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Unknown

04-23-2006, 03:51 PM

Does anyone else go to this website? For those who don't know, its a site where people can send in postcards with a secret on it. There are new postcards every Sunday. I think that I might want to send one in, but I always stop myself before I make a postcard.

~My favorite card from this week~
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/994/593/1600/lickit.jpg

Edit to add link.
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
And to change postcard.

Trinadad

04-23-2006, 03:59 PM

Shouldn't it be "realized"? Engrish?

Unknown

04-23-2006, 04:04 PM

It wounldn't really be engrish. I think the person was trying to write in present tense to show they are learning about how much they are like other people.
It makes sense to me either way.

Idlethought

04-23-2006, 04:11 PM

yea, as long as you can understand it who cares

Jay

04-23-2006, 04:12 PM

No no, Trina. Think of it as if that thought was running through your head RIGHT NOW, so you realise it, as opposed to "ago", when you realised it.

Trinadad

04-23-2006, 04:29 PM

No no, Trina. Think of it as if that thought was running through your head RIGHT NOW, so you realise it, as opposed to "ago", when you realised it.

Haha, oh, I'm a 'tard sometimes... :/

It's cute nonetheless though.

Ironfrost

04-23-2006, 04:59 PM

No no, Trina. Think of it as if that thought was running through your head RIGHT NOW, so you realise it, as opposed to "ago", when you realised it.

Surely that would be "I am realising". "I realise" is for things that you do regularly or continuously.

Loc

04-23-2006, 05:05 PM

Blah, blah, it's not really important.

I've seen that site before and it is interesting...I think a lot of people can relate to some of the pictures even though they wouldn't admit it to anyone or even themselves.

Some of them make me wonder what could have happened to the people writing them, "In a way your suicide saved my life" is one I found pretty interesting.

Unknown

04-23-2006, 05:11 PM

I wonder then same thing loc.
Some of them are so emotional, it must feel great for someone to see their secret up on the website. Their secret is out, but no ones knows its them so others don't treat them differently.

CNagy

04-23-2006, 05:14 PM

"I finally realize" is perfectly acceptable. It is the same as saying "I now realize."

Saying "I finally realized" would be telling about the past, specifically the moment you realized something. Saying "I am realizing" indicates that you are beginning to realize and have not yet fully realized something. To say "I finally realize" means that you have come to an epiphany, the pieces have fallen into place just now. Perfectly acceptable and very descriptive of the moment through the choice of tense.

Unknown

04-23-2006, 05:18 PM

:gloomy:
This thread is about post secret, not grammar.

Jay

04-23-2006, 06:53 PM

:D We have some of the fastest grammar Nazis this side of the black stump.

CNagy is perfectly correct, though.

Roxie

04-23-2006, 10:03 PM

Yes! I love post secret.
I just bought the book last thursday!:hphone:

Idlethought

04-23-2006, 10:10 PM

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/994/593/400/sicksuck.jpg

this one actually intrigued me cause at times i feel that when I screw up, I suck at whatever I'm doing at the moment. *edit* but not in a suicidal, "im never gonna be good at anything" kind of way. Just in a way where its like "god I suck, better get better."

paul

04-23-2006, 10:11 PM

I think the candy thing is pretty cute, it has the be a woman hehe.

Roxie

04-23-2006, 10:35 PM

erised

04-23-2006, 11:08 PM

Most women I know, this crosses their mind everyday (at least once a week).

Yeah, like every morning when I need to get ready for work. >_<

Radiance

04-24-2006, 12:24 AM

That last one isn't restricted to females my friends. I'd give everything I have to be a "hunk" or whatever they're called. :P

Idlethought

04-24-2006, 12:53 AM

ditto that one my friend

Soli

04-24-2006, 12:57 AM

These are really cool. Now I need to save up money to buy the book!

