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No. 599875
I’m grateful for lolcow because it showed me not to take people’s opinions too seriously. It’s easy to say dumb shit anonymously. I imagine many people here have issues expressing their thoughts in real life so this is a good place to get out that aggression.
>>599845Same. So many ex pickmes here. If only everyone could see the light.
No. 599891
>>599845Most women on lolcow actually are still pickmes except we have split personality and use the pickme persona when it’s beneficial.
Kinda gross and hypocritical those buzzword identity labels to frown upon others come to think of it.
No. 599892
>>599878I feel you on that ahahah
It ruined or eye opened me the dark side of the art comunity. There's so much salt, how can someone with a pure aesthetic and that overall cute image be two faced, etc.
It also allowed me to be more critical about the QIA+ (troons) community, it was already the case but reading harsh comment and being able to join them somewhat felt good, I'm less sensitized about the subject. But it made me hungry for new drama so I should stop a little bit. Maybe visiting only once in a while
Basically it was good at first but at some point too much is unhealty, I feel like it's like how I felt with tumblr (and now twitter)
No. 599936
>>599915Because nobody can be a hypocrite and holier than thou right?
>>599919?
No. 599943
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Lolcow was the first place i'd ever posted on the internet besides gaia and facebook. I used to be a heavy lurker of chans but took a long break from the internets. Onision was on the same level of awful of my current BF so I got invested in it. Ghosted him, stopped talking to all my toxic old friends, got into skincare and girly things, cleaned up my life, and I don't post much anymore but I'm much happier because of lolcow.
No. 600005
>>599985>some farmers are nasty. userbase has changedAgree. Sometimes I get anxiety posting to be honest. I still do then brace myself for what people say. It's not even that I've gotten any mean replies or if I did I don't remember (so probably weren't that bad), but I know how others get torn to shreds for no reason.
As for how lolcow has changed me, I think it warns me of the dangers of men more than society does. I've definitely taken part in the pink pill thread to get frustrations out anonymously (probably said all men should die or some shit lol) but now that I got it out of my system I'm just more alert and aware.
I also had no idea about trannys outside of public opinion until lolcow. I don't hate them but again I'm aware how much biological men can be dangerous now, and that they use it as a fetish, etc.
No. 600007
>>599941Ayrt, that’s true, but I like to assume that it’s hard to get out old habits totally especially if you also hang out with men. And the girls I spoke to that use terms like pickmes and lurk here were definitely hypocrites.
Kinda like how everyone here including me was anti photoshopping photos but meitu’s become casual now. Internalized misogyny never goes away fully.
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I really like visiting /ot/. I can vent and get all of my dumb bitch out so I feel refreshed to face the world. Kind of made me manage my emotions IRL better. Sometimes I get replies from nice anons and it feels good to have female support, and other times I get made fun of and it makes me realize I was acting retarded.
I tried to explain lolcow to my boyfriend, and now we look at the Momokun and Venus threads together whenever he comes over. He thinks all the anons' insults are hilarious! Today he asked me to find the Amberlynn cycle wheel to laugh at again
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>Have you experienced any heartwarming, life changing, amazing moments on this site?
it's kinda heartwarming to see anons support each other by giving advice and cheering each other on (in /g/ and /ot/ threads). it's super cute to see positive encouragement.
>Have you made friends? Has your life changed?
i have gotten good advice that has impacted my life for the better, thank you farmers. u have also introduced me to good movies and series.
i have never looked for friends here, maybe i will in the future, some of u seem rly cool.
>Has your worldview changed?
lolcow completely changed my view on the trans movement and porn.
i love this dumb website. it's really great to have a community where the culture still has aspects of what the internet was like in the 2000s/early 2010s. i'm so glad that i have a place where people are blunt, call out my bullshit and rightfully make fun of me if i act retarded.
No. 600246
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I'm older than many farmers. Some of you sound really young. So many are struggling with setting boundaries in relationships and with shitty scrotes in general. That was how it was for me too, and if anything I post now can be helpful to an anon then I'm so glad.
No. 600537
>>600246>>600532Another 30+ year old anon here. It seems there's a few of us. Did you used to visit Stamina Rose? I came through /cgl/, then SR and now I'm here.
I feel like in someways this site has changed, but I feel most of it is good. There seems to be a broader variety of users instead of people coming to rip on cows and poke fun at people. I like watching people bicker on /g/ and /ot/ as well as witnessing sweet moments like someone offering good advice, encouraging others to do their best and generally being cute. There might be some cunts amongst us but I feel we are all generally okay people.
Lastly, I'd like to use the friend finder but I'm a bit dubious and shy coz I feel I'm a lot older than most of the users on here and think they wont wanna talk to me. Maybe one day.
