Forum posts made by she

I find the report button too prominent too, I sometimes click it thinking it's a reply button, especially after going into various mail programs where their reply button is around the same area.

There aren't all that many messages legitimately reported, so it might be better if it were a smaller link, well away from the text box area.

Gav just fixed that, he moved report button above comment title. Looks neat to me. Did you have in mind something like that?

I for sure don't know much how the candidature is progressing in the USA, however I honestly hope that democrats take the elections.. previous republican president did enough for the whole century when it comes how he influenced the rest of the world, beside a good laugh that is


And welcome to the Think Tank, Oberon. It is fun over here, I predict you will enjoy it

I think I shall pack my suitcase of seriousness and return to being an observer!!

I don't think you should do that. Just because people disagree with each other that doesn't mean that we should stop communicating or expressing our opinions. Mayor problem (as I see it) is how to express ourselves in written word to be understood what we are saying.. It comes with practice, I guess.

People getting all heated up and emotional in a debate about religion? Weird. Who saw that coming?

hey now I was trying to stay away from this thread as long as I could


Could it be possible, She, that your argument can be summed up as: I have nothing against people's choice of religion, I can only observe the harms that religions have brought to the world throughout history?
Yes, but this thread is not about faith or personal believes it is about religion itself, right?

I can't really imagine that you'd personally judge everyone who holds religious/spiritual beliefs with a broad brush to be sheep, followers, negative influences on the world, etc. Not everyone benefits negatively from inviting it into their life.
If you read my posts, I don't think I was judging people (if you ignore my previous one, that is, giggles) I was specifically talking about organized religion

Personally, over the last year or so, I've benefited a lot from it, and I'm somebody that- in certain contexts- can come down pretty hard on religion. That's because "Religion" is not any one thing, any more than "Television" is any one thing. There are some religious groups that are murderous fanatics. On the other end of the scale, picture a single man or woman, quietly meditating in a room, alone, in search of inner peace. Then there's everything in between. Perhaps in your mind, it's still all bad, and as you've reminded us all, that opinion is your right which cannot be stripped. All I can offer to you is that you know at least one thinking, reasonable person for whom religion has not been detrimental.


..few months ago I become godmother to a beautiful girl, friendship with girls mother means more to me than my dislike of religion..so..what can I say more
..but,I do not like religion, period. There wasn't a good enough argument made to convince me otherwise, but I have nothing against personal believes as long as you are not trying to rape me with your believes and how I must see the light that you are seeing (generalizing, not you X ) Do I find it silly and odd, yes, I still cannot understand the whole concept of people believing in myths, is that judging, no I don't think so.

Ask, there is more to tell, but I cannot ignore posts where I am called names, it is just my temper have nothing to do with it

But...but...I thought it was him who was meant to be reacting in an overly emotional way?? :D Seems like he is very composed, making solid points and you are the one letting the emotion get to you :D He didn't call anyone a liar, the word "lie" just happens to be used but its not the end of the world so chill :D What he was saying is that lumping all religions under the one banner is inevitably going to lead to generalisations which do not stand true for all religions. The word "lie" is used solely to show how generalisations about religion can be both damming and offensive towards to people of differenet religions.Points made about religion in general can be picked up as "lies" when applied to his religion. perhaps "lie" is a strong word but lets not get bogged down in minor details. All he was suggesting was the use of a little tact.
And if anyone should take offence it should not be you. I feel the constant patronising manner in which you try to delegate his religion into merely a sect as a means of suggesting that it is below you "because you dont need to know about every fricking sect" is much more offensive...and silly :D Every religion starts as a sect. If you are only bothered by the major religions then I feel it is you, who has bought into the "sheep affect".


Hahaha, cute.

How can I be emotional about something I don't give jack shit? His composed and solid points please, keep for yourself, both of you, to me you guys sound like Amway seller on one of their singing meetings. Not even one of your arguments didn't even for a slice question my disbelief and dislike in Religion.
You see, you religious fanatics, you are turning words around as pleased, no wonder for all of shit that is happening around the globe in the name of Religion.. So you say he didn't call me lair, fine, I don't need your approval for my believes, which is not the case with two of you, you need me to agree with you, you cannot stand my negative opinion about religion.
Wars were fight that we have Islam, Buddhism (and no, his 'religion'is not Buddhism), Ortodoks, Catolicism and Judaism, so please don't bullshit me about sects and cults.

One more thing, please do this and take your friends with you ;)

http://upload.lushstories.com/326-44244_481931041827912_75167847_n.jpg
ahahahahahahah, this never gets too old!!!

