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#7101
Old 10-30-2018, 04:27 AM

Hey thread!

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#7102
Old 10-31-2018, 04:28 AM

Hey there, Antagonist.

I see you are making the rounds of the various threads.

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#7103
Old 10-31-2018, 04:40 AM

I'm trying. It feels good to be back posting again.

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#7104
Old 10-31-2018, 05:05 AM

I've forgotten how fun it can be to run from thread to thread and chat with different folks. Or, carry on several different conversations with the same people. Used to do that a lot during events and then slowed down when the event crowd slowed down as well.

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#7105
Old 10-31-2018, 05:36 AM

Yeah. I remember some threads being so busy I could barely keep up, and if I so much as left the thread to post elsewhere I'd come back and have no idea where I was anymore.

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#7106
Old 11-01-2018, 01:09 AM

Definitely remember those days and events. Post counts could jump by a thousand a day if you were dedicated enough to stick with it Not like that now. We lost a lot of good posters and people. Thankfully some of them I have kept through Facebook or by actual telephone.

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#7107
Old 11-01-2018, 01:33 AM

Wow. I only have tumblr and I didn't add many people on there so I was pretty much completely cut off from Mene. I even lost the password to the email that my account was registered to so I wasn't receiving emails anymore either.

I miss those days when threads could get thousands of posts a day.

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#7108
Old 11-01-2018, 01:46 AM

The e-mails don't work here anymore, or haven't since the server switch over. You weren't missing anything anyways.

Tumblr intrigues me, think I've got an account but have not really used it.

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Old 11-01-2018, 01:54 AM

Oh. I figured some parts of it was broken when I didn't receive the confirmation email for changing my email on Mene, but didn't know that it doesn't work at all anymore.

Tumblr is a giant mess a lot of the times, I'm on there mostly for the funny posts and pretty graphics and try to avoid the discourse and other bad stuff as best as I can.

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Old 11-01-2018, 02:33 AM

Some of the funny stuff I've seen... part of why I joined. Just haven't used it overly much. Thinking it might be a good idea to dive into it. And yes, must avoid the bad stuff and the overly sensitive folks.

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#7111
Old 11-01-2018, 02:55 AM

Same, some posts are really funny and I enjoy reading them a lot. At the same time there are a lot of people with very...opinionated views on certain subjects that I could really do without, without them constantly slapping that subjects in my face.

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Old 11-01-2018, 03:50 AM

Can definitely see where people would feel free to give their opinion on subjects without fear of anyone holding them accountable for their words.

Why in the heck is it warm in our apartment? Got the A/C on to counter the heat. Ugh.

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#7113
Old 11-01-2018, 05:21 AM

Yeah, along with shoving their opinions where it's not wanted, unfortunately.

It's pretty warm indoors here too, though that might be because the windows are closed. We have the fans on in the classroom so at least it's helping a bit.

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#7114
Old 11-02-2018, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Queen_Andais View Post
Can definitely see where people would feel free to give their opinion on subjects without fear of anyone holding them accountable for their words.

Why in the heck is it warm in our apartment? Got the A/C on to counter the heat. Ugh.
Because heat rises. If you live on the third floor, the heat from the surrounding apartments near and below your own apartment will rise to your level.

The good news is that your heating bill will be quite manageable. I hope you sleep well tonight.

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#7115
Old 11-03-2018, 01:09 AM

I actually had to unfollow a lot of my "close" friends on Tumblr...
I really didn't mind their opinions, but it got to the point where they were borderlining(?) asshole-lry because they would actually attack people who disagreed with them.

And I mean, it wasn't even like, "Here's my opinion and here are my facts..." It was like, "YOU'RE A FUCKING ASSHAT IF YOU DISAGREE" and they had all of these "facts" with NO sources and they literally acted like sheep who believed everything and anything that remotely had to do with their "point of view".

I mean, it was awful. They were literally abusive towards people who didn't agree.

In my opinion, when someone says something I don't agree with, I give them *reasons* why I don't agree and I tell them, "you have your opinion, I have mine". If we get to the point where everything is an argument, I just leave that person alone.

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Old 11-03-2018, 01:31 AM

Yeah, that's one of the reasons why I don't follow or chat with many people on tumblr. There are so many of those, "If you don't believe that ______ is wrong you are a SICK and HORRIBLE human being and you should be ashamed of yourself" posts followed by them doing their best to attack anyone who disagreed that have tons of notes which is just

Tumblr has quite a large infested nest of radists who can't hear a word of anything that goes against their beliefs sometimes, so I try to stick to the more relaxed ones when I can find them.

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#7117
Old 11-03-2018, 01:36 AM

Yeah. It's awful.

Tumblr has become pretty toxic over the years. :( Especially with the election of Trump. I, now, make sure to only follow fandom blogs and NOT personal ones because of that.

