Post BB Housemate Antics - Part 3

[Veronica2005]

Jake Rich ‏@jakerich55 4h4 hours ago


Canggu lovin

#selfie #peace #lifestartsnow



[DOUBLEPOST=1425911015][/DOUBLEPOST]Lisa Clark ‏@IAMLISACLARK now1 minute ago

Bali

Sydney - I'm coming home

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Tully Smyth ‏@tee_smyth 1h
Hey cute guy who works for @VirginAustralia, flying from Bali to Gold Coast tonight..Where did you go? #missedconnections #starcrossedlovers

 

[hooleydooley]

Tully Smyth ‏@tee_smyth 1h
Hey cute guy who works for @VirginAustralia, flying from Bali to Gold Coast tonight..Where did you go? #missedconnections #starcrossedlovers

LOL - he might have gone home to his boyfriend!

 

[Rose711]

Speaking of past housemates, any idea how Caleb recovered from his knee operation? I didn't see anything about it on his Twitter?
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Penny Higgs
Today. Was lovely.

Ok I admit I have wondered who takes some of Pennys photos. No one I know is nearly as good a photographer just snapping a photo of a friend or family member.
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For my part I like posting here with people I've shared the shows with. I missed this forum a lot when it was down. And nobody gives me a hard time if I have a different opinion than they do. Who else would I discuss big brother australia with, if not here? We are commenting on the housemates the same as we did during the show.

Of course I would never spew hate directly at a person in real life. We don't know these people. We are commenting on the image they present, not who they really are. We only see what they post.

Most of them, I am actually cheering on. That doesn't mean I think every idea or photo is great.

Ive grown very attached to Australia and Australians because of big brother. I really hope to visit next winter or the one after. It's so beautiful.

 

[Rose711]

msmsindia
3 days ago
'An adventure. An experiential journey to raise much needed funds and awareness for the invisible disease, multiple sclerosis. India here we come.' Thanks for the space @suuscustoms and of course cheers to our boys at @globebrand for their support. @ryanginns and @sbramham

Why are they going to India to raise money? I don't understand the thinking?

Honestly I never warmed up at all to Ryan. Compared to the entertaining Tim, he just brings nothing.

 

[Mooseface]

Why are they going to India to raise money? I don't understand the thinking?

Honestly I never warmed up at all to Ryan. Compared to the entertaining Tim, he just brings nothing.

They want to go to India anyway and want to get funding for it.... Or they want to be able to blog/film way more exotic stuff than if they were riding across NSW and think India will attract donators more. Or both?

 

[Tee]

OMG, I really can't stand Angelina Jolie either. Gosh, I am sure I am the first person on a forum ever to say that. I hope it never gets to her. I would shit myself.

I think Campbell Newman should do a tour of Queensland so that people who didn't vote for him can tell him personally why they didn't vote for him instead of being pen warriors and not voting for him

I guarantee you I wouldn't. But apparently I don't know as much about myself as you

Did you send him a letter and tell him that? Bloody pen warrior

Well, technically, you are still be a keyboard warrior. Maybe you could hire Sky Writer to write it so everyone can see

They still look better than Skye and Priya's.

Man, now I need to call Skye and Priya and tell them I said that.

Can someone please put all the HM's mobile numbers on here so I can call them all and tell them what I think about them?

I can't see any issues with that suggestion at all.

Besides, thanks to comments on this thread, I now have a sweet sponsorship deal with an Huggies for Adults because I apparently shit myself all the time #huggiesforadults #socomfortable #sosexy #boobies #youngbloodtravel

Good morning!

Judging by your comments you seem to be quite affected by what I said, given that you went on, and on, and on and on about it.

We are obviously very different people. You like to follow, comment and obsess over housemates you don't like and I really don't understand why anyone would do that.

While I understand it is human nature to be overly critical of tv personalities and D Grade celebrities in the safety of an anonymous environment, I find you sometimes take those attacks to a whole new level.

I think what you sometimes write in here and in the David thread is mean spirited and spiteful. Doesn't mean I'm right mind, just means that is my opinion.

