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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 2:34:40 GMT
Oh shit, I should have read oldpeannewname's post better. Sorry. I just noticed that John Goodman was NOT dead and posted from there. ginacivey, some people don't connect to social media often. I have facebook, but check in once a week. I have a twitter account, but couldn't tell you my user name. I know I "followed" a couple of people, but never go to the site and I don't have it set up so I get tweets on my phone. I guess I should realize I've been around 2 peas long enough to realize there are many more peas who are more cynical than me. Not everyone connects to the internet in the way that you do. Don't you think some people legitimately didn't know until they read 2 peas?
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Post by elaine on Aug 12, 2014 2:37:29 GMT
elaine...it might genuinely affect you and for that...i am sorry you are in pain but for the most part...people are in a race to be 'in the know' maybe not you - but PLENTY are you've been around long enough to realize it and what the hell is the comment about youth? because you are older and followed his career longer...it affects you more than it does someone my age - who was 8 when mork and mindy began? that doesn't even make sense i think in my youthful 43 years i've had enough life experiences to be both understanding and empathic and for YOU to imply otherwise..is ridiculous i do have sympathy - for the family that he left behind..and for their pain but not really for people who didn't know him and just watched him on the stage/television/movies gina Gina, no I actually have never bought into the whole "race" idea about posting about celebrity deaths. Even though I have been around "long enough." Who really cares who was the first to post about it? No one I know. I just appreciate a place to post about my feelings about it. Unless you are really young, you CAN understand how people can mourn the passing of someone who they didn't know personally, but who touched them through their work. Would you really be bent out of shape about threads mourning the passing of a President of the United States, even though none of us knew him (or eventually her) personally? Robin Williams has had pieces of work that have spoken to a number of people about a number of issues, from mental illness to the VietNam war to suicide to critically ill children to losing one's spouse to the effects of divorce on families and on and on and on. Who are you to judge whether a post about his death is a sincere expression of sadness at his passing or what you perceive as simply a race? How many minutes/hours must pass after the announcement on the AP for it to be okay to post about it here? Please, let me know, so that we all can follow your and Yubon's guidelines for appropriate posting behavior.
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Post by Yubon Peatlejuice on Aug 12, 2014 2:49:24 GMT
24 hours. Kthxbai.
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 12, 2014 3:33:43 GMT
So is nobody supposed to post about a death? Is there an acceptable amount of time after it has broken than we need to wait before posting something? Should we give each pea a celebrity or 10 to be in charge of posting updates about?
Tell me, what should be pea protocol?
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Post by megop on Aug 12, 2014 3:51:42 GMT
Eh, let the Yubon opinion go peeps. It's hers. At the end of the day, why care? ETA: She doesn't control anything. She voices her opinion, peeps voice theirs too. Post away and start as many threads as you wish. Say what you want to say. Just because she has her personal opinion, which may seem negative in nature, proven here, others do and don't share the same. Whatever superiority you think she is claiming, it isn't reality unless you accept it as such.
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Post by fwscrapper on Aug 12, 2014 4:06:17 GMT
I knew who started this thread before I even opened it. Not all celebrity deaths bother me, but this one has my heart aching.
My son battles mental illness at the tender age of 7. It makes me scared for things he could face later on in life. Mental illness touches all...rich, poor, all ethnicities, etc...
RIP...may you finally be free of your demons.
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Post by compwalla on Aug 12, 2014 4:06:16 GMT
My first instinct was NOT to run to a message board to post it. But I knew a bunch of otters would.
