FFR Day of Silence - Page 3

**kmay** · 04-17-2009, 08:46 PM

ill do it.

Quigly · 04-17-2009, 09:02 PM

I would love to hear how this event is working out for its participants but, would you look at that, they can't post.

Funny how that works out.

NFD · 04-17-2009, 09:07 PM

Your mouth looks funny in that picture Quigly.

ElvisReborn007 · 04-17-2009, 09:35 PM

I may have not posted since "Forever ago", but I found something to actually post about now..

I'll admit forums might be tad hard to do a Day of Silence, but what I want to know is why other people are giving rzr **** about it.

For one thing, I love how people are claiming how this does nothing, yet they can come on here and poke fun and sarcasm about an honest effort.

You say this honest effort is doing nothing? Well I believe it's like putting yourself in their shoes and seeing what it's like for them. Some of us like to empathize.

The funniest thing is, all the haters are giving it so much attention. So I must rofl at the attention they are giving it with their meaningless posts, yet their claim that the EVENT does nothing. If rzr hadn't posted this event, no one would have noticed any difference between today and yesterday, but it seems like just making this thread got the attention of individuals of all kinds, whether they wanted to take part or not. Why are people trying to pick on others because of something they believe in? If you don't like it, get over it and accept the fact that some of us think differently than you.

I apologize for my lengthy post, but I believe that after a year, it had to happen eventually.

Props to your rzr. You have tried. Count me in if it's not too late, even if I did go against it posting just now :P

f2ppure · 04-17-2009, 10:04 PM

...yeah totally forgot about it today...

**GG_Guru** · 04-17-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by phe0nixblade

shut up man, they are defending your rights

It takes one to know one.

Quigly · 04-17-2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GG_Guru

It takes one to know one.

Ooo it's like being in 3rd grade all over again.

**adlp** · 04-17-2009, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ElvisReborn007

I may have not posted since "Forever ago", but I found something to actually post about now..

I'll admit forums might be tad hard to do a Day of Silence, but what I want to know is why other people are giving rzr **** about it.

For one thing, I love how people are claiming how this does nothing, yet they can come on here and poke fun and sarcasm about an honest effort.

You say this honest effort is doing nothing? Well I believe it's like putting yourself in their shoes and seeing what it's like for them. Some of us like to empathize.

The funniest thing is, all the haters are giving it so much attention. So I must rofl at the attention they are giving it with their meaningless posts, yet their claim that the EVENT does nothing. If rzr hadn't posted this event, no one would have noticed any difference between today and yesterday, but it seems like just making this thread got the attention of individuals of all kinds, whether they wanted to take part or not. Why are people trying to pick on others because of something they believe in? If you don't like it, get over it and accept the fact that some of us think differently than you.

I apologize for my lengthy post, but I believe that after a year, it had to happen eventually.

Props to your rzr. You have tried. Count me in if it's not too late, even if I did go against it posting just now :P

thread is still gay though

did anyone else notice?

**TC_Cyrenics** · 04-17-2009, 11:35 PM

...the day of silence is over.

That was surprisingly easy to withstand.

**phe0nixblade** · 04-17-2009, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GG_Guru

It takes one to know one.

gg guru
ya so funny
gg

MinaciousGrace · 04-18-2009, 12:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GG_Guru

It takes one to know one.

gg guru

**qqwref** · 04-18-2009, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElvisReborn007

The funniest thing is, all the haters are giving it so much attention. So I must rofl at the attention they are giving it with their meaningless posts, yet their claim that the EVENT does nothing.

Thing is, at the end of the day there will still be people with personal or religious reasons to dislike gays. You're not going to change their opinions for the same reason that vegetarian you're-hurting-animals rhetoric fails to convince the vast majority of meat-eaters: you're telling them to change their behavior with no incentives other than pointing out the suffering they are causing (which they generally either don't care about or enjoy). My post earlier was an attempt to point out that thinking that something like this will stop homophobes from picking on gays was extremely idealist. In the same vein it was idealist for the British to try to curb bullying by giving out millions of "beat bullying" wristbands (that is, it backfired pretty badly, and probably couldn't have worked anyway since bullies know they are causing harm).

The one real effect threads and activities like this DO have is to point out to neutral observers (i.e. those who aren't GLBT or anti-GLBT) that there really is suffering and discrimination going on even if they don't know about it. I support this effect, and a controversial post in a thread like this would help that to happen.

NFD · 04-18-2009, 12:27 AM

Yeah, this was dumb.

**tofurox** · 04-18-2009, 12:37 AM

Some by chic at our school wrote everything on a dry erease board she carried around with her. She smacked me with it when I would not read it.

This is very dumb. And Gay/By/Lesbian/Furry/Transvestite/Black People (JK)/Etc. scare me....

Devilsrejectedsoul · 04-18-2009, 02:02 AM

I've been silent for 29 hours now... :] Still going!!!!<3333
And it does do something look at everyone here that say it does nothing but aren't you still here talking and ranting about it :] just show you remember ;]

NFD · 04-18-2009, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by tofurox

Some by chic at our school wrote everything on a dry erease board she carried around with her. She smacked me with it when I would not read it.

This is very dumb. And Gay/By/Lesbian/Furry/Transvestite/Black People/Etc. scare me....

You spelled 'bi' wrong, retard.

