Stick a fork in it… it’s dead.
Okay, folks… Move along… Nothing here to see.
You know, several folks have asked me to become more active on this message board. I have to say that it’s a sad, sorry day in Cecilland when Ranger Jeff, The Idol of American Youth, has to be a calming influence … or a good influence, for that matter!
I oughta make you all hold hands and sing “Kum By Yah”!
Ranger Jeff
*The Idol of American Youth *
Riders In The Sky
Wow, a Latin word I never heard of!
Well spoken Milo. It does seem people are afraid to openly disagree with Opal or her actions now that we all know she is bipolar. I say bullshit. Sure, it is something to reckon with, but when you post on this board, criticism can occur. It’s just like real life.
Having said that and having witnessed the events of the last few days, I think it is better for OpalCat to just let the board be for now.
Coldfire
"You know how complex women are"
HEY JEFF! 
You better be nice or I’ll sic my lackeys on ya.
I went through a depression and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder about frou years ago. It was the darkest, hardest thing that I have ever done. I hated taking the Prozac, than Serzone and the pills that knocked me out so I would not dream. Trust me when I say I know how it feels to just want to be without the pain for a while, even if it means being dead, and being so tired but not being able to sleep and feel refreshed.
It is worth it to make it through to the other side, if only to meet the amazing and strong person you are becoming. Don’t rob your children/future children of the chance to know you. You will find in yourself a new and deep capacity for caring and compassion and a new understanding of what it takes to survive.
Wow, a double dose from the Siamese attack puppets! I’m thrilled.
DrainBead said:
Meaning what exactly? Who is “everyone like her”?
She made a standard-issue PMS joke that was blown out of proportion.
I used to rock and roll all night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I’m lucky if I can find a half an hour a week in which to get funky.
On this board, shouldn’t that be Siamese attack sock puppets? And to be PC, shouldn’t it be conjoined twin sock puppets? And wouldn’t conjoined twin sock puppets be better stated as panty-hose puppets?
PUN
(if you were referring to Siamese fighting fish above, just ignore this post.)
Ok… Siamese conjoined twin pantyhose attack sock fish puppets!
I think I am with the general opinion that this issue needs to be dropped. Mistakes were made, some people have apologized for their mistakes while others have not.
When I made some harsh comments to Techchick about depression and what I thought were her attempts to glamorize her battles with it, I apologized for it and we droppped it.
Take a lesson, and lets all do the same.
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself, and what I assume you shall assume, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” --Whitman
Alphagene, Drain is still sulking because I flamed her in the “Whitetho-what are you, fucking Columbo?” thread a couple months ago. She and her beau got increasingly hostile because some poor poster made the mistake of “outing” their romantic relationship. (I know, I know, who cares?) Anyway, since Drain continues to slam me on a regular basis, I invite everyone to read the thread and draw their own conclusions about who the “bitch” is.
In fact, I’d start a “Drain - will you fucking get over it already?” thread, but that would be: 1) juvenile; 2) over-reactive; and 3) humorless.
And I just can’t stand people like that.
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No, actually she thought you were a cunt long before then.
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No, actually what happened was we left the board, admittedly after one quick burst of anger. Then we came back, because we decided that we wouldn’t let a minority opinion get in the way of the fun we have here.
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Evidently, you did. When I see something I don’t care about, I don’t post there. You went out of your way to be the cunt Drain always knew you were. Sounds like you care.
In fact, from your posts to Drain, Opal, and others in “the clique,” I would say that you are someone who was NEVER in a clique and desired it so desperately that it consumed you. “I want people to like me,” I can hear you cry into your pillow.
Now, I used to be like that. I was picked on, not part of any crowd to speak of.
Then I decided to do something about it, and this was to just be myself and fuck you if you don’t dig. And it’s funny, because once that happened, and I was happy with myself, people started to like me more. And now, I am respected in real life and I believe I am liked on this board.
Whereas you simply got bitter, and decided that people were BAD! People didn’t like you, so if anyone else was liked, they have to be slapped down a level or two. Slap them down enough levels, and maybe they will be low enough to crawl in the gutter of low self-esteem you reside in.
You gossip in real life, don’t you. Talk about this girl doing that stuff with that guy. Must suck that nobody considers you important enough to gossip about you, huh.
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Don’t flatter yourself, honey. Drain gave you coventry long ago, and the things you said were just so mind-bogglingly full of bile that she broke her own rules, literally, a couple of times. Hardly a “regular basis” slamming.
I assure you it won’t happen again. She realizes you are far from worth it.
Dear pot:
You’re black.
