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Veritas
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Ignore Feature
#8224079 - 04/01/08 12:16 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I have occasionally utilized the "ignore user" feature at the Shroomery, but usually re-set it after a few weeks. It is handy when a particular poster goes off on a rant, or clutters up the forum with worthless threads.
If you could utilize this feature in Real Life, who or what aspect of your daily experiences would you put on Ignore? Why?
I would love to put President Bush on Ignore for the remainder of his term in office. I would also put the "War" on terrorism on ignore, and all celebrity news. There is no one in my personal life whom I would ignore, but it would be nice to be able to selectively apply the feature to obnoxious strangers and extremely fat people who walk down the center of the aisles in grocery stores.
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Veritas]
#8224096 - 04/01/08 12:21 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I do utilize that feature in Real Life.
I don't watch T.V. anymore. I Ignore it. And that solves most of it.
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Veritas
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Mr_Spliff]
#8224104 - 04/01/08 12:24 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yes, I quit watching commercial TV three years ago. I've also quit reading the newspaper & listening to commercial radio...both very effective ways to "ignore" the hyped-up, negatively-slanted versions of reality promoted via the media.
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igwna
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Veritas]
#8224118 - 04/01/08 12:26 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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but do you feel you're left a little in the dark?
you have no idea whats going on?
by nature i don't weatch tv and raeding the newspaper bores me but when the news comes on i tend to listen.
though quite often i offer little words of wisdom to those around me during the program
-------------------- I don't believe in cops, bosses, or politicians. Some call that anarchism. I call it having a fucking heart that beats.
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Veritas
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: igwna]
#8224127 - 04/01/08 12:29 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I check the headlines on the Yahoo! home page when I log in to get my mail, so I am not entirely "in the dark." Most of the news is entirely worthless, in that one cannot act to change it & it is sensationalized AND chosen for negative content.
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igwna
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Veritas]
#8224145 - 04/01/08 12:36 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah. i wish i paid more attention though.
i'd probably understand what goes on a little better
-------------------- I don't believe in cops, bosses, or politicians. Some call that anarchism. I call it having a fucking heart that beats.
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: igwna]
#8224156 - 04/01/08 12:39 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Can you tell me what the OP wrote? I have her on 'Ignore'.
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Veritas
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You wouldn't see this thread if you had me on "Ignore."
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Mr_Spliff
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: igwna]
#8224167 - 04/01/08 12:42 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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"you have no idea whats going on?"
No my friend, those glued to television screens and running around busying their mind with "NEWS" are the ones who have no idea of whats 'going on'.
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Veritas
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: igwna]
#8224182 - 04/01/08 12:44 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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skcorrelyt said: yeah. i wish i paid more attention though.
i'd probably understand what goes on a little better
I don't think that the news will help you understand anything. Try reading, particularly some of the great philosophers and psychologists of our time. The core issues concerning humans have not changed in many thousands of years of recorded history, so even the ancient Greek philosophers have not become "dated" with the passage of time. Epictetus is just as correct and helpful today as he was in his own time.
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Huehuecoyotl
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Veritas]
#8224225 - 04/01/08 12:58 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I would love to put President Bush on Ignore for the remainder of his term in office. I would also put the "War" on terrorism on ignore, and all celebrity news.
That is easy. I gave away my TV. Bye bye news, bye bye politics, bye bye celebrity gossip, bye bye movies and all that other useless time wasting BS. Now I have time and attention for real life.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: igwna]
#8224248 - 04/01/08 01:05 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I put the world on ignore once. I felt I had to in order to at least try to dismantle the impermanent mental constructs that I had come to know as me. I felt bound by a deterministic mental program. When I returned my interest to worldly affairs I glimpsed the stressed face of what has been called G*d.
'Spark becomes a flame. Flame becomes a fire. Forge a blade to slay the stranger. Take whatever we desire. Moved by will alone.
Pure as we begin.'
-MJK
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MushmanTheManic
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Quote:
Huehuecoyotl said:
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I would love to put President Bush on Ignore for the remainder of his term in office. I would also put the "War" on terrorism on ignore, and all celebrity news.
That is easy. I gave away my TV. Bye bye news, bye bye politics, bye bye celebrity gossip, bye bye movies and all that other useless time wasting BS. Now I have time and attention for real life.
You don't think the Shroomery is time wasting BS?
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OrgoneConclusion
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bye bye celebrity gossip
Are you serious? Don't you want to know how much Oprah weighs this week and who Britney is banging?
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Veritas]
#8224372 - 04/01/08 01:50 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I try not to ignore actual events or information, but I am picky about where I get my news and information from.
Television is for entertainment purposes only. Even the more informative channels seem to still be mainly geared towards entertainment (CNN, History Channel, etc.)
I don't own a TV, but I still like to download episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Veritas]
#8224546 - 04/01/08 02:38 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Veritas said: I have occasionally utilized the "ignore user" feature at the Shroomery, but usually re-set it after a few weeks. It is handy when a particular poster goes off on a rant, or clutters up the forum with worthless threads.
If you could utilize this feature in Real Life, who or what aspect of your daily experiences would you put on Ignore? Why?
I would love to put President Bush on Ignore for the remainder of his term in office. I would also put the "War" on terrorism on ignore, and all celebrity news. There is no one in my personal life whom I would ignore, but it would be nice to be able to selectively apply the feature to obnoxious strangers and extremely fat people who walk down the center of the aisles in grocery stores.
