Post by Lucy Honeychurch on Jan 29, 2016 11:09:18 GMT -5
I don't even think this guy is that attractive. He looks dumb and beefy. And his instagram is totally devoid of pictures of his fiancee, while hers has him all over it. Also, he's THAT GUY who makes the same meal every day of the week. And they're not good meals. There's an insta of him meal-prepping with fish, peas and rice. For like seven days. Fuck that. I want an attractive vet who will sit with me and watch Real Housewives and eat a bag of chips.
I would assume any moisture-wicking insert? Like a Dr. Scholls?
I knew I could count on you for a suggestion. Thank you. I'll give it a try.
The funny thing is with this pair of shoes is only the left one is doing it.
I have a pair of sandals. The right one squeaks. I have no idea why. It's the MOST IRRITATING THING ON THE PLANET. And yet I keep wearing them, because I love them.
Have you seen many threats around here that were this prolonged and specific? C'mon, this is not comparable to you threatening to pop someone in the face in the heat of an argument.
I was never really afraid for my safety after reading Gypsy's neckstab thing, even though I think she's an unstable loon. But it also wasn't made directly to me, with many accompanying details of how she had THE POWER to do it.
KOKO, if that WOT was aimed at you, what would your H tell you to do?
Listen, my H would tell me to log off right now and delete my account just for being involved in this discussion at all. H doesn't count, lol.
I was being serious when I made that comparison. Because if you really do feel that just threatening somebody, regardless of intent or ability to follow through, is enough to make you want to leave the boards, we wouldn't have a lot of people. Which is why I was asking it the way I was. I guess I don't consider it a legit threat, which is why I am not taking it as seriously as I guess I should. I'm not saying people can or can't be like "WTF?" about it. What I'm speaking to is really the fact people are acting like this is the first and worst threat directed at somebody on GBCN. That's all.
I am officially uncomfortable at this point.
I don't think it's the worst, necessarily; but it was oddly specific, and it was repeated. And it was stated that she'd done these things before and had no compunction about doing them again. Lastly, she has not been back to say that she wouldn't do those things.
I think I outlined why I felt this threat was maybe more credible in my post above.
I'm here. Threatening, to me, is enough. I don't care to debate the merits of whether or not she really can or would follow through. The plain fact is, people HAVE followed through on that shit around here, and I am absolutely not here for a board that sits back and is all, "Well, she deserved it; she was a bit of a cunt in that thread."
Right. So, I think that if we're going to be honest, people have threatened people on here before. Sometimes it comes off as ridiculous and clownish, sometimes it comes off as "WTF?!" So if you feel threatening is enough, then I should probably be banned from here. Seriously. Because I've said I was going to pop people in their face before, so if me actually being able or willing to follow through doesn't matter then I guess I should be X'd.
I'm not being facetious, I'm trying to get to figuring out if people are actually upset about the threatening, or upset about the threatening because of who it is/what context it was in. Maybe this goes back to 05Heel and her everybody acting shocked. It's not that they were okay, it's that people are genuinely acting like this is the first time this has ever happened and we all need to be afraid for ourselves.
For me, threatening to have someone fired, claiming to have done so in the past, and specifically telling them this is a warning to them? That's fucking frightening to me. If you told me you were going to pop me in the face, I'd laugh at you and be all YOU HAVE TO CATCH ME FIRST.
I am upset about the nature of the threats. I think kirkette had valid points, and I think booby probably poked her too hard in too sensitive a place. I am on neither one's real side here; but specific, pinpointed threats against someone are not okay in my book, regardless of who writes them.
I AM shocked when people threaten others IRL. I was shocked when it happened to Stumpy. I was shocked when amoosed outed pagas's name. I am shocked just about every time it happens, because it's such a boundary cross for me that I can't conceive of doing it to anyone else.
I get that Kirkette was and is angry, and I think she has a right to be where booby is concerned. I am not down with threatening someone's livelihood and thus family offline, or talking about ruining someone's life offline.
I'm here. Threatening, to me, is enough. I don't care to debate the merits of whether or not she really can or would follow through. The plain fact is, people HAVE followed through on that shit around here, and I am absolutely not here for a board that sits back and is all, "Well, she deserved it; she was a bit of a cunt in that thread."
People. No one is really saying this.
The main thrust of what I'm hearing is, "Well, don't go after people then."
How do we decipher what is a real threat and what isn't?
Especially when the person saying them is insisting they are real? And bragging about having followed through on what she has threatening?
Just to clarify, I'm not taking sides. A lot of ridiculousness has been said by both posters who I generally like.
I'm here. Threatening, to me, is enough. I don't care to debate the merits of whether or not she really can or would follow through. The plain fact is, people HAVE followed through on that shit around here, and I am absolutely not here for a board that sits back and is all, "Well, she deserved it; she was a bit of a cunt in that thread."
