Yeah, sometimes I discuss the topics which come up on the forums, or interactions with friends/colleagues who are not members.
Sometimes I take a peek when I'm on the train, or on a break to see how a discussion is developing. Sometimes I google questions which come up with work colleagues on my break. Sometimes I read a book, or stare out the window.
I don't see it as a bad thing to talk to people physically in front of me, or online. I don't see it as a bad thing to obtain information from the internet, or people physically in front of me.
I might be guilty of sometimes neglecting housework in favour of a good read, or discussion, though.
As a thread author one has the moderator power to hide posts.
As a reader, one has the power to open all the hidden posts and read them.
Hidden posts tend to inspire people's natural curiosity, so the first thing people do when coming across a hidden post is read it. Ergo, hiding posts rather embarrassingly has the opposite effect to the one intended and ironically draws attention to them rather than hide them.
The thread author has the moderator power to unhide any post they have hidden and reverse the process, just as they have the power to unban those they have banned.
I only have to go over a bridge (it's an amazing walk) to go out of my home country.
I have sailed to continental Europe a number of times. I enjoyed that, even on rough(ish) crossings. In fact a rough crossing is less sickening that when a boat is quietly yawing from side to side, I find.
'Abnormal' is not a word I've ever favoured, even when studying as an Applied Psychology undergraduate. It's a word I use rarely, usually in the context of something 'abnormal cells'.
'Dysfunctional' is a word mostly useful for humorous purposes, which is what I thought you were doing when you used it. Perhaps a little projection on my part (fnar, fnar).
jac_the_gripper Forum Posts (5,363)
RE: CS impact on your life?
Scrabbled eggs...?