On the closing of the Omegaman thread

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[QUOTE=RedFury

I live in a world where I think most people are full of shit – religion has a hold of 90%+ of the people I interact with. My JOB, most of the time, is to keep my mouth shut, grin and bear it. [/QUOTE]

Well, Sir, I’m delighted and honored that you took my message to you in the spirit that it was intended.I too find many people I deal with to be a little on the not so honest side If you know what I mean. I didn’t mean to imply that you were a wealthy man , but I am glad to here to do well enough to keep your family fed and you hands in enploy and feeding thier familys as well. That is one of the fime things about being a man. One i’m not familiar with mind you, but I can only imagine the feeling of wellness it instills in you. I absolutlely do not discuss religion at work as work is the place for work and I was not aware it was such a taboo subject here . Some og things that are discussed and that are alloed to be discussed such as kitchen utensils and thier placement in bodily cavities kind of came as a surprise to me. Imagine my chagrine when I was called to the mat for speaking of that very thing with an indivdual who thought it was the cats meow to bring it up on nearly every occasion possible. Enough about that . I shoudn’t say anymore about that as that seems to be one of the things that can’t be spoken of here , unless it’s just when I speak of it, so we will put that subject away. In any case I would most pleased to stand before a man of your stature and shake your hand in person , Sir , if you ever do get down to Las Veags area. I must caution you though, they didn’t build these giant casinos with the change from little old ladies pocket books , if you know what I mean.

Pleased to have exchanged words with you, sir

Omegaman

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[QUOTE=duffer]
Revenant was half-assed defending you when he said that. He seemed to kind of agree with what I was saying about people piling on and losing civility. I won’t tell you what to do, but an apology to him seems warranted. Just saying.
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Well Duffer I’ll accept your guidance on this matter, gladly ,Sir. Some times it’s hard for me to tell when someones poking fun or actually saying something worthwhile. I would never intentionally offend a fellow poster, that did’nt have it coming , so I offer my apologies to you , Revenant Threshold please accept them in the spirit which they are offered.

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Oh. Well, fair enough, I was wrong. Thank you.

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[QUOTE=Blue Mood]
To everybody who has tossed about terms like “nutter”: whatever happened to respect for other religions? NOBODY should use such a term so lightly. To the atheists/agnostics: why is a belief in a literal satan less justified than believing in God (or would you call every Christian a “nutter”?) To the “Christians” - what happened to loving thy neighbour? There are many religions in this world, with many (to non-practicioners) strange or even outrageous beliefs. To question somebody’s mental stability because of preaching about one of these beliefs is childish at best, and displays ignorance - the very thing this board is trying to fight.
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It’s not the literalness of his beliefs that seems crazy, it’s the rambling, disjointed, and often insensical manner in which he presents them. He comes across like a homeless guy, standing on a street corner, yelling at people that Jesus loves them. The message is fine. The messenger needs help.

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[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold]
Oh. Well, fair enough, I was wrong. Thank you.
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I hope you really mean that , Sir , You are more than welcome. I don’t mean to come off as a dolt but but when you have to keep checking on fellows such as this gentleman **Miller ** it gets to be a bit much.

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[QUOTE=Liberal]
I do understand what you’re saying. Admittedly, Omegaman is not the easiest person to grok, but I actually do understand (at least most of) what he’s saying. He’s like Triskadecamus without the eloquence, or Elucidator without the wit. He writes in metaphors, and that’s familiar to me because of how Jesus teaches. So I understand him just fine. That’s why I asked people what they meant exactly by incoherence.
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Closer to Elucidator on acid, too many pain pills, and a severe head injury. And are you really comparing the way Omegaman posts to Jesus teaching in parables?

[QUOTE=Omegaman]
I’m with you , my friend . If you say something like that to me in real life you need to be prepared to step up toe to toe and let your body do the talking .
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What? I need a clarification here. What am I saying to who that would require my body to do the talking? Are you saying that if someone called you a troll in real life, you’d get all up in their grill?

Like that? Here’s another one. You want people to take you seriously? Practice communicating your ideas clearly. Eloquence isn’t necessary. Just clarity. Presently you sound like a loon.

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[QUOTE=Hung Mung]
Fair enough. When I replied that exchange was fresh in my mind and significant enough (to me) to warrant inclusion. I understand your history here and I wasn’t trying to use or accuse you. I made a mistake and I would like to, at least, agree to disagree on the closing of the Omegaman thread for now.
Peace?
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Peace. :slight_smile: And thanks for clearing all that up.

