Posts by rustydrifter10

I honestly feel completely lost in space and time right now, but I’m pretty sure I can blame the whole group for my current state of confusion. 😁

Maybe you could try focusing a little harder? Like, set some actual goals for yourself or really push to memorize those tiny details that might point you in the right direction. Honestly, if you feel like you need to scribble things down in a notebook just to keep your head straight—then go ahead and do it. 🙂

Nah, you can't just tune out fashion altogether. It actually carries a lot more weight than people think. 🙂

Nicholas King said:Well, now that I actually know what we're dealing with, you've gone and totally killed the mystery for me. All my fun theories are out the window! 😢

Honestly, you could have at least assumed that if there’s a question being asked, there’s probably an answer waiting somewhere—even if you weren't exactly looking for it. 🥳

neonfalcon16 said:And honestly, what kind of day was it without having access to the foruNu 🍿
?

Productive. 😁

Donna Rivera82 said:It kind of reminds me of a whistle, 🤷
you know? Like how you blow a whistle because you just want to be heard... it’s the same thing when you’re typing away here; you just want your voice out there, sharing your take on things. Who knows what it actually represents in the end, right?

Well, someone already answered the "what is it" question. 😁
More than once, actually. 😁

jadetrucker43 said:The high-end part of a modem cable—specifically the connector you plug into the computer. 🙂

Jacob Foster11 said:Technically speaking, it's an RJ-11. 🙂

Matthew Anderson4 said:Unknown. He's obsessed with that specific part because he had some absolute nightmare involving a cable and a nasty electric shock. He barely made it through, so he picked that for his logo as a sort of victory lap over death itself.

Ugh, I’m dealing with that exact same headache—it’s like my browser just refuses to cooperate. 🙂
No matter how many times I click on messages, it’s like the site just won't let me actually see them properly. 🙂

And don't even get me started on the discussion threads! I'll see a notification that there are new posts, but when I click through, it just lands me right back at the last thing I read. It’s like hitting an "undo" button by mistake; it completely ignores the new content and acts like nothing happened. 🤷

Honestly, it’s beyond frustrating... 😢

Nancy Kim2 said:@ suggested topic

Waitwhaaaaat?

🤣 🤣

Patrick fits right in perfectly. 😁

Matthew Grant9 said:I guess I was just being general! It honestly feels like I have to explain myself three times over sometimes. 😁 Though, unless I've had a really bad day, I usually mean exactly what I write down.😁

Theoretically, she could moderate just by being motivated, even though we aren't actually talking about that right now.

Oh, I wouldn't want to, believe me! I'm just not on Reddit often enough, and honestly, I don't think there's any chance I'd ever actually ban anyone.

Let's bring the concept out into the light. If anyone has any compliments, feel free to share them! Just please, no bashing.

I'm actually working on it right this second! It might take a little while, though, because I'm trying my absolute best to make sure everything turns out perfect.😁

Oh, you totally could if you wanted to! 🙂
The reason you aren't banning people isn't because you're trying to be mean, it's because you make the whole conversation so much better—you basically act as a shield for the decent users, protecting them from all the trolls, spammers, and those other toxic ways people try to communicate online. 😁

And hey, it doesn't always have to be an immediate hammer blow; you can always give someone a fair warning first. 😳

Matthew Grant9 said:Alright then, thanks! I am more than happy to keep explaining my thoughts for as long as it takes to clear things up.

But if you think the admins might take a more realistic look at your request for a PDF without any (un)founded counterarguments just because I stop arguing with you, then fine, I'll end the discussion.

Honestly, I have absolutely no clue what would actually convince the administration to consider—or better yet, respect—a request, I just really didn't want this to feel like I was intentionally undermining the process.
I am so sorry if I came across as harsh; I honestly thought you were just being sarcastic with me!

Anyway, it seems to me that the approach used here to try and get that PDF is way more intense than it needs to be for this section.

