I am having a tough time today

A few months ago it was all about you being afraid to go into downtown Burlington.

Go to a doctor and get a prescription for an anti-anxiety medication and stop starting stupid threads like this.

This isn’t ridiculous - you came very very close to getting raped and murdered. You have every right to feel the way that you do.

I think you should see a professional about unearthing this PTSD and recovering from it. You don’t deserve to feel like this and I’m afraid you will remain haunted by it, triggered in ways that you can’t imagine yet.

You need treatment for ptsd. Talk therapy, meds and maybe something more, like emdr.

I’m sorry the people in the store brushed off/minimized the attack.

R3 It is really a horrible story, but think about how lucky you were that you escaped. R2 gave you a good advice and I agree it would be good to talk about the trauma with a professional.

Btw. I noticed you around on threads and I thought you were guy, not areal chick.

I probably do. I didn't realize it was still something that could get a reaction out of me. It's been a lifetime. I think it was just the surprise of it out of the blue. I am on zoloft Tony and have preemptively taken a hydroxyzine hcl just now so I don't really spiral.

If I still am wonky tomorrow I am going to do a telehealth appointment. At least one although I assume I will be fine once I get over this initial shock of remembering.

[quote] I know without a doubt it was the same guy.

How?

I'm so sorry this happened to you Rescue Chick. You are still reliving the trauma, agree you probably need to work through it with a professional. Glad you have an appointment. Just thinking about what may have happened if you didn't bonk him in the head is scary. You aren't being selfish at all having to relive it, seeing this jerk is now out of jail and getting upset. I hope his neighbors are notified about his sex offender status.

I'm shocked you did find a way to turn this into another one of your anti-trans rants.

Come back when you have his dick pic dear. We need further data to make informed approaches.

Something bad DID happen to you, OP. Get online and get on the phone and make an appt with a mental health counselor STAT. Also, find a sympathetic doctor you can see before then to prescribe some sort of anti-anxiety meds. You must have a Crisis Clinic to call. That is what it's for. You're not helpless and you're not alone. Don't let the assault box you in to think you are, because that what it's doing.

Get a pot 'script.

Thank you for sharing this story.

I've mostly seen your comments on some dog threads, because we both seem to have a love of dogs.

You mentioned that you don't really like to be around people, but never said why.

Now I know.

I also know now why you like to keep your scary dog with you, even though people have mentioned that he/she might be a danger to others.

Hope you feel better. Try to do something fun or watch a funny tv show. It might help to get your mind off of this horrible experience.

r10, I am all toasty mellow right now but have a number open/available if I don't remain chill later and a telehealth appointment tomorrow. 😘

r12, you say that and it seems so obvious but it truly never occurred to me to make that connection. thank you!

You have to put it out of your mind...easier said than done i know. Thank your lucky stars u are alive....i hope you dont live in the same area,get a conceal and carry or at the least bear spray....it will haunt u the rest of your life but again keep putting it to the back of your mind...may your angels be watching over you.

That's a terrifying experience. I'm glad you got away. I'd be fucked up too if I'd heard a violent criminal who nearly attacked me was being released. Do all the things you need - counseling, pills, pot, posting to DL. We're here for you.

OP, this is what's called "trauma dumping," and it is incredibly inappropriate for you to do it to anonymous total strangers.

Save it for loved ones or for your therapist.

I'm sorry you went through this Rescue-Chick.

Maybe RC is anti-trans-nonsense because she's actually experienced some of the rough things that can happen to women. It's not all fun and sunshine, and you can't know what it's like to go through that if you're not really a she.

R16 Don`t be silly. You are toxic.

What others have said: reliving trauma. I think it’s a normal reaction and you seem to have a handle on it. Sometimes just sharing with other people can minimize it; like telling someone about a bad dream you had.

Side note: I knew you were a woman, but I didn’t know you had a child. You’re very brave to admit any of this, here.

wow, r16, that's exactly what I was trying to avoid doing to my friends and I guess I did it to strangers. I figured an optional to enter thread was better but, maybe not. Too late now.

R8 What anti trans rant do you see here?

I am sorry you are going through a rough time, Rescue Chick. I hope you have supportive friends or family near you.

Rescue Chick, please don’t pay attention to R16.

You know you can always get support here, I mean it.

She's anti-trans in many other threads, not this EST.

