Some things about notable Viv users and members
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@hlehyaric said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
we live in strange times
Absolutely true, & though i know it's cliched, this year simply feels like we've all fallen into a dystopian sci-fi disaster movie. It's unbelievable.
@hlehyaric said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
I'm less present since July
...plus...
@Ornorm said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
I'm less active since a few weeks (or months?
I've noticed both your comparative infrequencies, miss you both, & welcome each post when available. Best wishes!
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@Steffie said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
Uh oh. I'd kinda hoped nobody would have noticed, curses!
Really??? You really hoped no one noticed your absence? You're one of the pillars of this forum, you know.
Being a very slow learner i had entirely failed to realise that i could actually completely block all the nasty people, & once i belatedly did so, the forum no longer felt dangerous for me.
To begin with, I didn't understand how this feature could be useful. Now, I followed your lead and I block users I deem nasty or/and toxic without any shame.
Take a glimpse here, if you want to learn more about this ID change.
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@Ornorm Bien rΓ©sumΓ©!
(well summarized)
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@hlehyaric said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
one of the pillars
Oh not only pillows. On different days i alternate my manchester impersonations, thus am also variably sheets, pillowslips, duvets, blankets...
@hlehyaric said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
I block users I deem nasty or/and toxic without any shame
Well done - i can understand your reticence which i also shared, but ultimately it felt like that protective measure or otherwise a permanent departure.
@hlehyaric said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
Take a glimpse here
Oh thanks so much, now finally i understand. That conversation occurred during one of my absences, so i completely missed it at the time, & as @Ornorm sagely observed...
@Ornorm said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
The community grows fast which is great but it's therefore more difficult for me to follow what's going on
...which applies equally to me.
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@Ornorm Which applies to me too. Plus, maybe, we need to take a break. Thus, we'll come back en fanfare.
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@hlehyaric said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
Take a glimpse here,
Didn't find words for thanking this fine attention.
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Here, on this Viv's "ambient", a species of mental and sentimental and physical paradise happens, oddly, for me. A corner where I never want to be a malquerent or agressive one.
It's a especies of an apart world where reciprocal and mutual interactions always flows to the well, to the happiness.
ItΒ΄s not a "place" where there is an usual, a common convivence, with objective and subjective contacts, actions, bodies, feelings, souls, mental interchanges, such as is within a "complete" convivence, concrete and / or subjective expressions.
But, magically, constantly it brings to me the impression that I am aware, mutually, deeply, of each of the beings with whom here I interact.
If the possibility of "coming" here lacks to me, as recently happened, the sensation of discomfortable mood invades me, an imprescindible factor is closed to me.
I'm trying to put into words what this "place" means, for me, but that is so immense that, or one says within a too curt and happy verbal expression, a "trouvaille" (trouvaille - fait de trouver avec bonheur ; chose ainsi trouvΓ©e)., or it will never be said.
It's justly what I am doing here. It would be to me the case to cancel all this unhappy and aborted content, erase it, but - I'll never define why - I keep it.
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@JoaBravo It occurs to me that the word you are searching for may be "serendipity."
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@Ayespy - Thanks. Perfect.
Google's definition - "the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way". -
@JoaBravo If being & remaining a part of the Vivaldi community manages to bring you any sense, small or large, of comfort, collegiality, comedy &/or cognitive contentedness, as i would hope, then that's a lovely thing. If it stops being a place of satisfaction for you, then for your own health & well-being a departure might be needed.
For me for years the V forum was a very happy place. Then it became quite awful for a while, & i realised it was affecting me quite badly, such that i felt it best to go away. IMO it remains too easy [inexplicably] for nasty people to remain here when i know for certain they would have been banned from other technical fora to curtail the outflow of their toxicity. However as i have written, once i found the way to be free of them, the unusual Admin/Modding policy here became less dangerous for me, such that once more the place feels nice.
Part of the niceness & the happiness comes from the fact that even though largely we are a bunch of strangers who'll never meet each other in person, over the years [for those who survive/thrive that long here] we come to know something of others' personalities, peccadilloes, competencies & ideally also sense of humour [if there can't be some laughter then what's the point?]. Thus after a while, as well as direct conversations explicitly for supporting community members about our beloved browser & affiliated tech matters, & of course feeding back our findings & aspirations to the Devs, we also reach a certain level of familiarity & friendship with others here such that meta-conversations also arise. Camaraderie grows, tangential chats occur, a sense of warm community blossoms.
IMO that's important & desirable. Without it this place would be much less, much poorer, & maybe even not worthwhile hanging about. Long may it remain a nice place. Long may you feel comfortable to remain here.
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Thank you. It is as if the words are getting close to a scope that only the ineffable can reach.
I feel like a wizardry involves our comments. It is fantastic that with the level I have in English and being a foreigner, I even try to follow and in some way answer those who are native in that language and, above all, have such a vast subjective βsetβ.
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@JoaBravo said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
and being a foreigner
We're all on the same rock. Nothing else should matter.
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(google image)
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@hlehyaric said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
though his [dLeon's] profile is still accessible
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@potmeklecbohdan Actually, it's the homepage of the profile that's still accessible, and surprisingly and oddly, some posts are still visible.
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I don't know how that is done. But probably it's not entirely automatized. Somebody maybe stays in charge for verifications. If that is true, possibly there was sensitivity with some contents, worthy to remain to the posterity
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@Ornorm OMZ, now my fav browser forum is also my one-stop-shop for all my jewellery needs -- kool.
Vertical integration paradigm.
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@Steffie said in Some things about notable Viv users and members:
We're all on the same rock. Nothing else should matter.
Here, my language says 'todos estamos no mesmo barco' (ou canoa). Which seems more expressive and appropriate. A rock is an expression of a very stable life, of very long existence.
When a vessel has occupants, it is usually on more or less deep water. Everything, people and situations, can disappear / change instantly. This gives us a better comparison with our lives and situations.
But, be it on the rocks or on the boats, union, universality, with great and long love between coexisting beings is a Divine status. It is certainly utopian thinking to suppose that it will come true one day. But dreaming is not forbidden.
I thank you for your unity with everyone, including me. Which leads me to your most meaningful post for my view: "To all non-native-english speakers here..."
I checked and realized, like visiting old buildings in ruins, everything is very severed. The last time I visited it, the views were between 25/30 thousand, maybe even more. But, what my heart and memories keep of it will hardly be erased.
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@JoaBravo , "Todos estamos en el mismo barco" also in Spain and "Wir sitzen alle im selben Boot", also in German a frequent phrase, all with boats.