# I could smack, strangle, and lecture you for 3 hrs, but you still won't get it, will you? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720 "2011-08-06T11:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/81 "2011-08-08T15:46:41Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > I prefer a little energy high than a drunk one, so give me a break, Puritans. Unless, of course, you and your friends are totally straight edge, that’d be the only way snarking on it wouldn’t be hypocritical. You think it’s unlikely that there are a good number of people on this message board whose social circles are “totally straight edge”? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/82 "2011-08-08T16:00:38Z")
Well, there’s me, but I’m wasted right now. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/83 "2011-08-08T16:16:20Z")
I couldn’t really read much of this, but I do run a rescue shelter for coked up strippers. Well, more of a halfway house really. Like topless and drunk or something. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/84 "2011-08-08T16:18:51Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > Am I the only one who wondered whether the 3,500 word OP was pounded out while she was _on_ blow? My first thought exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/85 "2011-08-08T17:16:53Z")
My interpretation of the OP: - I started hanging out with someone I thought was cool. - Turns out she’s actually kind of a jerk. - I don’t want to hang out with her anymore. **Indygrrl** , I get that you were venting, and that’s fine. Presumably you’ve calmed down by now and realize that the solution to this problem is extremely simple: _Stop hanging out with this person_. And stop letting somebody you’ve known for less than half a year affect you so much. Just cut her loose and be done with it. No further drama necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/86 "2011-08-08T17:27:08Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > My first thought exactly. Well, that’s three days out of the year gone… ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/87 "2011-08-08T20:19:11Z")
So Indygrrl, did you send the letter or not? If not, I’d vote for just posting that on her Facebook Wall. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/88 "2011-08-08T20:53:54Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > So Indygrrl, did you send the letter or not? > > If not, I’d vote for just posting that on her Facebook Wall. Or tattooed as a tasteful back piece. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/89 "2011-08-08T23:28:48Z")
Perhaps I should write it in all caps, but as I’ve said a few times, **I have no intention at all to send this to her, or even mention it**. I’m just going to attempt to slowly phase her out of my life, which shouldn’t be that difficult except when it comes to FB. So far, I’ve just been giving one word answers to any direct questions from her, and avoiding her the rest of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/90 "2011-08-09T01:05:53Z")
Well, okay. But I’m still curious about something: did you ever send that OP to her? ---
**Author:** ![OneMissedPost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@OneMissedPost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneMissedPost)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/91 "2011-08-09T01:42:36Z")
\*\*Bolding is just fine. \*\* We get the point. 😛 > [@Indygrrl](#): > > I’m just going to attempt to slowly phase her out of my life, which shouldn’t be that difficult except when it comes to FB. So far, I’ve just been giving one word answers to any direct questions from her, and avoiding her the rest of the time. You may want to block her from FB. Just a thought… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/92 "2011-08-09T02:10:10Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > Perhaps I should write it in all caps, but as I’ve said a few times, **I have no intention at all to send this to her, or even mention it**. I’m just going to attempt to slowly phase her out of my life, which shouldn’t be that difficult except when it comes to FB. So far, I’ve just been giving one word answers to any direct questions from her, and avoiding her the rest of the time. Frankly, it seems tomme you’ve wasted far more emotional capital on this chick than she’s worth. Why waste even one more second’s thought on her? Just delete her from your emotional life. It’s not like there as ever much of a relationship here. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/93 "2011-08-09T05:33:55Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Mullets and Camaros may be involved, as well. And a 40-something woman with 80s hair named Tammy. EDIT: back to the OP. when it’s TL/DR for so many of us, do you expect the recipient to read all of it, too? A lot of advice for writing nastygrams is along the lines of “write it, put it into an envelope, and then burn it.” Getting it all down on paper served the purpose of organizing your thoughts and clearing your head. Leave it at that. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/94 "2011-08-09T12:40:46Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Frankly, it seems tomme you’ve wasted far more emotional capital on this chick than she’s worth. Why waste even one more second’s thought on her? Just delete her from your emotional life. It’s not like there as ever much of a relationship here. Yes. Why do you need to slowly phase anything at all? And why is Facebook a special case? That seems like the easiest thing of all to cut off. Unfriend and block. There, done. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/95 "2011-08-09T19:25:40Z")
I’m just wondering if the OP ever sent out the letter to her friend. I think it would be the best thing to do. Get it all out in the open. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/96 "2011-08-09T19:34:24Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I’m just wondering if the OP ever sent out the letter to her friend. I think it would be the best thing to do. Get it all out in the open. With cameras rolling? ---
**Author:** ![pikey\_pete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/97 "2011-08-09T22:50:07Z")
Cocaine? really? I hop…nah, fuck it, waste of time ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/98 "2011-08-09T23:41:01Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > But it’s hard to reconcile your Party Girl persona with your Wanna-Be Homebirther persona–posting all those links to sites that preach about living Purely & Naturally. Doing coke makes the babies pop out faster. Hell, they’re already crawling. Really quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@Hawkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkins)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/99 "2011-08-10T01:33:30Z")
That is the craziest rant I’ve ever seen. I Think the OP should be sentenced to thirty days in the electric chair. ---
**Author:** ![pikey\_pete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720/100 "2011-08-10T02:29:07Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > A lot of advice for writing nastygrams is along the lines of “write it, put it into an envelope, and then burn it.” Getting it all down on paper served the purpose of organizing your thoughts and clearing your head. Leave it at that. it didn’t look like the thoughts got cleared or organized by the op. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-could-smack-strangle-and-lecture-you-for-3-hrs-but-you-still-wont-get-it-will-you/591720.md?page=6)