Filler text. The whole question is in the title.
On "almost" a daily basis now. I was a big fan of quora, and spent quite some time there. I liked this niche community, where more importance is given on generating content. (Also it's kinda hipster, lol). How much time, well that depends. If I am in the mood for a #goodlongread then I spend a good hour or so, else I just browse through random posts, add random comments. I am still easing my way into writing regularly and probably use it to just vent out my thoughts, ideas and feelings over the internet. I think Hubski will soon be a part in that expression.
Only time will tell!
So the reason why we seek out the so-called "hipster" things is because we inherently want to be different from everybody else. It is a way of screaming to the world, "HEY GUYS!! LOOK I AM UNIQUE!!" It is just us trying to make a place in this universe, just elbowing our way in an already crowded place, trying to stand out among the masses.
Plus I am not a big fan of crowded places, yes even on the internet.
Speaking as someone who can remember the event that triggered the origin of the Eternal September event, yea, bingo. This what I wish I was creative enough to put into words. Digg was great before the infux. Reddit was amazing before it started to get super popular and it got harder to find the people worth talking to. Snapzu is way to hipster for me, but there are people worth talking to there. Voat was becoming a neat community before all the FPH flooded the place.
I think that Hubski has, by the nature of how it is set up, the ability to absorb the floods of people and have them self-select out so that the people who will enhance the community will stick around. at least that is the hope.
I visit hubski when I am bored, frustrated, my body is being a stupid idiot and hurting and I have to sitt very specifically so my back wont hurt.
Hubski is great because I can express myself in writing and talk and sometimes bitch about my life to people who read/listen.
I can spend loads of time here writing comments and interacting with people. I usually turn up in the summer and in the winter. Like a very weirdly hibernating bear. Or badger if you will.
Why do you go on here FFG?
- and I have to sitt very specifically so my back wont hurt.
I know the feeling: broke my back when I was six. Had to stand on my knees against whatever you call the place before a window for the whole first grade. What's up with yours?
- Why do you go on here FFG?
It's the first place to give me the tough love I needed. People here are being mostly themselves, with opinions expressed barely censored, which I appreciate and find attractive. Here, I can express my opinion and be certain that I won't be disrespected unless I act in a disrespectful manner to begin with. Here, if you screw up, it's your fault most of the times, and I like that. Such honesty and openness is revitalizing for a person who grew up in a pit of repressed emotions and manipulation.
EDS/JHS. Long story short my collagen is WEIRD wich leads to my joints not being held together properly. And leads to me being overly flexible/hypermobile.
Trying o loosen the muscels in your back is a challange and a ahlf but now I've trained enough that I can jump up in the air and arch it which usually works.
Standing and sitting is really uncomfortable, and it's not visible on me other than the fact that I have more scars then the average 17 year old. (And more stretchmarks) so I try to stretch and move as much as I can, or sit with pillows behin my back to stabilize it.
I have a special matress, guards for my forearms to stabilize them during the night, I eat an NSAID (basically ibroprophen, but stronger, to save my stomach) when my body decides to inflame everything. I eat an medicine to lessen production of stomach acid to not get stomach problems from eating an NSAID, I take an kortison nose-spray to not get a sore throat when my sinuses also inflame.
I basically can't sit still. Which isn't a huge problem. I missed a ton of school but I am going to a normal class with my teachers knowing that if I walk out for a bit, or kinda fold myself over it's not because I'm obnoxious it's 'cause my joints hurt.
But also, I am very durable. I have never broken a bone and I was/am one of those kids that climb everything, do catwheels, back handsprings, etc in the back yard. I was a really active kid and I'm still quite active - especially in summers. I don't have to be careful with myself at all, except when it comes to standing around or sitting for long periods of time.
Running would be horrible. Running is the worst thingI could do.
I swim and do gymnastics, and bike. I am VERY active.
I bike like 10 k whenever I can and work in a daycare center.
Because it's repetedly slamming with quite a lot of force a very vulnerable part of my body in to the ground.
It HURTS. I don't luke it because it HURTS. People assuming because condition and because you don't like aren't the same thing annoy me a ton.
I don't like it because it hurts. It doesn't matter if that is becuase of mu condition. Doing something over and over that hurts is not good. That is called self harm.
I train in ways that feel good. And not in ways that make my body feel weaker.
I swim, quite a lot and with quite a bit of skill. I'm currently working on my butterfly stroke and it's the best it's ever been.
I am reallt fit. Me not running is irrelevant.
I don't run, because for me running hurts.
Yep. I also do some gymnastics, and diving - which is low impact if you land right, and most of the action is in the air or upside down which stretches the muscles in another way.
You didn't offend me personally - I know you idn't mean anything bad by it.
But people assuming I'm not well trained because I don't run really annoy me - and I can't say that rant to them in person.
Once every couple of days. That seems to be comfortable. If I show up more often, it seems that I'm done too quickly. And I value the slower pace. I did not see that coming, by the way.
I get on here just about every day towards the end, because there's not enough content to be lost by not getting on more frequently. I usually browse the newest global posts and either find something I like and support it, or find something that I don't like and project my self-hatred unto it to feel better. I really don't spend a whole lot of time on here, unless I comment, because I like to write manifestos; which means that I'm either on here for 10 minutes or an hour and a half.
I'm not a big reader and I can't focus, so I usually just read self posts or skim the headlines for something interesting, read the article (well, most of it if it's long), and make a response. Sometimes there's nothing I really feel like reading about on the site, so I just get off until the next day. It's not like Reddit, the only other site I go on, where if I'm not on at least twice in the day, I might miss something big, so I just get on at night and catch up for the day. It's like a newspaper for me, except I end, rather than start, my day with it.
I keep coming back, because I like the people and discussion on here. I like seeing familiar faces, because I spend most of my day alone, due to a really screwed up sleep schedule that keeps me from spending a lot of time with my family or friends. Even then, I don't know the people here enough to really take it personally if I get grilled for something. I don't like to back down, and will fight someone if they have an attitude and a half assed answer, but I will take advice from people here to heart. Also, I really like the fact that the top comment to every single post isn't a joke, with a bunch of people clamoring to find something "witty" to retort in hopes of climbing to the the top for that sweet trickle down karma. Seriously, some threads I see on Reddit look like the gaming club's improv team upon seeing a girl; It's just kind of sad and weird.
- because there's not enough content to be lost by not getting on more frequently
Do you believe that you're missing stuff out if you're not visiting Hubski and/or Reddit? From what I understand, they're your most prominent news sources. Do you believe that, by not visiting them, you'll lose touch with the world?
It's pretty sad in my opinion, but yeah. I've gone though stints where someone will say something about a current event, and I'll be taken back and ask "Wait, what happened?" I wish there were other places I got my news, but Reddit and Hubski are the only places that I really visit. It kind of sucks, because unless the communities deem an event relevant to their bias, it will never show up.
In that quote, I was more or less saying that I can get on once a day here and see every post from today, however.
Pretty much daily, and I spend between one and four hours here. I love the discussions - and how even days or weeks later I get to continue old discussions.
I'd say about 3-4 days a week. It's been growing on me for sure and whenever I realize it's been a while, I head right on over here.
Morning, lunch, after work, before I go to sleep.