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[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 7 fun10 insightful - 6 fun11 insightful - 7 fun -  (25 children)

omg dude this is poetry. I always perform my CPR to the beat.

[–]HibikiBlack 9 insightful - 4 fun9 insightful - 3 fun10 insightful - 4 fun -  (23 children)

Yep, nice to have you around dude. It makes me kind of frustrated to think that Magnora could be dealing with a lot of shit and doesn't botter to tell us about it...

[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (22 children)

^

The lack of communication, to d3rr even, is honestly fucked up and I see no reason for it. Everyone drops deuces and everyone uses their phone while doing so; there’s no reason for him not hitting d3rr up at the very least. “Not having time” isn’t an excuse.

It’s actually kinda disrespectful imho that he doesn’t, considering all d3rr has done and still does even though he wanted to take the seat furthest back when it came to management of this site.

[–]HibikiBlack 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (19 children)

I myself see Magnora as a friend and well, It's making me worried about both him and the site.

[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (18 children)

I felt (and still feel) that way too. He’s actually helped me with fucked up irl shit when I didn’t know who to turn to, & was going through some terrible stuff during the beginning of the “pandemic”. We’d talk in PM’s from time 2 time since I ventured out of IP2, he knew more about me irl than anyone on this site because of how friendly and approachable he was.

I lost almost everything in the beginning of 2020, and he gave me some serious life advice. It wasn’t just a few sentences, he actually spoke to me and helped me more than anyone irl did. Then one day he publicly claimed “he found certain old users sus and feels they’re part of the attack too” (something to the effect, but that was the message), and around that time he stopped responding to PM’s (and I didn’t hit him up often). I sent him a few PM’s regarding shit important to SaidIt, but he would never respond.

I honestly thought he just wasn’t fucking with me personally anymore, but then I found out from others like you, he’s been this way with everyone. And I know this is a thankless job and he must be burned. But he doesn’t have to shoulder everything himself; a little trust and allowing other users you know respect you and consider you a friend to help with spam and rule breaking material removal, would go a long way. This way the server has no excuse for taking SaidIt down. But he’s acting weird lately, and imho it is disrespectful how he hasn’t contacted d3rr two times in a row - unless some serious shit is going on, again. I hope he’s ok and we hear from him soon.

It just honestly feels like he’s put up a ton of walls around him.

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    [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

    Have you ever seen Wilfred? Each episode is 18-20 min, and there’s only four seasons (I like the American version better).

    I feel like magnora needs to take a week (or at least a weekend) off from the world, smoke some cannabis, and watch Wilfred nice and stoned.

    That’s such a comfort show for me lol, all my insecurities are gently addressed in that show. Each episode starts off with a great quote and has a theme about life we all need to learn (and is ageless imho), unlike someone telling you 2 get your shit together forcefully, it’s done gently with dark humorous examples and serves as a reminder that everyone needs a break, to be selfish, to love themselves from time to time because no one will take care of you like you, yet at the same time it also preaches against isolation, not communicating or avoiding problems, because things only get worse if you do, and again uses dark, humorous examples.

    I’m rewatching it rn for the idkth time, I’m on season 2 of 4. I love that show, if you hear from him, tell him to watch the first 20 min episode! I know he’d like it if he hasn’t seen it already!

    [–][deleted] 5 insightful - 6 fun5 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 6 fun -  (3 children)

    I wonder if u/magnora7 is a stoner.

    [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    😂 I doubt it!

    I didn’t smoke until I was 22, I was so “anti-psychoactive-drugs”. I finally did for JME epilepsy I developed when I was 17, during my senior year in HS after both my parents kept pushing as well as neurologist. It honestly works better than any pharma pill for epilepsy, and anxiety too imo. And it’s better for you than a benzo, which can literally kill you if you get addicted like alcohol from withdrawals. They also mess up your brain long term (just google alcohol/benzo fMRI vs control under images). I’ve found cannabis to be the least addictive, and harmful, psychoactive substance; cigs you crave, you don’t crave or fiend for a joint.

    A joint now and then never hurt anyone if used safely, as an adult when your brain is near/fully developed (doesn’t stop developing until sometimes 26-30 in rare occasions, but that’s nothing like smoking as a young teenager). Via studying neuropsychology for my career, honestly that becoming a “burn out” shit is a lie/myth, as I wouldn’t have made it this far in uni without it (literally developed epilepsy out of no where the year I was graduating highschool), I would have seized writing many papers.

