From the Fucking Bears… thread in the Pit. Now posting in ATMB because I’m not flaming anyone…
A good flame, but I don’t think you understood me. With all due consideration, please allow me to clarify my position, seeing as I was the first one to shit in this thread.
I honestly and sincerely did not know what the hell was being discussed. So it turns out that it’s football. It was not immediately obvious based on the thread title (thanks, Stinkpalm), nor upon reading the OP (thanks, Sarahfeena), nor reading the first dozen or so posts. It was, to someone who doesn’t know much about the game, an utterly and thoroughly confusing topic.
Furthermore, it’s in the Pit. Y’all are politely discussing the finer aspects of a sport, which is more along the lines of a Cafe topic. They way the thread was carrying on, I was beginning to wonder when you were going to break out the tea cakes and evening jackets. I thought I’d do something to bring the favor of the thread more in line with the Pit, and make a joke at the same time. If the thread was in Cafe Society, I would not have posted as I did.
Was my post inappropriate? Perhaps. Obviously, it was not popular. Was it intended to smugly condescend? Hell no. The irony is, those accusing me of doing so (thanks, Windchill) were themselves smugly assuming that people knew what the hell they were discussing, on the basis of some celebrity’s last name in the OP. Because, you know, everyone knows who Grossman is, and those who don’t are white tower elite snobs. …Right.
Do I look down on people who want to discuss their favorite sport? Nope. Do I casually walk up to people discussing sports and interrupt them with fart jokes? Nope. Do I seek out random sports threads and troll through them? Nope.
Do I apologize? Not really, no. I will if asked, but seeing as how the shouting was going on in the Pit, I’m not entirely sure if anyone’s actually upset - that’s what the Pit is for. I don’t really feel an apology is warranted, unless or until someone lets me know they feel they deserve one.
I mis-read a thread, and got flamed for it in the Pit - fair enough. I just wanted to be sure I was understood.
There, I’ve said my piece.