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Post by LiLi on Jul 1, 2015 22:07:31 GMT
Free bird, well your name makes you sound like a hippie teen, so there. And WHO the hell cares. I said that because I was like WTH? and it seemed the best way to express it. Sorry it wasn't up to your adult standards.
Mature response I see. I didn't expect really more than that.
Irony.
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Post by Zee on Jul 1, 2015 22:07:50 GMT
ahhhh...Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!!! Cindy... With all due respect, I'm curious why you post like this? It makes you sound like a tween.
I do that sometimes, when I'm typing what I'm thinking. What's the big deal?
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Post by myshelly on Jul 1, 2015 22:11:58 GMT
This reminds me how sharks swarm when there is blood in the water. Is anyone absolutely positive it was Scrappower who posted the picture in the first place? So far, from what I can tell, it's just speculation. Or if she did the reasoning behind it? I know she talks about chemo brain. Maybe that had something to do with the post if she actually did post it. Point is no one knows what happened so I'm not going to throw her under the bus because of speculation. How do you think no one knows what happened? We all know exactly what happened. You can see it if you go read the thread everyone is talking about. I just don't get it. Can you please explain your position?
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Post by cindyupnorth on Jul 1, 2015 22:32:11 GMT
Irony. ------------------------------------------
Exactly!! what a hypocrite!
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Post by cindyupnorth on Jul 1, 2015 22:33:48 GMT
I agree with myshelly! We aren't circling! we are trying to figure out what the heck happened to a long time Pea, that has posted (for how many years?), and now has done some major damage and left? it's odd!
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Post by leftturnonly on Jul 1, 2015 22:34:40 GMT
There's no place like peas. There's no place like peas. There's no place like peas.
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Post by winogirl on Jul 1, 2015 22:40:33 GMT
I like Scrappower and wonder why she did that. Not that I really *know* her but it does seem out of character. That's a shame.
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Post by peasapie on Jul 1, 2015 22:44:43 GMT
I once had an employee who sent me a bizarre, out-of-character email of a sexual nature. I was pretty shocked when I received it and wasn't sure how to respond. (Unless she had a career-ending death wish, there would have been no reason to send it.) I responded and told her that I thought her email must have been meant for someone else.
She wrote back a couple of hours later and apologized, saying she had been out and her brother had gotten to her computer and thought it would be funny to do that. She was truly mortified and I'm convinced that she wouldn't have done that herself.
I know some people hide behind the "someone else got to my computer" defense, but there are times when that really happens. I prefer to believe the best of people.
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Post by myshelly on Jul 1, 2015 22:46:17 GMT
I really liked scrappower, too.
I honestly think that if she had just come back and said, look, I'm going through chemo and I'm sick and I don't like the way I look so I posted that picture bc that's how I think of myself, 99% of the peas would have been ok with it and would have let it go.
I don't think anyone was rude to her. I don't think anyone was cruel or mean. I don't think anyone is circling or taking it too far.
She had a chance to fess up, but instead chose to dig herself deeper.
It's ashame she left, but I feel like she'll be back.
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Post by conchita on Jul 1, 2015 22:48:41 GMT
I noticed that she had posted she was 41 in the other thread. And I said this in the other thread, too. But I remember we've had discussions about our age and events during our childhood and recall ScrapPower being at least a decade ahead of me. I know we are not the same age. So I see the possibility that we've had someone posing as Scrappower for quite some time. Because this behavior is not in keeping with the ScrapPower we know.. Inasmuch as you can "know" someone online.
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Post by Rainbow on Jul 1, 2015 22:50:35 GMT
I really liked scrappower, too. I honestly think that if she had just come back and said, look, I'm going through chemo and I'm sick and I don't like the way I look so I posted that picture bc that's how I think of myself, 99% of the peas would have been ok with it and would have let it go. I don't think anyone was rude to her. I don't think anyone was cruel or mean. I don't think anyone is circling or taking it too far. She had a chance to fess up, but instead chose to dig herself deeper. It's ashame she left, but I feel like she'll be back. Oh! She identifies as the woman in the picture. Got it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 22:51:00 GMT
Ok, we all do stupid things. Own it, apologize and move on.
The peas are generally a forgiving bunch. It might take awhile for trust to be re-established, but it will eventually be.