@ She: It happends now that stories dissapear from the front page within 6 hrs. While at other days stories are there nearly a day. I am positive that a minimum amount of hours can be found that give the writers a tad more exposure then that without queuing the system.

Anyway Thanks Gav for looking if there are possibilities! x

I am sure he will find a way to please you all, he is not called monkey genius for nothing!

@ She

I'm sorry if I appeared to come across as more emotional than I was. I was simply defending my own religion against some of the claims you made about all organised religions. I was not offended by what you said, although I could see why people might be; I just wanted to give you more information about my own religion and show that it is an example of the very opposite of your perceived notion of organised religion.

It is a lie to say that organised religion, in general, teaches you to not think with your head and that it, in general, promises to make your problems disappear; I stand by the word lie.

My recommendation on your wording was meant with sincerity and not to cause offence. Sorry. You did not call out any religion and that was exactly my point - you spoke far too generally, in my opinion, to say the kind of things you said.

From your two links:
sect - A religious body, especially one that has separated from a larger denomination.
A sect is a group with distinctive religious, political or philosophical beliefs.

We are certainly a religious body and a group with distinctive religious beliefs so, yes, we are a sect. By the same definition, the Catholic church is a sect. My religion, in the broadest terms possible, is Buddhism. I still don't really understand the point you're trying to make. Sorry again.

The article about us being a cult contains a lot of fallacies. I can go through them one by one if you wish. The person who wrote that article seems to have had an awful experience and if even half of what he has written was true then I can understand why he is now a former member. I can only give you my word that the organisation is very different from how it is there described (and I can't think what I would have to gain from lying about that).

I never intended to seem as though I was attacking you or trying to engage you in aggressive debate. If you have any questions about anything I have said, please do ask; as you can tell, I can talk about this subject until the cows come home.

Calling me a lair, twice, just does it for me. Find someone else to play with. However thank you for making my point even clearer (to me) about religious people. Even though this thread is not about people who support religion but about religion itself, you made it quite obvious (with your arguments, words you are choosing and amount of passion that is in your arguments) why I dislike religion and why in general I do avoid to communicate with fanatically religious people. ..mostly about religion, that is.

I think this idea has merit. The biggest exposure a story might get is its time on the home page, its unfair that some would get short changed due to the efficiency of our story mods!

So the way I would do it would be as new stories are verified, they are allocated a display date whereby the last story on the page has been on the home page for at least x hours. My only concern would be we get more stories per day than the allocated display time. Say we let a story have a guaranteed time of 24 hours, thats 25 (25 stories per page) new verified stories per day. Anymore will get queued up for the next day, creating a snow ball of stories.



just a quick question..Are you saying that with all these writers Lush has, sometimes writers will have to wait 2-3 weeks before their story will be submitted? Or this cannot be the case, because moderators don't get more than 30 stories per day?

Maybe I am not completely understanding what you are about to do, so I will break my thoughts down..

25 stories per page for 24hours. That's the plan, right.. If moderators will get more than 25stories per day, it is going to be delay with posting new stories up and consequently people will complain.
If moderators will get less than 25 stories per day, some of the stories will be on home page more than 24 hours and consequently people will complain again because some writers are longer on front page than them.
My question, is why exactly are you changing things making yourself more work, when people will complain either way? Or am I missing something?

I think this idea has merit. The biggest exposure a story might get is its time on the home page, its unfair that some would get short changed due to the efficiency of our story mods!

So the way I would do it would be as new stories are verified, they are allocated a display date whereby the last story on the page has been on the home page for at least x hours. My only concern would be we get more stories per day than the allocated display time. Say we let a story have a guaranteed time of 24 hours, thats 25 (25 stories per page) new verified stories per day. Anymore will get queued up for the next day, creating a snow ball of stories.



just a quick question..Are you saying that with all these writers Lush has, sometimes writers will have to wait 2-3 weeks before their story will be submitted? Or this cannot be the case, because moderators don't get more than 30 stories per day?

By speaking generally about religion, one "tars them all with the same brush", as it were. Therefore, when you make sweeping statements about "organised religion", you are implicitly talking about my religion. The comments you made (and the comments of many others in this thread) have been nothing but lies as far as my religion is concerned and that, as far as I'm concerned, is slander (if you truly believe them).
Lies?What's wrong with you? It is my opinion and not a lie. I strongly believe that organized religion is a bad thing, period and your emotional arguments didn't convinced me otherwise.

You should qualify your comments by saying something like, "The religious organisations of which I have any kind of reasonable knowledge...," so as to avoid potentially stating falsehoods and offending people.
Excuse me? If you took my post personally, it is not my problem. I didn't call out not even one religion, if you found yourself in my words and took them so emotionally, than maybe I am right after all...