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Post by Laurie on Aug 12, 2014 4:07:20 GMT
So is nobody supposed to post about a death? Is there an acceptable amount of time after it has broken than we need to wait before posting something? Should we give each pea a celebrity or 10 to be in charge of posting updates about? Tell me, what should be pea protocol? Eh, I don't look at it as a race. However, and this isn't exclusive to celebrity deaths, a simple look at the posts on the first page would eliminate this problem. I really don't care but I usually end up not posting because I don't want to post the same thing on multiple threads and I am a weirdo and feel bad picking one thread to post on. I don't want to slight the others. LOL
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inkedup
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Post by inkedup on Aug 12, 2014 4:08:40 GMT
Why else would you care about what anyone posts if not for the opportunity to flaunt your own need for attention? The nastier you are, the more you get people to respond in outrage. Then you get to sit back and gloat about the uproar you caused. And then she'll go on over to the "blog" to get some virtual high-fives and pat herself on the back for being so superior. If that's what you need to feel good about yourself Yubon... Why is it that the people who claim never to visit the blog are always the first to bring it up? How do you know what's said there if you never visit and think it's such a vile place?
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Post by moretimeplease on Aug 12, 2014 5:01:38 GMT
And then she'll go on over to the "blog" to get some virtual high-fives and pat herself on the back for being so superior. If that's what you need to feel good about yourself Yubon... Why is it that the people who claim never to visit the blog are always the first to bring it up? How do you know what's said there if you never visit and think it's such a vile place? Ha! I've been an NSBR Pea for a LONG time. I think most peas at the time visited the blog at least once when it first came up. Just out of sheer morbid curiosity. It's a bunch of Bitter Betty's talking trash behind other people's backs. Once you've been there, you don't have to go back to know the kinds of things that are said or to know how they feed into each other with their cackling smugness. So, yeah. That's how.
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inkedup
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Post by inkedup on Aug 12, 2014 5:08:57 GMT
Why is it that the people who claim never to visit the blog are always the first to bring it up? How do you know what's said there if you never visit and think it's such a vile place? Ha! I've been an NSBR Pea for a LONG time. I think most peas at the time visited the blog at least once when it first came up. Just out of sheer morbid curiosity. It's a bunch of Bitter Betty's talking trash behind other people's backs. Once you've been there, you don't have to go back to know the kinds of things that are said or to know how they feed into each other with their cackling smugness. So, yeah. That's how. . Well of course you visited just once out of curiosity and then never went back again! That's the standard line, anyway. I've never visited the blog, not even out of curiosity. It strikes me as odd that some of you are so well versed in what it's like there...when you loudly proclaim that you never read there. It's a little hard to believe.
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Post by moretimeplease on Aug 12, 2014 5:17:56 GMT
Ha! I've been an NSBR Pea for a LONG time. I think most peas at the time visited the blog at least once when it first came up. Just out of sheer morbid curiosity. It's a bunch of Bitter Betty's talking trash behind other people's backs. Once you've been there, you don't have to go back to know the kinds of things that are said or to know how they feed into each other with their cackling smugness. So, yeah. That's how. . Well of course you visited just once out of curiosity and then never went back again! That's the standard line, anyway. I've never visited the blog, not even out of curiosity. It strikes me as odd that some of you are so well versed in what it's like there...when you loudly proclaim that you never read there. It's a little hard to believe. Believe what you want. No skin off my back.
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 12, 2014 6:59:35 GMT
No, you can't count this thread because I am not announcing a death or naming names. Oh yes we can. You don't call the shots around here lady.
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cycworker
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Post by cycworker on Aug 12, 2014 7:57:39 GMT
I don't see what the big deal is. It's news. We share news here.
I heard about RW's death late today, after my uncle's memorial. It affected me a great deal because Robin Williams suffered from depression. I knew that, but I had no idea it was that severe. It's a tragic loss.
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rodeomom
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Post by rodeomom on Aug 12, 2014 8:08:57 GMT
I don't see what the big deal is. It's news. We share news here. I heard about RW's death late today, after my uncle's memorial. It affected me a great deal because Robin Williams suffered from depression. I knew that, but I had no idea it was that severe. It's a tragic loss. It's not a big deal. And I think it's weird for people to even care who, how fast or how many posted about it. I'm sorry for the loss of your Uncle. I lost my Aunt yesterday.