Gosh it's no fun when you can't work at any real jobs for money and have to wait for a weekly allowence. :(

Unknown

04-24-2006, 12:59 AM

Well, at least you get an allowence Soli. :clap:
I only had babysitting money till I got a job this year. :meh:

Stephy

04-24-2006, 01:10 AM

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/994/593/400/trade.jpg

I don't know any female who cannot relate.
I've never known anyone who hasn't thought this once, twice, or three million times. Hell, I know it still crosses my mind.
Most women I know, this crosses their mind everyday (at least once a week).

That is very, very, very, true. It crosses my mind a lot. Heh. A little sad, but so true. :worried:

Gosh it's no fun when you can't work at any real jobs for money and have to wait for a weekly allowence. :(

OMG! Lucky! You get allowence? >_<;;

I never got money from cleaning the house, watching my sisters, or cooking and doing laundry... it was just a job I -had- to do...LUCKY!

and working is -not- fun, so no worries. Be patient.

--

This is a pretty interesting site. Thanks.

Soli

04-24-2006, 02:16 AM

OMG! Lucky! You get allowence? >_<;;

I never got money from cleaning the house, watching my sisters, or cooking and doing laundry... it was just a job I -had- to do...LUCKY!

and working is -not- fun, so no worries. Be patient.

My dad is sort of concerned about my brother and sister's and my future. :meh: I get $10 a week. I give $1 to a charity. $4 goes into the bank. The $5 I have left if for me to spend, but I am not allowed to get anything for myself with my parents money. They say, "You get an allowence so you can save up your own money to buy extra things." I guess it's to learn the importance of money and not to spend it all on candy. >_> We don't really have to do chores for the money, but that is an unspoken rule.

Anyways! Back on topic: Yes, these very cool! :rofl:

Frankey-eh

04-24-2006, 02:23 AM

Solitudity, Shy, just be thankful you get money...
my parents give me checks. fake checks.
when I need to use money, I need to "cash" in my check to my mom, and then I need to explain where every cent is going.

--

and I like Roxie's... except mine would have ended a little differently.

Duke Luke of Juke

04-24-2006, 02:26 AM

That is very, very, very, true. It crosses my mind a lot. Heh. A little sad, but so true. :worried:
Aw. Well you are beautiful, so try not to worry Stephy. :)

Solitudity, Shy, just be thankful you get money...
my parents give me checks. fake checks.
when I need to use money, I need to "cash" in my check to my mom, and then I need to explain where every cent is going.
Wow, that really sucks. When I wanted money when I was younger, I would just bug my parents until they gave it to me--although I was a good kid, so they usually gave it to me without my having to ask. ^_^

Stephy

04-24-2006, 02:40 AM

Solitudity, Shy, just be thankful you get money...

and I like Roxie's... except mine would have ended a little differently.

I am thankful... but I work for it. I wouldn't get any at all if I didn't force myself to get a job. (Motivation to go to Texas, money for Prom, summer clothes, and driving school. My dad decided he isn't paying for anything for me anymore.)

But... we're off topic.

I also like, Roxie's quote. It is interesting, because it is so true.

Aw. Well you are beautiful, so try not to worry Stephy.

Awww, well thank you very much, Lukey. :)

Pookie42

04-24-2006, 02:44 AM

about the prettyness quote, i've felt the same too, maybe nto that exteme (i won't trade the loving fam adn friends damnit ^^)

Jay

04-24-2006, 04:32 AM

I don't know any female who cannot relate.

I do .

Mysticalmelody

04-24-2006, 04:54 AM

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/994/593/400/trade.jpg

I don't know any female who cannot relate.

I've never known anyone who hasn't thought this once, twice, or three million times. Hell, I know it still crosses my mind.

Most women I know, this crosses their mind everyday (at least once a week).

Good friends, loving family, respectable talents.... I'm sorry, but beauty isn't everything folks. I wouldn't trade those sorts of things for beauty ANY day. Just because you're "beautiful" doesn't mean all your problems will go away. Some might, but you'll just get different problems. Many "beautiful" people can attest to that. And throwing things like that away in order to obtain beauty is one of the stupidest things I think anyone can do, yet I see it happening every day.

