Beth Macbain

That can certainly be arranged. 😋

Please please please let that continue on as my nickname. In my defense I’ve been battling a headache all afternoon so my brain was foggy and the connections weren’t connecting. Now I can go lie down with my bag of frozen peas over my eyes and pray for it to go away. Just kidding... I took drugs. I find they work better on my headaches.

Oooooooooooooooooooh... it’s YOU! I wouldn’t call you either of those things! Mainly because I agree with you. Does that make me those things, too? Since I don’t have the prerequisite male bits, I guess that would just translate to the big B word for me.

Sex.

Don't you threaten me with a good time!

My pet peeve today is myself (and I'm sure I'm several other's pet peeve as well). As foul as these forums have been lately, and yes, I'm aware that I've contributed to it as well, I cannot stay away no matter how badly I want to. The forums have become such an intrinsic part of my day that actually logging into Second Life has become something I don't want to do. The forums have overtaken the actual platform the forums are here to support for me. I'm peeved at myself for being here right now instead of inworld enjoying Second Life. I've considered asking the mods to perma-ban me, but I also know I'd end up just logging in on an alt like everyone else does. I wish I'd never made my very first post here and never become a part of this side of SL, but I've also made some incredible friends because of it as well, and I wouldn't trade that for anything. I'm peeved at myself for how weak I am when it comes to these forums. It's especially hard to break the habit now when I'm forced to be at home so much of the time. I'm not me when I'm on these forums. Yes, this is a slice of me, but I'm a pie with a million slices and this is just one of them. Forums, I wish I could quit you.

Making fun of religion is not the same as making fun of a person. Stop conflating the two. I don't make fun of individuals for their beliefs. I may ask them about them out of genuine curiosity because it was never a part of my life and I honestly don't understand why people feel like they need it. Some of my favorite people in the entire world are devoutly religious and don't mind a bit when I ask questions and want to discuss it. They are secure enough in their faith to not be offended by having it questioned. When a religion takes their religion out in public, it's open for debate, questioning, and mockery. When religious groups become lobbying groups and stuff the pockets of politicians with cash, it's open season as far as I'm concerned. The creepy pledge of allegiance in the US says, and no, it wasn't there originally, "One nation under god." No, I'm sorry, we're not. I am not under god. The license plates in my state used to say "In god we trust." No, we don't. I don't. Legally my car has to have a license plate. I could have paid more to get a vanity plate, buy why should I have to pay more money to be excluded from religion when it comes to something the government says I have to have? Religion is inescapable. One can't simply scroll past it in the real world. It's freaking everywhere, especially in my neck of the woods with Christianity due to that whole "spread the word of the Lord" thing. Keep it to yourselves, or don't be surprised or offended when I spread my beliefs right back. And the mocking goes both ways. There have been hundreds of times in my life growing up in Kentucky where I've been told I'm going to hell because I don't accept Jesus Christ as my lord and savior. How many people have told me they are praying for me? I do consider that a mockery of my beliefs. I don't want, need, or ask for them, and they do absolutely nothing to help or comfort me. It's selfish of them to pretend they are doing anything for me. Also, as long as I have to scroll past numerous explanations of what dinkie is, others can scroll right past a freaking Taylor Swift gif. So yes, as long as religion is out in the open anywhere, be it SL for RL, it's open to religious humor as well.

I’ll be back when people get a thicker skin and the sock puppets get bored and leave.

I’ll be back when people get a thicker skin and the sock puppets get bored and leave.

I’ll be back when people get a thicker skin and the sock puppets get bored and leave.

I’ll be back when people get a thicker skin and the sock puppets get bored and leave.

WWJD? He’d laugh his ass off at all these. Jesus was a groovy dude.

I’ll be back when people get a thicker skin and the sock puppets get bored and leave.

I’ll be back when people get a thicker skin and the sock puppets get bored and leave.

And Her name is Taylor Swift.

I like the new one much better. With the old green logo, you couldn’t really tell it was an eye. It’s quite obvious now.

Might be taboo to them, but it isn't to me. As far as I'm concerned, all religious are equal and available for jokes.

The whole logo is different. What is happening?

I lived there. Pretty much right where you are so I know exactly where you're talking about. My offer was to call the police, or the housing authority anonymously. The call could be from any of the 110 residents, or someone in their families, or just some Joe Schmo that overheard something at the post office. If you change your mind, send me a private message. The offer stands.

What neighborhood do you live in? I have offered to make an anonymous call to the police on your behalf. And, yes, I do know what Russians are like. The way you are allowing this to happens is shameful and scary. Suppose the Governor and the Mayor go on TV tomorrow and say, "Hey, lockdown is over. Everyone can go about their normal business now," and she is still acting like a crazed banshee and refusing to let you out? Unless there is far more to the story than you are telling us, what she is doing is kidnapping. What she is doing is violating every fire code in the city of Los Angeles by keeping the doors locked without the residents being able to open them. Her behavior is criminal. She could end up killing you all, and you're going to sit there and let her.

I did that but everything is still weird. What? Oh... you meant with the forums, not the entire world. Never mind. The forums look fine. Everything else is still weird as hell, though.

Exact same thing happening to me.

People, especially those who have been marginalized by society, need allies and people who understand what their life is like. OP doesn't seem to be stating in any way that they will only become friends with people who are also non-binary. I see OP saying that they need a friend. Need. Need a friend. The way people have jumped on the OP, whose first language isn't English, is ugly.

Back when both my parents were alive, they shared one cell phone. Mom was the one who used it the most, though, because Dad was mostly deaf and preferred to use the landline, so on my phone the number just said "Mom". When Mom got sick and went into hospice care, Dad started carrying it. When Mom died, we had a going away party for her (we don't do funerals) and at the party, my phone started ringing. I picked it up to see who it was and nearly freaked out when it said "Mom". Then I remembered so I looked over at Dad expecting to see him calling me for some reason. Nope! No phone in his hand. I know I sat there for a minute or so pale as a sheet with my mouth hanging open before I could ask Dad where the phone was. It was in his back pocket. He butt-dialed me. I still laugh about it because if there is something that comes after, that's exactly the type of thing Mom would spend her afterlife doing for sh*ts and giggles.

Genuine honest-to-god pet-peeve. Outlook. Receiving an email, reading it in the preview pane, moving it to a folder, and having it stay unread so I have to manually mark it as read. Absolutely positively drives me bonkers.