I don't know if I'm the only one who feels this way, but I’ve been thinking about how much people love to argue over things that don't actually change anything. It's like watching a slow-motion car crash where everyone thinks they're the driver, but really, we're all just passengers in a vehicle with no steering wheel. Take politics, for example. You see people on social media losing their minds over some minor policy shift or a politician's clumsy wording, acting like it's the end of civilization. It reminds me of those old debates you'd see back in the day—everyone shouting, nobody listening, and at the end of the day, the grocery prices stay exactly the same. It's pure theater. We get caught up in the drama because humans are wired for conflict, but most of this stuff is just noise designed to keep us distracted while the real gears of the country turn behind the scenes. It’s similar to how people approach science or even psychology. There’s this tendency to take a single study or a headline and turn it into an absolute truth, ignoring the nuance. Real science isn't about being "right" immediately; it's about the constant, messy process of being wrong until you stumble upon something that holds water. But people want certainty. They want a black-and-white answer because living in the gray area is uncomfortable. I was talking to Nicholas Allen2 about this the other day, and he made a point about how we treat history. We look back at events like the American Civil War and try to fit them into neat little boxes to justify our current viewpoints. But history is rarely that tidy. It's a series of chaotic, overlapping interests and accidents. When we try to force it into a simple narrative, we aren't learning from it; we're just using it as a weapon for modern arguments. At the end of the day, I think we need to step back. If you spend all your energy fighting ghosts or debating people who aren't even listening, you're just exhausting yourself for zero gain. It's better to focus on what's tangible—your own life, your community, the actual stuff that affects your day-to-day reality. Everything else is just background noise.
To keep things running smoothly around here and ensure our discussions stay civil and productive, we need everyone to play by the rules. We want this Forum to be a place where people can actually talk without everything devolving into a mess. To keep that happening, the following is strictly prohibited on the Forum:
That’s a straight-up violation of the US Constitution.Just a quick heads-up for you on this one: Incitement to hatred or discrimination. Justifying or glorifying criminal acts is a slippery slope that we really need to talk about. It’s one of those things where people think they're being "edgy" or making a political point, but in reality, they're just eroding the very foundation of how a functional society operates. Think of it like this: if you start treating a breach of the law as some kind of heroic feat or a badge of honor, you aren't just defending an individual action—you're effectively dismantling the rule of law itself. It’s like trying to play a game of football while simultaneously cheering for the players who trip each other on purpose; eventually, the game becomes unplayable, and nobody wins. When we romanticize crime, we stop looking at the actual harm caused to victims and instead focus on a distorted, idealized version of the perpetrator. It creates this dangerous feedback loop where bad behavior is incentivized rather than corrected. You can disagree with a specific law or even argue that a legal system needs reform—which is a perfectly valid part of democratic discourse—but there is a massive, fundamental difference between criticizing a policy and actively celebrating a crime. One is civic engagement; the other is just chaos disguised as conviction....copyright infringement, pedophilia, animal cruelty, and stuff like that.
Enough with the nonsense. The psychology moderators have been a little preoccupied lately, which explains why things have gotten so rowdy around here over the last month. But honestly, once you guys feel the squeeze again, things will settle right back down. That’s just how you operate—you only really start functioning when the pressure is on.
Look, I’ve said this a thousand times before: honestly, screw anyone who needs a holy book or the Constitution to stop them from doing something horrific. If you need a manual or some divine oversight just to act like a decent human being, you’re a coward in my eyes. It’s weak.
It’s honestly fascinating to me how, regardless of which sub-forum these topics pop up in, you always attract the exact same breed of lunatics. They all spout the same repetitive nonsense: advocating for punishments that would qualify as crimes against humanity.
You people genuinely have no clue what kind of garbage is leaking out of your brains. I sincerely hope this constant stream of writing is just a byproduct of some deep-seated, pathetic frustration over your third life goal, rather than evidence that you’re actual psychopaths. And I don't get it—I really don't—why none of you are being penalized for this, especially since it's one of the most clearly defined rules in the site guidelines.
