A follower after my rant about Christians not acting very Jesus-like.
If my thoughts on religion bother you, feel free to take off. It's really not going to change my mind. I'm pretty freaking sure that God agreed with me on that last post.
Anyway, it's time I began talking about what I meant to when I started this thing. Writing. My writing or lack thereof.
Whatever floats yer boat. :-)
Not Fueled By Fast Cash
Due to the sensitive nature of the previous post, moderation is on. This does not mean that your comment will never see the light of day. I am protecting people from personal attacks.
Yes, I cursed. Yep, I went off, but I did not name anyone, kept most of the previous post general, with one exception that was edited for correction (though I did not delete what I had said, just did a strikethrough). When I'm wrong, I'm wrong and will admit it.
I'm not calling anyone out, but I did have some feedback about how I did this to make money.
No, sorry. While I have had a lot of hits here in the past 24 hours, if you look, you will see that I have no Adsense. The ads were disabled prior to posting. I forgot Chitika was on until later- but that was removed as well. I am not profiting from this in ANY way.
Yes, I own another website and made a forum there for 'BottomFeeders'. There was no motivation behind that for money or ad earnings, the forum there has no Adsense embedded. The ads are on the sidebar and in the banner of the site--and have been there since I opened PG.
The hidden forum was created as a safe haven. The 'feeders could have a daily chat, rant, vent, and not feel as if they would be banned from a site they enjoy. My site is not a competitor of Diaperswappers- there's no cloth diaper trading, no cloth sponsor. It's for all aspects of parenting.
I'm not subtle in anything I do, many friends and fellow writers can attest to that. When I see an injustice or feel passionate about something, I get loud. I also say my mind...regardless of the consequences.
A mod from that forum asked why I had linked here if I knew it would end up in a ban.
Because I knew it would. I knew it would cause a huge stir. This blog is under my control and no one could delete my post within minutes. It will be accessible to anyone searching and will remain in place until that site's staff re-evaluates how members are treated by other members and by certain staff. Am I calling anyone out specifically? No. I don't know all of the mods nor have I interacted with them all. I do know others are angry...and if it takes being banned (seriously though, i have a herd of kids, WoW, Angry Birds and FB how bad off am i?), so what?
I did it to stand up and stand out for my friends in a way that can't be ignored.
Yes, I cursed. Yep, I went off, but I did not name anyone, kept most of the previous post general, with one exception that was edited for correction (though I did not delete what I had said, just did a strikethrough). When I'm wrong, I'm wrong and will admit it.
I'm not calling anyone out, but I did have some feedback about how I did this to make money.
No, sorry. While I have had a lot of hits here in the past 24 hours, if you look, you will see that I have no Adsense. The ads were disabled prior to posting. I forgot Chitika was on until later- but that was removed as well. I am not profiting from this in ANY way.
Yes, I own another website and made a forum there for 'BottomFeeders'. There was no motivation behind that for money or ad earnings, the forum there has no Adsense embedded. The ads are on the sidebar and in the banner of the site--and have been there since I opened PG.
The hidden forum was created as a safe haven. The 'feeders could have a daily chat, rant, vent, and not feel as if they would be banned from a site they enjoy. My site is not a competitor of Diaperswappers- there's no cloth diaper trading, no cloth sponsor. It's for all aspects of parenting.
I'm not subtle in anything I do, many friends and fellow writers can attest to that. When I see an injustice or feel passionate about something, I get loud. I also say my mind...regardless of the consequences.
A mod from that forum asked why I had linked here if I knew it would end up in a ban.
Because I knew it would. I knew it would cause a huge stir. This blog is under my control and no one could delete my post within minutes. It will be accessible to anyone searching and will remain in place until that site's staff re-evaluates how members are treated by other members and by certain staff. Am I calling anyone out specifically? No. I don't know all of the mods nor have I interacted with them all. I do know others are angry...and if it takes being banned (seriously though, i have a herd of kids, WoW, Angry Birds and FB how bad off am i?), so what?
I did it to stand up and stand out for my friends in a way that can't be ignored.
Diaperswappers and Fuckery
As a writer, I abhor censorship.
As a human, I love and embrace being imperfect.
As an intelligent human, I hate douchebaggery.
