at the comments that mocked Bitcoin.

All the people in this thread mocking what Black Rock and Fidelity are selling to their clients. For what it's worth, I doubt these clients even fully understand Bitcoin. The sales call, if one even occurs, probably goes something like "BlackRock here. Larry has a new ETF. He wants to get you to 1%.  It's our best performing ETF in history. $5B of inflows in 5 weeks." Client "Do it". Click

Imagine fading Bitcoin now. Ethereum also has ETF's coming in May. So it'll get a bid too. 

https://x.com/thomas_fahrer/status/1757905177196298331?s=20

On 1/27/2024 at 4:46 AM, Cali said:

We had all campus meeting today. Wore my black (below) knee high boots with a thin 3.6 inch heels. This is also the unoffical meeting of the high heel club. 5 women stop by my table to compare heels with me, 3 stiletto booties and 2 knee high boots. I was also stop by half a dozen other women so they could tell me how much they loved my boots. About 20% in low heels and a few kitten heels.

Cool affirmation!  Feels great when it happens.

It's common.  What do you mean by "her heels looked so done?"  I understand that to mean "her heels were worn out, old and dilapidated".  Correct me if I'm wrong.

Unless I was wearing heels myself, I wouldn't say something to a stranger though. If I was wearing heels and had the impulse to say something, I'd say something like "You look great in those heels. Guys can rock them too! (then finger point at my heels)."  She'd probably look surprised. Then from there in a playful way I'd say "heel toe, heel toe in a straight line right?"  And see where it goes.

Here's a good article on the recent history of heels for men on the runway.  It's from V MAN which was a reputable status symbol before social media took over in fashion. I'm sure many here will exclaim "gasp, how ugly and disgusting" per usual....

https://vmagazine.com/article/the-mens-heel-renaissance/

Ahhh, good ol NYC.  Aside that I hope your toe is finally okay, these stories bring back many fond memories of my stomping ground from 2000-2021.  Hope you found the people in NYC warm and kind. 

Miss my love (NYC).

For anyone interested in dabbling with crypto, Feb/March 2024 are probably the last great buying opportunity before the Golden Bull run starts.  

I expect Bitcoin to break it's 69K All Time High price sometime in Q3-Q4 2024

For me, I will start shaving profits once BTC clears 80K. Many will get caught in the euphoria stage thinking price will skyrocket to $250K etc. It won't. 

Remember, buy the fear and sell the greed.  My top measures for Greed will be

1.  Coinbase is number one downloaded app on app store

2.  Mainstream celebrities start promoting crypto en masse (Katie Perry 2017, Giselle and Tom 2021)

3.  YouTube influencers also start promoting worthless projects en masse

4.   Parabolic Open Interest.   If OI is going up faster than spot, then there's a risk for at least a local top

https://coinalyze.net/category-all_excluding_btc_and_eth/open-interest/

5.  Meme Coin Mania. When coins like Shiba or DOGE start doing 10,000% gains in 1-2 months, it's likely over

11 hours ago, Shyheels said:

I’d agree with you on the probability front. In fact I’d call life a crap shoot. Faster and more furious than poker.

I'm fully in agreement with Epictetus.

And if course there are different ways of reckoning wealth. I have very few assets and little money but I have also had quite a remarkable life in terms of travel and unusual experiences. I’ve seen a hell of a lot of the world and have a rich stock of memories. Sure, you can’t eat memories but I’ve not missed many meals and since the final result for all of us is the same, I’d just as soon have the memories over the money.

 

 

My grandma filled out a "get to know me" book when she was old. She remarked she would have traveled more if she could have changed anything about the way she lived.  Was it because she was a woman and loves to spend $$$$? 😂, I think it's a common theme among the elderly actually. 

As you were a photographer I can assume you had exclusive access to a lot of cool experiences. Well done!

On 11/17/2023 at 2:55 PM, Shyheels said:

I totally agree - although in the world of creatives where neither increased net worth nor income is a likely outcome to one’s endeavours, the surest way to freedom is to work out ingenious ways of reducing your wants and needs and learning how to live on the juice of a cracker. And be satisfied. 

"Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants" Epictetus

On 11/17/2023 at 4:34 PM, Bubba136 said:

Natural human traits are:  food on the table, clothing on our back and a roof over our head— and a woman for warmth and comfort.  Investing and financial management are learned.  Others, like yourself, find investing and converting/growing assets as a vocation that quickly acquires all of the characteristics a “game.” Once it becomes a game, it’s a “Gamble.”  Eighty percent of the world’s population are content with “going-along ‘coming along.” Satisfied with life as they have it.  

After my “required retirement,” I was afforded, along with a situation I Inherited, sufficient income to raise a family and have very comfortable life.  Having no desire to remain inactive, and by chance, falling into a situation whereby I accidentally found a vocation that I could enjoy participating in, I chose to invest in reconstructing financially failing businesses rather than investing in the stock market.

Nothing is “Forever.”  Life, anyway you look at it, is a crapshoot.  The bottom line— take what you have and be satisfied or try to make it better. It’s your choice.

"The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all."  Ecclesiastes 9:11

I always tell people life is more like a game of poker than a game of chess.  Why? Because in chess you can see all possible outcomes.  In poker, decisions are based on uncertainty and incomplete information. So life is like a game of probabilities.

1 hour ago, Bubba136 said:

Flapping my gums.  ;-  please don’t take my response as criticism.  I was relating my personal experience.  The psychological aspect/question as to “why” we engage in this practice is always present.  I recognize that each individual has their own unique circumstances and each of us must follow our own curiosity to a point we are satisfied with what we have learned. Or just accept the situation without further thought.  Seeking an explanation or reason can be exceedingly frustrating.  I found it to be.  And, as a result, I chose to accept my desire it is and not to chase any further explanation.

I appreciate your sensitivity to feelings of being criticized.  The secondary explanation provides a lot more context.  

1 hour ago, flavio said:

After all those years trapped in "men's" clothes and shoes, I started my transition to clothes and shoes I want to dress, in my daily life, about 2 years ago. I regret not being able to do so before with a feeling of lost time, but it's part of who I am.

I think it's important to understand yourself, having names or accronims to put you in one of the "boxes" society has created makes it easier to some individuals.

If it's the case for you, you're not doing harm to anyone else, your partners and the ones you love to have around are ok with you, go for it, live your life, be what you want to be, smile, move forward.

I have "crossdressed" before, it was good. Dressing as a regular man, feels ok too.

Dressing as I want to dress - that's premium. Mixing "women's" and "men's" wardrobe is just amazing for me, makes me feel alive.

I don't have a name of acronym to describe what I am. Some say non-binary. I can live with that. But I'll always be Flavio.

It's always good to read you kneehighs.

Keep safe,

Flavio

 

Good to see you around Flavio. For me, autogynephilia clarified some of my motivations.  Made it easier to explain to my dates etc.  

19 minutes ago, Bubba136 said:

This entire subject is,in my mind, a waste of time.  Granted, there is a number of individuals afflicted with sexual confusing situations with a burning desire to unravel and understand the “why” they are the way they are, I am not one of them. 

Way back in my younger days, when I was still questioning my desire to wear “girls shoes,” I did have a curiosity as to why this desire was so strong.  In my early teens, after many hours of research in the school library and becoming more confused with the explanations, I decided that this was a condition I was never going out grow and that the desire would never go away, I would just have to accept it because it was to strong to ignore.  Besides I was beginning to understand that wearing “girls shoes” and high heels 👠 was just a natural part of my nature.

It was at this point that I made up my mind that I would accept that this was the way I was constructed and would never again try to quit.  I understood that there were situations where I could not wear my heels but would wear them whenever possible.

As far as crossdressing, I did try crossdressing a few times (one time with disastrous consequences).  However, the process was so tedious, choosing garments and doing makeup and then undoing it, too me, wasn’t worth doing. I strictly stick to wearing only stockings and occasionally a garter belt because, in my opinion, high heels require stockings.

If it's a waste of time then why did write a wall of text for an answer