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@nicey wrote:
@rusty trawler wrote:
@annette-curtain wrote:
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Netty, you’re a bit of a chameleon, it seem like you transmogrify into a completely different person every time you post a picture
Rusty … she has to keep changing her appearance ….. she is wanted by Interpol for illegal knitting activities …. :lol:
LOL nice. That makes perfect sen
welcome to the boards Gemma.
@annette-curtain wrote:
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Netty, you’re a bit of a chameleon, it seem like you transmogrify into a completely different person every time you post a picture
Welcome fella.
There’s a bit of the dashing man about town about you, so heed my warning: the gals on here are insatiable and many a man has left with his tail between his legs, remarking that it’s better to discuss footy in the snug and familiar environs of the local pub with other males who can’t handle a feisty lass.
Hope you have as much fun as I do.
@sceptical guy wrote:
I’ve not forgotten the trawler’s insults and dares, but for the moment a good version of a song about needy people
You win, Scep. I’m like totally hearting this. Reminds me of a musical project by a group called One Giant Leap.
Well, these are austere times, words.
I think I get that message when I have been disconnected (usually a router problem) and my and my name has remained in the chat room.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention, lucyloxxxx.
Not a song this time but it definitely ticks the memorable performance box in my humble opinion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNKRm6H-qOU
Incidentally, I find Donald O’Connor’s make ’em laugh routine in Singing In The Rain just as great.
@sceptical guy wrote:
and it was a good post by rusty, even though Gorecki doesn’t float my trawler
So you don’t like Gorecki’s seminal work, huh, Mr Philistine? Oh well, check next door in the memorable performance thread, this might float your boat.
I’ve just read some of the reviews and they made me laugh. They tend to concentrate on the negative aspects of Just Chat for the most part, but that’s what motivates people to put cyber pen to cyber paper and vent their spleens. And there is a recurring theme in those reviews that does seem quite accurate to me.
There is a lot of hate in the community that leaves me somewhat dumbfounded. Those few idiots that constantly perpetuate the racism, sexism, other bigoted attitudes and just a general lack of respect, disproportionately affect the mood of the room.
But what those reviews don’t seem to acknowledge is the camaraderie that is to be found within the chat room. I get frustrated by the idiots and trolls and occasionally put my head above the parapet when I think enough is enough – and I know I’m not alone in this as I have witnessed many others offer supportive words to virtual strangers who are experiencing all sorts of difficulties, and we all know a virtual hug and a kind word can be just the tonic when things are getting you down.
And true friendships have been fostered in JC that extend past the confines of the online world. I know some think that the meets are nothing more than opportunities for people to get naughty, but I have noticed that after every meet one of the most common themes of the following chat is that people say things like the people that they met were much lovelier than they had thought, or they are much funnier, or didn’t X make a fool of themselves on the dance floor and wasn’t it such a hoot. And that hardly sounds like the typical gossip of a den of iniquity to me. Incidentally, if anyone has a particular kink for a firefighting six form teacher who can help you with your PAYE forms or the legalities of your divorce, then let’s hook up at the next meet.
I get the point about people announcing that they are going to put people on ‘iggy’ and it can be irritating to see, but I think it is often used as a shorthand/non-offensive way for people to let others know that they think a particular person is a troll or an idiot (and we have our fair share of both) . I have also seen it stated as a supportive gesture, eg: ‘ignore the troll, X, he/she is just trying to get you to react.’
The idiots spoil it for everyone. It’s difficult for the new users to discern the good from the bad when we are responding to the flamers and trolls, for example, and then they may conclude the room is unwelcoming. And that’s an argument that doesn’t hold much truck with me, my personal experience when I was a ‘newbie’ not so long ago could not be more contrary. Right from the very beginning I found people willing to engage with me. I remember that Soulsista in particular happily chatted away with me in the lobby and many others did too. I’ve had many a good chat in JC, with many a good soul and they have tolerated my rather pathetic sense of humour and desire to talk about obscure songs or play Youtube song tennis. Sure it can be cliquey, but people migrate to people they like and they don’t have to talk to everyone.
The biggest issue I have with JC is that we have our regular trolls/idiots and their sole aim appears to be to puncture any harmony in the room and they use it as a platform for their own nasty brand of hate, the most notable offender being A Revisionist*. If he is allowed to do this with impunity is it any wonder some people will conclude that JC is an awful place? I’ve gone into detail about this elsewhere on the boards and I won’t bore you with this again, except to say there’s a footnote to this post.
Oh, and some people seem hell bent on having silly arguments about silly things. But like Satre said, ‘Hell is other people’ – and each one of us happen to be another person’s idea of hell. Sometimes people react to the digs and distasteful comments, but that’s life.
Oh, and another thing, why are do some people have such a prurient interest in other people’s sex lives? Surely as long as people are not doing whatever they are doing to you unless you want them to do whatever they are doing to you.
* Now out of mild curiosity, I only went and had a peek at A-revs’ facebook page
the other day. And, cor-blimey-love -a-duck, I was…. well truth be told, i was quite
dejected by what I saw, because our resident woman-hating racist doesn’t look like
the face of evil. He looks like the average man of the street; he looks like he could be
my dad or, dare I say it, yours. Hardly the Aryan ideal. And using the same flawed
logic that he uses, i.e. non-existent, I have now contented myself that his hair is
fighting to be an afro, and thus he’s the product of miscegenation. Our rev is part of
the rainbow nation. Those of you who would like to make you own mind up on this
burning question can have a looksy here:https://www.facebook.com/raeto.west/photos
There you see, I’m just as guilty as fighting back at the idiots as anyone else might be.
Thought-proving post by the way, Ang.
