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Started by Amicale, February 29, 2012, 03:32:55 PM

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Amicale

Is there a way to specifically block one person's avatar so I don't see it? I'm not offended by it, I like it, and I don't really want someone to change their avatar on my account. It's just that it's a rapidly moving image (lightning repeatedly flashing) and it seems to set off headaches even if I'm reading a post from this person for a few moments. Which is bizarre, but anyhow. Just wondering. If I can't turn the one off so I can't see it, I'll just deal with it. :)


"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others. By every crime and act of kindness we birth our future." - Cloud Atlas

"To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die." -Carl Sagan

Whitney

i don't think you can....but it would be fine to ask the person to change it; they could just resave the gif to have a slower frame rate.

The Magic Pudding

add block, you can choose to not see stuff.
Tank's animated sig distracted me.
You see a thing once, why see it again?
Unless you want to.

Truthseeker

Quote from: Amicale on February 29, 2012, 03:32:55 PM
Is there a way to specifically block one person's avatar so I don't see it? I'm not offended by it, I like it, and I don't really want someone to change their avatar on my account. It's just that it's a rapidly moving image (lightning repeatedly flashing) and it seems to set off headaches even if I'm reading a post from this person for a few moments. Which is bizarre, but anyhow. Just wondering. If I can't turn the one off so I can't see it, I'll just deal with it. :)

No big deal at all man!  Now that you mention it I can see how that would be annoying.
Suffering is the breaking of the shell that encloses one's understanding.  Khalil Gibran

Tank

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Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Amicale

Quote from: Truthseeker on February 29, 2012, 04:08:51 PM
Quote from: Amicale on February 29, 2012, 03:32:55 PM
Is there a way to specifically block one person's avatar so I don't see it? I'm not offended by it, I like it, and I don't really want someone to change their avatar on my account. It's just that it's a rapidly moving image (lightning repeatedly flashing) and it seems to set off headaches even if I'm reading a post from this person for a few moments. Which is bizarre, but anyhow. Just wondering. If I can't turn the one off so I can't see it, I'll just deal with it. :)

No big deal at all man!  Now that you mention it I can see how that would be annoying.

Wow, thank you! I appreciate that! I honestly didn't want to single you out or anything but I guess you figured it out.  :D I like your new choice a lot, too!


"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others. By every crime and act of kindness we birth our future." - Cloud Atlas

"To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die." -Carl Sagan

Truthseeker

Quote from: Amicale
Wow, thank you! I appreciate that! I honestly didn't want to single you out or anything but I guess you figured it out.  :D I like your new choice a lot, too!

Thank you.  Those would be my children. I like it better.
Suffering is the breaking of the shell that encloses one's understanding.  Khalil Gibran

Amicale

Quote from: Truthseeker on February 29, 2012, 05:49:51 PM
Quote from: Amicale
Wow, thank you! I appreciate that! I honestly didn't want to single you out or anything but I guess you figured it out.  :D I like your new choice a lot, too!

Thank you.  Those would be my children. I like it better.

Awww! Your kids look great, congratulations! :)


"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others. By every crime and act of kindness we birth our future." - Cloud Atlas

"To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die." -Carl Sagan

Truthseeker

Quote from: Amicale
Awww! Your kids look great, congratulations! :)

And thank you again.  They are quite simply the ene-all-be-all of human existence to me.  More precious than oxygen as far as I am concerned.
Suffering is the breaking of the shell that encloses one's understanding.  Khalil Gibran

Amicale

Yep, I understand. My little girl's that to me, too. :) It's funny, before you have kids, you think you know yourself pretty well... but when they're born, this ferocious love just grabs hold of you, and you'd literally do anything to protect them, keep them safe, and happy. Woe to anyone who tries anything messed up with my child -- like you said, she's more precious to me than oxygen, and that includes their oxygen.  ;D

All (sort of) kidding aside... Kids really are precious. You just feel like you want to protect them with everything you've got in you. Gosh... mine's only almost 4. I can't even imagine what it'll be like when she's a teenager. Ack!  :D


"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others. By every crime and act of kindness we birth our future." - Cloud Atlas

"To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die." -Carl Sagan

Truthseeker

Quote from: Amicale on February 29, 2012, 05:59:00 PM
Yep, I understand. My little girl's that to me, too. :) It's funny, before you have kids, you think you know yourself pretty well... but when they're born, this ferocious love just grabs hold of you, and you'd literally do anything to protect them, keep them safe, and happy. Woe to anyone who tries anything messed up with my child -- like you said, she's more precious to me than oxygen, and that includes their oxygen.  ;D

You don't mean to say that, if it were in your power, you would not orchestrate an ultimatum for this most precious element of your life for whom as you say would "...  literally do anything to protect them, keep them safe, and happy" where it would be possible for them to spend eternity in perpetual, unimaginable torment?  Surely you jest.  Because laying out an ultimatum like that for someone you love and care about makes all the sense in the world.     

