Is it possible to meet genuine people over the internet?

[EveWasFramed]

OK, cheaptrickfan...that fuzzball was cute but kinda creepy, lol.

 

[CAS]

I meant no offence to anyone. I'm just tired of being the odd one out. I don't even fit in on the internet. If I'm aggressive it's because life has made me that way.

I can understand the frustration, and believe that we can't easily control how we feel, but we are responsible for how we react to our feelings.

This is why I recommend breathing - in all seriousness.

When I start to get frustrated or pissed off - and believe me, I have small kids so this is a daily occurrence - rather than lose my honeysuckle, I try to count to ten in every language I've ever studied. By the time I get to Swedish/Norwegian, I'm so distracted trying to remember which is which, that my internal rage thermometer has usually gone down quite a bit.

And just for the record: I don't hate you. I don't hate anyone on this site.

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Hugs all around.

WARM FUZZIES!!!

lol wtf xD

Don't you just want to squish him?!

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OK. Shame Steel isn't being so accepting, but thanks to everyone else.

 

[SophiaGrace]

Hugs all around.

WARM FUZZIES!!!

lol wtf xD

Don't you just want to squish him?!
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*squishieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*

 

[EveWasFramed]

OK. Shame Steel isn't being so accepting, but thanks to everyone else.

You couldnt be MORE wrong. I know him well enough to know that he would have already closed the thread and/or possibly banned you if he wasn't understanding, CAS. You are impugning him in this case. You should really apologize. :|

 

[cheaptrickfan]

OK, cheaptrickfan...that fuzzball was cute but kinda creepy, lol.

It's the eyes...

OK. Shame Steel isn't being so accepting, but thanks to everyone else.

I think that he's being plenty accepting, CAS. He pointed out that you lashed out rashly and issued you a gentle warning to tone it down.

I am sorry that you are in a position where you automatically view dissent as hate or attacks directed toward you. You must be in a very bad place in your life now for that to be the case.

 

[yamaha CS5]

NO CUTE KITTENS ANYMOREEE!!

Lol, this is the weirdest thread.

 

[CAS]

OK. Shame Steel isn't being so accepting, but thanks to everyone else.

You couldnt be MORE wrong. I know him well enough to know that he would have already closed the thread and/or possibly banned you if he wasn't understanding, CAS. You are impugning him in this case. You should really apologize. :|

OK. Sorry Steel. Didn't relise I was messing with the big-guns.

 

[Steel]

OK. Shame Steel isn't being so accepting, but thanks to everyone else.

Lol, I'm not being accepting because I hadn't replied yet?

Honestly CAS. if I'd have thought you were a troll, I'd have banned you on the spot. But I didn't believe you were - and still don't. You were angry.

Personally... I go for walks. And squish fuzzies

 

[SophiaGrace]

NO CUTE KITTENS ANYMOREEE!!

Lol, this is the weirdest thread.

O_O

 

[cheaptrickfan]

NO CUTE KITTENS ANYMOREEE!!

Lol, this is the weirdest thread.

Oh George, not the kittens! Somebody, please, think of the kittens!!

 

[CAS]

OK, cheaptrickfan...that fuzzball was cute but kinda creepy, lol.

It's the eyes...

OK. Shame Steel isn't being so accepting, but thanks to everyone else.

I think that he's being plenty accepting, CAS. He pointed out that you lashed out rashly and issued you a gentle warning to tone it down.

I am sorry that you are in a position where you automatically view dissent as hate or attacks directed toward you. You must be in a very bad place in your life now for that to be the case.

I don't get this 'warning' business. Is it an official warning or something? Will it show up on my A.L.L. records or something?

 

[PieBeNice]

OK, cheaptrickfan...that fuzzball was cute but kinda creepy, lol.

It's the eyes...

OK. Shame Steel isn't being so accepting, but thanks to everyone else.

I think that he's being plenty accepting, CAS. He pointed out that you lashed out rashly and issued you a gentle warning to tone it down.

I am sorry that you are in a position where you automatically view dissent as hate or attacks directed toward you. You must be in a very bad place in your life now for that to be the case.

I don't get this 'warning' business. Is it an official warning or something? Will it show up on my A.L.L. records or something?

A big man will come to your house and shout at you and tell you not to do it again.

 

[Minus]

I think it is this guy that i am scared of.

 

[CAS]

OK, cheaptrickfan...that fuzzball was cute but kinda creepy, lol.

It's the eyes...

OK. Shame Steel isn't being so accepting, but thanks to everyone else.

I think that he's being plenty accepting, CAS. He pointed out that you lashed out rashly and issued you a gentle warning to tone it down.

I am sorry that you are in a position where you automatically view dissent as hate or attacks directed toward you. You must be in a very bad place in your life now for that to be the case.

I don't get this 'warning' business. Is it an official warning or something? Will it show up on my A.L.L. records or something?

And yes I am in a bad place. I'm actually at the point where I can take little more.

 

[EveWasFramed]

Who is this big man you speak of? *looks around in fear*

 

[Minus]

I don't get this 'warning' business. Is it an official warning or something? Will it show up on my A.L.L. records or something?

No, you are fine. It was just letting you know that you were getting a little carried away.

 

[PieBeNice]

The big scaryful man. With the scaryness.

 

[cheaptrickfan]

I don't get this 'warning' business. Is it an official warning or something? Will it show up on my A.L.L. records or something?

I don't think it'll go on your "personal record" that follows you around for life, but I do believe that it's at the moderators' discretion to ban people for being offensive, or spamming. Generally, I believe it's customary to warn someone when he/she seems to be getting out of line.

 

[EveWasFramed]

I don't get this 'warning' business. Is it an official warning or something? Will it show up on my A.L.L. records or something?

I don't think it'll go on your "personal record" that follows you around for life, but I do believe that it's at the moderators' discretion to ban people for being offensive, or spamming. Generally, I believe it's customary to warn someone when he/she seems to be getting out of line.

Correct. I leave "general" warnings all the time on threads that are getting close to getting out of hand. I also do get more specific with a slight verbal warning...such as..."OK, let's all calm down" or "(insert forum member's name here) please refrain from insults" or something of that nature.

 

[cheaptrickfan]

I think that he's being plenty accepting, CAS. He pointed out that you lashed out rashly and issued you a gentle warning to tone it down.

I am sorry that you are in a position where you automatically view dissent as hate or attacks directed toward you. You must be in a very bad place in your life now for that to be the case.

And yes I am in a bad place. I'm actually at the point where I can take little more.

I'm sorry. Believe it or not, I've been there. Unfortunately I basically found myself white-knuckling my way through some of the worst of it because I didn't want to burden the friends/family I did have available because I figured that they wouldn't care.

As it turned out I was wrong to misjudge them, but I was so consumed with bitterness, disappointment and depression that I really wasn't thinking straight.

I hope that you find your way through this. No one should suffer this crap.