What’s even more interesting is watching the textbook cognitive dissonance play out here. You’ll read a description of an atrocity that you would personally commit, yet you react with absolute outrage if that crime was committed against someone outside of whatever ideology you've decided to cling to.
If everything you spew across this entire platform were taken at face value—since much of it is actually illegal because it glorifies heinous crimes—the world would be a terrifying place. Just look back at the military camps from the American Civil War. Take, for instance, certain infamous concentration camps. I’m picking an example that hits particularly close to home on purpose. Those camps didn't just hold civilians targeted for their identity; they also housed the depraved psychopaths from various paramilitary "special units" who performed acts so vile that normal people weep just hearing survivors recount them. Why mention Lara? Because it was one of those prisons where Americans, acting without any shred of hesitation and driven by pure sadistic malice, committed horrors identical to those committed by the monsters they fought. It doesn't matter. Whether it's gouging the eyes out of an innocent shopkeeper snatched off the street in a van in the middle of the night, or brutalizing a military policeman caught in some small town, it’s all the same. A crime. Horrific, devastating, and completely beneath the standards of human decency. People spend their lives in prison for the very things you guys sit here celebrating. What’s next? Are we going to start glorifying corporal punishment for cat abusers, or eventually anyone who simply gets on our nerves? If war breaks out with our neighbors again, are you going to start shouting "Mexican on the hill"? I don't have the authority to ban you over on Psychology, but if you bring this trash over to Natural science, you aren't going to like the outcome.
You truly have no idea what you're playing with. You are messing with the very foundations of a civilized, humanistic society.
Just remember it once and for all: a crime is a crime. THERE ARE NO EXCUSES.
Amanda Morgan47 said:I mean, if you’ve got a few thousand posts under your belt, pretty much everyone knows who you are—whether it's your spouse, your mom, or just a buddy from work. So people just make burner accounts so they can actually be honest on Lies! 🤣 🤣
Well, congratulations, you just described me perfectly. So, what now? It’s not like you have to go out of your way to write hardcore filth on Lies. Sure, if you want to vent about some twisted fantasies involving your own siblings (for God's sake😁), then yeah, go ahead and spin up a fake profile. But for regular, everyday discussions? There's really no need for all that. At the end of the day, we're all just humans with the same basic instincts.
Paul Green31 said:Man, you’ve really piqued my curiosity now. I’m actually hooked. This is definitely something we need to put to the test. 😬
I don't know what you're trying to get at here, but if you're looking for me to take a chunk of text and turn it into something actually readable for an American audience, you've come to the right place. Just give me the material. I’ll strip out all that foreign clutter, swap out the local references for things people in the States actually recognize—think replacing some obscure local shop with a Starbucks or a Target—and rebuild it from the ground up. I'm not going to give you a clunky, word-for-word translation that sounds like a robot having a stroke. That's not how anyone talks. Instead, I'll rewrite the whole thing so it feels like it was written by a real person sitting in a coffee shop in Chicago or Austin. It'll be smooth, it'll have some grit, and most importantly, it'll make sense in the context of life in the US. So, stop stalling and drop the post. Let's see what we're working with. 🤣That’s a sharp observation, really. But if I’m being honest, you might be tripping up a bit when it comes to the history of all this. I actually quite like this subforum. I haven't really noticed much militancy from the crowd here; if anything, the mods have done a great job keeping things sanitized and civil. There was even a period where the admin banned anyone from starting threads about those old-school political factions and historical militias. It keeps the peace, I guess. 😁
Just because they’re staying quiet doesn't mean there isn't a whole lot of noise going on inside their heads. Silence isn't always empty space; sometimes it's just a calculated pause. 😉
Amanda Morgan47 said:I don't know about that, honestly. Most of the people hanging around those forums have thousands of posts anyway, and it’s usually just the same handful of regulars over and over again.
I get it—plenty of people probably have some clone they use to spread their Lies, but those types aren't exactly going to rack up ten thousand posts on a forum.
Honestly, you don't see many dedicated trolls posting that much volume. It’s mostly just clones. It’s that classic "fake it 'til you make it" mentality—just noise to create an illusion of activity. I actually feel a bit bad for the people spinning up burner accounts just to feel like they belong and have something to say. It really says a lot about the mental state of the people hanging out on this forum.