I would put all my meaningless worry on ignore.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Veritas]
#8225253 - 04/01/08 05:01 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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If you could utilize this feature in Real Life, who or what aspect of your daily experiences would you put on Ignore?
News about Iraq.
Why?
You have to ask?
-------------------- Republican Values: 1) You can't get married to your spouse who is the same sex as you. 2) You can't have an abortion no matter how much you don't want a child. 3) You can't have a certain plant in your possession or you'll get locked up with a rapist and a murderer. 4) We need a smaller, less-intrusive government.
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Huehuecoyotl
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Are you serious? Don't you want to know how much Oprah weighs this week and who Britney is banging?
I hope Oprah gets so fucking fat that she expires from bed sores and gangrene.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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OrgoneConclusion
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And then you will pump her full of hot Huehue lead?
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MushmanTheManic
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Old people are gross.
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Huehuecoyotl
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Nah. Chunk her out with a chainsaw and flush em down the toilet. You can wash the blood away with feces and urine.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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Huehuecoyotl
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You don't think the Shroomery is time wasting BS?
More than 15 minutes a day is time wasting bullshit. How often you see me on here these days?
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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awesomebastard
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never used it never will, and I have had some reasons to for sure.
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redgreenvines
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ignore at shroomery is very selective. there is very little like it in the outside world. even the spam filter on email is less efficient, but then again the spammers have evolving tactics, while the ignorables here are mostly unchanging.
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Mr_Spliff]
#8226188 - 04/01/08 08:56 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I wish i could throw out my t.v. but the other people i live with like to watch it. Sometimes its so annoying it actually makes me loses faith in humanity for short periods of time. Some of the people and shows on it are so mindless and ridiculous.
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igwna
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Mr_Spliff]
#8226473 - 04/01/08 10:06 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Oh.. so the things they talk about arn't really happening?
These things aren't really going on?
and veritas, i do read.. i rather read more into Anthropology and Philosophy than anything else... besides fantasy i guess... i like stories. the book i have now, (yet to start reading ) is about a woman whose father took their family to live with bushmen.
but i LISTEN to the news when its on, i read some magazines, and i occassionally pick up some newspapers.
not once did i say i believed everything i saw or read. i take the truth out of it (whats actually going on) and form my own opinions.
i spend the entire beginning of my life being told never to believe anything exactly as its told and to take my meaning from it.. forming my own opinion and side... never follow blind.
-------------------- I don't believe in cops, bosses, or politicians. Some call that anarchism. I call it having a fucking heart that beats.
Edited by igwna (04/01/08 10:09 PM)
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: DimensionX]
#8227608 - 04/02/08 06:32 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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My TV has been stored in the garage for a few years now and I haven't missed it. Maybe it's time for Ebay.
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Veritas]
#8227790 - 04/02/08 09:00 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ignore ants is bliss.
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: DimensionX]
#8229932 - 04/02/08 06:16 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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wish i could throw out my t.v. but the other people i live with like to watch it.
Fuck em. Pour soda pop in that fucker when no ones around and then bitch about it being broken. Then don't have the spare cash budgeted to buy another right now...then keep putting it off.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
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Icelander
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I agree, the straight forward approach always works best.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Icelander]
#8230160 - 04/02/08 07:10 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I wish there was a little button that I could push and everytime someone (anyone) started either bitching or whining I could mute them. Once they are done I could hear them again.
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Icelander
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: mushbaby]
#8233437 - 04/03/08 01:18 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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mushbaby said: I wish there was a little button that I could push and everytime someone (anyone) started either bitching or whining I could destroy them. Once they are done I would never hear them again.
Pretty good idea
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Icelander]
#8233488 - 04/03/08 01:26 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Shit! There goes 85% of my posts.
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> My TV has been stored in the garage for a few years now and I haven't missed it. Maybe it's time for Ebay.
I haven't had a TV in over five years. It took about two months to get past the "need" to watch it. I am amazed at how much extra time I have in my life... a good two to four hours per day! Do the math over five years and that is a lot of "extra" life to do things I enjoy rather than bitching about reruns and actor strikes.
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Veritas
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Seuss]
#8234231 - 04/03/08 04:31 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re-runs? Actor strikes? What are these strange events of which you speak?
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mushbaby
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: Icelander]
#8235236 - 04/03/08 08:07 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Icelander said:
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mushbaby said: I wish there was a little button that I could push and everytime someone (anyone) started either bitching or whining I could destroy them. Once they are done I would never hear them again.
Pretty good idea
If I made it so final I'd end up a very lonely person on this planet.
But think of the peace and quiet then!
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Huehuecoyotl
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Re: Ignore Feature [Re: mushbaby]
#8237360 - 04/04/08 08:28 AM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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I wish there was a little button that I could push and everytime someone (anyone) started either bitching or whining I could mute them. Once they are done I could hear them again.
There is one. It is on their head. I push it with the back of my hand....fucking hard.
-------------------- "A warrior is a hunter. He calculates everything. That's control. Once his calculations are over, he acts. He lets go. That's abandon. A warrior is not a leaf at the mercy of the wind. No one can push him; no one can make him do things against himself or against his better judgment. A warrior is tuned to survive, and he survives in the best of all possible fashions." ― Carlos Castaneda
Edited by Huehuecoyotl (04/04/08 11:07 AM)
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I wouldn't say it's a good thing to shut out tv completely. I watch my fair share of tv, but the set is usually tuned to one of two channels: National Geographic or Discovery. If I'm going to watch it, I might as well learn something while I do.
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