I don't know about that... if I (or even some guy from down the street) tried to start a thread in the General Chat titled something like: Does anyone know where Ivo Sanders finally ended up sitting? with an intro where I'm questioning how much of our hard-earned tax money goes toward paying the salaries of Congress members and journalists while they spend hours obsessing over someone else's chair, only for them to feed us that nonsense in the news constantly and annoy us with stuff that never seems to end...
The moderators in General Chat would, quite rightfully, either:
a.) delete it entirely, with or without a penalty point
b.) move it to Politics, where they’d probably label me left-wing or right-wing almost immediately before locking it down
c.) move it to Business, since I'm technically mentioning money there

That is the kind of thread I'd love to start, I just can't see a place where I could actually host it (without getting banned and still having a decent discussion)!

Go ahead, open that thread on the Random board and I promise I'll jump in and reply, even though I'm rarely ever hanging out on that specific subforum. 😁
I'll even stick my neck out and defend it, even if they end up banning me for life! 😳

Matthew Grant9 said:

rustydrifter10 As if I could ever say anything without overthinking it! It’s like my brain just goes into overdrive sometimes, trying to find the perfect way to express myself, only to end up stumbling over my own words in a way that's probably more charmingly awkward than intentional. Anyway, here's what was said:
I mean, honestly, it could totally just be tucked right into the rest of the post! 😁
Honestly, you could just totally ignore that person if you wanted to, or if you're feeling a bit more proactive, you could always just shoot them a quick private message!

I mean, sure, it all fits together in the grand scheme of things, but people just always seem to zero in on that one specific point! Honestly, I just can't—well, I actually won't—just turn a blind eye when someone is asking me direct questions or addressing me personally. I've already written my response, and I'm more than happy to stand by it and say it once more!

Honestly, if someone tries to tell me that my opinion doesn't carry any weight just because I'm a woman, I don't even bother getting into a whole argument with them! It’s just not worth my energy to dive into a debate like that, so I usually just smile and move on.

Well, they aren't actually saying that! I didn't even go so far as to claim that they're saying it—honestly, I suspect they don't even mean it that way. (I am just absolutely obsessed with how that sentence turned out!)
I'm really not trying to sound chauvinistic here... honestly, I'm just throwing up my hands in defeat! I truly don't think I can explain my point any better than I already have in my previous posts, so I'll just leave it at that!

Honestly, if you ask me, the real issue here isn't that PDF file at all—it's actually just a lack of character on that particular forum member's part!

And who else happens to feel differently about all this?

I feel like I have to ask... are you still picking at me over that whole situation back when we were rooting for the Dodgers, or what? Honestly, I’ve got more patience than anyone could possibly expect, but it really isn't okay to act like this. When someone reaches out to the administration to ask for help, it feels pretty terrible when you just dismiss all that hard work by leaning right back into the very thing they're trying so desperately to move past!

No.

But if you actually believe the administration is going to take a more realistic look at your request for a PDF—one that isn't cluttered with these totally unnecessary counterarguments—just because I'm not here to bicker with you, then fine, I'll stop the discussion right now.

Otherwise, if you ask me, all this extra drama being thrown into the mix just to get a hold of a single PDF seems way more intense than it ever needed to be.

Matthew Grant9 said:Wait, am I being off topic now? Is it because my little observation—that this whole thing isn't even really the main subject—is somehow serving as an excuse for them to throw even more questions at me?

I dropped a few posts over there too. 🙂
They didn't ban me or anything, they just told me that according to the rules I shouldn't be posting there and then deleted them.
Thanks, Khuf, for pointing that out. 😘
And thanks, Deedy/Mayki, for not banning me! 😘

Aha, so you're one of those people who doesn't bother reading the rules, huh?🙂

Someone is being rude to you simply because they are a rude person, not because you aren't allowed to post there.

