I pit myself.

The BBQ Pit
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Everyone has to get used to the flavor and rules of a new board when he/she joins, but I think my learning curve on SDMB has been especially weak.

Points

  1. Taking stuff too seriously. I got too mad at Ramujaran in GD and flamed him–a violation of a rule, too. Sorry, buddy. Semi-flames elsewhere, to no good purpose.

  2. Cussing too much, and using profanity in a GQ thread. Apologies.

  3. Stupid posts here and there.

I hope the mods and members will have patience as I try to up the level of my participation here.

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Dude you’re such a wuss.

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I predict this thread is not long for this world.

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Why, what’s wrong with this thread? I’m not joking; I’m being sincere.

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The solution: Lots of lurking.

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I think that you have no idea what Aeschines meant, Aeschines. I mean obviously he was just kidding! You are a complete and total asshole Aeschines, and I think you have no right to pit Aeschines. Who do you think you are, anyways?

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I’m with ZebraShaSha on this one. Aeschines, you are being way too hard on Aeschines … :wink:

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Everyone does this. The only issues are:

A) how many and;

B) where.

Oh, I wouldn’t pay any attention to the folks who think you’re a wuss. Being polite is studiously underrated, especially by those who wouldn’t know scruples from staples.

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Someone help me here - my mamma told me that you just slam staples in with a staple gun but screw scruples in with a corkscrew or something.

is this right??

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Don’t be so hard on the poor guy, Aeschines. :smiley:

I didn’t post anything in GD for months. I kept reading threads and watching how very, very intelligent people were shot down because they didn’t provide citations: I filed this away for future reference. And I saw mediocre debaters get shot down for having a ton of mediocre citations—or win because of one outstanding one.

I watched a bunch of people get warnings by mods so I could see someone else make my mistakes.

I watched people get banned and resolved not to imitate 'em.

I dunno, keep your eyes peeled. You’ll get the hang of it.

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Self-pittings generally don’t go too well around here - even when undertaken by extremely respected posters - they tend to look more like compliment fishing than asking for advice.

That said, Fish’s advice is pretty sound.

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Listen, Aeschines, you goat-felching offspring of a rabid benobo and a banana slug, why don’t you save your dimes and nickels and go out and buy yourself a freaking sense of humor.

Oh, and the profanity in GQ? You obviously were raised by a clan of cannabilistic Neanderthal necrophiliacs if you think that sort of thing is acceptable.

And your stupid posts reveal that you have an intelligence quotient somewhat lower than that of a box of Quaker Oats.
There. Do you feel better now?

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Yeah, especially here.