Pookie42

04-24-2006, 04:56 AM

i don't think any of us ever would do it, but there are moments when u're like "well damn i wishi was pretty" but one gets over those silly things of course.

Roxie

04-24-2006, 04:57 AM

Good friends, loving family, respectable talents.... I'm sorry, but beauty isn't everything folks. I wouldn't trade those sorts of things for beauty ANY day. Just because you're "beautiful" doesn't mean all your problems will go away. Some might, but you'll just get different problems. Many "beautiful" people can attest to that. And throwing things like that away in order to obtain beauty is one of the stupidest things I think anyone can do, yet I see it happening every day.
Yeeaaah.
There's a difference between knowing and believing that can be as wide as the grand canyon.
i don't think any of us ever would do it, but there are moments when u're like "well damn i wishi was pretty".
Right. that's what I mean.

Jay

04-24-2006, 04:57 AM

gyoza

04-24-2006, 04:59 AM

Replace it with 'a junior in college' and 'one person who thought I was attractive' and I'm good to go. :)

Roxie

04-24-2006, 05:02 AM

Pwned. :D
too slow!

stop :stirthepo

:knockout:

MeneerDijk

04-24-2006, 05:07 AM

Jay

04-24-2006, 05:11 AM

I said "pwned" because she took the postcard seriously.

Happy?! :mad:

Roxie: I don't WANNA stop. :(

Mysticalmelody

04-24-2006, 05:12 AM

Heh, well of course you'd want to be pretty. But, at least for me there aren't many things in my life I'd sacrifice for beauty. Maybe my fish... Yeah okay ... anyone who wants to magically poof me into my ideal form, your prize shall be my lovely beta fish! Till then, I'll settle for thinking I'm pretty mostly but hating how I look in most pictures, or when I'm sitting or eating.

You know... I'm not sure it's possible for anybody to look good eating... unless you're really thinking about it.

Final unrelated thought: Escargo is EscarNO for me! Teehee! Yeah, I'm insane.

Jay

04-24-2006, 05:17 AM

... :eyepop:

Bob

04-24-2006, 05:17 AM

Ok people, it would be nice if you'd elaborate on comments you make, not just 'pwned' or 'i do' That's the sort of stuff people are complaining about. It doesn't add to the discussion, it just invites to more oneliners. Wich is very disruptive. And it's not like you don't know it.

In most casess a couple words is just as effective as a paragraph. A long post is not necessary to fyrther discussion.

Besides, the majority of people that complain about post content have never posted anything worth reading.

Angelyne

04-24-2006, 05:47 AM

Jay

04-24-2006, 06:14 AM

In fact, what's disruptive about 'I do' or other short replies? It just intones that you have nothing to say about the original post, so you're just ansering someone else's already-on-topic post.

Bob

04-24-2006, 06:37 AM

In fact, what's disruptive about 'I do' or other short replies? It just intones that you have nothing to say about the original post, so you're just ansering someone else's already-on-topic post.

adj. suc·cinct·er, suc·cinct·est

1. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style.
2. Archaic. Encircled as if by a girdle; girded.

. .

Jay

04-24-2006, 06:50 AM

And you felt the need to define it, why? I know what succint means.

Bob

04-24-2006, 07:00 AM

What's disruptive about being succinct

what's disruptive about.. ..short replies

Why did you feel the need to repeat the question?

Jay

04-24-2006, 07:02 AM

I didn't .

Bob

04-24-2006, 07:03 AM

I didn't .

How spontaneous

Jay

04-24-2006, 07:05 AM

Considering it was ANGELYNE that said succint, and then I chipped in with my two cents worth that wasn't connected to her post at all, I didn't reapeat the question. I asked my own. ;)

Bob

04-24-2006, 07:18 AM

Considering it was ANGELYNE that said succint, and then I chipped in with my two cents worth that wasn't connected to her post at all, I didn't reapeat the question. I asked my own. ;)

You posted the same thing, it was simply reworded

Jon885

04-24-2006, 07:19 AM

grouphug.us is better.

