Posts by driftingfox33

Well, Michelle Alvarez8 pretty much covered it all—thanks, Michelle Alvarez8!

I honestly had no clue that was even an issue... I mean, listening to people get all worked up over someone just dropping a one-liner? Seriously... 😕

Alex Barnes93 said:And honestly, is it really that much trouble to just edit your own post and tack on something like how I quoted you? Plus, that little icon next to "says" links straight back to the original post anyway...
I mean, sure, someone might jump in mid-sentence, but what if they don't? It's not exactly a solid argument... 😛

Look, I have zero issues with shortening things up—I actually do that all the time when I'm quoting people.
So, what you're saying is we should reply to the quick response first, and then just edit our posts if someone beats us to it (which happens way more often if you're writing a long post, right?) 🤦 The Quote feature exists for a reason, after all.

Of course, goodnight everyone...

Elizabeth Davis said:and you would have been deleted or banned for that😬.

🤣 Infinite loop.

😕 ...because I mean, while we're sitting here typing out a response to one post, isn't it possible for another one to just fly in right before we even hit send?

steelskipper5 said:By the way, that nickname is written in the Latin alphabet—if you saw it in Cyrillic, it would look like a completely different thing altogether...

I honestly think we need to take a step back and look at the bigger picture here—not just the immediate fallout, but how this affects everything moving forward... It feels like everyone is rushing to a conclusion without actually weighing all the variables involved in the process. I’ve been sitting here thinking about it for a while now, and if you really break down the logistics of how these things usually play out in the States, it's much more complicated than the headlines make it seem—it really is... We should probably wait for more concrete data before we start making definitive calls on the whole situation, don't you think? It might be worth being a little more patient while the dust settles... The user said:
I was just wondering—what was the big deal with that username again? I feel like I missed a chapter or something... 🤷

You can literally see Cyrillic characters hiding inside the Latin alphabet at this point—we are officially in uncharted territory... xd

😂 Honestly, he should have just leveled him!

Daniel Ward87 said:It’s clearly stated that we should keep this discussion at a high level instead of taking aim at specific members.

I wanted to say that I thought you guys were being a bit unfair with that whole "let's not single out specific members" rule—but then I just went back over to the FBI site and realized the entire controversial thread has actually been wiped clean... So, fair enough, my bad. I apologize...

My post just vanished into thin air.
I’ve got a question for Sasha's friend—whoever it was that read it—as in, what exactly is the issue here?

Thanks!

☕

P.S. Just a heads-up regarding my signature and that link calling this site a "disgrace"—it's there for anyone wondering about how things work around here, especially when it comes to the whole disciplinary side of things...

jadepuma75 said:it reminds me of Russia...😂

I actually kind of love this design. 😁
It looks just like some sort of industrial meat grinder or even a garlic press—honestly, that’s exactly how I pictured it! You just grab that lever at the top and squeeze people right through those side slots... kind of like that scene in the Pink Floyd video for "Another brick in the wall."

Perfect: Don't Cry, Eva

Honestly, I hadn't even heard of Mad World before 😳 though the melody feels so incredibly familiar... It’s like it’s already etched into my brain. I really don't feel like I belong in this era—it just isn't my time. I think I'll just head back to the good old sixties later on... 😁

(this track is just awesome!)

Michelle Alvarez8 said:Weapon number two: condescending attitudes wrapped in fake empathy.

Just report hollowtrucker77 right now—then we can move straight on to weapons three and four: getting deleted and blacklisted. 😁

🙏 🙏 Michelle Alvarez8 is a total legend! 😍 🤣

hollowtrucker77 said:Let's just skip ahead to number five and get both of them out of our hair once and for all.
😁

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cosmictinker21 said:You know, Megan, when someone sends me something nasty or starts leaking other people's private info, and I tell them it’s out of line but they just keep going... well, that’s when you have to report it. You have to find a way to stop that person from harassing you. When someone takes your personal business and spreads it to people who have no business knowing, you should use every tool available—alert the admins, the mods, whoever is running the show. On other sites, it really just depends on whether the management allows that kind of behavior or not. Here, message privacy is actually somewhat regulated to protect people from malicious harassment. It happened to me once where some idiot hacked one of my old accounts and started sending stupid messages. Honestly, that part was fine, but they were sending those moronic messages in my name to other people. You can imagine how much I hated being provoked by people or having them write nonsense about me... stone-faced, truly. I also dealt with some harassment from those weird clone accounts, and when they finally got banned, they spent all their time whining about how the moderators were being unfair.

