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[JoshuaFH]

I've always loved this place since I joined in freaking 2008. It's always been a consistently nice place filled with intelligent people. I used to be much more active than I am, but I still like to lurk and absorb other people's conversations; as I don't have much real human interaction IRL. I really like the people here, I often feel I'm not on anyone's level intellectually, but I can bask in how adroit, knowledgeable, and/or needlessly verbose people are around here. The website really is a welcome respite from the evil swamp of degeneracy and incompetence that I live in IRL.


For something that made me mildly upset:

I really do wish that I just had someone to watch a show or movie with. It seems that most every day follows the same pattern of being fairly energetic in the morning, and slowly backsliding into depression throughout the day til I go to bed in the evening. Lately I feel there's been some kind of chemical reaction going on in my psyche, where my inner self is being made more and more callous to my own unhappiness. I'll know on one level that I'm very depressed, but on another level just not care anymore that I'm unhappy. I feel that is not a good way to describe what I'm feeling, but that might be the closest approximation.

[King Zultan]

I've just never seen the appeal of shit like facebook, I don't mind the fact that most of the stuff on this forum is words.

[MonkeyHead]

I joined here eons ago to discuss DF. Drifted to the lower boards as many do. Stayed, as it was intellectually stimulating outside of ny usual academic and social circles. Plus, the semi anonymity was appealing. Drifted away 2 or 3 times as things got "samey". Kept coming back as I felt I was missing the place. Abandoned here when at my lowest during my battle with depression. Chose to return recently as part of getting back to myself. Probably will continue to drift away and back as cycles of discussion wax and wane my interest.

[Uthimienure]

I'm fairly old-school so this board format suits me just fine.  I remember BBS from college, mainframes, FORTRAN, etc.

Something mildly upsetting...
After divorce 4 years ago from a 25-year marriage I'm finally getting ready to start dating, if that's what it can be called these days, sheesh!
I had the "pleasure" yesterday of being ghosted for the first time in my life. We had a date planned and then she wouldn't give me her address to pick her up, just ghosted.  I'm not gonna beg, forget that ho.

[MrRoboto75]

Been trying to lose weight the past week or so.  Was down almost four pounds, then past couple days gained two back.

I think its all water; I tend to fend off the hunger of a lack-of-calories by filling the belly with water.  I'm way more hydrated than before I started this.

[Great Order]

Yeah, weight varies by 2-3lbs I've found. It's just weird like that.

Also how full your bowels/stomach are. I've found if I've not eaten the night before I weigh much less than I would otherwise.

EDIT: I hate craneflies. Something about them, I think the gangliness, is really offputting.
Guess what's invaded my bedroom?

[dragdeler]

MY COUSIN IS A SHOEMAKER MAYBE THE GANGLINESS REMINDS YOU OF SPIDERS WHICH WE ARE KINDA HARDWIRED TO FEAR UNLESS TRAINED OTHERWISE BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THEY ARE REALLY CHILL ONCE YOU GET PAST THE POINTLESS JIGGLING

(in my headcanon they are drunkenly yelling as they bump into everything)

[King Zultan]

I never got why people were scared of spiders, I mean they're tiny.

[dragdeler]

The bullshit "freudian" analysis was that their long legs suggest being restrained like prison bars.


It's genes tho. Yesterday I saw on reddit a two year old bit the head off a snake that bit her.

[Il Palazzo]

Well, I never. For the longest time I thought what I now understand to be craneflies - to be male mosquitoes. But it would appear the sexual dimorphism in the bloodsuckers goes the other way.

[King Zultan]

Yesterday I saw on reddit a two year old bit the head off a snake that bit her.

That's a pretty metal way to react to being snake bit.

[Kagus]

Well, I never. For the longest time I thought what I now understand to be craneflies - to be male mosquitoes. But it would appear the sexual dimorphism in the bloodsuckers goes the other way.

Growing up, my family always referred to them as "Mosquito-eaters". I didn't learn that they were actually called crane flies (and did not, in fact, eat mosquitoes) until I was well into my 20's.

In Norwegian, they're called "Stankelbein". I can't really translate that, but I can tell you that "bein" is "leg".

[dragdeler]

so more like staggerleg, or stinkyleg?

[Frumple]

I never got why people were scared of spiders, I mean they're tiny.

they bite somtimes though and their bites can be really painful

like, wasps are tiny, too, but I figure you probably get why folks are often scared of those

[Great Order]

so more like staggerleg, or stinkyleg?

Stanky leg