No more Invitations to Den of Angels

[Alopecia No Hime]

I think it really depends on DOA where the jerks are and who they are VS the decent people. The jerks can pop up at any moment...But the fun part in that to me at least is proving 'em wrong...

And I'll admit I've even snuck pictures of my Obitsu tiny onto DOA but never showed her face, just showed her curled up in her room in a box I made her. Only reason I'm admitting it here is cause again I know you guys won't snitch on me. But I do like the sewing tutorials on DOA and finding funny photostories is always fun. I nearly died laughing at a few of 'em. The box opening threads are fun too.

[Kirahfaye]

Trethowan, you are sounding surprisingly clear and level headed for someone about to pop out a baby!

[victoriavictrix]

Trethowan, you are sounding surprisingly clear and level headed for someone about to pop out a baby!

Yeah, why aren't you in hormone meltdown?

[embyquinn]

I don't post pics of my dolls on DoA, but I talk about them all the time in the discussion threads. I just don't mention they're OT. :B

If I ever do a sewing tutorial or whatever, I've half-seriously considered using Riri as the model, and putting a teeny paper bag over her head in the photos. XD After all, I'm not really posting about the doll, but about the craft...right? Right?

[DollyKim]

Hopefully it'll work.

[Alopecia No Hime]

Kazumi's head is on topic I just haven't disclosed her body. >w> I mean I don't HAVE to say WHAT body she's on right?

[Trethowan]

Also..... Trethowan, I must admit I'm not sure what exactly you're considering a 'discussion thread'!! I mean, DS seems to have discussion threads by what I would consider the standard to be, but nobody gets out of hand or anything about it. Mostly discussion threads on DS seem to be a sort of a "fandom poll" or gathering information, i.e something like "Disney Store Dolls, Worth The Money Or Not?" could be asked here without the site imploding on itself, which I really, really enjoy and find it to be a feature that's sadly unique to DS. Drama Llamas, they be lurking everywherz.

Lmfao, I bow to your almighty opinion Trethowan.

Yes, my opinions are paramount. If you don't like them, it causes black holes to open, devouring all dissenters in a mire of gravitational chaos. No joke. NASA tried to do a study, but like the Cygnus, they were pulled to their untimely deaths.

*serious face* Now I'm questioning my usage of definitions and forum terminology. It's been my interpretation that within the hobby any thread on a forum that's started specifically to discuss an opinion-based topic is called a discussion thread. Usually when we complain about them we're referring to the ones with "issues", the drama magnets, the ones with the completely useless chatter like "I think cheap dolls suck" and "only expensive dolls count in the hobby" and that sort of rubbish. Maybe my usage of the word has taken on a pejorative sense that isn't really there. All threads discuss things, otherwise they'd not exist. I'd not count this thread as a discussion thread, but one started to state a policy change, and then we started chatting in it. Historically thread activity was called chat. Informal. Perhaps the thread for discussion is more formal and therefore not chat. Maybe I'm thinking about it too much. I could blame that cup of coffee I had at 10pm.

Trethowan, you are sounding surprisingly clear and level headed for someone about to pop out a baby!

Yeah, why aren't you in hormone meltdown?

I FEEL more clear and level headed than ever. Mostly. I did try to stick the orange juice in the cupboard a few months ago. Overall, I'm more even keel than ever. It's been quite nice and relaxing actually, I think I'll miss it. I'm more concerned with the postpartum hormones! If being pregnant is this good, then I fear I'll have "withdrawals" like I'm going off of some drug. Seriously, if it were possible, I'd love to replicate this hormone cocktail and live like this every day (minus the watermelon attached to my abdomen) hahaha.

If I post weirdness, you'll know why!

[DollyKim]

Be glad it's only 9 months, killer whale moms are up to 17 months, and aren't elephants about 22? At least your baby won't be 7 feet long and about 300 pounds.

