{"id":3096,"date":"2017-07-19T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/?p=3096"},"modified":"2017-07-09T07:36:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T05:36:47","slug":"strange-way-put","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/2017\/07\/strange-way-put\/","title":{"rendered":"A very strange way to put it"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A very strange advertisment.<\/h2>\n<p>I have a few Google alerts going pertaining to naturism and nudism. You know the general things anyone should be interested in. A few days ago I got a notification about an ad on &#8216;Craig&#8217;s list&#8217;, which I know to be quite popular in the USA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3097 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Selection_142.jpg\" alt=\"Craig's List\" width=\"253\" height=\"79\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One line in that ad struck me. Maybe it&#8217;s just the way someone didn&#8217;t know how to put it properly but the line &#8220;<em>I am a normal, educated, and kind white male but I have always been interested in naturism<\/em>&#8221; made me frown.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8230;but I have always been interested in naturism<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-3098\" src=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/dfd80-4.jpg\" alt=\"Two nudists\" width=\"265\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/dfd80-4.jpg 299w, https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/dfd80-4-175x300.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 85vw, 265px\" \/>This line. The person putting that ad together made it sound as if nudism is something a &#8220;<em>a normal, educated, and kind white male<\/em>&#8221; shouldn&#8217;t be dealing with.<\/p>\n<p>I probably make too much of this but it&#8217;s in the words. I write books. Words and their order are important. So why would this kind white male use &#8216;but&#8217; here?<\/p>\n<p>Is there something wrong with nudism, with the desire to take off one&#8217;s clothes?<\/p>\n<p>Apparently the kind, white male has done it before, since he adds, &#8220;<em>the feeling of ultimate freedom when you take off that last piece of clothing.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s clearly done it before &#8211; or he&#8217;s copying some text from somewhere, which I don&#8217;t believe. It&#8217;s an interesting way to put this all down. The gentleman is specifically looking for a lady to go to a nudist venue, beach, resort with him, which gives me the feeling there&#8217;s something more he&#8217;d like to explore, but to each their own.<\/p>\n<p>For me the entire thing would be more credible had that simple &#8220;<em>but<\/em>&#8221; been a &#8220;<em>and<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<h2>Not an excuse.<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3099\" src=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Selection_143.jpg\" alt=\"Sunlight\" width=\"202\" height=\"291\" \/>Nudism should not be an\u00a0<em>excuse<\/em> to go naked. It is among the best feelings in the world, and we all know it. No restraints, just fresh air and sunlight on your skin.<\/p>\n<p>And the company of nice people. I&#8217;ve said it before: most nudists are the nicest people I&#8217;ve met. I am not counting the people who visit nude venues just to stare, that might be clear.<\/p>\n<p>Be happy. Be naked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very strange advertisment. I have a few Google alerts going pertaining to naturism and nudism. You know the general things anyone should be interested in. A few days ago I got a notification about an ad on &#8216;Craig&#8217;s list&#8217;, which I know to be quite popular in the USA. One line in that ad &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/2017\/07\/strange-way-put\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A very strange way to put it&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[397,3],"class_list":["post-3096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nudism-2","tag-craigslist","tag-nudism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3100,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3096\/revisions\/3100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}