[–] CaliforniaOrange 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Destruction is easier than creation, it can take you weeks to build a chair and a second to destroy it.
You bring up a great point, you and the others that try to argue instead of down voting and name calling that left, allow those that name call to continue to do so. They will always do it, there's always an asshole. I feel like the majority of voaters can argue logically and constructively, and they will drown out the minority of people who are name calling and down voting, that's if they don't leave the second a culture change appears. New users may not see a good example of how to have a discussion, some people just haven't had the practice, when the capable people leave. We can learn by watching others, and there will always be an eternal September, in everything. In academics, in sports, in jobs, in industry, its the natural order of things. We can continue to run whenever something changes(besides the shit storm the suits at reddit caused, the problem you refer to is the users) but there will always be this problem. All we can do is overwhelm them with our numbers and logic. Or straight up ignore them, they only have power if we give it to them.
Just my opinion though!
[–] OllieQueen [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
That was gorgeously written. Thank you
[–] Link1299 0 points 13 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago (edited ago)
Why create something when it is easier to destroy something else?
Why try and risk yourself to make something great while being angry that no one else will do what you want?
Why put yourself and your opinions up for critism when passively whining about a problem is enough to satisfy your disappointment and frustrations?
I dunno you tell me I still can't seem to understand why I'm the weird one here when I hate these mentalities and strive to take the hard path.
edit: Maybe I'm doomed to die young. But all I want to know is that while the life I lived wasn't easy, it was one I enjoyed. So far I'll admit it has been good given the bullshit
[–] OllieQueen [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
You and me both, Sibling.
[–] TheBuddha 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Too many people worry about Karma. What is the point of karma if you can't spend it being who and what you are? I do not really voat on anything (I gave a first vote away tonight). I am actually shocked I have CCP at all, to be honest. I figure if I can hover around zero I am probably doing a good job at being honest.
[–] PuttItOut 0 points 34 points 34 points (+34|-0) ago
I watched them tearing a building down,
A gang of men in a busy town.
With a ho-heave-ho and lusty yell,
They swung a beam and a sidewall fell.
I asked the foreman, “Are these men skilled,
As the men you’d hire if you had to build?”
He gave me a laugh and said, “No indeed!
Just common labor is all I need.
I can easily wreck in a day or two,
What builders have taken a year to do.”
And I tho’t to myself as I went my way,
Which of these two roles have I tried to play?
Am I a builder who works with care,
Measuring life by the rule and square?
Am I shaping my deeds by a well-made plan,
Patiently doing the best I can?
Or am I a wrecker who walks the town,
Content with the labor of tearing down?
— Unknown
[–] TheBuddha 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If only I were gay... You want to come play video games while I watch and amuse me with pithy sayings? I'll give you room and board and you will most certainly be entertained. Hell, I'll give you a stipend so you can concentrate on Voat. But you have to supply me with witticisms and be receptive to my man-crush (no homo). Also, you have to keep your beard. You can bring Atko with you. I reserve the right to give him a new nickname though. I also traipse around the house nude at times, again - no homo (not that there's anything wrong with that). I will try to stop doing that but I am not properly house broken. I can, and do, pee on my lawn.
Hmm... I think that is all the conditions I can think of. I'd demand a witty reposte and brilliant insight (not on command, I am not a task master) and a reasonable level of hygiene. I eat dead animal, grow my own veggies, and live in the middle of nowhere on the side of a mountain. I do have broadband with enough bandwidth to keep you amused. I do have some small, older, "big iron." We can virtualize your entire setup locally.
I don't drink any more but I have alcohol. I'd want a reasonable sane drunk though. Other assorted drugs are not actively encouraged but they are tolerated. Unless they are for your beard. Your beard gets a free pass on such things. Alternatively, blame Atko. We can make the dog sleep with him just to amuse ourselves. Also, I am visited by a group of strange characters, they are real humans and not in my head. You should be nice to them, it is not required but they were here first. Still, call them out if they are dicks.
Also, you must be a US citizen. Not for any good reason but simply because they won't let you stay unless I marry you. I doubt I can claim you as an H1B. That did not work with my last batch of Lithuanian boys. (I keed, I keed...) Also, no homo.
We'll have to make some sort of plan if you're a cigarette smoker. You can smoke, others do, but do try to keep it cleaned up.
Hmm... Also, I do not really like furries but, well, it would be kind of awesome if you wore a furry suit from time to time just to screw with people. I am not stuck on that rule and am open to the costume. I'd settle for a superhero costume too.
Musical talent would be nice but is not required. No, it is kind of required. Otherwise you have to be nice to those that do even if you don't like it much - feel free to be honest though.
There's a dog. He's a Golden Retriever. He is nice. We needn't talk about ranking or anything but let's just say he's really important to me. He's also smarter than some of the humans I know. He is smarter than some of the people who visit. Not one of them will sit still while I leave a steak in front of them for an hour and then look at me like I am doing them a favor when I tell them it is okay to eat. None of them will come put their head on my lap when I am taking a poop either.
Oh well... LOL I am sorry, I could not resist. I am gonna post this anyways.
[–] OllieQueen [S] 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Thanks, PuttPutt. That was wonderful.
[–] Gerplunckamo 0 points 52 points 52 points (+52|-0) ago (edited ago)
Its easier to pick things apart, than to see the beauty that holds it all together, OP.
[–] OllieQueen [S] 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
That was a beautiful reply. Thank you.
[–] BraneS2 3 points 0 points 3 points (+3|-3) ago (edited ago)
No, most of the adolescents (or at least adolescent-minded) are repeatedly saying f* ggot, c* nt, n-word, and downvoating entire threads, all entries, over and over.. Again, THAT is why they had to change the downvoat rules the other day.
This is a real problem
[–] Gerplunckamo 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
Why thank you! :DDD most of the time when people reply to me, its something along the lines of
Piss off wanker
Or
Why do you have to be such a fucking dick?
Depending on the time of day T-T
[–] Limpingdead 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
Because most had no hand in building and get little if Voat succeeds they have little to no desire for it to flourish. Most people would watch the world burn unless they got something for putting out the fire.