Busty St Clare
Ex-Bluelighter
Bluelight in the beginning was just a bunch of etards who chatted about politics and less interesting shit during suicide Monday's and Tuesday's. Somewhere along the line it was infiltrated by pharma junkies.
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Pet Peeves v. u mad?
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ebola?
Bluelight Crew
bmx said:
In one case, no.
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Honestly, the opposite attitude bothers me more. On more than one occasion, I've seen, "Oh, you think you can post/mod? You don't even take drugs!" That's utterly irrelevant.
ebola
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
apologies, my OP implied that whether using now, or posting in other subbies now, was the litmus test and that's not what i meant. so long as you were brought here for "proper" reasons at some point, welcome aboard. IF you are straight edge, and have no intention of changing that, but just think we "got a good vibe", i don't think you really belong here, no. I wouldn't ask you to leave; i wouldn't tell a mod to try and get you kicked out. But I think it's inappropriate, in the same way it's inappropriate to hang out in marathoner chatrooms if you were born paraplegic. There's a certain amount of "assumed"/givens/premises when posting on BL which, while such conditions clearly not guaranteed or implied by blua (or even common sense), are assumed nonetheless- one is that drugs have SOME relevance to you. If you just found this board when google imageing for some jpg meme and found bluelight, i don't think you belong here the same way.
/had nobody in mind from lounge, and no mods, when writing that. And, did not mean i think one needs to use dsrugs currently (in fact, if i were using i probably wouldn't be around nearly as much). But posting on bluelight when drugs are irrelevant to you is like posting on ESPN's boards when you've never seen or intend to see a game, and lack a television. ESPN's UA prolly doesn't outlaw it, and ppl will let ya stay i'd imagine, but it's weird. it's creepy. you're somewhere you don't "belong" for reasons unknown lol (and that's not to say that, for example, narcs/agents/LE aren't here and *expected*; drugs ARE relevant to them, too, just not for the same reasons)
/god i wish i didn't make that post yesterday lol
/had nobody in mind from lounge, and no mods, when writing that. And, did not mean i think one needs to use dsrugs currently (in fact, if i were using i probably wouldn't be around nearly as much). But posting on bluelight when drugs are irrelevant to you is like posting on ESPN's boards when you've never seen or intend to see a game, and lack a television. ESPN's UA prolly doesn't outlaw it, and ppl will let ya stay i'd imagine, but it's weird. it's creepy. you're somewhere you don't "belong" for reasons unknown lol (and that's not to say that, for example, narcs/agents/LE aren't here and *expected*; drugs ARE relevant to them, too, just not for the same reasons)
/god i wish i didn't make that post yesterday lol
^ there are as many reasons to participate in a community as there are participants. maybe i think your participation here is inappropriate... ![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
bluelight is a harm-reduction community. for some people, the harm-reduction is why they are here. for others, it's the community. for some, participation in the community is their own form of harm-reduction.
alasdair
first, let me say that i fully support your right to be peeved by this...peeves:
- BLer's who are here for reasons having nothing to do with BL/HR/prohibition/getting high. Usually found in 1 subforum they never leave. Loungers who fit this aren't nearly as bad as CEPer's who fit this
bluelight is a harm-reduction community. for some people, the harm-reduction is why they are here. for others, it's the community. for some, participation in the community is their own form of harm-reduction.
alasdair
modern buddha
Bluelighter
bmxxx, I personally don't use drugs. Addip showed me this website and I enjoy the community people show each other here. Yes, I did drugs for a short time, but I think I've made less than five posts pertaining to the use of drugs.
Inb4 no drug talk in SO.
Inb4 no drug talk in SO.
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
i clearly didn't come across right and don't care to elaborate or fix it. consider comment withdrawn.
RedLeader
Bluelight Crew
It peeves me when people throw around the terms "supply" and "demand" to try and sound intelligent. I mean it's all good if they are actually being used properly to support your argument. But when I get the sense that someone just wants to include an example in some writing because that example shows an understanding of these terms, it just irks me. I've seen this happening a lot across BL lately .
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Renz Envy
Bluelighter
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Here's my one negative comment of the day (Trying to hold back judgment of other people.)
