Sure, he provided a lesson. An object lesson. “How not to behave on the SDMB, and why.” The utility of that lesson is somewhat suspect: so far the only person who seems to have needed it is yourself. How useful his post was, therefore, is largely going to be determined by how strongly you take it to heart, and resolve not to act like him.
I certainly hope so. I’d hate to think I’ve gone to all this effort insulting Snakes on a Plane for nothing.
I still do not see why you are applying that to me. Why do I need that lesson?
You must be dreaming if you think that that SnakesonPlane would be reading this and /or being insulted by this thread.
And I am very glad to know I wasn’t the only person offended by soap’s post. Sampiro was trying to interject some humor into what is one of the most trying times in a person’s life - the loss of a parent. I understand not everyone loves his writing as much as some of us do (the line for the signed first editions of his book forms right behind me) but to shit in a thread concerning the potential death of a parent was more than I could take.
Hee Hee Hee! My first Pit thread wasn’t a total failure!!
Why did you want to post “I do not know Sampiro, and I am not interested enough to read the whole post about his mother.” if you didn’t find it either entertaining or desirable? What possible motivation could you have for posting that in a thread by a man watching his mother die??? And why wouldn’t I think you were immoral or ostracize you for making a remark like that?
Oh yeah? :
You didn’t use the word “right,” but how else would you translate “should be able to?”
Nice little bit of self-pity there. A pity it doesn’t work. Given that thus far all you’ve managed to do is to convince me that I was wrong about your having been decent in the first place, I’d say you’re probably right.
Your posts in this thread strike me as one long string of disingenuous pseudo-questions, the purpose of which leaves me at a complete loss.
Sort of implies that you don’t understand why saying, “I don’t care” to someone talking about a dying parent is socially unacceptable.
Oh, I’d say the odds are pretty good that he’s reading this, and at least 50/50 that he’s pissed off. The average internet shithead tends to be amusingly over-sensitive, usually in direct proportion to his ability to callously offend other people.
Doubt it.
I agree with blinkingblinking that SOAP was making a play on “tldr”; seems obvious to me, actually.
I learned my lesson about shitting in “angry” MPSIMS style Pit threads but I basically still agree with my first post in that linked thread. Normal Pit rules are abandoned if the OP is a personal issue rant? I still don’t agree that it’s “beyond the pale” to tell someone “Holy fuck, a 3-part 10 page opus to bitch about fucking funeral arrangements? If you need to self publish, get a goddamn LJ account.”
Seriously, just because you are angry doesn’t mean your thread belongs in the Pit. If you know (and perhaps want) your OP only getting sympathy and congrats on your fab writing skills then why post it in the Pit?
Why shit on it just because it’s in the Pit? Does that make his mother die less? Cut me a break! Mean is mean, whether it’s in the Pit or in MPIMS. What, do you think he posted in the Pit thinking - well, I just need a few people to tell me how dull my mother’s death is, and that will make it easier for me to cope?
And btw, how would *you * feel about posting about your mother’s dying in a forum entitled Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share? Maybe that’s where it belongs by regs, but I’d sure not be willing to label her death that way.
I don’t find it in the least “obvious” that **SoaP ** was making a “joke.” If he was, it was remarkably unfunny and mean-spirited.
If you think something’s in the wrong forum, report it to a mod and suggest it be moved. Doesn’t that make a little more sense than telling an OP whose mother is dying that he’s too boring to read? Or is that only in the real world? Since it’s all just a message board here, I take it that nobody really feels anything? Or is it simply that if you post in the Pit, you deserve what you get, no matter how cruel?
Why shit on it? I guess that varies from poster to poster. I would guess SOAP did it because he’s annoyed with Sampiro’s exhaustive narrative style. Would that be good enough for you? Should we have a sticky listing proper BBQ Pit posting motives?
Yeah, I thought that part was pretty obvious too.
To quote the rules we are so fond of:
Believe it or not but I’m not planning to share my Mother’s death on this message board. Regardless, why is the “BBQ Pit” such a great place to post about it? Though in fairness, I have argued before that they should change that MPSIMS forum’s fucking name. People like yourself apparently take it real serious.
I’m not talking about rules here. I’m talking about decent human behavior. Look, I think our society has gone way overboard in what you could call artificial niceness. It’s gotten to the point that no one will ever tell you if they don’t like what you’re doing (even though not knowing may cost you all kinds of problems later on), and people won’t even allow you to make a realistic assessment of your own weaker points without whining “Oh, don’t put yourself down!” I want to slap people silly over that one sometimes.
BUT heaven forbid we should allow consideration to interfere with literary criticism? Or the ultra coolness that allows us to be ironic, bored and indifferent (publicly) about anything, even the death of good old Mom, right? No, can’t let anything interfere with those.
Of course, I don’t know what I’m expecting from someone who describes that thread as a “3-part 10 page opus to bitch about fucking funeral arrangements? If you need to self publish, get a goddamn LJ account.” Obviously, your literary criticism and your coolness are *far * more important.
You know, I don’t plan to post about the death of my Mom here either. So what? People cope in different ways. I don’t really give a shit whether you thought Sampiro was being tacky, or attention-whoring or what. The fact is, he was writing about events that, even though he described them in a somewhat humorous fashion, he made very clear were quite serious and very painful to him. I’m not asking that you or anyone else give him sympathy. I *do * ask that you refrain from shitting on him under the circumstances, and that includes telling him that you lack the interest to be bothered to read his post because it would take too much of your oh-so-precious time. And I really don’t think that’s too much to ask, even on a fucking message board!
This thread has been extremely useful to me, in that it has told me some of the people who I can count on to be really shitty when the chips are down. I’m really quite grateful in that respect.
ETF, my understanding is that judgement and judgment are both accepted these days.
Holy shit, you’re right. I was all set to chime in with some smart ass remark, but thankfully I checked it out first. Besides I’m really not one to point out the spelling errors of others. Not that I don’t do it, but that I should not do it. Considering my less than stellar (see) skills.
blinkingblinking - how can you continually and repeatedly get someone’s name wrong when it’s typed out in front of you, and you’re even quoting it in your own posts?
This is petty and pointless and I’m not even defending the guy because he’s an ass, but his name is SnakesOnAPlane. See that little letter in there? That’s an ‘a’. Say hello to him. Guh.
Christ, CarnalK. You’re the dumbest motherfucker I’ve ever seen. We’re asking you why the fuck you care. Why the fuck do you care what people think of Sampiro’s writing? Why the fuck do you care how long his posts are? Why tyhe fuck do you care which threads are “right” for the Pit and which aren’t, when you’re not a fucking moderator?
You don’t, and we all know you don’t. You’re a fucking troll, fishing in SDMB waters for the amusement of all your little basement-dwelling subhumans over at the Snark Pit. WE KNOW. Ok? We know. You’re transparent, and nobody cares if you choke to death on Doritos in your mother’s basement.
We like the board the way it is, and if you and your Snark pals don’t, well that’s just too fucking bad.
So go fuck the fuck off, and you and your little enfant provocateur buddies have a great time sniffing each other’s farts, OK?
I think blinkingblinking has some kind of serious language barrier. I find his/her posts extremely difficult to follow, as they are rife with spelling errors, grammatical problems and tortured, misused punctuation. There may be a point in there, but it’s well hidden.
