Are we all just lonely folks? Why do you post?

[Dottleshead ★]

We share thoughts from a distance from a computer, and many of us spend a lot of time here. I know many are on the road and many that like the companionship. Do you do it because you are missing something in your life? Do you do it because you are a social misfit? Do you do it because you don't have time for the real thing? Maybe just fill in the cracks during free time?  Why, God Almighty, why do you post!??

[Zephyr]

Because sometimes my days are shitty and I need a reason to smile so I dont cry or throat punch someone

[jsharr ★]

I am cool here unlike the real world.  You pretend to like me better

[Tizeye]

There must be some mistake. I don't post here. What are you talking about. ?

[12string]

I post because it wouldn't be fair to society to keep thoughts like these to myself.

[bikeman564™]

Haven't thought about it. I just think its a fun place to chill and chat. And I've met some of you as real friends.

[Dottleshead ★]

1 hour ago, jsharr said:

I am cool here unlike the real world.  You pretend to like me better

I won't be fooled. You never were cool. ?

[sheep_herder ★]

I stop in periodically while doing other things like working on photographs, watching a movie, playing solitaire, etc. just to see what is new in the other world. Sometimes you make me laugh.

[maddmaxx ★]

10 minutes ago, sheep_herder said:

I stop in periodically while doing other things like working on photographs, watching a movie, playing solitaire, etc. just to see what is new in the other world. Sometimes you make me laugh.

^^^^

[Ralphie ★]

I am lazy, the dawg is a lousy conversationalist, my wife watches tv most of which I don't like, and you people are somewhat captive.

 

[Airehead]

You guys help lessen my stress. 

[Dottleshead ★]

Just now, Airehead said:

You guys help lessen my stress. 

Yay!

[Dirtyhip]

I have so much conversation that I need to share it. Also, you people are funny

[petitepedal ★]

Well...I went to the Love Forum after pacifier dude and burning out on online dating ? You guys break up my lonely life of spinsterhood...LOL sure you do.

[ChrisL]

Similar to many of you guys.  I probably spend too much of my work time here but I do enjoy the dialogue & peoples here.  

[Dottleshead ★]

1 hour ago, jsharr said:

I am cool here unlike the real world.  You pretend to like me better

 

1 hour ago, Dottie said:

I won't be fooled. You never were cool. ?

I lied jsharr.  You're cool.  Even if you are a total dud in person -- and I sorta expect that -- you are the cog in this place that others feed off of.  That is, if they aren't laughing too hard.

[Reverend_Maynard]

IRL, I don't talk a lot, especially with people I am not close with.  It takes me time to formulate what I want to say, and often the moment has passed, or I speak too softly and need to repeat it.  So, I can go all day sometimes without saying anything other than good morning, hi, etc.  But it's not that I don't have anything to say.  Also, some more sensitive topics i might have trouble discussing with people IRL, but with the anonymity of the internet, I can open up more.

 

[Dottleshead ★]

2 minutes ago, Reverend_Maynard said:

 but with the anonymity of the internet, I can open up more.

Like your avatar?

[Reverend_Maynard]

he was pre-internet... preferred sewing circles

 

[maddmaxx ★]

33 minutes ago, ChrisL said:

Similar to many of you guys.  I probably spend too much of my work time here but I do enjoy the dialogue & peoples here.  

I'll cover for you.  I spend no part of my work time here.

[jsharr ★]

32 minutes ago, Dottie said:

 

I lied jsharr.  You're cool.  Even if you are a total dud in person -- and I sorta expect that -- you are the cog in this place that others feed off of.  That is, if they aren't laughing too hard.

They are laughing at me, not with me, right?  

[Dottleshead ★]

5 minutes ago, jsharr said:

They are laughing at me, not with me, right?  

You asking me? These questions are heavy, man.

[jsharr ★]

57 minutes ago, Airehead said:

You guys help lessen my stress. 

This.  I have been corresponding all day with our CEO, securities attorney, our auditor and our accountant going over MD&A for our quarterly filng with the SEC that was due today.  Also had to file a late notice with the SEC since we did not file today.

And drafting issuance instructions for stock and drafting an offer letter for a new hire and doing my normal daily stuff.  I have to stop often and do something mindless or I will scream.

