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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Farm Journal - 2026

« Last post by Hopalong on Today at 01:16:41 AM »

When I first read about Facebook I felt an instinctive revulsion-shudder that went all through me. Today, with AI, the very same shudder is way higher on the Richter Scale and rattling me to my bone marrow.

So much winning! I'm becoming more intentionally myopic. I'd rather watch an ant crawl up a plant. Going to take an online drawing class with C this winter. I know creating -- anything -- is my little bit of (imaginary) power against The Machine.

I vote. Donate a pittance to good candidates. Volunteer a bit. Keep my fingers crossed until they cramp.

hugs
Hops

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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Anything again

« Last post by Dirty Hippy on September 08, 2026, 12:14:34 AM »

From X Amelia @amelia_tweetz 11h
"They took memory cards from us and made us pay for storage. They took CDs and DVDs and made us pay for streaming. They took software you could buy once and turned it into a monthly subscription. They took ownership, convenience, and basically everything that used to be a one-time purchase… then somehow made us pay for it every month."

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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Farm Journal - 2026

« Last post by Dirty Hippy on September 07, 2026, 11:21:05 AM »

agreed even in some of my jobs the companies push the staff to collect more info than some people want to give out and it gives me some discomfort too because I remember the "before times" I'm of the last generation that remembered what life was like before the internet

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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Farm Journal - 2026

« Last post by sKePTiKal on September 07, 2026, 10:35:51 AM »

I resent (and B more than me) being pushed into doing digitally stuff we've always been able to accomplish well previously. Why re-invent the wheel?

I really resent the implicit pressure to "social-ize media" too. FB will lecture me because I haven't filled out my profile with all my personal identifying information; or because I haven't posted anything there. I deleted my previous account almost 10 years ago and only re-upped to be able to contact my oldest BFF occasionally via messages. Sorry! I'm not giving you info to sell to advertisers and hackers. Just ain't happening.

I'm using a 15 yr old phone. It sends texts, calls, and even transfers photos reasonably well. I did change the number - and I think the only reason this number was available was because every spammer/telemarketer/social-political activist had the number on the call sheet. I delete between 4-5 calls a day most days.

The intrusiveness of all this "cyber-pseudo-reality" inspired me to finally watch all the Terminator movies. Ironically, the first one came out in 1984. And the "rise of the machines" tracks pretty close to what I've experienced working in technology, with a heavy dose of doomerism & warfare added to keep things spicy and "action movie" qualified.

We're still talking among ourselves about phone options for privacy. Since ATT was hacked some years ago, I probably ran afoul of some bad guys then; but then other personal data was hacked from the fedgov's OPM database which I was in too. And many many more over the years.

Life simply isn't about all the new cybertoys anymore than it is politics, in my opinion. Everyone else can make their own choices and if they choose to endure the hamster wheel of "keeping up with the tech bois" - more power to them. I don't wanna; you can't make me.

I'll take up basketweaving, first.

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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Anything again

« Last post by Dirty Hippy on September 07, 2026, 01:03:41 AM »

One wonders what is the normal about of frustration/anger versus what is that narcissist victimhood feeding their resentment thing.

I feel like these days I have been defaulting to negativity. Surrounded by bad people.

I know for a fact that I am not always like this. In better circumstances I feel more content/productive and positive.

Sometimes I worry I am no better or worse off than the narcissists. I'd like to tell them that they should have been mandatorily sterilized.

I dislike my own negativity I mean it scares me but also I think there is some truth to it. Like scratching around in my frustrations helps me kinda see things after awhile.

All I know is that somehow my brother and I ended up even worse off in our circumstances and problems than my parents. Whatever back to purging my emails.

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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Anything again

« Last post by Dirty Hippy on September 06, 2026, 11:48:37 PM »

I'm even getting spam from the library I don't go to anymore. Clearing clearing.

I'd like to meet the person who has the brain capacity to read every spam email even if it's legit like library. Okay no more talking about dumb stuff. Goal: Ruthlessly unsubscribe and delete.

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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Farm Journal - 2026

« Last post by Dirty Hippy on September 06, 2026, 11:42:28 PM »

sorry about your cyber stress Amber

you're inspiring me to organize my stuff at least

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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Predatory grooming

« Last post by Dirty Hippy on September 06, 2026, 11:36:46 PM »

Where are ye person of much light?

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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Anything again

« Last post by Dirty Hippy on September 06, 2026, 11:35:18 PM »

I come here and I read my prior msg and it's like I'm giving myself consoling advice.

My memory seems that bad like my brain doesn't retain wisdom even if I read it. I'm going to give myself a break and not beat myself up over not remembering stuff.

So I keep seeing a saying it's one of those annoying platitudes "don't let yesterday take up too much of today."

So I'm sort of always wondering how much self-analysis is helpful and what isn't I just don't know. Frankly it feels like a bit of a luxury to read a self help book and reflect on it. Doing anything self centered feels like a wallowing luxury? I don't know. Always struggle to articulate stuff. Maybe you understand anyways.

- I think I managed to unsubscribe from YouTube notifications to my emails omg.... so much spam to freaking clean out.

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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Voicelessness alternative - discord server?

« Last post by Dirty Hippy on September 06, 2026, 10:54:06 PM »

Are you guys absolutely sure you don't want to try discord?

As an alternative chat place to this data heavy board that often doesn't want to open?

I use it on my laptop not as a phone app. Like web version I suppose.

It's free and I think all it needs is an email to sign up.

Amber, Hops, Lighter, & self there's really only four of us posting on here nowadays right?

AI --

can I set up 4 person small group discord where there doesn't have to be like a main moderator people can just go there and chat ?

Yes. Create a standard Discord server, invite your three friends, and leave default member permissions enabled so everyone shares equal access without designated moderators.

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Create a new server
Discord app or web
Click the + (Add a Server) button on the left sidebar, select Create My Own, and choose For me and my friends. Name it and click Create.

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Invite your group
Instant invite
Click the server name in the top left, select Invite People, and copy/send the link directly to your three friends.

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Verify permissions
Optional setup check
By default, all members share the same baseline permissions (speaking, video, screen sharing, and messaging) unless you explicitly assign a restricted role. No special configuration is needed.

Verification: Have any member join a voice channel or send a message; if everyone can speak and type freely without restrictions, the open-group setup is successful.