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Post by zoeybug on Aug 12, 2014 8:18:23 GMT
I don't see what the big deal is. It's news. We share news here. I heard about RW's death late today, after my uncle's memorial. It affected me a great deal because Robin Williams suffered from depression. I knew that, but I had no idea it was that severe. It's a tragic loss. I don't either...honestly she's just going for the attention card (again and again and again) and we're all piling on giving her what she craves. It's affected me too a lot more than other celebrity deaths because it was by his own hand. I've suffered with depression for years and when you hear of someone (especially someone who was such a gift to all of us) not being able to get past the overwhelming feelings of worthlessness and sadness, it's very difficult to hear. I remember him first talking about it in the nineties, just about the time I had my first big bout of depression when I finally saw a doctor, started counseling and medication which for me, has worked like a charm. I thought he had it under control but depression is always kind of just under the surface and you don't know what will exactly set it off, I don't see anything wrong with people expressing how they feel about his death and I'm not surprised that many threads were started, probably at the same time. Unfortunately I'm not surprised that someone (particularly this pea) had to post a thread admonishing those who are sharing their shock, sadness and memories of Robin Williams.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Aug 12, 2014 8:44:33 GMT
I am in a different time zone- the other threads must be far down the page or off page 1 as this one is the first one I saw. This particular celebrity death has pushed Gaza/ Israel and Iraq off the international news. cycworker, condolences on the passing of your Uncle. rodeomom, condolences on the passing of your Aunt.
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Country Ham
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Post by Country Ham on Aug 12, 2014 11:20:21 GMT
For me well known celebrity deaths doesn't bother me. I admit I called my husband at work. As well known and loved Robin Williams was I can appreciated the quickness in posting. Although why anyone thought we would need an announcement per se I am not sure. I mean its EVERYWHERE I look it seems. My pet peeve is posting deaths of people we have zero connections to. Some random death in the news. That I don't get. But I think what people are saying is that they do feel a connection. Whether it's to him as a person with mental illness or a chemically defendant person or his work on stage or his honesty in interviews. There is a connection to some degree. HUH? If you had left in the quote I was responding to I was agreeing to the fact that people felt a connection to Robin Williams.
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Post by shevy on Aug 12, 2014 12:36:09 GMT
But I think what people are saying is that they do feel a connection. Whether it's to him as a person with mental illness or a chemically defendant person or his work on stage or his honesty in interviews. There is a connection to some degree. HUH? If you had left in the quote I was responding to I was agreeing to the fact that people felt a connection to Robin Williams. I was responding specifically to you saying this: "My pet peeve is posting deaths of people we have zero connections to. Some random death in the news. That I don't get." It appeared that you were saying that people didn't have connections to Robin Williams.
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AmeliaBloomer
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Aug 12, 2014 12:36:30 GMT
This thread has it all: Provocative accusation Reaction Acrimony Denial More accusation by OP Guarded agreement Reaction to agreement Egging on by OP Blog reference Blog accusation Blog denial Disbelief of blog denial Is it just me or does anyone else hear someone cyber-tittering?
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imsirius
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Post by imsirius on Aug 12, 2014 12:47:13 GMT
IF shit like posting of celeb deaths bothers you so much why post here? IF posters drive you crazy enough to warrant a thread about it, why post here? IF you are SO much better than everyone else who posts here, WHY POST HERE?
Clearly you have no connection to this board or the people on it, so again, WHY POST HERE?
Maybe it's time you were banned, obviously you don't like what's here.
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Country Ham
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Post by Country Ham on Aug 12, 2014 12:48:12 GMT
HUH? If you had left in the quote I was responding to I was agreeing to the fact that people felt a connection to Robin Williams. I was responding specifically to you saying this: "My pet peeve is posting deaths of people we have zero connections to. Some random death in the news. That I don't get." It appeared that you were saying that people didn't have connections to Robin Williams. My exact words were " As well known and loved Robin Williams was I can appreciated the quickness in posting." I said he was well known and loved and that I appreciated the fact folks would be quick to post. Then I went on to explain that it's the random deaths in the news of strangers that we don't have connections do that are posted about that make me scratch my head. You know the kind "I can't believe no one is talking about this. News link to a 20 something who went missing and found dead". Not one person on the board knows the kid or their family. No one lives in that town. Those are the deaths that leave me puzzled when they are posted about.
