I keep deleting my posts

Pillow

Pillow

Member
Am I the only one doing this? I keep writing posts and then deleting the text because when I read my post I decide it sounds silly... This is really weird! :eek:

Edit : haha I pressed submit :D
 
dottie

dottie

Well-known member
i do this a lot; not so much on this message board, because i feel comfortable here, but a lot of forums. i guess i do it because i'm afraid someone will stalk me and throw what i've said in my face. then i get to the point where i will barely post & mostly lurk instead.

and it makes me wonder...
is this fear of confrontation?
is this fear that i will change my mind on a subject in the future, then someone will call me on it, and i will struggle to explain myself?
is it simply fear that people will judge me?
i don't know.

the funny thing is- the internet used to be so different! there weren't that many people on the internet a long time ago so you used to be able to say whatever you wanted without it being so damn public. but now the entire world literally is on the internet. it has totally changed. before, i used to say what i want with people and joke around- i felt anonymous & free. now anyone can find you, from anywhere if you post anything on the internet. plus google, archive.org, and who-knows-who-else record everything. they scan all webpages and save that shit so if anyone wants to search cashes and such they can! everything you say is so permanent. so i have totally changed and become paranoid of posting anything on the internet. i still have my safe havens, like here, but overall i barely post anything anymore.
 
Z

zootdroop

Well-known member
I want to do it all the time, but so far I've somehow not deleted anything. Most of the time I'll write something and then read it and think it's stupid or whatever and just delete it before I post it.
 
Kamen

Kamen

Well-known member
I am a kind of perfectionist and edit posts to refine the text or correct mistakes, but usually don't delete or change what they say. This might mean you are unsure in what you say and feel vulnerable...
 
Jellybeans

Jellybeans

Well-known member
Pillow said:
Am I the only one doing this? I keep writing posts and then deleting the text because when I read my post I decide it sounds silly... This is really weird! :eek:

Edit : haha I pressed submit :D
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no squirming outta this one, you've been quoted!

i don't delete my own stuff but i probably should. i say a lot of stupid things but i could care less who reads them.
 
Remus

Remus

Moderator
Staff member
yup I do this, one reason that I've barely posted over the last couple of years
 
sabbath92003

sabbath92003

Banned
Too bad we can't delete what we say to people. Or better yet, delete what others have said to us.

Dennis Leary said:
Folks
I'd like to sing a song about the American Dream
About me
About you
About the way our American hearts beat way down in the bottoms of our chests
About that special feeling we get in the cockles of our hearts
Or maybe below the cockles
Maybe in the sub-cockle area
Maybe in the liver
Maybe in the kidneys
Maybe even in the colon
We don't know

I'm just a regular joe
With a regular job
I'm your average white
Suburbanite slob
I like football, and porno, and books about war
I've got an average house
With a nice hardwood floor
My wife, and my job
My kids, and my car
My feet on my table
And a Cuban cigar
But sometimes that just ain't enough
To keep a man like me interested
Oh no, no way, uh uhh
No, I gotta go out and have fun
At someone else's expense
Oh yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah

I drive really slow
In the ultra-fast lane
While people behind me are going insane

I'm an asshole
(he's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole
(he's an asshole, such an asshole)

I use public toilets
And I piss on the seat
I walk around in the summer time sayin', "How about this heat?"

I'm an asshole
(he's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole
(he's the worlds biggest asshole)

Sometimes I park in the handicapped spaces
While handicapped people
Make handicapped faces

I'm an asshole
(he's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole
(he's a real f**king asshole)

Maybe I shouldn't be singin' this song
Ranting and raving and carrying on
Maybe they're right when they tell me I'm wrong...
...
NAAAHHHHH!

I'm an asshole
(he's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole
(he's the world's biggest asshole)

You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna get myself a 1967 Cadilac El Dorado Convertable
Hot pink!
With whale skin hub caps
An all leather cow interior
And big brown baby seal eyes for headlights
YEAH!
And I'm gonna drive around in that baby
At 115 miles per hour
Getting one mile per gallon
Sucking down Quarter Pounder cheeseburgers from McDonalds in the old-fashioned non-biodegradable Styrofoam containers
And when I'm done sucking down those grease-ball burgers
I'm gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag
And then I'm gonna toss the Styrofoam containers right out the side
And there ain't a Goddamn thing anybody can do about it
You know why?
'Cause we got the bombs, that's why!
Two words: Nuclear F**kin' Weapons
Okay!?
Russia, Germany, Romania
They can have all the Democracy they want
They can have a big Democracy cake walk
Right through the middle of Tienemen Square
And it won't make a lick of difference
Because we got the bombs
Okay!?
John Wayne's not dead
He's frozen!
And as soon as we find a cure for cancer We're gonna thaw out "The Duke"
And he's gonna be pretty pissed off
You know why?
Have you ever taken a cold shower?
Well, multiply that by 15 million times
That's how pissed off "The Duke"'s gonna be
I'm gonna get "The Duke"
And John Cassavetes
And Lee Marvin
And Sam Peckinpah
And a case of whiskey
And drive down to Texas
And-
(Hey, Hey! You know you really are an asshole)
Why don't you just shut-up and sing the song, pal?
You know, the whole time I thought I was that asshole
And it turns out it was him
What an asshole!

I'm an asshole
(he's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole
(he's the worlds biggest asshole)

A - SS - HO - LE!
Everybody!!
A - SS - HO - LE!

*dog barking noises*

I'm an asshole and proud of it!
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theblank

theblank

Well-known member
I do this constantly. I have trouble saying what I really want to say, get frustrated and delete it or I just become overly self conscious of what I'm saying and how it will be interpreted so just before I'm about to post I highlight it all and delete it.

If I can't be myself when I'm relaxed at home and relatively anonymous on the internet, then it's no wonder I'm having trouble expressing my true self when I'm out interacting with people.

Right now I am making a conscious effort to say what I want to say and post things no matter how they will be perceived. The internet is a great place to practice and overcome difficulties.
 
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