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  • #76
    Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

    Quite a few years ago, I was overheard saying some negative things about a co-worker . Unbeknownst to me, she was sitting in one of the stalls in the ladies room while I was running my mouth about the way she dressed. She confronted me and it was not a good feeling.

    Since that day, I've made it a practice to not say anything personal behind a person's back that I'm not willing to say to their face. and I will own up to anything I'm accused of saying/posting. I'm just plain too old to live my life any other way. and gossiping or maligning others is just not worth my time or energy. When I said that on HT, I can choose to just walk away also goes over into my "real life". I don't have to respond/react to everything that is said to me or about me. I can choose to walk away literally too.

    I think that most of us here on HT feel the same way. and that most, if not all of us on here are "Nice People".
    Last edited by anapuni808; May 10, 2009, 10:28 PM.
    "Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."
    – Sydney J. Harris

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    • #77
      Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

      Originally posted by anapuni808 View Post
      [...] I'm just plain too old to live my life any other way. [...]
      Nah...that's called wisdom. That said, wisdom comes with age. That's the good thing about aging!

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      • #78
        Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

        Originally posted by anapuni808 View Post
        I'm just plain too old to live my life any other way.
        Originally posted by tutusue View Post
        That's the good thing about aging!
        These two comments made me chuckle, coming as they do from two ladies who don't really fit the description of "old."

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        • #79
          Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

          Originally posted by tutusue View Post
          I'd like to add one more, Kaonohi!
          4) Often, reacting can cause the reactor to lower him/herself to the level of the accuser.
          Thanks, tutusue - boy that shoe sure fits great! Does it come in pairs?
          Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!
          ~ ~
          Kaʻonohiʻulaʻokahōkūmiomioʻehiku
          Spreading the virus of ALOHA.
          Oh Chu. If only you could have seen what I've seen, with your eyes.

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          • #80
            Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

            I have been old for ages but don't like the word 'Nice,' it doesn't say anything to me.
            We have lot's of other descriptive words which can be applied.

            Of course I could supply a list about substitutes for :-

            "Where did all the Nice People Go?"

            You guys are very smart and will come up with your own.

            Positive
            Sensitive
            Funny
            Creative
            Intelligent


            Just my starter


            Grey Man

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            • #81
              Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

              Well gee....that's not nice.

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              • #82
                Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

                John Gabriel's Greater Internet (Expletive) Theory:
                Normal person + Anonymity + Audience = Total (Expletive)

                For some dopey reason, I was re-reading an old HT thread today, one that generated an incredible amount of heat, insults and anger (and no, I'm not going to say which one.)

                But it was interesting to note that the majority of the most-insulting posters in that thread are long gone. In fact, many of the small handful of people who were ever banned from HT (for reasons not having to do with spam) were participants in that discussion. A wise lesson for the rest of us.

                Overall, I find HT to be a much "nicer" place than it was then. YMMV.

                Now, I gotta go take something for the headache that developed from reading that thread.

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                • #83
                  Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

                  Cold on the forehead/temples and heat on the back of the neck/traps does wonders for tension and irritation.

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                  • #84
                    Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

                    Originally posted by Leo Lakio View Post
                    John Gabriel's Greater Internet (Expletive) Theory:
                    Normal person + Anonymity + Audience = Total (Expletive)

                    (and no, I'm not going to say which one.)
                    Mahalo - some secrets are better kept.

                    And that theory (though true in practice) is LMAO entertaining!
                    Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!
                    ~ ~
                    Kaʻonohiʻulaʻokahōkūmiomioʻehiku
                    Spreading the virus of ALOHA.
                    Oh Chu. If only you could have seen what I've seen, with your eyes.

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                    • #85
                      Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

                      Originally posted by Leo Lakio View Post
                      John Gabriel's Greater Internet (Expletive) Theory:
                      Normal person + Anonymity + Audience = Total (Expletive)
                      I like these

                      http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/index.htm

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                      • #86
                        Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

                        Originally posted by Peshkwe View Post
                        Those are a hoot.

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                        • #87
                          Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

                          Originally posted by Peshkwe View Post
                          F-ing AWESOME!
                          I've met most of those folks. And even .... aw, never mind....

                          "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
                          Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!
                          ~ ~
                          Kaʻonohiʻulaʻokahōkūmiomioʻehiku
                          Spreading the virus of ALOHA.
                          Oh Chu. If only you could have seen what I've seen, with your eyes.

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                          • #88
                            Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

                            Whenever you take a cross section of society, and there is any and all here...
                            You get "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". Should be expected.

                            And I've been each of the three at times.
                            Life is either an adventure... or you're not doing it right!!!

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                            • #89
                              Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

                              I have been absent from posting lately, but it has nothing to do with anyone being mean to me or my being ignored. I like to think I am one of the "nice" people - even if I occasionally assume the mom role and say to someone - "that's not nice." I always meant it with the utmost love and respect.

                              The reason I have been absent is that I have been extremely busy. I will post details of it under "announcements " (and yet, as I write this - there is a fear in me to make this announcement - what if everyone hates it )

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                              • #90
                                Re: Where Did All The Nice People Go?

                                Originally posted by acousticlady View Post
                                what if everyone hates it )
                                It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. The question is, do you hate it? So, what's up?
                                Peace, Love, and Local Grindz

                                People who form FIRM opinions with so little knowledge only pretend to be open-minded. They select their facts like food from a buffet. David R. Dow

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