I absolutely did remind people of my witticism. If I don’t point them out, people don’t tend to note them.
Self-aggrandizing? Perhaps.
I think the reference to Alanis Morissette was what secretly infuriated FinnAgain. Perhaps he doesn’t like “Jagged Little Pill”?
“Gauche.” That’s a good word for it, Maeglin.
(Even if it is only one syllable.)
Talk to Treis, evidently that stuff ne er happens.
Listen you dumb son of a bitch, I realized that I was whooshed by the OP in that thread, I apologized, the OP forgave me, and I went about my day. Then, on the third page you choose to point out that I’d missed the point of the OP. Gee whiz! Is that why I apologized for being whooshed? Could it be, maybe? Go figure…
No, it’s caled you being an a-s-s-h-o-l-e.
I’m sorry for not parsing your insult correctly. Really, I am.
No, look at his response to ** Cemetery Savior**'s post:
Innocent little joke. Nothing hostile or confrontational.
** FinnAgain**'s response?
A completely unnecessary hostile, insulting and confrontational post. He took a little ribbing and blew it way out of proportion.
Self-aggrandizing and the hallmark of a bad comedian. Good ones don’t have to point out their jokes or tell people how funny they are.
Oh, dear. I had a feeling he wouldn’t take that in the spirit it was intended.
Uh, FinnAgain, he was joking. I bet you spoke- doesn’t think you’re stupid.
Finn, you’re not an arrogant, self-aggrandizing jerk. And you meant to raise a useful point, but as you saw, it sort of missed the point of the thread.
That said, there’s what a person means, and what they say. Witness me and PinkMaribou go at it in that thread about the cat. Turns out, we basically agreed. But we both read stuff into each others’ writing that wasn’t intended. And were, uh, not all that nice as a result.
You’re doing that here. You wrote something, others read more into it than you meant, and then you took what was mostly fairly good-natured teasing (like spoke-'s comment above) and thought people were trying to tear you down.
There’s no point in having this argument.
Please, drop it before it turns violent. They didn’t mean the offense you found in what they said. And you responded to mild insults or straight-up jokes with a lot more anger than they merited.
As I finish the thread, I don’t know why I bothered to write this. I doubt you’ll believe me any more than the other half-dozen people who’ve pointed out that most of the insults you’re seeing just weren’t there.
For fuck’s sake, have some courage!
I responded to insult and confrontation by, (on no!) being confrontational and pointing out that people had no content and were just being snarky. Sorry, but I do get to defend myself.
By the way, you going to retract your bullshit about how all children grow up just like you did?
AND he apologized for it in his second post to the thread, and probably would have let it all drop without another word except for Cemetary Savior bringing it up again.
OK. I thought it was funny initially that you wrote a post which could be taken as braggish in an anti-bragging thread. Absolutely, you apologized. However, you got sucked into an argument in that thread and lost your temper. badly, imo.
In this thread, while I realize that the website you referred to is a joke, you chose the above title. Are “assholes” and “the jealous” also jokes? Because clearly "mediocretins " must have been. If so, consider me wooshed.
I do however find it disturbing that you keep referring to modesty as some sort of societal tool designed to inhibit your inner uber-man. Modesty, to me, is a sign of maturity. You can be assertive and even proud of your accomplishments. I am of mine, but I try to keep myself from expounding to others on them. Sometimes I fail, sometimes I don’t.
Lastly, you never have to lie, but you don’t have to use yourself as the example. Surely, you know one or two others on this earth that have had similar childhood issues.
Geez, I didn’t say I was professional, Lute. For that matter, I didn’t even say I was funny (although I am fairly hilarious, if I do say so myself, which seems to be the genesis of this thread)!
My humble apologies, Mr. Critic.
I pointed out that you missed the point of the OP in response to this paragraph of yours, which has nothing to do with the conversation the rest of us were having:
I didn’t read all of your gibberish b/c you’re really not all that interesting.
And I do hope that if you and gf have kids, you stay home & raise 'em. Truly. It would do you a world of good.
Hey there, Mr. Cheesesteak…quit throwing me under the proverbial bus.
And, I think Mr. Again was loaded for bear to begin with. The pissy little replies and calls for “courage” reeked of a call for attention. I still don’t know what “getting some balls” means in this context…should I swear with greater frequency or conviction?
Sometimes, a banana is just a banana. And sometimes, Finn Again is a little touchy.
Cheessteak: You’re pretty much right, and I’m kicking myself for having responded to such sniping in the first place. But what’s done is done.
Um… as an insult?
Even if it he didn’t literally mean that I’m stupid, it’s still an insult. Would you say that to your boss or someone whose good side you were trying to stay on?
And then when he goes on to ascribe various beliefs to me, joking then too? And when he was insulting me in the other thread? No, sorry, I don’t buy it.
Yes, and it could’ve died there. But for some strange reason, I objected to people calling me a braggart and claiming that the only reason I made my point was to somehow try to reap some glory from close to a decade ago.
Look at his comments to me in the other thread, look at his comments to me here. If it’s ‘joking’, it’s still nasty and should be responded to as such.
There is, some of these folks deserved to be subjects of this Pit thread.
“Ha ha, Finn is one of those arrogant obnoxious people we’re talking about in the OP!” is not a nice thing to say, it’s an insult, even if you cloak it in a joke. I don’t know who gets to decide how one should respond to being insulted. Maybe I should smile and do a little dance?
Actually, most of the people who were assholes in that thread have continued exactly the same way here. No, being called a braggart, or a show off, or whatever the fuck is not funny, and it’s not kind, and it is an insult.
Damn, you’re condescending. That reflects more on you than on your target; and this time, the Alanisirony ain’t lost.
Daniel
CONTEXT, CONTEXT, CONTEXT!
It’s a flipping board thread. I get the idea that if we were to meet in person in 5 minutes, you’d try and take a poke at me. Relax, Mr. Again.
Neither did I.
Ironic, isn’t it? An entire thread because you had to point out a joke you made!
I think it’s more of that belabored genus of “Shaggy Dog Joke”, but call it what you like, I’ll bow to your comedic instincts.
Mr. Lute, are you calling me self-aggrandizing? 
Well, crap. I guess I’ll cancel that membership to Comedy School. Mr. Lute, please refund my deposit.