Poll: Should all reactions generate a positive score?

[Cypress]

I think the answer is more complicated than the question. I certainly think your guess is a good one. I'm pretty sure they don't have friends or genuine social connections. That seems to be borne out in a measurable way by the time spent posting on JPP. Several of the posters who can't stand to see friendly or even innocuous interactions between others spend all or most of their waking hours here. Most of us go through phases of supersaturation with certain pastimes, but the angriest, most bitter members here have been posting during all of their waking hours -- usually while not even lucid -- for years. Not only do they not have social connections outside the internet. They don't even have another hobby within their home, yard, or community. I wrote a paper in college more than 20 years ago that touched on the alienation, anonymity, and loneliness that too much online interaction fosters. We see it play out in real time here every day.

I think there must be more to the story, though, with certain posters here, particularly the one who rages passive aggressively about everyone who participates in sincere, pleasant, mutually respectful exchanges about nonpolitical subjects. I suspect severe, untreated emotional trauma. I am personally familiar with a lot of the symptoms of it and see them on display in JPP, but I'm also not a medical or therapeutic professional nor do I think anyone can be conclusively diagnosed based on what they write on a platform like this. I think it is not controversial to say, however, that it's unusual to seethe when seeing people connect and socialize. It's also disturbing and destructive to openly attack those interactions for seemingly no proximate reason.

In this specific case, I consciously weighed the benefits of sharing some personal details with trusted friends in a positive, public thread versus the risks of malevolent individuals seeing and misusing those details. My solution was to openly share only as much detail as can't be used to harm me. Those who become agitated by those details and attempt to deform their positivity into something else can waste their time until their hearts remain as uncontented as they were to begin with.

Good insights.

You also have to wonder what kind of weirdo is lurking a thread to read friendly banter being shared among friends.

It's no different than if I was at a restaurant with my friends and some lonely weirdo was lurking us and eavesdropping our banter.

 

[Lionfish]

What kind of person gets agitated when cyber pals share gardening tips, movie recommendations, recipes? Someone without friends or genuine social connections?

A simple peanut butter sandwich recipe involves spreading 2 tablespoons of peanut butter on one slice of bread and adding your choice of jelly or honey on another slice, then pressing them together. For a twist, you can add sliced bananas or marshmallow fluff for extra flavor

 

[Cypress]

There are no moderates!!!

So you claim there is not the slightest difference between Bernie Sanders and John Fetterman, nor between Susan Collins and Ted Cruz.

 

[Cypress]

A simple peanut butter sandwich recipe involves spreading.....

I stopped reading at exactly this point because I could tell it was going to be mind-numbingly boring and inane.

 

[Lionfish]

I stopped reading at exactly this point because I could tell it was going to be mind-numbingly boring and inane.

To grow carrots, plant the seeds in loose, well-draining soil about 1/4 inch deep, spacing them 3-4 inches apart. Keep the soil moist until the seedlings are established, and thin them to 2-3 inches apart for optimal growth.

 

[TOP]

Oh, so once again you have to bring my mother in? Just shows how much of a coward you are.
Bring your "Day of Rage," and bring the mongrel with you. We'll see who has the balls to stick who.

Attacking family is a posse thing... most of them do it ....is there anything lower?... But that's when you know you've defeated them... they can't go one-on-one with you...

 

[Dutch Uncle]

You are nothing more than the kickball of the good thinking people here.

You are here as a laugh for us, nothing more.

Sybil is a wackadoodle who doesn't have the keys to the front door of his residence.

 

[countryboy]

So you claim there is not the slightest difference between Bernie Sanders and John Fetterman, nor between Susan Collins and Ted Cruz.

That actually demonstrates my point. There are no moderates.

 

[Cypress]

To grow carrots, plant the seeds in loose, well-draining soil about 1/4 inch deep, spacing them 3-4 inches apart. Keep the soil moist until the seedlings are established, and thin them to 2-3 inches apart for optimal growth.

I only share banter with my friends. Are you a weirdo that tries to banter with people who don't know you or don't want to be your friend?

 

[Moosakofsky]

I think the answer is more complicated than the question. I certainly think your guess is a good one. I'm pretty sure they don't have friends or genuine social connections.

Disagree completely. The fact that strangers share mundane information with each other tells me they have little to no real life social interaction.

That seems to be borne out in a measurable way by the time spent posting on JPP.

I’ve already identified at least one poster here that has social media addiction disorder.

