What made you smile or laugh today? Part III

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That sucks... I'm sorry that happened.
It's amazing how fast my narcissist detectors formed.

Thanks. This person had created an astoundingly false persona and life story. She was a talented writer (This I knew for sure as I had read an early draft of a novel I later purchased and could see that the draft had been real.) and wove these stories about her life into every post. She claimed many victims, folks who thought they had befriended one person but in fact had been taken in by a fraud. Hers was by far the most elaborate false internet persona I have ever seen.
 
Thanks. This person had created an astoundingly false persona and life story. She was a talented writer (This I knew for sure as I had read an early draft of a novel I later purchased and could see that the draft had been real.) and wove these stories about her life into every post. She claimed many victims, folks who thought they had befriended one person but in fact had been taken in by a fraud. Hers was by far the most elaborate false internet persona I have ever seen.

I’m sorry. Really.
 
Thanks. This person had created an astoundingly false persona and life story. She was a talented writer (This I knew for sure as I had read an early draft of a novel I later purchased and could see that the draft had been real.) and wove these stories about her life into every post. She claimed many victims, folks who thought they had befriended one person but in fact had been taken in by a fraud. Hers was by far the most elaborate false internet persona I have ever seen.

Now I wonder if I know that person. Gah.

I know there's one poster who used to be very prolific and then went *poof* when people started to catch up on her story. It was around 2011 or 2012. I sometimes still see her name mentioned on lists where people say who they miss here.

And it always makes me think about the nature of online interaction. It's not my place to tell people about what went on with that poster and I'm not saying it's wrong to miss her. And I'm not sure it even matters that she wasn't who she said she was and didn't lead the life she told she does, except for the people who were caught up in her story personally of course. She was a very valuable addition to the conversations here and I'm sure helped many. Helped me, for sure. Does it matter that her advice was based on fiction, if it helped people like it helped me?

Just something I always wonder when I see her name mentioned.
 
Now I wonder if I know that person. Gah.

I know there's one poster who used to be very prolific and then went *poof* when people started to catch up on her story. It was around 2011 or 2012. I sometimes still see her name mentioned on lists where people say who they miss here.

And it always makes me think about the nature of online interaction. It's not my place to tell people about what went on with that poster and I'm not saying it's wrong to miss her. And I'm not sure it even matters that she wasn't who she said she was and didn't lead the life she told she does, except for the people who were caught up in her story personally of course. She was a very valuable addition to the conversations here and I'm sure helped many. Helped me, for sure. Does it matter that her advice was based on fiction, if it helped people like it helped me?

Just something I always wonder when I see her name mentioned.

I dunno. I see red when lowercasepete is ever mentioned.
 
Oh, actually that thing happened way earlier. It happened in 2009-2010. (I lurked under a different name for years before I started posting using this one.)


And I don't know who lowercasepete is or what went on with it. But of course people have different opinions on this, I realize that. I guess I'm relatively lenient towards online personas. Not an opinion a lot of people share, I know that.

And this probably makes some people question if I have an internet persona and am faking it all. And now that makes me smile. :)
 
Oh, actually that thing happened way earlier. It happened in 2009-2010. (I lurked under a different name for years before I started posting using this one.)


And I don't know who lowercasepete is or what went on with it. But of course people have different opinions on this, I realize that. I guess I'm relatively lenient towards online personas. Not an opinion a lot of people share, I know that.

And this probably makes some people question if I have an internet persona and am faking it all. And now that makes me smile. :)

I hope not, because I girl crush on your internet persona.
 
I’m sorry. Really.

Now I wonder if I know that person. Gah.

I know there's one poster who used to be very prolific and then went *poof* when people started to catch up on her story. It was around 2011 or 2012. I sometimes still see her name mentioned on lists where people say who they miss here.

And it always makes me think about the nature of online interaction. It's not my place to tell people about what went on with that poster and I'm not saying it's wrong to miss her. And I'm not sure it even matters that she wasn't who she said she was and didn't lead the life she told she does, except for the people who were caught up in her story personally of course. She was a very valuable addition to the conversations here and I'm sure helped many. Helped me, for sure. Does it matter that her advice was based on fiction, if it helped people like it helped me?

Just something I always wonder when I see her name mentioned.

I dunno. I see red when lowercasepete is ever mentioned.
To wrap this up: the person I described last posted before 2006 so it's quite unlikely that many remember her at all. My injury was to pride, which regrows fairly well. I know bits and pieces of the lowercasepete story, and they are all despicable on their own, much less as a combined narrative. I really hate dishonesty here.
 
To wrap this up: the person I described last posted before 2006 so it's quite unlikely that many remember her at all. My injury was to pride, which regrows fairly well. I know bits and pieces of the lowercasepete story, and they are all despicable on their own, much less as a combined narrative. I really hate dishonesty here.
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Then you will love me. Despite all my flaws.
 
Today i was reminded of a favorite quote from Carrie Fisher: “Instant gratification takes too long.”
 
Hope it comes in flavors!

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Trying on a new nail polish I got yesterday as a freebie. It's not at all a color I ever would have picked myself, but it is kinda cute. :)
 
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Because I clearly don't have enough on my plate, I decided to make a crossword.

It turned out better than my first attempt, at least in the sense that this time around I only used words that actually exist! I'm so proud of my baby. :)
 
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