[QUOTE=Jess]
Not only do people not want to get to know me better, they actually cross the street when they see me coming so as to avoid the possibility of getting to know me better by accident.
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By Licentious Ectomorph’s standard, since this did, in fact cause me to laugh out loud and wish To Get To Know [You] Better, you can no longer be a charter member of this club. I, on the other hand, spent the first six months of my last job fervently wondering if any one of my co-workers even knew my name .
[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy]
Damn, looked like I’d make it, then Siege had to go and mention me.
But wait – she’s so nice, maybe it was a pity-mention. Yeh, that must be it, shoved me into a collection of Dopers whose feelings she didn’t want to hurt. So it really doesn’t count, does it?
Okay, so under the relaxed rules I qualify. Now where’s my toaster oven?
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[QUOTE=Arien]
Ah, a perfect thead for a perpetual lurker. At least if I never post, I can delude myself with the belief that people would want to know me better if I posted more. Or maybe I will just believe that everyone right now thinks I’m alluring and mysterious. Less work for me.
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See, here are two of the people I forgot to mention. Arien, I enjoy your posts in the various Tolkien threads and **EddyTeddyFreddy ** is one of the saner people in many of the pit threads that brings a little levity too them. Sorry, I need to drag you both over to the other thread.
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist]
Did not Cowgirl Jules specifically mention you?
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Yea, I guess you’re right. First time that’s ever happened, come to think of it.
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist]
The NERVE of someone to suggest that a pistol might come in handy deep in the woods.
I’d go shooting with you, but let’s just keep that in this thread shall we?
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Come on over!
Having been a member of the SDMB for 7 years, I have formulated what I believe are the characteristics of the typical, middle-of-the-bell-curve SDMB member:
Smart (high IQ)
Logical
Witty
Sarcastic
Critical
Educated
Liberal
Politically Correct
I think I possess some of these traits. But I fall way outside the 3-sigma of the bell curve in many respects. I think the thing that drives most members bonkers is how politically incorrect I am:
I own quite a few guns (evil assault rifles, .50 BMG, etc.)
I shoot cats that come on our property, then throw them in the burn barrel.
I think fat people are fat because they don’t have the discipline to eat right.
I think most chronically poor people are lazy.
I don’t give a crap what anyone else thinks of my views.
Is it any surprise I don’t have any friends here? Hell, I don’t care. I’m not here to make friends.
Now if you want a *real * shocker, just meet me in person sometime. Or just ask ShibbOleth (we’ve met). I come across exactly the opposite in person; I’m quiet, very friendly, introverted, geeky, and shy.
I wish to vote for a disqualification of both EddyTeddyFreddy and Inigo Montoya. Both are posters who stand out for me, and if I’d even considered posting in that other thread, I would’ve mentioned their names.
But I want to add my own name to the membership. Sometimes I wonder why I start any thread ever.
Now wait, I need a clarification. I was mentioned in that other thread, but not as one someone wanted to know better, but as someone, someone already knows and someone wishes to know less, rather than more.
What I want to know, is knowing someone, who knows me, in the want to know thread preclude me from the nobody want’s to know thread?
Just thought I’d ask.
[QUOTE=What Exit?]
See, here are two of the people I forgot to mention. Arien, I enjoy your posts in the various Tolkien threads and **EddyTeddyFreddy ** is one of the saner people in many of the pit threads that brings a little levity too them. Sorry, I need to drag you both over to the other thread.
Jim
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Aw, thanks, What Exit?. And I barely had to fish for that!
1) Are you overcome by nostalgia for the time when people wanted to get to know you better?
No, not really. I’ve seen that people who meet me in person sometimes want to get to know me better, but I guess my scintillating personality just doesn’t come across on the 'net. 2) Was there ever a time when people wanted to get to know you better? It’s been a while. Answer to number 1 would probably fit here too…
3) Do you think there ever will be a time when people want to get to know you better?
I’m not holding my breath.
Meh. I’m comfortable with not making the popularity rolls. There’s a certain freedom to not being popular and not having your every post scrutinized.
That is, until you misspell a word or make some other kind of screw-up in your post.
Well, I wasn’t mentioned in the other thread, so I guess I belong here.
Funny. In real life, I’m usually pretty outgoing. I love to talk, ham it up, share opinions, and so on. But it seems that when I come here, I’m fairly quiet and often neutral…and ultimately, mostly ignored.
Oh well. It works both ways–I can always say that I come here for a little peace and quiet, away from a hectic and busy schedule where too many people know me too well.
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold]
May I join the illustrious ranks? I’m too new to know the old people, and not funny/smart enough to get noticed by the new or the old people. I’m good at killing threads, too.
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Cool! Just like me! I’d like to get to know you better!
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First time that’s ever happened, come to think of it.
