yourself? On here I mean.

There are things I find myself getting ready to type, then I start hitting the backspace key thinking...."could this get me in trouble with a job somehow down the road?".

15 years ago, I'm pretty sure I posted whatever was on my mind.

Maybe this is a silly post for you folks on reddit or who actively post in other forums, but this is just about the only one I partake in.

7/6/2017 7:53:51 AM

This is going to be hard for some of you (a lot of you) to believe, but yes, I moderate the hell out of myself.

When I really come down on someone, I try to make sure that I'm doing it because of something they have said or done that they actually have control over. I'm not perfect about this, but I've tried not to be the guy who attacks someone over how they look, who their family is, all that kind of shit people can't help. I'm out here raining on willfully dumb motherfuckers, motherfuckers with shitty ideas.

When I get it wrong, I cop to it. I recently apologized to GrumpyGOP for making a shitty joke at the expense of his volunteer work, which what the fuck was I thinking? That kind of thing happens, but I try to make sure I don't have to do it in the first place.

Never have been afraid of something coming up on a job interview or meeting strangers or whatever. Have I had to suffer some discomfort over some shit I've posted before? Sure. But that's the price of speaking as freely as I'd like, and I'd rather pay it than be dishwater.

I look back over really old posts sometimes, when I'd be calling somebody an F-bomb for this or that, and I think to myself that I'd say something different if I could do it again. Y'all have probably noticed how frequently I edit posts. There's a right way to be righteously indignant and mean. There are right and wrong ways to lash somebody. I try to call people fucking idiots the way I'd want to be called a fucking idiot.

[Edited on July 6, 2017 at 8:13 AM. Reason : case in point]

7/6/2017 8:09:07 AM

nah not really. i self moderate in the form of "i'd really rather not get into an argument/pissing match, so maybe i won't reply after all" or things along those lines...but not so much out of fear of getting in trouble with an employer or anything like that. that said, i tend to be non-confrontational in general and wouldn't normally post something shitty or potentially very bad even if i knew i wouldn't get in trouble for it. in that situation, i'd prefer to just avoid the pissing match altogether...but not because i'm worried about my name being associated with it (maybe to a small degree that is the case). mostly, i don't get much satisfaction out of it and try my best to ignore the real shitty stuff or troll bait on here and elsewhere online.

7/6/2017 8:49:32 AM

yeah. i suspended myself just the other day!

7/6/2017 10:17:21 PM

no, thanks for asking

7/6/2017 10:17:51 PM

I triggered myself

7/6/2017 10:27:01 PM

I also try to just avoid pissing matches... because this is the internet. I got into one with UJW in TSB and it really didn't make me look any more credible or intelligent. However, I specifically post here because I know only about 3 people on this site IRL. And only 1 of them posts much anymore. I find it very doubtful that even if I started spewing hate speech that I would suffer any consequences in the real world. Never have I thought :"could this get me in trouble with a job somehow down the road?" on this site. I have however stopped posting content or opinions on Facebook because of that exact reason.

7/7/2017 3:41:42 PM

I completely distance myself from politics on FB.

Why even bother? You're not going to change anyone's mind.

7/7/2017 4:24:39 PM

^it took me longer than average to figure that out, but that's definitely true. I guess I'm a slow learner...

7/7/2017 6:29:59 PM

liz lemon, can i use your computer to self moderate?

7/7/2017 7:06:21 PM

I self moderate to shemale porn.

7/7/2017 7:20:02 PM

Yeah especially because this is linked to my real name and I am paranoid that people in my family know about this because they used to (probably still do) google me a lot. Even on reddit I'm paranoid so I have like five different usernames and I generally go back and delete posts that have too much personal info. That's mainly because I talk about my job a lot and don't want to get linked back to me saying some weird shit.

7/7/2017 8:44:36 PM

naw

IDGAF what anyone anywhere thinks of me LOL

7/7/2017 10:44:21 PM

I was going to post in this thread, but I didn't.

7/7/2017 11:50:37 PM

I stand by what I post, its mostly just harmless and friendly goofing around and satire at this point just for fun.

In the old glory days of TWW, and under a different name, I said my share of dumb stuff. I did not moderate back then. But I think I am too old to be getting into online pissing contests over politics at this point.

I figure, anyone still left on TWW now is prob mid 30s, were all too old for the dumb shit. Now its just having a wee bit of fun and remembering the nostalgic days of college and TWW. Im not trying to make online enemies, Id rather make friends.

7/8/2017 3:46:51 PM

^^^ agree

TWW is cathartic.

People who take anything in here seriously need to sort out their priorities.

7/14/2017 7:52:54 PM