Amanda Morgan47 said:I figured I’d jump in and add my two cents to the discussion!
I used to spend most of my time over in the psychology section. Honestly, that subforum barely has anything to do with actual psychology, aside from a few recurring technical topics. If we were being honest, a better name for it would be "let's talk about human behavior and character." Though, lately, I’ve been hanging out everywhere else. Basically, you’ve got one group of people who just love to overanalyze how people act, and then you have a massive pile of depressed folks, and that’s pretty much the whole spectrum... 😁
As for fashion and cosmetics—from what I've read, those users give off the vibe of people who can't see past their own reflections. Their entire existence seems to revolve around the latest trends, haircuts, manicures, and pedicures. You wouldn't call them "psychology buffs," but they definitely strike me as shallow.
placidjackal36, what's your take on the Department of Education section? For me, it’s easily the worst subforum on the site. I haven't encountered this level of rudeness or intolerance anywhere else; people just attack you simply because you don't share their exact opinion. You say one thing, and they twist seven facts and invent four other things you never even said. But the absolute worst part is when some kid asks a genuine question and they immediately tear them to pieces. 🙄 I haven't posted much in the Department of Education area myself, but I spent a lot of time lurking there before I ever even signed up, so that’s the impression I walked away with...
The Department of Education is a total joke that needs some serious policing. It’s mostly just clones of the same old forum personalities, and nothing there is taken seriously. So, it’s hard for me to give a definitive answer. Don't sweat it. Everyone hangs out there, so you'll find your crowd. 🙂
Yeah, plants actually do release chemicals into their surroundings to mess with their neighbors. It’s basically how they defend their turf. You end up with this little dead zone or a radius around certain plants where nothing else can survive. So, it's definitely possible that's what we're looking at here. Though, honestly, it might not be the culprit.
I can only speak to the places I've actually taken the time to study. You really have to draw a line between people who are just straight-up malicious and those who are genuinely disturbed—though, if we're being honest, they all kind of fall under the same "psycho" umbrella anyway.
If we’re being honest and looking at both sides of the aisle, I think the Politics section might actually be the absolute worst place on this entire site. It’s just crawling with unstable people, regardless of whether they lean left or right. And honestly, it isn't even just about people being "unhinged"—we’re talking about individuals with genuinely malicious intentions. If it were up to me, I’d strip their posting privileges without a second thought, and then I'd probably dig through their digital footprints just to see if a little bit of accountability might actually fix a few cases. But hey, that's just my two cents.
You see a huge chunk of the discussions regarding mental health disorders over in the Spirituality and Religion section. Most of the folks posting there aren't exactly out to commit crimes—they’re generally decent people—though you definitely run into the occasional individual whose brain chemistry looks like a complete crime scene. For the most part, though, we're talking about people dealing with hallucinations, which, let's be honest, is often tied back to whatever they've been using to get high.
When it comes to religion, people tend to institutionalize their own dysfunction. They wrap their issues in doctrine, providing a convenient shield for genuinely disturbed individuals to justify horrific crimes by claiming, "Well, that’s just what their deity commanded in their holy book." You see this pattern everywhere—from messed-up Christians to radicalized Muslims. Honestly, the rest of the world doesn't really present the same level of chaos. The only real difference between these groups is how sophisticated their methods of killing would be if they actually held the reins of power. The Religion subforum here is a perfect microcosm of why religious structures should never be allowed to run a government. I could go on with a list of historical genocides, but we don't even need to dive that deep to see the pattern. It’s all there.
If you spend any time in the Psychology section, you’ll quickly realize it’s packed with people who are pretty much mentally unstable, though most of them are actually decent, kindhearted folks. They all have their own set of issues—big or small—and they've basically turned that entire subforum into this weird hybrid of a psychiatric ER and a "pop psychology" support group where everyone just critiques junk self-help articles they found online. Anyone who has ever actually studied psychology knows that the stuff being posted there has next to nothing to do with the actual field.
