The poke is passable, but I'd hate for it to change to something else unless it was "wink" or something like "offers you a cookie". I don't want to be stroked, groped, fondled or caressed by most people who try to get my attention that way!
TURN THE FUCKING ALARM OFF, YOU BASTARD, BEFORE I COME DOWN THERE AND RIP YOUR FUCKING WIRING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH, PISS ON IT, AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR FUCKING EXHAUST! YOU WANKY LIMP TWATFACE KNOBHEADY CRAB-INFESTED SYPHILITIC TURDY PANTS!
Kind, patient friends, and a day off! *sleepy, cold-infested HOOZAH!*
I absolutely hate it. I find it a disgusting, ugly word. I say the eff word in real life, but I don't use that one in any context of speech unless it's regarding the use of it. But saying and hearing it makes me cringe.
That said, every now and again, I use it in my writing. You can't string together more sensuous, classical-sounding words and cheapen the atmosphere of the piece by saying "pussy" or "vagina". It turns an edge to soft putty, or makes it horribly awkward.
If I use it in writing, it's because I want impact (too tired to add the innuendo!). I hate doing audio for pieces with that word, so I usually don't.
I suppose it depends on if the feeling was reciprocated, but I disagree. To love and never be loved back tears your very soul away, and leaves you an ugly void. I would far rather still be unable to really love, than to have learned how for no reason.
I don't see logging off Lush for a time as a "dare" in the usual sense of the word.
There have been times when I just needed to be away from here for various reasons. At first, it was very difficult, as I came to rely on the small social interactions, and just contact with a world outside of my current way of life.
However, I am wiser to certain things (and people) now, so I am no longer reliant on the habit as I once was. I no longer have reason to check messages every few minutes or hours as before, knowing that those who do take time to interact with (or suffer) me are patient and kind, and few.
Time away from Lush is very easy once you find what works for you. And it means that when you come back to it, it is fresher, less emotional (if it was overly so before), and of more benefit in whatever ways you choose to use it. So I don't see it as a dare, so much as a challenge to force you to evaluate its impact on you. A dare, to me, is something cheeky, shocking and probably funny (at least for the darer).
I didn't think you'd actually read them! 