Snake eyeS

04-24-2006, 08:11 AM

And another thread gets hijacked. Is the internet really that boring for you guys?

Jay

04-24-2006, 02:01 PM

You posted the same thing, it was simply reworded

Wait wait wait, I see what ya mean now. I said the same thing as her, but it was my own question. I spose I could've reworded it, I just didn't think to.

Jiant Flying Panda

04-24-2006, 06:58 PM

I've been going to this site for about a year now after my sister showed it to me as well as http://overheardinnewyork.com/

Showed this site to Neko once too.

Angelyne

04-25-2006, 03:53 AM

And another thread gets hijacked. Is the internet really that boring for you guys?

It's more entertaining than studying for my finals :meh:

Jay

04-25-2006, 10:35 AM

And another thread gets hijacked. Is the internet really that boring for you guys?

Clearing up a misunderstanding, idiot.

Unknown

04-30-2006, 03:35 PM

Soli

04-30-2006, 04:35 PM

This one made me sad, I hate when people kill bugs just because they are there. I went to an all girl school for two years, and everyone one such a baby when it came to bugs and spiders. They would talk about how stupid I was because I saved most of the bugs. They thought I couldn't hear them because I was always reading.

Some people are very scared of bugs, like me. :box: It is not like you can just decide not to be afraid. Sometimes you can't help it. *shrug* It's natural to want something you don't like and are afraid of gone or dead.

Unknown

04-30-2006, 04:45 PM

Some people are very scared of bugs, like me. :box: It is not like you can just decide not to be afraid. Sometimes you can't help it. *shrug* It's natural to want something you don't like and are afraid of gone or dead.

I understand that people just don't pick what to be scared of. It's ok for people to be scared of bugs, but the thing was they just didn't want it to gone. They always wanted to have the bug dead before I could have a chance to open a window to put it outside.

Mysticalmelody

04-30-2006, 04:54 PM

I understand that people just don't pick what to be scared of. It's ok for people to be scared of bugs, but the thing was they just didn't want it to gone. They always wanted to have the bug dead before I could have a chance to open a window to put it outside.

What do you do when they're all over your cupboards getting into your food, and simply taking away what they're after (which is now destroyed) doesn't work?

Jay

04-30-2006, 04:54 PM

I understand that people just don't pick what to be scared of. It's ok for people to be scared of bugs, but the thing was they just didn't want it to gone. They always wanted to have the bug dead before I could have a chance to open a window to put it outside.

I was going to say that putting it outside means it will just fly back in again, but since there's something like 7 tons of bugs to every ton of humans, I won't bother. :bang:

Unknown

04-30-2006, 04:58 PM

What do you do when they're all over your cupboards getting into your food, and simply taking away what they're after (which is now destroyed) doesn't work?

I said before that I don't like it when people kill bugs with out a reason, "just because they are there". I think its ok to kill bugs if they are causing any harm, like eating all of the food.

Jay

04-30-2006, 05:05 PM

I like to kill bugs before they start breeding and overrunning your kitchen. :meh:

Mysticalmelody

04-30-2006, 05:15 PM

If that many ants were inside my house anywhere, they'd be dead.

Jay

04-30-2006, 05:20 PM

I like ants. I have a relationship with ants. They crawl all over me and never bite me. We have a mutual respect of eachother.

Mysticalmelody

04-30-2006, 05:56 PM

That's nice Jay :)

Lisa M

04-30-2006, 08:49 PM

I'm myrmecophobic, and after seeing the new things on Post Secret today, I was hoping to never ever see that one again, even if they are dead. Thanks, internet!

Jay

04-30-2006, 08:55 PM

Dictionary that for me, Lisa, honey. Dictionary.com doesn't seem to have any entries for that.

Lisa M

04-30-2006, 09:01 PM

www.phobialist.com

I think it should be pretty obvious from the one postcard posted on this page.

Roxie

05-01-2006, 12:25 AM

If I see a bug in my house. I want it dead.
Unless it's next to a door or window, it's getting gassed or mushed.

