I used to enjoy Mark Serlin’s writing style although, obviously, the content was another matter. Just a thought that came to mind…I actually have no idea about this guy.
The other thing is that, although not having read everything in this thread, the tradition on the board is one of ermm… ‘rigorous analysis’ when things like this crop up. I guess it could be seen as a witch-hunt but, if nothing else, it demonstrates, again, that the board doesn’t like the wool pulled over its eyes.
I kinda like the vigour folks apply in these situations…
BTW ** Skewbald**, you think your team will beat England next month ?
"Not for just me, nor for any “one” person. But if 20 posters agree a thread should not exist, shouldn’t closing it then be considered? What about 100 posters? "
if this was the case, then we would no longer be able to have threads about religion (the atheists are offended) or abortion (the pro-choice are offended) or veganism (the meat eaters are offended).
we wouldn’t be able to discuss anything.
A lot of times here at the dope, threads, etc are nipped in the bud not because they in themselves are bad but because they set a bad precident.
for example, in the Lil’tassie threads one of the mods locked some threads because they were cross posting. The mod was compassionate, but a rule was a rule. I think that just posting up fiction labled as fact is a bad idea because it is a slippery slide from there, IMO.
Pammipoo,
you said:
*About the “I cant believe he’s sharing her private life to everyone like this! I’ be so offended if it were me!” This is a message board. We all live slightly anonymous. Half the stuff I post gives out my entire life story, and everytime, I get responses like this. <b>The odds of her finding the SDMB (unless he tells her about it) are pretty slim.</B> If he does tell her about it, then he assumes the risk of her finding the thread. We know very little about either of them, except that it’s a teenage couple, and she likes to go pantieless, and they dont live in America. Sweeties, Europe is a big place. I think her idenity is safe.
bolding being mine.
are you suggesting that if she doesn’t know that makes it ok to do?
I wouldn’t <i>care</i> if it was anonymous or not. it’s a little something called violation of trust.
Because she may find it one day and how to explain it then? It’s not unheard of for someone to write something on the net and have a third party inform the subject matter. if you think it is a ‘risk’ for her to find it, to me that implies that there is something wrong with it to begin with. maybe thats just me though.
How could you possibly read what I wrote as “starting a war” in any way? What did I do to deserve this chiding? Since being questioned about my OP, I’ve said I was confused, I misread the tone, I had a difference of opinion, and I was wrong for not the first time…really harsh stuff there.
How can that possibly be interpreted as being a jerk, or trying to start a war? What should I have done - cursed a lot, called people names, and stormed off? I explained my reasons, I admitted I was all alone with no rancor, I did not flame anyone back after they replied to my first post. I said that I was likely personalizing it. What could I have possibly written that was less trying to “start a war”?
Now I really do not understand at all. Is no one going to read what I’m actually saying, and give me the benefit of the doubt? Is this just another example of why the Pit no longer has any place at all on an SDMB that is trying to improve itself? I don’t know.
Y’know, Una, I do like and respect you, but sometimes I wonder about the filters you seem to see things through. Just as this thread is not a “witchhunt,” nor has there been any “scorn” directed at you. Nor has your “ass been fried” in any way. You claim to be confused; well, now so am I. I don’t know what “scorn” you’re talking about, I don’t know what “frying.” I don’t know what it is you think “you lose.” With all due respect, things like this make it appear that you take anything short of unreserved praise as personal criticism. I can only assure you again that no personal criticism was ever intended. My respect for your opinion doesn’t mean I necessarily agree with it; I’m sorry, but in this case I don’t. That doesn’t mean I “scorn” you, and I’m baffled as to why you might think that it does.
I’m writing the poster in question, and this issue, off. I lose.
Well, having read your last post, we appear to be having a miscommunication. That said, I notice again that you construe GUIN as saying you’re “being a jerk,” which she pretty obviously did not say. So again with all due respect, I do wonder if you might be reading things into posts that are not intended and simply are not there? And I do wonder if you’re personalizing this and finding insults or criticism where I’m confident none are intended? I assure you that I at least am reading what you’re posting, and this is the impression I am getting. Am I wrong?
I’m not saying you’re being a jerk. I just think you’re overreacting to this thread-that’s all. Nothing doing, nothing personal, let’s all have some s’mores, kay?
