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Post by Jaguar on Jul 22, 2013 0:12:26 GMT -5
Yeah the potato I know nothing about, but I thought there was a way to pass it around without purchasing a pbp+ membership.
I divide up and pass out mine most of the time.
Putting out a APB for Virgil Showlion . Question does Patience have to purchase a pbp+ membership to toss the damn potato ? And Virgil why did you do this to him ?
I tossed him the potato because he's a grouch and I figured he'd like to be included in a community game. As for your question: No, you don't need a Proboards+ membership to toss the potato. Just click on it, click on 'Badge Action', and choose who you want to toss the potato to.He can toss it back to me for all I care. I'll pass it to somebody who appreciates it.
@patiencetried is not a grouch Virgil, well maybe like Oscar the Grouch. Thank You Virgil for answering, yes it was a sweet gesture.
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 22, 2013 0:16:21 GMT -5
Now Patience will be wondering why he got all these Tags. Face it Patience welcome to the nutty side of this Board. Your room is over there >>>>>> straight jackets are served with your drinks. Enjoy.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jul 22, 2013 4:29:44 GMT -5
I have to admit, I don't really understand the game(s), and how to use/play them either. It may be obvious to some of you, maybe even most of you, but not to me. I couldn't figure out what to do with the snowman/snowball Virgil hit me with. But I did try. As for being 'friends'... I really am not comfy confronting people usually. On the other hand, I hate the idea of someone thinking either A- They got away with using me. B- I'm too stupid to know I got used. I finally have figured out that these thoughts will swirl around in my chaotic little head, until I say something. One time after not being in contact with a former friend for about a year and and a half, she called me. I was polite but careful to to get sucked in to any of her stories, and also careful not to divulge much of my more recent personal information. I purposely tried to remain distant, as I did not want to get involved with her again. At some point she told me it was her birthday, that day. Then she burst in to tears, saying how much she missed her 'best friend'. I responded by telling her that "I miss the friend I thought I had too". The conversation ended shortly thereafter. I wasn't trying to be mean to her. But she put me through a lot, while we were friends. I wasn't willing to compromise or play down the way I felt about what she had done. I wasn't willing to let her get away with 'it' one more time. So I was straight up and truthful. I did (still do) miss the friend I thought I had in her. A real friend would not do or say the things she did. Much less hope I was either clueless, or that I would go along with it. I hope she learned something from our relationship, and conversation. And that she values the people/her friendships, more now. If not, then I REALLY don't want to associate with her any more. You know what they say~. With friends like that... -Getting opinions/gathering information from various places and people, so that you can form an opinion of your own, is a good thing, IMO. I often will know how I feel about something, but find I need help/suggestions on how to handle it- or what to say/how to say it. Best of luck with this! I hope it goes well for you. I think you will do just fine.
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Post by Otto the Orange on Jul 22, 2013 4:45:43 GMT -5
it's unfortunate, but friendships are a lot like economic interactions
like Clapton said "nobody knows you when ur down & out"
people judge you / friend you based on looks, common interests, success, etc......
this is one of the reason I have few peeps I call friends, but than probably the fact that peeps don't like me has more to do with it than me being picky
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Post by formerroomate99 on Jul 22, 2013 9:21:00 GMT -5
If you enjoy hanging out with them, then enjoy their company when they're around, but don't go to a lot of trouble making time for them, since they will never be close friends.
If they ask you to do something you don't want to do, then say no.
In general, with folks who aren't very close friends, I don't do anything I'm going to resent later, and unless it's an activity I'd be doing anyway, I generally do resent doing things for people that they wouldn't do for me. I don't need those emotions going around my head, and nobody needs to deal with me when I'm angry.
