Hey Lockitt.
My post wasn't to imply that you were 'insulting' Sam - I was just providing some clarity, so that there is no confusion anywhere, that it's not 'Sam's group'
It's not a Sam v Itsa thing.
Just that it's not HC, a different discussion group that all are involved and encouraged to be engaged and involved. (Ie, be there to join in, not to just sit and watch from the sideline).
Nobody gets anything out of what has been happening on HC over the last few years.
And I agree, the Mods should have stepped in on many occasions to put a stop to it. But it continues on, and is permitted to continue on.
If anything, the mature thing to do is to step away from it - leave Itsa to do his own thing.
If anything, I hope that he is seeing a doctor. If he were to carry on in public the way he does online, it would be waving many red flags.
The sad thing is that cognitive decline can occur to one, at any age, and they not even being aware that it is occurring to them.
Unfortunately, it is the ones all around them that have to live with the consequences of it.
For me, I occasionally still pop in here, because I can.
I'm not going to have another poster say that I shouldn't be here.
But it is a breath of fresh air - to be able to 'think out loud', 'suggest something', 'put in an opposing view to another person', take feedback, both positive and negative AND STILL be happy to come back and do it all over again the next day.
I don't think there is any question about how many people have been insulted and offended by Itsa - there has been regular responses giving him feedback of it.
Posters have left HC, really engaged, intelligent, respectful posters have left HC because it is too much to handle. And there are better things to do than to have to read the same odd waffle, which is so often incorrect anyway.
On a side note - yes, I'm very much aware of high school-aged girls, I've had them before and I have one now, my survival during this time is not guaranteed....send help!
(This teen who is also a SH of PER herself - so in a way, she's a high school girl, acting like an adult).
I'm nowhere near 75....and yet I also feel 90.
As for a thicker skin - after what I've been through in the last few years, I don't think it can get any thicker (and that's not because of the teen).
Anyway, Lockitt - it wasn't a dig at you at all - just clarification, that it's not a 'group' belonging to any particular person, but nonetheless - a very happy place to be.
Best wishes.
(20min delay)