Hi everyone , byebye here,im pretty much of a lurker, with being on and off here,as a matter of fact someone suggested that my name should be HI-BYE !(sorry that i forgot your name , we chatted privately).
Anyway, something that i saw this week got  me thinking,there was a flood somewhere in baltimore (this week?)ELLICOTT CITY,Md. was the place?well the heading of the article was :

                 AFTER PAIR OF1-IN1000 YEAR FLOODS ,A TOWN SEEKS SAFEGAURDS
"The deadly flash flood that devastated  a maryland towns historic center in july '16 was dubbed  a 1-in1000 year event.(meaning this type of flood happens every 1000 years)Yet less than 2 years later,another treacherous flood again ravaged the town ,etc..."

wait a second , where did i hear that before , 1 in a 1000 years a flood happens?hey didnt they say that after the mabul, that every 1000 years (or 2000 is it?)there will be a flood, so lets make this HUGE tower (to hold up the sky ?did i see that reason somewhere?)meaning "AFTER A  1 -IN 1000 YEAR FLOOD A TOWN (BAVEL)  SEEKS SAFEGAURDS"meaning that they didnt attribute the mabul to the doings of Hashem due to thier aveiros,they said its the  nature that the sky should leak and fall every 1000 years,uh oh,isnt that what they are saying NOW?
well first of all , who said this city is sinful at all?
WELL LETS READ FURTHER ,

"FLOODING IS HARDLY NEW FOR HISTORIC ELLICOTT CITY,A ONETIME HOME TO MILL WORKERS THAT TRANSFORMED INTO A TOURIST HUB KNOWN FOR ITS RESTAURANTS ,ANTIQUE SHOPS, AND NIGHTLIFE.THERE WAS .." 

W- A -I- T    A     M-I-N-U-T-E !
NIGHTLIFE?UH  OH ,well what does this have to do with us? maybe it could be a spur to us along the lines of 

"AYN PURONIYAS BO LIOLAM, ELA BISHVIL YISROEL-HASHEM DOESNT SEND MISFORTUNE TO THIS WORLD, ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF YISROEL"

and Rashi explains"in order to cause yidden to be afraid and do teshuva"

well we know that the mabul came because of znus/zera livatala, maybe we can take a musar haskil from this  unfortunate tragedy and do Teshuva for our sins in this matter.
Hatzlacha!

good morning everyone! i just wanted to say that a gadol once said,that its  worth to say a dvar chizuk even if only one  person is listening, and even if that one person is the speaker himself! well when i went to bed last night ,i got an urge to do something in bed!i never do that BH,not since i was a bachur,anyway i told myself,you just posted something about a tradgedy ,AND NOW YOURE GOING TO DO THIS?!and BH  i fell asleep clean! thank you gye for establishing such a program where people can get and give chizuk to each other ,i hope you should continue to do your important work with menuchas hanefesh w/o worries of fund raising! 
by the way about the strong opinion of that i said about that flood , im just saying over a thought that i heard chashuv and not so chashuv people say about the flood in new orleans  10(?) years ago,people said new orleans is/was a place KNOWN for not nice things ,so i think what i wrote does have a basis, especialy when the same article mentioned the fact that it attained a nightlife which everyone knows goes the oppisite of kedusha.
kol tuv and a good Shabbos to all!

What is nightlife like in Ellicott City, MD?

Chuck Holbrook

It's a suburb with very little walk ability to entertainment places. Unless your talking about old ellicott city off Main Street, which is a very small portion of the town, your night life will largely be filled with taking care of your small children.

aw shucks you mean i could have acted out guiltlessly last night?! anyway i dont regret not   acting out .Thank G-D.
youre saying that it has no nightlife ,the news article that i read said it DOES have a nightlife so...
be well.

@byebye Are you and "ieeyc" the same person?
You're the same age and your unique posts/writing style are really similar, if not identical.

byebye wrote on 01 Jun 2018 15:40:

on the other hand ,trouble,there has been alot of fake news going around so maybe YOURE right 

byebye wrote on 01 Jun 2018 20:33:

Ip addresses are generally accurate.

comon!

byebye wrote on 01 Jun 2018 20:42:

And if it eithere whats the difference? Perhaps we yidden ought to have no time for either to matter to us. Especially coming from random strangers. Correct? 

Is karma a big thing to you, perhaps?

lets not mess up this thread please .

BB,
Regarding the topic of IP addresses being a reliable source, IP addresses are used in child pornography cases. There are anomalies for example using a public wifi, however here there is other evidence to support the claim. Number 1 being your very unique writing style.

Just some points to highlight.

You signed up about 2 weeks ago:

We missed that "first, shy, embarrassed to post", post which is pretty standard among newcomers.

How do you know about iyeec, and other users? Did you really manage to read through and follow so many old posts, in such a short period of time.

By the way, Can you please share with me how to hide the karma from being displayed? I know someone who was trying to achieve that.

Really this whole discussion if you have posted in the past as iyeec or not, is a moot point. I don't think it is relevant and let's leave bygones to be bygones. I highly doubt the mods take the time to sift through every user and check ip addresses.

I think what is relevant is why was iyeec banned? and are you following in his footsteps?

I am a regular user and I cannot claim to profess to know the reason iyeec was banned. I do know that he has been flaunting the rules, which one of them clearly states that people were banned for it.

The forum is a safe place that people can use to share their most intimate thoughts and emotions. It is a stepping board to actually opening up to real people. Some people have a hard time just posting their struggles even though they are using anonymous names. They shouldn't need to also worry that someone will disparage their statements.
The forums has rules in place like not causing arguments or attacking other people's methods especially SA and 12 steps.

There is also the unofficial decorum which is prevalent here. People come here to share their trials and tribulations, some offer an encouraging word, others just lend a listening ear. No one here is in the mood for a mussar schmooze or for the fire and brimstones burn in hell lectures. The people that are helped with those lectures tend not to frequent GYE. Torah is absolutely acceptable here. These putting down speeches are not.

You posted a lengthy "torah" on the chat last night, Why was it necessary to attack the "Letting go and letting God" philosophy, Do you think it is not jewish? Perhaps ask a Rov first what he holds of that.

I've heard of a few different types of mussar movements. One focused on גדלת הבורא, others focused on שפלת עצמו, I haven't yet heard of one which focuses on שפלת אחרים,  perhaps it is some new-age mussar movement I'm not aware of.

The best usage of the forums is to be honest and share about oneself. Share what works or doesn't work for oneself.
Not project one's opinions on others. Or try to convince others of "eternal truths".

Are you willing to be a participant of the forums? or, Are you here to preach the punishments of masturbation and porn? or, perhaps just to raise a ruckus here?

good points by lk, no ruckus making here please

I can't see your IP so I have no way of knowing for sure if you are ieeyc, but I just realized how ironic it is that your thread is called "IS HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF?"

byebye wrote on 03 Jun 2018 22:13:


also, if this is true than maybe that "person from gye" should vouch for you here and put this whole thing to rest.