PGD: Happy Birthday, Red!

[Geoberos]

The sheltered life goes beyond real.
The existence of figments is real without body.
Its soul wanders, dangerous if not kept in check.

Other words, there exists the naive.

 

[Angiance]

Also, Slush, you're a donkey's rear-end to me at this moment; if you're gonna reference me, at least be nice, damn

 

[Geoberos]

Slush is an ass to everyone. Half of us are pretty much ***es. A few less are even ***men. Grab 'em while they're tight.

Edit: Lol censordodging on the last one

 

[Angiance]

Ah, so he's the standard douchebag, I see-I see...

 

[~Radiance~]

its more like this tbh: you are on an online forum and thus you have to learnt o buffer your emotions to not be as frail. I was similar in that i got trolled a lot and got upset at people for targeting me at times. you kinda just have to learn to roll with it and not care or else you are gonna get people to pick on you even more

 

[Angiance]

I know, I do the same thing in real life...after a while though, all this bottled up FURY, I can't TAKE it. Hell, the bad things I say are just -minor- bits of what I ACTUALLY want to say; I'm doing a pretty good job controlling my fiyah, if it lashes out, it lashes out, not a damn thing I can do about it *breath*

Sorry everybody -.-;

 

[Geoberos]

You may not like conforming to the social meta, but it feels like there's unwritten rules about posting, which when broken can set you up for some troll fodder and get picked on for.

When a certain style of posting doesn't work, it's best to find another way. Much what happened to TG's old ways. Took him a while, but he somewhat changed his ways, but that notoriety still silently looms over him, remembered by those who knew him then.

The are aspects that I do find personally bothersome that if I was ass enough, I would pick on you too. But opinions are opinions and you're free to style your posts however you want. Though I do prefer to check how my posts appear to everyone else and not give them anything to pick about.

People lash out, people vent. But don't delude yourself in "nothing I can do about it." That's some enabling **** right there. Lashing out just breaks **** (ephy and leaf for me), but if I didn't keep that in check, I would've been demoted and banned in the xat and probably would've said something to receive an infraction after that spat with you in the threads.
Still learning to let go of grudges though. Damn myself if I say "nothing I can do about it" so I'll say "it's a slow process."

 

[Phoenix Lord']

Ah, so he's the standard douchebag, I see-I see...

There is nothing standard about Slush. Also, he's not even that much of a douchebag.

 

[Angiance]

*sigh*...thank you both, sorry for the trouble

I see you as a douchebag too, Pheonix, sorry :/

How's everybody doing money-wise?

 

[Sunnysunny]

What Geo said applies to basically IRL related things as well. It's not exclusivly internet people that act like this. Just realize that not everyones out to "hurt your feelings." Like, angiance, I don't know you, but the majority of the time when you post it seems like you're out to hurt someones feelings because ya took em seriously.

No offense of course. I'm just an outlier here.

And maybe i'm just very emotionally numb, but I seriously don't get when people say slush is an ass. Lmao! Slush is amazing. <3

Sunny, d'you draw your profile pictures like I do?

HA! I wish I drew this good.
Nah. I had only one pictures I drew as my avatar at one point and it was pretty short lived.

I might post some later I guess when i'm bored. It's mostly just anthro stuff anyways. Lol.

Slush is an *** to everyone. Half of us are pretty much ***es. A few less are even ***men. Grab 'em while they're tight.

That's one of the most beautiful analogys about asses i've heard.

 

[Angiance]

Sadly, I'm emotionally unstable, so yeah...I get hurt pretty easily, and take things to heart; think of a spark landing on an oil spill. It's difficult to control my impulsive behavior, but I'm working on it

Art is art in my eyes, go ahead and post

 

[Phoenix Lord']

I see you as a douchebag too, Pheonix, sorry :/

I'll just have to learn to live with that knowledge, I guess. Life finds a way.

 

[Ussi]

Lets go with this


No one is gonna treat you special besides your mom. We aren't your mom so we say things as it is without wording it too carefully

 

[Vale]

i just lurk for a few months before posting anything and i've never had problems joining a forum (at least, people don't argue with me as much)

 

[Scatz]

If you had any issues learning to take things seriously/ not seriously like I used to, then you just need to create a thick wall to block your emotions. People like tossing insults around and dishing them back. It's whether you can handle the insult instead of going overboard.

