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Gibberings CXCI -- these tarts were made for popping

My cat is meowing incessantly whilst I try to have a nap because it's freezing and miserable today. She just wants me to watch her eat or pet her! She's been napping all morning surely it's my turn.
 
I used to have 5 cats at one point, the last one had to be put down a couple of years ago, sadly :( They all lived long happy lives at least, well they seemed happy anyway! I miss them. In retrospect that was too many cats, but 4 were the unintended litter of the mother... before we got her fixed.

I'll probably get a pet again in the future but for now I'm enjoying not having fur everywhere, dead half eaten mice and their organs laying around, fleas, worms, sick, piss, shit and all the other negatives they also bring to the table!
 
mydrugbuddy said:
IME though the whole experience is easier for some than others, it seems to be most difficult for people that have other psychological issues to contend with even if they can cope with the physical side.
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I completely agree. Anybody who equates withdrawal purely with the physical aspect is presumably not getting into problematic use and addiction for the same type of reasons that others who are far more concerned with the psychological aspects of withdrawal are. Addicts are not one homogenous group - every situation is different even where there are broad similarities. In terms of those groups with "broad similarities" I would suggest two distinct groups for a start: those who fall into addiction through excessive use of a broadly hedonistic nature and those who fall into addiction as a means to try to cope with (usually longstanding and deeply rooted) psychological issues and/or mental health issues that were there before addiction took hold and will likely still be there when trying to break addictive behaviours.

It's not a competetion by any means but seems to me fairly obvious that those in the latter group will have more difficulty than those in the former because the phsyical side to addiction is really fairly simple - taper and quit: purely a matter of brain chemistry management. The psychological side is a far more complex beast - especially when you add in all the effects various substances (as well as the types of traumatic experiences that often go hand in hand with addictions) to the pre-existing underlying issues that may be masked but will not be dealt with effectively until consiously faced and engaged with.
 
Sup bitchesss.

Cba reading the whole of this thread but just to let everyone know I'm not dead. I have been having a bash at sobriety which is even more depressing in many ways. Said sobriety would have ended today if not for the fact that a certain website has stopped working for me and the only other drugz I can get are too obvious to be taking at home (meph... it's the smell), too expensive (coke) or too boring (booze). Ah, life.

At least I feel healthy and refreshed... not. Think I'll make myself a milkshake and go back to crying at random TV programmes.

Until next time scumbags <3
 
Eveyvibe said:
Shambles just seen your post but cant be bothered going back to quote as in low signal area. I don't think it cringeworthy when people are inlove. My only issue of the last few weeks, as I said last night, was that every time I tried joining in convos the last few weeks or asked questions was totally ignored. I found that quite rude of posters as if people did that in real life that's how it would come across. I'd understand if I was trolling or trouble-making but I was just trying to join in the conversations. (This is not directed at you by the way, just in response to your post regarding the subject).
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I obviously don't know the specifics and cannot speak for others but it may be worth bearing in mind that you often put people on ignore and it is entirely possible other people may have you on ignore so they may simply not see your posts at all. Other than that, I guess it comes down to the fact that nobody is obliged to talk to anybody else. If people wish to talk to you they will, if they don't they won't. That may seem rather harsh but such is the way of the internet really - it is not the same as talking with people face to face.

FWIW, EADD is far, far more friendly and far, far less cliquey as it was when I first joined. It took nearly a year before anybody really acknowledged my existence (at least that's how I remember it - was certainly a long time anyway). To be fair, I could be quite annoying back than as I really didn't understand how forums - even the internet in general - worked at all and had no real idea of "netiquette" (as I do believe nobody calls it now). As I recall, I gradually realised it was the content of my posts that mattered - when I posted stuff that made good points or that amused people or sparked discussion and so forth people responded to me. I still post pointless drivel at times (far more often than I like to think :o) and I still get ignored when I do.