It’s honestly pathetic when people stoop to this level of public internet bickering because they don't have the guts to face someone in person. If you actually know someone—if you have their number or see them in real life—those kinds of conflicts get settled one-on-one. Whenever anyone sends a private message here that becomes an issue, there's every right to report it and defend yourself publicly. Nobody wants the rest of the community living under a delusion just because someone is spreading lies about them. Sorry, but no. Personally, I wouldn't want people judging me based on things that aren't true. They have every right to judge me based on my public posts, sure, but not based on behind-the-scenes whispers and smirks... though, I suppose one should stand by everything they write, even the private stuff.

And the moderators, good grief, they're all over the place. It's strange, for instance, how a single forum can be ruled with such a narrow mindset, even when the topics are so broad that a decent mod would need to understand actual science rather than just acting like some little social studies professor. Having a general education is a rare commodity these days, mostly found in circles of genuine intellectuals. And being an intellectual is a state of mind, not something you get from a specific degree. It's about having knowledge and the ability to think broadly—being open-minded, instead of being a slave to petty, small-minded local interests or sucking up to anyone who claps for you. Ah well. There's injustice, there's stupidity. Don't worry. It'll all pass...

What are you even talking about...? 😕
This is pure off-topic stuff... and you're totally hijacking the thread.

Signature + let's make a little bet—how much longer until this thread gets moved, locked, or just deleted entirely? 🥳 Give it about 7 more minutes and it’ll hit the one-hour mark... 😁

silverowl8 said:Look, I appreciate the support, I really do, but it’s just not that simple. It doesn't work like that, unfortunately...

Yeah, that’s just one part of it, but honestly? It might be the most important thing on my mind right now. It’s a hell of a decision to make. I’ve already knocked out my freshman year at college, and I really don't want to be a burden to my family... but man, I don't even know anymore.

Yeah, you're spot on about the friends thing. I hadn't really sat down to think about it, but unfortunately, that's just how it is. Seriously, thanks so much for the support! 🙂 And props to you for making those fresh starts. I know firsthand that isn't easy at all!

Hang in there 🙂 , I'm glad people who feel the same way are reaching out

Have you ever seen a psychiatrist? I don't want to live like this for years on end, wasting my youth like this... I really hope things start looking up for you and you can move past it
🙂

@ everyone
thanks to everyone who chimed in, it really means a lot 🙂

I haven't, honestly—I’ve never really been a believer in that kind of clinical help. For me, friends have always been my therapists, though even they struggle to keep up when those manic phases hit and I end up doing something impulsive... it's just that those moments feel way too short-lived for my liking. 😁
As for the whole "wasted life" thing, you're spot on there, and maybe it would be better to seek out some professional support sooner rather than later if you feel like it could truly help. Wishing you nothing but the best!

Haha, I’m right there with you—it started hitting me around that same age, maybe 18 or 19... Fast forward ten years later and honestly, not much has shifted, but I'm hanging in there and making it work. 🙂

Jessica Cox89 said:If there's really that much of it, I mean, there's no way I'm spending hours soaking around in bright red water—mostly because I have no clue how I'd even manage to dry off afterward...

😕 😕 🤔
Maybe you could just try running the water in the tub first—you know, to flush it all out—and then use the showerhead to wash that "red water" right off yourself... 🤷

brisknomad6 said:Oh, come on now—don't go making things up... I mean, nobody is out here scrubbing themselves with a wire brush or anything crazy like that... It’s just lukewarm water and maybe a little bit of mild cleanser... Honestly, you don't even need soap to get the job done, just wash yourself, for goodness sake!

I mean, seriously—which one of these people actually has a job? It feels like none of them do anything productive all day, which I guess means they can just afford to lie around on the couch from sunrise to sunset... 🙄

Building on what was said earlier—and honestly, I found myself wondering the exact same thing while reading through this thread, especially after seeing Kimberly Nguyen's take...

Kimberly Davis52 said:communism? 😢

😂 😂 😂 🙏 🙏

They’re even more progressive than that—people who don't care about money at all, just tying a little red string around their baby's wrist... 😂

Maria White97 said:I’ve honestly only ever heard that kind of nonsense from people down South...
You can't swim, you shouldn't wash your hair, but somehow it's fine to jump in the ocean?! Are people seriously living in the Stone Age? I get that our grandmas or moms used to say stuff like that back in the day, but we have the internet, magazines, TV—don't people actually read or listen to anything anymore? I don't mean to be rude, but it's no wonder things are a bit chaotic in those tiny rural towns out West... you see so many teen pregnancies there. If people still believe you shouldn't wash yourself while you're on your period, who knows what other myths they're clinging to regarding sex and pregnancy when all this info is right there in books and online...