Last night about 10 minutes before the last Fedex drop off, the CEO called me from California needing red lines of some documents from our broker dealer.  So I am scrambling to compile and print the documents, prepare the FedEx stuff and get it downstairs.  Made it with minutes to spare and then FedEx did not pick up until 15 minutes after their deadline...  Docs made it to Cali in time.

But today I issued some stock wrong, due to very unclear instructions from the CEO and now I have to fix "my" screw up....

Did I mention I want to scream?

Oh and my son wants me to drive with him to East Texas to borrow a car from my parents until we buy him a car.  Which means 4 more hours on top of an already long day.

[MoseySusan]

It’s like a choose your own adventure novel.

I can’t quit you, Cafe forum. 

[Dottleshead ★]

51 minutes ago, jsharr said:

This.  I have been corresponding all day with our CEO, securities attorney, our auditor and our accountant going over MD&A for our quarterly filng with the SEC that was due today.  Also had to file a late notice with the SEC since we did not file today.

And drafting issuance instructions for stock and drafting an offer letter for a new hire and doing my normal daily stuff.  I have to stop often and do something mindless or I will scream.

Last night about 10 minutes before the last Fedex drop off, the CEO called me from California needing red lines of some documents from our broker dealer.  So I am scrambling to compile and print the documents, prepare the FedEx stuff and get it downstairs.  Made it with minutes to spare and then FedEx did not pick up until 15 minutes after their deadline...  Docs made it to Cali in time.

But today I issued some stock wrong, due to very unclear instructions from the CEO and now I have to fix "my" screw up....

Did I mention I want to scream?

Oh and my son wants me to drive with him to East Texas to borrow a car from my parents until we buy him a car.  Which means 4 more hours on top of an already long day.

Well, if it means anything, I get to bus an hour south and meet up with my sister to check out an Adult Family Home for my father immediately after work.  I then get to catch a bus back to the city and then transfer to a bus another hour north to home.

Best news?  I get to repeat it tomorrow as well as repeat it all with my wife on Saturday.

[Zephyr]

24 minutes ago, jsharr said:

an offer letter for a new hire 

Hot tub nipple chick?

[Square Wheels]

3 hours ago, jsharr said:

I am cool here unlike the real world.  You pretend to like me better

I haven't pretended to like you.

[jsharr ★]

12 minutes ago, Zephyr said:

Hot tub nipple chick?

Nope, she was not in contention.

[jsharr ★]

Just now, Square Wheels said:

I haven't pretended to like you.

Nominated!  If only @Kzoo were here.

[Square Wheels]

9 minutes ago, jsharr said:

Nominated!  If only @Kzoo were here.

Who?

[Square Wheels]

Just now, Square Wheels said:

Who?

That is funnier on more levels that you're capable of understanding.

[Dottleshead ★]

4 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

That is funnier on more levels that you're capable of understanding.

Crap. The real forum administrator is replying to his own threads. Burn the stake now.

[Randomguy]

1 hour ago, Reverend_Maynard said:

IRL, I don't talk a lot, especially with people I am not close with.  It takes me time to formulate what I want to say, and often the moment has passed, or I speak too softly and need to repeat it.  So, I can go all day sometimes without saying anything other than good morning, hi, etc.  But it's not that I don't have anything to say.  Also, some more sensitive topics i might have trouble discussing with people IRL, but with the anonymity of the internet, I can open up more.

 

You were a chattier Cathy at the LF, what happened?

[shootingstar]

I come here to think lazy and talk lazy.....after a day of meeting about surveillance videos with some folks at work and next steps; looking at database access levels for trainees and discovering some strange specs.; testing someone's training course instructions on data migration from 1 application to another; telling a stressed out colleague that they inserted the wrong course descriptions online for employees; reviewing changes to web text pages; finding out from colleagues about 26 more employees who got laid off last wk., etc. 

Cafe is a place to chill here and smoke some Internet weed. ?‍♀️

[Dottleshead ★]

42 minutes ago, shootingstar said:

smoke some Internet weed. ?‍♀️

I like that jsharrt strain myself. Some others smoke up (vape) well but that strain on average gives me the best buzz.

