Dio both pulls the trigger and takes the bullet. He is truly an inspiration.
It happened.
I don’t know where “delusions of grandeur” comes from. They just knew I had a thick skin and no reputation to protect. Maybe I should have told them no, but I didn’t think there was anything unfair about pointing out the contradiction, so I didn’t have a problem with it.
If it was a legitimate question, then they shouldn’t have been afraid to ask it themselves.
I can’t speak to the truth of Dio’s claim, but it doesn’t strike me as implausible. They shouldn’t have been afraid but there are a lot of cowards in the world who will act nice to your face then run off and say cruel things about you.
This was funnier when Turnip said it. But, he’s funny as hell.
MsWhatsit is killing me, lately. Cracks me up.
Of course it’s plausible (and my crystal ball’s broke so I’m taking Dio’s story at face value). I just think it’s shitty.
And I’m a little suprised Dio would agree to it, because if you asked me “What would Dio do if…” my guess would have been that he’d say, “No, post it yourself if you feel that strongly about it.”
Ok, so now you’re playing asshole-by-proxy for some chickenshits? WTF man? Do you realize this just puts your own credibility on the line? Now no one will know if you’re being genuine or some random person’s mouthpiece. This practice is seriously detrimental to honest discussion. I’d much rather the board be littered with contradictory stories of people’s personal lives, which may or may not be BS, than a board with a bunch of posts resulting from some passive aggressive assholes sending PMs which are essentially “Hey, let’s you and him fight.”
Enjoy,
Steven
just because a question is legitimate doesn’t mean there isn’t going to be a price. Look how acrimonious people got about the Kaitlyn questions.
Message board soap opera morphs into cyber-comedy!
I love it. :rolleyes:
Yes, it “is” the Internet, and no you do not have the right to not be offended. You have no control over anybody here, mods, members, or apparently yourselves in some cases.
Here’s an interesting angle on the ignore function. There’s alot of posting going on in this fairly active board. Ever wonder what you might be missing? If you are glued to it enough to not be missing anything, I pity you. But here’s how it works for me. After awhile I have identified enough personalities whose utterances do not normally fit my opinion of anything I am interested in reading or knowing. Quickly scanning down the first page of a new thread that catches my eye for whatever reason reveals whether or not I will start reading it or move on. Oddly enough, this one contains very few of my ignored’s.
Very odd, that. :dubious:
I would never betray any names, but I think some people on this board might be surprised at some of the posters who have PM’ed/emailed me over the years to say they’ve agreed with me about certain things but didn’t want to say it for fear of getting piled on (the poly thing in particular seems to generate a lot of secret support).
Now I will either be accused of lying about this, or thinking it makes me some kind of hero. Neither is true. I don’t think there’s anything heroic or courageous about posting unpopular comments on an internet message board. It’s just the internet.
What was assholish about it? Do you believe the questions were unfair? Was it unfair when it was done to Kaitlyn?
For the record, I actually ended up being pretty nice to Olives in that thread. I accepted her explanation and moved on. I wasn’t sorry for asking, though. She was a new poster with contradictory back stories. Why shouldn’t that have been questioned?
Stop with this crap, both here and in ATMB. It’s complete bullshit. You’re not disliked and held in such low regard because of your opinions are unpopular or because you’re not part of the hive mind. It’s because you’re a shitty debater, a pompous ass who won’t listen to anything anyone says, and a jerk. I agree with a majority of positions you hold, but I still think you’re an attention whoring asshole in about 90% of the threads you post in. So don’t pretend your unpopularity is because you’re some kind of truthsayer to the masses. You’re simply a jerk.
I didn’t say anything about why I’m popular or unpopular, so I don’t know what you think you’re arguing with. I’m just rebutting the suggestion I’ve seen that I think I’m heroic or “have delusions of grandeur.” I don’t.
Having said that, quite a lot of what pisses people off really is my opinions, per se. That’s far from the only thing, but it’s disingenuous to say it’s not anything.
No. This is totally wrong.
I really don’t think so. I think it’s that you present your opinions as incontrovertible facts that pisses most people off.
The hell it is.
I really feel that secret support is no support at all*. If my fear of a pile on causes me to keep my trap shut, then my trap is shut and top secret CIA messages of support, sealed with a ring pressed wax is useless. Why even bring those PMs up at all?
As is my wont in these Dio threads, I do admit to still being a fan and not wanting to see you go.
*I mean, it is support in that it may make me feel better to get a secret PM of support, but it doesn’t count for me to run back to the thread and say, "Hey! I’ve got annonymous support!
Sometimes this is true (though I would argue that this board is full of people who do that), but there are a couple of topics where my opinion, in and of itself, pisses people off. For instance, I am of the opinion that “polyamourous” people are immature. That opinion, in and of itself, drives people nuts. I don’t say it should be illegal or anything, only that I don’t take their relationships seriously or see them as mature or meaningful.
I won’t even get started about adults having sex with underaged kids.
I agree with you on the polyamorous people. I didn’t know that was a hot-button issue, but I generally don’t get involved with threads on the topic because it doesn’t interest me at all.
I didn’t “run back to the thread.” I’ve been getting them for years and never mentioned them.
I also don’t know what you mean by “counts.” Counts for what? Counts in favor of my arguments? Of course not.