# Lobsang: talk about a persecution complex **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434 "2003-02-07T10:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/81 "2003-02-09T07:16:09Z")
He is, indeed, a puzzle within a conumdrum within an enigma. And … how’d you know I was larfin’, **kamb**? Huh? 😃 Nah, mate – she’s sweet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/82 "2003-02-09T08:10:07Z")
How’d I know you’d be sniggering **Icey**? Just a hunch. 😛 Anyway, here’s to the SDMB community…(wot? No beer smilie? What sort of a joint is this anyway?) ;j ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/83 "2003-02-09T08:18:38Z")
Wolves don’t snigger, Aussie. We howl. 🙂 And maybe we’ll get to edu-ma-cate these folks about th’ beauty of the beer smilie someday. Who knows? 😉 _And_ the moon … ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/84 "2003-02-09T08:30:08Z")
Well, I \*distinctly[/] heard a lupine **chortle** coming from an easterly direction (give or take a bit for winds and ocean currents). I’m damn sure it wasn’t a howl, but I might be wrong (as I infrequently am!!) 😛 …shit…STILL no beer smilie!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/85 "2003-02-09T08:33:08Z")
Oh, well … there _might_ have been a chortle. Of some description. We Wolves like to diversify with our vocalisations, don’t cha know? 😃 Bu-u-u-t – th’ wind blows from _your_ way, mate, not mine. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/86 "2003-02-09T08:38:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\* > > Bu-u-u-t – th’ wind blows from _your_ way, mate, not mine. 😛 \*\* So where does our sou’easterly come from then eh? A blessed breeze it is too…are you going to deny ownership of the ONE NZ export that we are happy about???😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/87 "2003-02-09T08:42:51Z")
Gee, I wish I could take th’ credit, mate. That would be an interesting meterological factoid – reversible air patterns over th’ Tasman. Heh. Usually, tho’, we just get th’ shite weather in th’ winter from Sydney. 🙂 Th’ _cultured_ stuff must come from you lot. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/88 "2003-02-10T00:12:39Z")
I feel like _I_ am the one being played with. **kambuckta** that apology was sincere. You have offended me for taking back your acceptance. thanks a fucking lot. And I don’t ‘play’ with people here. That has offended me too. I do have issues, they are that I hate to leave a situation unresolved. And my trying not to care about being called names was an attempt to apphease the situation. I really am trying to fix the mess I made. I know I can be an arse whole. But I am not some really big asshole who 'play’s with people! thanks a fucking lot. now I DO feel like shit. ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/89 "2003-02-10T00:21:54Z")
I know it’s not really my place (after all, this seems to be an ongoing thread between Lobsang, Ice Wolf, and kambuckta) but can’t we all just get along? Speaking as an outside person reading the OP, apology letter, and THIS THREAD can’t you all just shut the fuck up? This insanity is sure to never end. If you all can’t reach a peaceful understanding, then just hate each other in silence. Now, I know no one twisted my arm and made me read this thing, but it’s becoming ridiculous. Please don’t take this as an attack on anyone’s character or whatever the fuck, but it is clear that any sort of understanding will NOT be reached. So let’s stop acting like little sissy schoolgirls and close the matter, eh? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/90 "2003-02-10T00:28:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flood \* > \*\*Speaking as an outside person reading the OP, apology letter, and THIS THREAD can’t you all just shut the fuck up… So let’s stop acting like little sissy schoolgirls and close the matter, eh? > 🙂 \*\* Well, if you _had_ read the thread you would’ve realized that the OP had asked this thread to be closed. So, it seems only you and **Lobsang** are the only ones keeping it alive. ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/91 "2003-02-10T00:37:13Z")
How long does it take to close a thread if a person emails immediately??? I would think less than 16 hours. After all, that’s when KAMBUCKTA (who by the way is not the OP of THIS PARTICULAR thread) asked that the thread be closed and said that she was off to write an email of sorts. In the future, I advise that you know exactly when a post was made before making a snooty remark. Oh, and by posting, you too are adding to life of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/92 "2003-02-10T00:38:32Z")
**flood** Very good idea. Ice can think I am weird. kambuckta can hate me. I can think Ice is a nice guy (or gal. I don;t know which). I can think kambuckta is probably an ok gal, but a) misunderstands my intentions, and b) too easily condems. and we can all go our seperate ways on te boards. ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/93 "2003-02-10T00:38:38Z")
By the way, you can’t get people to reconcile or shut the fuck up if you dont post. Would you agree with that??? ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/94 "2003-02-10T00:39:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flood \* > \*\*After all, that’s when KAMBUCKTA (who by the way is not the OP of THIS PARTICULAR thread) \*\* She’s not? Look again. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/95 "2003-02-10T00:42:40Z")