    I have medical textbooks that even state this. My favorite one is from my neurology & addiction course, usually professors make us get the latest medical text, but this professor wanted us to get the original as it actually had more information. The text stated cannabis was safe to use, had anticonvulsant and anti anxiety effects, and was mostly a social drug like cigs, but without the physical addiction (yet they were putting people away for yeaaars at the time the book was written if they were caught with a q of cannabis on them). They also admitted it was a hallucinogen, rather than a narcotic, which blew my mind considering the time period the text was released.

    This is a random chapter I uploaded for opiate addicts I was helping get clean when I was a janny a year and half ago for a harm reduction subreddit that I was able to use as an assignment for school. Many “addicts” or “highly active users” truly believe there’s no way out and they damaged their brains.. but ironically cannabis and the poppy plant are the safest drugs to use long term, not to say they don’t come with side effects..

    If you smoke too much, everyday, it’s likely you’re depressed and self-medicating. So of course you don’t go out or talk to people. Of course you’re awkward when you interact with people; staying inside smoking all day will make you paranoid and give you social anxiety. Just like someone self-medicating with heroin, it’s all about mental health.

    I had a best friend who I considered a stoner and was selling drugs and doing them all throughout highschool, he smoked AT LEAST an eighth eveyday and would take pain pills too. A few years back he joined the Air Force and he’s really high up there (lol) - has top secret clearance and works on Offutt airbase in Nebraska and literally flies on Boeing’s with the POTUS and congressmen and women. He was a janitor before that. If anyone should have burned themselves out, it would have been him. But he did a 180 really quick.

    I live in a very strict state, cannabis isn’t recreational here, and still you need to smoke at least 14 joints a day to be considered for cannabis-use-disorder in my state.

    I sincerely doubt m7 is a “stoner”, but everyone needs to let go and have a laugh every now and again. Wilfred would be that show to do that with!

    [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    My dad smokes medical marijuana for pain, anxiety, and PTSD, and it works for him too. Don't get me wrong, I'm against recreational, but medical can be used to improve people's lives, which is why I support it.

    [–]JasonCarswell 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

    No one is good or bad. We're all shades of grey, including M7, me, and you.

    [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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      [–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

      How about a child molester who cures cancer as his day job? Nothing is black and white.

      M7 is definitely on the good side. But 1% of him is a lying, secretive, possessive, ego.

      [–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

      Magnora7 is a saint

      [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      so maybe it's best if we just give him some space.

      I agree, for various reasons, some of which I explained elsewhere. I suspect he has concerns about a number of issues that are online, at work, and personal, if I read his posts correctly in the past few months. All things considered, a break from Saidit appears to be a smart move. The support by you, d3rr, and fred_red_beans is much appreciated, and perhaps in due course you can get additional support.

      [–]HibikiBlack 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

      I literally told him that if there was something worrying him he could talk to me at any time shortly before the first Saidit blackout happened, once the site was up again, he came back with his usual "everything is under control" behaviour, so I trusted him back then but now this happens... I just hope everything turns out well for Saidit in the end.

      [–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

      He gave me the same almost robot-like response after the last shut down when I hit him up in PM’s and asked him if everything was okay, life-wise. I told him I wasn’t worried about him selling my data or my data being safe, I was worried about him and how he’s doing. He never responded to that pm. This is what I meant when I said it feels like he’s put up walls around him - he was never like that before.

      I do hope he’s okay.

      [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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        [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        Well, he responded to the first assuring me my data was safe and he would never sell it, and has been ignoring me otherwise 🤷🏼‍♂️

        Seems he’s putting up walls and doing this with a lot of users, even users who were close to him and genuinely want to know if he’s okay and are more than willing to let him vent and keep it private.

        I really hope everything’s okay on his end. I know he was very stressed, but this is still weird to me.

        [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

        I literally told him that if there was something worrying him he could talk to me at any time

        That's sweet of you... good to know there are people who genuinely care about him.

        [–]JasonCarswell 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

        Communication is critical for awareness, transparency, and trust.

        Further, there's nothing wrong with having troubles, being human, delays, etc. if they're explained. Problems arise when folks are left wondering. Lack of communication can indicate nefariousness, secrecy, privacy, laziness, trouble, or other things from problematic to banal with few being good.

        [–][deleted] 6 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

        [–]Pononimus 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

        Black. Culture. Pick one.