Obviously there is a need for a place like DOA where they can express them selves and get it out of their system. We've all been in the middle school mindset some time in our lives and if you're lucky you get out of at the right time. As for me, I haven't had time for it since 1990 when I left.

[MeltedCaramel]

Trethowan

Yes, my opinions are paramount. If you don't like them, it causes black holes to open, devouring all dissenters in a mire of gravitational chaos. No joke. NASA tried to do a study, but like the Cygnus, they were pulled to their untimely deaths.

<----- I shall have to remember to turn off my free will around you dear.

*serious face* Now I'm questioning my usage of definitions and forum terminology. It's been my interpretation that within the hobby any thread on a forum that's started specifically to discuss an opinion-based topic is called a discussion thread. Usually when we complain about them we're referring to the ones with "issues", the drama magnets, the ones with the completely useless chatter like "I think cheap dolls suck" and "only expensive dolls count in the hobby" and that sort of rubbish. Maybe my usage of the word has taken on a pejorative sense that isn't really there. All threads discuss things, otherwise they'd not exist. I'd not count this thread as a discussion thread, but one started to state a policy change, and then we started chatting in it. Historically thread activity was called chat. Informal. Perhaps the thread for discussion is more formal and therefore not chat. Maybe I'm thinking about it too much. I could blame that cup of coffee I had at 10pm.

<----I guess I consider this thread a "discussion" thread because it wasn't a locked mod-post, it was left often to...essentially that, discussion. If it were locked and no one allowed to post, I would consider it an "information post". Perhaps we have different nebulous definitions of the term 'discussion'. To me "chat" has always been something you do in real-time, hence "chat rooms" and their ilk. I also say "chat" when I'm being INCREDIBLY informal with a friend ( as in "Yes you know that last two hours of incredibly filthy, politically incorrect stuff we've been talking about? Yes, let's chat again as soon as possible hun!"). To me a discussion is just...well, you put it best. "All threads discuss things, otherwise they'd not exist." To me everything is a discussion and the 'problem' discussions cease to be discussions at all and have degenerated into feces-flinging contests until a moderator steps in and puts a boot in some behind.

I FEEL more clear and level headed than ever. Mostly. I did try to stick the orange juice in the cupboard a few months ago. Overall, I'm more even keel than ever. It's been quite nice and relaxing actually, I think I'll miss it. I'm more concerned with the postpartum hormones! If being pregnant is this good, then I fear I'll have "withdrawals" like I'm going off of some drug. Seriously, if it were possible, I'd love to replicate this hormone cocktail and live like this every day (minus the watermelon attached to my abdomen) hahaha.

<----Oh dear, I must have missed the post(s!?) where you mentioned you were expecting (quite soon!)!! My warmest congratulations!!! Haha, your situation isn't that uncommon I've heard. I think they call it "pregnancy euphoria". Something to do with the levels of oxytocin? I'm glad to hear you're having such a comfortable pregnancy though!!! One more thing to be happy about! As for the orange juice...I think that's "being human". I have no excuse and I do stupid little things like that all the time.

Dollykim

Obviously there is a need for a place like DOA where they can express them selves and get it out of their system. We've all been in the middle school mindset some time in our lives and if you're lucky you get out of at the right time. As for me, I haven't had time for it since 1990 when I left.

<-----I'm....not sure I understand? DOA seems like it encourages the exact opposite of "expressing yourself" and "getting it out of your system"? It seems rigid, to the point where I notice people talking about the moderators with an almost silly "Fear of Damnation" air to their posts. I was chatting in a thread where one person was afraid to make a sentence or two comment about a topic that breached both sides of the resin/vinyl gap. They weren't even going off topic yet they made it clear they were watching for a moderator like an animal in the desert might keep an eye out for circling vultures. And...you'll have to explain to me what a "middle school mindset" is. I'm sorry DollyKim, I apologize for the need for clarification, I just want to make sure I understand it correctly before I comment on it to avoid confusion!

[Trethowan]

Middle school mindset = immature asshat. HAHAHAHAHA