Some of you guys really crack me up....

[Kissimmee JP]

I mean, if someone doesn't totally sugarcoat their post, people totally flip out here.

Like Miss Behaved's sig says, "It's just a message board, lighten up."

If you're so dependent on this board that you get upset if someone posts something you don't like, you MAY want to unplug for a week or 4.

Keep in mind that this is ENTERTAINMENT, not real life. Yes, real life issues crop up, but we are hurtling through cyberspace.

Also keep in mind that when there's 50,000 of anything, there are going to be different opinions, outlooks and perspectves.

 

[caitycaity]

you know...

it is possible to express your opinion, even if it differs, in a nice, polite way.

you don't need to sugarcoat, but common courtesy is not that hard, i don't think.

 

[kejoda]

Maybe if you can't be kind to others you should be the one to turn of your computer.

 

[Steve H.]

What's the point of this thread?

 

[becka]

Originally posted by Kissimmee JP
I mean, if someone doesn't totally sugarcoat their post, people totally flip out here.

Like Miss Behaved's sig says, "It's just a message board, lighten up."

If you're so dependent on this board that you get upset if someone posts something you don't like, you MAY want to unplug for a week or 4.

Keep in mind that this is ENTERTAINMENT, not real life. Yes, real life issues crop up, but we are hurtling through cyberspace.

Also keep in mind that when there's 50,000 of anything, there are going to be different opinions, outlooks and perspectves.

Maybe you should turn this around. I have not "flipped out" over dissenting posts. I have defended myself against what I feel were overly negative remarks. You have every right to post negative remarks (as do I have the right to respond) but if you get so upset when someone responds to your posts then perhaps YOU may want to unplug for a week or 4.

I certainly am not letting negative posts bother me enough to start a new thread whining about how people just can't accept a differing opinion. If I couldn't handle negative posts or people who did not think like I do I would have left a very long time ago.

 

[nativetxn]

When a subject line says that someone is depressed or upset I always try to make them feel better.

I don't think we have to sugar coat things here so much as we should try to offer sympathy when someone asks. That's how I try to do things here, at any rate. That's what I try to do in real life too.
Sometimes I can help and sometimes I can't--I try not to make anyone feel worse though.

 

[Gail T AGAIN]

PLEASE, not another debate of this stuff. This is a computer, nothing more. That is my opinion and if no one likes it tuff doo doo. I could care less what other people behind there computer screen type, no sweat off my back but one think I will say is I try and be cutious to others like they are too me that even includes poop daddy, I look forward to his post and rambling on

 

[Kissimmee JP]

I'm sorry, I didn't realize all threads had points. But since you need one, I guess the point is that this board doesn't exist in a vacuum, it is inhabited by real people...some more real than others.

caity caity - Yes, common courtesy would be nice in a perfect world, but we're not in a perfect world, not even here in The Dis. Hell, common courtesy isn't even all that common.

kejoda - careful honey, you should remember the last time you started in on me.....

 

[Kissimmee JP]

Becka - I never said anything about you....there were some on your thread that were waaaaaaay more sensitive than you.

 

[Toby'sFriend]

kejoda - careful honey, you should remember the last time you started in on me.....

Boy that sounds like I story I'd like to hear!

 

[becka]

Originally posted by Kissimmee JP
Becka - I never said anything about you....there were some on your thread that were waaaaaaay more sensitive than you.

Sorry! My mistake. I guess I just assumed that much because my post on the CB seems to be the only post right now that has been dealing with this very issue (and with you personally involved). What a leap that was for me to take - must be the pain meds.

BTW - I enjoy my sensitivity. I have yet to see where it is a bigger liability than it is an asset.

 

[Miss Behaved]

WILL EVERYONE JUST LIGHTEN THE HELL UP - there are bigger problems in the world, ya know?

Just chill out, gain a little perspective. An internet message board is really not the place to air your "depression" if you really expect a 100% heartfelt and sympathetic response. That would be cute and wonderful and nice, but it IS the real world. I truly wish you the best and hope things turn around and you are happy again, but.... what about calling a friend or even a therapist, if you're truly depressed??

 

[Miss Behaved]

Oh and Becka... here's just a little tidbit of info - at least all this hubbub over your thread should hopefully distract you from what you were bummed out about in the first place, no?

 

[Steve H.]

Anyone wondering why the only people who seem to be upset on this thread are those who are telling people to "lighten up"??

 

[kejoda]

If you think I care about what you think, think again.

 

[perdidobay]

I wondered that too Steve

 

[caitycaity]

Hell, common courtesy isn't even all that common.

so i guess that means we should all be nasty all the time.

An internet message board is really not the place to air your "depression" if you really expect a 100% heartfelt and sympathetic response.

you haven't been around this one that long, i see...

 

[Patrick IL.]

Is there something in the air today Come on guys..lighten up. If there is something you do not want to read about then do not..no need to argue. Lets move on please

 

[gepetto]

Originally posted by Miss Behaved
what about calling a friend or even a therapist, if you're truly depressed??

Since there are a lot of moms with small children that post here, she probably wanted to vent to a group of people that would understand what she's going through.

wow you sound a lot like Kissimmee JP. Are you related?

 

[Kissimmee JP]

Originally posted by Steve H.
Anyone wondering why the only people who seem to be upset on this thread are those who are telling people to "lighten up"??

Who's upset Steve? Don't mistake me playing devil's advocate for being upset.



And kejoda - you cared enough to post on this thread again. How sweet.