[Kirby]

I started at the Bicycling Forum in the Pro Cycling forum.   I was just getting interested in cycling and some of the posters were very helpful learning about the strategy of the sport.   While hanging out there, I started looking at the Love Forum and eventually posted.  I like the fact that there are a variety of people with different interests and experiences.  In my real life I'd never meet a bon vivant pilot, an awesome schralper, caring school admin, a man who could transport organs, a sheep herder with impressive artistic skills, a Greenville enthusiast with an appreciation for 70's culture , a petite Adventurer and people with the wide range of skills and interests we have here.

I find the different points of view and experiences interesting and I've seen how the people here can come together with heart and spirit for a good cause.  Plus sometimes I laugh out loud at the posts.

Plus it can help keep me sane during a long work day.

[Zealot]

My first foray into the Internet forum world was Bicycling’s Love Forum back in the late 90s.  It was interesting and I really enjoyed the conversations many of us had and the virtual relationships that developed with many different people.  

I’ve  since been involved with quite a few differing Internet forums for differing interests.  But I find that mostly, this forum most resembles what I recall from the early days of the Love Forum. And some of these relationships go back a long way. And I’ve met a few of you and really enjoyed each for who you are.  

So, I hope to maintain that. You’re good people. 

[Ralphie ★]

The details of my life are quite inconsequential...

 

[Longjohn ★]

I like to talk, as those who have met me have noticed. This is similar to talking so that is why I do it.

[Further]

2 hours ago, shootingstar said:

Cafe is a place to chill here and smoke some Internet weed. ?‍♀️

Shootingstar hit it out of the park !!!

This should be the official description of the cafe

 

[Further]

31 minutes ago, Kirby said:

I started at the Bicycling Forum in the Pro Cycling forum.   I was just getting interested in cycling and some of the posters were very helpful learning about the strategy of the sport.   While hanging out there, I started looking at the Love Forum and eventually posted.  I like the fact that there are a variety of people with different interests and experiences.  In my real life I'd never meet a bon vivant pilot, an awesome schralper, caring school admin, a man who could transport organs, a sheep herder with impressive artistic skills, a Greenville enthusiast with an appreciation for 70's culture , a petite Adventurer and people with the wide range of skills and interests we have here.

I find the different points of view and experiences interesting and I've seen how the people here can come together with heart and spirit for a good cause.  Plus sometimes I laugh out loud at the posts.

Plus it can help keep me sane during a long work day.

She said it better than I ever could, this.

[Randomguy]

46 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said:

The details of my life are quite inconsequential...

 

Speaking of, you people know more about my life than most people not on the forum.  It is more fun if you spill details and people can tear into them, leading to even more hilarity.

[Ralphie ★]

5 hours ago, Longjohn said:

I like to talk, as those who have met me have noticed. This is similar to talking so that is why I do it.

And I am not a talker irl, but here I have diarrhea of the mouth. :D

 

[Dottleshead ★]

I used to post 100% for entertainment but today I post almost more for the camaraderie. But entertainment is up there as well. I'd say it's about 50-50 now. I have a lot of stuff going on in my life and my world is shrinking. So it's good to have virtual friends if nothing else.

[Razors Edge ★]

7 minutes ago, Dottie said:

I used to post 100% for entertainment but today I post almost more for the camaraderie. But entertainment is up there as well. I'd say it's about 50-50 now. I have a lot of stuff going on in my life and my world is shrinking. So it's good to have virtual friends if nothing else.

How about you focus MORE on entertaining US, and less on your own pleasure?

[Dottleshead ★]

4 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

How about you focus MORE on entertaining US, and less on your own pleasure?

Just keep yappin' noob. Besides, you've cornered the "I" department.

[Razors Edge ★]

1 minute ago, Dottie said:

Just keep yappin' noob. Besides, you've cornered the "I" department. 

Hey, we do what we can to keep this place hoppin'!  Even if it means insulting the CAnadians once in a while.

[BuffJim]

For me it's a duty to enlighten and entertain the teeming masses (you all). Sometimes my badassery is needed to keep things in line. You're welcome.

[Dottleshead ★]

1 minute ago, BuffJim said:

For me it's a duty to enlighten and entertain the teeming masses (you all). Sometimes my badassery is needed to keep things in line. You're welcome.

I accept this.

[Wilbur ★]

Long periods on the road, so it is entertainment.  On the whole, a good group of people.  If it wasn't for SWCF, I would be endlessly shoe shopping online so there is a fiscal benefit to being here as well.