Why do people rat themselves out

[rednekkPH]

That being said my "obv ratting me out" threads have been deleted and I am gone.

Exactly how many times do you plan to leave here? Damn, it seems every 2 weeks you post a "woe is me, somebody wasn't nice to me, I'm leaving" thread.

I used to have a friend who, without fail, would call once a month to tell me she was gonna kill herself. Eventually, I got fed up, said "ok", and hung up. She never called back, and she never did kill herself. All for attention...

[ph4ever]

That being said my "obv ratting me out" threads have been deleted and I am gone.

Exactly how many times do you plan to leave here? Damn, it seems every 2 weeks you post a "woe is me, somebody wasn't nice to me, I'm leaving" thread.

I used to have a friend who, without fail, would call once a month to tell me she was gonna kill herself. Eventually, I got fed up, said "ok", and hung up. She never called back, and she never did kill herself. All for attention...

I know you miss my calls but I lost your phone number

[LIPH]

That being said my "obv ratting me out" threads have been deleted and I am gone.

Exactly how many times do you plan to leave here? Damn, it seems every 2 weeks you post a "woe is me, somebody wasn't nice to me, I'm leaving" thread.

I used to have a friend who, without fail, would call once a month to tell me she was gonna kill herself. Eventually, I got fed up, said "ok", and hung up. She never called back, and she never did kill herself. All for attention...

I know you miss my calls but I lost your phone number

He said he had a "friend". You know he made that story up.

[citcat]

I think sometimes especially because some of us DO know each other in person we forget that this is a public board, not just a private discussion between friends.....

Exactly my first thought when reading this thread. I know a lot of ya'll and I trust you and love you and want to call you "George".
Seriously, I think of this place as a bunch of friends, forgetting there may be some weirdos who read our forum posts.

[flipflopgirl]

Some people posting here in this thread seem to live in glass houses ........

World is made up of many different people - all differences - maybe it is time people on here learnt to recognise those differences.

You know Jenny, I saw what you ORIGINALLY posted and then changed.

Some people posting here in this thread seem to live in glass houses ........

World is made up of many different people - all differences - maybe it is time people on here learnt to recognise those differences.

That being said my "obv ratting me out" threads have been deleted and I am gone.

I'm going to be honest - it's not always about you. I didn't see it as being about you. You made it about you and then changed your mind just now. Quite frankly it looks like a game to me. I've tried to be your friend through all your "issues" but there's something to be said of the bible passage that says "The Lord helps those that help themselves". What you have been doing of late is really not helping YOU.

Well said Connie.

[Lightning Bolt]

Perhaps speaking freely about your troubles should be taken as a sign of personal strength and courage rather than an indication of weakness and failure.

Why wouldn't a person do that among friends, whether of the online or IRL variety?

I agree. I think the thread title and tone has been a negative one, as if it was raised to provoke finger-pointing.
It somehow equates the self-confessional nature of this place as "ratting" on yourself. What's up with that?

[SchoolGirlHeart]

Thing is about posting anything here, you have to consider my Dad's most excellent advice: "Never do or say [or post] anything you wouldn't want to see on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper." If you post it, it's in the public domain. If you don't want it there, perhaps it belongs in a PM or an email.

And if something IS posted, I don't see it as ratting one's self out. That person has decided that he/she is okay with that part of their life being public. *shrug* No biggie.

I'm sometimes surprised by the things people post but then people have very different ideas about what they consider private and what they don't mind sharing.

[popcornjack]

I think the next pet I get will be named Popcorn Jack!!!

That's very sweet, but if it develops a fondness for rum, don't blame me.

[SchoolGirlHeart]

I think the next pet I get will be named Popcorn Jack!!!

That's very sweet, but if it develops a fondness for rum, don't blame me.

Did someone say RUM??

[bravedave]

I tasted a slug the other evening.


Unbeknownst to me it crawled up on my beer can as I sat on the front porch step.


Sure enough, on the next sip I had a slug in my mouth.

[rednekkPH]

I tasted a slug the other evening.


Unbeknownst to me it crawled up on my beer can as I sat on the front porch step.


Sure enough, on the next sip I had a slug in my mouth.

First of all, I salute your choice of beer.

More importantly, if a slug had the time to climb all the way to the top of your beer can, you are drinking said beer entirely too slowly.

[SchoolGirlHeart]

First of all, I salute your choice of beer.

More importantly, if a slug had the time to climb all the way to the top of your beer can, you are drinking said beer entirely too slowly.

You beat me to it, Frankie, on both counts!

[ph4ever]

my dog won't even taste a slug - and she eats dadgum near everything

[Skibo]

my dog won't even taste a slug - and she eats dadgum near everything

I have two dogs, one (Skibo) will eat anything spicy, jalapenos, hot wings but he hates black olives. The other (Kykuit) doesn't fancy the spicy stuff but loves black olives. Of course they both love watermelon and cantaloupe.

[alphabits]

I've been told many times that I AM a slug.

Skibo - often wondered ..... any connection to CMU?

[ph4ever]

my dog won't even taste a slug - and she eats dadgum near everything

I have two dogs, one (Skibo) will eat anything spicy, jalapenos, hot wings but he hates black olives. The other (Kykuit) doesn't fancy the spicy stuff but loves black olives. Of course they both love watermelon and cantaloupe.

I used to have a dog that loved any kind of fruit

[Skibo]

I've been told many times that I AM a slug.

Skibo - often wondered ..... any connection to CMU?

I did go there. I do use Skibo as my id at a lot of sites, because it's my dogs name. To show what a psycho-industrialist I am. I name my dogs after the homes of successful industrialists. Skibo is the winter home of Andrew Carnegie and Kykuit the summer home of John Rockefeller. My next dog will be named Clayton after the home of Henry Clay Frick.

[rednekkPH]

I've been told many times that I AM a slug.

Skibo - often wondered ..... any connection to CMU?

I did go there. I do use Skibo as my id at a lot of sites, because it's my dogs name. To show what a psycho-industrialist I am. I name my dogs after the homes of successful industrialists. Skibo is the winter home of Andrew Carnegie and Kykuit the summer home of John Rockefeller. My next dog will be named Clayton after the home of Henry Clay Frick.

I use a very similar method to name my pooches, but I name them after my former residences. My 3 current pups are named "Parents' Basement", "Refrigerator Box", and "Abandoned Van".

[ph4ever]

I've been told many times that I AM a slug.

Skibo - often wondered ..... any connection to CMU?

I did go there. I do use Skibo as my id at a lot of sites, because it's my dogs name. To show what a psycho-industrialist I am. I name my dogs after the homes of successful industrialists. Skibo is the winter home of Andrew Carnegie and Kykuit the summer home of John Rockefeller. My next dog will be named Clayton after the home of Henry Clay Frick.

I use a very similar method to name my pooches, but I name them after my former residences. My 3 current pups are named "Parents' Basement", "Refrigerator Box", and "Abandoned Van".

[alphabits]

I've been told many times that I AM a slug.

Skibo - often wondered ..... any connection to CMU?

I did go there. I do use Skibo as my id at a lot of sites, because it's my dogs name. To show what a psycho-industrialist I am. I name my dogs after the homes of successful industrialists. Skibo is the winter home of Andrew Carnegie and Kykuit the summer home of John Rockefeller. My next dog will be named Clayton after the home of Henry Clay Frick.

I went there too ..... for a little over a year (1969-70). Dropped out in my sophomore year.
I just remember that the dining hall/student center was named Skibo. And the fact that that's about all I remember probably explains why I dropped out.