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This is one of the great things about the Internet. Anyone can be who they want to be. Give yourself a male username, others reading your posts will assume you are male. Give yourself a female username, others reading your posts may well assume you are female. Give yourself a neutral name and others will not be sure.
Make one post stating your gender and then you assume that everyone who has read that post and from now one every new member will know what gender you are.
It's the same with nationality, political opinion, colour, religion, sexual orientation, disability, etc. You can be what you want to be, and unless you constantly post that you think you belong in a particular "box" then the only thing others can go on is what you write in your posts - how you act and how you react, without seeing your facial expression, without knowing how you're feeling, without understanding your intentions, knowing what meds/drugs you have or haven't taken, etc.
So you end up with people treating you based on how you treat them. People reacting to you based on how you post. And they are reacting/treating with all their issues, ideas, preconceptions, etc.
If people aren't demanding special treatment above others, then forums like this one can exist.
For those demanding special treatment, they need to find a forum where you can attach a list of the things that make you think you are special to your profile - maybe a series of icons - along with a mood one - so that each post you write can be read by people who have the opportunity to know your mental and physical state at the time of posting.
This isn't about denigrating someone, treating them unfairly or despising them, this is about reading words posted publicly on the Internet and reacting/responding.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostThis is one of the great things about the Internet. Anyone can be who they want to be. Give yourself a male username, others reading your posts will assume you are male. Give yourself a female username, others reading your posts may well assume you are female. Give yourself a neutral name and others will not be sure.
Mae one post stating your gender and then you assume that everyone who has read that post and from now one every new member will know what gender you are.
It's the same with nationality, political opinion, colour, religion, sexual orientation, disability, etc. You can be what you want to be, and unless you constantly post that you think you belong in a particular "box" then the only thing others can go on is what you write in your posts - how you act and how you react, without seeing your facial expression, without knowing how you're feeling, without understanding your intentions, knowing what meds/drugs you have or haven't taken, etc.
So you end up with people treating you based on how you treat them. People reacting to you based on how you post. And they are reacting/treating with all their issues, ideas, preconceptions, etc.
If people aren't demanding special treatment above others, then forums like this one can exist.
For those demanding special treatment, they need to find a forum where you can attach a list of the things that make you think you are special to your profile - maybe a series of icons - along with a mood one - so that each post you write can be read by people who have the opportunity to know your mental and physical state at the time of posting.
This isn't about denigrating someone, treating them unfairly or despising them, this is about reading words posted publicly on the Internet and reacting/responding.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostMods are despised, but not unfairly.
True, but we are highlighted in green so it's obvious.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostTrue, but we are highlighted in green so it's obvious.Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostThis is one of the great things about the Internet. Anyone can be who they want to be. Give yourself a male username, others reading your posts will assume you are male. Give yourself a female username, others reading your posts may well assume you are female. Give yourself a neutral name and others will not be sure.
Mae one post stating your gender and then you assume that everyone who has read that post and from now one every new member will know what gender you are.
It's the same with nationality, political opinion, colour, religion, sexual orientation, disability, etc. You can be what you want to be, and unless you constantly post that you think you belong in a particular "box" then the only thing others can go on is what you write in your posts - how you act and how you react, without seeing your facial expression, without knowing how you're feeling, without understanding your intentions, knowing what meds/drugs you have or haven't taken, etc.
So you end up with people treating you based on how you treat them. People reacting to you based on how you post. And they are reacting/treating with all their issues, ideas, preconceptions, etc.
If people aren't demanding special treatment above others, then forums like this one can exist.
For those demanding special treatment, they need to find a forum where you can attach a list of the things that make you think you are special to your profile - maybe a series of icons - along with a mood one - so that each post you write can be read by people who have the opportunity to know your mental and physical state at the time of posting.
This isn't about denigrating someone, treating them unfairly or despising them, this is about reading words posted publicly on the Internet and reacting/responding.Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by FIERCE TANK BATTLE View Post
And as for the second - yup - given that mentoring needs to take place in a quiet place - potentially behind closed doors to get the best out of the session then why as a man would you even put yourself in a position where absolutely nothing could happen but if the woman says it has you are instantly guilty.Comment
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Originally posted by mb31 View PostI think the continuous need for validation sums up why many are here. Check out the 'like' counts on the left.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostThis is one of the great things about the Internet. Anyone can be who they want to be.
Originally posted by WTFH View PostFor those demanding special treatment, they need to find a forum where you can attach a list of the things that make you think you are special to your profile - maybe a series of icons - along with a mood one - so that each post you write can be read by people who have the opportunity to know your mental and physical state at the time of posting.
I have a good idea what your gender might be WTFH but I'd rather not say for fear of getting banned.Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostThis is one of the great things about the Internet. Anyone can be who they want to be.Comment
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