Ok, R25, but now that she shares a trauma here, is it really necessary to be Karen and scold her about these other threads.

The truly horrifying part of your story, OP, that I can't get out of my head, is visualizing you getting impregnated!

EW! Now I need a Xanax!!!!

"I know without a doubt it was the same guy."

How do you know this? You didn't see his face. You can speculate all you want but you have no way of knowing for sure. It seems silly to project what happened to you onto this other woman in order to claim survivor's guilt.

That said, I'm sorry this happened to you.

Pretty heavy topic for an anonymous board where we share pictures of handsome twinks presenting hole and ponder if not draining pasta makes us seem more sophisticated.

You need a good therapist. DL is not a good place for people with mental health problems.

R29, I disagree. DL is a fine place for people with mental health problems.

R29 I don`t think that majority here is in a very good metal state.

lolz

You had me until the pregnancy.

I'm someone who has had a few traumatic things happen to me. I've been a very lucky, and very unlucky person. I don't want to get into all of it, but I've been held at gun point, among other things. It's not easy to let go, but the one thing, and sometimes it's very difficult to do is to remind myself that fear isn't going to solve anything. Fear will only hinder you, living in it will not prevent anything bad from happening, if anything it has the potential to create more problems. I don't mean to sound condescending or cold. I've been told by people who try to tell me about putting out "positive" energy, and what not that left me livid because they have no idea what they are talking about because I wasn't doing or feeling any particular way when those things happened. It wasn't an "energy" or thoughts I was putting out in the world, they were just things that happened.

I can understand questioning how I know. Vermont is a small state, Burlington a small town. We all know what goes on right after it goes on here.

Sex offenders start with the most vulnerable before working their way up. I was heavily pregnant.

Sex offenders learn from their mistakes. He didn't just grab her, he hit her. Which is both an esculation and a better way to do it.

Sex offenders can have a... I don't know what it's called. Like, a fantasy of the best way to accomplish their intention.

Both were in mid February (I have no idea why February, that fits into my point above).

Both involved him hiding behind a wall of bushes.

Burlington doesn't exactly have a wave of bush jumping winter abduction rapists within a few years time in the same neighborhood.

Also, r30 and r31 genuinely made me laugh.

R34, I completely agree with you and had you asked me yesterday I would have said I was unaffected by it at this point in life. It just took me by surprise and I will likely be fine once again tomorrow.

And back to anti-trans threads tomorrow.

0/10.

Why do you fucking TRANS cunts always have to make everything about you?

RC is talking about a personal experience, and here you are, whining, blaming, accusing, and just playing the victim - AS USUAL.

GO THE FUCK AWAY YOU TRANS WHINERS.

Nobody here likes you. NOBODY.

Rescue Chick, I’m so sorry this happened to you and that you’re still dealing with residual trauma. In fact, reading of the imminent release has likely re-traumatised you. The key is to look after yourself very carefully right now and throughout the path out of trauma into recovery.

Agree with others upthread who have mentioned crisis support etc - use it if you need it. Longer term a therapeutic intervention might really help - there’s a whole range from cognitive behavioural to person-centred to solution focused to group - it is about what works for you including therapist, never be afraid to change if it doesn’t feel like a good fit.

And if you’ve never had therapy; I think it’s an act of bravery, not an admission of defeat.

Sending you all the best.

It's still highly unlikely RC that this is the same person who attacked you. Just because there are similarities doesn't prove anything.

You seem like an expert on sex offenders. Are you a detective? I remember a while back when that woman was attacked and killed by pitbulls at her apartment and suddenly, every tiny blonde woman in America was having fantasies that this could and would happen to them soon. Even here, we had posters saying, "She could have been me." There is something to be said about empathy. There is something else to be said about those who enjoy imagining themselves as victims. You were a victim of an attempted...something. You don't know what. Maybe he was going to rob you. It's weird that you said the police concluded it was a friend of yours trying to surprise you. That seems way out of left field. We're missing something in this tale.

R41 there is indeed something to be said for empathy. To you, I say why not try it?

Small town. Are you dense or one of those websleuth fraus, r41?

I don’t think Rescue-Chick is “trauma-dumping”. It’s only that if you care about her. No offense, RC, I care about you as I care about all humans, but you’re not transferring anything to me, I wasn’t harmed or upset by what you wrote.