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it definitely drastically changed by worldview. before i became a frequent user i was pretty typical libfem, watched porn and thought all sw was empowering and shit and being introduced to dworkin through this site really turned all of that on its head. i realized i was so afraid of being called a terf that i'd avoided even knowing what radical feminism was. i'm not an insane gendercrit tranny mod sperg but i do consider myself a radfem now.
as a result of that i find myself feeling much more connected and in tune with my fellow women. i feel a genuine sisterhood and spend more time advocating for women which i think has overall had a really positive impact on my life. im incredibly protective of young women and am more comfortable sticking up for them when i see creepy bullshit happening whereas before i was a bit too scared or insecure to always speak up.
it also made me a lot more aware of my own bad habits and behaviors by seeing the cows on here and how people responded to their actions. i find myself being way less needy for attention and more thoughtful about what i post online.
as for heartwarming experiences, i always do get a bit of a the warm fuzzies when i see anons being sweet to each other or another anon thinks something i've posted is funny. i use ot a lot more now and the conversations here are really fun. i really do like other anons. i think back to when i was a desperate teenage pickme and would frequent /b/ and its honestly just nice to have a board where the culture isn't disgusting and misogynistic. its gossipy and silly here and its nice to be interacting with mostly likeminded people. i feel a part of this community.
No. 600667
I really only came here intially to find out about cgl drama, but I was sucked into ot eventually.
At first, I was super scared of the man hate thread for some reason. Idk, I thought it was extreme. But when I realised that it's just a space for anons to complain about men without somebody barraging in with the "n-n-not all men!" deflection, I became at peace with it and agree with a lot of posts.
It was nice to find out about radfem shit from here. I was into anti-feminist shit for a bit, but deep down I really hated how the ideology presented women as the other and that we are all so privileged because men want to sleep with us and blah blah blah, male centric bullshit. I also had a nlog phase, but not necessary because I had bitterness towards girls who where prettier and girlier than me, for a very long time I wanted to be like them, but I was chasing for something unattainable and it made me depressed. I enjoy nerd shit like video games and comics, but those crowds tend to be a sausage fest and I always craved the companionship of other women over men no matter what. I did come to peace with a lot of this before lolcow, but finding radfem stuff made me feel less uncomfortable for defending women. I don't have to pretend porn is empowering, I don't have to defend trashy women who sleep with 11 men a week. I just overall don't relate with lib fems AT ALL, but I don't fit into the right wing crowd either. It was easy for me to get on board with radfem stuff because of that. I just was afraid for being attacked for not screaming "yas queen" at every mentally ill man in a dress or for a woman shoving vibrators up her cooch on live stream. I was afraid for being a stinky terf, but now I don't fucking care. I don't care how other anons perceive what I post, I know i have made some people upset here. Mainly sex workers tbh.
I know people here can be toxic with their nitpicking and the blatant mental illness that's rife with many here. But the groups I've joined on the friend finder thread have been so much fun. I find it hard to talk to people one on one and I barely really have friends in r/l so it's nice to at least have an online group to talk to about random stuff there. I probably use discord more than I use lolcow. But I will always enjoy the opportunity to say random shit into the abyss as a faceless person.
No. 600833
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lolcow has pink pilled me for sure. I met some people here on board that i've actually become friends with outside lolcow, which is so nice. I feel more direct about my opinions. I come here to lurk, relax and honestly, this site makes me happy. I love that it's a safe haven for majority female userbase. I've been on here at least 5 years and it really feels like a second home. Thank you fellow farmers and anons.
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I love lolcow. You bitches are consistent, even when my life isn't. I haven't made friends here, but I feel a similarities in views with posters here more than I do other sites. I've used imageboards for 16 years and counting, but this one will always be my favorite. There is a uniquely womanly cattiness here that just makes me feel at home.
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>>600954The cattiness is refreshing compared to the fucked up shit I see on other boards.
No. 600971
>>600954NTA but you never realize how much you can enjoy a slightly hostile tone until you go somewhere with passive aggressive niceness. fail-fandomanon is one example I can think of, a short period of browsing there and to this day I'm still
triggered by the word '
nonny'. I couldn't handle the fake polite arguments, just go off at each other if you want to! When it comes to talking shit about cows, sometimes it gets too nasty and nitpicky for my taste but it's better than being over moderated and censored.
Also, lolcow is just not that bad tbh. I've been places with the most aggressive, pointless wank and it's just the worst. Here it's a good balance of supportive and mean, often it's more like tough love and anons are still trying to help each other.
No. 600974
>>600954There's an honesty to cattiness. There's no ~uwu, you're my bestie and can do no wrong~(while still backstabbing you all the same).
There's the fact that we're an ingroup : we're catty, we know it, let's not pretend. We'll pick apart Moo but still give out relationship in /g.
There's also something wholesome about the cattiness in here. It's camaraderie, I think. Maybe anon will say some mean shit if I'm saying moronic stuff, but she'll also be there to pat me on the back in my worst moment (and in a genuine way, not in this bff gotta uplift gorls way).
Anyway. Love my catty bitches and I think I would really miss you all if lolcow went down.