Tweaker posts. You know? That wall of text that comes roaring out of the bluelight thread like niagra falls? Somewhere in there I have to find out what the person is asking. Suddenly I realize the wall of text goes past my entire screen. Meanwhile, the post has transformed from talking about medicinal adderall to founding a new nation. I begin to grind my teeth as I read things pertaining to the poster being superior. Finally I reach the conclusion and realize the entire post was their life story.
Tweaker posts. You know? That wall of text that comes roaring out of the bluelight thread like niagra falls? Somewhere in there I have to find out what the person is asking. Suddenly I realize the wall of text goes past my entire screen. Meanwhile, the post has transformed from talking about medicinal adderall to founding a new nation. I begin to grind my teeth as I read things pertaining to the poster being superior. Finally I reach the conclusion and realize the entire post was their life story.
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
It peeves me when people throw around the terms "supply" and "demand" to try and sound intelligent. I mean it's all good if they are actually being used properly to support your argument. But when I get the sense that someone just wants to include an example in some writing because that example shows an understanding of these terms, it just irks me. I've seen this happening a lot across BL lately
LOL howTF do you misuse the terms?? glad i've avoided such threads lol.
/god they are just such simplistic terms!!
//peeve: same, but with *any* type of writing where i can tell that half the point isn't in what the words mean, but the words you're choosing / how you say them. Have been "recruiting" ppl the past couple weeks, one could say, via the internet. I lol4real at resumes/emails like "my skills..for efficiency....strategic positioning.."etc shit w/o ever actually saying anything of substance. [delete email?]/yes
with respect, maybe they're just using them because they believe they're the right words in context and they're not trying, in any way, to sound intelligent? maybe you're reading too much into it?
alasdair
herbavore
Bluelight Crew
I have a pet peeve that just came up for me again recently in the film Silver Linings. The pet peeve is the double standard that exists about women hitting men. In the movie, the main actor is slapped really hard across the face for no apparent reason. Everyone in the audience around me laughs while I wince. It is not cute, it is not funny and it is not acceptable in my world. Why are we supposed to find this cute? If the situation were reversed and the actor hit the actress across the face we would see it for what it is: violence. We would be revolted (hopefully!) It has so many elements that make me mad. "She's just a little girl and her hit doesn't hurt and isn't she cute when she is mad?" "Women make no sense in their emotions". Not to mention the double standard. There. I've vented and I feel better already.
Busty St Clare
Ex-Bluelighter
It's the difference between boys and girls Herbavore. When I was at school I spent my lunch breaks running around tackling my mates playing rugby and play fighting. We would come back scratched and bruised and limping. It wasn't malicious, just boys being boys. Sure it was uncomfortable but you never saw any of us take an aspirin or reach for an ice pack. My point is a slap across the face for most men is not terrible, especially if it is coming from a women. Sometimes it is just the right level of shock to make us see sense. Now I'm not saying girls don't take pain, I've seen both my children born and have seen girlfriends walk ridiculous miles in painful high heels. It is just a solid slap from a man will floor most women, so in fact you are comparing apples and oranges. Believe it or not although we share the same planet we live in completely different Universes.
tackyspiral
Bluelighter
lol this made me laugh.... its impressive you have the patience to even read through all that... but you do realize you are a mod for an essentially "tweaker"esque discussion
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
sites with light text on dark backgrounds (am looking at you guy, shroomery and erowid)
michael
Bluelight Crew
people who refuse to learn from their past mistakes, in this case my stupid job for scheduling me on a night they know i won't work.
modern buddha
Bluelighter
... Niagara*. Just sayin'...
I had my old job do this. I had to be off on Tuesday mornings to volunteer on a local farm. They scheduled me two weeks in a row on Tuesday morning. Is there no one else that can work on a Tuesday morning?!
voxmystic
Bluelighter
I'm not one bit comfortable with this. I want the whole world to quit hitting. Except for sex, when spanking is fun.
Jabberwocky
Frumious Bandersnatch
right now (and anytime the issue isn't happening in front of me), i want to say it should be all equal. but if a guy hits a girl, i cannot view it differently than a guy hitting a kid...
/clearly there are "girls" who this does not apply to. Plz note the usage of quotations, tho.
/clearly there are "girls" who this does not apply to. Plz note the usage of quotations, tho.