You’re gonna be OK, Rescue-Chick.

She certainly doesn't care about trans trauma.

I have always enjoyed RC's posts and appreciate her love of animals. I am sorry this happened to you and, yes, hearing about this person's imminent release could trigger re-traumatization. I think you are taking positive steps. Have your telehealth appointment and go on from there.

She loves animals but not her fellow human beings, the trans.

OP / Rescue Chick, why not try therapy with someone who specializes in PTSD? Now is the best time because all the therapists updated their technology and you can meet by remotely. I use FaceTime to do my therapy appointments.

Now you know his name and what he looks like. Hire a hit man and have him take out the trash once and for all.

oooh better yet, RC can go get a cape and a mask and do some street vigilantism on his ass.

I will don my furriest vagina cape in your honr r50.

I just thought this was a gay site for gay people with gay issues. Why is it anything but?

It seems Muriel has run out of Frau Spray.

Feel better soon, RC!

RC, you think you’re unaffected by this? Didn’t you just have a random panic attack a few months back while you were sitting on the sofa eating a bag of chips?

Didn’t it occur to you that there might be a reason for your panic attacks?

And to the empathy troll, this is not “Woman’s Day“ magazine, it’s the fucking DL. Just because people provide commentary other than “Oh, I’m soooo sowwy”, doesn’t mean that they lack empathy.

I’m sure there are many posters on here with shitty experiences who have and won’t ever talk about them. People don’t lack empathy just because you don’t get the response you want.

Rescue Chick, I'm so sorry to hear that you're struggling with this. Don't minimize the affect that degenerate's behavior had on you; as the other poster suggested, you likely have PTSD and that's why you're having a tough time handling the news. Speak to a mental health professional and be patient with yourself as you work through your feelings on the matter.

r8 / r25 / r31 / r45 / r47- Shut the absolute fuck up you goddamned human stain! You read the story of another commentor venting about a traumatic incident that happened in their past involving assault on them while they were pregnant, how recent news is triggering their PTSD, and think it's a good idea to shame them for wrong think on the trans issue? Behavior like this validates TERF claims that you freaks are obsessed with and jealous of females. Behavior like this validates gay/lesbian and TERF claims that you freaks go out of your way to hijack discussions about the gay community/females to refocus it on trans. Behavior like this is why more and MORE people are losing any shred of sympathy for you parasites.

r18, there is no anti-trans rant. r8, is one of the TRA ditchpigs that haunt this board.

r34, thank you! I got into an argument with someone on this board earlier this year over LOA belief that you attract things into your life based on your energy, thoughts, and airy-fairy BS like that.

Data Lounge is not a place for Tales from the Vagina.

Get a blog.

Get a therapist.

Love you, rescue chick. Take your anxiety seriously, it can spiral if you don't take care.

Piss off Transtapo, you've had too much airtime already.

R56 You absolutely fuckin misundurstood me. I am R31 and I meant quite the opposite when I answered to some posters, thst just as rescue chick many of us here have our own traumas and mental issues. And she understood that. And I like her, particularly because of her care for animals and feel for her, but as I said it' s important she escaped from the perril and I believe she will be alright.

And you should read the posts more carefuly.

The OP is openly anti-Trans all over the DL.

I guess Hitler and the Zodiac Killer both get a pass here, too?

Assuming you aren't trolling -

OK, clearly the police aren't doing their job. It's time to see if you can schedule a visit to your local government official - city council or whatever is similar.

Explain what happened and that you feel you were ignored. Emphasize what happened to other people and ask them to take action.

You lost us at " i was pregnant"

Rescue Chick, this has surfaced and you should deal with it. What you call "being fine with it" is really just the trauma going back under cover while it continues to damage you. It fucks you up in ways you don't realize and can't pin on it.

You were assaulted, then ignored by those who should have helped you. Of course you have trauma from that. You need to get professional help for it, the sooner the better.

[quote] around my pregnant stomach

I’m more concerned that you don’t know the difference between your stomach and your uterus. Unless you weren’t really pregnant and thought swallowing could make a baby. 🤔

I am definitely going to get online therapy. I can't keep living life thinking I am ok and then BAM some random shit pops up and says 'HAHA no you are not! '

I have been to therapy before but HATE being in some little room with some person I don't know. It's creepy. Makes my skin crawl.