I am sorry but I am not familiar with your religion or is it sect?
It is both, I suppose; I'm not really sure what you mean by the distinction. The SGI is a lay Buddhist organisation which propagates the teachings of Nichiren Daishonin. He established the correct teaching for the time and taught that people can attain Buddhahood in their present existence through chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sect

..meaning, I have no interest to be informed about every fricking sect that exist. Or is Soka Gakkai International a cult?

Sounds more a cult than anything else, so relax a word here is about religions not sects or cults
http://www.rickross.com/reference/gakkai/gakkai19.html

I do apologise to all for posting so much on this thread but it would remiss of me to remain silent while ignorant people slander the religious teachings I believe in.
You should never apologize for expressing your thoughts. And no one was slandering the religious techniques You believe in, it is general question with general answers.


The religious organisation to which I belong (Soka Gakkai International, for the record) teaches the exact opposite of everything you have just said.

I am sorry but I am not familiar with your religion or is it sect?

That is not necessarily true. I live way below my means. I dont crave for more material things. In fact, I think I buy less crap now that I am better off. It's almost like I was filling a void before. That or maybe I was a dumb kid that liked to spend too much money. But now I hardly spend money on things that aren't necessary or to the point of excess. I crave more and more sex when I have a partner I am really attracted too actually. Maybe the craving has more to do with personality on an individual basis than with money or sex and happiness.

:) I am pleased you responded like this. I agree with you completely, but I don't think that there are many of us who have chosen to live 'simple' life. What I was trying to say that most people that I know, live as I described and I personally see that as rat race.
I think craving is part of our DNA and I don't think is individual thing, but I do believe that is matter of personal choice to change what we will crave for or not.
You, obviously found your way and I assume you are happy? So sex is making you happier than money, right?

Since this thread is still on going, I will express my opinion as well.
Organized religion is bad.
It is nothing but teaches how not to think with your on head, how to follow as a sheep (sheep affect), how to believe if you will give up your will and trust in something else, your problems will disappear, so it teaches you how to be weak and not to fight to survive and so on, how to put your burden onto someone else and just pray that will disappear. Weak, weak, weak, become a weak so I can have power over you, that is religion.

Just turn around, look at the old civilizations and their religions, and now existing ones..
It is the same thing. believe so I can have power over you.

Impressive studies.

I am not romantic at all, but I am saying sex can make you happier than money.
With money is this thing, no matter how much you have it, you always crave for more, so that is not really definition for happiness.. I understand that money can give you confidence and security that person needs, money for dam sure makes life easier but good sex is fulfilling and moments when you crave for some more are just delightful which is not the case with the money. When I crave for more material stuff, my stomach hurts, my nerves are on fire I am frustrated and annoyed, so that doesn't make me happy.


There's this saying I like that goes, women need security and men need approval.

But is it really more like men need and approval and so do women? Approval meaning sex and fucking and cumming with the one you desire most of all.

Or is security just as important to our happiness?

Or do we need both all the time to be truly happy? I tend to think we need a certain degree of both but this is about which one is more important in your opinion.

A sexless billionaire... or a homeless bum in love with another homeless bum who have loving sex all day? which would you chose?

We all need security and approval question is how much of it every individual is willing to sacrifice for it.
Security relaxes us, makes us stabilized and yes, I would say that it is part of personal happiness.
Of I could choose, I would go with living from month to month in poor life with dynamic sex in it.

Oh this is going to be fun... Let me get my comfy chair ready for this.

I know right! I am there with you, here have a glass

Start with the classics. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart. Throw in some Shostakovich, Tchkovsky, Handel, Holst

Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Handel's Water Music
Shostakovich Festive Overture
Holst The Planets (Jupiter and Mars are my faves)
Orff's Carmina Burana
Mozart's Lacrimosa (part of Requiem)

Some of those you'll recognize from movies. Let me know how it goes. Yea, I was a band jock in high school and college

Yup, great advice to start with masters. You can learn how to listen classical music and then you can take it further by yourself when learn how to recognize sounds that you like.

Bach is quite heavy, however I enjoy it specially while cleaning the house.

LM you forgot Rahmaninov (Rachmaninoff)! He is my favorite, extremely passionate and sensual, made me cry numerous times, amazing music really, specially his Piano Concerto no.2!!

Swollen, whatever you do, listen it LOUD!!!! You need to feel every note of it and than you will tell if you like it or not :)

Lovely thread!

I respect this and have only done it the once. It was more of hassle than anything and I don't recommend it to anyone. I am much more selective of who I friend because of it. And I did try to avoid the same forums I previously posted under. I haven't published any stories yet so that wasn't a problem for me.


