Gwazi Magnum Member

> does anybody anywhere give a shit what happens on Iwaku? Not really. I was just commenting on behaviour I was noticing from Rare on both sites. > No,and what is iwaku?(i know its some forum site,but thats it) It's an RP forum that the majority of Guild members vanished to when 90% of the time we got 404 errors. Ever wondered why OT and Spam took a sudden drop in activity? Why people like Brovo and Jorick suddenly vanished out of the blue? That's because of the mass migration to Iwaku. From what I heard there was 40+ people involved in the original move. And then later on even more people (Including me) twinkled in. > I'm talking about how I _always_ talk shit about people, but I am the only one that hasn't talk shit about other behind their backs. You need better friends. :/

> Let spam die before it become more cringe worthy. I like how on both here and Iwaku you're fine/respectful to something/someone until the moment you feel like you're away from them. Then you have no issues shit blasting, attacking them. :P At least if I didn't like someone/something I said it up front.

> That was an attempt at being creative. 9/10 from me. Though note I only saw the song once or twice (cause Internet), and never saw the actual movie.

> > I always found the idea of "Invisible, but tells everyone you're Invisible" to be really redundant/pointless. > > What's the alternative? > > I can't make it look like people in ghost-mode have never logged in because then that's just deceitful/confusing. I can't just display "Offline" because I've decided to represent "Offline" as "Online X hours ago" which I find *much* more helpful. > > Ghost-mode is just a privacy feature that makes your online-status ambiguous. > > It lets you do things like: > > - Publicly rage-quit but privately lurk > - Avoid people > - Tell someone you're "off for the night" and then stay up for six more hours PMing your main guild squeeze Combined with the "Online X hours ago" feature? I'll admit that throws a wrench into it. I was assuming the Guild was just going to "Online" and "Offline". In which case Invisible would have to be constantly "Offline".

Well at least it's being worked on. :P I always found the idea of "Invisible, but tells everyone you're Invisible" to be really redundant/pointless.

Relationships can honestly be messy business. It's never something you want to be eager to run into, because when you are you're just asking for a soap-opera drama break down to happen. A healthy relationship needs to be one where people are naturally happy with one another, not one where going out, being together etc is forced. If you do that your days are honestly numbered, hell you're best indicator of that you're ready for a relationship is when you don't feel the need/urge to be in one. Because then you're in it out of rational, calm and consistent desire, rather than a need of the moment to be loved, laid, *Insert need/desire here*. I get a bit more cold/blunt below under the line. So stop here if you just wanted encouraging "You can do it!" or "It's not your time!" sort of advice. ******************************** Now I'll disclaim, what I'm going to say comes with some bias of having been stung bad in past relationships. But it's bias I've had several years to calm down and separate myself from, so I'm trusting at this point I was able to reflect from a calm and logical perspective. If you look at the direction relationships are going in general, it's not pretty. Divorce rates are on the rise, marriages start later, and people are far more likely to leave a relationship than work through problems now. Now, this honestly is not a bad thing in my mind. It's honestly a key indicator that people are learning to stick up more for themselves. But it also shows a clear trend of less and less people wanting to enter dedicated and/or monogamous relationships. More and more people are leaving the idea's of a 1x1 romantic relationship aside, may it be simply not wanting to be tied to one person, or simply through experience having not found happiness from it. And considering the idea of monogamous relationships (at least for humans), marriage etc was actually not something we evolved to be like naturally but was rather something enforced by religious pressure in ancient history? It was always something that went against the way humans naturally are, which if you look at it should have always been obvious with the amount of spouse issues, cheating that happens, and how ingrained/intimidated/enforced etc people had to be raised to think "Just listen to them" or "You're with em for life, deal with it". Where what we're seeing now, if you ask me is honestly humanity just snapping out of this practice, one that never suited people well to begin with. So, what was the point of that? Relationships are broken, stupid and pointless? No, there are definitely cases where people have been happy. But they are a shrinking minority (or more awareness to the bad ones are coming up). But the whole idea of "Find one boy/girl, see them exclusively, have a life with just them" is shrinking because it just doesn't work for so many people. Now I'm not saying "Get out there and sleep with everyone", I'm honestly not even trying to say anything in particular. I'm just leaving some food for thought. I figured with all the people going with the "Wait till later" and "You're find your person some day" advice, that it might have been helpful to see a slight change of pace/perspective. I could be wrong, dead wrong. And even if I get some people going defensive and replying to me simply going "OMG Gwazi! How could you insult marriage! It is a loving bond! etc.", I might also get some people who can rationally and logically point what the stuff I said above to be completely wrong. So yea, food for thought. If you're that concerned about getting into a relationship, maybe you might be best served sitting back, thinking about why you want one, if it's worth it, can you get what you want another way etc? If in the end you decide you still want be in a relationship (I'll be honest, despite what I argued I'd still be up for a relationship as well if it ever came up) then that's great, that's your choice. But at least you looked outside the box, and considered it from another light, and had time to reflect and make that decision for yourself. Rather than simply getting into a relationship because everyone else is. ***************************** > Getting a weekend job or something to put money in your pocket during high school is probably a better move than trying to find someone to date. That way, when you do land some dates, you have some money in your pocket. That helps you do what you want. Eh. Sure it helps for relationships, but honestly if you're in a relationship where your partner is expecting you to foot the majority of the bills (May you be male or female) then it's honestly less of a partnership and more of a "You! Wallet! Buy me this!".

 ^ This is how I imagine them considering that they get big text under their name announcing that they use Invisible mode.

A lot of the people who left have voiced repeatingly they plan on staying on Iwaku, updates or no. So if spam is to become more active, we'll need to be looking at bringing in new people rather than bringing back the old.

> My anger is not because people like doctor who, it is that people invest so much money into and treat it like it's greatest science fiction ever and when someone brings up comic books they make stupid excuses for not checking them out by using stereotypes. Where I lived, most people I knew were getting into things because it was what their friends did and what was popular. No one I knew really read comics and when ever I claimed to be a DC fan they would always talk about how lame every DC hero is except Batman and they had never read a single comic before making their judgement,they just listened to what their friends and everyone else told them. That's what pisses me off, people are so closed minded and pretend that they're not by lying to people So your issue is with people who have different interests? Good to hear that you're the judge and jury as to what counts as good works and not. Also, part of having friends is trusting them enough at times to suggest things to you or turn you away from bad things. It's easy to go into detail as why someone dislikes something, and because friends tend to share similliar interests, if one dislikes it then it's fairly likely the other one will too. Honestly I think the only close minded person here is you. Everyone else has their own interests, they live on enjoying them and don't tend to judge others for their interests. While you barge in, basically vilifying anyone who doesn't agree with your tastes.

> I see your understanding of humour hasn't improved in my absence. Humor? What is this Humor you speak of?