Sincerely,
Kettle
And the coventry commences…
I hate having to correct the dark one, but he has been caught in another of his famous mis-truths. 
Satan sed:
The correct wording, IIRC is
Dear Kettle,
You’re black!
Love,
Pot.
Peace.
† Jon †
Phillipians 4:13
Actually, if the original saying is “The pot calling the kettle black,” and Satan is saying that the person he was responding to is doing that, then she’s the pot, not him.
I think. Ah, hell, I think he got his point across, anyway.
What are you?? Nuts?!?! This is the Pit!! No PEACE in here!!
SATAN says of PUNDITLISA:
I like her; I respect her; and I appreciate her posts. So do a lot of other people who post here. I also doubt very much that she either gives a shit about “cliques” in general or has the slightest interest in belonging to any “clique” that might count you as a member, considering how hateful you have been and are being to her.
Jodi
Fiat Justitia
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Birds of a feather…
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I made one post. “How hateful you’ve been” implies a series of hateful posts. A lawyer really should choose her words more carefully.
Actually, that’s what she did - a series of hateful posts. Towards Drain. Towards Opal. Towards people having fun with the contests. Towards people having fun mocking the so-called “clique.” Essentially, towards anyone who enjoyed their lot here and made a few friends. Look them up when you’re not getting trounced in Great Debates by Esq.
Now, was my one post hateful? Fuck yes. But she was worthy of it, as I sat around watching her do the same thing to others - many others.
She didn’t fuck with me, but she fucked with my friends, and I refuse to sit by idly as she (or anyone else) feels the need to drag people down because they can’t lift themselves up in any other manner without someone else to step on.
She shouldn’t worry about being part of any SDMB clique, because that’s all in her head. Not much else there, needless to say.
Like I said, I like her, respect her, and think she posts well. I can therefore hardly object to being characterized as a bird of the same feather.
How so, and why? You can infer anything you want from it, but I thought your “one post” was pretty damn hateful – and an over-reaction.
I’d like to see them. Really. Give me some cites. Because I frankly haven’t seen it. There’s a world of difference between critical and hateful. Calling something stupid (as I myself did where the contest was concerned) is critical; calling someone a cunt is hateful.
Hmmm. Turning your over-reacting hostilities on me, I see. Well, you’ll have to do better than that, seeing as how I don’t believe I’ve ever even been on the opposite side of a debate with DSY. Nice try at fabricating something that doesn’t exist, though.
When? I’m serious – I’d like to see it. As far as I can remember, she posted one unfortunate comment regarding OpalCat that was, as she explained herself, an unfortunate attempt at a joke. OpalCat, for reasons we all know at this point, over-reacted big time. That hardly makes one unthinking remark “hateful.” Or are you talking about when she refused to pat you and Drain on the back for totally over-reacting to the poster who innocently “outed you” to the board? Again, I can’t remember anything terribly hateful about that, but maybe it’s just my memory. What, precisely are you talking about?
This is such utter horseshit. Not everyone who disagrees with everything posted here – or everyone’s actions here – is posting just “to drag people down.” Maybe they post because they really disagree. It seems like you’re pretty damn protective of the feelings of those you consider your “friends” around here, but have zero regard for the feelings of those who aren’t on that list, whom you flame savagely. Well, you’re not the only one who can speak up for those whom they feel are being misused. The truth is that I don’t know PunditLisa any better than I know anyone else around here, which is to say not all that well. But I think you were over the line, and if someone came after me so viciously and with so little justification, I hope someone else would speak up on my behalf.
Jodi
Fiat Justitia
And another thing: Whatever happened to ‘I know my words can hurt’ and ‘this is a means a lot to people’ and all the other ‘can’t we all just get along’ stuff you posted in the MessageBoard thread? Seems like it didn’t take you too long to start selectively enforcing that credo as well. I’m not trying to pick a fight with you, honestly; but I really thought you were over the line in calling her or anyone such a hateful name. I’m sure you’ll construe that as me “trying to drag you down,” which it’s not, but then I can’t really control how you construe it, can I?
Jodi
Fiat Justitia
Satan, Drain knew me as a “cunt” before I flamed her? (OH! A dagger to my heart!) Based on what, my opinion of the top 3 rock songs ever recorded? Because, unlike you, I don’t offer my personal life up for public consumption.
You are too old to be having temper tantrums. You will never be taken seriously until you learn to master your emotions.
Drain, I’d enter into a war of words here, but I’d find that as stimulating as competing in a marathon against a one-legged man.
Yes, I’d win, but how hollow the victory would be.