Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 15:52     Subject: Re:Nasty
What exactly IS "entitled" anyway? I saw posters screaming at someone the other day and labeling him/her "entitled" Someone who works hard, goes to college, works their way up the ladder and can afford to live in a close-in suburb? This means they are "entitled" and "Selfish".
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 15:42     Subject: Nasty
Muslima wrote:I think that's what comes with anonymity. Most of these people wouldn't be this nasty in real life, so don't let that deter you from participating. Welcome


Joined 7/26/14-- 141 messages in two days? Dang! Nobody's deterring YOU from participating, are they?
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 15:41     Subject: Nasty
Funny thing is that there are tons of posters on here that don't even live in DC. So the snark isn't necessarily local.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 15:34     Subject: Nasty
Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, there are plenty of other forums. Betcha can find your way out of this one and to one of your liking. It's not that difficult.


Proving the point.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 15:33     Subject: Nasty
Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, there are plenty of other forums. Betcha can find your way out of this one and to one of your liking. It's not that difficult.


I believe you mean "fora." Doesn't anyone know their Latin declensions anymore?

(Please note I'm being completely tongue in cheek!!)

Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 15:26     Subject: Nasty
Hey OP, there are plenty of other forums. Betcha can find your way out of this one and to one of your liking. It's not that difficult.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 15:14     Subject: Nasty
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I just moved here from another state. I found this site because I have two toddlers..age 3 and age 2. Some of these postings are helpful but others - OMG - so nasty and mean spirited.

Just awful. People yelling at people because they think they are "entitled". Racist comments. Just general nastiness.

Unbelievable.


We don't sell fairy dust in the DC metro area.

sorry
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 15:10     Subject: Nasty
Anonymous wrote:I just moved here from another state. I found this site because I have two toddlers..age 3 and age 2. Some of these postings are helpful but others - OMG - so nasty and mean spirited.

Just awful. People yelling at people because they think they are "entitled". Racist comments. Just general nastiness.

Unbelievable.


We don't sell fairy dust in the DC metro area.

sorry
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 15:05     Subject: Nasty
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's kind of sad, isn't it? I've lived here a long time, after living many other places, and feel it's the undercurrent here in regular life. People do fake a more civilized exterior, but underneath they're grim, judgmental, entitled, and hateful.


+1


+1000. I wish I could meet more people like you. I've never lived in an area that is so stressful or where people are so hateful, competitive and just plain mean. My colleague from right outside NYC says the same thing.


+ 10,000. I try to come on here to be helpful, give advice, and often learn new things. But the nastiness is repellant. I almost never go to the political threads because there's just no point. Everyone is yelling at one another.


I enjoy learning new things here as well - particularly things that make my life easier. Too much nastiness leaves me feeling depressed though.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 15:03     Subject: Re:Nasty
Anonymous wrote:Dreaming of moving to a place like Columbus, OH or Minneapolis, MN where people say "HI' on the streets and nobody is running you over in the grocery stores. It exists there, not here.


Before you invest in snowshoes, let me tell you that MN is actually very cliquey.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 14:47     Subject: Nasty
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's kind of sad, isn't it? I've lived here a long time, after living many other places, and feel it's the undercurrent here in regular life. People do fake a more civilized exterior, but underneath they're grim, judgmental, entitled, and hateful.


+1


+1000. I wish I could meet more people like you. I've never lived in an area that is so stressful or where people are so hateful, competitive and just plain mean. My colleague from right outside NYC says the same thing.


+ 10,000. I try to come on here to be helpful, give advice, and often learn new things. But the nastiness is repellant. I almost never go to the political threads because there's just no point. Everyone is yelling at one another.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 14:47     Subject: Re:Nasty
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's the self-important transplants who come from Bumblefuck, USA and are so happy they've "made it", they become hateful SOBs. Natives are friendly folks.



The people I meet who grew up here have been, by and large, the nicest, most down to earth folks. My husband and I remark on this over and over and over again. The transplants are the problems.


So true!
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 14:43     Subject: Re:Nasty
Anonymous wrote:It's the self-important transplants who come from Bumblefuck, USA and are so happy they've "made it", they become hateful SOBs. Natives are friendly folks.



The people I meet who grew up here have been, by and large, the nicest, most down to earth folks. My husband and I remark on this over and over and over again. The transplants are the problems.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 14:39     Subject: Nasty
DCUM is full of:
Intelligence
Ignorance
Kindness
Brutality
Honesty (that would won't find without anonymity)
Trolling
Humor
Stick in the muds

If you skip over the parts you don't like you'll find some good stuff.
Anonymous
Post 07/28/2014 14:31     Subject: Nasty
They/you/WE are also full of wonderful information. And I get more than a laugh a day at some of the amazing wit that only intelligent people can produce. Even if some of it is snarky, and could be hurtful were it not anonymous, I appreciate the brains here.