No. 601125
Former pickme here, I would whore myself online for a crumb of e-dick. I hate how I used to do that. I was already emo but I indulged in the whole “alt gf” memes. Now I don’t really post myself online, I have an actual social life and due to shyness it’s kinda hard to be a hoe. I like it this way tho
I used to not really care about certain things and take them at face value, I drank the libfem koolaid and thought hoe=empowering, kinks are so amazing and everyone should try them, trans women are women, men can be feminists, sex work is work etc. When I first saw the PP/GC shit on here I was sort of overwhelmed but the more I read through, the more it started making sense. Now it’s so annoying to see it on social media, but I think more and more girls are leaning towards radical feminism. I see a post here and there saying “why do men like women small and hairless?”
Or “lesbians don’t have to suck dick” on twitter or tiktok. These posts are controversial but they still get a lot of likes and retweets .
I came here from PULL(which I wasn’t a user on, was just curious about Venus angelic) around 2 years ago. I love how real everyone on this site is because we’re not looking for updoots or anything of the sort. There’s no overly polite people who seem backhanded , as stated earlier itt when an anon is nice to you it’s not because she wants likes or whatever it’s real, I also like how we don’t play the pronoun shit, “yes she’s a sex offender but she is still a valid woman and we must respect her pronouns uwu” there’s no
“what happened to women supporting women”
“yasss sex work is real work get that bag”
One thing I don’t like is how bitter some PP women are I saw a post last year of some girl talking about her boyfriend in ot and some anon replied “ok have fun sucking nigel’s cock while he thinks about his favorite 15 year old Instagram model”
No. 601151
>>600181I was actually one of the anons caping for muh trutrans like 4 years ago here telling anons that transsexualism is ~real~ and ~proven by science~. You guys debated me to the ground, it hurt like hell to suffer through the cognitive dissonance but slowly I started to open my eyes and look at the issue with a more critical eye. The GC threads were especially helpful in my process. Thanks for that. Lolcow definitely pinkpilled me and I don't regret it.
>>600180The best thing about anonymity is that everyone is equal. You can't just block a person out of your echo chamber and send your cronies to attack them when you're losing an argument. You have to deal with them and their viewpoints without putting your fingers in your ears. Vice versa, you can say whatever you want and not be silenced for having an opinion challenging the status quo. On twitter every fucking discussion devolves into shit flinging and the original issue never gets addressed because of endless ad hominem arguments, in the end it's just about how many retweets and likes you can get out of a broad, provocative statement. Here you can't get clout based on your activity points or any kind of golden crown placed upon your head.
Anonymity has its problems and we have to deal with all sorts of mentally ill spergs samefagging and lying but still I would never give it up. It allows us to jump in a conversation much more easily because the stakes (i.e. your IRL reputation) aren't too high.
No. 601182
Lolcow has wasted so much of my time but I'm thankful the GC threads showed me I wasn't the only one in the forbidden gray area between TRA and transpobia. Having a anonymous chan space where we don't get tits or gfto'd is nice, too.
>>600005>I get anxiety posting>others get torn to shreds for no reasonIt's just words on a screen anon, it shouldn't scare you that much. If it's not fun for you to post here then maybe you would have a better time finding somewhere with a more gentle userbase? Find what makes you happy
No. 601240
>>60116730+ anon here too and I agree. I try to give out the advice the 23yo pickme-sexpositive-naive and easily abused would have really needed but never got because these places simply didn't existed.
Also, yeah. I'm 30+, where else to go? Fucking reddit? OldfamilyFB? Mommy blogs?
We grew up with board culture. Some of us have been used and abused by it. We've been told to show tits or fuck off so many times. We've been groomed. We only existed as holes and tits to show and now we're just fucking invisible. Now, we hit the wall and should hide in shame.
Fuck that, I'm going to give vagina advices, show funny feminists memes and laugh at troons. Board culture is my culture too and nobody is going to be able to make me go away.
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>>601240Wanna start a thread for older famers? To hang out and socialize.
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>>601325I would fuckin love that
No. 601381
>>600965Unrelated but I keep fucking cracking up at this image
>>600974Agree. Girls are always conditioned to be ~nice~ in all the spaces they exist and it's exhausting. It's like you can finally breathe at ease when you get to the intimacy level of being able to do catty gossiping with your new friend. Here you can just be a mean fucking bitch without having to worry about faces and it's so refreshing.
>>600993Why do these cunts always go to call peoples' employers? Because they can't handle the situation themselves they always need to get some authority involved? Fucking kids think they can just tattle to your employer like they were your parents instead of handling it personally like a grown ass adult.
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Lolcow made me more thickskinned and comfortable expressing my opinions. I’m cursed with extreme social anxiety while having a huge A type personality bitch sealed inside my heart like a nine tailed fox demon. I resented myself so much for being a quiet pushover who holds her tongue when she’s frankly disgusted by the conversations around her.
