Ok. I have no side. I don’t hate VV. I don’t hate Silo. I don’t hate TC.
BUT…fer chrissakes, the servers went APESHIT past night. I got kicked. Buncha people got kicked. It took about an hour all told for all of the server stuff to stop…and I went to bed shortly after, so it may have still been screwed up after that. I don’t know.
All personal feelings aside, at least shaddup about the kickings and bootings and bannings (oh my), all right? Jesus.
Silo, you’re fucking ridiculous.
Even if that stupid thread was a bit over-reacted to you on my part, I don’t hate you. I told you that last night. I get pissed because of the assinine things you always say.
I don’t hate you, but I certainly don’t like you. I think you’ve taken the “martyr torch” from Techie and are trying to run with it.
As far as the “who hates me?” bullshit in chat, we all went off on you that night for a good half-hour. You were THERE, so you’re either in denial, or stupid.
Get off of this cross too.
And if you must leave, You won’t be missed by most. But surely not hated by me.
-Sam
God damnit,
This isn’t about me being kicked anymore…got it? Okay, so a script was fuckered up…I understand that now.
What it is about now is Silo.
Damnit Mike, I am so fucking sorry about this, you don’t even know. You have my phone number, you know I wouldn’t have given that to you unless I didn’t trust you. Call me.
Between my tears and everything that has transpired, I feel like the biggest shit that ever walked this Earth.
The world does not revolve around the internet. My world does. I have friends I have known for 5 years on this God forsaken thing.
I hate that I created so much discord. I hate that I created this thread. I want this to all go away. I want the fun I had before. It’s no longer fun. In fact it sucks.
I will leave as it seems to be the best thing for all involved. Again, I apologize to all if I offended. I never meant any harm. So please take my apology and know that in my heart I will miss you all.
< signing out >
If you really think I kickbanned everyone, then why is Joph standing up for me?
I’d never chatted with him before last night(and you kick ass BTW Joph:)), but I certainly didn’t kick a whole room on purpose.
Hell, I didn’t even kick you when we were talking last night, so why would you think I’d kick you AND Techie? and put a BAN on them?
Gimme a fuckin break Martyr-boy.
-Sam
Subj: disable my user name
Date: 7/2/00 3:47:20 PM Mountain Daylight Time
From: COflower1
To: TUBADIVA
name taken out,
I hate to do this but I need to, please disable my user name effective immediately.
I feel like such a poop, I can’t go back and face them again.
Thanks so much,
Liz
And what are those links supposed to prove Silo?
IN one, you act like a jerk, and insult people, the second one youwhine and sook that nobody likes you, and the third you act like a nit-picking spaz (dont blame me for the hijack, you did it first! - please)
So in summation of your post, everyone else is lying, everyone should beleive you. You would never be un-truthful. You would never purposely cause trouble. You would never stir up shit between friends would you? Well, that would be, almost… troll like.
You know what? If it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, even if it claims over and over that its a swan - IT’S A DUCK!
You have caused a world of hurt…
Why, nothing good on TV?
Near as I can tell, this thread consists of about 15 of us patiently explaining what happened and why, and 2 people blatently calling us liars. I seriously hope no one thinks me the sort who would fake being threatened or assulted for whatever reason, and I sincerely think the fact that Silo denys things that are witnessed and remarked on by several people speaks for itself.
I have made some good friends here and I’m so sorry to leave, but I must on sheer principle. Bye.
Waaaahhhh…
-Sam
P.S.-- Can I have my cross back?
Sheer principle??
Well, look at that! I can see right through his principles! Yup, they are sheer alright!
Sheer?? Looks more like fishnet to me…all those holes.
Look, I don’t know what the fuck you people do in that chatroom when I’m not there, but this is fucking ridiculous. Silo, Techchick: you’re acting like you’re both Chinese dissidents and the rest of the participating people in the chat room are Mao’s Communist Party. There was a misunderstanding, and it was explained. Some people say Silo’s OK, some say he’s cool, and some say he’s an ass. I’m sure it is possible to gather such a variety of opinions about ANY poster. I don’t know WHAT he did, but I’m sure it doesn’t warrant a Spanish Inquisition (yeah, yeah. Nobody expects THEM.).
Get a fucking grip. It isn’t the outbreak of WWIII. You people better behave yourselves the next time I’m in there, goddammit. As a matter of fact, I think I’m gonna have a look later on.
Jesus Fucking CHRIST People!!! Do you have any idea how ridiculous this all is? This is a complete non-event, so why is it so fucking dramatic?
techchick: The best thing is not for you to leave. The best thing for you to do is what your heart is telling you to do. And if I had to guess, I’d bet your heart is telling you to stay. As you said yourself, you have friends here that you love. And they love you too. You leaving won’t help things, it’ll make them ten-fold worse. It’ll throw dark clouds over the entire message board, and just as the old dark clouds were finally starting to recede.
The message board needs you. Shit, I don’t even know you and I want you to stay. You are one of the foundation blocks of the SDMB, not to mention #SD. If you have problems with the people here, then talk them out. Hell, shout them out if that works better for you. But don’t quit.
Remember, this too will pass.
Oh, fuck.
Fuck, fuck, fuck. Techchick, let me say that I would unthinkingly forgive a thousand of these threads from you without thinking. I’m not sure what you’d have do to get me upset at you to the point that you should be uncomfortable here because of me. But I guess I can see where some people might still bear a grudge against you.
I’ve never been in chat, and probably never will, just because it’s a format I’m not comfortable with. From what I’ve seen, Silo is just about an average poster. OK, when he admitted to his spotted past, I called him an asshole, but if you look at his “coming out” post, you won’t see any hint of remorse, which it soon became apparent that he does feel. So I’ll apologize for that one.
