Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
The example response I gave below is one way to reply to such comments.
But I understand wanting to take a break too.
1. Why would you say that?
2. Why do you feel the need to belittle me/others?
3. Do you know how rude/awful/petty you sound right now?
4. Did I ask for your opinion?
5. Does belittling me make you feel superior at this moment?
6. Where did you learn your manners?
7. What qualifications do you have to judge me?
8. Why do you think I should consider your opinions?
9. Is judging other people a hobby, or are you a professional?
“And with the new rules I have to bite my tongue a lot! Or get banned !”
You can’t honestly say how you feel. Before you could: and that was good, because not every poster should be encouraged; some posters are up to no good in their “caregiving” and should be honestly told so.
Some people maybe disappeared from the forum because of that: you can’t be honest anymore. You can hardly criticize anymore. It can also be embarrassing to be banned; a sort of public stigma attached to it. One might not have deserved to be banned at all. Yet, then there’s a kind of public stigma, “that’s the person that got banned”. Of course that changes the friendly atmosphere and feeling, of the forum.
Then there was the whole technical issue too. Hacking. Buttons that took forever to fix, for example “delete”. It took them half a year to fix “delete”. That’s just weird. There was something weird going on. People might not feel safe on the forum, with such strange things happening.
Yes one can be banned for whatever they like. I took the courage to say here what I think, in my response below. You see how uncomfortable it’s gotten? You have to keep wondering, will I get banned now? (Anyway, stay well, all of you. I’ll take a break too.)
I’ll take a break now from social media. My vacation’s coming up!
No social platform will ever be perfect or safe. Another very apropos saying: "The nail that sticks up gets hammered." This is an absolute truth for every social outlet, platform or forum from now until eternity. Technology is not the problem, people are.
Making people nervous about whether they’ll be banned. Of course that changes the atmosphere.
Hope you enjoy your upcoming vacation!
I think the mods remove posts that are extremely offensive.
Everyone has different opinions and perspectives. We have our own distinct personalities.
I suppose all a person can do is to report a comment if it is rude. Everyone is entitled to their opinions even if we find them to be different from how we feel.
I like reading a variety of opinions because someone else might point out something that I never thought of before. Or it’s right for them but not for me.
I know that I am not going to like everything that I read or even people that I meet. I try to be respectful of others even if I don’t agree with everything that they say. I know people that I don’t agree with them on certain things but we are still friendly with each other.
People who like to argue just for the sake of an argument. I avoid like the plague. If it’s a friendly debate then it can be quite interesting! My husband and I are different in some ways but we are alike in all the things that are important to me. It can be boring to be with people who are exactly the same as we are.
NeedHelp, yeah too different, too similar, can be good/bad.
Have a good day!
How stupid is that? These rules are ridiculous at times. I bet you laughed at being banned by FB.
Banning of books get to me! It’s insane. We can’t change history and it’s important for younger people to know our history and how we have evolved.
Plus when we read classic literature we are intelligent enough to differentiate between the past and the present.
Just because we choose to read a book doesn’t mean that we condone those actions of the past.
Banning books is all about censorship and controlling others. Why can’t people simply ignore what they don’t like and allow individuals to have their own preferences and opinions?
I tell my neighbor that complains about not liking certain television shows to change the channel because there are many options! There’s something for everyone these days.
These new peoples are going to be very hard to associate with when everything can be taken offensively, such BS.
2 weeks ago a frog jumped behind some boxes in my garage. A week later I noticed an odor, thought froggie had croaked. Found the culprit yesterday morning..somehow an Iguana got smushed by the garage door. Yuk!!!!!