Non-Apology Apologies and why they don't help a goddamn thing

You know this isn’t a private, luxury country club, right? As far as I can tell, the mods here have no particular obligation to kiss paying member ass. They can’t be jerks, just like the rest of us, but beyond that, I don’t think they have to act like our staff.

I could be wrong, of course. This is my interpretation of how things work around here.

Minnie. I have a blind date for you, his name’s Roland and I think you’ll like him. :wink:

Lynn is refering to the poster while Gaudere is referring to the post. You appear to have fallen into the same trap that Minnie has.

I’m not going to apologize, since I fully intended to insult you. I can assure you, however, that were you the straightest man who ever walked a straight line down a straight road, I’d still think just as little of you as I do now.

But you didn’t just insult me, you insulted all gay people everywhere. You filthy bigot.

Saying “You did WHAT? How asinine!” IS being a jerk. God knows if I went around saying “You did WHAT? How asinine!” outside the pit, I’d get told to stop being a jerk. Wanting a non-jerkish answer to a polite question does not constitute wanting my ass kissed. It’s expecting normal fucking customer service behavior.

Nope, I insulted three specific people. I don’t know how many of them are gay, how many of them are straight, how many of them are sexually oriented towards Ravenous Bugblatter Beasts of Traal. And, I don’t care. Not one little bit. I’m sorry you can’t seem to understand that.

Getting this worked up over something this trivial? Holy cow, what kind of assinine thing is that to do?

Sorry, but as you’ve so eloquently argued in this thread, intent doesn’t matter, only interpretation. I’ve decided that your post makes you a homophobe, so a homophobe you are.

It’s not simply about one guy being a jerk to me on a message board. It’s that I paid to access this message board, plus the guy being a jerk to me is a board official, plus his being a jerk was utterly unprovoked, plus the board administration seems to think that in general, admins being unprovoked jerks to people is A-OK and nothing to worry about. Fuck that. Also… hey, when you said that, were you meaning to be complimentary? Because according to some of the people in this thread, you were. Or at least, if you were Dex, you would have.

Nope. If that were the case, then if you ever accidentally did or said anything smart, you’d be a smart person. We all know better than that now, so the logic doesn’t hold up. Nice try, though.

Well tell me, what part of what I said was homophobic? The part about Knob Gobbling? Is gobbling knobs exclusively the province of gay men now? Because if so, my husband is going to be REAL dissapointed.

One S, two Ps.

You really should try replying to every post with a “You did WHAT?! That is so asinine!!1111oneone”, if only for the entertainment value of the whole thing. That’d be hilarious, seriously.

Getting an idea of how foolish you sound yet?

This is all bullshit. As I said before, it’s not going to accomplish anything. Some mods are still going to be jerks to people for asking a polite question. A bunch of you idiots are going to defend him for it. The board administration will not care. I’ve decided not to renew, so not much reason for me to care either. My gift to all the assholes in this thread. Enjoy your little cesspit.

Mods, go ahead and close this thread.