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Post by moveablefeast on Aug 12, 2014 13:05:22 GMT
I'm just curious - what's the difference between rushing to peas to post about a celebrity death and coming to peas to share information you've just learned because you believe it's of interest to them too?
I was on Facebook when the news broke and it seemed like all of a sudden my whole news feed was lit up with people having something to say about Robin Williams. I didn't think any of them were rushing to post about his death or feeling any glee in reporting it first. It just seemed like each of us had a favorite Robin Williams moment and we were all affected in some way by his death, so most people had something to say and took to social media to say it. Even if "how tragic" is the most they had to say.
I mean, am I an absolute pollyanna or is it at all possible that this is just something people wanted/needed to share about in the moment?
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Post by ingrid6 on Aug 12, 2014 13:30:20 GMT
Exactly 0, count them, 0, of the 7 OP's of those threads have stuck around to discuss their feelings. They dropped their announcement post and then either disappeared or moved on to other threads. So if the OP's had stayed around and discussed their feelings I'm guessing you'd find fault with that too. I can hear it now, "grief whores that go on and on and on" Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Oh wait... I take the damned if you do/don't back. If the posters were following your idea of what should/shouldn't be posted there wouldn't be any of those threads to post on.
Seriously, who has the time or desire to count how many threads are started on this or any other subject? It's a message board, not a town or board meeting.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Aug 12, 2014 13:34:28 GMT
This thread has it all: Provocative accusation Reaction Acrimony Denial More accusation by OP Guarded agreement Reaction to agreement Egging on by OP Blog reference Blog accusation Blog denial Disbelief of blog denial Is it just me or does anyone else hear someone cyber-tittering? It has everything except a haiku!
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beth44
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Post by beth44 on Aug 12, 2014 13:58:05 GMT
This thread has it all: Provocative accusation Reaction Acrimony Denial More accusation by OP Guarded agreement Reaction to agreement Egging on by OP Blog reference Blog accusation Blog denial Disbelief of blog denial Is it just me or does anyone else hear someone cyber-tittering? It has everything except a haiku! No one said " Don't feed the troll" yet. BTW, since I'm mostly a lurker, what is this blog everyone is talking about?
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Aug 12, 2014 14:14:36 GMT
It has everything except a haiku! No one said " Don't feed the troll" yet. BTW, since I'm mostly a lurker, what is this blog everyone is talking about? Hi, lurker! There is a blog that exists only to discuss and criticise this blog. Lots of trolls there!
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Post by penny on Aug 12, 2014 14:27:47 GMT
My first instinct was NOT to run to a message board to post it. But I knew a bunch of otters would. Otters?? We have otters?!?! This new board ROCKS!!!
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Post by Laurie on Aug 12, 2014 14:54:34 GMT
Wait a second...are we otters or sheep? On the one hand it would be pretty cool to be an otter because their whiskers are cute. But they are the member of the weasel family and I don't want to be a weasel. Sheep are cool because they are so fluffy. But they have an IQ lower than a pig and pigs roll in their own fecal matter so I don't want to be dumber than that.
When we are sheep we are referred to as sheeple so what would we be if we are otters. Otterples? That sounds kind of cool.
Hrmmm...after careful deliberation on this I still can't decide.
I think Admin needs another board wide poll...is our mascot sheep or otters?
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Nink
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Post by Nink on Aug 12, 2014 15:05:16 GMT
This thread has it all: Provocative accusation Reaction Acrimony Denial More accusation by OP Guarded agreement Reaction to agreement Egging on by OP Blog reference Blog accusation Blog denial Disbelief of blog denial Is it just me or does anyone else hear someone cyber-tittering? It has everything except a haiku! Yubon is a jerk That, there is no denying No one would miss you.
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