I have two forums that I frequent, one of them a parenting forum. Until recently, I loved it. A dose of human interaction, the type that involves other moms. Who else can understand what you go through? Who else can relate to the insane antics of a naked two year old shoving M&M's into any available orfice? Another mom, that's who.
After a while, I noticed something really screwed up. There were strange things going on...people posting questions on things...and others jumping to advise those posters to call Child Protective Services. On people the replying commentors never met, had no information about. One such instance involved pictures of a home where the owner had tacked thin boards over the windows in what looked like an effort to secure them. Seriously, the 'boards' were painted and were like a ghetto security measure. "Call the police!" "The Fire Marshall!" "CPS!" --resounded all through the thread while the voices of reason, most asking why the poster felt the need to essentially stalk and post photos of a neighbor's home, were ignored.
Another forum member had been harassed by CPS because a moderator felt that the member was a danger to her children{or child?}--based on posts. Um, hello, this is the Internet, that member could have been some dude pretending to be an emotional chick. {She really is a woman, but that's an example}. Can you imagine being persecuted for an Internet rant or 50? All because a moderator got a 'feeling' ?
I posted an incorrect version. The mod involved posted the actual story in the comments, so to keep this honest, I am quoting. If the member is fine with her side being shared, that will be as well. Waiting on authorization from the member.
Good grief.
Now we have the most recent bout of fuckery.
A group of members began calling themselves 'Bottomfeeders' after a thread of righteous indignation spun out of control over food stamps. One side wanted to kill all of the poor people through starvation {not really, but from their tone you'd think people that needed assistance were shitting in their cereal bowls every morning}. The other side wanted all of the cookies and cake with their food stamp booze {again, not really, but you have to make it fun}.
Then you had a whole other side...which makes this like some sort of fucked up love triangle you'd only see on daytime TV. This side {corner?} didn't give two flying frog fucks who did what. YAY- the Bottomfeeder was born.
Whew. That is a lot to say while typing one handed.
The Bottomfeeders had a blast by joking around in threads. Their true nature really came to light when a thread started to turn into a trainwreck. One {or 10} would pop in and make a few jokes. Derail a nasty derail, if you will. This didn't sit well with the people that had A) No sense of humor, B)A hard time getting any sarcasm, C)An insanely large stick up the ass, or D) A deplenished supply of batteries or no sex toy at all.
Personally I think they'd all benefit from getting a man that can 'go downtown' if you get my drift.
So a thread just for these ladies was born. But, the Ass-Stickers were unhappy. They did not understand BottomFeeders. They thought that there were people laughing at them behind their backs. That there was a joke that they just couldn't get. They complained. Whined. Forgot to buy batteries for their B.O.B.s {Google that}.
BottomFeeders suddenly found they were being attacked. Banned for nothing. Suffering personal attacks, but unable to reply in kind--because to do so would 'stir the pot'.
You see, DiaperSwappers is a really crapass site with horrible writing. Saved only by their sponsor, CottonBabies, and their forum, the site has to keep 'site supporters' happy. As I said on Facebook- if every Bottomfeeder supported that site, the banning would never happen. Why? No matter what the rules are, PayPal will grab that cash back if you're banned, Baby.
Someone said..."You don't mess with DS."
Wrong.
You don't fuck with a pissed off bitch that can deal fuckery by the bucketfuls.
Why? Fuck YOU, that's why.
Postscript: I have been banned from Diaperswappers for one year. How much fuckery can I cause in one year?. Here is the message:
On that note, as a warning to the owner of that site and the mods, if there is even so much of a hint that you use my IP or information to do what you did to the one member { call local authorities/CPS/Boogeyman/whatever}, I will sue. There is a law in my state regarding false reports and 'revenge' reports. Ban all you wish, but keep it on the Internet. I don't play games of that sort.
As a human, I love and embrace being imperfect.
As an intelligent human, I hate douchebaggery.
I have two forums that I frequent, one of them a parenting forum. Until recently, I loved it. A dose of human interaction, the type that involves other moms. Who else can understand what you go through? Who else can relate to the insane antics of a naked two year old shoving M&M's into any available orfice? Another mom, that's who.