Several of the posters who can't stand to see friendly or even innocuous interactions between others spend all or most of their waking hours here.

That definitely goes both ways. It certainly isn’t confined to any political doctrine.

Not only do they not have social connections outside the internet. They don't even have another hobby within their home, yard, or community.

Au contraire. The exact opposite. E.g., I’m so busy with golf, gardening, Masters swimming and cooking meals while the wife works part time that I feel absolutely no need to yak with other reclusives on the internet . Im here strictly for entertainment purposes in the morning or at night in bed .

I wrote a paper in college more than 20 years ago that touched on the alienation, anonymity, and loneliness that too much online interaction fosters.

Again, I identified at least one here with social media addiction disorder .
He doxxed himself and it’s clear he’s had a miserable life

I think there must be more to the story, though, with certain posters here, particularly the one who rages passive aggressively about everyone who participates in sincere, pleasant, mutually respectful exchanges about nonpolitical subjects.

Who is that? Apparently I’m not here enough to have noticed

I suspect severe, untreated emotional trauma. I am personally familiar with a lot of the symptoms of it and see them on display in JPP, but I'm also not a medical or therapeutic professional nor do I think anyone can be conclusively diagnosed based on what they write on a platform like this. I think it is not controversial to say, however, that it's unusual to seethe when seeing people connect and socialize. It's also disturbing and destructive to openly attack those interactions for seemingly no proximate reason.

I definitely see this with the aforementioned

In this specific case, I consciously weighed the benefits of sharing some personal details with trusted friends in a positive, public thread versus the risks of malevolent individuals seeing and misusing those details.

If those “friends” are on this board, those aren’t real life friends

My solution was to openly share only as much detail as can't be used to harm me.

That’s wise.

Those who become agitated by those details and attempt to deform their positivity into something else can waste their time until their hearts remain as uncontented as they were to begin with.

You certainly get agitated here. Wasting time fingering certain posters and your anger management issues.

 

[Uncensored2008]

You are nothing more than the kickball of the good thinking people here.

You know i am but what are you?

Good one Peewee.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Good insights.

You also have to wonder what kind of weirdo is lurking a thread to read friendly banter being shared among friends.

It's no different than if I was at a restaurant with my friends and some lonely weirdo was lurking us and eavesdropping our banter.

Jealousy and grievances are mainstays of JPP MAGA morons. They have nothing else to live for.

IMO, they should seek help to resolve their pain, one way or another. The only rule is that they don't hurt others in the process.

 

[Jake Starkey]

We were all taught was right in the first grade.

Some of you have forgotten.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

Jealousy and grievances are mainstays of JPP MAGA morons. They have nothing else to live for.

IMO, they should seek help to resolve their pain, one way or another. The only rule is that they don't hurt others in the process.

I think that they've FOUND a way to resolve their pain, and that is to advocate for MAGA values.
I think that they're actually pretty happy right now.

They're super happy that they disturb us as much as they do,
and that we have no realistic way of purging them.

I could be wrong,
but I truly believe that beliefs on both sides,
or perhaps, in this non-binary world, all sides,
are permanently impossible to conciliate.

 

[Moosakofsky]

You also have to wonder what kind of weirdo is lurking a thread to read friendly banter being shared among friends.

I go there once or twice a month to observe. It really looks like a lonesome losers gathering. Reinforces my commitment to real life social interaction.

It's no different than if I was at a restaurant with my friends and some lonely weirdo was lurking us and eavesdropping our banter.

Very different.
Anyone with an internet connection can read the banter. You open yourselves up to scrutiny.

 

[NiftyNiblick]

We were all taught was right in the first grade.

Some of you have forgotten.

I'm not totally convinced that my elementary school teachers in the 1950s
and I
agreed what was right
even then.

 

[Lionfish]

I only share banter with my friends. Are you a weirdo that tries to banter with people who don't know you or don't want to be your friend?

 

[Jake Starkey]

You know i am but what are you?

Good one Peewee.

I am not the kickball, you are the one for the entire league all season long.

 

[Moosakofsky]

To grow carrots, plant the seeds in loose, well-draining soil about 1/4 inch deep, spacing them 3-4 inches apart. Keep the soil moist until the seedlings are established, and thin them to 2-3 inches apart for optimal growth.

What about your local weather report?

 

[RB 60]

Attacking family is a posse thing... most of them do it ....is there anything lower?... But that's when you know you've defeated them... they can't go one-on-one with you...

It's breaking the rule posting/nciting a reaction. They get away with it all the time.