This is truely so embarrassing but when I first started posting and getting into argument, I’d get so assblasted I didn’t return to the thread for days kek I felt dumb and hated and paranoid. My opinions weren’t always right, that was part of why it was upsetting. But the anonymity encourages me to let my inner infight demon out, instead of making me clam up and self-conscious. This was so good for me as I learned to take things with a pinch of salt. I no longer feel personally attacked when proven wrong, I’m able to resist tunnel vision or the need to have the last word. I think I’ve grown considerably in the critical thinking and emotion management departments lol I can even neutrally disagree with seniors at work and make complaints when needed now. Years of therapy didn’t do this, lolcow did.
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I’m not all-out ‘anti trans’ but lolcow has made me feel bolder in discussing gendercrit stuff with even irl friends; cases like Yaniv etc and the need for nuance that the predominantly “all trans folx r uwu tender and perfect” discourse on Twitter and Insta just doesn’t allow the space for and you’re cancelled as soon as you dare to remind someone that sex and gender aren’t the same and that trans and cis people are different and it’s not transphobic not to want to fuck a trans person. Ok phew thanks for reading.
No. 601545
>>601520It always happens. Notice that like 1-2 new posts that add nothing to the discussion but bait about fathers and terfs popped up.
Next, we'll probably be seeing the word "femcel" thrown around in an accusatory manner. Every time.
No. 601546
>>601541Forgot to mention, this site was one of the many reasons I also deleted ALL my social media. Kind of happy I did it. Not that I am cow material, but it's like, you never know who's reading and watching your stuff.
>>601543Yea, thats the funny thing about the statement. I enjoy the drama, and I'm pretty sure a bunch of other users do too. I mean, this is a gossip site.
No. 601548
>>601528>>601530Yep. It's essentially just the female version of TRP and other mansophere ideologies. The hypocrisy of everyone involved in these communities is astounding. A lot of them are just young and lacking in self-awareness. I figure they'll come to their senses eventually, but who knows.
I'm glad more anons are speaking out against pink pill this here on lc. I've been avoiding this site as of late because the constant impulse-rage, paranoia and man-bashing is just getting annoying. You need extensive therapy if you genuinely believe that all men are inherently evil, and I say this as someone who was in a severely
abusive relationship with a misogynist for 6 years. This belief system isn't healthy and it ends up hurting you more than anyone else in the long run.
No. 601567
>>601548same here. I have a family history rife with abuse where men were both perpetrators and
victims and women were spineless, seemingly innocent enablers in the shadows. I suffered from unresolved baggage, black and white thinking and a hostile imagination for a long time but I like to think I'm wiser now. Cheers
No. 601589
Then I first started posting on lc I was borderline anti-sjw/altright and thankfully quickly got cured into a lite version of a radfem. I definitely waste too much time here, posting on anon is fun and addictive, it teaches people who are otherwise shy to also sometimes be a little "mean" and it's miles better than getting depressed by reading the misogynistic shitflinging on 4chan and kf. I already hated the way I looked beforehand, lc only gave me names for my problems (nasolabial folds kek). I'd like to say that I wouldn't take shit from any man in the future, so thanks for that. I'm the oldest amongst my siblings and can't really talk with my mom about any stuff regarding the female body, hygiene, beauty and so on, so being able to ask about this stuff here is also pretty helpful. Plus I guess my english improved a bit lol
Has it ever crossed anybody's mind that maybe it isn't that the userbase changed, but farmers as a collective became more pinkpilled as the time went by? 5 years ago there simply wasn't a need to be as defensive ("man in dress gross" was still the norm) but with the rise of tranny politics, porn addicts and incels into mainstream culture many women started educating themselves about these problems and thus feel the need for a space, an outlet for their frustration.
No. 601610
>>601604It's not paranoia when it's a realistic concern. We're not basing it on nothing, we have ample evidence of men being just as we feared and those men are often someone's brother/father/boyfriend. Obviously plenty of women would be right to worry.
I think we should give anons more credit. We're not dumb blind followers who will read a pink pill thread, automatically assume every man we know is secretly a woman hating pedo, then do something drastic like cut them out of our lives or attack them for being evil. Being cautious and yeah, maybe afraid, can keep us safe. Being more aware will make us open to seeing red flags. Ignorance might be bliss but I'd rather be prepared for the possibility that the patterns we observe in a majority of the population also apply to men I care about.
No. 601673
>>601604And those posts were extremely rare and anons got told off for being too paranoid. Same for the occasional "I'd abort a male baby/Males deserve to get raped" posts, immediately taken care of by mods.
The goal is not to be vary of every man, but simply to no longer take any shit from them. Your father/brother/bf spouts sexist shits but otherwise treats you well so technically he might not be that bad…bullshit. You don't deserve being surrounded by crap like this, you don't have to stay silent just because you love them, you need to learn to clap back otherwise nothing will ever change.
Same for the many anons ignoring too many red flags in relationships, it's good that other farmers give them a wakeup call. Women in general tend to be way too nice and forgiving, unlearn some of that. Men never give us the benefit of the doubt, they never ever took any shit from women either, so why is the opposite seen as so brutally radical?
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>>601729>a woman disagrees with me? this must actually be a man!Were you trying to prove her point, or?
