ah didnt realize you took the screenshot.
and now we all know pet sounds' dark secret of attempted invisibility.

It's not that dark of a secret. Briks, Vanilla, and Urban himself are all invisible too.

It's more fun playing with spammers that way.

I like it because I can sneak up on The Batlord out of nowhere.

Why you steal JosefK's avatar? :nono:

The **** are you talking about, Josef? I didn't even know people bothered with the whole forum invisibility option. Is it even good for anything other than making your name not show up at the bottom of the main page (which I never, ever look at)?

What the f*ck? I'm a bit sh*tfaced and this crap is not helping whatsoever.

It just seems counter-productive since the people who are invisible end up posting anyway. There's really no point to it.

You have made him sad...
http://www.unwinnable.com/wp-content...isible_man.jpg

I too am invisible

But when my red light's on, Batty doesn't know whether I'm on or offline. I might be lurking at any time.

You're right. If I couldn't hear it I wouldn't even know this post was here.

But that just makes it seem like lurking is a bad thing.

You're not in the least bit interested about how many people are on at any one given time? I check it all the time to see who's here to plug, etc.

I like swooping in on him when he isn't expecting it.

Surprise butt sex has definitely changed since I was a kid.

It's a lot tougher when you're invisible.

An erection?

I'd prefer it if everyone but me was banned, so that I could just talk to myself.

I used to laugh really hard when a certain person was on invisible thinking that I wouldn't see them. But technically everyone can see if you're online by visiting your profile and seeing when you were last online.

i leave my computer on with tabs open all the time. so even when it says i'm online, i might not actually be paying any attention to this site. who needs to be invisible when you can just be lazy instead?

I kinda never understood the point of invisibility on a forum that doesn't have IM functionality. If you can't use it to avoid annoying popups, what CAN you use it for?

It's like wearing the invisibility cloak for them.

:clap:

Neo does it again.

Meh. As awesome as his Photoshopping instincts usually are, his avatars are more hit than miss.

Whatcha talking about?

I think he meant to say the reverse, by which he has actually complimented you when I think he meant to slag you off... ;)

Nope.

The posts aren't anonymous either. Idk man. I just don't get it.

On the subject of forum options we don't get, I don't understand putting people on ignore.

I guess some people are just bitches.

It's to avoid reading something by someone who you know is going to annoy you. It works if you are logged in, too.

Agreed. I know some people can't control themselves in reading something they (apparently?) don't wanna read, but you can easily take someone OFF ignore to give in, and obsessive compulsion has the last laugh.

I put posters who say distasteful things or are unkind on my ignore list. I don't want to engage with them on any level, so ignoring them is the best option for me, lest I get myself pulled into some drama I shouldn't be involved in. It's better for everyone.

I think that's a cop-out, to be honest. The way I see it, if someone lacks the personal development necessary to be able to handle negativity in their environment and not take things personally or to some personal extreme enough to affect them, they're avoiding the real issue. There will always be negativity in any environment, and much of it is unavoidable. I think there's greater opportunity in learning how to process things you may find distasteful or hurtful rather than avoiding those things.

That's not to say one should actively seek negativity, but it's to say that while operating in an environment capable of containing such negativity, the option to remove it instead of growing your ability to deal with it is akin to putting your head in the sand. And I feel like that's kind of a disservice to a person's goal of personal development. I find more value in the people that have intellectual skin where the negativity rolls off it like water on a duck. Those are the people that know where they stand and know their own value, regardless of what others think.

Just my opinion.

Yes. But negativity here is avoidable. Hence the ignore list.

The ignore thing is more for me, actually, because I used to engage too much, cause too much drama, and I've learned my lesson.

There's never an excuse for unkindness.

^^^^ I see enough negativity in the real world so I steer clear of it in forums etc.

I'm saying that I don't think avoidance is useful to learning how to deal with negativity. And, if you've learned your lesson, why avoid?

Relevant avatar.

Anyway, that's your opinion. Cool. Let's move on. :)