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BestDayEver

By BestDayEver, in Rants & Raves

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BestDayEver    418

BestDayEver
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Raise your hand if you ever felt personally victimized by Regina George.

Sometimes this forum sounds more like "Mean Girls" than Bariatric PAL. I've been coming here for 18 months now and it's been this way the whole time. Lol. Never a dull moment.

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LisaMergs    2,854

LisaMergs
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Huh?

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Clementine Sky    707

Clementine Sky
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Since you've chosen to keep returning to this forum over the past 18 months, then presumably you're gaining something from it, so that is a positive. :) I've seen a few snarky posts here, but I've also witnessed the same people make an effort to try to genuinely help others. I've actually encountered more complaints about "bullies" than evidence of the bullying. I don't know if moderators have deleted the posts construed as offensive, or if I've just not come upon them. To answer the question, I've never felt victimized by "mean girls" here. Honestly, strangers on the internet do not possess the power to make me into a victim. As Eleanor Roosevelt once wrote, "no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." My advice is that you refuse to give that consent. Unless you enjoy the drama, I'd skip over the posts of people who you think belittle others, or offer nothing of value, and focus instead on what benefits you.

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Hammer_Down    631

Hammer_Down
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Am I going to be called a mean girl or a bully if I point out that I thought that movie completely sucked? Like, colossally?

I don't like movies about teenagers unless they're getting hacked up. And I can't say I've ever felt like I was being chainsawed while posting here.

Then again, I just might be the one doing the carving, since I don't always agree with other posters or reinforce behaviour that I don't agree with.

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summerset    5,261

summerset
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Is it sad that I'm a guy and I know that the Regina George comment is from the movie Mean Girls?

Not really. I had to look that name up though, LOL. Didn't see that movie.

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higher    966

higher
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She doesn't even go here!

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Dub    9,922

Dub
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Only person who's ever victimized me was...................me.

And I'm kicking his ass on a daily basis.

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LisaMergs    2,854

LisaMergs
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Feeling old.... I have no clue what anyone is talking about, save @@Dub and his ass kicking.

It's my modus operandi.

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Feeling old.... I have no clue what anyone is talking about, save @@Dub and his ass kicking.

It's my modus operandi.

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

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highfunctioningfatman    2,675

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Feeling old.... I have no clue what anyone is talking about, save @@Dub and his ass kicking. It's my modus operandi. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal AppFeeling old.... I have no clue what anyone is talking about, save @@Dub and his ass kicking. It's my modus operandi. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

When you get old you repeat yourself.

Did you know that when you get old you tend to repeat yourself?

Umm... I don't recall what you were talking about but did you know that as we age we repeat ourselves?

Can you repeat what you were saying?

Squirrel moment!

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Babbs    14,680

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Am I going to be called a mean girl or a bully if I point out that I thought that movie completely sucked? Like, colossally?

I don't like movies about teenagers unless they're getting hacked up. And I can't say I've ever felt like I was being chainsawed while posting here.

Then again, I just might be the one doing the carving, since I don't always agree with other posters or reinforce behaviour that I don't agree with.

Not even "Clueless"?? That's the best movie about teenagers ever IMO.

"My plastic surgeon said I need to avoid activities where balls are flying at my face"

"There goes your social life".

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LisaMergs    2,854

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Feeling old.... I have no clue what anyone is talking about, save @@Dub and his ass kicking. It's my modus operandi. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal AppFeeling old.... I have no clue what anyone is talking about, save @@Dub and his ass kicking. It's my modus operandi. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

When you get old you repeat yourself.

Did you know that when you get old you tend to repeat yourself?

Umm... I don't recall what you were talking about but did you know that as we age we repeat ourselves?

Can you repeat what you were saying?

Squirrel moment!

Easy on the squirrel. It was my dads nickname for me lol

Easy on the squirrel. It was my dads nickname for me lol

Damn. It happened again.

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