Slush ain't even an asshole. He's just a realist more than anything. Though, if Phoenix Lord was half the douche he could be, he'd easily be blowing you up more than you'd ever be able to think about.

However, PL still a weakling at the insults. <3 I've seen worse.

The real point here is that you need to stop blaming your problems on traits that can be fixed by your own willpower. No one cares about the counter-productive social skills (except employers), but they will care when you can't make a decent conversation with someone.

BTW, Ello Sunny.

 

[Sinister Slush]

Just how I am. If you can't handle it. DEAL WITH IT.

Cause in the end, it's how I amz. ALL ME

Internet personality =/= IRL personality.

 

[KayLo!]

Never seen Slush as an ass, but the **** I went through in the mod forum pretty much hard schooled me on internet etiquette (or.... lack thereof), so assholery barely phases me anymore.

Bobby's always been a ****, but pretty sure it's mostly for funsies, and personally I find it hilarious. Nothing truly malicious.

Tokyo's gotten WAY better imo.

Idk Belle, your posting style definitely has a way of turning people off, but you'll get the hang of it eventually. I think it's mainly the fact that the cutesy act seems a little forced, like we're getting some weird ~*Belle persona*~ instead of an actual person, which can be annoying. One minute you're acting all sweet and (faux-?)innocent, then you're posting passive-aggessive remarks to someone who was just joking around. Or randomly changing the topic. Hella confusing.

 

[Sinister Slush]

To add stuff to what FZ typed and beros.

To be fair with TG, he not only made hundreds of posts that didn't add anything to discussions and such just for +1 or act like he knew what he was saying. But in less than a year he already passed 10k posts. Think about that fer a second.
Any hatred towards him today is basically just Espy now and banning him if he goes in the xat. Which neither do anymore since neither go to it now.

Fer FZ's add-on. You're on the internet, while it doesn't matter from time to time. You type like you're currently typing you'll be attacked for obvious reasons. (kaylo's post) Type like a normal human being. Don't put on some fake mask, showcase it, then spit venom when we say how ****ty of a mask it is.
For example, try posting like that on /v/ and watch the go back 2 reddit or shut the **** up posts you'll get.
Or hell, even ignore it if it was a wall of text related to the discussion and good points in it, but cause of all the faces ..... *sigh* *angry puff* You'll immediately get shutdown for such things.

 

[Vale]

it might just be because i used to go on rp sites more often, but i'm more bothered by the content of the posts rather than the typing style used.
i guess i should also add that content =/= quality, especially considering my posting history.

 

[Angiance]

*sigh* Does, NOBODY understand what emotional instability is? IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTY WORKING WITH, JESUS CHRIST

I can't help the way I am as a person, I like to feel CUTE, but I do have mood shifts, so ****, I'm sorry if...know what, I'm done.

 

[Ussi]

Just cause you have difficultly doesn't mean we cater to your needs on the internet.

 

[Scatz]

And other people have extreme difficulty with their problems too. You're using your issue as a crutch to making it seem like a more permanent issue than just manning up and taking that **** down with your bare hands. We aren't here to baby anybody, but we do identify issues and try to help when we can.

Edit: ****ing ninja'd

 

[Sinister Slush]

lel ele .

 

[Phoenix Lord']

*sigh* Does, NOBODY understand what emotional instability is?

No, but with the contextual evidence I've been given I'd say that you're claiming to have unstable emotions. Have you considered putting a coaster or something under one of the legs to stop its wobbling?

 

[1PokeMastr]

What they're trying to say is that we don't care.

 

[Geoberos]

I like to feel smart, but when I try so with friends who I only know by internet, I pretty much get shot down. So I keep it with those who I know personally, cause it's funner when they poke fun at my ineptitude. #dirtyasian

Raging could also be a lopsided emotion. Gets no where on the internet. Could've scared off our 12yo Fox prodigy when I raged at one tournament from ever attending our scene again. Realize it, then get over it.

Or you could get horses to live inside your emotions and call that stable.

What they're trying to say is that we don't care.

