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I wasn't good enough at encouraging people to be kinder, and removing people who refuse to be kind. Encouraging people is hard, and removing people creates conflict, and I hate conflict... so that's why I wasn't better at it.
I was a very, very sensitive teen. The atmosphere of this forum as it is now, if it had existed in 1996, would probably have upset me far more than it would have helped.
I can handle quite a lot of negativity and even abuse now, but that isn't the point. I want to help people. I want to help the people who need it the most, and I want to help people like the 1996 version of me.
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Darthmat
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Dear Parents,
The following letter was sent to all parents of **** students by the administration; we would like to make you aware of its contents as well.
All yeshivot share a common concern for the health and safety of our students and our community. With this in mind we are writing to inform you that we have today been made aware of an alleged internet predator who poses a potentially serious threat to students enrolled in Jewish day schools and yeshivot.
It has come to our attention that a young man (who uses the names "David Newman" and "David Goldman") has allegedly been befriending Orthodox young men and women on Facebook. We are told that he often claims to be a NYU student but it is our understanding that he is not. He has reportedly attempted to meet with young men, coerce them into physical contact and threatens them if they rebuff his advances. We are told that he has allegedly approached women on Facebook as well.
Please be alert to anyone fitting this general profile and advise your students to exercise caution in using Facebook or other online communication systems. If you have any questions contact Assistant District Attorney **** at ****.
Best wishes for a Happy, Kosher and SAFE Pesach,
***, MS Principal
****, MS Director of Student Life
***, MS School Psychologist
Oh. My. God.
Then today, she went on a whole rant about how any adult who befriends kids has alternate motives. 
I highly suggest Mobb Deep's albums The Infamous and Hell on Earth, if you have not listened to it yet.
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Well, if he's actually being threatening, there's reason for concern.
<lordpie> Life sucks so much right now. It seems I'm spending all of it doing math.
<Rosti_LFC> You are "Math Boy"
<Rosti_LFC> Doer of math
<Rosti_LFC> Unable to integrate with society. Only with functions of x
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[17:33] <Darthmatrocks> http://www.school-survival.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7993
[17:33] <Darthmatrocks> D:<
[17:34] <Ahab> hola
[17:34] <Alucard483> hi
[17:34] <Freak> ITS VATMAN D=
[17:34] <Freak> hahahaha
[17:35] <Darthmatrocks> LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
I highly suggest Mobb Deep's albums The Infamous and Hell on Earth, if you have not listened to it yet.
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To begin with, there's nothing wrong with consensual relationships.
But more to the point-ahem?! Teens aren't stupid. If somebody says "HEY, YOU'RE HOT. WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?" I know what to do. I know when to block a person, or leave a chat room. I know better than to provide enough personal information for somebody to find out my real life identity.
Don't take life so seriously, it isn't permanent.
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No, but I don't think your school is being stupid. Maybe it was a bit much to tell the parents, but threatening students isn't a good thing.
<lordpie> Life sucks so much right now. It seems I'm spending all of it doing math.
<Rosti_LFC> You are "Math Boy"
<Rosti_LFC> Doer of math
<Rosti_LFC> Unable to integrate with society. Only with functions of x
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They were. They went on to rant about how awful it was to be on facebook, and that it was all so very dangerous for us, and we should all not use it because of our age blablablablablabla.
I highly suggest Mobb Deep's albums The Infamous and Hell on Earth, if you have not listened to it yet.
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Ewww, who would want to hook up with preteens, let alone jewish preteens?
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Puchiko Wrote:But more to the point-ahem?! Teens aren't stupid. If somebody says "HEY, YOU'RE HOT. WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?" I know what to do. I know when to block a person, or leave a chat room. I know better than to provide enough personal information for somebody to find out my real life identity.
Yeah, that's what I always tell teachers and parents and the sort. Even the most retarded internetgoer knows not to give out their number to some random fuckwit on Yahoo.
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Let's simplify this.
Myspace and Facebook don't stalk teens, people stalk teens. Let's spell that out. P-E-O-P-L-E. Say it with me. Yes. That's good. You're getting there. See? It's not the internet's fault. It's STUPID PEOPLE'S FAULT! STUPID PEOPLE! Must I spell that out too? No? Good.
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