Idlethought

05-03-2006, 03:43 PM

Aye the only bugs I really dont kill unless I'm bored is spiders. And bees cause I'm afraid of bees.

Jay

05-03-2006, 03:50 PM

www.phobialist.com

I think it should be pretty obvious from the one postcard posted on this page.

Awww, leave those poor ants alone! :(

Honestly though, I can understand the fear that people have of some things, but I will NEVER understand the fact that people are still afraid even when the creature is dead... in a picture...

But then, I have no phobias, so I'll never understand that.

Idlethought

05-03-2006, 03:54 PM

Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Anthrophobia or Anthophobia- Fear of flowers.

These are real fears?!

Jay

05-03-2006, 04:04 PM

Fear of looking up... probably. There's some pretty fucked up phobias out there.

I forgot the name, but there's a phobia of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth! :D

Idlethought

05-03-2006, 04:08 PM

I wonder if there's a fear of the moon growing a mean looking face and falling towards the Earth? Kinda like....

http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Zelda_Majora/n64_zeldagaiden_screenshot001.jpg

Lisa M

05-03-2006, 04:22 PM

I can, however, kill spiders. And they only really scare the shit out of me if they're in a place I'm not expecting, or in the house, or in large numbers outside.

Idlethought

05-03-2006, 04:31 PM

Trump

05-03-2006, 04:38 PM

Zelda, Ocarina of time? Hehe

Personally I'm not afraid of dead bugs but I do find most types of bugs to be disgusting and want nothing to do with them.

Jay

05-03-2006, 04:59 PM

there ya go Jay lol

Thanks. :D

Mythophobia- Fear of myths or stories or false statements : Err... okay...
Nelophobia- Fear of glass : ...right.
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds : How can anyone be afraid of CLOUDS? Fluffy white things that accompany a blue sky, or dark grey things that bring much needed rain?!
Noctiphobia- Fear of the night : Okay, I can see this one... Maybe they had some trauma as a kid in the night and it stemmed this fear...
Nomatophobia- Fear of names : ...I'm sorry. I just... I... :rofl:
Octophobia - Fear of the figure 8 : ........................
Ouranophobia or Uranophobia- Fear of heaven : Um... okay...
Hadephobia- Fear of hell : You just KNOW I had to find the matching one! They're both unimaginabely stupid, especially the Heaven one.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words : ...I'm sorry, I have to stop now. :rofl:

Praetorian

05-03-2006, 05:58 PM

Psychiatrist: I'm sorry, ma'am, but it seems you have Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
Person: ARGH! *cowers in fear* Don't you ever say that again!
Psychiatrist: What? Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?
Person: *jumps out of the window*

O_o

Jay

05-03-2006, 06:03 PM

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of "I have hippo... hipp... hippopoto... oh God, I can't say it! *jumps out the window*"

:boggled:

gyoza

05-03-2006, 08:58 PM

Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.
i'm sorry, how?

I have that. I also have mottephobia.

EvilFred

05-04-2006, 06:32 AM

What about fearing your cat is out to get you? If there a phobia for that?

Jay

05-04-2006, 06:46 AM

Can't find one.

You have a cool SN, by the way.

Jay

05-04-2006, 07:05 AM

Genuphobia- Fear of knees : Err... err... err...

That one just works all by itself.

whispering

05-04-2006, 07:18 AM

What about fearing your cat is out to get you? If there a phobia for that?
Phobia means Fear, so you can add virtually any word infront of it. E.g. from that one Jay just posted, id assume Genu means knee in Greek.

Jay

05-04-2006, 07:30 AM

Here we go. A little intuitive thinking and this pops up:

Felinophobia- Fear of cats. (Ailurophobia, Elurophobia, Galeophobia, Gatophobia)

Goddamn.

Idlethought

05-04-2006, 11:10 AM

What about fearing your cat is out to get you? If there a phobia for that?

This shouldnt be a phobia because phobias are irrational fears. Your cat really IS out to get you and you should be afraid. Just remember that youre like 20x its size and youll be fine.

