Of course there is room for diversity, what an odd question. Surely someone who clearly has a high intellect would have noticed that by now; and to be honest if you were Nanni Di you would be most welcome to come here and offload!
I had my suspicions of NotJustMethen when you joined, however I kept quiet out of respect. I have continued to read your posts and kept quiet. I have noted what posts you have liked as well and have remained quiet as I don't like to judge people or make them feel uncomfortable. So many people on here have been at some point accused of being one of them, and that is because they are on here, under many guises. We know this because they go and repeat things and look at each other in a sneery way, thinking they are so clever and they just look like stupid little junior school brats. They copy our ideas, verbatim.
Your language changes quite a bit, that's all, and I hadn't seen the Nanni Di or 'Older person's style' on NotJustMeThen before.
You are most welcome, I will, however, for the meantime, remain on the fence.
Fair enough. Don't know why my voice might change into an older person's style, except I am one. 2 years younger than Nanny Di. That said, it's a fairly meaningless construct, and I think it's unfortunate that Nanny Di, a woman who has clearly lived an interesting life, should be stuffed into a tiny nanny box. That's something that grates on me quite a bit. I cannot abide "cute", or anything like it, applied to seniors. I think she goes along with it because it's the way they want to see her, and it comes with their affection. I couldn't handle it, personally, but I don't have to.
As for repeating anything anywhere, I can't do that as I'm banned and have been for ages. I came here to say, "OMG, what are they doing?!", because I was prevented from saying, "OMG, what are you doing?!"
My criticisms of them spring from alarm for them. I'd like to see them do well. That's the bottom line for me. I want to see them get over themselves, be healthier, be happier, have boundaries including knowing that they're neither journalists nor scientists, ensure their children have a healthy, workable path forward in their lives, and even live in a tidy, organized house.
I struggle with my own motivation. Why don't I just look away if I'm so critical of them? What is it giving me to stay involved? How can I make that involvement a healthy activity? Or if not healthy, how can I limit how toxic my own behaviour in this regard is. I'm not going to go on like this all the time. My inner workings are not your worry. And my reluctance to post honestly is not your worry, either, and I don't mean to make it so. I'm just working it out, but I'm done working it out here now.
I see progress. Maybe I'm right. Maybe not. Don't call me cute!
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