A Warning for All You True Believers Out There in LitLand

[Forever_Gemini]

First of all, please ignore Hanns, I know he's going to post here and it's going to be his usual get-a-rise-out-of-you bullshit. Just ignore it in favor of the information.

I've noticed that some of us here put up our pictures and use our first names on the public boards. Some of us put up some very racy pictures. I'm not going to tell you not to do it, but I am going to tell you to think about it before you do, do it.

There are some serious sickos out there, not morons like Hanns pretending to be dangerous, but real people who prey on others. They like the Internet because it's a convenient way to shop for victims. We are connected to a porn site, no matter how un-porn the board is. Sickos will assume that because a woman is on a porn site she's immoral, wicked, and inferior. I'm not talking about the normal guy who knows better, I'm talking about the psychopath who hurts others for kicks.

Be careful when you put up personal information. Lit is full of wonderful people and we feel pretty safe here, overall. It's full of approval and friendship. But there are people out there who don't participate, they just lurk. They look for victims. They're also readnig your personal information and they're looking at your racy pictures and they're making conclusions that are very sick and very dangerous.

The odds of you being victimized by a sicko because of what you've done here are very slim, but they aren't beyond the realm of possibility.

You don't leave your doors unlocked. You don't go to strange nightclubs and let people give you drinks that were out of your sight. You don't post personal information on the 'Net. Not because of the billions of good people on the planet, but because of the handful of sickos out there looking for a good time.

Don't be afraid, but think about who might be looking at your words and pictures before you post them. What's sexy to most of us is an open invitation to sickos.

Be safe.


Some of us know personal information about others. The biggest is the first name. If you know someone's first name, don't use it on the board! We all chose anonymous nicknames for a very good reason. Respect and protect your friends. Use the nickname, not the first name!

Great advice! This should be posted to all the newbies, or at least 'bumped' once in awhile!!

I've noticed people giving out a lot of information about themselves - prolly unintentionally, but..

 

[Debbie]

Re: Re: A Warning for All You True Believers Out There in LitLand

Great advice! This should be posted to all the newbies, or at least 'bumped' once in awhile!!

I've noticed people giving out a lot of information about themselves - prolly unintentionally, but..

Exactly why I bumped the thread.

 

[Lancecastor]

Some of us know personal information about others. The biggest is the first name. If you know someone's first name, don't use it on the board! We all chose anonymous nicknames for a very good reason.

Ha!

 

[Debbie]

Re: Re: A Warning for All You True Believers Out There in LitLand

Ha!

Is that your first name?

 

[zipman]

Some of us know personal information about others. The biggest is the first name. If you know someone's first name, don't use it on the board! We all chose anonymous nicknames for a very good reason. Respect and protect your friends. Use the nickname, not the first name! [/B]

Of course this advice only applies to everyone else.

KM has intentionally used first names here when she didn't like the person.

 

[Sandia]

Back when I was in HS, I once tried to win a debate by arranging the definitions so they suited my side of the argument (whichever side I happened to be on.)

Naturally, that particular tactic was a miserable failure.

All it took was somebody to point out what I'd done to make it obvious how silly the tactic really was.

You guessed wrong.

The danger or your opinion on the lack of it is not an important subject on this thread.

Do you think people should exercise a little bit of thought when they decide to post personal information here? Do you think there might be a slim chance that posting that information could by dangerous?

If you say no, prove it or be a liar. If you say yes, you just made your entire debate moot.

This is very black and white issue. Intellectualizing and rationalizing this is dangerous behavior. The 'Net is dangerous. Period. Just like real life. It doesn't matter if it's more dangerous than real life or not. Trying to equate that is like hitting your hand with a hammer just because getting hit by a car is much worse.

I can't, for the life of me, think of a reason that has any merit whatsoever to tell people not to give thought to what they post on the 'Net like you're doing. There is no viable reason to delude people into believing that posting willy-nilly is perfectly safe. Particularly when you don't practice what you preach. "Sandia" or "Byron." Put up or shut up. But remember, if you do put up your personal information--because not doing so is tacitly admitting that I'm right and you're wrong--someone is eventually going to use that information against you. Not me, but we have trolls who live for trusting souls like you.

 

[Sandia]

I really don't see why anyone would think this is bad advice. Unless, of course, you're a predator.

I wouldn't have tried something this embarrassingly stupid even back then.

 

[Fawkin'Injun]

tee hee
tee hee

 

[Cheyenne]

I wouldn't have tried something this embarrassingly stupid even back then.

Huh?

 

[Fawkin'Injun]

tee hee
tee hee

 

[Debbie]

tee hee
tee hee

You are weird. But I guess you already knew that.

I have always wondered tho. Why do you frequently change your lit names?

 

[Fawkin'Injun]

To reflect the flaky, ever-changing, liberal nature of my artistic side...


Like albums, the artist stays the same, but the theme is always different because those of us whom are truly alive are always changing. Thesis meeting anti-thesis creating SINthysist. That sort of thing.

I am much more of a Fawkin'Injun now than I am an Andra_Jenny, wouldn't you agree?

I'm not even chained to a toddler 24/7 anymore!

 

[ShamelessFlirt]

First of all, please ignore Hanns, I know he's going to post here and it's going to be his usual get-a-rise-out-of-you bullshit. Just ignore it in favor of the information.

I've noticed that some of us here put up our pictures and use our first names on the public boards. Some of us put up some very racy pictures. I'm not going to tell you not to do it, but I am going to tell you to think about it before you do, do it.