Also, you should all know, my adult son is GORGEOUS. You're welcome.

Sorry that this happened to you, Rescue Chick. You and your baby. Thankfully, you had the strength, opportunity and presence of mind to defend against your attacker.

You were repeatedly victimized by these crimes and now it's compounded by the knowledge that the rapist was set free This would give any rational person a tough time. It's probably changed you for life, but I hope you can channel the thoughts/emotions in ways that don't steal even more from you. Easier said than done. Sharing your feelings rather than bottling the stress has got to be healthy.

Hope tomorrow feels better for you.

RC, I'm sorry that happened to you. I went through a violent, sadist sexual and physical assault and came close to death back in 1979. I blocked most of it out for close to 30 years. EMDR helped me a lot and it wasn't a long and drawn out process. Maybe that would help you as well?

At any rate, take good care of yourself. I wish you the best.

Rescue-Chick, there’s lot of great advice and insight in this thread and it sounds like you are already planning on taking positive action.

One thing I would add, which I find useful, is not creating a false dichotomy around healthy and unhealthy psychological responses. What you are going through now is unpleasant and something you want to stop, but also completely normal and understandable in context. For the first few years you could think “maybe the cops were right” and then after the second attack the guy was in jail and no threat. Anger makes sense while he’s behind bars, fear is a correct response to an active threat. Your response is at the same time healthy, normal, unpleasant and dysfunctional. (And you know if he comes after you, your doggie will rip his face off and he’d wish he only got a head but.) I hope this is helpful.if it isn’t, just ignore.

Head butt, not but

EL, you are always wise and welcome. thank you, that makes sense!

She has branding to maintain, r1. It's weird that so few of us see it.

[quote]Shut the absolute fuck up you goddamned human stain!

There is nothing more pathetic than a Datalounger who screams abuse at someone for not being nice enough. The posters who use insults, slurs, threats and epithets 24/7 are always so darn concerned about people being mean.

[quote]Behavior like this validates TERF claims that you freaks are obsessed with and jealous of females.

Shut up with this weird Ferengi "females" crap. This has nothing to do with TERFs and everything to do with the fact that there is a group of straight women trolls who have spent a lot of time creating sympathetic personas to shield them from the trolling they do.

There's a reason why FabulousMissLucy tried for days to turn the Hilaria Baldwin threads into anti-trans hate threads. There's a reason rescue-chick and Elderlez took over a thread about how to identify trolls to talk about their heavy flow days. There's a reason why all of them and more tried really hard for a couple of weeks to get DLers to join the homophobic Kiwi Farms boards.

They want you to think it's because they care just so, so much about the plight of women against evil cock-having trans demons, and have nowhere else to go but to a gay board because they've been unfairly ostracized everywhere else. That's a lie. Once you see that the anti-trans trolls post anti-vax nonsense and racebait without signing their names, their real agenda starts to become more clear.

I don't think EL is a terf.

Yeah I’m not a TERF, an anti-vaxxer, a straight woman or a race-baiter. The period crap was started by the anti-vaccine trolls and I was responding about how ridiculous it was that they were trying to make normal period behavior into some horrific side effect. I sign my posts. Go ahead and block and stalk to check.

As I said before, I’ve been here since 1997 and it was very explicitly a site for gay men and lesbians at that time.

I love both ElderLez and rescue-chick.

Rescue-chick is a Boris account.^^

R74 you are a favorite poster of mine.

I don't know what their goal is but these anti trans accounts are most certainly trolls. There's no question. Their behavior is obvious.

Every time I see any of these "I love {troll}" posts, which is a lot, I'm reminded of when we first got the real troll-dar where posts turned yellow. Someone had posted "I hate troll-dar" so of course I clicked on their reply to turn all their posts yellow. It was Della and she had posted as Della but also as someone who replied, "I love you Della!" and realized she had gotten caught.

As others said during that long Prime Time, Datalounge is apparently almost all trolls. I don't like trolls, but I also now realize like a lot of other people did that the trolling on this forum is of no consequence. Let some fool waste hours of their day with fake stories, multiple logins, and false information, hoping to eventually convince one or two people to be more hateful than they already are.

Peddle it elsewhere, Needy Greedy.

R78 really, I think there are few “honest” posters left here. A few right wing trolls contribute the bulk of the posts and replies with their multiple accounts, etc.