Possibly so. What is personal life [problems] on the internet.
(Other than "jobs" and "money", but those can get tiring to see time to time)

 

[1PokeMastr]

The legs are mesmerizing, it's such a smooth gif.

 

[Sinister Slush]

Horses inside your emotions and call it stable.
Stable.
You clever ************.

 

[PZ]

This page...

 

[Thor]

If punctuation in names is a hallmark of a skilled pika player, I think my name is amazingly apt.

If that's the case, I have yet to earn the capitalization of the first letter in my name.

My name is the name I go by in real life because most people can't properly pronounce Thornton. And Thor sounds fine as it is, no need to make people spend extra time talking to me when no one wants to anyway.

You may not like conforming to the social meta, but it feels like there's unwritten rules about posting, which when broken can set you up for some troll fodder and get picked on for.
When a certain style of posting doesn't work, it's best to find another way. Much what happened to TG's old ways. Took him a while, but he somewhat changed his ways, but that notoriety still silently looms over him, remembered by those who knew him then.
The are aspects that I do find personally bothersome that if I was *** enough, I would pick on you too. But opinions are opinions and you're free to style your posts however you want. Though I do prefer to check how my posts appear to everyone else and not give them anything to pick about.
People lash out, people vent. But don't delude yourself in "nothing I can do about it." That's some enabling **** right there. Lashing out just breaks **** (ephy and leaf for me), but if I didn't keep that in check, I would've been demoted and banned in the xat and probably would've said something to receive an infraction after that spat with you in the threads.
Still learning to let go of grudges though. Damn myself if I say "nothing I can do about it" so I'll say "it's a slow process."

Just because there are unwritten rules doesn't mean you have to enforce them on someone who doesn't fully understand them. And that also doesn't mean we can't make those rules irrelevant or different on the PGD.

Your attempt to make it sound inevitable is merely complicity in the fact that those who lack communication skills are actively ostracized. Attack someone for race or sexual orientation and a wall of hate washes back over that person. Attack someone because they're bad at communication or new and don't fully understand how to communicate and they're celebrated and get "Likes." Pathetic.

I get hurt pretty easily, and take things to heart

Sounds like me-

It's difficult to control my impulsive behavior

Never mind. I've sort of given up on receiving anything resembling respect from people, so I just sort of don't care. Apathy can work wonders, AngelRibbon (I think that's right).

*sigh* Does, NOBODY understand what emotional instability is? IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTY WORKING WITH, JESUS CHRIST
I can't help the way I am as a person, I like to feel CUTE, but I do have mood shifts, so ****, I'm sorry if...know what, I'm done.

Try this: figure out what sort of mood you want to be in when you post, and if you aren't feeling A) that your post reflects how you're feeling and B) that you're in the right mood to post, don't hit the post button.

Then as stuff gets easier over time, this can become irrelevant or less used.

What they're trying to say is that we don't care.

What you're trying to say is that you lack empathy. Maybe if you had some you'd go easier on him or take his posts in stride, considering that you expect him to take the various crap y'all dish out in stride then rage at him when he responds. Maybe he started it, but you escalating the situation is the perfect way to create the gigantic mess of posts that add up to a pity-party rage-fest, or something like that.

And since it's your kind of statement, the argument "or he could just not start stuff" is condescending and makes the assumption that he knows exactly what you want/ what will start something and how to avoid it, which is on-face absurd (a lot of this seems accidental). Application of Vygotsky's Theorem by all sides would do this thread a lot of good right about now...

 

[Angiance]

I never told y'all to care, I was just saying how I am, and how I'm TRYING to work with it, sheesh. I've got VERY shifty moods, so deal with it...

Any artist here?

 

[~Radiance~]

welcome to the PGD. You learn by making mistakes and understanding that this isnt a roleplay forum, its a general discussion forum about random shiz. like, I am in school to be a therapist but it definitely feels like the social instabilty thing and lashing out at others because we apparently dont understand what that means for you is just going to make us care about your situation less. also the RP'ing lol. its like if i came in and was like *giggles* the life of a latias is so carefree and amazing *soars around kaylo*.

permission to ban me if I ever do that again Kloz k thx.

wait.....did i miss movie night or is that tomorrow? ts 4pm my time I think and I have a class at 5 so ill try to watch a bit of it.