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[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold]
Considering that’s now the third time he’s sniped at me when I haven’t attacked him, and in fact have defended him; and that he’s not responded to any of my posts explaining what I said; I really don’t think an apology is on the cards. But I live in hope!
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Yeah, but people keep forgetting about the “Mile in his shoes” thing. I’ve never really agreed with the guy, but good Lord even I was getting knee-jerkey reading some of the posts. Your posts were probably lost in the chaff that has cluttered both of these threads.

I hope the best for everyone, even RedFury :stuck_out_tongue: , but seriously people, lay the fuck off already. For a board that’s supposed to be smart and caring and enlightened, some of us aren’t making a very strong case for those ideals. Omegaman, I didn’t mean to imply you were weak like a puppy. I was indicting those that seem to see an injured (however you want to define it) life form and just start poking it to make its life more miserable.

I’m hoping you stop posting for just a day or two and regroup. You’re interesting, but whatever is going on is just sinking your ship. I’ve been there. I won’t win any popularity contests here, but I hope I’ve gained the respect of a few of my fellow Dopers. I say that because I try to spend a little time thinking about a post before I submit it. I learned that here. I think you’re trying to learn the same thing.

I’ve gone off the deep end, flew off the handle, etc about politicians, mods, Dopers and was rightly put in my place when needed. I think I learned from it. I hope I learned from it. The point of this rambling post is to give you some advice I’ve gleaned from this whole experience.

Even the people I “don’t like” are still probably pretty good people. (Though utterly wrong in political affiliation. Sorry, I can’t resist.) I’m the type of person that gets along with pretty much everyone in real life. A natural born salesman some would call it. The irony is that I hate people. Figure that.

You’re taking a metric assload of shit. You have every right to think people are ganging up on you. It tends to happen around here, but those that make it through the fire have a tougher skin and better knowledge of how to word thoughts and ideas. Again, I hope I’m further along that road, but the journey is far from over.

I hope the best for you and your family. Just consider my idea of taking some time for yourself instead of opening these threads. Good luck friend.

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[QUOTE=Omegaman]
You even think that **Liberal ** fellow is a dunce? Seems to me he has had some intelligent things to say in the past.
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I have said exactly five intelligent things in the past. Savvy Dopers know what they are.

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[QUOTE=Miller]
It’s not the literalness of his beliefs that seems crazy, it’s the rambling, disjointed, and often insensical manner in which he presents them. He comes across like a homeless guy, standing on a street corner, yelling at people that Jesus loves them. The message is fine. The messenger needs help.
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It seems , sir , that you have some sort of a personal problem with me . I am attemting to refrain from speaking of Jesus and I think it might be best if you do so as well as it seems you believe we are both not to be believed. It is up to you . You may continue to insult me at will, it really isn’t as bothersome as you might think. I have dealt with your type on many occasion prior to this and my only regret is that I am not speaking to you in person where I might make myself understood in a clearer fashion as I can only believe that hand gestures might also be needed to persuade you as words don’t seem to be making much of an impact. Like I said ,I have dealt with your type many times before ,quite sucessefully ,I might add. I rarely find it necessary to yell at persons as my presence is quite enough to make my self understood in most cases. Overmore, there is nothing homeless about me,I am well kept although not quite what I would call your movie star type to gaze upon. I’m not sure if your attempting to insult myself or homeless people. I’m kind of swaying towards me, because I hope your not the ignorant sort of fellow that goes around taunting vagrants. If you think that I require help and think yourself the caliber of gentleman who might be able to help me in whatever way you think that might be , or that you think you might be capable of , please do so .I will be happy to make available , to you , instructions how you may do so , privatley , of course . Otherwise , kindly refrain from directing your abusive statements my way.

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[QUOTE=Harborwolf]
And are you really comparing the way Omegaman posts to Jesus teaching in parables?
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Only in the sense I specified — that both Omegaman’s posts and the parables of Jesus use metaphors.

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[QUOTE=Liberal]
I have said exactly five intelligent things in the past. Savvy Dopers know what they are.
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I’ve only said 3, proving my intelligence is lower. What were the 5? :stuck_out_tongue:

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[QUOTE=Liberal]
I have said exactly five intelligent things in the past. Savvy Dopers know what they are.
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One of them was when you said you were leaving the board, right? :slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=Liberal]
Only in the sense I specified — that both Omegaman’s posts and the parables of Jesus use metaphors.
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Didn’t think so, but it’s been a long day and I wanted to be sure.

