Nextdoor and other neighborhood apps are really eye-opening about how paranoid a lot of people are.
So much "This man came to my front door to try to break in!" when it's clearly a door-to-door salesman. And then there's always that one responder that implies they would've had their gun ready...
I set my neighborhood up years ago because I thought it was just a fantastic idea for a place to reach out to people who actually live near you. Reality has not borne that out.
ND seems like the place to go if you hate yourself and your neighbors and you really want everyone to know about it. It was like 70% busybodies and paranoid old people, 20% lost pet reminders, and 10% people being horrible to each other via the comments on the other 90%.
Also, I am now painfully aware of how much people hate the homeless. Just loathe and despise them for the crime of existing; while blissfully unaware that it’s just because they’re scared of how close they are to being homeless themselves.
NextDoor is on the next level of paranoia and fear-mongering. There is a lady in my that posts about “gunshots” like every other day. We live in an ultra-safe suburban neighborhood, and I can assure you there are no gunshots. She is far from the only crazy person on there.
NextDoor is a really cool idea for a website. I joined hoping to find local activities, and social groups that I'd fit into. Instead, all i found was people arguing about trump. What the hell is wrong with people online these days?
By me there's a post a month of a photo asking if it's a wolf wandering the neighborhood. When it's not a fox, it's a stray poodle. We're 25 miles from NYC.
I used ND for about one minute. All the posts were full-tilt Fox News terror about teenagers walking down the street laughing or some equally trivial thing. It really makes me sad that this is the headspace people are in about their neighborhoods and communities; it's no wonder everyone's so bitter, angry, and lonely.
I got a week ban for being sarcastic, they said if I apologize and promise to be nice I could come back on. I said please make it permanent and never send me notifications.
There were a couple in my neighborhood that I was hoping to run into so that I could punch them in the mouth. I doubt they really lived in my neighborhood though. They seemed like they were professional trolls, paid to sow dissent among Americans.
4th of July, New Years and Fiesta, the fireworks freak outs are inevitable. Or my favorite is the bitching about a music venue that’s been there longer than they have.
If you move in next to a music venue, you kinda know what you’re getting into. Can’t blame anyone but yourself
But when you’re home, you are within reason for wanting to control the confines of that space. I understand that people who are more extroverted than me will make more noise on weekends or special days, so I don’t care. But I also don’t blame people for wanting quiet spaces, the world is constantly loud and stimulating. Your home doesn’t have to be (if you like the quiet).
I once saw a lady walking around town with a bag occasionally making symbols on the sidewalk with white powder. My main reaction was how cool it was to have witches active in the neighborhood.
I used to make "dollies" out of them. I used to make them at work too out of all the plastic wraps I had to pull off new cutlery when we put those out. My old boss finds one and asks "what's this?!" I told him "its witchcraft" as I hated the little shit.
Some of my grass grows a little long, and there are vines that will grow literally 3 foot overnight.
When I use my trimmer, the grass and vines can twist like that around the string housing.
I think my neighbor is a witch, maybe u should give those to her?