Vent 11 - Attack of the Clones!

[Edmund Blackadder]

Why do people go through the welcome thread and copy/paste the same welcome comment in the threads within 10 minutes?

You want people to feel welcome, great, but do you really think people feel welcome when they can see you couldn't even be bothered to write a different message?

 

[Silum]

You realize that 'Buffy Summers' is the prime culprit of this?

<ducks for cover based on the fact i've pissed off every mod on the board>

 

[Fusions2]

Meh still feeling all urgh, have no energy what so ever, my shoulders now ache (just after I thought this had stopped) and Im just tired of everything right now. Might just sleep the entire weekend and be a selfish bitch.

 

[Washburne]

Old subject I know but it does bug me.

This is for all of those who have or are on the verge of leaving since I know there's a few. And I'm thinking about all of you that are leaving for one specific reason. I don't find words for how bad I feel about it. There's nothing wrong with taking a break from the boards. Sometimes one doesn't have a choice and sometimes it can be good for many reasons to stay away for a while. But what is happening now is nothing like that and it makes me sad. I don't blame people for staying away. It's perfectly understandable. Spending time on a board where you're afraid of being jumped on just for fun (or how it affects people and make them act in a way they don't want) isn't a place you want to stay in. Some people obviously don't mind that but that don't mean everyone does and the feeling of "like it or leave" has obviously meant people are leaving. Is that what we want with this place? For the moment I can't believe this is the place we for a long time called the friendliest place online. For members that have been here longer than me that probably won't come as any surprise since most things comes and goes. But for the ones of us that experience it for the first time it's a shock and we want it back as we know it.


So for all of you that have left or simply stay away from posting nowadays I just want you to know (in case you read this) that you are missed and I hope that one day you'll feel comfortable enough to come back. :grouphug:

 

[atticus]

Paying 50 quid to see a doctor about my insomnia. His diagnosis. " You just need to sleep more." Problem solved then.

 

[itsxpaperdoll]

I suck, I suck, I suck, I suck, I suck, I suck, I suck

And I'm a terrible emo for not being able to blind type my name, but being able to type I suck without looking.


Also, I have to write a paper that's due Wednesday (technically Thursday morning) and I haven't even started yet. In fact, I don't even know what to write about. I'm just utterly unable to do anything that I have to/need to/want to do. I can't talk to people, I can't act normal around people, I can't be liked because I'm this weird person who acts weird and talks weird and looks weird and is someone you don't generally want to be around for too long. I know that I have issues with self-confidence, I know that I'm unable to trust people, I know why I have these problems. According to my psychologist and many popular self-help literature, I should now be able to overcome these problems and become a likeable person. But I can't. I just can't get over myself because I'm this worthless kind of person who alienates people. I'll never get a boyfriend. My best friend will move on, I won't be able to make new friends and I'll end up a horrible old lady whose only joy in life is to try out a new microwave meal from the local supermarket.
There's absolutely no point for me being here.
I want to be an academic, write interesting books, lecture and teach people about fun stuff that went on 100 years ago, but I can't speak in front of people, I can't write compelling stories. Hell, I can't even write a paper even though the subject is seriously good.

I might as well just give up and keep on living in this bubble of loneliness and self hatred until it consumes me from the inside and I just fall down dead. I'd be surprised if anyone even noticed.

 

[BuffyElevated]

I went to Wal-Mart tonight and my sister invited herself along. I am sick and just wanted to get out of the house and try to feel better for a while and all I got was stress from her screaming kids. GRRRR...

 

[Sweetescape]

My ribs are really sore I woke up like this, I can't move!
Odd very Odd i haven't done anything to them.

 

[Perny]

My back is soar, and have been all day. So I checked what it could be that caused such pain. I have a giant bruise on my back, and no clue where it's from. It's nearly as big as a plate. How the hellmouth do you get such a big bruise without noticing?

 

[Washburne]

I don't get people that act like a jerk/bully for most of their time but at the "right" moment act like the nicest person in the world and/or suck up to the "right" people in hope and/or expecting that that will make up for everything bad they've done before just to go back to their old ways a short time after and start all over again.

Not sure if I'm most annoyed at the people doing it or the people falling for it time and time again (once or twice is easy to happen but it can't happen too many times). I'm seeing this kind of behavior from young kids (I work with kids after all) to adults. Don't people ever grow out of it? No. Why should they as long as they get away with it? *sighs* Everyone can make mistakes or behave badly from time to time. No one is perfect. But if you're truly sorry you try to improve your behavior. Otherwise it's just a way to control people.

 

[Bluebird]

I hate my bank! I got an overdraft charge of more than £30, which isn't my fault. I bought a £10 top up for my phone on Wednesday, so that money should have been authorised for Orange to take out my account. So yesterday, 3 days after I topped up my phone, I go to the cash machine and take out what's left. It said balance £50, amount available £50. It should have only been £40 available!

 

[itsxpaperdoll]

I've got a massive headache that radiates down to my neck and shoulder. Or maybe it's a shoulder ache that radiates up to my head, I don't know. Either way, it hurts like hell and I still got 2000+ words to go.

 

[Fusions2]

Hmmm Im not sure if I should be ticked off or not right now or Im just being a selfish cow who should get over herself.

Anyway my friend has gone and changed our forum colours and logo and to be honest Im not a fan of the new forum colours. I spent hours before changing them and now we're on a default colour which looks blah. Also our new logo completely stretches my net page because I don't have a wide screen desktop and its slowing down my loading time. Its really annoying me but if I say anything I know she'll get all huffy with me over it... hmmm do I say anything or just keep my mouth shut?

 

[Lemon]

Fox is a piece of mega POO. Whoever is the head honcho over at Fox should LIGHT THEMSELVES ON FIRE! *breathes* Calm down. I'm good. I'm good. I just don't think I'll be able to survive without my Shirley. *tear*

 

[Sweetescape]

Another pair of my shoes broke! I just bought some more shoes yesterday because of the massive hole in them, so i'm walking to the bus today and the bottom bit just falls of! So i have to pick it up and put it in my bag, then i'm walking on what looks like wood all the way home. And there my favourite pair (THE BOOTS LURKIE!) They have to be fixed I don't want any others.

 

[Bluebird]

It's always nice being told that you're getting fat.

 

[October Bantum]

I've got water dripping from my kitchen light!!! and nothing can be done about it til tomorrow because its 1 in the morning!!! now I'm going to miss my history lesson...although I guess that's not such a bad thing. I've never been so annoyed by the sound of dripping water than I am now!

 

[Sweetescape]

I have to attend my nephews second birthday tomorrow, forced family fun. Yippeeeeeeeeee.
I also majorly failed an mock exam today.

 

[Fusions2]

Someone is stealing my artwork and putting it up on their Facebook account... bastards grrr!

 

[BuffyElevated]

I just spent 3 hours cleaning my living room/kitchen area. Sad thing is, when my sister comes over for the 9th day in a row today, it will be messy again. And that makes me madder than cow piss.