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sorry bek, but I don't completely agree with what you said.
it's great that you feel that way, and that you're confident about yourself. however, not everyone is like you, and some people just like to hear (or read, in this case) nice things about themselves once in a while.
Post by sparklybecca on Mar 2, 2009 22:24:33 GMT -5
One of my greatest comforts in life is to consume an entire box of Hamburger Helper by myself. My two favorites are "Cheddar Cheese Melt" and "Bacon Cheeseburger".
One of my greatest comforts in life is to consume an entire box of Hamburger Helper by myself. My two favorites are "Cheddar Cheese Melt" and "Bacon Cheeseburger".
Post by rideincircles on Mar 2, 2009 22:34:42 GMT -5
Just so you know, you're getting the juiciest one.
When I was 15 or so, I went out with this girl. She was my first real girlfriend, so I fell in love, or what I thought was love. I sent her love poems and flowers. Shortly after that, she broke up with me. This was the start of the end of my life. I developed depression and anxiety issues. My depression turned into suicidal tendencies. I wanted to kill myself. I had no friends, and I would go home after school and be as isolated as possible. Just watch movies and listen to music. Looking back, I would never kill myself, I just wasn't motivated enough. So I went to therapy and took the pills (still do), and one day I was listening to Eminem's song Till I Collapse. Basically the song is about how he's never ever gonna give up on his life. I heard the lyrics to this song and I just start bawling my eyes out, and I'm crying right now, because I realized that I have so much to live for, and I will never give up. I went downstairs to my parents who were watching tv and told them I didn't want to kill myself anymore and we hugged it out. That was a long time ago. Depression is a freaking bitchh. I'm just getting over it now, and can say for the first time in 2 years that I am actually living my life to the fullest. I absolutely love life and it is beautiful. It makes me happy to know that I will never be that bad again. I have chosen my career, though this. I want to become a psychologist and help people through their troubles. They say that you can't be a good psychologist if you've never been where they've been, and I hope to help people just like the many people who have helped me find my way.
every once in a blue moon (maybe 1-2 times a year), I'll shoplift something just for the hell of it - even though it's always something I can afford, and never something that I actually need. Sometimes I do it if I got really bad customer service, other times it's just something I think is a major rip-off. Sometimes I just do it for the thrill of the experience. I've never taken anything worth more than $10, however, and I only ever steal from large corporations.
Just so everyone knows, you can't make duplicate accounts. I like the idea for this thread, but there are people making duplicate accounts for posting here. There's really no need for a dup account because of the PM'ing and anonymous posting of confessions. If you have made a dup, please delete it and go about with the PM'ing and the confessing and the like. That is all. Thanks.
Just so everyone knows, you can't make duplicate accounts. I like the idea for this thread, but there are people making duplicate accounts for posting here. There's really no need for a dup account because of the PM'ing and anonymous posting of confessions. If you have made a dup, please delete it and go about with the PM'ing and the confessing and the like. That is all. Thanks.
Just so everyone knows, you can't make duplicate accounts. I like the idea for this thread, but there are people making duplicate accounts for posting here. There's really no need for a dup account because of the PM'ing and anonymous posting of confessions. If you have made a dup, please delete it and go about with the PM'ing and the confessing and the like. That is all. Thanks.
what about the confessionsrus account?
That's kinda what I'm talking about. I know it might be splitting hairs, but I really don't see the need for it. This thread is based upon the honesty of other inforooers. If you don't feel comfortable sending a PM confession under your own account, then you probably shouldn't be sending confessions. Not trying to be a jackass here. It's just, rules are rules. Sorry.
That's kinda what I'm talking about. I know it might be splitting hairs, but I really don't see the need for it. This thread is based upon the honesty of other inforooers. If you don't feel comfortable sending a PM confession under your own account, then you probably shouldn't be sending confessions. Not trying to be a jackass here. It's just, rules are rules. Sorry.
well, I guess I'm done with this thread then. I liked the anonymity. it made it easier to open up.
I cheated my way through high-school. Myself and my best friend got great grades our Jr. and Sr. year because we bought notebooks from graduating Seniors with graded copies of practically every quiz and test for all our AP classes in them. My confession is that I'm not the least bit sorry about what we did.
That's kinda what I'm talking about. I know it might be splitting hairs, but I really don't see the need for it. This thread is based upon the honesty of other inforooers. If you don't feel comfortable sending a PM confession under your own account, then you probably shouldn't be sending confessions. Not trying to be a jackass here. It's just, rules are rules. Sorry.
I'm not trying to be a jackass either, but that's ridiculous. The idea that someone shouldn't be confessing something if they don't feel comfortable doing it without the protection of anonymity is asinine. People have the need to get things off their chest, and doing so without fear of anyone judging them is incredibly important, and it's a healthy thing to do.
The idea that you would pass judgment on a person for not wanting ANYONE else to know that they were the one making a confession, just because YOU don't see the need, really blows my mind. Is ONE public/duplicate account really worth taking away something that is clearly already an important part of this community? I hope not.