Good grief, I honestly feel like I've stepped right into the Twilight Zone here🤣.
I don't think they're being rude specifically because of that... ahhh...😢....😠

Okay, that's definitely one way to go about it (even though, personally, I don't really use those features). But... couldn't there just be a specific corner for things like what briskpuma23 is describing, so that nobody would ever have to ignore anyone else?

Well, you could just wrap that thought into the rest of your post. 😁
Or, honestly, you can just ignore the person entirely. Or shoot them a private message.

Oh, so you're one of those people who doesn't actually read the rules, huh?🙂

I totally thought this was supposed to be that Women's Corner area. 🙈

Good grief, I feel like I've stepped straight into the Twilight Zone right now🤣.
I don't think they're being intentionally rude... ahhhh...😢....😠

Look, if someone tries to tell me my opinion doesn't matter just because I'm a woman, I'm not even going to bother engaging. I usually just don't have the energy or the desire to sit there and explain myself.
And frankly, I see that as a failure on the part of that user, not a flaw in the forum itself.

Matthew Grant9 said:Oh, I haven't even gone that far! I wasn't even mentioning those people who actually take shots at me personally. Those folks are a whole different level of difficult! I was just talking about people who use those kinds of logical fallacies in their arguments, and I don't think that necessarily means they’re judging me for, say, being a woman.

Well, anyone can discuss politics or religion on the politics and religion boards.
On MK and Women's Corner, anyone can talk about absolutely anything.
Of course, everyone needs to follow the rules.

Actually, it's not quite like that... I noticed that on MK, there's a certain vibe where women's posts seem to be strictly monitored. In fact, the rules for that entire subforum mention that women don't really have much sway there. I actually read through them before I tried to reply to a thread on the front page once.
And goodness knows, if anyone thinks I'm judging them for that—please, if they want their own little corner, they should have it! If they've had enough of women, then fine; I'm certainly not so rude that I'd start a fight when their own rules basically say they want a little break from us.
Now, I feel like I have to defend myself in advance, because I have a sneaking suspicion someone is going to latch onto this and jump to some totally wrong conclusions. But really, I have nothing against MK or its existence or its rules; I'm just expressing myself here because I think it would be great to establish a similar subforum here.

And why on earth would you want to talk to people who use those things as arguments? Regardless of the subforum.

Honestly, it's just because I feel like it's polite to answer any question someone asks me. Even if I completely disagree with them, or even if I get the impression they're trying to be a bit rude to me, if they ask, I'll give them an answer.

Look, it truly hasn't happened to me even once where someone replies with, "Well, of course you think that since you're a woman/leftist/Martian from Jupiter." And those posts weren't penalized, and honestly, I don't think they should have been, because that would just be pointless on a forum like this.

My whole point was that I thought it would be wonderful to have a subforum where people couldn't care less if I were a Martian from Jupiter while we're busy discussing how much fertilizer a pear seedling needs.

Enyh, I honestly think briskpuma23 was talking about transcending gender as the main point here, rather than saying we shouldn't have meaningful or well-argued topics (I mean, who's going to stop you from starting them if you feel like they're missing?).

It's beautifully put: "To clarify using our usual forum lingo—let's just call this subforum for genderless Americans, anationalists, stateless people, and xenophiles."
Generally speaking, I'm not one to go around opening new threads all the time; I usually only jump in to start one when I'm feeling genuinely stumped by something.

Besides, if we don't divide ourselves up and debate based on things like gender, looks, nationality, orientation, or preferences, what's actually left for us to do?
A PDF of ghosts. 😲

Well, discussing actual topics remains! That could easily become the core reason for the forum's existence in the first place.

It’s actually incredibly easy to sit down with people like that and walk them through why their whole argument doesn't even hold water.

Well, that’s not exactly how it works... I actually saw a chat over on MK where people are basically just rubber-stamping those entries for the Women's Corner.

