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[meirionwen]

Particularly the ones who once engaged in Chit Chat antics (all sorts

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[meirionwen]

It seems like antics have decreased. I don't know what's replaced them, if anything. So many people have said that they don't mind threads that are silly or light or whatever... but a quick glance through a few of the more recent pages shows: politics by the bushel (fair enough, it's a diverse topic - almost something for everyone), a few forum synch, a few jokes, the odd question, occasional pleas for help, and a surprising number of requests for donations for this or that charity. Oh, and a lovely poetry thread.

And that's with ignoring the recent debate (because I was curious about what might be representative of the forum without it).

It seems lackluster. Not exactly conversations I want to have when I'm trying to destress from a day in the pressure cooker that is work.

[teotakuu]

I understand what you feel. Like Wren, I am no longer sure that I have a place there anymore but I have friends there who I see nowhere else so I perservere.

I find it ironic that those most critical of the Silly Squad are, for the most part, those I think of as the bullies of ChitChat these days.

Anyway, if you can bring yourself to keep putting your nose back in, I for one will rejoice.

*Hugs*

[meirionwen]

I don't know how to do it, though. Should I re-invent myself? Try to go back to what I used to be? Thoughts that once flowed onto the forum quick and sparkling feel slow and murky.

[zz_neena]

I drop in to Chit Chat very rarely these days - like maybe once every other month - and never comment at all. It seems to me that bullies are ruling the roost over there.

I'd like to think that when *we* were the dominant group we were gentler and more tolerant of the opinions of others. For the most part, I do believe it was so.

In any case, Chit Chat has ceased to matter to me (though I mourn the bygone days), and LJ has taken its place.

[emperor_fool]

I agree. We were much better bullies than they are! :-D

And, btw, mourning bygone days was what got the current ugliness started...

[meirionwen]

You're probably right. My feet ache from wearing heels more in the past few weeks than I have in over a decade. Tell me again why I wore heels almost everyday in high school?

Being social, even in an online forum takes more energy than I feel I have right now. I'd rather just put my tv on a radio station and veg with a tropical island simulation game.

[meirionwen]

I'm not as anything as I used to be. Overall, it's probably a good thing. I think a lot of it is the exhaustion from being in high stress mode at work (busybusybusy, not taking proper breaks, staying late), carrying over to the rest of my life.