I remember hearing that too, just from some girl from the Deep South, and I was honestly speechless. I didn't even know that kind of ridiculous stuff existed until I moved away for college.
The whole vibe was just so unsettling—I was staying in a dorm in Washington, D.C., during that turn of the millennium, looking at this woman who's clearly going to be a lawyer, a manager, or a professor... [dopiši: _______], and she's standing there dead serious, convinced you aren't allowed to wash your hair or shower while you're on your period.😲

I used to rely heavily on Tylenol because my period cramps were absolutely brutal—it’s such a strong pain reliever, so it was a lifesaver.
Another thing that really helped me was just getting cozy and wrapping myself up in a warm blanket...
But honestly, lately, I haven't even needed it. The pain is barely there on the first day, which feels pretty strange to me, considering how loud and obvious my cycle used to announce itself every single month. 😬
It actually catches me off guard sometimes now, since I was so used to those pains acting like a warning sign that it was coming. 😁

Ahhh...

First up, we've got that whole debate about daughters saving themselves for marriage—and those wild claims that women who aren't virgins are somehow just "damaged goods"...

Then there was that topic about cheating on your husband because you just couldn't resist some incredibly hot guy...

Now, let's talk about what kind of stockings we're actually wearing.

Just another one of those troll-filled, ego-stroking threads floating around in this massive digital ocean of nonsense...🙄

Taylor Campbell4 said:Through senses other than our own.

True, but even that feels like a bit of a stretch...
For instance, if you were blindfolded and someone let you touch a hot radiator and then a cold one, what would you say their colors are?
I’d probably just guess they were both white. 😳

And don't even get me started on how people can get into these huge debates over whether something is actually blue or purple—or teal vs. green, or red vs. dark pink, and so on.

I mean, can we even truly visualize ultraviolet? Some bugs see that part of the spectrum, sure, but they miss out on things like red, orange, or yellow...
Personally, I can't wrap my head around what ultraviolet or infrared looks like. I mean, I *can* try, 😁 but who really knows what those look like? My eyes just aren't "tuned" to pick up those frequencies.

Regarding the whole thing with letters (I'm just reading through the thread now, but I'm already jumping in with my thoughts 😬)—I don't really associate them with colors, just shapes. We can write letters in any color we want, obviously, but linking a specific color to a specific letter? Not really something I do.
If we look at where the letter "A" originally comes from (from "aleph," which meant ox, I believe, dating back to the ancient Sumarian), then I'd probably associate it with the brown color of an ox's head. And so on...

I've also talked to people about whether they link certain days of the week or even specific countries to certain colors. They do, but their perception is often totally different from mine—it's such a disconnect. For me, red isn't "aggressive." Blue doesn't represent calmness or happiness; for me, green is much more soothing, while orange feels incredibly cheerful. And green isn't "sad" to me either... It all seems so deeply subjective.

feralviper22 said:He didn't mention scent... I remember seeing a movie once where they said smell is the easiest way to explain it, but that's just a movie, so who knows if there's any truth to it?
Christian Parker2 brought up dreams, which got me thinking: what do blind people dream about? Do they even dream (I mean those who have been blind their whole lives)? And if they do, are those dreams black and white? Maybe someone here knows...

People born blind dream exactly how they perceive the world while they're awake—they dream in sounds, scents, and textures.
Those who lost their sight later on actually have "visual" dreams.

I know this because my ex was blind from birth, and I spent quite a bit of time hanging out with the blind community.

How did he perceive colors?
I know it was never clear to him how sighted people decide where one color ends and another begins on the spectrum. It’s so hard to explain, especially since different languages and cultures categorize things differently—what we might call two distinct colors, another culture might see as just different shades of the same thing. On the flip side, two or three colors we see as unique might all fall under one single name in another language. It's tricky. I've even heard my grandma say red is "yellow." She isn't colorblind; it's just that—for her, that whole section of the spectrum is simply called "yellow."😳

Generally, he only associated colors with specific objects that possessed them. Once, I asked him a random question (out of nowhere, we hadn't even been talking about colors) asking what a potato, urine, and a lemon had in common (I added a few other things too, can't recall them right now) and after a very brief moment of thought, he said: yellow.😁 Aside from that, just by listening to someone's voice and observing their mannerisms (especially women 😁 ), he could often guess pretty accurately what color eyes they had (light or dark), if they were blondes or brunettes, whether they were curvy, fit, or thin, and generally—whether they were attractive, average, or not.
Keep in mind—he's been blind since birth.

Their other senses are much sharper than ours (aside from sight, obviously). But when it comes to colors, it's hard to say. Really hard, and it's always been something that puzzles me... 😢