Mean girls make a sport of spite, and I for one hate watching when a group spitefully piles on, whether that be a group of forum members on a D grade celebrity, or a group of forum members on a poster who doesn't fit a particular mould. And on a number of occasions I have seen that sport played out in here and you seem to always be in the #1 position.

Thankfully I don't need "likes" to validate my thoughts, which is lucky for me since the chances of me getting a "like" in this particular thread is nil. Ha!

I think we have gone as far as we can go in this debate. I actually enjoy the process of sharing points of view. And I do accept that I am a judgemental and opinionated pain in the arse, which is a flaw I am constantly working on. Someone chimed in earlier and said "don't change Delcan" and I disagree. I think life is about change. When we know better, we change our behaviour and we do better, and that's a good thing. I know I am constantly reassessing myself. How pointless would the lessons in life be if we never ever change once learning them?

And I will farewell you with a gif. One of the members in here used it the other day to demonstrate their point when another single poster got the taste of a semi pile on. Only difference, I feel no malice or vicious intent when posting it.

Have a good day and thanks for making me think.

 

[Tee]

No, no I didn't.

I best get crackin then!

Dear Mr Newman,
I did not vote for you in the January State Election in Queensland because you were not a candidate in my electorate. But even if you were I still would not have voted for you. You disgust me, you maek me sick. This great state of QLD has been broken thanks to your horrible government, autocratic leadership style, and four years of lies upon lies. Everytime I look at you I feel awful, you are the face of bland incompetence, the vessel of nothingness, a souless beuracrat.
From Reepbot.

See Reepbot for that to be valid you would need to sign it with your real name and address. And I guess that is my point, if you wouldn't share your forum views using your real identity, then maybe you should reconsider before you hit Post Reply, and choose your words more carefully.

Oh and if you are thinking of signing your actual name to your beliefs regarding Campbell Newman's reign, I suggest you run it through the spell check before you print and post it.

 

[Mooseface]

Oh for heaven's sake...! Who Cares. I mean who cares - That Much.

 

[Tee]

Oh for heaven's sake...! Who Cares. I mean who cares - That Much.

Is this a trick question?

Given you took the time to not only read it, but then share your opinion, I am guessing on some level you do?

 

[Sweetgeek]

Speaking of past housemates, any idea how Caleb recovered from his knee operation? I didn't see anything about it on his Twitter?
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Ok I admit I have wondered who takes some of Pennys photos. No one I know is nearly as good a photographer just snapping a photo of a friend or family member.
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For my part I like posting here with people I've shared the shows with. I missed this forum a lot when it was down. And nobody gives me a hard time if I have a different opinion than they do. Who else would I discuss big brother australia with, if not here? We are commenting on the housemates the same as we did during the show.

Of course I would never spew hate directly at a person in real life. We don't know these people. We are commenting on the image they present, not who they really are. We only see what they post.

Most of them, I am actually cheering on. That doesn't mean I think every idea or photo is great.

Ive grown very attached to Australia and Australians because of big brother. I really hope to visit next winter or the one after. It's so beautiful.

Aren't you just so lovely... I'm glad that we have made a good impression on you I'm bias of course, but it is a lovely country.

I tried watching the US bb... It's just so weird to me, it's much more game mode playing than a social experiment I find. But I enjoyed watching people like donnie, Nicole, Zach and Caleb on there. Their personalities are new to me and therefore fascinated me.

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I enjoy reading posts by others about the hms, I don't like all of the posts but I'm sure not everyone will feel the same about mine too. But it keeps the thread running and keeps the interest and conversations going at the end of the day. @Veronica2005 does an amazing job of keeping us all posted and I think it's wonderful when posters respond to what she posts.

I find we mostly have a respectful attitude to one another and even though we might not agree on all things, we will agree on other things. For example @delcan and I will not see eye to eye on certain things, like my adoration for Tahan and her distaste for her, but we wholeheartedly agree that David is just amazing in every way.

