It's life, Jim, but not as we know it...

[Guest]

Ok, I could be opening up a whole can of worms here, but quite frankly, my dears, I don't give a damn.

This is a message board on the internet, it ain't real life. I don't wish to offend anyone with what I'm about to say, but, recently, I have seen way too many people that I care about get upset/angry/fucked off/whatever.

I've been spending a lot of time away from my computer recently and do you know what? I feel so much better for it!

I seriously think I had an addictive problem before and I don't think I'm alone.

I seem to have gained a different, more healthy, perspective of things recently. Maybe it's because I've been spending a great deal of time with my family, having some real fun and just shutting down this goddam machine.

I come here and see people arguing about arguing and so on. I also see those who seem to need this place as some kind of therapy.

Please, don't get upset with me or think I'm having a go, I am not, I'm just saying how I see things right now.

And, so shoot me, but I am inclined to agree with some things that I've recently read Gauche say. I loved one thing in particular that he said on here over the past week, and it does seem to have affected me, if only subconsciously: It's all bollocks! And, it so is!

Everything is, when you look at it microscopically. Things here, especially.

I often feel like I'm a Barbie girl, living in a plastic world, etc, etc. I refuse to be like that any longer, though.

Sorry for putting you through my own neuroses (Shock Chick's outbursts, and so on), but I finally think I'm getting a handle on all of this. Call it "the lights coming on" if you like.

Say it with me: "I am not addicted to the internet. I am a strong person with a good life."

Just one more thing, while I'm in "babble" mode, how many of you see a post and read the words on the screen, written by another, and visualise a real life human being sat in front of another monitor, just as you are?

Lou

P.S. I have absolutely no idea why I just said all of that. I just felt like it.

 

[cloudy]

BANG!!!!

J/k, babe, but you're very right. I especially liked this: "Just one more thing, while I'm in "babble" mode, how many of you see a post and read the words on the screen, written by another, and visualise a real life human being sat in front of another monitor, just as you are? "

Excellent point.

 

[doormouse]

Well said, Lou.

<< Guilty of going off at the deep end last night.

Time to get back into writing.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I understand completely. I know that my Abs persona, not known by some new people, can be a little biting.
But there are a few out there trying to ruin my rep.

I do believe I inpart do find this place to be addicting, but it has been good therapy for me.
I've found I can openly admit I'm having emotional problems and so many arms unfold to hug me.

I've seen the people behind the screen, and they are the most beautiful creatures on earth.

I also feel there is some residual anger left from some of the more controversial threads, so I will now perform a ritual cleansing and dispell the evil spirits....


Thou most foul and evil troll sprites, leave this holy place of learning and loving,
Anger and dismay be gone from our midst and let forth the sex and perversion that is too reign supreme.
Leave unscathed, the threads of humor and great pictures.
Let peace and Love enter the screens of all who post in out midst and give them a sense of joy once more.

Now say it together.....ComeonIwannalayyou, three times, like you mean it.

I annoint this thread with all that is good.


This forum....is clean.

 

[impressive]

Yeah, but ...

I agree in many respects, but there's the ever-present "but" ...

I use the 'Net to escape the stresses of "real" life. Here, I take nothing too seriously. In other words, what transpires online is not a source of stress for me. I'm not sure it *CAN* be.

That being said, I don't like to see people being hurt or being intentionally nasty to one another. There's enough of that going on in the "real" world.

Here, I've encountered some people who are very serious about their writing -- and that's perfectly fine. I like it, in fact. I have no aspirations as a writer other than to continually improve myself -- both in style & substance. But, given the nature of the forum, there are just as many who are just here for entertainment -- and that's perfectly fine as well.

I've also encountered some very intriguing souls that I'm sure I would have never had the opportunity to meet "out there." That is invigorating! That is the draw -- the diversity, the eccentricity, the intellect, the passion.

I'm rambling. Sorry.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

I like this little newbie.

 

[cloudy]

You forgot the chant to keep out the Watthefuckisit.

