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  How posting limits now work

  by Simon in

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  anyone who's posted on both the original site and this new one will notice that you no longer get the notice of how many posts you have left.

  there are a few reasons for this.. one reason is scalability - every time you viewed a topic and got the reply at the bottom the server needed to look at your account, count the number of posts in the last 24 hours and work out what to display.

  caching at various places meant this number would sometimes be wrong and there's nothing worse than posting something and it failing.. i went back to basics and thought about what the limits were for and how they could be improved to still protect the site but also give a better user experience.. limits are there for several reasons: to protect against spammers and blabbermouths.

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  ohnightdivine

  Sorry, I might have missed this before but is there a way to delete a post/thread that I just created?

  Thanks in advance, Simon.

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  I'm not alone in the congregation, after all

  by ohnightdivine in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can now say that i'm not alone to know ttatt in my congregation, after all.. i have come to know that my close friend is awake, even without me sharing the ttatt with him/her.

  on one of our recent conversations i mentioned about being tired and no longer being uplifted anymore, and my friend then told me he/she was feeling the same.

  i don't know how it happened but we knew we could trust each other.

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  I can now say that I'm not alone to know TTATT in my congregation, after all.

  I have come to know that my close friend is awake, even without me sharing the TTATT with him/her. On one of our recent conversations I mentioned about being tired and no longer being uplifted anymore, and my friend then told me he/she was feeling the same. I don't know how it happened but we knew we could trust each other. And so we started to talk about some observations in the teachings and in the actions of the WT.

  Now my friend is going through a rough period because of TTATT, more especially since majority of their family are JWs. This friend is extremely intelligent and I am happy to know that he/she has finally awakened. But the situation is tough and we both told each other that we may return to being active JWs, but he/she said that that would be possible but then the TTATT is already out.

  For the sake of protecting my friend I cannot disclose much more, but I feel a great sense of relief, although I am very sorry to see him/her distressed over this realization. Last week we just spent hours talking about our observations and experiences. We talked about cognitive dissonance, etc. He/she is much smarter than I am, a good person at heart, and I hope that he/she is able to take care of him/herself esp. during this time. This friend said that he/she talked to the siblings about it and was able to gauge that they are already aware of the faults and shortcomings of the org. They are just PIMI because of the family. We promised each other that no matter what happens, we will support each other, and we will not shun each other because it is not the right thing to do.
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  You might have been a JW if...

  by Incognigo Montoya in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ... unlike the rest of humanity, you looked forward to mondays because it was a day off from a meeting..

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  ... you hear the word 'system' and immediately add the phrase 'of things' in your mind.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses Getting Roasted In Comedy Shows

  by pale.emperor in

  1. social
  2. humour

  a selection of my favorite scenes from comedy shows/movies where they poke fun at jehovah's witnesses.

  in the old days whenever they'd mention jws my mum would change channel in outrage.. this one's my favorite!

  skip to 1:19 - .

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  ohnightdivine

  There was one episode in The Nanny where Sylvia Fine was lamenting that she no longer looked attractive to Morty, despite even standing by the door naked. And then she said something like, "meanwhile you will never see another Jehovah's Witness again."

  I just can't find that episode...
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  New JW phrase: bouquet of truth

  by ohnightdivine in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i heard it from someone who attended the latest wt study, and quickly posted it with - you guessed it - a picture of a lovely flower bouquet.

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  "how big is your bouquet of truth?".

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  Artificial Intelligence and 2019

  by fulltimestudent in

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  i was intrigued by a forecast made by damo academy, the in-house technology and science research arm of china's, huge e-commerce business,, alibaba.. they seem to be predicting the following technology trends for 2019 and that artificial intelligence would continue to be the ho area of progress.. so what do any techies hanging out here think?

  safe predictions?

  wild guesses?

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  A number of these tech trends have started to be tackled (advance research stage to prototype development stage) in the R&D department of a tech company where a brother I know works. These are no longer surprising.
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  New JW phrase: bouquet of truth

  by ohnightdivine in

  1. watchtower
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  i heard it from someone who attended the latest wt study, and quickly posted it with - you guessed it - a picture of a lovely flower bouquet.

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  "how big is your bouquet of truth?".

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  All this use of lovely words into something else with ulterior and deceitful meaning by the WT is making me sick.

  I mean, why taint the word 'bouquet'?

  Some other words that have changed their meanings (to me):

  1) Time (as in service time; brothers and sisters being 'nice' to you and spending time with you just so they can submit their field service report hours)

  2) Smile (kingdom smile; fake smile; coerced smile)

  3) Privilege (servitude + bragging rights to regular JWs)
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  New JW phrase: bouquet of truth

  by ohnightdivine in

  1. watchtower
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  i heard it from someone who attended the latest wt study, and quickly posted it with - you guessed it - a picture of a lovely flower bouquet.

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  "how big is your bouquet of truth?".

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  Bouquet
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  New JW phrase: bouquet of truth

  by ohnightdivine in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i heard it from someone who attended the latest wt study, and quickly posted it with - you guessed it - a picture of a lovely flower bouquet.

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  "how big is your bouquet of truth?".

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  ohnightdivine

  I heard it from someone who attended the latest WT study, and quickly posted it with - you guessed it - a picture of a lovely flower bouquet.

  "How big is your bouquet of truth?"

  
  
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  I told my parents I no longer believe any teachings of JWs

  by Fognomore in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  since my last post i have spoke with my parents and told them i am no longer a believer.

  i told them i just can't anymore.

  here is my short story.

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  ohnightdivine

  Congratulations on your awakening!

  It will be tough, for sure, especially right after you realize what the "truth" was all about.

  But, please hang on. It gets better with time.

  There are many folks here who are ready to support.

  In my case, I became "spiritually weak", "depressed", "busy with work".. until I faded. I am now inactive, but still maintain regular contact with my JW "friends". They need the field service hours, after all.
  

  I no longer absorb the lies being fed. I tune out when I occasionally attend meetings. No one has bothered me too much. Someday I will completely disconnect. But this situation is working for me now.