Never forget the NOW of the human psyche.
Even in a virtual world, we're real people and we count.
Heirarchies matter. The higher up you are the more people watch you, listen to you, and respond to you. Therefore, watch not only what you say, but how you say it.
The maxim, The Buck Stops Here, is true. Don't waste your time blaming others for your mistakes. Learn from them.
*sigh* Letting the weak and the immature have the last word is a kindness . . . to yourself.
Blocking is a way of showing that you care . . . too much.
and
Team building is an art and a joy.
Rumi, Persian poet (1207- 1273)
Lord, said David, since you do not need us,
why did you create these two worlds?
Reality replied: O prisoner of time,
I was a secret treasure of kindness and generosity,
and I wished this treasure to be known,
so I created a mirror: its shining face, the heart;
its darkened back, the world;
The back would please you if you’ve never seen the face.
Not exposing cleavage on VR doesn't eliminate certain bozos from asking about it:
Bozo: How are your titties?
me: My breasts? Let me check. They're warm and cozy and enjoying our morning coffee.
Bozo: How big are they?
me: This reminds me of a random obscene phone call I received while in h.s. I'd read about them and knew I should be outraged and hang up on the guy, but instead I talked to him, and asked him questions like, "What are you wearing?"
Bozo: Are they big?
me: On a scale of 1-5, five indicating the hottest to you, how would you rate:
A cup
B cup
C cup
D cup
E+ cup
Bozo: That's not valid. I've seen hot women with an a cup and hot women with a c-cup. You're avoiding the question, how are ur titties?
me: I love my breasts. They're firm, and I can keep time to music with them, individually and separately. One of them is stretching toward the screen and going for an 'up yours' gesture right now. Down, girl.
Shortly thereafter he removed from his friends list.
COMMENTS
ugh I hate that... I just plainly say that my ladies are nobody's business but my own... :)
I don't get it.
And I will add you back to my friends list if you will just answer the question. lol
*dies*
I am jealouse... I never seem to attract the people you do, BM :P
Yeah, I seem to have a special allure. I think it's the "mother" in my name. Attracts a certain class of perv. Whereas, the "history" in your name sounds like homework.
I don't see the problem - I thought your answers were valid and informative...
COMMENTS
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LifesHermit
21:40 Jun 29 2009
Are you having a "with great power comes great responsibility" moment?
Bloodmother
07:25 Jun 30 2009
Ha! Thank you for that.
No, I'm talking to myself since the person who started the discussion with me really didn't want to hear what I had to say. I sat there thinking, "What does she want from me?" And the answer that popped into my head was, "She wants the last word."
I hit reply and discovered I'd been blocked.
I hate being right sometimes.
LifesHermit
07:33 Jun 30 2009
In some ways it's unfortunate the virtual world makes it so easy to block out the things we'd rather not hear... Sometimes that's quite good for us...
Take comfort in the fact that you tried - some people have to learn the hard way, and perhaps this is one of them...
meeper
20:35 Jun 30 2009
All that is great and kudos to learning things about humanity, but what I really want to know is did you get a nice tan from camp?
Bloodmother
21:09 Jun 30 2009
We do everything in dark here, but I managed to sneak down to the river with some very bad girls in the daytime. We can't get too tan cause then the camp proctors who are all proctologists will have our asses.