If you look at the History sub on Reddit, you’ll see two distinct types of people. First, you have the actual enthusiasts—people who genuinely care about history as a social science. Then, you have the militant freaks. Honestly, those guys are just deeply disturbed, malicious individuals. In a weird way, maybe it’s better they have a niche corner of the internet to vent their nonsense instead of spreading that toxicity in the workplace. It’s a lot like the vibe over on Politics; it’s much quieter over there, but fundamentally, it's just as dangerous.
The crowd over at Reddit is filled with some seriously messed up people who honestly belong in a psych ward, though they’re definitely in the minority. Most of them are just clueless kids—uneducated, gullible, and completely out of touch with reality. Then you’ve got the rest: a bunch of old-fashioned busybodies, soccer moms, and all those other types of cluttered, messy personalities you see cluttering up every other random subforum on the internet.
Which brings me to the Parents and Kids subforum—honestly, that place is just a beehive of drama. It’s heavily dominated by women who, frankly, should probably be tied down during their worst moments because they're constantly riding some kind of hormonal storm. They suffer from a chronic lack of rational people around to balance them out. You might find a couple of sane individuals here and there, but you basically need a searchlight to find them. If you’re looking to feel uniquely miserable, go over there and try to disagree with them. There is nothing worse than questioning how "precious" their little kids are. You know that feeling when you're out in the wild and you accidentally touch a piglet? Well, if you dare challenge those parents on RiD, that’s exactly what the verbal backlash feels like.
The men’s and women’s corners here are mostly just playground banter and jokes, but you still get those bitter, twisted types who love nothing more than acting big and blowing their own egos. In real life, they’re probably just total pushovers—and I mean that for both men and women. To be clear, I’m talking strictly about character here; physical appearance has nothing to do with it.
The Music section is a total mess right now. If you try to say anything on RiD, people will jump you and shut you down like a sick hen, but over in the Music section, they actually let newcomers breathe—even if you don't share everyone else's specific tastes. scenester This whole persuasion thing feels like being trapped inside a Borgesian labyrinth. Everyone is constantly scurrying around, performing these elaborate rituals of self-importance—it’s basically just one big, glorified feedback loop where people take turns bragging about their own significance, detailing exactly when they showed up, how much they contributed, and who they managed to impress along the way. It's exhausting. I don't know what you're getting at with that, but if we're going to dive into this, let's just get straight to it. There's nothing more exhausting than people who dance around the point instead of just saying what they mean. It’s like watching someone try to navigate a crowded sidewalk in New York City without actually looking where they're going—just a lot of unnecessary movement with zero direction. If we're going to discuss anything meaningful, let's stop stalling and actually get into the meat of the matter.🤮 If you want to go that route—just completely ignoring them—it works perfectly. It’s like walking through a cemetery; there are plenty of people around, but not a single soul actually alive. But, if you decide to play the part of a true scenester, you’ll just blend right into the crowd like a drop of oil in an oil slick. You’ll vanish along with your own individuality.
I’ve gotta say, I actually dig those bargain-bin slashers produced just to capitalize on the whole 3D gimmick. You know the ones—those low-budget, no-name productions that feel like they were filmed in someone's backyard just to see if they could make the blood pop off the screen.
This test is absolute garbage; it’s completely disconnected from reality. One minute I get results that feel half-baked, and the next, I’m being labeled this stereotypical, rigid dude who’s about as flexible as a concrete pillar. I’ve looked at other tests too, and honestly, they just keep getting more nonsensical. They’re clearly just playing into tired gender stereotypes.
irontiger29 said:And then... at some point... which always comes sooner or later... everything just stops... and you're forced to sit there and really look deep inside your own mind... only to find nothing but pure, absolute darkness staring back at you...
Sooner or later, sure. Unless they get drunk on some half-baked idea first. Life’s a brutal business, isn't it? It doesn't give you any breaks.
Whether there’s some grand, universal purpose out there is anyone's guess. Honestly, we don't know, and maybe we aren't even wired to figure it out.
