Okay, so this is in reference to this thread: http://suicideproject.org/2014/08/a-big-hug-to-you-guys-and-a-suggestion/
A lot of people I talked to expressed their willingness to enter such a place, where they could actually forget about the pain, even for a moment. But there was one guy who expressed his reservations over this (and quite valid I’m afraid). You could simply read the comments in the above linked thread and let us know what you think?
By default, any topic in this category would also be visible on the homepage to everyone, irrespective of whether they’re interested to look into this or not. They could feel while everyone else is happy, they’re not. But this shall not be the case, people who have landed onto this site through Google aren’t looking for a place where they could forget their pain, and why would be they interested in this? That was a very valid point by Durmmy and I thank him to bring this up. But, don’t you think, that anyone who’s come here, could find something worth discussing and relating to somebody? Somebody with the same interests as yours, even a tiny bit of connection would help so much in eliminating the alienation feeling and loneliness. Once this is underway, you could actually make so many friends over here, who understand you and will be there for you, but have been anonymous until now. You could choose to contact them in RL, don’t you think it’d help, both them and you? We are not just random persons lending support to each other, we’ve all been there and know what exactly it feels like, so we’d always be lending people support who need it, and want when we need it for ourselves.
Anyway, I e-mailed the admin to create a new forum category wherein we could discuss only the happy (or the pain free) aspects of your life. Any topic of your interest like sports, outdoor activities, anything.
And we could go ahead with this only after the concerns have been addressed and people are willing to give this a shot. You don’t have to contribute, you could always choose not to read. Or just read, and have a chuckle? Well, we’d be very glad for that.
Lastly, if the people do not want it here, we could simply create another forum for this. So you don’t get to read somebody’s ‘That funny moment when he had to urge the resist to fart, while sitting beside his crush’ when you’re like ‘I’m done on this Planet’.
Take Care people.
And thanks again Admin, you’re da boss.
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One vote in favour of this proposal.
We’ll need someone to actively keep an eye on this sub-forum, but otherwise I’d welcome the opportunity to talk more in-depth about the many topics I’ve touched base with on SP. I’m sure others would love to share their wealth of knowledge on their respective interests/lifestyles too.
What’s the name going to be for this sub-category anyway? I’d like more intel on this (if available) but you’ve got my support, for sure.
Thanks Shephard!
And the category has already been created by the name ‘Fun & interesting’. I just e-mailed him to create one after I got some support from the guys here, and I guess the admin went for chose that name. Anyway, if anyone else comes up with a better name, I guess we can simply e-mail him and request to change the name.
I’d love to volunteer to keep an eye on this forum. And would appreciate if others do too, we may need some guys from different timezones to make it work the way we want it to.
And what more intel you’d like to have on this? I’m happy to discuss it here with ya. Thanks again!
I can’t help but laugh when I look over at the staggering numbers of the darker parts of the categories section, and beside “Fun & Interesting” you just see a sad little (2)…lol.
I think I like this idea, though. Regardless of whether there’s a dedicated place for it or not, these situations spring up in the comments of posts (often times completely unrelated to the post itself, haha). We aren’t all lifeless. So there might as well be a place for it. Considering the type of people who frequent this site, I don’t think we need to be too concerned with ending up with a Facebook-like fiasco on our hands.
Aw seen.
…if only we could give it an entirely different feel to the rest of SP – with the slogan “…the softer side of the darkest place on the internet”. I’ll take up the night shift (1200hrs -0800hrs EDT) seeing as I’m already in the future (NZT) if y’all don’t mind? I s’pose I know everything I need to, but the category isn’t showing up on the site via mobile (or is that jist me?)
Hmm. Let’s see what my first contribution can be…
Disregard that last part – I see it now (be thankful y’all didn’t take shrapnel to the eye).
*0000hrs-0800hrs dammit. This mo’fukka needs some more sleep.
Shephard, here’s my skype id: span.95. Would appreciate if we could have a chat on there, and you could join the SP group on there if you want. Group name: SPians.