I love PSP. I really do. I've been making sigs for almost 5 years now and i just love it, it relaxes me and it always makes me smile to create a new tag, either for myself or one of the many people who request them at my forum.
However, i've noticed lately that the PSP community is being plagued with jealousy, bitchniness, backstabbing and general nastiness.
People are being abused for their own opinions on when to release holiday scrap kits, others are being accused of theft and/or piracy, others are being sabotaged and accused of all manner of things for wanting to so things THEIR way.
It's ALL bullshit.
I rarely say anything about this as i don't feel it is my place to, especially when it comes to scrap designers etc (i can barely make a damn flower in PSP let alone a whole kit). However, i've been on the receiving end of this crap recently. I decided to start teaching PSP in my forum and was accused of sending spies into another teaching room to steal their lessons etc. This never happened as i didn't even know this person was taking classes with this other room. And i'd love to know how i "stole" anything when i'm writing the lessons myself!!
Now i realise the PSP community is female oriented. We ALL know this. And we all know that we women can be bitches at times, some more than others. But isn't there enough room for ALL of us??? Of course some of us may have personal issues with another sig designer or another scrapkit designer, we're HUMAN and aren't designed to get along with everyone we meet, although that would be nice.
People hurt each other, and do things they shouldn't, but most of us don't go around slandering, namecalling and trying to run others into the ground with our personal shit. There are many of us who read the blogs, or the forum boards, shake our heads and move along. We bite our tongues and try to elevate ourselves above the bitchiness.
The internet is a BIG place ladies. Each of us here have our own little spot where we can do our own thing, why let the nastiness and lets face it, jealousy, get in the way of what WE are trying to accomplish?? Why are people being slandered just because they have an opinion that they posted on their OWN blog? Are we now to become sig/scrap designing robots with no thoughts or feelings of our own???
I'd like to see the day when all of us in the PSP community can get along, help each other out and generally just be nice to each other. I am doubtful it shall happen though. It's a sad reality but one i am learning to face.
Just yesterday i opened my second PSP based chat room where i fully intend to teach PSP the way i want to, using lessons i've written myself and am going to have fun with it. But how many bullets shall i have to dodge just to do that? I've already noticed that people from this other room have been over to look at it and gawk and try to accuse me of more shit. And the room is only just over 24 hours old.
My message is simple. For a lot of us, this is simply a hobby. Something to do when the weather's bad, or when we're bored or feeling a little stressed and need to relax. For many others, it's a way to pay those monthly bills that keep coming no matter how much we pray that they'll miraculously stop. There are countless other reasons for why we in the PSP community do what we do. But in reality it all comes down to the same thing. WE LOVE WHAT WE DO.
Whichever one of these two groups you are in, please understand that beyond your screen there is a real person; a person who has feelings, thoughts and a brain, just like you. Just as you can rant and rave and slander and bitch, we have choices. We can STOP the crap altogether. We can battle through the bullshit and try to enjoy the one thing we ALL have in common. We can turn off our computers, take a walk, get over the latest spat of bitching and come back stronger than ever. Or we can simply quit.
This endless nastiness is turning what was once a fun, enjoyable and relaxing thing to do into a freaking nightmare. Every day i log into my chat rooms and hope i havent been sabotaged, slandered or bitched about. I shouldnt have to do that. And neither should any of you.
To those of you being affected negatively by any bitchiness, nastiness etc, ladies i feel for you, and am here for any of you should you wish to chat or vent or cry or scream.
To those of you doing the backstabbing, and slandering and bullshitting...
KARMA IS A BITCH
