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That disturbing feeling
U735667 Started conversation Jul 23, 2004
For the sake of my own excessively paranoid mind, I would like to ask if anybody else gets the feeling, when they join places like h2g2 or other permanent chat sites, That everybody is secretly passing messages about how so-and-so is really stupid and if so-and-so had any sense, they would just bugger off and stop posting their control freakish and unwanted threads. Is it just me?? Wait a sec, will this thread be viewed that way?!??!?!?!? AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!
seriously though. If it aint just me? when the hell does it go away???
That disturbing feeling
Xanatic Posted Jul 23, 2004
I´ve never had that feeling on an internet site. I do have it most of the time in real life though 
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Jul 23, 2004
Erm, well, I certainly often wonder if people wish I'd just bog off and stop posting cr*p when I have built up a nice healthy list of killed threads!
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Kat - From H2G2 Posted Jul 25, 2004
I get that feeling yes....in fact it actually happened once! boy that was unpleasant!
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Noggin the Nog Posted Jul 25, 2004
Of course people are passing messages around behind your back 
But I'm not going to do it here. I'm going somewhere else to do it. 
Noggin
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Kat - From H2G2 Posted Jul 25, 2004
*frowns and watches Noggin passing pieces of paper infront of her*
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moxonthemoon Posted Jul 25, 2004
I have to say that I think its much better to feel it on the net than in reality. It comes from insecurity and lack of positive feed back. In the real world, we take all kinds of cues from people when we interact in person. These cues reasure us that we are valued. All we have here is the typed word, so we're recieving very limited feed back on our "performance ". I think the disturbing feeling is a good thing. 
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Kat - From H2G2 Posted Jul 25, 2004
what if you just dont believe the positive feedback though?
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Noggin the Nog Posted Jul 25, 2004
*Looks guilty. Hides bits of paper behind back.*
Noggin
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moxonthemoon Posted Jul 25, 2004
You dont have to believe in it and you may not even think you need it, but... we all do even if its very subtle
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Kat - From H2G2 Posted Jul 25, 2004
okay sorry i didnt really voice that properly...my girlfriend doesnt believe ANY positive things you tell her and they actually make her feel worse....what does one do about someone like that? Its impossible to say anything to her ever
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Noggin the Nog Posted Jul 25, 2004
Well, when I first joined I did have the feeling there was a secret cabal of experienced researchers, and that one day, if I hung around long enough, I would be given the secret password.
Hasn't happened yet, though
Noggin
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GiGaBaNE Posted Jul 25, 2004
i find it highly amusing when they try to bury the conversation over many threads, thinking we are uncapable of parralel thought.
i love pocket psycology
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moxonthemoon Posted Jul 25, 2004
Kat, could this be a male/ female thing. Is this when you complement her? Prey tell me more
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moxonthemoon Posted Jul 25, 2004
I wonder why that is Nog, I got my password last week and I've only just joined.
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Kat - From H2G2 Posted Jul 25, 2004
Its with anything!!!! She does it with everyone and anything...for example shes AMAZING at the piano...but she can hardly ever take a compliment...I understand that one a bit more as she always feels she can get better. But she often feels that compliments are trying to catch her out or are subtly insulting her or something.
And it cant be a male/female thing...Im female!
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moxonthemoon Posted Jul 25, 2004
well girl, you should know that compliments dont have to be verbal, love and affection are the best kind of positive feedback a girl can get, dont you agree ?
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Kat - From H2G2 Posted Jul 25, 2004
*looks small* that doesnt really work either...spesh as currently shes on a self loathing thing and refusing to kiss me even...*sighs* the wonders of girlfriends....all girls are aliens I swear
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- 1: U735667 (Jul 23, 2004)
- 2: Xanatic (Jul 23, 2004)
- 3: IctoanAWEWawi (Jul 23, 2004)
- 4: Kat - From H2G2 (Jul 25, 2004)
- 5: Noggin the Nog (Jul 25, 2004)
- 6: Kat - From H2G2 (Jul 25, 2004)
- 7: moxonthemoon (Jul 25, 2004)
- 8: Kat - From H2G2 (Jul 25, 2004)
- 9: moxonthemoon (Jul 25, 2004)
- 10: Noggin the Nog (Jul 25, 2004)
- 11: moxonthemoon (Jul 25, 2004)
- 12: moxonthemoon (Jul 25, 2004)
- 13: Kat - From H2G2 (Jul 25, 2004)
- 14: Noggin the Nog (Jul 25, 2004)
- 15: GiGaBaNE (Jul 25, 2004)
- 16: moxonthemoon (Jul 25, 2004)
- 17: moxonthemoon (Jul 25, 2004)
- 18: Kat - From H2G2 (Jul 25, 2004)
- 19: moxonthemoon (Jul 25, 2004)
- 20: Kat - From H2G2 (Jul 25, 2004)
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