 

[Guest]

I like this little newbie.

Me, too. I also loved your spell. Worked for me.



Impressive... howdy! I agree with all you've said there. In my experience here, though, it's when the goings on here impinge on "real life" that problems arise. Hence my statement about "switching off the goddam machine".

Lou - recovering AH Addict.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

You forgot the chant to keep out the Watthefuckisit.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

Hang on.....CyclopicteatedBadgerdemon....BEGONE!!!

 

[impressive]

... it's when the goings on here impinge on "real life" that problems arise.

AGREE wholeheartedly!

Thanks for the nice words.

 

[GingerV]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!

Hang on.....CyclopicteatedBadgerdemon....BEGONE!!!

No idea what the hell that was, but I'm suddenly relieved it's gone!

 

[CharleyH]

Speaking of RL, damn, I thought from the subject line, this was a trekkie convention.

 

[cloudy]

No idea what the hell that was, but I'm suddenly relieved it's gone!

Be relieved...be very relieved.

 

[R. Richard]

I am not an Internet addict. I can take it or leave it.

I'll Take It! I'll Take It! I'll Take It!

Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie!

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Speaking of RL, damn, I thought from the subject line, this was a trekkie convention.

We will be beaming you up shortly.

 

[Guest]

Speaking of RL, damn, I thought from the subject line, this was a trekkie convention.

Awww, sorry to disappoint.

 

[Guest]

I am not an Internet addict. I can take it or leave it.

I'll Take It! I'll Take It! I'll Take It!

Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie!

LOL!

You're a lost cause, for sure.

Lou

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Awww, sorry to disappoint.

No you're not.

 

[doormouse]

LOL!

You're a lost cause, for sure.

Lou

LOL!!

you beat me to it

damn slow connection

 

[Just-Legal]

Speaking of RL, damn, I thought from the subject line, this was a trekkie convention.

Me too, durn it

 

[rgraham666]

I'm not an addict. I can take it or leave it.

But this is an important part of my life. In the real world, people that like me and that I like in return are few and far between.

Without the net, I would have even less interaction with people than I do now.

So for now, this place helps keep me sane.

 

[flawed_ethics]

I agree for the most part with everyone else on here. I lost my internet connection for a month and a half earlier this summer. Aside from a few trips to the library to clean out my e-mail box and look some things up, it was an enjoyable respite.

I see babble as someone who has to blow off a little steam. I've babbled my share on these boards in the past. It's not always negative steam - I know that sometimes my brain is going a mile a minute - and I may as well have it expressed somewhere. It's just a way for people to unwind - so I say let them.

I've been a Lit member for three years. I have just over a thousand posts. Althought I peruse the boards when I can (most frequently when I'm going to post a story), I like to think I'm not 'that' into it. Good to hear you're weaning yourself off it Tatelou!

 

[DarkDuchess]

Be relieved...be very relieved.

Speaking of the, ummm...thankfully departed, I have a teensy gripe. They changed the name of my entry for the "Real Troll Contest". It was entitled The Ripper and the Breast: A Uni-Tit Story. They (the moderators) changed it to The Ripper and the Breast: The Story of Christine Gull. Perhaps I shouldn't have been as creative with the character's name. Has anyone had this happen?

DarkDuchess

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Considering that I've been popping off into the real world for quite large stretches of time, I'd have to say the RL is overrated. On the other hand, I can sense the frustrating black hole that the AH constantly devolves into. For instance, I wasted an entire night in an argument that turned out to be circular. That's a lot of wasted time and energy.

Thus I say, fuck it all and bring on the non-sequiturs and giant space lemurs.

 

[SeaCat]

Whoa, I leave for a couple of days and this is the first thread I come acrost? Wow.

Am I addicted to the internet? Nope, I'm addicted to three things. (Honor, Breathing, and my wifes love.)

As for the arguments here, hey they can be fun and informative. (I've been involved in one or two myself.) What the hell, if a person can't listen to your argument and still respect you they aren't your friend.

Cat