You need not wonder, except that “Search” does not work, once again. If “Search” would ever work I would show you exactly what filters I see things through.
Yes, and yes.
I did say that was likely personalizing it, and I am. And I’ve been exceedingly polite in this thread in responding to people, and I have not been inebriated in any way.
Obviously I was wrong to post here in the first place.
What a waste. What a goddamn waste. No one at all was helped by me being here. Which was, honestly, my original intent in trying to stick up for someone who I (mistakingly, yes, I admit it again) thought was being the subject of a witch-hunt.
Like I said - I lose. In fact, I lost a lot tonight.
I seriously hope this is in reference to something other than (and far more important that) this thread. But I really feel like nothing I can say will not be misinterpreted, and so I’m shutting up now.
Odd coincidence: I was in Iliad yesterday afternoon, and one of the employees and a customer were talking about the Kaycee Swenson hoax. IIRC, the perpetrator(s) didn’t ask for money either, but “her” supporters still felt burned.
His tone (not style) is too serene. An 18-year old virgin who’s getting this kind of action would not be able to describe these actions in such romantic terms just a few hours after the fact; he’d be in too much of a dither to organize his thoughts this poetically.
Maybe things are different in this northern European country, but I can’t imagine a guy in this situation continuing to let the girl make all the first moves. His hands would be wandering on their own by now; she wouldn’t have to keep guiding them. I asked Mr. Rilch about this. First, he declared indignantly, “Not all guys are date rapists!”, but when I asked him what he’d have done if I’d put his hands on my ass on our first date and then said “Squeeze”, he replied, “I wouldn’t have heard you; I’d have been doing it anyway.”
They never seem concerned about the possibility of her parents walking in on them. Does she live alone? When I was 16, I wore a lace teddy for the benefit of my boyfriend, and we had groping sessions not unlike these, but we were never completely relaxed: there was a lot of “Sh!…Okay, it’s cool…”
She tells him to wait while she takes a shower on their first date? I gotta tell Friend about this northern European country.
She wears his shorts and t-shirt. Playful. She wears a thong bikini. Titillating. She stops him with an “ahem” when he tries to put sunblock on her butt, then humps the blanket while applying it herself. Why does she need sunblock on her butt, anyway? In any case, she’s the master. Then she blinks dazedly while a horse gallops past. Romantic. This is not a person with a distinct, set personality. The only way this is real is if she’s a sociopath and knows exactly when, and how, to alter her behavior in order to keep him on edge.
Fenris: Your Tassie-esque speculation cracked me up! But you forgot to have him press her cold hand to his lips so a tear could trickle onto it, then bend down to kiss her, whispering, “Courage, dear heart.”
I think the story should have been improved if, before the ship capsized en route back from Pirate Island, Our Lovers had a spat:
The lighting and thunder shook the tiny craft!
PJ Girl: I’m cold and I’m wet and I’m just plain scared!
Young Lochnivar responds angrily “I’m doing my best. If you’d grab the sail and help instead of just standing around trying to look dramatic, maybe we could get out of this alive!”
PJ Girl’s radient face flashes with anger as she prettily screeches “DON’T you talk to ME that way! DON’T YOU DARE!”
Whirlling around, Young Lochnivar shouts “Shut up, JUST SHUT UP!”
< boat capsizes >
++++++++++++++++++
Later: in the hospital
PJ girl is laying in the bed, smiling with a sad, tired smile (but otherwise looks fine).
PJ Girl reaches up and gently strokes Young Lochnivar’s hair. Even that tiny effort seems to tire her and she says “It’s time to say ‘Goodbye’, beloved. No. Not ‘Goodbye’, ‘Au Revoir’, for we will surely be together again in another lifetime.”
Young Lochnivar breaks down sobbing into her bedsheets. With tear-stained eyes, he looks up at her pale (but beautiful) face and begins “But…I must tell you something. About our fight on the boat? I’m sorr…”
She lifts a finger to his lips and says “Love means: never having to say you’re sorry. And we’ll always have Pirate Island!” She closes her eyes and with a tired sigh, she dies.
Young Lochnivar presses her cold hand to his lips so a tear can trickle onto it, then bends down to kiss her, whispering, “Courage, dear heart. And goodb…no. Au Revoir!”
The End
This has been a joint production of the Rilchiam/Fenris Glurge Network.
