ETA: This should say “it’s NOT valid…” :smack: I do think Autolycus has had his “intervention” in this thread. If he’s still acting like the dancing monkey boy, Pit him. I’m not following his hijinks anymore. However, please do NOT take the rest of us to task for it.
I’m not sure I entirely understand what your’e saying, but what I’m hearing is that Autolycus is acting inappropriately and embarrassingly (to himself and the people watching him make a fool of himself). In my experience here, there have always been people who have big, flamboyant personalities. They don’t tend to stay controversial for too long - they either tone it down and become regular posters, or they get further and further out there and eventually flame out or just disappear. Yes, people do encourage them along their journey, for better or worse. That’s part of mob mentality, I guess.
I don’t feel too badly for people who over-share, with or without encouragement. No one forces anybody to post anything.
I have read the thread, thank you.
I am not saying Auto is embarrassing himself (it’s been done to death).
And I am not pitting those who have participated here, in any way. I’m glad you all had the patience to intervene, much more than I could have mustered.
And I agree there have been many flamboyant posters before and there will be more. This isn’t flamboyance that can see. What I see is someone with really significant damaged, not a little depression, not the ragged fringes of mental illness, not eccentric, truly, sadly, painfully damaged by life. Someone who deserves compassion and a lot of therapy. You are certainly welcome you your views, I am only explaining what mine is, as requested.
To watch the community I so highly respect encourage him, so they can laugh at him and point, disturbs me greatly. To read that some will now share a few stories of their own, totally creeps me out.
I’m just saying I think it’s a new low for this community and the amount of attention it has successfully generated leads me to believe it’s not going to go away anytime soon.
I can totally accept that I am alone in this sensation, and even that I’m wrong and it will all amount to just a blip and on to the next thing. I truly hope that’s the case. But I still have the sinking feeling we’ve turned a corner.
So you think there is a problem with people encouraging Auto, and it creeps you out. I can support that.
It sounds like you not accusing most of the participants of this thread. If so, then cool.
I actually like **Auto ** and I hope he does tone it down and does get better. He has problems, he knows he has problems. The Dope could be a good or bad thing for him. I know I am not qualified to make an educated guess which it will be. Hopefully it will help him.
Jim
Thank you for your concern, but overall life has treated me well. I’m just an attention whore with little to no barrier between my brain and the keyboard.
As far as the whore thread goes, I think people just wanted to hear the story. I reputedly tell good stories. If it was all just an attempt to point and laugh at me, then oh well.
Oh, and thanks What Exit, for backing me and up and stuff.
This is part of what is so skeevy for me, you all think he’s learned, you’ve intervened, it’ll get better.
“He has problems, he knows he has problems”, were that true it might not be affecting me in this way.
He doesn’t think he has problems, he’s not learned anything from what I can see.
“Oh well, I’m so damaged I don’t care that I’m the retard and they just want me to do more tricks for them.”
Ew, ew, and maximum skeev all in one.
Based on his last post, you might correct. I thought in this long thread he admitted he had some problems, mainly with alcohol abuse. If he does not think he has some problems, then I need to agree with you and not Auto.
I did not read the other thread in question, are you sure it is a point an laugh thread?
Jim
WTF mate. Maybe I’m misremembering, but I’ve admitted having a problem with alcohol several times on these boards. Have you even read the thread? Now you’re “skeeving” me out.
I didn’t know that asking people to elaborate on anecdotes was a new thing. Are you familiar with Master Wang-Ka? Or Scylla?
First, could you be more specific about what kinds of things you’d like to see changed?
You’ve mentioned that you think Autolycus has depression and other emotional problems. I don’t think that’s uncommon here. Is that the problem you’re talking about? Any others?
Let me say that people keep saying that other people are just pointing and laughing at the guy. I disagree. The reason this post got resurrected was because someone said that Autolycus’ stories were the funniest stories they’d seen in 3 years of lurking on The Dope. That says something.
Now it may be that some people are pointing and laughing. It seems that someone is always pointing and laughing at something or someone here. But I’m not one of those pointing and laughing at Autolycus.