"We're no longer called Sonic Death Monkey. We're on the verge of becoming Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but just for tonight, we are Barry Jive and his Uptown Five. "
That's kinda what I'm talking about. I know it might be splitting hairs, but I really don't see the need for it. This thread is based upon the honesty of other inforooers. If you don't feel comfortable sending a PM confession under your own account, then you probably shouldn't be sending confessions. Not trying to be a jackass here. It's just, rules are rules. Sorry.
I'm not trying to be a jackass either, but that's ridiculous. The idea that someone shouldn't be confessing something if they don't feel comfortable doing it without the protection of anonymity is asinine. People have the need to get things off their chest, and doing so without fear of anyone judging them is incredibly important, and it's a healthy thing to do. The idea that you would pass judgment on a person for not wanting ANYONE else to know that they were the one making the confession just because YOU don't see the need, really blows my mind. Is ONE public/duplicate account really worth taking away something that is clearly already an important part of this community? I hope not.
I'm not trying to be a jackass either, but that's ridiculous. The idea that someone shouldn't be confessing something if they don't feel comfortable doing it without the protection of anonymity is asinine. People have the need to get things off their chest, and doing so without fear of anyone judging them is incredibly important, and it's a healthy thing to do. The idea that you would pass judgment on a person for not wanting ANYONE else to know that they were the one making the confession just because YOU don't see the need, really blows my mind. Is ONE public/duplicate account really worth taking away something that is clearly already an important part of this community? I hope not.
That's kinda what I'm talking about. I know it might be splitting hairs, but I really don't see the need for it. This thread is based upon the honesty of other inforooers. If you don't feel comfortable sending a PM confession under your own account, then you probably shouldn't be sending confessions. Not trying to be a jackass here. It's just, rules are rules. Sorry.
this.
I'm not trying to be a jackass either, but that's ridiculous. The idea that someone shouldn't be confessing something if they don't feel comfortable doing it without the protection of anonymity is asinine. People have the need to get things off their chest, and doing so without fear of anyone judging them is incredibly important, and it's a healthy thing to do. The idea that you would pass judgment on a person for not wanting ANYONE else to know that they were the one making the confession just because YOU don't see the need, really blows my mind. Is ONE public/duplicate account really worth taking away something that is clearly already an important part of this community? I hope not.
I agree with Danbird. The duplicate account is a clear violation of previously created rules. If there were something to happen with a member using that account it would be difficult to impossible to know who did what.
If you want the true cathartic effect of a confession you need to come to terms with what you're confessing and be willing to take a risk.
"We're no longer called Sonic Death Monkey. We're on the verge of becoming Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but just for tonight, we are Barry Jive and his Uptown Five. "
I'm not making judgements. Catharsis is a very strong tool and one that I studied in college, specifically the effects of catharsis from a group experience. Catharsis is escalated by risk. When risk is absent the cathartic effect is most often not going to be as strong or long lasting.
I'm not trying to be a jackass either, but that's ridiculous. The idea that someone shouldn't be confessing something if they don't feel comfortable doing it without the protection of anonymity is asinine. People have the need to get things off their chest, and doing so without fear of anyone judging them is incredibly important, and it's a healthy thing to do.
The idea that you would pass judgment on a person for not wanting ANYONE else to know that they were the one making a confession, just because YOU don't see the need, really blows my mind. Is ONE public/duplicate account really worth taking away something that is clearly already an important part of this community? I hope not.
I'm sorry? When you tell someone that they shouldn't be confessing something if they don't have the nerve to confess it to another person or group publicly, that sounds like a pretty straight forward judgment to me.
And Chico, I frankly don't care what you studied in college. I studied political science, but that doesn't mean I get to tell the rest of the country how to vote.
If this is really about rules, lets make it about rules and have a straight forward discussion about why this is such a danger to the InfoRoo community and what other possible solutions there are. Lets not make it about how a person should or shouldn't be revealing their deeper secrets.
"We're no longer called Sonic Death Monkey. We're on the verge of becoming Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but just for tonight, we are Barry Jive and his Uptown Five. "
Well it's not anonymous at all the MODs can see your ip, I am sure they could track it down and see who posted what. I just assume they don't, still don't post about killing someone or anything or anything they can and will be able to tell. However though I don't see a real problem with the account for the same reason, if it is abused the mods can track it down. In fact can its security be restricted to this thread? Or at least the Other Tent.
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if the confessionsrus account is abused and used with bad intentions, then close that account, make an announcement here and that will be that. I don't really see how this is that big a deal.
Damn... I have to wait until autumn, when I can shuffle into a semi air-conditioned synagogue, listen to four hours of the Kol Nidrei and then confess every bad thing I've ever done. Day of Atonement, oh joy!
Instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.
i took care of the confessionsrus account. i guess if you do want to be anonymous you can always just post from your account and make it look like someone sent you a confession?