After a while, I noticed something really screwed up. There were strange things going on...people posting questions on things...and others jumping to advise those posters to call Child Protective Services. On people the replying commentors never met, had no information about. One such instance involved pictures of a home where the owner had tacked thin boards over the windows in what looked like an effort to secure them. Seriously, the 'boards' were painted and were like a ghetto security measure. "Call the police!" "The Fire Marshall!" "CPS!" --resounded all through the thread while the voices of reason, most asking why the poster felt the need to essentially stalk and post photos of a neighbor's home, were ignored.
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I posted an incorrect version. The mod involved posted the actual story in the comments, so to keep this honest, I am quoting. If the member is fine with her side being shared, that will be as well. Waiting on authorization from the member.
It seems you have your story a bit mixed up or perhaps you misunderstood what actually happened? I can see how that happened if you only heard one side. I don't believe you ever heard my side on this did you?
I thought I'd share a bit to hopefully clarify things a wee bit.
I called looking for ADULT services based on what I was reading.I was not the only member concerned. Perhaps you missed the posts that had so many mama's worried? To this day, I'm not sorry I called. Rather that had been a man or troll posting (and I knew it wasn't as that member and I have both been on DS for years) to elude to taking your life is a very serious cry for help (or attention!) Since I couldn't be sure which, I made the call. I was told that there were not any type of adult intervention services. They said I had to talk to CPS in order to get any type of help for the mama at all. I did talk to them and made it VERY clear I did not feel that the mama was a danger to her child but that she did appear to be a danger to herself based on what she was writing. They asked me to read what she had written. I did. I then asked them to please just check on her and make sure she was getting help she needed if what she had written was concerning to them.I left it at that.There is a lot more to that story that took place in the following days. Including a call made to me by someone pretending to be a CPS case worker...
Good grief.
Now we have the most recent bout of fuckery.
A group of members began calling themselves 'Bottomfeeders' after a thread of righteous indignation spun out of control over food stamps. One side wanted to kill all of the poor people through starvation {not really, but from their tone you'd think people that needed assistance were shitting in their cereal bowls every morning}. The other side wanted all of the cookies and cake with their food stamp booze {again, not really, but you have to make it fun}.
Then you had a whole other side...which makes this like some sort of fucked up love triangle you'd only see on daytime TV. This side {corner?} didn't give two flying frog fucks who did what. YAY- the Bottomfeeder was born.
Whew. That is a lot to say while typing one handed.
The Bottomfeeders had a blast by joking around in threads. Their true nature really came to light when a thread started to turn into a trainwreck. One {or 10} would pop in and make a few jokes. Derail a nasty derail, if you will. This didn't sit well with the people that had A) No sense of humor, B)A hard time getting any sarcasm, C)An insanely large stick up the ass, or D) A deplenished supply of batteries or no sex toy at all.
Personally I think they'd all benefit from getting a man that can 'go downtown' if you get my drift.
So a thread just for these ladies was born. But, the Ass-Stickers were unhappy. They did not understand BottomFeeders. They thought that there were people laughing at them behind their backs. That there was a joke that they just couldn't get. They complained. Whined. Forgot to buy batteries for their B.O.B.s {Google that}.
BottomFeeders suddenly found they were being attacked. Banned for nothing. Suffering personal attacks, but unable to reply in kind--because to do so would 'stir the pot'.
You see, DiaperSwappers is a really crapass site with horrible writing. Saved only by their sponsor, CottonBabies, and their forum, the site has to keep 'site supporters' happy. As I said on Facebook- if every Bottomfeeder supported that site, the banning would never happen. Why? No matter what the rules are, PayPal will grab that cash back if you're banned, Baby.
Someone said..."You don't mess with DS."
Wrong.
You don't fuck with a pissed off bitch that can deal fuckery by the bucketfuls.
Why? Fuck YOU, that's why.
Postscript: I have been banned from Diaperswappers for one year. How much fuckery can I cause in one year?. Here is the message:
You have been banned for the following reason:
Banned for Bashing the website and team
Banned for Bashing the website and team
Date the ban will be lifted: 06-28-2012, 09:00 PM
Kathy, Don't Give Them Fuel!
There's a reason I have a problem with religion. Every second of every day there are people willing to go out of their way to see what they perceive as 'sin' in someone else. Whatever happened to “judge not, lest ye be judged”?
