Lessons I’ve learned on MFP (Chit Chat/Fun & Games):

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  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    Some people creep me out so much I feel nauseous
  • tomorrowistoday0000
    tomorrowistoday0000 Posts: 125 Member
    LittleHearseDriver wrote: »
    I've learned that it is possible to find decent people here. It isn't easy, but they do exist.

    I second that. I've been fortunate enough to have some really great ones (females and males) who have helped me tremendously and I'm so grateful for them. So far, no inappropriate pictures in my inbox yet (as so many of you have expressed) so I'm feeling blessed. :)
  • browneyedgirl749
    browneyedgirl749 Posts: 4,984 Member
    LittleHearseDriver wrote: »
    I've learned that it is possible to find decent people here. It isn't easy, but they do exist.

    So true...
  • browneyedgirl749
    browneyedgirl749 Posts: 4,984 Member
    edited July 2017
    kitty_meow_meow_ wrote: »
    I've learned that mfp should come with a pacifier and a baby bottle.

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  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    Welp. I've learned that I haven't been around long enough to have learned any of these things. :flushed:
  • Deadman_Diggingup
    Deadman_Diggingup Posts: 3,082 Member
    I have learned that many people will open deeply detailed threads asking for advice on their marriages, in a community packed to exhaustion with ongoing "would you kiss/date/smash?" questions, filled to the brim with married people.
  • BoosDimples
    BoosDimples Posts: 2,826 Member
    You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't. Judgy people are judgy.
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    _Deadman_Walking_ wrote: »
    I have learned that many people will open deeply detailed threads asking for advice on their marriages, in a community packed to exhaustion with ongoing "would you kiss/date/smash?" questions, filled to the brim with married people.

    Probably the most insightful thing I've seen yet!

  • striderb
    striderb Posts: 5,843 Member
    Friendships that you believe are strong can disappear in an instant.
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
    A lesson I am trying to learn is to not give out too much personal information.
    I really have to hold back sometimes to not overshare!
  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    I learned if I'm going to resurrect an old thread, it's going to be my own. :)

    I learned that "good" friends deactivate, come back with new names and suddenly you're invisible. Hence the quotes around good.
  • Cameron_1969
    Cameron_1969 Posts: 2,855 Member
    .. That MFP is the world's best dating site for people seeking long-distance relationships.
  • Eat2Brute
    Eat2Brute Posts: 29 Member
    J_Surita3 wrote: »
    I learned if I'm going to resurrect an old thread, it's going to be my own. :)

    I learned that "good" friends deactivate, come back with new names and suddenly you're invisible. Hence the quotes around good.

    I've learned not to put too much stock into online friendships. As a result, I'm totally guilty of doing this.
  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    Eat2Brute wrote: »
    J_Surita3 wrote: »
    I learned if I'm going to resurrect an old thread, it's going to be my own. :)

    I learned that "good" friends deactivate, come back with new names and suddenly you're invisible. Hence the quotes around good.

    I've learned not to put too much stock into online friendships. As a result, I'm totally guilty of doing this.

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  • BoosDimples
    BoosDimples Posts: 2,826 Member
    _har_T_Swallow wrote: »
    CanesGalactica wrote: »
    All I've really learned is that while most of y'all are nice and chatty, I should just expect the unexpected.

    I'll be lurking and reading a forum that is seemingly innocuous and then Bam! random *kitten* happens, things escalate quickly, the IBLers show up, dance around and then the thread gets locked.

    Also.. there are a lot of people on here seeking some pretty personal advice and I don't understand how they (or anyone) can be so okay with letting random strangers know that much of themselves or their problems. It's one thing to throw out a few personal details here or there, but entire back stories on their lives, the relationships they've had, etc.? There are romance novels that are less long and dramatic, lol.

    It's just.. baffling to me.

    Upside? I don't need soap operas or television, I can just come here.

    imo that's just life. its the same here as it is anywhere. nobody ever really knows another person and everybody's got a story. some are a lot alike some are a lot different. some are boring some are insane some are not worth remembering.

    in the end really its just about you and what you choose to make of it you know? this place has been a huge means of support for some folks over the years, for myself included. if i couldn't laugh at some of the things i've seen idk where i'd be at this point.

    i know i'm not the only one who loves this place and some of the folks we have on here. i think you just have to pick your friendships where you can. can be awesome can be cringe-y. but life is so empty in some ways and the color drains easily if you let it. doesn't hurt a thing to make one more friend to fill it back in from time to time.

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  • Chase_The_Pain
    Chase_The_Pain Posts: 255 Member
    edited August 2017
    I've learned that sometimes people write novels for posts and that my time is valuable, so I skip.
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  • BoosDimples
    BoosDimples Posts: 2,826 Member
    If it isn't peer reviewed science sources, it just isn't cricket.... :grimace:
  • Kintsugi_Haikyo
    Kintsugi_Haikyo Posts: 361 Member
    Lessons I’ve learned on MFP (Chit Chat/Fun & Games)?

    Well, I guess I've learned that it's all just fun and games. Even with a profile pic, I think that most people feel fairly anonymous online. So I think they are less inhibited.

    Which is probably why there is so much flirting going on, which I like. I always try to see the good in peoples personality and body -- I wanted to throw body in as well because this is a fitness site, a person's body or profile pic is usually what you see about them first, and because it's true.

    I don't really know if I'm flirting or not, but I love to give compliments on here. I think people are more willing to flirt or give complements back because it's safe: safe from rejection, safe from ridicule from our friends about who might be giving us a compliment or flirting with us, physically safe because if you do flirt with the stalker type, you can block him or her, etc...

    I also think that it allows one to try out different/new parts of our personality that we would not feel comfortable trying out in person or around our friends.
  • Chase_The_Pain
    Chase_The_Pain Posts: 255 Member
    beingmore1 wrote: »
    Chase_The_Pain wrote: »
    I've learned that sometimes people write novels for posts and that my time is valuable, so I skip.

    so you don't read it "for the articles' .
    I can't read anyway, which is why I just watch the selfie thread

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  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    beingmore1 wrote: »
    Chase_The_Pain wrote: »
    beingmore1 wrote: »
    Chase_The_Pain wrote: »
    I've learned that sometimes people write novels for posts and that my time is valuable, so I skip.

    so you don't read it "for the articles' .
    I can't read anyway, which is why I just watch the selfie thread

    Interesting. And not a bad idea....with that thread you get it all. You get beauty, rugged good looks, drama, terror, creepiness, hilarious, and irritation, usually within one page!

    Don't forget the thirst.
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  • DreDay46
    DreDay46 Posts: 491 Member
    I stick to lurking and the occasional comment here and there. Seems safer that way.
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