Sometimes I think when you read comments that you don't agree with, I think it's important to realise it's not a personal attack on you as a poster. It's hard when you don't agree with another's comment and don't understand where the negativity comes from, I know, believe me, when I see comments about Skye I do think it's sucks because I do think she is a sweetie pie, but if I want I can defend it or state my opinion if I want.

I think when you respond with personal annoyance towards a poster though then it won't go well and then it will become a sledging match. I think it's harder for newer posters to post here or for the ones who are not as familiar to us no doubt, because when we were all newbies, to some point we took a post more personally than necessary. It happens and I'm sure with time we can overcome some of this and overcome our personal opinions of posters if we allow ourselves to be open to it.

Sorry for the long ass, just 'my 2 cents' post.

 

[Tee]

Aren't you just so lovely... I'm glad that we have made a good impression on you I'm bias of course, but it is a lovely country.

I tried watching the US bb... It's just so weird to me, it's much more game mode playing than a social experiment I find. But I enjoyed watching people like donnie, Nicole, Zach and Caleb on there. Their personalities are new to me and therefore fascinated me.

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I enjoy reading posts by others about the hms, I don't like all of the posts but I'm sure not everyone will feel the same about mine too. But it keeps the thread running and keeps the interest and conversations going at the end of the day. @Veronica2005 does an amazing job of keeping us all posted and I think it's wonderful when posters respond to what she posts.

I find we mostly have a respectful attitude to one another and even though we might not agree on all things, we will agree on other things. For example @delcan and I will not see eye to eye on certain things, like my adoration for Tahan and her distaste for her, but we wholeheartedly agree that David is just amazing in every way.

Sometimes I think when you read comments that you don't agree with, I think it's important to realise it's not a personal attack on you as a poster. It's hard when you don't agree with another's comment and don't understand where the negativity comes from, I know, believe me, when I see comments about Skye I do think it's sucks because I do think she is a sweetie pie, but if I want I can defend it or state my opinion if I want.

I think when you respond with personal annoyance towards a poster though then it won't go well and then it will become a sledging match. I think it's harder for newer posters to post here or for the ones who are not as familiar to us no doubt, because when we were all newbies, to some point we took a post more personally than necessary. It happens and I'm sure with time we can overcome some of this and overcome our personal opinions of posters if we allow ourselves to be open to it.

Sorry for the long ass, just 'my 2 cents' post.

First and foremost I want to say I agree that @Veronica2005 really does do a great job. And while I appriecate what you are saying and I agree with most of it, we need to remember HM's are real people, and words hurt, even when they are being delivered by faceless forum nick names.

I think when you see dreadful things being said about Skye, or Dave, or Priya, or Cat it is absolutely appropriate for you to question that forum members revolting behaviour.

It is okay to feel annoyed by bad behaviour. It is okay to use your words to voice that. There has been no slagging match in this instant. Just two people voicing their views with some heated debate.

It is not okay to see a housemate be verbally abused or attacked online and say or do nothing.

 

[Columbo]

See Reepbot for that to be valid you would need to sign it with your real name and address. And I guess that is my point, if you wouldn't share your forum views using your real identity, then maybe you should reconsider before you hit Post Reply, and choose your words more carefully.

Oh and if you are thinking of signing your actual name to your beliefs regarding Campbell Newman's reign, I suggest you run it through the spell check before you print and post it.

I am going to write my real name and address when I write that letter out to Mr Newman. Thank you for your concern.

 

[Sweetgeek]

First and foremost I want to say I agree that @Veronica2005 really does do a great job. And while I appriecate what you are saying and I agree with most of it, we need to remember HM's are real people, and words hurt, even when they are being delivered by faceless forum nick names.

I think when you see dreadful things being said about Skye, or Dave, or Priya, or Cat it is absolutely appropriate for you to question that forum members revolting behaviour.

It is okay to feel annoyed by bad behaviour. It is okay to use your words to voice that. There has been no slagging match in this instant. Just two people voicing their views with some heated debate.

It is not okay to see a housemate be verbally abused or attacked online and say or do nothing.

That's why I hope that none of the hms ever read what we type on here. No matter what it would hurt to read the negative opinions about yourself by others. In this case I will bring up Tully.

