Topic: TEXTING & COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
Paul's photo
Mon 05/23/22 02:43 PM
This has got to be one of my biggest pet peeves. It all starts innocently enough but it's one of those things that tends to build until you realize that they are blatantly ignoring you. Unanswered Questions, that is where this all begins. In the beginning I let it go as I was excited about a new prospect, however that was a mistake as I later found out. Not answering your questions is bad sign & I don't allow myself to play that game anymore. Anyone else have this problem?

leonie's photo
Tue 05/24/22 02:22 PM
Use your brains.

"Smoke Signals"

Now if you set em on fire, they wont ignore you will they.

leona the brat.

Mary's photo
Tue 05/24/22 09:02 PM
It's a constant internet problem. Really frustrating, annoying, and makes me angry, but not much can be done about it. It's especially upsetting when you've been having what you thought was a good conversation...and then all at once, they're gone!

Duttoneer's photo
Wed 05/25/22 12:04 AM

Maybe it's the Ghost in the machine.


Paul's photo
Thu 10/06/22 04:12 AM
The mention of Ghost in the Machine sent me here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA4e0NqyYMw

This is from the 4thPSYOP Group

Here is what you just saw:
Song: "Last Goodbye" by Eric Kinny (feat. Danica Dora)
Cartoon: Betty Boop Snow White (1933)
0:25 image Beijing, Commentary of Tianmen Square protests in 1989 (could not find original source)
0:29 Berlin (synagogue at left, Alexanderturm straight ahead)
"Tear down this wall!", Ronald Reagan on June 12th 1987 in Berlin at the Brandenburger Tor
0:38 USSR weighted chess pieces from the 1950s
0:41 generic pine forest in northern hemisphere (maybe Brandenburg/Germany?)
0:48 Ghost Army insignia
0:56 Berlin subway
1:00 city in USA (probably New York City with those water towers on the roofs)
1:04 Louisiana (actually, no idea)
1:09 military parade in Beijing, October 1st 2019
1:15 probably Parade in USSR
1:18 Times Square news ticker with CGI 2022 headlines (reflections do not match)
1:37 Ferguson 3210 reel tape recorder
1:38 The Big Picture Episode 206 - Truth is our defense (voice Carl Zimmerman)
1:49 BOLEX 18-5 L Super projector
1:52 colors of Russian flag?
1:58 Electro Voice 635 microphone
1:59 very fake evensdropping studio with vitange equipment and modern 27" monitor
2:02 oil/acrylic color? Too thick paint for asian calligraphy, also western style brush
2:04 most probably reference to operation Mincemeat at the Spanish coast
2:10 Dome of Rock (Jordan) on photo in background
2:39 Berlin subway, station "Stadtmitte" at 6.46 (probably a.m.)
2:54 riotpolice Euromaidan Ukraine 2014 (Alpha Bank in background)
3:00 Place de la Kasbah, Tunis December 2010/January 2011
3:02 Berlin wall November 1989
3:03 task force La Fayette leaflet drop Kapisa province Afghanistan 2010
3:05 protesters Hong Kong 2019/2020
3:06 riot police in Hong Kong in front of Legislative Council in 2019
3:09 Euromaidan Ukraine 2014
3:13 Ghost Army tipping over inflatable tank in WWII
3:14 Tian’anmen square June 4th, 1989
3:16 see 3:20
3:19 Berlin wall November 1989 in front of Brandenburger Tor
3:20 Firdos Square, Bagdad, Iraq, toppling of Saddam statue on April 9th, 2003
3:21 capture of Ghaddafi on October 20th, 2011

Updated with hints from comments by @Okitsu Ichiro , @Suzanne Llewellyn , @Jonathan Szeto , @Preston Coolidge

Tom4Uhere's photo
Thu 10/06/22 08:03 AM
I don't Text.

I use my phone as a phone.

Conversations are better in person.

I thrive without texting, without apps.
This mindset of "must have a phone" is a form of dependency brainwashing and manipulation.
Most of my life, phones were wired to the wall.

Not to say a cell phone is not useful. What I'm saying is most use is purely unnecessary.
Focus on the here and now right in front of you.

Sam's photo
Tue 10/11/22 07:47 AM
:thinking::thinking:

Rock's photo
Tue 10/11/22 08:12 AM
Anyone else have this problem?


Not that I'm aware of.

In my 30+ years of using the interwebz,
yours is the absolute first complaint
of actual ghosting I've ever seen.

You're a trend setter. :thumbsup:

Mike6615's photo
Tue 10/11/22 05:51 PM

This has got to be one of my biggest pet peeves. It all starts innocently enough but it's one of those things that tends to build until you realize that they are blatantly ignoring you. Unanswered Questions, that is where this all begins. In the beginning I let it go as I was excited about a new prospect, however that was a mistake as I later found out. Not answering your questions is bad sign & I don't allow myself to play that game anymore. Anyone else have this problem?


I've had many types of pets, but never had peeves as pets. They're just too risky.

Lazarus102's photo
Sat 02/25/23 04:50 AM

Use your brains.

"Smoke Signals"

Now if you set em on fire, they wont ignore you will they.

leona the brat.


I like your sense of humor :joy:.