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Sorry but what's so wrong with disagreeing with someone ? I Didn't get all mad I just said I didn't liked his comment . I get what his point was but I just didn't liked the way he said it that's all . Sorry ...

[I]I'm not condoning bullying or anything, but some of you make it seem like all change is bad. Like "I am the way I am and any change would be to change who I am"... which isn't really true (it's hard to pick perfect words to fit this situation). You don't need to become an entirely different person, but changing small aspects of your personality can have positive effects. Nobody's perfect, but hopefully we all strive to be (even though we never can be - which should be obvious). If bullying helps you to identify things about yourself that could use improving (for example, you're too egotistical), then turn it into a good thing and change it. And they'll stop bullying you too. Many positive outcomes.[/I] [B]Okay ...this is for wristcutter . [/B] You said something about growth , that you are trying to explain in the lines above . I get your point although I don't agree with it at all . Bulling is something different than critic on someone . It's okay to say something about someone's behaviour . You could say it rude or polite but it's not bulling as far as I'm concernd . Bulling in my opnion is making someone feel less worth of themself in order to make yourself feel good or just for pure fun . Poking fun at someone is not bulling but if you look down on the person and humiliate them and basiclly making someone feel worthless isn't poking fun annymore . Okay you said something about ; Like "I am the way I am and any change would be to change who I am"... Okay change is infact a good thing but mentall bulling isn't going to make good changes you know . As I said before you could get really shy and afraid to behave the way you normally behave . It could be acting crazy to hide yourself or being really shy . That all depends on the person and what happened to them . But what I was trying to say is , these changes for example being shy could get in the way of your life . Holding you back from all kinds of experiences and for example meeting new people . Adventually It could get in the way of your personal growth and could lead to hiding yourself and other things . I do agree with you that every person changes and growth and changes are a good thing . But the way to get there should never be bulling and I really admire people that can turn negative experiences into a positive thing . But not all people do that you know . Bulling can leave a real mark on someone and it's never good to bully someone . If someone thinks oh I'm helping them to be stronger later in life ...sorry but I personally think that's a sick excuse to talk it all right . Wristcutter this is not meant to offend you and I don't think you think that . So please don't be angry or something cuz it isn't meant like that . Oh and one last thing I really couldn't appreceate your last remark about mein kamph . Please don't say that again . well bye bye P.S In another post you wrote you say something about don't do anything to make you get bullied . Uhm ...sorry but I really believe that [B]people should accept people the way they are [/B] . What's so wrong with dressing differently ? Maybe someone doesn't like it but that's no reason to start bulling them . What's wrong with liking anime or having a weird name ? There are tons of reasons to get bullied but why arn't people accept each other cuz there are so manny people you can't possibly live up to all there standards cuz everyone has got different vieuws and opions about for example clothes . Well pheww ...large post but I really needed to get that of my chest .

I've been bullied mentally so I can kinda realate to you in some way . I think mental bulling is bad but toutching someone phycicall is now plesure either . There both wrong . I acually wouldn't know witch form is worse . You said something about wanting to change . I also did that because after all everyone likes to be accepted and liked . So you start to think it's better to change ..well it's NOT . I've been there . For example a girl used to like to say to me that I was a walking corpse and she would ask why arn't you more lively ? I call it calm and laid back maybe even bored by your face but I changed . And then she told me that I was annoying . This didn't hurt me or annything , it just helps me get my point across . And my point is , it's never good enough , just be yourself . Cuz if you keep on changing you will not get accepted by them ( cuz they never will ) and lose yourself in the process . I know the pain and how you feel when you get mentally bullied . I never was , never will be populair but I now know it's better to be who your are . Yeah I still feel lonely and depressed at times and sometimes I wanted to cut myself but I never did . Cuz it isn't going to change annything when I do , it's isn't going to solve my problems . Yeah it could take away the pain on the inside but what will I get in return ? The pain on the inside stays and I get more pain on the outside . My advise , try to be who you are . They maybe like you , they maybe not but at least you can be happy with who you are . I think that Kurt Cobain once said ; it's better to be hated for who you are , than to be loved for who you are not . And guess what ? I think he's right . If people are still bulling you now , try to not let them get to you . Do not doubt yourself for one second because there's nothing wrong with you . Believe me I doubted myself . What I got from it is a low self esteem and still being shy and not being able to make friends very easilly . I'm doing okay now , it's been a few years ago since I've been bullied but working on being less shy . I've always been the weird kid for some reason . But you know what? I love being the weird kid and I'm starting to like myself again , the good things and the bad things . I'm never going to let anybody talk me down again . I sugjest you take my advice and do the same thing . That's all I've got to say bye bye

Hey I don't skateboard , but I wanna buy a board and try . Sorry to ask questions in this thread all of a sudden but I wanna know . If you buy a board how do you know if it's anny good and does the length of your board matter ?