If posting terf stuff is the worst thing in the world why would I need multiple accounts to post stuff different than what I sign my name to?

I believe we don't talk about abuse, in all its horrible and varied forms, often enough. The idea that Rescue Chick, or whoever else, should not reach out on an anonymous board when they feel the need is nonsense.

It's important to talk to a professional if you have been abused or attacked, though. You'll get a varied response here, but a therapist - over a period of time - will help you come to terms with the trauma.

I'm speaking from experience here. Not talking about what happened to me was, I thought, an effective coping mechanism. The long-term impact, though, has been palpable, and I only realised it after thrashing it out with a psychotherapist over a year.

All those unknowingly 'unrelated' issues, such as anxiety and depression were all, of course, linked to the incident 20 years ago. I can handle it better now and so will you, Rescue Chick. :)

Sending you a hug rescue chick. I’m sorry that happened to you.

[quote] The idea that Rescue Chick, or whoever else, should not reach out on an anonymous board when they feel the need is nonsense.

Anyone experiencing an actual issue should not reach out on an anonymous forum for any reason.

The other day I said that I was tired of the personality disordered and the mentally ill expecting DLers to always be here to pay attention to them, to essentially babysit their neuroses. There's a lot of needy people on here, and it's pretty creepy to see multiple people on this thread -- people who I know for a fact say rotten shit all over this board, when it suits their agendas -- say that DLers are expected to be here for others in need.

More and more lately it feels like the trolls are becoming emotionally demanding, and it's real fuckin' weird.

Read those troublemakers for filth, ElderLez!

It's bizarre how some people are so obsessed with "trolls" and especially trans stuff that they ignore the OP's heartfelt personal story and immediately start bashing her because she's posted other things that you disagree with.

THAT is what happens when you dehumanize and "other" people by calling them epithets like "TERF". And this is from the group who purports to want everyone to "just be kind" and respect everyone's pronouns and identities, yet they are the worst of trolls themselves when it comes to anyone who disagrees with their religion.

Oh, and of course - the subscriber lock is off the DL currently like it was for much of the previous week. So all of the idiots without accounts come out of the woodwork to post their inane comments.

r84 well that's just bullshit. People can do whatever they want. What are you - the anonymous forum police? She can write WHATEVER she wants on here. A lot of us support her and send her love.

[quote]The idea that Rescue Chick, or whoever else, should not reach out on an anonymous board when they feel the need is nonsense.

While this may or may not be true, a show of hands of people who think the DL is at the top of list of anonymous boards where this particular type of story makes sense.

While folks on this board can show great kindness - sometimes - we are not an all purpose board taking in stragglers and orphans. At least have a gay angle to your story with which we can related.

R17, To be fair, sexual assault and harassment can happen to anyone. It's not exclusive to women.

I agree with R84. I don't know if this story is true or made up, and I don't know if rescue-chick is an authentic persona or a troll, but aside from that, if you have mental health problems, some of the comments you get on DL will not be helpful and might make your situation worse. It is always best to seek professional help to address your issues in a productive way.

Of course, people can post whatever the heck they want to post, but from a mental health standpoint, this might not be the best idea. If you post these things on the spur of the moment, you might regret having your life laid out on a public forum at a later point, and you can't take it back. Some people will identify you based on the story, it could be the cops who were involved with the case, or the actual attacker.

I know that I recognized a former colleague of mine based on a story that he posted on here, which I never mentioned to him. It's a small world, and just be careful what you put out there.

[quote]the subscriber lock is off the DL currently

The what? Who calls it that?

Much of the problem here is that none of you are actual DL regulars. You're interlopers. You don't even know what Primetime is. You have no concept of ESTs or why DLers don't believe long, melodramatic, attention-getting stories. And you also have this weird entitlement about you that always manifests as a demand that we give you a safe space, that we be nice to you, that we are forbidden from saying certain words that you don't like.

[quote]So all of the idiots without accounts come out of the woodwork to post their inane comments.

There were absolutely, positively ZERO posts like this when Primetime was on. There wasn't a single anti-trans thread. There were threads discussing the troll problem on here and absolutely NOBODY was defending the trolls, like they are now.

YOU'RE the unpaid "idiots" causing problems.

[quote] She can write WHATEVER she wants on here.