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Old 11-03-2018, 01:43 AM

lol Trump pretty much caused an explosion on Tumblr, I remember so many screeching and related posts going on...

I need more fandom blogs to follow.

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Old 11-04-2018, 01:35 PM

The only reason I am currently posting on Tumblr is my Queue. Or it was. Probably empty now. Oh well.

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Old 11-05-2018, 02:42 AM

There are a few people on Facebook that I've weeded out because of some seriously racist remarks and while I am no shrinking violet, my husband is a man of color and it does hit close to home for me. Not sure if they forgot that Rodd is a brown man, or if they just honestly didn't think before they posted their verbal diarrhea for all to see. Who knows.

My other pet peeve are the folks that post something controversial and claim it's how they feel, but when you respond with your feelings, they are suddenly on the defensive. I'll use a real life for example: A good family friend posts that he is disgusted by fat people and their disgusting lifestyle of over eating, not working out and how nasty they are to look at when they complain about being fat. How he is uncomfortable being around the fat people and so forth.

(Side note, this particular individual owns a moving company! Yes, you read that right, a moving company. Basically he is bitching about the very people that employ him. Awesome right?)

When I responded to his post with a, "Wow... sorry you feel that way." He never responded directly to me, but his wife, who thinks she is wonderfully gorgeous and looks like Sandra Bullock, chimes in with her own feelings further adding on that she despises the obese and over weight folks.

I kindly messaged him via Facebook Messenger expressing my dismay at his initial comment and additional responses to his friends and family that were less than thrilled by his post, that he didn't need to show up the kid's weekend at the cabin with his wife and daughter because I wouldn't want him to be offended by our obesity. And I honestly didn't want him around me knowing that he thought so little of me. Or was disgusted by me.

He was unfriended that same day and have not spoken to him or his wife since then... that was a few years ago. Don't need that kind of negativity in my life.

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#7121
Old 11-05-2018, 03:14 AM

Uff. Facebook can also be a mess. Or just people in general. I wish people would be more kind and considerate and stop spreading hate.

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Old 11-05-2018, 10:01 PM

Yeah. :( Facebook can be awful!

I hate Facebook. If there aren't pictures of someone's wedding or some baby photos... it's usually political posts. Half the time, they have no sources either.. so basically someone is just making up shit and claiming it to be "true" and the moment you tell them that you disagree, they fight you on it.

My mom's "close" friend kept posting political things and she posted something along the lines of, "I believe [this], if you don't share this, I WILL UNFRIEND YOU!" Like, wtf?! Seriously?! I feel like Facebook for the most part has turned full grown adults into preschoolers. :/

I hate Facebook. :( I am starting to dislike Tumblr a bit too... But it's so much easier to unfollow someone on Tumblr, (who you most likely don't know personally) than to unfriend people who are/were a big part of your life.

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Old 11-06-2018, 12:20 AM

Nice new avi Ava! :D

Urgh, yes, the political posts are awful. My friends are starting to get married and have kids and stuff so I guess my Facebook's probably filled with those too, but I'm avoiding Facebook right now so I don't see any of them. XD;;

I like tumblr because of the whole, "don't have to know somebody personally" part, it makes the unfriending easier when they stop posting things I'm interested in and all.

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Old 11-13-2018, 02:42 AM

Thanks! 8D

Yeah. I feel like Facebook is now for "old people" and people who have families. :/
I think everyone who is "young" and "hip" has migrated to Instagram.

I don't like political posts, even when I agree with them. It just gets annoying watching people you love and care about turn into monsters because they get soooo offended when someone even questions their beliefs.

I wish I could delete my Facebook, but I post my music and other events I'm doing on Facebook. I don't usually log into Facebook often anymore though because I have my Instagram synced to Facebook :D

I agree with you there! I have unfollowed so many people from Tumblr. Even though Tumblr can be really petty and toxic AF, I like the fact that you can just unfollow someone and then that's it. I saw a post from a blog I used to follow and the post said something along the lines of, "If you don't like my posts, or you used to and you no longer find my posts interesting, you can always unfollow me. I won't be mad. Everyone's interests change and I would actually feel better if you unfollowed me if you start seeing things you don't like/aren't interested in."

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Old 11-13-2018, 02:49 AM

A lot of people actually start Facebook profiles for their newborns and post mock-posts as though the baby is speaking and it's all stuff like "Look at how big I am! I love my mommy and daddy!"; it's overly mushy and kinda unnerving.

I guess I'm lucky that my friends just post political posts but no one agrees or disagrees with them. They just see them and continue scrolling. Then they make similar posts and receive similar non-responses, etc. ;;

What's Instagram like? I hear that a lot of people use Instagram instead of Facebook these days as a social media but I'm not sure what it does besides as a platform for posting images and pictures.

That's considerate of them. I know a few that threw hissy fits and would make sarcastic posts about the people unfollowing them. *sigh*

 


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