All (sort of) kidding aside... Kids really are precious. You just feel like you want to protect them with everything you've got in you. Gosh... mine's only almost 4. I can't even imagine what it'll be like when she's a teenager. Ack!  :D
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So fulfilling and meaningful!  Challenging, but so meaningful!!
Suffering is the breaking of the shell that encloses one's understanding.  Khalil Gibran

McQ

Quote from: Truthseeker on February 29, 2012, 05:53:27 PM
Quote from: Amicale
Awww! Your kids look great, congratulations! :)

And thank you again.  They are quite simply the ene-all-be-all of human existence to me.  More precious than oxygen as far as I am concerned.

That's a feeling I can understand completely. Father of four, here.  :)

And they make a great avatar!
Elvis didn't do no drugs!
--Penn Jillette

Amicale

Quote from: Truthseeker on February 29, 2012, 06:09:54 PM

You don't mean to say that, if it were in your power, you would not orchestrate an ultimatum for this most precious element of your life for whom as you say would "...  literally do anything to protect them, keep them safe, and happy" where it would be possible for them to spend eternity in perpetual, unimaginable torment?  Surely you jest.  Because laying out an ultimatum like that for someone you love and care about makes all the sense in the world. 

Sorry, something got lost in the ether and I think it was my understanding.  :D

What did you mean by this, exactly? Maybe the double negatives tripped me up. Very, very small things are tripping me up today. Probably a good thing my kiddo's with her daddy a couple days.  :P


"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others. By every crime and act of kindness we birth our future." - Cloud Atlas

"To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die." -Carl Sagan

Truthseeker

Quote from: Amicale on February 29, 2012, 06:24:37 PM
Quote from: Truthseeker on February 29, 2012, 06:09:54 PM

You don't mean to say that, if it were in your power, you would not orchestrate an ultimatum for this most precious element of your life for whom as you say would "...  literally do anything to protect them, keep them safe, and happy" where it would be possible for them to spend eternity in perpetual, unimaginable torment?  Surely you jest.  Because laying out an ultimatum like that for someone you love and care about makes all the sense in the world. 

Sorry, something got lost in the ether and I think it was my understanding.  :D

What did you mean by this, exactly? Maybe the double negatives tripped me up. Very, very small things are tripping me up today. Probably a good thing my kiddo's with her daddy a couple days.  :P

I was being sarcastic in the highest order.  You had just expressed your deep seated love for your precious children.  I find it nonsenscal, perplexing, repugnant and abhorrent that any otherwise rational, lucid person could possibly believe in a teaching that proffers an ultimatum like the one the Bible lays out; choose Jesus or walk right into a tormented enternity.  I have this thought gonig on several other threads. I just cannot seem to shake it from my mind.
Suffering is the breaking of the shell that encloses one's understanding.  Khalil Gibran

Amicale

Quote from: Truthseeker on February 29, 2012, 06:35:48 PM
Quote from: Amicale on February 29, 2012, 06:24:37 PM
Quote from: Truthseeker on February 29, 2012, 06:09:54 PM

You don't mean to say that, if it were in your power, you would not orchestrate an ultimatum for this most precious element of your life for whom as you say would "...  literally do anything to protect them, keep them safe, and happy" where it would be possible for them to spend eternity in perpetual, unimaginable torment?  Surely you jest.  Because laying out an ultimatum like that for someone you love and care about makes all the sense in the world. 

Sorry, something got lost in the ether and I think it was my understanding.  :D

What did you mean by this, exactly? Maybe the double negatives tripped me up. Very, very small things are tripping me up today. Probably a good thing my kiddo's with her daddy a couple days.  :P

I was being sarcastic in the highest order.  You had just expressed your deep seated love for your precious children.  I find it nonsenscal, perplexing, repugnant and abhorrent that any otherwise rational, lucid person could possibly believe in a teaching that proffers an ultimatum like the one the Bible lays out; choose Jesus or walk right into a tormented enternity.  I have this thought gonig on several other threads. I just cannot seem to shake it from my mind.

Ah, yes. Gotcha. I apologize, I can usually pick sarcasm up just fine. Stuff going on seems to have taken my mind on a bit of a trip, though.

Anyhow, yes, I completely agree with you. I'd never, EVER teach my daughter that sort of ultimatum, I can't even fathom it. "Honey, mommy loves you SO much that you HAVE to know that if you don't choose Jesus, you're going to burn in hell forever!" -- UGH. As a parent, even the very thought of scaring my child with stuff like that sickens me. As does me even thinking of telling her that she's an evil little sinner who's somehow offended God. Bullshit, is what that is. Nobody should have to hear that stuff. We're humans who mess up, we do our best to redeem ourselves, we keep going. Overall, I think all of us are mostly decent folks, and most of us want to do well by our kids. We're not depraved beings bound for torment if we refuse to bow down to someone who quite frankly I'd never worship in a million years, and I refuse to ever perpetuate this bizarre myth to my child. Anyone who does tell her that is going to get an earful.


"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb we are bound to others. By every crime and act of kindness we birth our future." - Cloud Atlas

"To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die." -Carl Sagan