That was just me and those were different times, but I think I was probably suggesting that simply posting "Hello BLers!!!" won't necessarily inspire people to respond but that doesn't necessarily mean they are being rude or ignoring you so much as that pleasantries and small-talk don't always appeal to everybody at all times. Other times that is exactly what folk want. I am now rambling so...

tl;dr - It is unlikely to be people deliberately blanking you so much as people not having anything to say themselves or perhaps are caught up in some other discussion and are not so great at multitasking (the latter certainly applies to me :!)
 
Well they were also outside cats i guess? If they brought mice inside :D My grandma has cats all the time (found ones), no mice leftovers.

& Those are cute names :) i got abunch of cool cat names in stock since i plan on getting a cat once in the future. Will see =D
 
gardenlane said:
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this squirreling business is bothersome. I am taking a vow of no more nice words to anyone or I'll be flirting with someone.
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Nice words? You barely said a civil word to me.

Shambles said:
FWIW, EADD is far, far more friendly and far, far less cliquey as it was when I first joined. It took nearly a year before anybody really acknowledged my existence (at least that's how I remember it - was certainly a long time anyway).
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This was true for me too. I didn't post in Gibberings until I was a mod, I think. I just didn't find it interesting, and thought it was a little cliquey and inane.

A year down the line, I'm on staff, Gibberings is same as it ever was, then suddenly the concept of the 'Gibberings Clique' emerged from some whore's melt's faulty arsehole. Which would've been all well and good, 'cept nobody knew who was in the Clique; not even alleged members. It was a complete fiction. The non-members of the Clique just tended to have nothing interesting or positive to say, yet resented others doing so.

I went away for a couple of months and Gibberings had 'changed' for me too. Except it hadn't. And it hasn't.
 
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Shambles You make valid points n I do hear what you're saying. However when people are constantly having private in-jokes a daily, it is difficult to try n make conversation so my posts may have been boring. Of course, I have no right to tell others what they should or should talk about but it is a case of allowing for others to join in.

I'll agree to differ as I think it should be the same manners as the street. If someone came up to me n talked to me on the street I'd not ignore them as it would appear rude, however if someone was nasty to
Me IRL I'd ignore them the same way that I would on here.

Evey
 
Sammy G said:
Their skills at harrassing / sexually assaulting unconscious women? Or their computer skills?
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I honestly dont know much about the former, and such 'skills' wouldn't impress me very much. I once had a 'friend' who tried to pick up lone women that were so drunk they could barely walk, its not very often i judge people on their morals, being far from perfect myself, but that really was too low to stoop. I meant their evil computer skills of course. :)
 
I actually agree with Evey here.. there are private conversations going on in here that it just feels rude and awkward to interrupt. I'm happy that you guys are all happy, but she does make a very good point. ;)

On a lighter note.. brrrrr, dentists. £200 in the past month and counting.. wah. :/
 
There are often several simultaneous 'private' conversations in Gibberings though. Go back a few years and it was almost impossible to keep up.

I don't see why anybody should feel intrusive about starting their own, even when there are only two people posting and it appears to be of an intimate nature. It certainly doesn't bother me. I just give 'em the odd 'yuck' and then talk whatever shit I was planning on talking.

The 'group hug' / 'let's all agree with each other' shit is what I find most distasteful, tbh, but there you go.
 
Good afternoon eadd.

I've always thought of Gibberings like a pub - a social, communal space. Hence we see lots of different types of behaviors and interactions some we will like and agree with others that will piss us off. But the key for me is the "social" aspect. Ask yourself would you behave like that in a public space where people congregate to enjoy each other's company, catch, meet up and interact.

Think of Eadd gibberings as a drug pub where it's expected that we'll see extremes of behaviors and norms not accepted in a real life situation. However, there has to be boundaries and communal codes of behavior that make us think of others who are sharing this social space. If we are mindful of others, there may be less conflict and bar room dramas.

Though I do love a good bar room brawl every now and then as long as I'm not involved in it. Happy to hold the door open, to let others escape it too. Poor bloody mods are the ones who have to tidy the mess up afterwards.

I'm shit today, so I'm going back to lurking and trying to settle my head.

Be good but be safe.
 
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