Come back, scrappower, and let's move forward.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 22:51:34 GMT
This reminds me how sharks swarm when there is blood in the water. Is anyone absolutely positive it was Scrappower who posted the picture in the first place? So far, from what I can tell, it's just speculation. Or if she did the reasoning behind it? I know she talks about chemo brain. Maybe that had something to do with the post if she actually did post it. Point is no one knows what happened so I'm not going to throw her under the bus because of speculation. I saw her post the photo herself and she did give background to the photo in follow up posts - she said it was taken by her DH the first time she performed a hand-fasting and that it was taken in Oregon. So, yeah. It's not speculation, it's what happened. Where you sitting next to her when she typed her post. Because if you weren't then you don't know for sure what happened. Or why it happened.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 23:00:46 GMT
This reminds me how sharks swarm when there is blood in the water. Is anyone absolutely positive it was Scrappower who posted the picture in the first place? So far, from what I can tell, it's just speculation. Or if she did the reasoning behind it? I know she talks about chemo brain. Maybe that had something to do with the post if she actually did post it. Point is no one knows what happened so I'm not going to throw her under the bus because of speculation. How do you think no one knows what happened? We all know exactly what happened. You can see it if you go read the thread everyone is talking about. I just don't get it. Can you please explain your position? What amazes me is how easily how some of you choose to believe the worse of someone without knowing all the facts. Again has anyone talked to Scrappower IRL? Until somebody does or until she actually comes on this board and tells us what happened you don't know the facts and why what happened happened.
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Post by compeateropeator on Jul 1, 2015 23:07:38 GMT
I saw her post the photo herself and she did give background to the photo in follow up posts - she said it was taken by her DH the first time she performed a hand-fasting and that it was taken in Oregon. So, yeah. It's not speculation, it's what happened. Where you sitting next to her when she typed her post. Because if you weren't then you don't know for sure what happened. Or why it happened. That is true, things aren't always as they seem and people should be given the benefit of the doubt. I also agree with you a lot... and sometimes not so much. I do believe that if this was someone/a conservative that you don't always agree with your post would be different and you would be telling us the logical reason why it was so obvious what happen. I guess it is just all how you look at it. I hope that your speculations are correct, but would not bet on it with how the postings happened. No matter it is over. Scrappower can come back if she wants, she can create a new identity, she can just lurk, or she can not come to this site ever again. It is all up to her and what she feels like doing. To say that people should not talk about it is silly. It is something out of the ordinary that happen in this community...of course there is going to be speculation and discussions. It is just that it will be happening in a message board format instead of at the water cooler.
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Post by whiskerfish on Jul 1, 2015 23:08:32 GMT
99% of the peas would have been ok with it and would have let it go. That 1% is spectacularly vicious though, so who knows.
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Post by myboysnme on Jul 1, 2015 23:15:23 GMT
I don't generally post pics of myself so I was surprised how many people felt comfortable to do so. When Scrappower posted that photo it was so striking and such an interesting photo that it immediately stood out from the selfies and vacation pics. So when I got back on the board this evening I was truly surprised that such an active pea would first post a fake pic complete with back story and then disappear.
But we really don't know anything on the internet. Any of the photos could be fake. I don't think they are, but they could be. I just think it's a big mystery and wish we could find out what motivated her to post it, maintain the lie, then run. Very interesting.
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Post by myshelly on Jul 1, 2015 23:17:36 GMT
How do you think no one knows what happened? We all know exactly what happened. You can see it if you go read the thread everyone is talking about. I just don't get it. Can you please explain your position? What amazes me is how easily how some of you choose to believe the worse of someone without knowing all the facts. Again has anyone talked to Scrappower IRL? Until somebody does or until she actually comes on this board and tells us what happened you don't know the facts and why what happened happened. Soooooo...now whenever we post under our own username we need to....what? Come back and confirm it was actually us who actually posted under our actual username? We need to work out some kind of code for this, right? I feel like you're just punking us. As they say on reddit...relevant user name, krazy.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 23:19:12 GMT
Where you sitting next to her when she typed her post. Because if you weren't then you don't know for sure what happened. Or why it happened. I do believe that if this was someone/a conservative that you don't always agree with your post would be different and you would be telling us the logical reason why it was so obvious what happen. I guess it is just all how you look at it. I hope that your speculations are correct, but would not bet on it with how the postings happened. Your labeling me by automatically assuming that I wouldn't do this for a "conservative". I hate labeling. In my world wrong is wrong regardless of one's political affiliation.
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Post by Nicole in TX on Jul 1, 2015 23:25:03 GMT
Lots of us have dealt with/are dealing with illness. None of us are using it as an excuse to post random internet photos and claim them as our own.
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Post by sharlag on Jul 1, 2015 23:25:14 GMT
No. But it still surprises me, the things people will lie about. Especially when they lie about things that are so easy to check. And when there's absolutely nothing to gain from lying. It's not like this is a dating site and she was trying to pick up a partner. some of us are single!
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Post by MizIndependent on Jul 1, 2015 23:25:59 GMT
I saw her post the photo herself and she did give background to the photo in follow up posts - she said it was taken by her DH the first time she performed a hand-fasting and that it was taken in Oregon. So, yeah. It's not speculation, it's what happened. Where you sitting next to her when she typed her post. Because if you weren't then you don't know for sure what happened. Or why it happened.