Tully came across this thread and could see how angry people were with her and decided she could not handle posting here. I may not have been a fan of hers in the house but I did feel bad that she couldn't converse with the bb fanatics in here who were fans because she knew the hate she would receive. I did feel bad personally too and realised my dislike for her in the house overshadowed anything she did and therefore I viewed her negatively regardless. And therefore I miss people like @Jt193 who was a fan and I know they got sick of the negativity too. I guess to show some respect to posters who do have a differing opinion, it would be nice to state the opinion in a way that wouldn't make others feel like they will be an outcast or let them be able to enjoy their favoured hm and keep the negativity to yourself. I'm unsure how one would deal with it tbh.

I think it is hard to speak up sometimes not because you don't want to or because it doesn't bother you that a hm is getting more negativity. But because you don't want posters to think you are speaking out in spite of them I guess. Because like me they have an opinion but it might not be in favour of mine. I guess I have taken it as well that's their opinion and they can share that opinion and if disagree and state my own. I don't want them to think I'm indirectly doing it to stick it to them. And then it becomes a personal thing everywhere on these forums because that is not what I wanted or had meant- I hope this makes sense, because that was what it was like before when I used to argue like that. So I would rather just say what I like about the hm and my reasons without going into a debate with them I suppose.

I think it's a hard balance to achieve and a hard argument to find what's right and what's wrong. I have learned that if I try and see hms positively then I see them differently and enjoy them more. That's my only advice I can give I think.

 

[Columbo]

I hope Ryan reads what I have posted about him on here, lol.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

I don't think some of the former HMs even know that there are websites out there besides twitter, insty and Facebook.....

 

[jessy_girl]

My 2 cents for anyone who cares;

While I'm sure some former HMs would be hurt by things they read on here, it's not like we are being awful trolls and directly sending hate to them, this is just discussion on a forum that is technically not intended to be seen by them. At the end of the day, they chose to put themselves in the public eye and as such have to expect people to have opinions and to verbalise them, not that I think that that automatically excuses extreme hate. If @delcan was leaving these comments on Instagram or Twitter it might he a different story even though she'd hardly be vilified compared to what others post, but I really don't see the harm in posting here provided comments don't cross the line as this is a place dedicated to discussing BB and the HMs.

 

[Sweetgeek]

I think it's a hard topic. What one finds right, another will find wrong. Some think it is ok just making comments about hms others think it is ok to make comments about bbb posters, some think both is fair game. Some don't care, some care, some just want the entertainment and the definition of entertainment varies with all. We will never 100% agree and that's ok I think.

Well this is the longest I've contributed in a long time, and I think I should go back to studying my butt off and finish hanging the bed linen while the little ones are in preschool. So play nice all and know it's ok to not always agree

 

[Frankyfurt]

I guess people can write what they want.. There are no rules stating you can't slag off or share your dislike for a HM.
Having said that... It does get annoying when certain people comment negatively on every single pic/story that is shared about a HM they hate. It gets boring

Tully makes my skin crawl and there are HM I disliked last year but I'm over it... It was sooooooo last year

And I'm not saying don't give housemates shit cos it is funny but maybe just hold back on so much negative . It's not good for the mind

 

[littlebear]

I'll throw in my two cents as well, because why not. Y'all know there are a few reasons why I've stopped posting here, but the reason I don't really miss it anymore, or enjoy checking in that often is that the negativity at this point, as others have said, is just fucking RELENTLESS. I mean, Jesus, people. I've done more than my share of ragging on HMs in this thread, some of which I feel bad about and some of which I don't, particularly, but it was never quite like this in the "good old days." It's pretty much non-stop meanness with very little light in between, and it sucks, and I know most of you are better than that. It's not even about the objects of the derision reading it or not reading it. It's just kind of a miserable way to be, isn't it, after awhile?

Anyway.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

I personally have not noticed an increase in negativity in this thread, but if others have well why not spread some peace love and sunshine around, instead of bitching and moaning about how negative it is in this thread.