The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1580

poohbear_nc · 03-08-2014, 08:21 PM

Well yes - the moving jet stream & polar vortex have created the 'never ending winter' for North America ....

Katsunami · 03-08-2014, 08:26 PM

In the Netherlands, we skipped winter this year.

Today, it was 23 deg. C. in the sun.

Stitchawl · 03-08-2014, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Well yes - the moving jet stream & polar vortex have created the 'never ending winter' for North America ....

It really doesn't surprise me. There has been an Ice Age roughly every 10,000 years in Geologic history. We are already at 11,000 since the last one. We're due... It's one of the reasons I learned how to knapp flint. I'm ready for the Mastodons and the Sabre-toothed tigers when they come back! I've got a cave all picked out!

Stitchawl

poohbear_nc · 03-09-2014, 07:36 PM

I HATE DST! HATE IT! HATE IT!

You can't reset a cat's internal clock without bloodshed!

ProfCrash · 03-09-2014, 08:10 PM

Try a toddlers.

Working on a Jai Lai beer. Good stuff

poohbear_nc · 03-09-2014, 09:29 PM

Good idea! Alcohol to combat DST woes!

Stitchawl · 03-09-2014, 10:05 PM

It's that time again, isn't it...

HomeInMyShoes · 03-11-2014, 01:49 PM

^Haha. Nice.

peachiekene · 03-14-2014, 12:06 AM

I feel weird just randomly popping in here with a vent, but.... I'll do it anyway.

People who insist on posting really nasty and deliberately inflammatory rants about other people's posts on facebook.
If you really don't like what someone posts you can unfollow or unfriend someone. It's REALLY not that hard.

I know people are going to come up and say "this is why I don't use facebook", but I keep up with it to keep in touch with family and friends. It's the easiest way for all of us and it works.

I don't know that they were speaking about me specifically or what... I'm just going through a lot of little things and this person specifically mentioned not wanting people to post up stuff about their kids because it's not interesting to them.

And I do post up stuff about my kids. (I'm a parent. Pretty much EVERY parent I know posts stuff up about their kids.) I DO understand that kids are not everyone's "thing" - I just don't see the need to be insulting. (This person said "ugly" and that some parents aren't good at parenting... which is just really inflammatory.)

As to why I'm friends with this person, they were only recently added because they married into the family and I have only interacted with this person for a handful of hours. With maybe only 10minutes of one on one time.

I know I should just "grow some thicker skin"... I just feel really emotionally fragile right now...

cromag · 03-14-2014, 12:18 AM

I'm not a Facebook expert either, I'm mostly on there to keep an eye on my kids and see some real-life friends that don't live near me.

But, if this person posted to your timeline, you can delete the post. He probably won't even notice. If he does, I'd tell him why.

You might also be able to re-classify him as an "acquaintance" and limit what you see (and what he sees of you).

Good luck.

Hitch · 03-14-2014, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peachiekene

I feel weird just randomly popping in here with a vent, but.... I'll do it anyway.

People who insist on posting really nasty and deliberately inflammatory rants about other people's posts on facebook.
If you really don't like what someone posts you can unfollow or unfriend someone. It's REALLY not that hard.

I know people are going to come up and say "this is why I don't use facebook", but I keep up with it to keep in touch with family and friends. It's the easiest way for all of us and it works.

I don't know that they were speaking about me specifically or what... I'm just going through a lot of little things and this person specifically mentioned not wanting people to post up stuff about their kids because it's not interesting to them.

And I do post up stuff about my kids. (I'm a parent. Pretty much EVERY parent I know posts stuff up about their kids.) I DO understand that kids are not everyone's "thing" - I just don't see the need to be insulting. (This person said "ugly" and that some parents aren't good at parenting... which is just really inflammatory.)

As to why I'm friends with this person, they were only recently added because they married into the family and I have only interacted with this person for a handful of hours. With maybe only 10minutes of one on one time.

I know I should just "grow some thicker skin"... I just feel really emotionally fragile right now...

I am NO facebook expert (it's my least favorite social media app, right up there with tweetering idiots with "selfies"), but can't you either "unfriend" someone like that, or block their posts? I know you can mute posts on G+ (my fave, because of the forum-like atmosphere, which segregates content, so that you can only hang out with "like minds" vis-a-vis interests, topics, etc., so you don't have the kid-haters mixing with kid-lovers, etc.), but I don't know if you can do so on Facebook.

The other alternative is to do what I do...don't look at it for a month or so at a time. I find that the absolute BEST cure for Facebook, which I admit, I also tend to find a bit...time-sucking, with a lot of posts about personal issues or events or occurrences, from people that I don't really know. You can also create groups of people--family, friends, "banished to FB Hell," and you could put her in the latter, so you wouldn't SEE her posts on your stream, if you set it up correctly. (Lots of tutorials on this on the Net).

As somebody said (Guy Kawaski, maybe?), Facebook is for friends, G+ is for business/interests, and that works better for me. Perhaps you should suggest to your new family member (my sympathies) that she might find G+ better suited to her preferences? It actually WOULD be--nice when you can be truthful--and it might get her out of your hair. Just an idea.