No. 601909
>>601792I already do this. VPN, script blocker, anti-keylogger.
My "paranoia" lessened since I posted that, it's just a mood that comes and goes.
No. 604736
>>604726Hard relate.
Lolcow also helped me realize some
toxic traits and behaviors within myself. I'm now pretty self aware of these things and have been working changing them.
No. 610157
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I started to browse Lolcow 5 years ago. I think I stumbled onto this place looking for drama about an e-celeb couple on Youtube that literally nobody even cares about anymore. Over the years, the site has changed a lot aside, and the board culture has changed drastically. While this site has given a lot of laughs and entertainment through 5 years (the Mystery/Kotori drama thing was the best in my personal opinion), I've realized that Lolcow gave me one thing that I really don't like: I am, or was, in a parasocial relationship with all of these e-celebs and seriously caring and following them, and I've gained so much information about these people that has little to no benefit to me knowing about it, considering I know everything about Luna Slater that couldn't impress a normal, functioning human being not exposed to the world of cows. It's devolved from psychoanalyzing these people and trying to understand what made them this to obsessively nitpicking and caring about some literal-who sex worker. Lolcow made me a parasocial human being.
On the bright side, none of the cows are remotely entertaining or fun anymore for me to care and I've grown too attached to this board and the "female being the default" thing, especially since people on 4chan and other imageboards are so hostile and focused on "irony", and especially unnecessarily hostile to women.
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I honestly think I'd be a NEET still if I hadn't found lc and had continued browsing 4chan. Realizing how much I didn't want to end up like certain cows was like a kick in the ass for me. its also helped me with my body image believe it or not. Especially frequenting the Anisa threads. My body is similar to hers and seeing people shit on her looks made me realize that someone is always going to have some stupid shit to say about your body, and all you can do is focus on self-improvement and accept that you only get one flabby meat mech to pilot in this life and you just have to make the best of it.
No. 619893
>>619826Like an irl gf or an online one?
Also who here wants to wife me? lol
No. 636915
Since coming to LC, I’ve become more anti-porn, more confident about being gendercrit irl, and overall more pro-woman than I thought I was. I thought being an SJW/libfem was the way and forced myself to outwardly agree with things that I frankly never did, like being pro-porn and sexual liberation, TRA with elevating black trans women over all, etc. now I realize that’s all hooey, and even though there may be a place for those things (since no one deserves to die and female sexual liberation is a good thing, of course), they don’t take precedence over real women and their suffering. Human trafficking and child porn aren’t worth the uwu support my OnlyFans, sex workers are valid, if you don’t like porn you’re a vanilla prude-shaming, and putting black men over all women, especially black women who are the most marginalized in the US, helps no on. Sorry if this is rambly, I’m just quite happy to have found a space where I could grow confident in the things I’ve always felt were more important but controversial for some reason.
No. 639726
>>599763Lolcow got me over my lovesick phase that sort of ruined my early 20s. Was crushing on or dating emotionally
abusive men and was constantly hoping for them to "understand". Lolcow relationship advice and vent threads helped me finally realize that they do understand, it's just they don't give a shit.
I don't hate men but nowadays I see that a lot of men my age are perpetual selfish children and it's useless to waste your energy to teach them how to be adult at this point.
Meanwhile I have managed to build my self confidence and am able to focus my energy on education while balacing it with my full time job. Also I am enjoying my female friendships much much more.
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Lolcow has made me dislike my boobs (body in general, mostly the boobs and asymmetrical face tho). It never occurred to me that they’re too saggy but since seeing all the saggy boob talk on lolcow, I’ve started to feel pretty self-conscious about them.
No. 639755
I know we've said this a million times by now but Lolcow really made me appreciate women on a whole new level. A lot of bitches here are insightful, intelligent and funny as shit and I believe it's because we're anonymous and allowed to be ourselves unfiltered. A lot of women have to put on an act in social situations so they don't get to shine like they deserve to.
>>639749>>639754A good share of them
are scrotes though, they constantly get banned for thirstposting in thot cow threads. I agree about the breast/vagina/other looks nitpicks because they're bordering on psychotic obsession but they're made by fellow mentally ill camwhores who are projecting and immensely jealous of the cow and want to run them to the ground just to feel a bit better about themselves.
No. 639791
>>639749bitch. go back to the melanie martinez thread and tell me these even look the same. i
know that's why you're so caught up.
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I finally quit smoking and part of the reason was because of the Vic thread. Yes, I always knew it was a terrible habit, but most of my friends/coworkers smoke and it was always normalized and accepted. I was so dumb for falling into that "social smoker" trap and it became an addiction in no time.
All the pics of Vic's black gums and her attempts at looking edgy with a cig in hand finally got through to me that I needed to quit and take better care of my health. I'm truly grateful.
If anyone else is trying to quit, take a look at her thread for a PSA on why smoking isn't cool. You can do it anons!