There are some serious sickos out there, not morons like Hanns pretending to be dangerous, but real people who prey on others. They like the Internet because it's a convenient way to shop for victims. We are connected to a porn site, no matter how un-porn the board is. Sickos will assume that because a woman is on a porn site she's immoral, wicked, and inferior. I'm not talking about the normal guy who knows better, I'm talking about the psychopath who hurts others for kicks.

Be careful when you put up personal information. Lit is full of wonderful people and we feel pretty safe here, overall. It's full of approval and friendship. But there are people out there who don't participate, they just lurk. They look for victims. They're also readnig your personal information and they're looking at your racy pictures and they're making conclusions that are very sick and very dangerous.

The odds of you being victimized by a sicko because of what you've done here are very slim, but they aren't beyond the realm of possibility.

You don't leave your doors unlocked. You don't go to strange nightclubs and let people give you drinks that were out of your sight. You don't post personal information on the 'Net. Not because of the billions of good people on the planet, but because of the handful of sickos out there looking for a good time.

Don't be afraid, but think about who might be looking at your words and pictures before you post them. What's sexy to most of us is an open invitation to sickos.

Be safe.


Some of us know personal information about others. The biggest is the first name. If you know someone's first name, don't use it on the board! We all chose anonymous nicknames for a very good reason. Respect and protect your friends. Use the nickname, not the first name!

This should be a sticky!

 

[Debbie]

To reflect the flaky, ever-changing, liberal nature of my artistic side...


Like albums, the artist stays the same, but the theme is always different because those of us whom are truly alive are always changing. Thesis meeting anti-thesis creating SINthysist. That sort of thing.

I am much more of a Fawkin'Injun now than I am an Andra_Jenny, wouldn't you agree?

I'm not even chained to a toddler 24/7 anymore!

You will always be A_Jacks to me. Remember him?
'Nite fruit cake.

 

[Lancecastor]

It's an interesting proposition, I think.

She's either banned from the site, or the Rules are irrelevant and anything goes.

I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out.

 

[Debbie]

It's an interesting proposition, I think.

She's either banned from the site, or the Rules are irrelevant and anything goes.

I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out.

Sometimes you give good advice,
often you stir, I guess for your version of the fun it all.

But a straight answer would be nice.
What are you blithering about with the above post?

 

[Fawkin'Injun]

You will always be A_Jacks to me. Remember him?
'Nite fruit cake.

See! I knew I was forgetting one!

Pssssttttt, wanna see me quote spearchucker?

 

[Lancecastor]

you give good advice

Thanks for noticing.

I'm with Sandia & Zipman on this issue.

 

[Debbie]

See! I knew I was forgetting one!

Pssssttttt, wanna see me quote spearchucker?

Post whatever you like. lol

 

[Fawkin'Injun]

I hate the mother fucker more than the MENstral cycle...

How come it's not the WOmenstral period?

Just curious...

 

[Fawkin'Injun]

WhoaMenAPause...?

 

[Debbie]

WhoaMenAPause...? [/QUOTE

Menapausewho?

PMS? Blame your man

Sep 25, 2003



PMS? Blame your man







Sep 25, 2003


Men, not hormones, may be to blame for premenstrual syndrome (PMS).

University of Western Sydney researchers and Relationships Australia are teaming up to pilot a national study into how relationship problems contribute to PMS, which affects about 90% of women.

The initial part of the study involves the questioning of 10 lesbian couples and 10 heterosexual couples, to see if PMS is less severe when a relationship involves two women.

"If you've got a woman partner who has premenstrual experiences is she going to be more understanding?" said Jane Ussher, professor of women's health psychology at the University of Western Sydney.

"Certainly, anecdotally, that's what we've seen and we're going to look at it systematically.

"There were certainly some things that partners were doing that made (the PMS) worse in some instances.

"Men certainly play a significant role in (PMS) and can play a very significant role in women's depression and anger and frustration at that time of the cycle."

Ten to 40% of women experience moderate to severe PMS and up to 10% are believed to experience the most severe form, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, which is classified as a psychiatric disorder in the US.

PMS and PMDD cover a range of about 150 physical and psychological symptoms, but women most often seek help for depression, anxiety, irritability and anger.

Professor Ussher spent three years studying 108 British women who suffered premenstrual symptoms.

A third of the subjects were on Prozac - the treatment of choice for PMS - a third were receiving psychological therapy, and the remainder were getting both.

She said the study showed that psychological factors were just as important as biological issues in PMS, and maybe even more significant.

"A classic case of PMS is a woman who's working full time, looking after everyone at home, picking up the shopping after work, picking up the kids from school, finding very little space for themselves," she said.

"Women are able to keep up this superwoman (performance) three weeks a month but premenstrually they're not able or willing to do it anymore.

"They either just withdraw and feel depressed or they can become very angry with the family.

"I would say that isn't biological - it's to do with what's happening in the family and the relationship."

Ussher said all women experienced hormonal and neurotransmitter changes during their cycle, but not all women got PMS.

"Women who get symptoms are biologically no different to women who don't," she said.

"What actually causes the negative symptoms is a combination of psychological factors - what's happening in your body and what's happening in your environment.

"What we've shown in the research is that if you get women to change other factors the biological component isn't particularly strong at all."

She said her research also found if a partner was supportive, understanding and gave a woman space she coped with her PMS better.

However, trivialising the experience or getting angry at the woman only made it worse.

AAP

 

[Fawkin'Injun]

Yeah.. DonkeyDick lives in Australia...