Hitch

theinfamousj · 03-14-2014, 07:36 AM

My standard response to people who try to change others rather than modify themselves is to say, "I am sure you are annoyed by that, so I am curious as to why you haven't X." where X in this case is to unsubscribe from a person's posts. You can even encourage them to Google how.

I get smug satisfaction replying reasonably to cranky, nasty online posts.

peachiekene · 03-14-2014, 08:28 AM

Last night, I did unfollow this person so I would not see their posts in my feed.
Some time between then and now I have been unfriended so I do know this person was talking about me. (Possibly not "just me", but I have no way of knowing.)

I don't know this person, but I strongly suspect they intended me to see it before unfriending. I was not unfriended for at least a couple of hours and this person knew I was on at the time.
The worst part, for me, is - I'm not the sort of person who gets offended by "random" defriending. I've never actively checked my numbers and if I do notice someone left, it's usually someone who neither of us really interacted with each other or there are really strong differences. It's never actually hurt my feelings.

I legitimately did not have an opinion of this person before. I also know I shouldn't care, but attacking someone through their children (or pets) is just a very low move.

Katsunami · 03-14-2014, 08:45 AM

All this crap is exactly the reason why I don't do social media, and why (almost) nobody knows both my internet nicks and my real name.

Stitchawl · 03-14-2014, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peachiekene

Last night, I did unfollow this person so I would not see their posts in my feed.
Some time between then and now I have been unfriended so I do know this person was talking about me. (Possibly not "just me", but I have no way of knowing.)

People will love you and people will hate you. And in most cases, it has absolutely nothing to do with you...

Stitchawl

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03-08-2014, 08:21 PM	#23686
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,806 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Well yes - the moving jet stream & polar vortex have created the 'never ending winter' for North America ....

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Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	In the Netherlands, we skipped winter this year. Today, it was 23 deg. C. in the sun.

03-09-2014, 07:36 PM	#23689
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,806 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I HATE DST! HATE IT! HATE IT! You can't reset a cat's internal clock without bloodshed!

03-09-2014, 08:10 PM	#23690
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03-09-2014, 09:29 PM	#23691
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,806 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Good idea! Alcohol to combat DST woes!

03-11-2014, 01:49 PM	#23693
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	^Haha. Nice.

03-14-2014, 12:06 AM	#23694
peachiekene Fanatic Posts: 572 Karma: 1972282 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Hampton Roads, VA, USA Device: kobo aura one, htc 10, kobo glo hd	I feel weird just randomly popping in here with a vent, but.... I'll do it anyway. People who insist on posting really nasty and deliberately inflammatory rants about other people's posts on facebook. If you really don't like what someone posts you can unfollow or unfriend someone. It's REALLY not that hard. I know people are going to come up and say "this is why I don't use facebook", but I keep up with it to keep in touch with family and friends. It's the easiest way for all of us and it works. I don't know that they were speaking about me specifically or what... I'm just going through a lot of little things and this person specifically mentioned not wanting people to post up stuff about their kids because it's not interesting to them. And I do post up stuff about my kids. (I'm a parent. Pretty much EVERY parent I know posts stuff up about their kids.) I DO understand that kids are not everyone's "thing" - I just don't see the need to be insulting. (This person said "ugly" and that some parents aren't good at parenting... which is just really inflammatory.) As to why I'm friends with this person, they were only recently added because they married into the family and I have only interacted with this person for a handful of hours. With maybe only 10minutes of one on one time. I know I should just "grow some thicker skin"... I just feel really emotionally fragile right now...

03-14-2014, 12:18 AM	#23695
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 24,281 Karma: 459220161 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	I'm not a Facebook expert either, I'm mostly on there to keep an eye on my kids and see some real-life friends that don't live near me. But, if this person posted to your timeline, you can delete the post. He probably won't even notice. If he does, I'd tell him why. You might also be able to re-classify him as an "acquaintance" and limit what you see (and what he sees of you). Good luck.

03-14-2014, 07:36 AM	#23697
theinfamousj Groupie Posts: 154 Karma: 2030000 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Glo (pink back)	My standard response to people who try to change others rather than modify themselves is to say, "I am sure you are annoyed by that, so I am curious as to why you haven't X." where X in this case is to unsubscribe from a person's posts. You can even encourage them to Google how. I get smug satisfaction replying reasonably to cranky, nasty online posts.

03-14-2014, 08:28 AM	#23698
peachiekene Fanatic Posts: 572 Karma: 1972282 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Hampton Roads, VA, USA Device: kobo aura one, htc 10, kobo glo hd	Last night, I did unfollow this person so I would not see their posts in my feed. Some time between then and now I have been unfriended so I do know this person was talking about me. (Possibly not "just me", but I have no way of knowing.) I don't know this person, but I strongly suspect they intended me to see it before unfriending. I was not unfriended for at least a couple of hours and this person knew I was on at the time. The worst part, for me, is - I'm not the sort of person who gets offended by "random" defriending. I've never actively checked my numbers and if I do notice someone left, it's usually someone who neither of us really interacted with each other or there are really strong differences. It's never actually hurt my feelings. I legitimately did not have an opinion of this person before. I also know I shouldn't care, but attacking someone through their children (or pets) is just a very low move.

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03-14-2014, 08:45 AM	#23699
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	All this crap is exactly the reason why I don't do social media, and why (almost) nobody knows both my internet nicks and my real name.