Ok, so this is just another pity thread. You don’t have to load it in! Oops, I guess you already have, haven’t you. Well, it’s in the title. Don’t blame me. Much.
Lately, I’ve felt awfully one dimensional on this message board. See my post count? It was a lot lower a week or so ago. Then, all of a sudden, we had a bazillion flirting threads, and I posted to them. A lot. Over and over.
But I’ve just looked back, and the majority of my posts are peurile piffle, parroting the rantings of oversexed teenagers.
Oh, don’t get me wrong. I like to flirt. And I have no problem with other people flirting! Especially when I see very intelligent ladies doing it. That’s a major attraction for me - smart, flirtacious females. It doesn’t get any better than that!
So what’s the purpose of this thread? Tell me what you think! Am I a dweeb? Am I a useless, one-dimensional unicellular blob? Or am I okay?
Don’t hold back! I know it’s not the Pit, but I’m not dumb enough to wander in there…
dan, if you’re bad, think about ME! Up until about a month ago I was averaging 500 posts per month. I had days where my post counts were 50, 30, thereabouts. Think about that, and then get back to me:)
Don’t feel bad. I think I got my first 200 posts in The Last Word thread shortly after I joined and then I was among the people taking over 'punha’s thread to Sapphire Bullet to continue with the jello wrestling.
I seriously doubt I made too good an impression with that and I vowed to myself to calm the f*uck down. But what happens? Tequila Mockingbird starts her orgy…er, I mean flirting thread and … :roll eyes:, I did it again.
So if you’re a dweed on those grounds than so am I and I refuse that label!
Ah, yes. But it’s not the quantity that has me amazed; it’s the content. I’ve seen you, you there in GD or somewhere else, pontificating on weighty issues of high import. Me? I’m obsessing over the parabolic curves in a female’s body?
(Or something like that.)
Anyway, thanks. Weird thing is, I felt kind of noncommittal about the SDMB for a long time; then I hit the flirting threads, and was smiling my ass off at work. And now POOF! It’s hit a bit of a lull, kind of like postpartum blues. Or so I hear.
for the benefit of everyone…dantheman sent me a nice email a few days ago, and we discussed self esteem and hurt feelings. I’m always concerned about pleasing everyone and keeping everyone happy, like in school when you brought cupcakes on your birthday…you had to bring them for EVERYONE so no one would be left out.
Dan assured me that cupcakes are not necessary on this board…and that we can all take care of ourselves.
Although I still want to make sure everyone likes me…so maybe i’ll make them anyway…
It is pretty easy to fall into the “posting a lot of flirting stuff so I will be noticed” trap, which I almost did. Signed up, posted a lot of flirty/sexualized stuff…and then realized I’d really rather be remembered for my brain than my boobs.
Unfortunately the old adage is true: “Men notice boobs before brains because they can see better than they can think.” You know, in theory. Since then, I’ve been damned near forgotten, and then when I DO pop my head back out of the dirt people say, “You know, you’re not keeping a very low profile.” I’m not TRYING to. It just comes out that way sometimes.
Anyhow, back to the OP, I think gracefully bowing out of TM’s thread when you were done with it was classy as all get-out. I almost did a “me too.” See? SEE? You’re so cool you’re turning me into a follower. And I hate you for it - hate you with flaming passion unspeakable.
You know, this really is a pointless thread. But server be damned! Onward…
Orgies can be fun, so I’m told. Hey, I like flirting with people, you in particular! And it’s all in fun. Sometimes I’m a more private person, though, and flirting in a thread’s not the way for me. To each his own! I guess if you can do it, Arden, I can. I’ll just lay off the flirting for a bit and see how I feel.
Hey, I don’t think you’re dweebish in the least. You write poetry, how can that be dweebish?!!!
As far as the flirting goes… bring it on! Like so many others here (yourself included), I LOVE to flirt! And this is the perfect place, with so many willing recipients! Think of it this way, IRL, on the job, we usually have to be so much more straightlaced and can’t let the wilder impulses out. Here, anything goes!
So flirt with me, baby! Or do I have to get you to fall down again so I can kiss away your pain?!
I have plenty of theories about how people perceive each other online, as opposed to in person. I will claim until I pass from here that you’re always going to be noticed first for what you say/type (act) and then for how you look. But I digress.
I was bowing out of that thread not because I had any problem with people in the thread, but because it had outgrown its usefulness for me. I just felt funny reading it. Yes, I know I don’t have to go there. I have that ‘email me when a new post appears’ thing checked as a default, so I posted that just I would stop getting the emails. Didn’t work! I still get them. But it’s no big deal.
I’m sorry. I must not have been clear, or you misunderstood. Thanks for the compliment. I find that post confusing, but it’s probably just me. Again, sorry.
I don’t know what else to say. Speaking of raining on a parade…
dan, I hope you’re a dweeb. I like dweebs. I also wanted want to state for the record that I am the biggest geek I know. I have found your posts intelligent and warm, and flirting or not, I want to read what you’ve written.