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Now this is a bit weird but the state of shay and how it gets worse, motivated me to start working out and eating better. I used to follow her but I find her boring these days, so when I check on her once in a while, it really shocks me how fast she gained weight and since I also got here and there a bit of chub, I told myself to get my up and do something about it. It is also something I've read in many other threads where cows just get fatter but do nothing about even when they feel bad about it and I did not wanted to feel the same way about myself. Now it's been a few months and I lost weight and got fit, eat better and and do therefore mentally much better because working out also helps me with to deal with stress.
I also agree with other anons here about realizing and dealing with shitty behavior from guys, being critical about the trans movement and just find some people here and there sharing the same interests with you and just sperg a bit about it with them.
No. 640917
>>640831Same, lolcow taught me that it’s not of worth creating art for the sake of becoming famous and that doing so is tedious and useless.
And vocaloid fandom is retarded.
No. 643050
>>643046It
is a scrote. Pretty sure there's a raid going on at the moment.
No. 643097
>>642995>>643046>>643050>>643067Yeah, I'm almost 100% sure it's a scrote. Probably an underage one at that.
>"juicy gossip… you bitches got tea with receipts!">"become a little more jaded">"laugh out loud or gasp">"the toxic radiation this site oozes"These make it sound like it's either a 50-year-old woman or a scrote who's trying to sound like some drama channel stan on Twitter.
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>>643067This is my fav recent example lmao. Obviously us females constantly address each other as 'girl' and discuss how we want to suck scrote dick together.
No. 652573
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i found this website through the celebricows thread of all things and stuck around because i was obsessed w/imageboards as a teen but hated how hostile they were to women so I never posted anything (probably good as a teenage girl in retrospect). this is the one of the only places on the internet that is explicitly and uncompromisingly for women-only. There's such a relief knowing i won't have to sift through hundreds of irrelevant male opinions to discuss life as a woman with other women.
positively, i think this website and the anonymous aspect has been really refreshing. i like that there's no points/voting system and that clout chasing and attention-whoring are actively discouraged rather than rewarded like most social platforms. lolcow also made me realize i'm not nearly as much of a crazy/scary/weird mess as I thought I was, which definitely gave me a bit more of a boost of self-esteem. also, the anonymity aspect of posting has really kept my ego in check off-site and i find myself being more mindful about my non-anon social media – seeing what gets posted here of other people's milk makes me want to keep a lowkey presence.
in terms of negatives, i would say that i am aware of the annoying things about the people around me ngl… esp. hanging out with people with cow-ish tendencies and traits. most of my social circle is sjw-types and ngl i'd probably be branded terf 4 life and excommunicated forever if they found out i posted here. strange that i feel less judged by the cyberbullying website than by my own social circle. kek oh well.
lolcow: come for the jameela jamil munchie's receipts, stay for the community.
No. 661620
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I thought I was open-minded before, but even more so after this site. I also became more opinionated lol if that makes sense.
LC made me realize why the preachy woke trend rubs me the wrong way. And like many anons said before, it made me resent trannies, who I didn't give a shit about before. Especially now that they're praised a lot online for doing the bare minimum and being disgusting. Same goes for the deathfats who get supported as well, who do nothing but complain and get asspats.
Lurking here made me realize all the shit women get, and how sexist the media is, that I, again, also payed no attention to before. This site made me less insecure after reading lots of threads about plastic surgery and how so many people deny it, and seeing anachans post ridiculous things. This website made me proud to be a woman, not that I wasn't proud before kek, but it just made me feel… empowered in a way. Kinda dramatic, but it's the truth.
The media boards are fun to read and farmers are witty and hilarious. LC is just a fun site where you can enjoy and be real without stupid woke pandering and I that's why I like it so much.
No. 663595
>>661620Ironically, I feel like imageboards have made me more tolerant. They've made me realize how important it is for people to explore their own feelings and ideas without having their names or any physical/cultural attributes ascribed to them and to accept those values, to a point.
This might be a faux-pas, but I'll admit that I lurk kf and lc a lot, but I don't really post. I honestly can't 100% comprehend how to be so invested in other people that I could really participate in the conversation in a meaningful way, but I find other people's interests and distatstes very interesting. Maybe I'm a genuine narcissist or a sociopath or something that I don't really care to gossip myself, but I still respect and admire the people who do.
No. 663755
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I wouldn't say I have experienced "life changing" stuff here,but it's one of the few places online nowadays that kinda feel like "home".I found lolcow through a first April's fools day 3-4 years ago,when PULL's and lolcow's domains redirected to the opposite site.I never used imageboards bf till then(and maybe it was for the best having read anons' experiences with 4chan) and I liked the anonymity and the fact there are rules about blogposting on specific boards.I was taken aback by the lack of PCness here but then I realised people were bending their backs not to sound "problematic" in other sites.