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Post by Otto the Orange on Jul 22, 2013 9:23:52 GMT -5
<<wonders if former roomate is the incredible hulk? :-) >>
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 9:33:29 GMT -5
I find if I keep saying no to requests for help or whatever I don't have to say much. The user moves on cause I can't be used anymore. Another good one is to ask them for something. I've actually been surprised with that one. The person I thought of as a user went to great lengths to help me out once I asked. I realised they weren't using me. In their mind people help each other out, and she accepted her share of responsibility to be a helper. I had just not been asking. A real user will disappear when you start asking them for stuff.
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Post by tskeeter on Jul 22, 2013 10:42:11 GMT -5
Some people are just very internally focused and have a hard time thinking about people around them
Translation - are self abosorbed and selfish.
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Post by mmhmm on Jul 22, 2013 12:16:41 GMT -5
That makes sense, tmr. I'm likely not to even notice a new badge. Still, if you DO notice it and can't figure out what to do with it, PM if you need to and somebody will be glad to help you.
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Post by mmhmm on Jul 22, 2013 12:20:49 GMT -5
it's unfortunate, but friendships are a lot like economic interactions like Clapton said "nobody knows you when ur down & out" people judge you / friend you based on looks, common interests, success, etc...... this is one of the reason I have few peeps I call friends, but than probably the fact that peeps don't like me has more to do with it than me being picky What makes you think people don't like you, Mr. Bill, and what is it about you they don't like? The only people I don't like are those who make it quite clear they're not to be liked. These are people who are cruel, or who take advantage of others, or who are so self-involved there's no room in their lives for anyone besides themselves. You don't seem like any of those to me.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jul 22, 2013 12:22:45 GMT -5
Don't you like your hot potato Patience, it's a game throw it at someone if you want.
I gather that I can't do so without purchasing a pbp + membership. I'm not particularly interested in forking over $2.95 per month, deducted automatically every month from my credit card, for the "privilege" of flinging silly emoticons at people I've never met. Classmates.com, ancestry.com, encyclopediabritannica.com, nytimes.com, my local newsmedia's on-line services, etc. etc. etc. All those "nominal" fees tend to accumulate. If you want to toss it it's free. Can I recommend tossing it to kgb18 if you don't want it? She doesn't think it looks like a potato but something more interesting.
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 22, 2013 13:33:50 GMT -5
I gather that I can't do so without purchasing a pbp + membership. I'm not particularly interested in forking over $2.95 per month, deducted automatically every month from my credit card, for the "privilege" of flinging silly emoticons at people I've never met. Classmates.com, ancestry.com, encyclopediabritannica.com, nytimes.com, my local newsmedia's on-line services, etc. etc. etc. All those "nominal" fees tend to accumulate. If you want to toss it it's free. Can I recommend tossing it to kgb18 if you don't want it? She doesn't think it looks like a potato but something more interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 16:03:46 GMT -5
Now Patience will be wondering why he got all these Tags. Face it Patience welcome to the nutty side of this Board. Your room is over there >>>>>> straight jackets are served with your drinks. Enjoy.
? I reached adulthood without hand-held videogames or smartphones... the bells and whistles and flashy app/gimmicks just don't impress me. I guess I wasn't trained to appreciate them for the wondrous phenomena they are. To me they're just silly toys and distractions.
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 22, 2013 16:34:24 GMT -5
Now Patience will be wondering why he got all these Tags. Face it Patience welcome to the nutty side of this Board. Your room is over there >>>>>> straight jackets are served with your drinks. Enjoy.
? I reached adulthood without hand-held videogames or smartphones... the bells and whistles and flashy app/gimmicks just don't impress me. I guess I wasn't trained to appreciate them for the wondrous phenomena they are. To me they're just silly toys and distractions.
Alright Patience then just pass the potato on then, it's alright not to like flash. I never had anything myself but to me it's the thought behind it not so much the trinket.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 18:57:37 GMT -5
"The thought behind it"? Indeed. Ennyhoo, I've now got a magically perpetually hot tuber in my possession... and I just might never give it up, ever. My Precious. Magikal thinges are exceedingly rare. (I don't suppose it could be carved into a Ring of power, could it?)