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Post by choppedliver on Jul 1, 2015 23:26:10 GMT
Geez, I didn't even do anything and I feel like I'm in trouble. :-p
-A Different Sam
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Post by ~Lauren~ on Jul 1, 2015 23:27:28 GMT
Yeah is somebody really suggesting that it was from her? Come on
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Post by compeateropeator on Jul 1, 2015 23:29:29 GMT
I do believe that if this was someone/a conservative that you don't always agree with your post would be different and you would be telling us the logical reason why it was so obvious what happen. I guess it is just all how you look at it. I hope that your speculations are correct, but would not bet on it with how the postings happened. Your labeling me by automatically assuming that I wouldn't do this for a "conservative". I hate labeling. In my world wrong is wrong regardless of one's political affiliation. I apologize for offending you or labeling you. However I do think that you have a certain posting style and that is how it comes across to me. Just as I am sure I come across to others in a certain way which may not be my intention or how I am if you see me/know me from more than a handful of post. Unfortunately it is the way of a message board. By the way I used conservative to represent the couple of people who I feel you wouldn't give the benefit of the doubt without naming them. But I do agree with you about labeling people, I guess it shows how easy it is to fall in to that trap.
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Post by epeanymous on Jul 1, 2015 23:39:04 GMT
Occam's Razor says, a fake picture appears, the poster disappears, the poster posted a fake picture.
Common sense says, you post a fake picture of yourself, people are going to talk.
I think it is ok to be upset if you are deceived by someone on the internet (I know, everyone has been waiting anxiously for my approval on that). I've made genuine friends in internet communities, and I don't want to be so closed off as a person that I just assume everyone is a fifty-year-old man in boxers living in his parents' basement.
Based on how awesome that picture was, I am thinking a "Wicca me" app, which would transform ordinary selfies into slightly wistful, soulful portraits with flowing robes and hair would be a big hit.
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Post by loco coco on Jul 1, 2015 23:43:33 GMT
How do you think no one knows what happened? We all know exactly what happened. You can see it if you go read the thread everyone is talking about. I just don't get it. Can you please explain your position? What amazes me is how easily how some of you choose to believe the worse of someone without knowing all the facts. Again has anyone talked to Scrappower IRL? Until somebody does or until she actually comes on this board and tells us what happened you don't know the facts and why what happened happened.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 23:48:58 GMT
What amazes me is how easily how some of you choose to believe the worse of someone without knowing all the facts. Again has anyone talked to Scrappower IRL? Until somebody does or until she actually comes on this board and tells us what happened you don't know the facts and why what happened happened. Soooooo...now whenever we post under our own username we need to....what? Come back and confirm it was actually us who actually posted under our actual username? We need to work out some kind of code for this, right? I feel like you're just punking us. As they say on reddit...relevant user name, krazy. Ok. She has posted enough that we can all agree that the posts about the picture are out of character for her. Right?. A logical person would wonder why instead of automatically assuming nothing was wrong and she meant to do what she did and then throw her under the bus. I can understand why she might not want to come on this board and tell us what happened with all the righteous people who are so sure they KNOW what happened in the first place. What I can't decide is if some are that gullible they never question anything or they don't want to admit they may have overreacted and keep on spinning.
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Post by sharlag on Jul 1, 2015 23:49:39 GMT
Occam's Razor says, a fake picture appears, the poster disappears, the poster posted a fake picture. Common sense says, you post a fake picture of yourself, people are going to talk. I think it is ok to be upset if you are deceived by someone on the internet (I know, everyone has been waiting anxiously for my approval on that). I've made genuine friends in internet communities, and I don't want to be so closed off as a person that I just assume everyone is a fifty-year-old man in boxers living in his parents' basement. Based on how awesome that picture was, I am thinking a "Wicca me" app, which would transform ordinary selfies into slightly wistful, soulful portraits with flowing robes and hair would be a big hit. FABULOUS idea! I think my natural bitchy resting face would pass for 'wistful'.
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Post by Rainbow on Jul 1, 2015 23:54:36 GMT
Soooooo...now whenever we post under our own username we need to....what? Come back and confirm it was actually us who actually posted under our actual username? We need to work out some kind of code for this, right? I feel like you're just punking us. As they say on reddit...relevant user name, krazy. Ok. She has posted enough that we can all agree that the posts about the picture are out of character for her. Right?. A logical person would wonder why instead of automatically assuming nothing was wrong and she meant to do what she did and then throw her under the bus. I can understand why she might not want to come on this board and tell us what happened with all the righteous people who are so sure they KNOW what happened in the first place. What I can't decide is if some are that gullible they never question anything or they don't want to admit they may have overreacted and keep on spinning. I don't think it was out of character for her. I think it was a character that she wanted us to believe she was, and she got caught.
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