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Picture yourself spending some time with congenial friends, sharing your lives and pictures from your cell phones." They're curious about that cool game, song, movie, camping trip, art show, or other event that fascinated you. You talk about all kinds of stuff, poetry, styles, personal achievements, relationships, and bad days. You can share your inner child, and laugh together. They sympathetically listen to your feelings about serious topics like politics or climate change, even when they don't agree.
Personal validation comes from paying attention to one another, giving more than you get. Everyone respects you and themselves, despite our amazing range of personal tastes and interests. They'll tell you they don't agree with an idea or behavior without implying you're a bad person or somehow deficient. It's an "I'm OK, You're OK" kind of fellowship, where nobody tries to make himself look better by picking on somebody else.
Nobody here is into mind games. A discussion started with a loaded guilt-throwing question will be deleted.
This group is not intended to compete with other groups on topics they cover but to "fill in the cracks." Whenever a discussion dwells at length on a topic for which there's an existing group, we urge you to provide members a link to that group to continue along their tangent.
A comment is a shout-out, which will get lost in a few days, because the comment wall is just a random stack.
Please start a discussion to share stories, photos, and videos. Replies will pop up in your "latest activity" and a conversation can develop from the feelings and thoughts you contributed. Groups are built on discussions.
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Oklahoma Tornado
Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Steph S. 59 minutes ago. 3 Replies 1 Like
An amazing photo of the tornado's power,Continue
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What are your Memorial Day plans?
Started by Steph S. 1 hour ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
I just wanted to make a fun discussion and see what all of you are doing on Memorial Day.Anyone attending a parade?Anyone honoring vets?Here is an event in Austin that looks very interesting to me.Austin, TXClose Assault 1944 is living history and…Continue
'Crazy ants' a threat in southern U.S.
Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie on Sunday. 8 Replies 1 Like
Oh no! Crazy ants!!CNN) -- Beware the "crazy…Continue
10 Things You Can't Do and Become President
Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Randall Smith on Saturday. 7 Replies 0 Likes
This was a fun article to read.When…Continue
Girl Recovered After 10 Years Claimed Dead by Psychic
Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Steph S. on Saturday. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Psychics are all BS.Here's an interesting news article.Amanda Berry, a…Continue
Brutal 4 Minutes for All of Religion Christopher Hitchens
Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Joan Denoo on Friday. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Brutal 4 Minutes for All of Religion Christopher HitchensJust think about this for a minute, “three thousand years ago, at the most, it was decided,…Continue
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Comment by Sail R's - Roz and Russ Worrall on May 10, 2012 at 3:09am -
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Comment by Steph S. on May 10, 2012 at 1:18am -
Congrats on the 700+ members!
Sorry I'm behind on the site here. But now I'm free! Yay!
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Comment by Steph S. on May 10, 2012 at 1:17am
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Oh Ruth I'm going to post again more here now that the semester is over. I just got spread too thin and I haven't been posting as much as I'd like. You are doing just fine. No worries, ok?
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Comment by Steph S. on May 10, 2012 at 1:15am
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I love that idea sk8eycat! Please post! Have you read the books about the cat warriors? They are cool!
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Comment by sk8eycat on May 10, 2012 at 12:36am -
Ruth...I'm kinda shy about starting discussions. Many people in here are so brilliant that I feel as if my interests and concerns are trivial. I've been thinking of starting a discussion in one of the cat-fan groups...to see if anyone else enjoys feline detective novels. Does that sound too silly?
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Comment by Grinning Cat on May 10, 2012 at 12:06am -
For me, it somehow feels easier (in other online forums too, not just Hang With Friends or A/N in general) to respond to a discussion than to stick my neck out and start a Brand New Topic.
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Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on May 8, 2012 at 12:44am -
Thanks, Ian. The only thing that bothers me is how few people start discussions. I imagined as our numbers grew, my contributions would dwindle to insignificance. What's wrong? Why don't people share stuff more? For example, I read about how surrounded new members often feel in their profiles, but that's seldom discussed. Is there some subtle way I'm discouraging member contributions?
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Comment by Ian Mason on May 8, 2012 at 12:21am -
There's a lot of us about, Ruth and this is a good place to "hang out".
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Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on May 8, 2012 at 12:02am
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Hey Y'all, we topped 700 members!
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Comment by Steph S. on May 7, 2012 at 10:39pm
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Thanks Grinning Cat I didn't know that religious sites had more malware than the non-religious sites. My computer is set to automatically scan for viruses and adware at night, along with other maintenance duties.
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