Not being in chat, I don’t know what Silo is like there, or why Techchick would want or need to protect him. What it looks like Techchick is saying is, in effect: “Silo realizes that he sometimes says some dumb and offensive shit to you. I’m his friend and I’m trying to help him out, so if you could let me know if you are offended by anything he says, I will try to take care of it. Please accept my judgement about these sorts of things, as I feel that I know him well enough to mediate these differences, and with your patience, make him a better poster and even a better person.”
Sure, you can simply not respect her judgement, but if no one’s going to, I don’t blame her for not feeling like being there (or here) at all. And from what I’ve seen of Techchick, if you don’t respect her judgement, you’re an asshole.
So in summation, fuck all you piece of shit assholes who couldn’t let their beef with Silo take a backseat to their respect for Techchick. Fuck your pettiness and fuck your disrespect and fuck your childishness and fuck your inability to let friendship prevail of anger. And when you’re through, fuck you once again, just because I’m pissed that Techchick’s not gonna be here again. Goddamit you people, why the fuck can’t you just try to understand each other?
Bloody fucking hell, now I’m fucking pissed at you asswipes (and I normally like all you guys). I don’t know why, but for some reason, I’ve always felt a certain closeness to Techchick, and consider her my second favorite poster here (for those who care, Coldfire is number one, although if Techchick was a Rush fan…), so I really don’t want to see her go. Please Techchick, don’t feel like you need everyone here to like you. I know it sucks when shit like this happens, but as for myself, I’m willing to tolerate Silo (well, since I kinda like the guy that’s not saying much, so, I’d tolerate his first incarntion) to keep you here. Goddam shame that things turned out this way.
Oh my goodness, this is so ridiculous! I don’t chat with any of you and am not planning on it anytime soon, so I have no business whatsoever posting on this thread, but I don’t give a fuck.
To the point: do you have any idea how much you are all over-reacting? Every last one of you? Except for Jophiel, Dave, Pat and some others. From an outsider’s POV, you sound like a bunch of kids I was friends with in third grade:
I mean, this is such a stupid thing to get pissed over. Well, take that back, be pissed all you want. But you should know most of you are making asses of yourselves. I don’t love Silo and he has pissed me off, but he is just some random guy on the Internet whom I have no concern over.
VV, I enjoy your posts and everything, but lemme ask - what did you think Silo would do? Hunt you down? Drop out of school, launch a manhunt, find your home, and shoot you in between the eyes? I mean, that was a pussy threat, if you can even call it that. Give me a break.
Kyla and everyone else who has posted here - ignore him. Most of us are mature adults, but sometimes we lapse in judgement (I know I have recently). No one is perfect, so either put up with the flaws, ignore them, or leave.
I agree totally with casdave - this is not really related to SD except that some of the Dopies chat there. So keep it off this board, please. I don’t want to lose respect for anyone as a poster for some shit they said in live chat, and I don’t want to read about it here (I know I didn’t have to read it, but a thread like this is hard to ignore).
Grow up, everyone. I’m only 19 and I think you all are managing to redefine immaturity with incredible degree of accuracy.
I think in the beginning TechChick thought she had a legit beef against the chatters. Fine. Great, let her vent. Then, several posters explained to her what happened. She called them all liars. Strike one. Why would they all lie to her about something so stupid?
Then she rushes to defend somebody several people have a strong dislike for her. That is not a problem. But when she becomes ANGRY at someone for disliking her special friend, Strike Two.
Then she takes something that’s not a big deal, warps it, bends it out of shape, starts swearing at everybody, and acts like a spoiled child. Strike 3.
THEN to top it all of, a bunch of fucknut retards get involved in this thread. After saying “I never chat”, they proceed to give their opinions on something that has nothing to do with them. Not only that, but they mock, insult, and swear at people who were involved and know exactly what’s going on.
To be Continued at a later date…
I chat occassionally. I find it sometimes entertaining, sometimes fulfilling, sometimes mildly amusing, sometimes mildly annoying.
I have never seen it get as childoish as this thread. Techchick, I have a great deal of respect for you. I have gone on record that you rockk hard. But you have lost perspective on this.
Protect Silo if you wish. You will never be able to protect him entirely, and you have no business demanding that others filter their behavior to your desires. You have said that you can see past surface faults and see to th egoodness beneath. Does this apply only to Silo and not to those Silo angers?
You may never read this, since you have deactivated your account. That is a shame. Nothing you have done required that response. I wish you well.
Grade-A beautiful. You have gained major points with me with that one. 
I wish dear you would just take my advice I posted earlier. Please don’t torture yourself - these online soap operas are not worth your health. You’re a great person, please take a break and come back. What do you mean you can’t face us again? The people that like you still like you, and the people that don’t still don’t - it’s just no big deal!
In fact, I’m going to put myself on the line and say that after you’ve had time to get un-burned out, you will return to the board. And the people that like you will STILL like you, and the people that don’t will STILL NOT - but it’s just no big deal.
I haven’t made too many enemies on this board (I guess I can’t think of any), mostly new friends. You know how I handle people who become gratuitous enemies online? I send them the following message:
“You are dead to me. Your postings will be unread. If you post in my thread, I will not read your responses. E-mail will be deleted unread. If you join chat, you do not exist to me. Any e-mail or thread that contains your name will be unread. Your name will not be mentioned positively or negatively by me in any conversation in any form.” And then, I do exactly what I say. It takes a while, and it’s very hard, but it does work.
Please be good to yourself.
Anthracite
Two quick points:
I think Esprix, matt_mcl and others could come right back at you and say you’ve historically been very overt and in-your-face about your heterosexuality.