Allright, Who hates CnoteChris

The BBQ Pit
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This may sound like an odd request, but I’m getting more and more curious.

How many people have I pissed off on this board? Personally, I think a couple, well, maybe more. But I have no idea.

I guess this is a two part question.

The reason I ask is because of a number of threads I’ve run accross lately that are about ‘Who on the board do you want to date?’, ‘Who do you want to meet?’, or ‘I’m dying to see you’, blah, blah, blah.

Are you interested in inviting others into this brotherhood of yours that you’ve created?

To me, at least, you seem to ignore those who you don’t consider themselves to be a part of your ‘click’. You push the others towards the back of the line.

Ironically, this might be how many of you have been treated in the past, but you don’t seem to show much sympathy towards these people now. Interesting.

I’m not saying I’m sad that I’m not apart of this kind of lovefest. I’m not. It’s the hypocrasy that gets me.

What makes you start some of these threads to begin with? If you realized how many people you hurt when you do these kinds of threads, I’d think you’d stop. But you don’t. The same twelve or thirteen people come up time and time again, leaving a couple thousand of us out in the dark, feeling like we’re nothing but a bunch of followers. As of 7:30 pm., central time, 9/1/00, the “Who would you like to date” thread has attracted 1352 views and 84 responses.

Do you actualy think they are all the one’s who have been mentioned? No. I think there people who wanted to be mentioned but were left out. Why would your group of intellegent posters’ want to inflict that type of damage upon others?

I’m sorry gang, I wasn’t a follower then, and I won’t be a follower now. Include me, exclude me, but I’ll always have an input on these boards. But realize you leave many of us out when you start favorite threads of posters and whatnot that only servers to rub the ego of your fellow posting buddies and yourselves.

I wish you’d consider some of the feelings of others when you post those kind of messages.

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If it makes you feel better I loathe you with every fiber of my being and care very much what happens to you. I want to see you brutally raped by a roving gang of kangaroos.

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FWIW, I can’t recall a single one of those types of threads in which I’ve been mentioned. And I couldn’t care less. And my feelings aren’t hurt. And there are people on the boards that I would consider friends.

I just tend not to do much socializing on the boards. If I’m in the mood for that, I go to chat, or even do something IRL. From what I’ve seen, people that like posting in those kinds of threads tend to get mentioned in those kinds of threads. I say, whatever floats your boat. Nothing to get worked up over. YMMV.

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If it makes you feel worse I am indifferent to you with every fiber of my being and don’t care very much what happens to you. I don’t want to see you brutally raped by a roving gang of kangaroos.

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I am truly touched. ::sniff::

oldscratch, I’ll assume your kidding unless you tell me how and when I pissed you off.

To the others- I think there’s many 'o people out there who share in my opinion.

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Smeghead-

Neither did I. My own ‘id’ kicked in and I checked to see if I was mentioned, I wasn’t.

It didn’t devastate me. But it did make me wonder. What’s the point of these posts to begin with? If it’s not ‘clicky’ than what the Hell is it?

I mean, what purpose do they serve?

They end up making people feel bad that their not included.

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I don’t know what a click has to do with anything. But dammit, I agree about some of the posters are in a bit of a clique. Ignore them. Don’t worry about it. It makes you lose sight of what we’re really here for. To eradicate ignorance.

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As far as I know, I’ve never been mentioned in any of these threads–nobody here wants to meet me, or date me, or elect me Governor, or anything else. But these threads are a bunch of people playing–I don’t see any harm in it. Anybody who is hurt by not being on those lists can go start their own list. (The People Nobody Wants To Meet list, perhaps. Be a hell of a big list if you list everybody not mentioned in the other list, though.)

There are ways to be popular around here, if you’re the sort to do them–they aren’t hard to figure out. (I’m not going to enumerate them–it would sound insulting, and despite being in the Pit that isn’t my intention.) Anybody who wants to be popular can do them; anybody who doesn’t do them should refrain from complaining that they’re not popular.

As for hating you, Cnote, I don’t…but I’d probably paya C-note to watch you get brutally raped by a roving gang of kangaroos, if oldscratch can arrange it. (No wonder I’m not popular.)

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78 views and 7 responses. 2:00 a.m. Fri. eve…

I’m going to keep this fucker towards the top until someone answers my question.

Come on, are you afraid to answer? Your obviously looking at it, is it hitting too close to home?

Give an answer, any answer.

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Well, if you do keep posting to your own Pit thread just to bump it, it is bound to piss someone off. Not me, but someone, I am sure. Was that the point?

By the way, I was never mentioned in any of the Who do you Love threads that I ever read, but then almost no one in MPSIMS has ever heard of me. The fact is that I often don’t get answers to my posts, and sometimes it makes me feel . . . [insert the name of the emotion you feel in grade school when the sports teams are picked and you know you are going last.] like that. But then, someone got a wild hair about something I said in a Great Debate, not long ago, and folks came out of the woodwork telling this guy I was cool, and what the hell was he jumping on me for. Yeah, it felt good too. (Thanks, guys, by the way.)

The people I like the least, not just posters I disagree with, but people who just display the character traits I find personally despicable are pretty rare, but my answer to them is the page down key. I am never going to be able to read every word posted on this board, and if I have to select someone to ignore, it’s going to be the fuckwads I don’t like. I indulge myself, and after a while, I don’t hate them, I just don’t remember them.