Furries? Really? ):

**Draigun** · 04-18-2009, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Devilsrejectedsoul

I've been silent for 29 hours now... :] Still going!!!!<3333

Please.. by all means, keep on going.

DrKirth · 04-18-2009, 04:53 AM

I broke my month of silence.

**Squeek** · 04-18-2009, 05:23 AM

This thread assumes:

1) That people read this thread.

2) That people care.

3) That people can actually tell when you're not posting for a reason other than that you're just not at your computer / don't care about the forums / don't see any threads worth posting in.

This does not work electronically. It only works verbally. The fact that you even attempted to do this is laughable.

Want to be supportive of gay friends? How about when you're in a group of people and someone makes fun of one, you step in and say 'hey that's not cool'. This is ten thousand times more effective than just being silent for a day.

rzr · 04-18-2009, 07:23 AM

I'm sorry I haven't been around for the celebration. I've been coughing up blood and shaking and stuff. ): Anyway, congrats to everyone who lasted. I lasted at both school and here. Yay! :]

04-17-2009, 08:46 PM	#41
kmay Don't forget me Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: USA Age: 31 Posts: 6,491	Re: FFR Day of Silence ill do it. __________________

04-17-2009, 09:02 PM	#42
Quigly nah Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nah Age: 29 Posts: 3,506	Re: FFR Day of Silence I would love to hear how this event is working out for its participants but, would you look at that, they can't post. Funny how that works out. __________________ nah

04-17-2009, 09:07 PM	#43
NFD FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: I see us on a beach down in, Mexico Age: 30 Posts: 4,715	Re: FFR Day of Silence Your mouth looks funny in that picture Quigly. __________________

04-17-2009, 09:35 PM	#44
ElvisReborn007 FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 10 Billion Club, IN Age: 35 Posts: 106	Re: FFR Day of Silence I may have not posted since "Forever ago", but I found something to actually post about now.. I'll admit forums might be tad hard to do a Day of Silence, but what I want to know is why other people are giving rzr ** about it. For one thing, I love how people are claiming how this does nothing, yet they can come on here and poke fun and sarcasm about an honest effort. You say this honest effort is doing nothing? Well I believe it's like putting yourself in their shoes and seeing what it's like for them. Some of us like to empathize. The funniest thing is, all the haters are giving it so much attention. So I must rofl at the attention they are giving it with their meaningless posts, yet their claim that the EVENT does nothing. If rzr hadn't posted this event, no one would have noticed any difference between today and yesterday, but it seems like just making this thread got the attention of individuals of all kinds, whether they wanted to take part or not. Why are people trying to pick on others because of something they believe in? If you don't like it, get over it and accept the fact that some of us think differently than you. I apologize for my lengthy post, but I believe that after a year, it had to happen eventually. Props to your rzr. You have tried. Count me in if it's not too late, even if I did go against it posting just now :P __________________ BUYING A 3-MONTH SUB! - PM Me with offers please! - Will pay a good price! 5th Official FFR Tournament - D3 - Placed 67th / 308 2nd Place in Divine God's Tournament (Intermediate)** Index player since Dec. 20th, 2004. Currently attempting spread. Best Index AAAs: Monstrous Turtles! ,{Rose}, Over the Frail Dream Best Index FC: AIM Anthem Last edited by ElvisReborn007; 04-17-2009 at 09:50 PM.. Reason: Typos :)

04-17-2009, 10:04 PM	#45
f2ppure FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: A certain Longitude and Latitude Age: 32 Posts: 82	Re: FFR Day of Silence ...yeah totally forgot about it today... __________________ Playing style: original keys; one hand (three fingers); 1.25 speed imob and ivampire add meh 155-111-173 Shoulda Coulda Woulda Didnt

04-18-2009, 12:27 AM	#53
NFD FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: I see us on a beach down in, Mexico Age: 30 Posts: 4,715	Re: FFR Day of Silence Yeah, this was dumb. __________________

04-18-2009, 12:37 AM	#54
tofurox Them arrows. Join Date: May 2006 Location: Allen, Texas Age: 30 Posts: 2,263	Re: FFR Day of Silence Some by chic at our school wrote everything on a dry erease board she carried around with her. She smacked me with it when I would not read it. This is very dumb. And Gay/By/Lesbian/Furry/Transvestite/Black People (JK)/Etc. scare me.... __________________ This sig has been enhanced by the FFR Staff for being too large. Thank you for participating.

04-18-2009, 02:02 AM	#55
Devilsrejectedsoul FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Elkhart IN Age: 31 Posts: 84	Re: FFR Day of Silence I've been silent for 29 hours now... :] Still going!!!!<3333 And it does do something look at everyone here that say it does nothing but aren't you still here talking and ranting about it :] just show you remember ;] __________________ ~Insert Random and Useless Information Here~

04-18-2009, 04:53 AM	#58
DrKirth FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Age: 35 Posts: 484	Re: FFR Day of Silence I broke my month of silence. __________________ Be efficient.

04-18-2009, 05:23 AM	#59
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	Re: FFR Day of Silence This thread assumes: 1) That people read this thread. 2) That people care. 3) That people can actually tell when you're not posting for a reason other than that you're just not at your computer / don't care about the forums / don't see any threads worth posting in. This does not work electronically. It only works verbally. The fact that you even attempted to do this is laughable. Want to be supportive of gay friends? How about when you're in a group of people and someone makes fun of one, you step in and say 'hey that's not cool'. This is ten thousand times more effective than just being silent for a day.

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