I actually just dropped a few posts over there too! 🙂
They didn't actually ban me or anything, they just pulled me aside and told me that my post didn't really fit within the community guidelines here, so they went ahead and deleted it.
Thanks for pointing that out, Khuf! 😘
Thanks so much, Deedy/Mikey, for taking the time to unbox this one for us! 😘

Honestly, I just feel like it’s only polite to answer whenever someone directs a question my way. Even if we’re on completely different pages, or even if I get the distinct impression that someone is being intentionally provocative or trying to take a dig at me, I'm still going to give them an answer. It's just how I operate.

Look, if someone is being rude to you, it’s because they are just a fundamentally rude person—period. It isn't some reaction to you typing something specific or hitting "post" on a comment; their attitude is entirely their own issue, regardless of what you choose to say.

mellowlynx68 said:No, you really can't.
Because they’ll label you immediately. Exactly like what was described above.

I'm all for it.
Though it wouldn't matter anyway because it's definitely not happening here.
And it's not just because there aren't enough potential debaters; it's because of the mods. They're basically the type of people who, according to the rules, shouldn't even be allowed near a subforum, let alone be chosen to moderate one decently 🤣.
For instance, a moderator on the religion board could literally have a signature that mocks one of the major faiths ☕.

Honestly, nobody over on Politics ever branded me a leftist when I mentioned that Zoran Milanović would probably make a better Prime Minister than our current guy. And when I spoke up about same-sex marriage or criticized the reasoning behind wearing a burka, no one on Religion came after me for being "unreligious." Even on MK, nobody ever told me I shouldn't be posting just because I'm a woman—and on Women's Corner... well, that's my home turf. 😁

I have definitely had people write things to me in that kind of vein before, but it was never actually about the specific subforum; it was always about the individual user. None of the people I actually respect—regardless of whether we agree or not—would ever talk to me like that.

So, how on earth could a user like this, a Transgender (??) user, be targeted for being "stupid"? 😕

Matthew Grant9 said:I honestly feel like—and maybe it’s just me being a bit idealistic here—that the whole point of having these conversations should be that you can actually sit down and have a decent, civil discussion with someone who holds views completely opposite to your own, provided they actually back up those opinions with some solid, legitimate reasoning!
And please, don't you dare try telling me that I could just go find these answers on other subforums, because honestly, even a quick, casual glance through places like Politics, Religion, or the Women's Corner is more than enough to completely change my mind!
Honestly, the arguments people constantly throw around on those subforums—you know, the whole "you're just a man/woman," "leftist/rightist," "Christian/Muslim/Jew," or "Mexican/American/Uzbek" routine—are, if you'll excuse my language, incredibly arrogant, totally invalid, and just plain exhausting to deal with!
What really gets under my skin—and honestly, it’s a little exhausting to think about—is that they actually walk away from these situations convinced that they've said everything perfectly and backed it all up with flawless logic!

So, are we really planning on opening up an entire subforum just to host one active thread or maybe a handful of posts that’ll end up just sitting there gathering digital dust? It feels like we might be creating a whole new empty space just for the sake of it!
If you ever find yourself staring at a topic that just doesn't seem to fit anywhere else on the boards, don't worry—we actually have a dedicated "Random Stuff" section specifically for those oddball threads!

Why on earth would you think I’d ever be empty? Honestly, that's such a funny thought to have! I feel like I've always got so much going on inside my head, bouncing from one idea to the next, so the idea of being "empty" just doesn't quite sit right with me!😕

Betty Chase54 Asks:
Honestly, I feel like we probably ought to just start an entirely new thread for this kind of discussion!

And here we go again with more of the same! It honestly feels like there just aren't enough transgender people around to justify having their very own dedicated section on the forum.

Wait, what do you mean by "other answers"? I feel like I might be totally missing something here!
Well, look at that! It seems you’ve decided we’re all totally written off, and now you're trying to double down on that stance at any cost—even though the simple math of the situation is clearly working against you. Just look at what happened after only one single day of this thread being live:
Wow, it looks like we’ve already had seven different people jump into this thread!
I’ve got a little request for the group—would anyone be kind enough to send over that PDF? I'd really appreciate it!
I am having such a silly moment right now, but for some reason, I just cannot get this -3/7 file to convert into a PDF! It is one of those little technical hiccups that makes me laugh at my own struggle, but I am honestly just stuck.
It feels like -1/7 is just totally having a massive misunderstanding!