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 22, 2013 18:59:51 GMT -5
"The thought behind it"? Indeed. Ennyhoo, I've now got a magically perpetually hot tuber in my possession... and I just might never give it up, ever. My Precious. Magikal thinges are exceedingly rare. (I don't suppose it could be carved into a Ring of power, could it?)
I think when you hand it to others it turns into something else like a virtual bag of chips or something. It's one I know nothing about sorry.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 19:13:24 GMT -5
I can make virtual Homefries! With chipotle!
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Post by swamp on Jul 22, 2013 19:25:44 GMT -5
Hot potato? It looks like a flaming shit.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Jul 22, 2013 20:27:14 GMT -5
Hot potato? It looks like a flaming shit. Ruh roh. You fail the Rorschach test.
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 22, 2013 20:29:39 GMT -5
Hot potato? It looks like a flaming shit.
Oh a flaming piece of turd, wonderful.
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Post by Jaguar on Jul 22, 2013 20:30:54 GMT -5
I can make virtual Homefries! With chipotle!
You like spicy homefries ?
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Post by Otto the Orange on Jul 23, 2013 2:50:34 GMT -5
it's unfortunate, but friendships are a lot like economic interactions like Clapton said "nobody knows you when ur down & out" people judge you / friend you based on looks, common interests, success, etc...... this is one of the reason I have few peeps I call friends, but than probably the fact that peeps don't like me has more to do with it than me being picky What makes you think people don't like you, Mr. Bill, and what is it about you they don't like? The only people I don't like are those who make it quite clear they're not to be liked. These are people who are cruel, or who take advantage of others, or who are so self-involved there's no room in their lives for anyone besides themselves. You don't seem like any of those to me. awww mmmhmmm, will you be my BFF? just people are wierd. Who knows, maybe one day I had a booger hanging out of my nose and I got ostracized for that? maybe the fact that I don't like sports at all (actually I do like sports, just not all the commercialism, so I fell out fo sports due to that)? The fact my neighbor got a brand new BMW and I wasn't overly impressed (I have no desire for fancy cars either), I mean I gave him props and stuff but I wasn't like super jealous or anything? but like I said peeps are weird I used to always try to be all happy, morale booster at work, invite people over to the house, send mass emails to former classmates & stuff that I thought liked me, ......and how many people ever invited me over their place? how many replied to my email or ask about me? my own brother hasn't called me in over a year for whatever reason (he's a travelling vagabond, and I've left messages and no returned calls) so f'em. No more invites and emails to peeps. I have a small group of friends and am cautious of who I attempt to let in. but for serious different people have different expectations of friends
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Post by kgb18 on Jul 27, 2013 15:06:28 GMT -5
I've been MIA. So busy, but ... Guilty as charged. And poo wasn't what I thought it looked like.
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Post by motherto2 on Jul 28, 2013 19:54:52 GMT -5
OK first of all - what in the world are you guys talking about throwing around a hot mess of poo? News to me But the post = I had a friend that I finally realized that she seemed to get in touch with me when she was having one of those home parties. I can't tell you how many she invited to me. I went to some. The last straw was when she invited me to one of those places where you make up meals in a bag, then freeze them, and take it out of the freezer to thaw while you are at work. I hadn't kind of heard of them, but didn't realize that it was a party, where she would get free meals if her people at the party bought so much...... I had no idea it was a party - I thought she just wanted to go and do it and see what it was about. Imagine my surprise, and anger, when I realized it was yet another party. I had just separated from my husband, so I gave her the excuse that I just didn't have that kind of money to put out for already made meals. Then I left. She's tried to get me to come to a couple of other parties since then, I just ignore her and chuckle. It hurts your feelings when you realize all you are to someone is free "stuff". Since you've already had the feeling about this person, even prior to the last request, I'd drop them. People come into our lives for a season, I'd say the season is over.
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