Of course, that is not going to get me mentioned in the “Who gets your knickers wet?” thread. I’ll deal with it.

Tris

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Well, honey my darlin’, I’d like to meet you, or date you, but I don’t think I’d be voting for you for governor until I had some factual evidence to indicate that you would be a good one. Governor, that is.

About this date, darlin’-where and when?

Scotti :slight_smile:

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Oh, boy, the myth of the SDMB clique rears its ugly head once again. :rolleyes:

AFAIK, nobody mentions me in the “who would you like to date” threads, either. I dunno. I rarely look at them or participate in them.

What have you done to get yourself noticed around here, anyway?
–Have you addressed other posters directly? I have “gotten to know” people while hashing out a point.
–Have you been to a doperfest? I know I am much more likely to notice the posts by the people I have met and hung out with.
–Have you been to chat? I’ve never been, so I don’t know who spends a lot of time there, but I notice a lot of the “flirtier” posters mention chat in their posts.

If you want to be mentioned, you’ve gotta participate.

And Triskadecamus makes a good point. Just because nobody’s mentioning you does not mean that you are not respected and liked. I don’t “know” him–never met him or really talked to him on the board, so I doubt he would come up on any “list” that I might post. But I certainly have noticed his posts, and I like and respect him.

BTW–this kind of whiny and self-serving thread is not likely to endear you to the people you want to impress.

–Bean, who doesn’t give a rat’s ass if people on the board have the hots for her, as she has a real life, thank you very much.

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Most of the threads C-note if you will notice are usually started by the same people. They are just out to have fun, do a little board flirting, kill some time. I’m sure that no one really means to hurt someone’s feelings. Most of the people on this board only know a handful of people, and that’s who they post with. My name rarely gets mentioned in threads of that type, which doesn’t bother me in the least because I don’t do a lot of board flirting. I look more for opinions and ideas. I tend to have a very sarcastic sense of humor, which can sometimes upset the newer posters so I try to tone it down.
What does upset me sometimes is when someone makes a judgement against another poster wit no idea of that poster’s style. That happens quite a bit, but then again it’s usually because someone doesn’t take the time to get to know another person’s posting style.
From your posts, and the e-mails we’ve exchanged, I would say that you are a nice guy, you have some good ideas, and I wouldn’t let the lists get to me if I were you. Just as you pointed out, there are a lot of people on the board, and usually in that type of thread it’s only a few posters flirting back and forth. No harm for them and I am sure no intentional hurting of someone’s feelings.

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I think s/he probably meant clique.

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Leaving me out again Mattk?

I meant clique as well.

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Thought as much, CnoteChris. FWIW, I don’t hate you either.

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I really should learn to read before I post, shouldn’t I?

Ah well. I’ll just crawl back to my hole.

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You people need to remind me not to post after I’ve been drinking since noon. A friday night with nothing to do? I’m paying for it big time now.

Let’s take a couple of posts:

Triskadecamus- My point is, you still looked to see if you were there. You weren’t. Neither was I. A couple hundred, thousand, different posters were overlooked. Do I feel bad? Not really, but I’ll always wonder why these posts continue to bother me. Why make these posts? These people only exclude others? It’s odd to me that people would be that willing to take part in that kind of slam.

Green Bean- To be honest with you, I had no idea this was brought up before. You joined somewhere near the time I did, I’m surprised I missed the threads on this subject. I do have periods where I go weeks without these boards. But, apparently, others see a clique type thing going on here and wanted to express their opinions on the topic.

Participate? I think I’ve participated quite a bit. I try and give good advice and actively seek it from others. It may not always be accurate, but I try.

Whiny and self serving? Maybe that’s open for debate. But your point that I may not endure myself to others is missing my original point. What other’s think of me does not weigh that heavily on my mind.

I think others who are either too shy to respond or are afraid they may be fried on this board are avoiding posting their real opinions on how they feel about these groups on the board.

Another point, or statement, you only know me by my user name, nothing more. If you hate me, I can understand and wouldn’t be offended in the slightest. Like I said, I’m not here to make friends.

I’m here to make points and counter-points towards issues that are relevant to me. If I piss you off, I might apologize, I might not. But I’m not actively seeking your approval. I can love you today and hate you tomorrow. It’s just how I am.

The original post was made in a 50/50 fashion. Part of it was meant to be funny, part of it was completely serious.

I still would like to get to the bottom of this clique deal, I truly believe it’s an issue many are afraid to address.

C’mon lurkers, I can’t be alone in this thinking?
Ultress- Hey babe. I like you too.

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Allright you Motherfucker!

After my last post, I’ve had eleven attempts at trying to access my computer. You fuck-head!

Sockets and everything are closed. I have more security features on this system than you can think of.

The appropriate people are taking actions now. You think you’re un-trackable?

Think again Shit-Head! I got your address, even behind the Bullshit sources you came from.

Would you like me to post your address Asshole?

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We’ve got you pegged pal.

My ISP just E-Mailed me. Your gone.

But try and keep it up, you won’t access shit on my computer. Try it, I fucking dare you.

Wait 'till I come after you, you little shit for brains troll ass.

Uhh, sorry to waiver from my O.P…