Honestly, regardless of which subforum you're on, you can have those talks if you're dealing with a decent interlocutor. If you're talking to someone who’s just going to take shots at you because you're a woman, a leftist, a blonde, or religious... well, there's really no point in even trying to argue with them, is there?

And please don't try telling me that I can find this kind of thing on other boards, because even a superficial glance at, say, Politics, Religion, or the Women's Corner is enough to prove me wrong.

But look, anyone can jump into discussions about politics or religion on the politics and religion boards.
And on MK and the Women's Corner, people can talk about pretty much anything they want.

Of course, everyone still needs to play by the rules.

The arguments that get thrown around constantly on those specific boards—stuff like "you're a man/woman," "you're a leftist/rightist," "you're Christian/Muslim/Jewish," or "you're a Mexican/American/Uzbek"—are, if you'll excuse my language, incredibly obnoxious, totally invalid, and just plain exhausting.

And why on earth would you even want to engage with people who use those kinds of things as their primary arguments? It doesn't matter what subforum it is. On the Women's Corner, you've got singles; over on the US board, it's people who are married; and on the Lifestyle board, it's... well, we all know who that is. 😬
If they're a good conversationalist, they won't throw those cheap shots at you. And if they do, you just ignore them.

It was... I honestly feel like we need more of this—just more depth, more substance, and more of those long-form discussions that actually get into the weeds. It’s easy to just skim the surface, but I’m craving that extra layer of detail where we can really dig in and unpack everything properly. Let's keep this momentum going! I honestly don't even know where to start with people like that. It’s just one of those things that gets under my skin, you know? You see them acting a certain way, thinking they've got it all figured out, and it's just... well, it's something else entirely. There's really nothing more frustrating than running into that specific type of attitude. I honestly don't even know where to start with this one, but I feel like we really need to sit down and have a real conversation about what’s actually going on right now. It feels like everyone is just shouting over each other without actually listening, you know? I was reading some of the points Terry Gonzalez3 was making earlier, and while I see where he's coming from, I can't help but feel like we're missing the bigger picture entirely. We spend so much time arguing over the tiny details that we lose sight of the actual heart of the matter! It’s almost exhausting if you think about it too long, but man, it’s important. I truly believe that if we could just take a breath and look at the situation through a more balanced lens—maybe something closer to what rustydrifter10 was suggesting—we might actually find some common ground instead of just spinning our wheels in the mud. I'm just putting this out there because I care about this community and I want us to actually get somewhere meaningful..

And honestly, we are sitting in such an incredible position right now. 😁

I've honestly just gotten used to it at this point. 🤷

What does that even say about me? 🤔
I swear, I spend way too much time hanging out here. 😲

I see a lot of people including quotes from other forum members right in their signatures. Honestly, as long as whatever they’re sharing doesn't break any of our community rules, I don't see why there should be an issue with having it in a signature. After all, those statements were made publicly in the first place. 😁

That said, whenever you decide to quote someone, you really ought to give them credit. It’s just common courtesy, and besides, you wouldn't want anyone accusing you of stealing someone else's intellectual property! 😁 🤣

Alright, let's start a thread for nickname changes.

wiredangler5 said:Let them have their fun. A little excitement wouldn't hurt around here; we don't need to spend all our time reading complaints. ☕ 😁 feraltrucker5, don't troll the thread, things were just getting good. 😠

Staying on topic—we've actually discussed increasing inbox capacity here before. I remember someone giving a solid explanation as to why the message limit is set where it is. If we could expand it, maybe we would, but I'll have to dig through the archives to find that specific thread.

And? Did you end up finding it? 🙂 😁