I'm getting real fucking tired of this juvenile remark. Every damn thread these days has at least one troll saying, "You're not the forum police! We can say whatever we want!"

Yeah, r88, she can say whatever she wants, but r84 can say whatever they want, too. So can I. We all can. Grow the fuck up and deal with it like an adult human being, instead of whining like a teenager.

Yes R93, I'M the troll for telling this woman (who many of us have read posts from for years now) that I support her and send her love because she is having a rough time based on a horrific thing that happened to her years ago.

R84 is telling people not to reach out if they have actual issues. I was directly responding to them and saying she can absolutely reach out, she can say whatever she wants, and a lot of us support her. If that makes me a troll, so be it.

Is that adult enough of a response for you?

And how about you control your temper... you're "getting real fucking tired of this juvenile remark" "grow the fuck up"... who are you... my dad circa 1997? You going to punch me in the face next? Call me a stupid fag? Because that's usually what followed!

(MARY!!!!!!!! I know, I know. But damn that felt familiar).

R94, why are you signing as R84?

R94, I'm r84, not you.

I'm not saying people shouldn't reach out if they need help. I'm saying they should not be reaching out [bold] on an anonymous forum. [/bold] You don't know who we are. We don't know who you are.

I submit that if you're going to fall into a kind of emotional tailspin and equate someone using the word "fuckin" with your dad calling you a faggot and punching you in the face, that you have just proven exactly why people shouldn't try reaching out on an anonymous forum. What if they needed help, came to Datalounge, and got you responding to them in the way you're responding to people on this thread? Disaster.

You're in no position to be offering anyone help. No one here is. That's OK, though, because no one on an anonymous forum should be expected to give advice or support, so stop demanding it.

[quote]I'm saying they should not be reaching out on an anonymous forum. You don't know who we are. We don't know who you are.

I would think that would be the appeal for some people. They just want to unload something and get it out in the universe. As long as they're prepared to deal with/ignore the torrent of abuse that will inevitably come their way, why should I care?

Yes, it's problematic if they're expecting all sweetness and light in response, here at DL or anywhere across the Internet. I think Rescue Chick has been here long enough to know that.

Carry pepper spray. Walmart sells it in the gun department.

R92 someone who works in IT, so I'm sorry if you don't understand my nomenclature. I don't know what Muriel calls the current iteration of subscriber only (it isn't "Primetime" as it was originally created) but what _I_ call it is a subscriber lock, because it means no one but subscribers can post. Why on earth would you nitpick over me calling it that?

You also seem to think you know far more than you do. Were you here the past week when only subs could post? The threads you so casually (and inaccurately) refer to as "anti-trans" were in full bloom. Just because you, in your assumed omniscience, didn't notice them, doesn't mean there weren't any.

What there was during the SUBSCRIBER LOCK is less of is the casual, obvious trolls, as seen in this thread, and less of the "trolls accusing everyone else of being a troll and new to the DL" trolling, which you seem to be attempting.

"Primetime" - and yes, I do know the term - is an inaccurate way to describe what happens when the board goes down into lockdown mode. Originally it meant that the board was switched to subscriber only, automatically, during time periods of high traffic or preset times of day, but that has seemed to have been gone since the switch to use logins again. Now, there is just an on/off toggle that gets turned on whenever Muriel feels like it, manually, and switched off the same way.

So before you whine about semantics maybe know what you're talking about yourself. I am really tired of idiots like you thinking you're the one true user of the DL when you have no idea how long I've been around (it's been a long while).

Take care of yourself OP. DL is a mixture of pictures of big dicks, good gossip, hot male bodies, witty commentary, cute and cuddly animal pics, insane political threads and very good advice on issues not specifically related to gay life. Along with some crazies, there are some very wise and compassionate people on this site. I understand rescue-chick's attraction to this site.

R100, what I don’t understand is her attraction to Kiwi Farms. Compared to them, DL is like a church choir group.

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Wait, I thought I understood the concept of trolls, but I don't.

1. Is a troll someone you don't agree with? Like, I'm a terf, does that make me a troll to some?

2. Is a troll someone who is in Russia and is being paid to go on random chat boards in the USA and just say stuff to make us argue with each other?

