I am not having a rough day, I am still very much depressed over my second loss. I don't think it's fair to ask me to disable siggies in my home board.
I understand, and am again very sorry for your loss. I've been there. I really do get it. I just disagree.
I've also recently had a loss but agree that on this board people shouldn't have to disable their siggies. If I'm having a bad day I either don't go on the forum or stay in CAL/loss boards. If I want to come play here to get my mood up, I'll disable siggies. Since this board is NOT specifically about loss or IF, people shouldn't have to police their happiness.
I really disagree with the newspapers/books being "interactive". Yes, they theoretically could be interactive, but in general if people see someone reading they know not to disturb them. This picture doesn't have radios or televisions either so I don't get why you mentioned those. I was specifically responding to the comment that people "ignore others" with a smartphone, when ignoring others in public has been happening for decades. I remember this growing up BEFORE smart phones. Taking the train into Boston with my parents and everyone had a newspaper or book and NOBODY was talking or interacting (unless riding together) and gave dirty looks if someone even tried. THAT was the point I was trying to make with this picture.
I just saw this. It's still a bad comparison. People generally don't socialize while using public transportation. That's one of the situations where it would be completely acceptable to be absorbed in your smartphone. But I constantly see people ignoring each other to stare at tiny screens while eating in restaurants, hanging out at bars, attending birthday parties, shopping at the mall, etc. You don't see people doing those things with a book or newspaper in front of their faces.
Also, I wasn't actually saying that smartphones were bad because they weren't interactive. I was saying that they were bad because they take away from human interaction. And books and newspapers CAN be interactive. Think classrooms, book clubs, political debates.
if you look a couple posts down from the one you quoted, I agreed that if people are specifically hanging out with each other, phones should be away.
I'm all for sensitivity, and I am trying to phrase this in a gentle way. I just don't think I agree. On CAL or Loss board? Absolutely. On 3T/IF? Same, yes. Here? I just don't think that should be required, and it makes it more difficult to know who is giving you information, if you see what I mean? I guess I think it would be better for the individual having a rough day to disable sigs.
I am not having a rough day, I am still very much depressed over my second loss. I don't think it's fair to ask me to disable siggies in my home board.
The problem then becomes... where is that line? I just avoided the boards after my loss. I'll probably avoid the boards tomorrow! For me right after my loss, if you were pregnant, if you had a kid, if you had a LO and had the pictures in your signature, it all hurt my heart. It's just as unfair to the ladies who have babies but are TFAS to not get to put their LO in their signature or have to hide on a the GKU board. They have just as much of a right to have them in their signatures while they are trying. Like a previous poster suggested, if a person is having a sensitive day, it would be that much easier to have that 1 person to hide all signatures than it is for one or two people to remember to disable a signature on this board. God forbid if they bounce between boards because this is highly active board or in the heat of a moment in replying to confession they forget, are they therefore open to flaming?
I'm all for sensitivity, and I am trying to phrase this in a gentle way. I just don't think I agree. On CAL or Loss board? Absolutely. On 3T/IF? Same, yes. Here? I just don't think that should be required, and it makes it more difficult to know who is giving you information, if you see what I mean? I guess I think it would be better for the individual having a rough day to disable sigs.
I am not having a rough day, I am still very much depressed over my second loss. I don't think it's fair to ask me to disable siggies in my home board.
I agree with you here, DanaScullyX. I don't have to be having a rough day for unexpectedly seeing a pregnancy ticker to feel like a punch in the gut. Even on a good day, it's a painful reminder of how far along I should be, or would've been if my loss hadn't happened. I would have to disable signatures permanently, and I don't think I should have to do that.
I just saw this. It's still a bad comparison. People generally don't socialize while using public transportation. That's one of the situations where it would be completely acceptable to be absorbed in your smartphone. But I constantly see people ignoring each other to stare at tiny screens while eating in restaurants, hanging out at bars, attending birthday parties, shopping at the mall, etc. You don't see people doing those things with a book or newspaper in front of their faces.
Also, I wasn't actually saying that smartphones were bad because they weren't interactive. I was saying that they were bad because they take away from human interaction. And books and newspapers CAN be interactive. Think classrooms, book clubs, political debates.
if you look a couple posts down from the one you quoted, I agreed that if people are specifically hanging out with each other, phones should be away.
Right. But everything I said was specifically in response to what you said. Also, most people I've spoken to who own smartphones will voice that same opinion if asked - that phones should be put away while socializing. Oddly enough, the number of people who say this doesn't seem to add up with the number of people I see daily ignoring the people around them in favor of their phones.
I love the taste of powder baby formula. I can eat it all day.
That is unbelievably disgusting to me. Just the smell of it is too much for me. Maybe in powder form it tastes okay? But that sort of calls to mind the question, what possessed you to eat powdered formula in the first place?
That is unbelievably disgusting to me. Just the smell of it is too much for me. Maybe in powder form it tastes okay? But that sort of calls to mind the question, what possessed you to eat powdered formula in the first place?
I was babysitting and making a bottle and got curious? I don't know. I'm hook though. I even have favorites.
Annd now I have a mental image of you as Captain Hook, scooping up powdered baby formula with his hook and licking it.
You're requesting free samples to get your formula fix?
No. I don't request them. Back when I first started TTC I had signed up with a bunch of websites. And I still occasionally get samples. I got some pampers the other day and a shaver. I usually pass one to my cousin who had a baby in January but I keep the packet formulas I get.
I do. But EVERYTHING at work is defaulted to bing. Even clipart, which I sometimes need to use.
No, I mean change the default.
Nope. Not in admin mode.
Nevermind that our IT is full of dumbfucks that don't understand how dropbox works. But they can lock us out of internet defaults (on IE anyway. Chrome is all mine).
Nevermind that our IT is full of dumbfucks that don't understand how dropbox works. But they can lock us out of internet defaults (on IE anyway. Chrome is all mine).
We're not privy to Chrome at work unless you put in a special request in which they don't update on a regular basis. Hell, they don't update IE either. Many websites at work I can't view because our browser is out of date.
Nevermind that our IT is full of dumbfucks that don't understand how dropbox works. But they can lock us out of internet defaults (on IE anyway. Chrome is all mine).
We're not privy to Chrome at work unless you put in a special request in which they don't update on a regular basis. Hell, they don't update IE either. Many websites at work I can't view because our browser is out of date.
Number One: Born 06.16.2009 BFP: 01.17.2014 / MC 02.05.2014 BFP: 03.08.2014 / MMC: 05.07.2014 Dx: Partial Molar/GTD. Benched until 01.2015 Number Two: Born 07.22.2016
Number One: Born 06.16.2009 BFP: 01.17.2014 / MC 02.05.2014 BFP: 03.08.2014 / MMC: 05.07.2014 Dx: Partial Molar/GTD. Benched until 01.2015 Number Two: Born 07.22.2016
Met in May 2011 Engaged November 2011 Married November 2013 Started TTC November 2015 Began Infertility Workup November 2016 BFP! Lucky #13 Cycle TTC Due Date: 9/5/2017
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