I think what it boils down to is this: some of us can just choose to not let weird social behaviors bother us, thats what i do. others want to pick on people for that because its easy. if you are targeted by those people just try and ignore it and it WILL go away. if someone wants to waste their energy by being mean, dont let that energy penetrate your zone.

 

[Angiance]

Uggggggggggggggggggh, I NEVER TOLD ANYONE TO CARE, AT THIS POINT PEOPLE ARE JUST USING ME TO AMUSE THEMSELVES, THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO END THIS **** GODDAMMIT

Any issues I have, like I constantly tell my friends, I will fix on my own, because I feel they are personal

If there is anymore talk about me on this subject, I'm calling it harassment

Any artist in here? Like digital artist?

 

[Geoberos]

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Just because there are unwritten rules doesn't mean you have to enforce them on someone who doesn't fully understand them. And that also doesn't mean we can't make those rules irrelevant or different on the PGD.

Your attempt to make it sound inevitable is merely complicity in the fact that those who lack communication skills are actively ostracized. Attack someone for race or sexual orientation and a wall of hate washes back over that person. Attack someone because they're bad at communication or new and don't fully understand how to communicate and they're celebrated and get "Likes." Pathetic.

Didn't mean to say that "these are rules and you must follow them" or that "getting picked on is punishment for breaking the rules."
Meant it to be moreso a guideline to not make yourself vulnerable to be picked on.

Welcome to the internet. Everything that you said is what happens on the internet because that's what the majority of internet-dwellers do. Possibly from ignorance, possibly from boredom, possibly from misguided self-rightousness. Everyone is pathetic and most of them don't care. #humanity
That or those with the like button can be just as cynical.

Uggggggggggggggggggh, I NEVER TOLD ANYONE TO CARE, AT THIS POINT PEOPLE ARE JUST USING ME TO AMUSE THEMSELVES, THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO END THIS **** GODDAMMIT

Any issues I have, like I constantly tell my friends, I will fix on my own, because I feel they are personal

If there is anymore talk about me on this subject, I'm calling it harassment

Any artist in here? Like digital artist?

Shame it happened like the path of the TG. Once that wrong step has been taken, certain people would never let it down.

Unless you're looking for specifically Pikas who draw, you should go find the Artist Emporium section in the site for other artists.

 

[Sunnysunny]

So like.
I went to the reptile expo today, and got to hold a ton of cute scaleys.
Specifically this little guy!

Spoiler

It's a baby caiman~
They're basically miniature alligators, and normally they instinctual bite something if it gets near them and don't let go, but I guess this guy was raised from birth not too. I've totally been wanting one forever!

They unfortunately get like
4 feet long though and can live past 100 years. So...if I got one, these little guys would outlive me. Still rad though.

 

[Angiance]

Geo, I'm just trying to be the life of PGD at this point, it's fairly dead

Sunny, you must've been scared holding it...

 

[Sunnysunny]

Nahhhh.
Bites happen. My sister breeds a lot of reptiles and I often help out with taking care of them and what not. The majority of them are pretty calm sociable creatures, but having to deal with ones that had just layed eggs often get bitey and defensive. As a dog groomer, and a reptile breeding assistant, you get use to it.

Also dude it's a mini alligator. That's awesome!

 

[Geoberos]

Don't mind pony referencing, but I think that might be the miniature alligator that is based on for Gummy, especially the instinctual biting of anything near.
I'd love to see the 4 feet long alligator pull a Hachiko for you, Sunny.

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True that there are different reasons for this thread being fairly dead, but a lot of us are already used to it and don't mind being so.
Don't know if they're as patient as me or they simply don't care.
Nothing really is posted unless something interesting or silly.
Might have been possibly why most of the small talk has been ignored.

Granted the pika chat is no longer active to do so, and I guess it would be brought in the PGD.
Though I personally prefer not to treat a thread like a chatroom -- having some meat to each post
Unless you got a really good one liner.

 

[Angiance]

Right-right, you sound pretty fearless though, Sunny. A mini-gator'd chomp your fingers off

 

[1PokeMastr]

Yes Thor, I don't care about other humans.
Not being sarcastic either.