I know...I know....we've all been there. And it's important to be patient with newer folks and to be empathetic to their frustration.

I'm so wrong for this....but I just want to smack the **** out of them. Which would not be helpful.

I'm sort of re-evaluating the value of habitually reading this board.

It's all starting to loop around and around in this anxious cycle of angsty mental health issue driven repetitive slurry.

I'm starting to identify these stereotypes of posters that repeat over and over....

The Bird....I will not eat over 500 calories because calories are bad.

The Protein Addict....Must never eat carbs again or the world will explode.

The Why Me Whiner....Where's my yellow brick road, Dr. Nowzaradin?

The Documentarian.... Ate one and three quarters blueberries this morning for a total of 4.37687calories.

The Rebel without a Clue.....I ate a whole pizza yesterday just to see if I could cram one in there. I could! I want my money back!

The Pain in the Ass angsty Know It All.....who writes offensive insensitive rants like this one.

The Research Junkie.....sort of like the pain in the ass angsty know it all...but with more links.

The Fat Shamer.....let me endlessly describe how much I hated my fat, and by extension how offputting I find other fat people

The Size Queen.....Can I slip my new pants size into casual conversation?

The Oblivious Question Asker.....Um, I'm two weeks out, can I have chicken McNuggets and a large coke and fries yet?

The Lonely Soul.....Hi, We should be besties. I'm going to write 9/10 posts about how cool I think you are.

The Stuck Veteran....I lost weight ages ago and kept it off, but I still obsess about weight loss daily.

The Message Board Christian.....Lets slip Christ in there, just for the hell of it. Pray for me!

Maybe I just have a shitty attitude today. I'm bored. I'm tired of thinking about weight.

I'm glad I had surgery. A few bumps in the road, but I'm doing really well all things considered. I'm committed to following through.

But I'm so freaking tired of thinking about this.....and having it consume so much of my life.

And equally scared of not being vigilant.

Just kinda....ornery. Sorry.

Edited February 12, 20188 yr by Creekimp13

Can I get a little clarity on what FFS is please? Is it For f**k's Sake?

kthnxbyenoproblemshereman

Just now, FluffyChix said:

Can I get a little clarity on what FFS is please? Is it For f**k's Sake?

kthnxbyenoproblemshereman

WTF you don't know what FFS means? SMDH.

Something like that. For fart's sake if you're a mom of small children, for feck's sake if you're Irish...etc..etc..

ROTFLMFAO:)

Rolled oats take four long minutes for appetizing oatmeal*

9 minutes ago, orionburn said:

WTF you don't know what FFS means? SMDH.

IKR? WTF!! ROFLMAO! Now, WTF is SMDH dude?

21 hours ago, blizair09 said:

I sware some sociology PhD student could do a dissertation on BP and its posters...

You could do that on almost any internet board that has long term users though.

2 minutes ago, summerset said:

You could do that on almost any internet board that has long term users though.

Probably...

While any analysis would need to include samples of users across the board (new people, drop ins, long term users, etc.), I would find the long term users the least interesting, at least academically. (Though that might be, in the case of BP especially, that there aren't as many because people either don't get on after a time, or they drop back in because they haven't been successful.)

I understand this forum has private messaging if you two or three want to continue your antics.

Edited February 14, 20188 yr by Elise24

1 hour ago, Creekimp13 said:

Two....I'm not ranting about ANY SPECIFIC MEMBER. This rant is about patterns of behavior, gross generalizations, and comical stereotypes....that this place is ripe with.

Doesn't change anything in the end. You wanted to be funny (maybe) or you really wanted to rave and rant about other members and when you noticed you might have gone a bit too far you wrote that it was just a joke.

That's a really useful thing when it comes to irony: you can always use "it was just a joke" as a bailout.

3 minutes ago, blizair09 said:

I would find the long term users the least interesting, at least academically.

I think especially the long term users are very interesting, both when it comes to cliques and how they treat new members. Highschool school yard anyone?

1 minute ago, summerset said:

I think especially the long term users are very interesting, both when it comes to cliques and how they treat new members. Highschool school yard anyone?

I completely agree. The immaturity is nauseating.

1 minute ago, summerset said:

I think especially the long term users are very interesting, both when it comes to cliques and how they treat new members. Highschool school yard anyone?

I wasn't thinking about the old mean girls group from back when. Good point.

24 minutes ago, summerset said:

Doesn't change anything in the end. You wanted to be funny (maybe) or you really wanted to rave and rant about other members and when you noticed you might have gone a bit too far you wrote that it was just a joke.

Nope. I had absolutely no specific people in mind. And No, I don't think I went to far...in fact, there are several other stereotypes I left out. LOLOLOLOL:) Will have to revisit this thread and add a few more at some point!

If you expect me to worry about hurt feelings for talking about stereotypes and vague generalizations...you're barking up the wrong tree.

That would be like me worrying about you calling me a mean gurl. BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! LOLOLOLOL:)

Psst...

Pot?

It's the Kettle...

You're black:)

I personally think it’s had enough. Time to move on to another post that’s not making fun of others.....