Reported for forum change.
To???
MPSIMS
People jumped on Czarcasm for offering a reasonable response and the thread is chockablock with non-ATMB glurge.
OK, I just thought the subject matter was far from mundane and was posed as a question to admins.
Totally agree. But the thread as a whole took a sharp turn away from that to the point of a weird chastisement, which depending on the mod can either get ignored, get put back on track, or moved to a different forum. I just posted ‘reported’ in case multiple messages would have been sent.
Entirely too reasonable!
So reaching out to a possibly suicidal person is “glurge,” and Czarcazm’s absurd robotic answer–the sort of answer an ambassador from Robot Planet, who was encountering Hyoo-mons for the first time, might give–was reasonable. Good to know.
I take the same drugs, OP. Drop me a line if you want.
I’ll second, third, and fourth the idea that we (the royal we, I don’t represent the board) don’t want your money any of your possessions. We want you to get the help you need and to NEVER give in to that absurdly evil thought that taking your own life is a good solution. You are on this earth for a purpose and can positively touch the lives of many people. Keep seeking out the professionals that can help you. Best of luck.
Whatever . Call the outpouring of Warm Fuzzies whatever you want, but don’t call it fit for ATMB. If you need to send out Cold Pricklies, direct it towards the stream of socks out there, the pathetic ex-Doper (or two) who keeps jerking the emotional heartstrings of the cadre of MPSIMS therapists who can’t help but tear up.
Or yourself—what was “absurd” about Czarcasm’s ATMB answer? And “robotic”? “The sort of answer an ambassador from Robot Planet, who was encountering Hyoo-mons for the first time?” That certainly doesn’t sound like general ATMB fodder. It sounds like the type of response the sock is looking for, the thing that keeps him/her going on next week to see how it can make the Board overreact some more. It was a fairly straightforward answer to the question.
Note: I’m not calling the OP a sock. He or she may be real. You may have saved someone’s life. For all that, there really could be a steady stream, evenly and regularly spread out, of desperate new posters who find this Board and think of it as a great place to get relationship/life advice on their first post. And yes, we do have a cohort of legitimate posters (e.g. Opal was clearly not a sock) that have/had issues, and responses to a long-term member of this monkeysphere is somewhat different. But answering an ATMB question with an ATMB post is the right thing to do, not “robotic.” Offering sympathetic glurge is fine, too, have at it, but excoriating another poster and jumping on the me-to! me-to! feelgood highway seems a bit over the top (whether it’s anything more than that isn’t for me to decide).
Agreed.
Next Thread Topic: I am robbing a bank and intend to donate the proceeds to SDMB, but one of the tellers won’t cooperate. How can I convince her to shut up and hand over the cash so I can get this money for the board?
Mod Answer: Well, first hit her in the nose with the butt of your pistol. Blood will squirt everywhere. If she still doesn’t give you the money cut off her pinky finger and tell her that her thumb is next. Take a hostage if needed. Also we like money in small, unmarked bills.
(Apologies to Reservoir Dogs)
I joke, but the response was pretty insensitive.
I wanted balsamic vinaigrette with my word salad, not ranch.
I think this thread left ATMB territory some time ago. If desired, a new thread may be opened in a more appropriate forum.