Obviously, these people think they are above the command of their own god.
No, I didn't give god a capital G. I won't, not in this case. The people who act this way are certainly not followers of the one deserving a capital. If they can't obey the Christian God's commands on not judging, then seriously, they need to just back up and admit they're only following one god, the Christian Satan.
Julie, are you NUTS? You just called a bunch of totally conservative right wing Christians, um...Satanists!
You're darn tootin' I did. If you're not doing as your God says, then it stands to reason you're doing what his counterpart says to do. Think on that.
Get our your Bibles, folks. Show me exactly where God and Jesus told you to ignore the judging and the plucking motes from others' eyes before removing the beam from your own. While you're at it, give me some insight on where Jesus thought it would be a totally great idea to jump down the throat of every person he ever met. You know, tell them how wrong they were, how they were going to hell, and so on, so forth.
Oh...wait...he didn't. Jesus taught by example, parables, and love. He was a smart chap. I kinda doubt if he would have reamed Kathy Ireland a new one because she quoted a few lyrics from a movie.
That's what made me decide to post this. Kathy Ireland posted a lovely, thoughtful good night to her Twitter followers last night:
“You've got 2 believe in URself, right from the start. Believe in the magic inside UR heart. Go head believe in URself not because I told you to...Believe in yourself as I believe in you, Lena Horne in The Wiz..Angels, I believe in each & everyone of you. I love you.God bless.Night “
That's actually two 'tweets', I placed them together as they are meant to be read. Very sweet, right?
That enchanting sentiment from a lovely celebrity to the followers she has befriended has become fuel for one of the most moronic sideshows I've witnessed online. Believe me, I've seen quite a few. Kathy has been defending and explaining herself over and over since tweeting that.
To who? Idiots who think that Satan is in everything. One word...'magic', caused the ruckus. Crazy, right? I think so. When you begin to see sin in every word, every program, every song, then perhaps you're blind to the sin in yourself.
Kathy, as I said to you on Twitter, “Some people are too literal. Should ignore them. In other words: Don't feed the morons.”
Everyone else, feel free to use that bit of advice, everyday.
Obviously, these people think they are above the command of their own god.
No, I didn't give god a capital G. I won't, not in this case. The people who act this way are certainly not followers of the one deserving a capital. If they can't obey the Christian God's commands on not judging, then seriously, they need to just back up and admit they're only following one god, the Christian Satan.
Julie, are you NUTS? You just called a bunch of totally conservative right wing Christians, um...Satanists!
You're darn tootin' I did. If you're not doing as your God says, then it stands to reason you're doing what his counterpart says to do. Think on that.
Get our your Bibles, folks. Show me exactly where God and Jesus told you to ignore the judging and the plucking motes from others' eyes before removing the beam from your own. While you're at it, give me some insight on where Jesus thought it would be a totally great idea to jump down the throat of every person he ever met. You know, tell them how wrong they were, how they were going to hell, and so on, so forth.
Oh...wait...he didn't. Jesus taught by example, parables, and love. He was a smart chap. I kinda doubt if he would have reamed Kathy Ireland a new one because she quoted a few lyrics from a movie.
That's what made me decide to post this. Kathy Ireland posted a lovely, thoughtful good night to her Twitter followers last night:
“You've got 2 believe in URself, right from the start. Believe in the magic inside UR heart. Go head believe in URself not because I told you to...Believe in yourself as I believe in you, Lena Horne in The Wiz..Angels, I believe in each & everyone of you. I love you.God bless.Night “
That's actually two 'tweets', I placed them together as they are meant to be read. Very sweet, right?
That enchanting sentiment from a lovely celebrity to the followers she has befriended has become fuel for one of the most moronic sideshows I've witnessed online. Believe me, I've seen quite a few. Kathy has been defending and explaining herself over and over since tweeting that.
To who? Idiots who think that Satan is in everything. One word...'magic', caused the ruckus. Crazy, right? I think so. When you begin to see sin in every word, every program, every song, then perhaps you're blind to the sin in yourself.
Kathy, as I said to you on Twitter, “Some people are too literal. Should ignore them. In other words: Don't feed the morons.”
Everyone else, feel free to use that bit of advice, everyday.
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