He has an amazing capacity to tell a funny story. He says he made up the linked story in an hour. That’s amazing. It was hilarious. One of the things that has changed and had worried me in the past was that Autolycus used to use anger as his main source of humor. But in this past story, he demonstrated that anger was not necessary to get the humor in. Perhaps you’d be more comfortable if he could tell a story that didn’t have alcohol in it. I would too.
But if he could put together a wonderfully funny story without alcohol, anger, hurting himself or others, would that alleviate your concerns? Or is something else bothering you?
Although you didn’t answer my question, if you were talking about Autolycus as the mentally challenged, I have to say that he’s said (from previous posts) he has more going for him than many other posters I’ve seen posting here. He’s enrolled in Boston College (on leave right now), has a job, has a girlfriend and I haven’t seen him post about major strange problems (I guess that’s open for interpretation) that some others have. If he has, I haven’t seen it.
Yes, he seems to have abused alcohol and may still be. But he’s seeking professional treatment for that and his depression. Are you saying that by encouraging him to post here, we’re encouraging his alcoholism? In what way? I think people in this thread made it pretty clear that any posts about current alcohol over-indulgence won’t be looked at as funny but as very serious. I hope he got that message.
He knows he has problems. What do you want, weeping and gnashing of teeth? Perhaps his board persona is different from his IRL one… possible?
What do you suggest we do about it? He is certainly aware that I think he has sometime been skeevy and weird on this board in the past. Beyond that, all I can suggest is not reading his threads, because we can’t change him. All you can do is not encourage him. That’s the point that was made to me in this thread, and I think it’s correct, because we can’t dictate his behavior nor that of his “fans.”
Yeah, if that’s what’s going on in the other thread (and no, I’m not going to read it), then I feel you. But again, nothing you can do… though if it really bothers you that much, could you open another Pit thread? Because this one had its day and resolution. Pit the people you think are encouraging him, because I think Autolycus is just using his formidable entertainment skills and people are lapping it up. That’s what’s sick, not the storytelling. That’s my suggestion.
And if you (elbows) does start another thread, could you be more specific about what skeeves you out in particular so that I can know whether I’m a “fan lapping it up” and sickly encouraging his behavior or not. I’m not sure I’m seeing the point.
Yep, I read the first page. Not a whole lot more.
For that, I should rightly burn in Hell. The accusations I made against specific posters should have only been allowed had I read the entire thread. Shame on me.
It’s kind of funny, eventually one will come across a poster engaged in the type of behavior that they’re known for. Now I know why so many people think that Rubystreak is a total bitch. Funny, given the number of things we agreed on.
Personally, I think I could be an asshole, perhaps a douchebag, it’s all subject to interpretation though.
Good to know that now that Ruby and Auto have made peace, this thread is no longer a nasty affair.
Sorry for getting you lynched Ruby, glad to see that you let that go though.
You’ve all made some really good points.
Perhaps I over reacted. Maybe it’s just me.
I will carefully consider the ideas you have put forth, and, if need be open another thread, as suggested, instead of reopening this one.
Can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not, but you did come in here with a blanket condemnation of everyone in the thread when you haven’t even read it. A lot went on after that first awful page. Your post was out of line. Wouldn’t consider a sincere apology, would you?
And a giant fuck you to you too, you day late buck short jerk-off. This thread had come to a pleasant end before you came in here, having read 1/6 of it, and started flinging shit around. Had to get your shot in, eh? Whatever. Can’t remember ever doing anything to you, but don’t let that stop you from telling me how “everyone” thinks I’m a bitch. Two fewer people think that now than did at the beginning of this thread, so losing your high regard seems a worthwhile trade-off, especially when it’s pretty clear that you’re in the wrong here, having been rather ignorant about this thread’s outcome when you posted your screed.
You didn’t get me lynched. Don’t flatter yourself. I did that all on my own.
Yeah, lay off people. This thread is definitely deceased. This thread is no more; it has ceased to be. It has expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late thread. It’s a stiff, bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn’t responsed to it, it would be pushin’ up daises. It’s run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an EX-thread.
holds hands with Rubystreak and walks towards the sunset.