I think you obsess too much with that non-issue.
Libb
joined 2 years ago
Has not yet happened but since I use it for drafting it would not be an issue for me.
Hi, I’m 21/male from Germany and to me it seems like people here are constantly negative
Depends where you look, imho. (50+ male, from France ;))
I mean, if you mostly read negative topics, well, you will read more negative content. I don't read those (no politics, no drama, no call to hate, no nothing like that) and I don't have to read that much negativity.
Why do people waste all this time with complaining and being negative if they could use this time to be grateful, enjoy life and make the world a better place?
Let me ask you this: weren't you just negative by asking that instead of, say, showing us by example how to share/read positive content and... make the world a better place? See, negativity is very easy to fall into ;)
I think I’m noticing this particularly in older people including my parents.
I think you may be noticing wrong but who knows? Once again, I'm well into my 50s and I try to see things in a positive way, no matter what's going on. I don't think it's age (or sex/gender, or politics, or culinary taste)-related. It's a personal thing.
Very interesting, thx for sharing, & I'm glad that you succeeded.
To remove the 'ribbon' from the typewriter equation, I've switched to a... thermal typewriter. It's obviously not the same type of machine at all but it does the trick and somehow it's still ok to use. Huge bonus: it's almost dead silent, something my spouse appreciate a lot. No idea why 8)
As far as I know, the current culture around dating/relationships includes meeting your SO’s family
Date someone that doesn't rely on ready-made recipes/expectations to meet people?
I mean if your family is screwed up (mine was), you should not be bothered to try to explain it to anyone. Not mentioning that most likely it'll end giving the exact opposite result of what you're looking for (I mean, anyone hearing someone telling them 'fear not, my family is nuts but me yeah I'm 100% ok' won't feel that confident about you). That's also useless.
Like I said, my family was... problematic. Did I try to rationalize them? nope. What I did is that as soon as I was able to, I let them behind me where they could live their live like they wanted to, and I started living my own... and meeting people that would not care the reason why 'mom/dad/family' was not an essential part of my own live. That works. Ask my spouse ;)
- My fountain pen (and ballpoint too), paper notebook and print books: no login required, no tracking, no sub (and no constant need to upgrade to the newest version: some of my fountain pens are older than I'm (I'm 50+ ;)
- My DVDs and CDs: no login required, no tracking, no sub.
Reading. Writing.
Like everybody around here, I get random downvotes too but I've yet to see anyone harassing that poor downvote button against my previous messages (I would not be surprised if this changed right after I publish this comment).
A few times, I 've seen multiple posts of mine get downvoted in a row in some thread. I supposed it was the action of someone disagreeing with me and wanting to 'punish' me for our diverging opinions but I could not tell, and I don't care much either.
Much more than knowing someone may not like what I said, I'm interested in knowing their reasons why they disagree with what I said, or how I said it (even more so that I'm still learning English, so any remark can help me correct mistakes no matter how unpleasant the remark can be).
Alas, many people seem to think downvoting is enough an argument to say out loud they disagree with someone and to demonstrate how wrong they're. It is not, at least not for me. I don't know about them but I only write what I think, and what I think doesn't change with the direction of the wind, or with the amount of + or - votes it receives. It can change when I'm faced with convincing arguments.
But arguments require a tad more work to share than just hitting the downvote button. Work not that many people seem to be willing to do.
I don't mind my journal being messy. I don't make it look it so (save the first page, like I already explained) but shits do happen and I also do a lot of mistakes or I will strike something and so on. That's fine for me. But I must also say I can also appreciate when I can see pictures of others 'nice' journals. It's just, I don't need to feel that for my own journal.
What do you call 'political violence'?
The biggest counterpoint I have is simply that I enjoy camping. Good luck finding a desk lamp when you’re 5 miles into the woods.
Nothing to answer there :P
Well, it's not an issue for me and I also think it's a non-issue. Hopefully, you will allow me to have my own opinion on a question or should I ask for your permission first?
And btw by 'obsessing' I was only reacting to the fact that out of the two discussions/threads we participated in you and I in the last couple days (threads you initiated) both were about your very personal issue with people apparently heavily downvoting you. I could suggest you go back reading my answer in that first thread, but I'm starting to realize you may not want to discuss my suggestion and would rather be told you're right. Which I think you're not, if that was not obvious. See? I don't need to downvote you to share the fact I don't agree with you.
Black and white? I'm not and I would even suggest that it would help (you) if you stopped making a personal attack out of any remark that doesn't fit your narrative. Was I supposed to write a 40 pages essay to make my opinion more acceptable to you? Fine, I will do it after I read your own 40 pages.
But worry not as I won't bother you with that ever again or with any suggestion that you would gain a lot by focusing your energy and time (think how precious time is) on things you can act upon, and learn to live with the world around you and people not being perfect (that means all of us, you and I included). If you really want to believe that fighting the 'issue' of Downvotes will make your life better, by all mean keep on doing it.
And be assured I did not Downvote you, and only tried to suggest you may be adventuring yourself in some kind of a dead-end and, once again, that you may be wasting some real precious time, time you will never be able to get back the day you realize you could have spend it on something worthwhile. Have a nice day.
edit: clarifications.