I sure do, which is why I’ve alluded to it elsewhere in all this stuff. And even though in my case I ended up in a really, really bad place, 1) it still had nothing ultimately to do with how bad words on an computer screen were to me (which, incidentally, I brought on myself – because, yanno, I could’ve turned the damn thing off at any time and left it alone) and everything to do with myself, not others, 2) I was solely responsible for making myself look over-the-top and ridiculous, and 3) it taught me to have an even thicker skin online than I did already. Although in my couple of blind areas, that wasn’t nearly as much as it should’ve been. I’m grateful that I learned something from all that.
Conclusion? With as harsh as some people have been over this, I find it interesting that you singled me out for your only post. What you said reminds me of a recent dust up over “cyber bullying” versus lying. People are so incredibly sensitive to things that some concepts have lost all meaning. However, I do have empathy and undoubtedly would’ve had more in this situation except for the extreme histrionics compared to offense ratio. But I’ve already detailed that, as I’m sure you know.
Lastly, I’m not questioning anything, but instead rather musing to the other folks still posting to this thread. Since Idle has so graciously and successfully dealt with this issue by apologizing and promising to never pull a similar stunt again, I’m not certain why they were laboring on either. You having not addressed them is purely an oversight, I’m sure.
Now this I’m all for. So Idle Thoughts, I don’t care if you’re a boy or a girl, you fooled me: next time I’ll be in Arizona, you’ll buy me a beer (or better, a case)!
I would just like to express my sincere condolences to everyone whose tender feelings were hurt by getting fooled on April Fools Day. I hope and pray that you will learn to trust again. (((hugs)))
I was a little disappointed too. But I believe he mentioned he selected those who were online at the time. Since I’m 13 or 14 hours ahead of him, there’s a good chance I was snoozing in bed at the time.
Trust me, the last thing I want to do is to shake this hornet hive of a thread. But, I just think it’s important for me to relay to you what Idle Thoughts revealed to me in very strict confidence. She told me that the people she sent the IM’s to are the one’s she considers to be complete and utter dolts.
…the ones she didn’t send an IM to, she just considers to be butt-heads.
Progress Report: Update on my progress for post Idle Thoughts IM stress syndrome treatment: They’ve got me on the big guns, now (Risperdal, Ambilify and Tea Tree Oil), as well as electroshock therapy and something new they call “anal reaming therapy.” So, don’t worry about me, I’m in good hands…and fingers.
Remember that time when something pretty trivial happened, and everyone on the SDMB was able to respond calmly and with some sense of proportion? Me either.