Even though people can be extremely mean on this website,I usually avoid it and stay on topics that I find comfy or just nice to browse through since I'm mostly a lurker.I like there's variety of topics on boards like /g/,/m/ and /ot/ (IM SO HAPPY /OT/ IS BACK DONT NUKE IT PLEASE) and I've learned things I wouldn't otherwise from reading stuff from anons.Also it feels nice to vent in some threads and even the possibility of some anon reading and being like "shit are you me?" makes me feel less alone sometimes.The fact that we are mostly women here and can relate to each others experiences as women is also comforting to me.
Also, reading anon's experiences and the PP and GC threads(RIP),I understood how the whole trans thing can be wrong and my distaste of men grew.Not that I will avoid and detest every man like some anons have said they do,but I do have enough negative experiences with men to justify me feeling this way and knowing exactly why.I don't NEED to justify behaviour of shitty men especially when a man wouldn't even try to get into my shoes.
tl;dr : came for the gossip,stayed for the non-gossip boards.
No. 684226
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I just explained the concept of lolcow.farm to my mom
I said something like
"Mom, I like going to this forum where we gossip and make fun of people, it's an all women community and we can talk about anything"
and she said
"Wow that's so cool! Making fun of people is fun!"
She also said that the cow motif is really cute.
I think she likes lolcow as much as I do lol
No. 684340
>>599737I’m tired of the rest of the world expecting me to be perfect: perfectly kind, perfectly accepting, perfectly tolerant. I am simply not that way at all. I’m so full of spite and venom and autism and anywhere else i go on the internet I’ll just be bullied for being a retard femcel or cancelled for being a
problematic terf. This site rules its so much better than Reddit for advice. I love the humour of the board too. Can’t really remain interested in a snow or or thread for more than 5 mins though.
No. 684371
>>684361I guess I'll continue to fly under the radar then.
>>684363I don't think weight loss helps them, but I'm sure it's not as bad as you think.
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>>684398Yeah, it's not full on wrinkling yet. It's just losing fat in that spot like picrel. I don't like change.
No. 707999
I used to be a cow in the making. I would act erratically online, use mentall illness as my excuse for everything, act like an immature retard in general. I stopped taking college classes and spent all day smoking and online, all my money on weed, food, trendy clothing, etc. I started reading /snow/ and realized i acted similarly to these cows sometimes, not as extreme but i was definitely a cow in the making. i really reevaluted my whole life, understood my immaturity and delusional behaviour, and i was done making excuses for my sad life. i chilled with the smoking, went back to college, pretty much got off social media, lost a lot of weight (stopped binge eating after seeing dollymattel threads), exercised and left the house each day and started working on my future. i'm not going to be like those fucking losers, and i realized how gross and cringey it was to act like that. i am very thankful for this website for basically showing me i was becoming a complete loser.
No. 728039
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I knew of lolcow for a long time because i lurked pull when i was a young teen so i could get more pictures of girls i thought were really cute, i lolcow was this like scary mean unmoderated corner of the internet, but i still found a lot of stuff funny and lurked here. fast forward a few years later and i start using 4chan, some particularly awful boards which i regret deeply. i was a huge pickme for many years up until i started regularly using and posting here last year, like i used to be all about that ~hating women i'm not like the other girls i only have guy friends~ bullshit and i'm so glad and thankful this site opened my eyes to how retarded and cringe i was being. and i literally hate most men now so yea
No. 728057
>>728007Keep fucking going
nonny you're doing great
No. 782563
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Helped me feel confident having my own opinions, to be grateful to hear other women's unfiltered words, opened my eyes to a lot of things, I learn from the cow threads how not to end up and what some people are like out there. I think it helped me become wiser to the world that way, because most of us start out super naive. Also, I really have lolcow to thank for helping with some of my mental issues. It helped me stop feeling so sorry for myself (still working on it) and see things as they are. Anons pretty much say it like it is with what helped them recover and what you need to do in this world, so I'm really grateful.
I will say though that the internet in general messes with brains. It's addictive and I think I've gotten kinda mean using lolcow, more judgmental. In a way it's good because you need judgment to know what decisions are good or bad, but obviously it's not good to be mean and negative. I'm gonna try distancing from lolcow, I think, because it's really not how I want to be as a person. Also as much good as there is in this site, its poor reputation has truth to it and I'm not proud of myself for associating. Still I'll always be glad for the good things here, and not gonna stop hanging out here completely. Not sure I can stop much anyway but I'm gonna try to wean off. We'll see, anyway love you! I get really warm feelings toward posters here even when they are rude to me lol
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The good: I found lc while recovering from the sjw life - I would literally wake up in a cold sweat after a nightmare wherein I'd misspeak on twitter and get dogpiled/abandoned by everyone who knew me (yes I realize there are some underlying mental health issues in there, but anyway) - so it became a really relaxing place for me. I've become much more chill after reading so many opinions different from mine and instead of immediately thinking "this person is being malicious" I found myself thinking "this person is living a life different from mine, let it teach you something and then let it go" and I've found that so freeing. I think that's one good thing about anonymous forums, tbh (I was never a channer); over here it does not fucking matter if I post something and someone loudly disagrees, they literally do not know who I am.