Hey Crimson Spider I recognize myself in you . I had my fair share of bullies to and I'm kinda messed up now to . More on the torture myself thing , not knowing how to socialize , avoiding people that look like a threat , taking little things very seriously and have been depressed . I had my fair share of bullies to but not at all that many as you , thank god . I had the different kind of bullies . I was in a class of 38 kids for 8 hole years in my life .....hell . And I?ve been hassled in the first two years of high school as well but I?m not talking about that . Anyway most of the 38 kids in my primary school didn't seem to like me . There was this one macho guy that would put me down and other stuff .....he basically took my dignity and pride but enough of him . I was to much of a coward to kick his *** . But I had so much rage locked up inside of me I could've easily take him out when I look back . But part of his strategy was making you feel small and worthless so you could never ever build up the courage to fight him . It made himself feel like a god or something . That's the thing with that sort of guys they won't stop until you seriously stand up for yourself ( and I'm now talking for the one that started this tread ) . Unless you don't stand up for yourself and don't make him realize that he isn't a ******* God he won't respect you . For him it's all about taking pleasure of someone else?s pain making you feel worthless and making him feel like God himself . A different kind of bulling made me really messed up for a while and I couldn't have done anything against it . The rest of the class systematically locked me out , pretending had a contagious disease or was a ghost . The girls always found a way of insulting me behind my back but loud enough I could hear . I was never invited to the goodbye/graduation party from my primary school ( I'm foreign I have another school system ) . The popular kids where only allowed to have the party when they invited everyone ( they where forced by there parents , oh poor them :naughty: ) I wasn't wanted and they where happy if I wouldn't had come but I went anyway just to annoy them :laugh: . But I think most of Crimson Spiders advice is right and true .( but hitting someone with steel objects is a bit radical in my opinion ) I just have one thing to say don't start to believe the insults or doubt yourself for one second cuz there's probably nothing wrong with you . Bullies only pick on you for the pleasure of there own . They probably have picked you because your seem weak in there eyes and they think they can keep walking al over you . So stand up for your self . Kick the leaders *** and use the surprise punch . If he isn't ready for it you will have the advantage . bye bye and hang in there :wave:

Hey knightblack89 , Yeah the poem all eyes on me was written about my school . School ....it's so universal :rolleyes: . Your poem ; The father I once knew is good , very good . I love how you describe the two contrary feelings . The fear and the longing . If I'm wrong say so but I think it went about that . I also have some title suggestions for your poem . Maybe you like them , maybe you don't but maybe they give some inspiration . What darkness fears or maybe just darkness fears . Hey ninetails390 , I reread the thread and I read your poem someday in one of your earlier posts . I think it's a kind poem . It's what a friend would say to someone when there down . Yeah I liked that poem very much . Well I got another one as well , here it goes : [U]Blinded :[/U] When our lips met I didn't knew you where bound to forget I already gave you my hart But didn't knew you never wanted to take that part Love and happiness clouded my view My view to judge you Cuz in my mind I already knew ... that it was to good to be true I'm so naive Why do I still listen to that forgotten part ? Hidden deep inside my body Because ... Because it's my hart ? I'm so naive I should've suppressed my feelings and disbelieve I guess I wanted it I needed it so badly Someone that cared Warm arms around me My hart was closed It was a mistake to open up And once again I froze That was it bye bye :wave:

Hey ninetails390 , I'm flattered and I think the title fits the poem really well if your okay with it I'll keep it :D , thanks I love the last sentence from night dream , it's a daydream in the night ... that's deep man . I think the beginning of that poem is really good and night time mushings of a poet is good aswel . Well I've got another poem aswell there is a bit of swearing in , I apologize . Okay here it goes : [U]All eyes on me :[/U] I am the one walked by I am the one despised I am the one told in rumours all lied All eyes on me Cause there's the freak you got to see Whispers behind my back Enough to hear The insults slowly reach my ear I'm tired of it all Of the bullies , gangsta's and the bitches that go to the mall I want to make the word got and to into one word , think of slang . Because I think it flows better that way but I don't know how to write it these are my versions : gotta , goda , gada .....the last ones are ....well I don't know I think you don't write it in that way . Can someone help me out ? Thanks . Well that's all bye bye :wave:

Hey welcome to OB ^_^ , I'm quite new myself and I'm not a computer genius ...so I don't really think I can help you with stuff ...well maybe ...but what do you want to know ? bye bye :wave:

Hey ninetailes390 , I did liked your poem purpose . It kinda said hang in there and don't give up .It gives hope and it's nice , very nice . But I'm not that long into poetry ....so I'm not an expert or anything like that . I just liked it . Anyway here's mine . Feel free to correct my spelling . Oh and before I forget , it doesn't have a title and I think that fits the poem . So here it goes : [edit] [U]Empthyness [/U] I'm staring to a death corner in my room The shadows dark my personal doom The shadows hold my most inner secrets because there's no one to talk to I need someone ... Cause I'm going nuts without human touch Without talk , without laughs , I'm not much Echoes ... I hear out of empthyness I want the buds , the friends , and the lover But there's something holding me back ... Lonelyness I'm scared of people People's eye's I don't know how to socialize My hart is sprained I'm in pain ... PAIN PAIN PAIN !!! LET IT STOP !!! Love ??? I don't know ... Friends ??? I haven't got ... Protect me from myself Oh God oh God I wanna stop this pain cause it's driving me insane So that was my poem , there's some deep feelings in that poem . But I've passed that stage in my life . I can't write about fun stuff anyway . I only write poems when I have so much emotions I don't know where to put them and then I write a poem once in a while . I enjoy fun things so no need to write about that . Well maybe I'll post another one , bye bye :wave:

I want to try out skateboarding for a long time now but I don't exactly know if it's the thing for me . But wow :wow: it's awesome when I look at someone skateboarding then I'm thinking by my self that's awesome wouldn't be great if I could do that . I'm saving money to buy a skateboard now . When I graduate I'm buying it then I'm allowed to brake boons from my mom . I hope I don't brake any boons :sweat: but I'll try anyway .(not to brake boons but to skate board well duhh ) Yeah BMX sounds great to but I think the bike costs a lot . I used to have a mountain bike . I could cross on the streets really well , I drove to school with that thing every day ......It was my best bud . But then I got to big and now I have one of those lady bikes ( not made for riding wild ) and sucks big time . But I don't know if BMX is something for me and if I bought the bike it's a waste of money . So I guess I'll start with skateboarding on a cheap board to try it out . Oh and hang gliding , yep that's awesome . I think it's the closest you can come to actually flying like a bird . I wanna try it some day to . One last thing . I have respect for all you guys and girls that do extreme sports , you're awesome . bye bye :wave:

Hi , it seems to me that your english is perfect enough that people understand you . And that's what counts . Who cares about spelling after that !? English is my second language to and it's difficult to learn a language I can tell you that . So if people understand you your doing just fine ^_^ . You should be proud of yourself. bye bye :wave:

Excuse me? Who the hell do you think you are? I was merely pointing out the fact that that I said that "Holland is screwed" and the coincidence that you lived there. How dare you overgeneralize and stereotype all tourists like you have just done. I toured seven countries in total, in just a couple months. So,[i]forgive me[/i] if I forget which one a particular city is in. I do believe that I mentioned that "It was a very long time ago and I don't remember much" considering I was only 8 at the time, sick as a dog and slept half the time I was touring Europe. So don't assume that I have no clue what I'm talking about, or that just because I was a tourist, means you have any right to call me stupid, or my foggy memory stupid. I was not trying to put you down or anything . And I didn't call you stupid for being a tourist . I also didn't knew you were eight and sick . But I hope you knew in witch country you were at the moment you were there . If you didn't ...... I still think it's stupid . I'm sorry for thinking that but I still do . That's the way it is , deal with it . And another thing I don't want to argue about such an unimportant and stupid thing . In my case sorry for having a prejudice . But anyway my well meant apology . What do you want me to say ? Okay I admit not all tourists are the same , so there you go . Are we cool again ? BTW: About the whole sweet water thing... If all of the ice caps melt, and the earth will be so warm, wouldn't that mean there's gonna be more rainwater? I just read an article about a guy who's been bottling and selling rainwater, successfully, for 14 years. Think about it. Yeah I know about recycling rain water . At my home we have a rain barrel where we the rain falls in and then we recycle the water . But I still think the sweet water sources in the ground will be used up . I had to learn all kind of stuff about water in geography . And in my geography book was a prediction about that . It could be wrong but I don't think so . The modern human in rich countries use a lot of water a day . I don't know how much litres it was a day . But I do know that the average human in a dry third world country uses an average of 5 litres a day and I do remember that there was an huge difference between the use of water in rich and in poor countries .(Just for the record to flush a toilet you use 8 litres so then you already used more then 5 litres.) Wel that's it bye :wave:

[quote name='sublime2004][size=1][b] No crap!?! Pardon me if I find that FRICKIN' HILARIOUS. Not about the underwater part. About you living in Holland. I went to Amsterdam once. A long, long time ago. Nice countryside, I remember. Then I think we drove to The Hague. Is that in Holland? I'm not good with geography. [/size'][/b][/quote] Ehhhh ....? Why do you think living in Holland is so hilarious ? That's the problem with you tourists , you think if you've seen two cities you have seen the hole country . Well I got news for you : not every city in Holland is the same as Amsterdam or The Hague . Sorry about that but it has bugged me a long time , don't take it personal . And yes Amsterdam and The Hague are in Holland . Pardon me for saying this but I think it's rather stupid if you go on a holiday and you don't even know in witch country you are . Anyway I don't know where you live most of you on OB are from America , I guess . I've never been there but it would be nice to pay it a visit some day . San Francisco seems a very nice city to me , very diverse . Wel that's al bye :wave:

Holland would be screwed. Funny that you say that , I live in Holland . And I read in the news papers a few weeks ago that the west of Holland will be under water in about 50 years ... eek!!!! :eek: That's why my ice cap worries .....

Okay here's my problem : I tryed to submit drawings of mine . Yes I did adjust the KB's , pixels and it was an JPG file . Every time I tried it , (I tried it 5 times) The stupid computer says , error your picture must be smaller than 750 X 1000 pixels . Ahhhhrrrrrrr !!!!! I already did that ! I don't know what I'm doing wrong ...... Sending drawings of mine in was the main reson te be a member of Otaku.com . So if sumitting drawings of mine doesnt work , yeah it get's to me :shifty: stupid computer , :bash: . Okay please help me out here , thanks P.S can you download the Otaky smilies , there so funny . Yep my problem is solved , thanks ^_^

Somebody said that all of the water is gonna go away after all of the ice caps melt, or something to that effect. I won't even begin on the fundamental flaws of that statement. Nuff said. I didn't say that the [B]all[/B] the water is going to be gone or anything . I just think that al the sweet water , the natural sweet water sources in the ground will be used up . Okay I admit maybe you can get the salt out of the salt water and use it as sweet water but I definitely think the natural [B]sweet[/B] water sources in the [B]ground[/B] will be used up in time . About the ice capes , yeah they are sweet water to but when they melt and the sweet water get's into the ocean it turns into salt water . Just for the record salt water is in oceans and seas . If the ice capes melt the water in the oceans and seas will rice , duh . The climate will be disturbed by this as well . It's already proven that it has rained more because the earth is getting warmer , it's also proven that the water has risen because of the melting of the ice caps . So there you go bye :wave:

What do I think of the future ? Well I can't look into to future on what's to come , but I can guess . I have a few ideas about the environment that I think a lot of people do realize it but do not anything about it . I now some stuff about a few other things to , but here are my guesses of the future : I will think that the earths fossil fuel will be used up very soon now . We are already so more advanced on terms of technoally that I'm wondering why are we still using fossil fuels ? :grumble: But anyway I think that as long as the fossil fuels aren?t used up were going to continue with polluting but in time we are forced to switch to other sources of fuel . The climate will be a big factor in this , the weather is already changing because the earth is getting warmer and I think as time passes it will only get warmer . The ice capes melt , the water rises witch causes new problems and the weather will be seriously messed up with serious consequences . I also think that the population will grow to much , the earth simply can't handle that much people . The sweet water will be used up and you will get new diseases because people live to close together and live to close to animals ( think of Sars ) . :sick: I also think that America will not be the world's ......ehhhmmm how do you say this ... the best in economy anymore . I think Asia is seriously competing with America in terms of economy . I also think that the divergences between rich and poor will always exist . :bawl: This world is already very knowledge orientated , diploma's will be less worth . You will have to study longer for a certain job and every one will be continued to be higher educated than the previous generation . To come back on your machine thought of the future , I will think that a lot of jobs will be taken over by machines but not like the matrix or anything . I think this will lead to more unemployment because a the population grows and the number of jobs will become smaller because machines do a lot of the work now . About the population and work thing , I think the number of old people will rise and the number of young people will drop . In my country , I don't know if it is like this in your country to but , but in my country old people get 70 % of there last earned wage to live of for the rest of there old days (per month that is) . The young working people pay for this , only an amount . This system can no longer exists in the near future because the number of old people that one working man/woman will have to support will be to large because the number of old people will grow and the number of young people will shrink . Conclusion : Nice future , not :nope: Well that's pretty much it .... bye :wave:

[QUOTE=dark king]the same place must be your universe right? like i have midland my universe then so do you i think. but did you conciously created that place? if so then there could be 6 billion universes in this universe, so within every individual would be a universe. and rising the question: are we part of a universe of someone or something else? that would be a double paradox, or a continuous one asking: then who`s or what`s universe is existing in who`s or what`s universe and so on. and to make it even more complicated: is this dreaming or are we awake, are the boundries of our power a result of sleeping or a result of wakefullness? I like your train of thought , really I do . You can think about this forever and it's a deep subject only if you try to answer one question you get more questions but I like the subject alswel . I downloaded something called brainwave generator. it produces the low and high frequency tones where you can tune in to reach alpha beta theta and gamma states of mind. wich enhance your brain to be more active. train with it and become very intelligent and awaken those powers like telepathy and phycokinesis. on the last i trained without help and it`s tough to do. ehhhw ... does it actually work , yet ? How long did you have this thing ? It would be cool if it worked . I'm open minded about a lot of things but I'm sure about one thing , there are people that just want to lie to make money and sell stuff that doesn't work with a fancy story to make you believe . So does it work ? If it doesn't I'm not surprised . Well back to the topic . I never had those time dreams . I don't keep track of time in real life let alone in dreams , a lot of things happen in my dreams though . I just don't pay attention to the time that supposed to have passed . . I just live life . But my dreams , when I have them ... The are freakishly real :eek: . I can feel thempeture , touch , see colour , hear things , smell things , feel things just in as in real life . I one dreamed of a devil and it scared the hell out of me but I also have very nice dreams . I month ago or so I had a strange dream that sort of came true I guess . It was about me and a friend trying to save people and we where from the hospital . Only we did not drove in a hospital car ( yeah I now my word choice is not good ) , we jumped around like spider man . We were very acrobatic . I remember that we were trying to save someone and the moment we arrived I woke up . Well that day I heard someone I knew committed suicide . That brings up the hole question what is real and what is reality again . I never had those kind of dreams before but I hope I don't get them again , I just like to dream good things . My flying dream was nice . I could feel the wind and stuff like that but I'm staying of the topic now . Well this was my post , bye

QUOTE=Subversive]I think you're confusing slang, jargon, and vernacular (spl?) jargon is to a group of peers type thing.... vernacular is to a region... slang is an alternate meaning deviating from the original... okay?[/QUOTE] Ehhh ... I guess but our loaned words are not necessary slang words, most of them are not but some of them are. And some English words became so normal that they are just as normal as Dutch words . That's al bye

Hey everyone , this thread is quite interesting for me because English in not my mother language and I only speak it for four years . Slang is the most interesting part of a foreign language because it's not in the books and when you use it you sound normal not like an 80 year old woman . That's what I learn in school but that?s not why I send this post . A lot of people seem to use the word meh as slang and for me it's amusing . When I reed the word meh I tend to think of a goat ... I do not want to offend people but I just tend to think that when I reed mehhh ... Anyway I have my slang to , some of them originally come from the English language and are mixed or translated in to my own language . I'm talking about general slang now , the kind the everyone knows . For example if some one says that '' su**s'' , me and my friends say that's'' zuigt'' . That the Dutch version of it . No I'm not from Deutsland , they speak German .Anyway sh** is a common slang now , everyone uses it as slang . We kinda loaned it .We have a lot of loaned words also common every day not slang words . They come from France , England and Germany and many other countries . And almost every city got his own slang words and dialects even though The Netherlands is a small country . Well this was my post it turned out very pointless but maybe it's still interesting for someone , who knows ? bye bye