The World Beyond BetterMost > Anything Goes
Off-site discussion of BetterMost posts
milomorris:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on August 02, 2009, 03:21:18 pm ---For the sake of good order I'd like to point out that you forgot to include "misogynists" among your list of what *some* Bettermostians are. Because some surely fit that bill too.
Also, I agree with what others have said here - calling some, or even one, "fucking useless" can't be seen as anything less than offensive whichever way you look at it.
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I'm sure there are some misogynists here too. You're probably more sensitive that than I am.
I don't see how my post was any more offensive than what has been posted here time and again about Christians, Republicans, men in the closet, straight men, etc. And each of those groups has representatives here at Bettermost too.
Mikaela:
Well, I'm checking out of this.
We've been told mods/admin are looking at the situation and they've sure gotten something more to look at.
bailey1205:
--- Quote from: Mikaela on August 02, 2009, 03:30:01 pm ---Well, I'm checking out of this.
We've been told mods/admin are looking at the situation and they've sure gotten something more to look at.
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Yep !!
bailey1205:
--- Quote from: Susie on August 02, 2009, 03:22:34 pm ---... but I'm just too darn nosey!! :P
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It's a great tool !!!
No more drama queen posts.
;)
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: bailey1205 on August 02, 2009, 03:18:51 pm ---Oh, Katherine, you should start painting again and sell your stuff on ebay !!!!!!!
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I guess for some reason I've been finding it more entertaining and productive to spend my time exchanging insults with people online. :laugh:
I'm reading this great book Rapt, by Winifred Gallagher (wisely recommended, for the record, by our own Front-Ranger!). One of the many excellent points she makes is that people tend to be much happier when they're doing activities that are creative, absorbing, engaging, etc. For example, playing the piano, woodworking, writing, gardening, gourmet cooking, etc. (different things for different people, obviously).
However, those activities require a certain degree of concentration, preparation and energy. People come home from work and they don't want to go to the bother. Instead, they turn on the TV (or computer). So they wind up spending 80 percent of their time doing something that, in the end, they don't find as rewarding. And that ends up being their life.
Disclaimer: Coming here, to me, is about socializing with friends and often requires thinking -- about one's opinions, about how to express one's thoughts, about learning new things, etc. -- so it's not in exactly the same category as watching mindless TV. I have to wonder, though, if when I come here and wind up engaging in bitchfests if I'm making the best use of my time.
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