Not putting up with foolishness is one thing. Threats of off-board retaliation, in real life, are another thing entirely for me.
Well here's where I admit that I don't give a fuck about things like that either. Not that I would do it, mind you. But I can't be sad when people accidentally fuck with the wrong one. You're supposed to assume that everyone here is potentially the wrong one and conduct yourself accordingly. And I 100% picked up on the low-key shade that Kirkette was referring to, so if it pissed her all the way off, so be it. Life lesson for all.
I've never inspired the ire in others that Booby seems to, both here and IRL. Some people are just exceedingly obnoxious. ::Kanyeshrug::
I CAN be sad when people fuck with someone they don't realize is inherently an actual threat. I don't know that I honestly want to stick around on a board where this is going to be considered justified and perfectly normal. Getting someone fired, threatening to pull nebulous strings of one kind or another -- that shit is not normal, and I don't give a great goddamn if someone thinks booby deserves it just for saying something controversial on a message board.
God knows I've said my share of unpleasant things here, and while I fully accept the consequences of those things, I am not ready to say I deserve to be threatened offline for them.
@fryjack , I'm posting information because the content is not a problem to me. We're becoming more public IRL. If we ever hung out in real life, you'd know that when we're out, you probably run into me, or someone who knows me. It's a small world.
What I'm not okay with, is the targeting. Again, it seems like she keeps targeting black female posters. Some will get into verbal battles. Some won't. I'm just saying, when a group of black posters are seeing a lot of what I'm seeing, you (collective) may want to take a moment and wonder why, or you can keep laughing.
She may just be an asshole. That's fine. But Stellas, and SueSue were just assholes too right?
I don't think many people are laughing after your last post. Which was blatantly threatening.
Post by Lucy Honeychurch on Jan 26, 2016 11:48:32 GMT -5
Lately my face regimen has been awesome for my skin. Exfoliation with plain old apricot scrub, orange-blossom water as toner, philosophy miracle cream.
Breakthrough about what, exactly? That Booby ain't shit? That's old news. She's been not shit on topics like this off and on over the years. I think some of you all expect way too much out of these race discussions. Water is wet and some people ain't shit. That's the gist of it. No different than BLM. No they don't. End of replies.
But that's the problem, or at least my problem with @booby . I don't know her. I don't care to want to know her. I usually ignore her. However, do I know for a fact that she is blatantly TARGETING ME, and it makes me highly uncomfortable especially since I have children.
Yes, I know I've been wordy and ranty lately. Yes, I know I've been frustrated. It's coming up more and more, because people keep cross posting drama, and ML loves a good fight or catfish story.
However, what I don't understand, is why she won't stop, and why it's being glossed over because people are trying to be "nice".
Generally I really like you, but this is a bit bizarre coming from someone who nonchalantly said they pull strings to dispose of people through prosecution, firing, jail. I found that a little chilling, honestly. I don't see @pilotgrigio being genuinely threatening in any manner, even if she is going after you on the boards.
This reminds me of my friend who was like "well I breastfed so I lost the 60 lbs I gained within two weeks." Bitch please. I breastfeed too and I have to exercise at least 3x a week and practically starve myself to lose about .5 lb a week. At 8 months pp I still have 10 lb to go. And I have had a much easier time than my other friend who was unable to lose a single pound no matter what she did until she weaned.
Heeee, like the celebrities who are like, "well, I breastfed, and I chase toddlers around all day! It's how I lose weight!". Plus, you know, the macrobiotic chef and the four-hour workouts six days a week.
I'm with LHC and tamb. I kind of feel sorry for her in some way. There is a touch of sadness there. I am not saying that what she did and said was right, but there is just enough pitifulness there to tug at my heart a "tiny" bit.
Thanks for sharing. I always thought orthorexia had more to do with being gym/workout obsessed (rather than "healthy obsessed"). Is there another term for that?
Gym and exercise obsession, I think, is considered a form of bulimia, in that it's a purge.
Post by Lucy Honeychurch on Jan 26, 2016 10:12:53 GMT -5
I do feel a bit sorry for tinybride though. I don't get the sense that she maybe has many friends. I don't know, I haven't read her blog or anything. But I remember the super-secret wedding ceremony thing, and I wonder if maybe she's a little constricted by her assigned role as wife and mother. It would certainly explain her need to seek accolades.
I don't know. It was badly done and badly handled, and I wish she'd apologize sincerely. I don't find her too offensive, mainly just a bit silly, so I don't take much of what she says seriously; but she clearly hurt some people here and that sucks. It's one thing on these boards to get into a verbal scuffle over various issues; it's another to, inadvertently or not, strike at the very heart of basic insecurities people have.