For the love of all that is effing holy - quit arguing!

yes, that is true, but if there were a way for people to click on posts and have them automatically deleted or something, that might be nice.  i can't remember wheeree it was .. maybe on irc or a drawing game... if a certain number of people voted to block you, out you go.

It's really too bad. You know if some said something like that to me, it would totally cause me to pause and consider my words and the place they were coming from. I have hard days too. I could easily come here or anywhere else and take out my frustration on everyone.

With that, I need to shut this thread out of my brain today. For the very first time in 6 years now I feel like there is a bit of mental space in my head just for me to fill that isn't full of anxiety, panic, and worry and I want to fill it positively.

As busy said, the peas can be very, very awesome. I know when we are at our best,we are amazing. ❤️

Not a fan of that either. LOL While there are a few people I wish would stop posting their crap here and wonder what positivity they actually get out of their time here, I would not want the number of people blocking them to make them be booted out. What if a group of posters just decided they didn't like you and blocked you, for no other reason than they don't like you?

Never. Based on the proliferation of memes about it alone. 😝

if i recall correctly, it wasn't a permanent ban or anything, just a boot out for some time period.  idk the answer, but the toxicity of the internet has gotten out of control since people have lost their damn minds.

You recognize that you just posted this, when not 5 minuets before you were being a bitch to another poster, right? You are contributing to the toxicity of this thread. 

You know, I know it would you, because I think I know the kind of person you are, but it wouldn’t be perceived that way by many others. I also think if someone like you said to
It to me, I would take it much differently (knowing it likely came from a place of kindness and concern) than others.

Unfortunately, I think because covid was so politicized and because of the 24 hour news cycle, politics have become so pervasive in everyone’s lives, especially in the last 2 years. I understand some peas would prefer this board remain a happy place without all of the politics. Everyone could use an escape from the stress of the last 2 years. And I understand the frustration when politics pop up on a thread that appears safe. But, I do think the political threads have a place here, too.

I don’t mind the political threads because I stay out of them, but when a post is made asking a specific non-threatening, literally completely innocent question, people need to keep their rude opinions to themselves. I didn’t ask for anyones negative opinions. I asked about where to stay for a vacation. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks about the place I want to visit. It’s my prerogative. You don’t have to like it, but I’ve been going to this said state for at least 15 years, and will continue to do so. Either add answers to the questions, or move on.

I will definitely think twice about posting anything to this board anymore, with the exception of my thoughts and prayers (which some of you don’t agree with, but that’s who *I* am, and will continue to be.), or an actual answer to a question may be able to assist with. And, no, it’s not because I don’t have thick skin. Nothing in that thread was directed at me, but it did not belong there, and I refuse to wade through peas spewing crap on my innocent post. Take it elsewhere.

I will repeat what I said on your thread. There was NO excuse for what happened there. You are a very long standing pea who has always been friendly and respectful. I backed out and said nothing, thinking I should have spoken up before I backed out. I'm sorry that whole thing happened!!
The other problem is that I have family living near that area, which hurts my heart but I love them and will visit when possible.

(BTW: your earrings are great!! How's going with the selling?)

I think that is unreasonable. “Politics” is an amorphous term, and it is pretty easy to tell from a thread title if the thread is about something you would put in the politics bucket.

A lot of us, I think, are processing and following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; that is political, for sure, but it’s what’s on our minds. I posted earlier this week about the anti-trans stuff in Texas; as a parent of a non-gender-conforming kid, that is weighing very heavily on my mind—I don’t think of it (personally) as politics, but as speaking to my deepest parental fears. I also get that, because a political figure is taking the action, it is also politics.

Given the level of argument that can go on in a thread about whether or not to return a shopping cart, I don’t think the arguing is necessarily political anyway.

Oh the irony. Or we can be like you and shit all over a thread and then run away with our tail between our legs. 

I would like to make a point about that thread that went bad. If you are a family that loves a member of the lgbtq+ community, knowing where there isn't acceptance of your loved one in a travel location is important to us.

Also, some of us don't think who our loved ones are should be (is a?) political issue. Calling it that and dismissing it as a political issue in itself can be offensive.

I'm hoping to say this in a non-threatening way because I really want people to understand. This is a huge deal for us and if I were posting like Kiki did, and for some reason didn't know that information about the location I was traveling to, I would have appreciated the posts that had pointed it out.

I do see that some responses got nasty. Those aren't the responses I'm referring to.

I think they do something like that in China. My mom told me about it awhile ago, where they track people and they are dinged for various things (can’t remember what but it was very intrusive and messed up). Not sure we want that here.