Doesn't sound that you took my words personally, that makes me happy.

I have really close friend here who did the same thing as you did, I was away for months (outside life happened), but my 1. post was not about us. It was about people who cannot live without other people's approval (and when they don't get attention, whining part begins followed by deleted account), people who are trying to be perfect but never are, who are quitters and runners away from problems and deleting is easy way out. At least they think so, and they are doing it over and over again thinking 'next time!!'.. Quite pathetic to watch..

Hi! Im LMB, Good Will Ambassador of Lush (ill wait till everyone stops laughing)


I was laughing so hard, even more when read this!
I just love this place

So, so sorry!


hehehe

It went to a vote and got bombed

http://www.lushstories.com/forum/yaf_postst24203_Would-you-like-to-be-able-to-kno-who-has-viewed-your-profile.aspx

One of the reason why this site is amazing! :)

Gav, if may I ask, I would love if you can move Report Offensive Post 2 cm up. (it is above story comments on the left side).
I am clumsy, I admit, and few days ago, after reading story and leaving comment I wanted to visit my own page, so instead clicking on my avatar I hit Report Offensive Post. I am being careful ever since, but it would be much nicer if I wont need to think about it.
Thank you!

I have zero respect for such a thing.
I can maybe understand if first time around 'you' were not honest about who 'you' are, then you realized that Lush is great community and you want to sort things out and become respectful member, but to delete your account 2, 3 or more times..please, find somewhere else to play, Lush obviously doesn't suit you. People who delete their accounts irritates me, specially if they are doing the same thing over and over again, specially if they are hanging out with the same crowd, posting in the same threads as before, having the same conversations..and it's obvious to most that that is the same person with new account..pathetic. Grow up and live with consequences of your choices and don't delete your account, but be responsible the first time around.

p.s. I was generalizing this, it is not directed to OP.

I find it hard to make friends as I don't randomly add people have tried trying to get to know people so would it be best to just stick to reading story's?

Well, you will have to do something if you want to make some friends here.
Week or so ago I was accused being socialite, whatever that means to that person.. however without giving person a chance you won't be able to find some quality people here. I am not in contact with all people from my friends list, however real friendships were made. I use common sense and choose to stay in contact with people that I like, never cleared my list because I am believer in second chances, maybe with some from my list our time is still yet to come, giggles.

You said that you are trying to know people before adding them, but you have to know that this sounds serious, and most here are just for fun..however out of fun can be developed something valuable as friendship is. My advice to you is, don't take too seriously, relax and enjoy Lush time, friendship will come in it's own time, you cannot order it.

hahah, I'll just scroll up 10 posts..don't mind us playing, keep drinking.
Don't feel troubled Ms.Nikki lots of people here are not familiar with sarcasm


My lie was #4, never been in mmf.


1- I have masturbated under a blanket on a plane


I would say this is your lie.


new:
1. I lost my v virginity when I was 16
2. biggest cock I had was my first one
3. I was vegan for 7 years
4. don't like miniskirts

Mode Plagal - rock around eleven
brings back memeories :)

Hi, She

I believe that being "away" and "invisible" disable the black box alerts (when your friends come online, comments made on your profile and inbox alerts) as well as the ability to see who is browsing your profile.

Ahh, jj, you dream killer!!

Nice boy who fucks like bad boy.

I keep telling my friends that I am soo vanilla (sounds so sweet and yummy and mmmm,.. right!), and they are laughing at me..maybe I can learn from this thread what kinky is and if I am really something more than lovely vanilla

My lie was #2

3. I have been in an mmf, but never a ffm threesome.
this is a lie

new:
1. I love silence.
2. Been proposed 3 times but never said yes.
3. Not a big fan of fruit.
4. I was in mmf

How many Lushies have you chatted with somewhere other than lush (yahoo, MSN, actual emails, etc) 5


How many Lushies have you spoken to either on the phone or some other voice service? 0

How many on Lush know details about your personal life, such as real name (first/last), phone numbers, address, actual email addie, or seen real pics other than what might be on your profile? 4

How many Lushies have you met or know IRL? 0 (now this must be changed!!giggles)

Oh I so want this badge! I feel like Inspector Gadget, hehehe, I only have small problem, I am not going to be able do detect bug from new feature if it hits me on the nose, but for sure I am going to try

Okay, my first try (and I didn't go through thread, so if this is existing issue, my apologize)

I cannot see who is visiting my page, is this because I am invisible or is it a Bug ?
I don't get black-boxes when receiving email and I did go through my Settings & Privacy.

How is that? giggles