The Poke Button

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Jeauris

Junior Member
Sep 17, 2013
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So i am usually tired and ready to sleep by the time I get to CC nowadays. But even if not, I like to use the "Poke" button to say "hi" to friends.

A few times over the last few weeks, i have had aquintences or people I thought were friends get really rude, downright hateful when I say Hi in this way,

Their argument is this - I add what they don't actually say, but infer, which leads me to believe the unloving, rude response i get is calculated by some petty people:

"CC is a secular hook-up site where people come to meet and plan elicit sex. The poke button is how you initiate an elicit affair here. It has nothing to do with saying hi good-heartedly to friends or nudging them. So projecting that on you, I will now use this unspoken fiction as an excuse to get some of my rude-rocks on a friendly person. There, I got my rudeness out and in the process told you that you are a flirt, that I am not interested, and have boosted my ego while attempting to shame, squash and bully you, lower you. Bad for me!!"

This to me is a feminist, or just spoiled-rotten-generation, petty little hate trap- like a woman slapping a man for holding a door open for her or just sneering at a man for smiling. Pretty sick way of people inventing a way to be a bully disguised as a victim.
 

Demi777

Senior Member
Oct 13, 2014
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#2
Dont forget that some ppl just dont wanna private chat or so with strangers. I havent seen a poke thinng here yet but i get pretty fed up with men messaging me too. Especially after putting in that they shouldn't. Dont forget with how many scammers and weirdos we sometimes have to deal with.
Idk what u find as belittleing in a chat. Maybe ur being a little sensitive
Meanwhile I know many of my generation are not the best, not all of us hate men and masculinity etc. Please dont insult us all like that.
 

Bingo

Well-known member
Feb 9, 2019
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"Are we not in witness of unbelievable events far and wide. God's 'children' have been
manipulated and deceived by an 'adversary' of cunning and powerful deceptive methods
with no boundaries. To no avail shall be the hope of perceiving to be able to change what
is being witnessed. Master of the world has MANY FACES...all things of all things has been
'inspired' through parables, of which to fully comprehend...shall not 'to be'. Most disturbing
shall be the foolishness and imagination of 'religious' organizations...many are of great worth
and helping charities, they are to be greatly commended...worldly and spiritual harmony
presents a precarious dilemma...for many look and look, but are blind to God's 'inspiration'
of 'principles' of living life in the 'now'."
'Praise God'
 

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melita916

Senior Member
Aug 12, 2011
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what's the poke button? i know FB had/has one, but i've never seen one in CC. maybe i haven't used the chat option often enough.

people sometimes send me message in the new chat option, but conversations don't last long. my message says i'm always open for a chat, but sometimes i may not reply quickly depending on the time of day.