The bad: I've slowly come to realize that I've been using lc to replace friendship. i.e., in the evening after work I come here to "hang out", log whatever passing thought I wish, respond to anons and laugh with them, etc. The pandemic hasn't been great as I've slowly drifted away from my irl friends, so rather than report to them what I think of so-and-so event or celeb, I go here. I think that's enough of a sign that I need to limit my time here, but since I have nothing healthier to replace it with atm I don't really know what to do.
>>782563Big hugs,
nonny. I think we're in practically the same boat and hope we both get the hell outta here in the ways that we wish!
No. 782865
>>782805>>782563Aw I love these posts. I love knowing that lc girls are lovely and introspective and highly emotionally intelligent, when we’re not chimping out. I feel much the same way.
>>782834I’m proud of u Bpd-chan
No. 1203547
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>Have you experienced any heartwarming, life changing, amazing moments on this site?
I think most of the amazing and heartwarming moments I've experienced in this website have been thanks to the introduction of movie nights and the draw boards. I'm thankful for the people who created those opportunities for us and keep being around.
>Have you made friends? Has your life changed? Has your worldview changed?
I think my worldview has definitely changed for the better. I'm happy u found this place and I'm glad for the good and funny moments between nonnies. This community is very cool atm.
>Have you experienced the opposite?
I used to be super paranoid and think I was no better than the cows of this website, honestly. But instead I found myself becoming a better person.
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I love watching unhinged anons go on about whatever. I think it’s cute and fun watching women talk about stuff. I don’t care much for most cows so I love to just watch anons shitpost or complain.
No. 1203849
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I think as with a lot of users, LC peaked me, but that's not the most significant change I've had because of this website. The movie room has had a big impact on me. I'm a certain nona, and spending time taking care of the room and chatting with you anons has really improved my life. I used to feel constantly alone and worthless, but having these regular events where we all get together and share things we love, I finally feel like I'm a part of a community. I've never found this kind of vibe anywhere else. The anons who attend the movie room are truly special women. All of you are so kind, fun to talk to, and have amazing taste in music and film. My confidence has improved, my mood has improved, and honestly as dramatic as it sounds, it's kept me alive. These last couple years have been the hardest of my life, but dedicating time I have to organizing this stuff helps me get out of bed. I've made friends through LC that I talk to every single day, I've gained penpals, I have a place I can come to for advice and support or even a little kick in the pants if I'm being particularly retarded that day. I can't put into words just how much you anons mean to me, just know that I love you and I love LOLCOR.
No. 1204177
>>599737I have had a really tough time with
toxic friends and chasing men that don’t deserve my time recently. But coming here, laughing at stupid shit has genuinely been a highlight of my day. That and, been struggling with my body issues. Realised a lot of that came from my weight, clocked similar weight to Shayna. Decided to get into gym and healthy eating. Finally starting to like myself again. ♥
No. 1211720
I think i have only been here for around 2-3 years but i credit this site for being the place where i have found some really good friends from the friend finder thread, especially after a long stint for being a horribly lonely recluse. I also appreciate that lolcow is one of the only places on the internet where i feel like a lot of my opinions are appreciated and there are a lot of women here who can relate to my experiences.
>>1203588I feel like this too. It actually makes me feel good when women my age mid 20s+ have the same hobbies as me. A lot of women my age make me feel like children when I am near them since i have a lot of childish interests and don't really give a fuck about mundane normie shit like relationships or families. I really used to think that becoming an adult woman meant that you suddenly became the most stale and lifeless person and it was the main reason why i was scared of aging.
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I stopped being an edgy weak handmaid memed into hating other women when I got humbled by greater autism rivaling mine. You earned my respect.
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outside of being a source of entertainment or a vent dump, the only good thing it’s done is make me care less about other people’s opinions. like after getting into about a million zillion infights i’ve realized that once someone decides they don’t like something, they’ll bend the world into knots to justify that dislike. rarely is there any logic or sense to it. and often, their opinions are hypocritical. so what’s the point of arguing unless you’re (i’m)
>not particularly heated about the topic and are just viewing it as internet tennis
>bored
>are needing to work some anger/crazy out from irl and you understand nothing that happens here matters
No. 2239989
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LC has been my home for a few years now. I have received some of the best advice from my vents, TV show/book/movie recommendations, and generally pleasant interactions with other anons. It’s one of the only places I feel like I can talk to other women like me. I love my nonnys even if they tell me I’m a retard, my days are genuinely better having this place in my life and I am happy to be here
No. 2314112
I have seen beautiful moments of human connection here
But also I had to stop coming here so regularly after it turned me into a very angry and scared person.
Whenever I come back to this site after a long time I laugh because some users here are so obsessed with shoehorning their hatred of trans people into literally everything, just go outside, you won't see many of them>>2293941Stay away if you can, or use this site in moderation and stay out of the threads like News That's Fucks With You or snow threads that are just nitpicking looks instead of real milk
A surprise month of Hellmas is now in effect. For the rest of the month of December, VPN posting will be banned.