3. Is a troll someone who has made up a fantasy persona to use online?

I doubt Elderlez will see this, but in response to this:

[quote]The period crap was started by the anti-vaccine trolls and I was responding about how ridiculous it was that they were trying to make normal period behavior into some horrific side effect.

That's the right thread but you're misrepresenting what happened. One of the anti-trans trolls asked rescue-chick "When's your period due, exactly?" and it went downhill from there. It had nothing to do with vaccinations.

You did say something like "to add to the menses drama" and brought up vaccinations, but that's not what I was referring to.

I'm sure I had you confused with the person who was pushing rescue-chick for more and more details on her heavy flow, and for that I'm sorry, but all I can say in my defense is that I've seen you frequently ask rescue-chick personally how she's doing, just like they did, so I thought that was you in an unsigned post.

If you've been here since 1997 then you know full well that DL is not anyone's personal blog, and that this wasn't a case of lesbians using a board for gays and lesbians, but a case of straight lady interlopers (and/or trolls pretending to be straight ladies) demanding we give them space, along with our energy and emotional attention, while they post homophobic, rightwing nonsense all over the place.

If you want to get personally involved with them and give them your time and attention, that's fine, but I would just ask that you stop pretending like any of this -- this thread, the thread I'm linking to, any of it -- is normal or appropriate for DL. You know it's not.

Rescue-chick, ElderLez, DeJure, DeFacto, are all the same troll playing multiple roles trying to build a consensus.

Hi R104. I appreciate your thoughtful response.

My reply in the thread you linked to was after the response I was referring to. I was referring to a response from a COVID related thread and would have been a few days to possibly two weeks earlier. In it I did reference some personal information so I assumed it was that when you mentioned “heavy flow days.” (Although I was just discussing timing.)

When I got here there was was a straight female NYU student who posted all the time about Bill Gates’ autism and an intestinal parasite troll. Straight ladies, trolls and hall monitors have always been with us. The division/foreign politically focused trolls are new. Normal and appropriate are not words I’d generally associate with DataLounge.

I enjoy the pointless bitchery mixed with camaraderie and occasionally insightful comments. RescueChick reminds me a lot of my straight female friends from New England IRL. I don’t have to agree with someone 100% to be fond of them. And I appreciate when posters authenticate. I don’t feel like Rescue-chick saps my emotional energy. But there maybe people/topics I would find exhausting that you enjoy.

R72 and Retc., you make many excellent points that I've also made over the years.

The trolls you talk about are probably only one person. The person screaming insults, making up stories, endless race baiting, anti-gay trolling, etc. You and I exchanged a few comments about this in the "Threads from 2020 and prior..." thread also.

She loves making up characters and posting stories about them.

[quote]What I don’t understand is her attraction to Kiwi Farms. Compared to them, DL is like a church choir group.

Probably the fact that a lot of the "lolcows" they make fun of are trans

My Friday is turning to shit. 100% pure unadulterated shit!

R105, while I'm not offended being called Elder Lez, she may be offended being called me.

How are you doing now, Rescue-Chick? Hopefully better.

I have become nervous any time anyone asks me that now ;) But, I'm an optimist and will just assume you're not a mischief maker r111. I'm actually doing really well. I talked it out and am now weatherizing my life before winter hits. Physical activity and cleaning/organizing really always help my brain behave.

I don’t get offended by being accidentally confused with another poster.

I am honestly intrigued by what post or posts has caused R105 to think I am a troll and what consensus he or she or they thinks I am trying to build other than vaccination is a good thing.

Anyway I think R105 has great taste in music so I can’t be too mad at him or her or they.

100% sincere, Rescue-Chick. I really wondered and am truly hopeful. Glad to hear you’re mending and “weatherizing” (I may borrow that…)

Rescue chick, Defacto, Elder Lez, etc., ALL fucking loser BORIS

Omg the trans loons are out in full force in this thread

R116^^ says the fat loser who sits on the computer trolling anti-trans and racist shit 24/7. 😂😂😂😂

Give me a break...Nobody got time for this SORROW PORN.....BAN OP!!......Keep DL fun!! Say NO to the DL FICTION....

Hey, if I were a Russian Troll, which I am not, I’d identify as Natasha, not Boris.

Rescue-Chick, I hope this is a better week for you.

not to jinx it EL but I feel great this week! and in my head, you are now Natasha :)

How psycho is this: Boris having conversations between his sock puppets?