Klilynkun

05-04-2006, 11:14 AM

I don't think i'll post my secret because my secret is too secret to be posted as a secret in this thread for secrets... :eyepop:

Idlethought

05-04-2006, 11:15 AM

This isnt the post YOUR secret thread, thats the Confessions thread in the RWPW. This is the Post Secret™ thread, the thread for the site Post Secret.

Klilynkun

05-04-2006, 11:17 AM

ahhhh.... see.. the was a secret to me... i will secretly leave then.... i probably shouldn't have said that out loud :P

Jay

05-04-2006, 03:40 PM

Oh, go secrete your secretions elsewhere.

...Oh.

EvilFred

05-04-2006, 05:01 PM

Can't find one.

You have a cool SN, by the way.
Thank you. Yours is also very cool in a nice, monosyllabic sort of way.

This shouldnt be a phobia because phobias are irrational fears. Your cat really IS out to get you and you should be afraid. Just remember that youre like 20x its size and youll be fine.
Good point. But I have to sleep sometime. *twitch*

The_Penguin

05-05-2006, 04:44 AM

I'm not sure what I'd do in order to slake my thirst for power.

EvilFred

05-05-2006, 02:12 PM

I'm not sure what I'd do in order to slake my thirst for power.
Drink Powerade.

Jay

05-05-2006, 04:09 PM

Powerade = best thing to drink to get energy back.

After heavy physical exercise, when I drink Powerade it makes me feel less like flopping and just vegging out than I do when I DON'T drink Powerade. :D

Ziellos.ein

05-08-2006, 02:25 AM

Just posting again because new ones are up.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/994/593/1600/could.jpg
This one made me sad, I hate when people kill bugs just because they are there. I went to an all girl school for two years, and everyone one such a baby when it came to bugs and spiders. They would talk about how stupid I was because I saved most of the bugs. They thought I couldn't hear them because I was always reading.

i dont think this card is so simple. i dotn think its the childish, "haha i killed them", i think its the, "i controled this. i have the power to kill, i am god, i killed these things for no reason with no negative effect on me." kind of deeper disbelife in the creators own control over an aspect of existanc.

Unknown

05-08-2006, 02:36 AM

i dont think this card is so simple. i dotn think its the childish, "haha i killed them", i think its the, "i controled this. i have the power to kill, i am god, i killed these things for no reason with no negative effect on me." kind of deeper disbelife in the creators own control over an aspect of existanc.

Thats what I have a problem with, not people acting like kids but the feeling that they are so much better then the bugs that they have a right to kill them if the wish. People think that they are so great that they can kill others just because they are smarter and have more control.

rush

05-08-2006, 02:58 AM

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/994/593/1600/king.jpg

:theking:

Cherub Rock

05-08-2006, 03:15 AM

Apeirophobia- Fear of infinity.
lol
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.
thats mine
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
there ya go Jay lol
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers.
i'm sorry, how?
Asymmetriphobia- Fear of asymmetrical things.

...
Atomosophobia- Fear of atomic explosions.

theres people who DONT have this fear?
Aulophobia- Fear of flutes.
eh?
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
again, how?
Cacophobia- Fear of ugliness.
lmfao I'm sorry I have to stop right there.

I guess I could step in and answer this. It's really quite a simple matter of diction. You have the suffix phobia, from the Greek word for fear. If you stick another word in front of this you create a new word meaning the fear of that particular base word.

For example, brontophobia is the fear of thunder. It's simply two Greek words wedged together. Sure it is possible for brontophobia to exist (being scared of thunder seems quite feasible) but just because the word can be made (in the case of say, barophobia) does not mean the disorder exists. And that is important to know; these are disorders. Being spooked because some thunder shook your house does not mean you have brontophobia. Being scared that Russia might nuke us back at the height of the Cold War would not constitute atomosophobia. Quitting your job to dig your fallout shelter and hiding in it everytime somebody's car backfires would.

PS: That website is amazing. I bookmarked it. Too bad there isn't a way to go back and read old entries.