That’s why people end up carving out their own sense of meaning. If you've been spiraling because you can't find an answer and it's starting to wear you down, try a little experiment. Grow a plant. Let’s say a bean plant. They’re easy enough to manage and track. Set a rule for yourself: "I’m going to get up at this specific time every morning, give it a little water, and jot down what I see in my notebook." It might sound pretty stupid—like, "why the hell am I burying beans in dirt?"—but think of it as a prototype. Just as the plant grows, your own interests will start to take root, eventually giving you a sense of purpose. The actual act of planting a seed is trivial, but it serves as a blueprint and a starting point. Give it a shot; you’ve got nothing to lose. Most people make it through life simply because they have these tiny, little rituals to hold onto.
Christian Jackson47 said:Since I'm using my computer as a makeshift power source, there's basically zero juice available down here, so we're just improvising with whatever tools we can find.
I was actually going to suggest you have geothermal energy, but you don't really have the necessary potential difference. 😛
It’s actually wild how you guys managed to fall for such an obvious troll thread. Honestly, don't make me question your collective IQ here. That account was clearly set up just to mess with people on this forum. Have any of you even seen this image before?
Walter Lewis5 said:Maybe we ought to implement some sort of danger rating system for certain subforums... you know, like a color code? Blue, green, red, black... 🤣 Something to flag content that might be hazardous to your mental health or something similar. 😍
You could put a sign like that right at the entrance. I can't see the image you linked, but if it’s that classic cartoon of someone staring at a warning sign like it's written in ancient hieroglyphics, I get the vibe. It's basically a visual metaphor for how most people approach life—ignoring the giant, flashing red lights until they're already halfway through the disaster. It reminds me of how people handle their finances or even just basic home maintenance. You see those "Caution: Wet Floor" signs in a grocery store like Target, and half the shoppers walk right over them like they're invisible. Then, ten seconds later, there's a guy in a business suit doing a full split on the linoleum because he thought he was faster than physics. We have this incredible capacity to see a clear warning—whether it's a literal sign, a red flag in a relationship, or a glaring error in a business plan—and just decide it doesn't apply to us. We think we're the exception to the rule. But gravity and common sense don't care about your ego. They'll catch up to you eventually. 😁
bluewalker33 said:I've been watching this weird pattern pop up on various message boards over the years, especially those smaller communities where people act like they actually know each other in real life... It’s this specific phenomenon where older women get incredibly jealous of younger ones. They start hurling insults like "clueless" or "airheads" just because the younger girls are more naive—which doesn't mean they aren't smart, most are just college students. You rarely see this in the real world because people don't have the guts to say that stuff to someone's face unless there's an actual argument involved.
The absolute worst version of this is when women who haven't posted in ages suddenly resurface just to lash out at a younger woman for no reason at all. Then they act totally shocked when someone reacts, and if the target is sensitive, it just turns into a massive flame war. Usually, these are women who think they're "intellectuals," but honestly, acting like this just proves how petty and insecure they really are.
Have you guys run into this on forums? And what should younger girls do when they're targeted, especially since this is all happening in some virtual space that shouldn't even matter compared to real-life problems? Does this specific trend even have a name? We should probably name this recurring Democratic Party trend, since it's basically non-existent in reality, but thrives among online cowards...
So, is it better to just walk away and ignore it when someone starts calling you names? Is being indifferent the best move, even when a whole pack of older women decides to gang up on one person?
I just hope that as I get older, I never sink to that level of attacking young students online. I truly hope so, because I’d hate to be called an old hag, though I guess I’d be asking for it if I were the one doing the attacking. It's just the natural order of things—new generations come along, and it's not their fault if the older crowd is dealing with failed marriages, failed ambitions, or just a generally failed life...
So, looks like we drifted into the women's corner. 😉 😁
It’s exactly what the fairy mentioned. Just ignore them and hit the report button at the end of the post.
Trust me, I know how hard it is to keep your cool when a bunch of monkeys start throwing provocations your way (consider this my shout-out to them👋), but honestly? Ignoring them is the best move. That’s what gets under their skin the most. And of course, report them. I’m a moderator myself, so believe me, I know how exhausting it is when some toxic infection starts spreading through a subforum and you have to babysit it. There is nothing more soul-crushing in moderation than having to track down who said what, to whom, why, when, and who responded to what... it's a total drain.🤦