Whoops, looks like you got me there. Sorry 'bout that. But still, 16 hrs is sufficient time to close a thread (I would think) if an email is sent immediately. I’m not trying to aggrevate anyone, simply saying that its old and hope that we can let it go. Lobsang agrees, and I hope you and the other two do as well. Signed: A humble newbie ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/96 "2003-02-10T00:49:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by flood \* > \*\*Whoops, looks like you got me there. Sorry 'bout that. But still, 16 hrs is sufficient time to close a thread (I would think) if an email is sent immediately. I’m not trying to aggrevate anyone, simply saying that its old and hope that we can let it go. Lobsang agrees, and I hope you and the other two do as well. > > Signed: A humble newbie \*\* Oh my God! A whole 16 hours! Well we should dock their pay! Except they don’t get paid. They do this for free in their spare time, so please extend a little patience, OK? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/97 "2003-02-10T00:51:10Z")
I am officially moving on with my life. My work here is done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/98 "2003-02-10T00:56:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stephi \* > \*\*Oh my God! A whole 16 hours! Well we should dock their pay! > > Except they don’t get paid. > > They do this for free in their spare time, so please extend a little patience, OK? 🙂 \*\* Jeezy Creezy! All I said is that I thought that 16 hrs is enough time to close a thread. Never in there did I say that I was becoming impatient. Being a new member, how the hell am I supposed to know how long it takes to close a thread? Do YOU know? I luv the mods. All I said is that LOBSANG, ICE WOLF, and KAMBUCKTA should just get over whatever feelings they have for each other and let the thread die. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go and do just that. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/99 "2003-02-10T03:01:45Z")
**flood** , please stop bringing up my name (despite the _wonderful_ ego boost it does to me!) in conjunction with enmity, ill-feeling and all the yukkiness involved. 1. I don’t have a problem with **kambuckta** – that has been resolved. (Very sorry if you misinterpreted the Trans-Tasman razzing session last night as a war – it isn’t. It was us having a bit of time off from the serious shit. It’s an Australasian thing.) 2. I don’t have a problem with **Lobsang**. He can sort his own stuff out. I merely asked, if he wants improvement, how he’s going to do it. A non-answer is his right. I don’t really stay awake at night worrying about this. 3. **kambuckta** has asked for this to be closed – it’ll just take time. Now, thanking you once again for capitalising my damned nick, I bid you adieu. Sheesh! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/100 "2003-02-10T03:39:15Z")
Ice Wolf - It wasn’t my intention to ignore your question, I was just reluctant to answer it as it would bring this thread to the top of the list. It is up at the top now anyway, so it is ok to answer… > [@](#): > > Got a question for you then, Lobsang – what are you going to do, from here on, to not be perceived as a jerk if you can possibly help it? One thing I will try to do is not rise to anything. Another thing (difficult) is to think about what might happen if I reply to something unconstructive about me. (Think before I post) About the drinking - I actually don’t drunk-post all that often. It is quite rare in fact. It just happens enough times for it to be noticeable. A drink fueled post probably stands out more - so it may _seem_ like I post a lot while drunk. And the post in which I said I am more likely to post while drunk - I was drunk when I sai d that. so I was a little less acurate than I could be. I am not more likely to post while Drunk. (I don’t know why I said it, maybe I was trying to say I am less likely to think twice about posting something, so indirectly I am more likely to post it) Thing three - be less self-involved. keep my feelings to myself, just post about trivial things . and offer my opinion in places where I feel it is appropriate to do so. I took kambuckta’s calling my post bullshit as a personal attack. what author of a post wouldn’t take it personally if someone calls their op bullshit? a very thick-skinned author - maybe. I am not very thick skinned. Don’t get me wrong. I am not a jerk all the time. I made a rare error and posted a stupid thread. someone told me so in a slightly un-tactful way - I over-reacted to that lack of tact. things spiralled out of control. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434.md?page=6)