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[QUOTE=Harborwolf]
And are you really comparing the way Omegaman posts to Jesus teaching in parables?
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Today’s ballsy, take-no-shit messiahs have a low tolerance for hecklers. One ill-advised wisecrack and the Sermon on the Mount ignites a Springeresque fracas.

Unconditional love, sure. But there are limits!

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[QUOTE=duffer]
What were the 5?
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God is love. I apologize. I stand corrected. Thank you. And peaceful honest people should be free to pursue their own happiness in their own way.

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[QUOTE=duffer]
Yeah, but people keep forgetting about the “Mile in his shoes” thing. I’ve never really agreed with the guy, but good Lord even I was getting knee-jerkey reading some of the posts. Your posts were probably lost in the chaff that has cluttered both of these threads.

I hope the best for everyone, even RedFury :stuck_out_tongue: , but seriously people, lay the fuck off already. For a board that’s supposed to be smart and caring and enlightened, some of us aren’t making a very strong case for those ideals. Omegaman, I didn’t mean to imply you were weak like a puppy. I was indicting those that seem to see an injured (however you want to define it) life form and just start poking it to make its life more miserable.

I’m hoping you stop posting for just a day or two and regroup. You’re interesting, but whatever is going on is just sinking your ship. I’ve been there. I won’t win any popularity contests here, but I hope I’ve gained the respect of a few of my fellow Dopers. I say that because I try to spend a little time thinking about a post before I submit it. I learned that here. I think you’re trying to learn the same thing.

I’ve gone off the deep end, flew off the handle, etc about politicians, mods, Dopers and was rightly put in my place when needed. I think I learned from it. I hope I learned from it. The point of this rambling post is to give you some advice I’ve gleaned from this whole experience.

Even the people I “don’t like” are still probably pretty good people. (Though utterly wrong in political affiliation. Sorry, I can’t resist.) I’m the type of person that gets along with pretty much everyone in real life. A natural born salesman some would call it. The irony is that I hate people. Figure that.

You’re taking a metric assload of shit. You have every right to think people are ganging up on you. It tends to happen around here, but those that make it through the fire have a tougher skin and better knowledge of how to word thoughts and ideas. Again, I hope I’m further along that road, but the journey is far from over.

I hope the best for you and your family. Just consider my idea of taking some time for yourself instead of opening these threads. Good luck friend.
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Again , I appreciate your kind words and sentiments, my friend. I will take a break from posting as sone as get the original matter cleared up. I have learned in my short time on this earth it’s best not to leave business unfinished . It leads to it getting forgoten by those involved and I’m not willing to let it slide . I have been slighted and I will see this to the end . As a man I’m sure you understand what i’m talking about. Others who have tread before me have suffered things that you and I cant begin to understand or feel .What goes on here is nothing by comparison. My only problem is typing . I cant do it fast and screw up alot . Did you know a mod castized me for putting in too many spaces ? Kind of apalling. It was girrafe he/she said it annoyed them. A 500 horsepower engine running 3 feet from my head is annoying . Not peoples typing errors. It’s a sad world we live in my friend. Even 10 of the toughest jokers that run these boards armed with chains and baseball bats couldnt give me enough shit to bother me. If you think my ship is sinking you don’t know me at all my friend . I’m as hard as a diamond .All of the things that have happened to me in my life have made me this way . I won’t go into detail about them here . I shared some with **Diogenes ** in a personal e-mail that he hasn’t responded to yet . I don’t know if he will . I hope he does becuse once this matter is resolved and IF I don’t get banned I will open a thread in gd to discuss my beliefs. I have said before I am not very learned but be sure I’m very smart and know how to get things done in the real world and do so every single day of life in every way.

I would be willing to send you an e-mail as well because I can tell you are a real man and would love to speak with you man to man.

Don’t think for a second I am mentally ill or anything of the sort . I have job that I am very sucsessful at am respected by both my customer peers as well as most people who know me. They know I am a man of my word come hell or high water and I couldn’t have gotten the number of customers I have if that wasn’t the truth.

I wouldn’t put so much stock in what is said here.People are people and aren’t always goodhearted although they would love you to believe that is the case. I’m still waiting for this matter to be resolved before I make up my mind.

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[QUOTE=Omegaman]
It seems , sir , that you have some sort of a personal problem with me .
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Not at all. I bear you absolutely no specific ill-will, and even defended you against accusations of trollery earlier in this thread. Nonetheless, my impression of your behavior as erratic and somewhat irrational remains. While this observation is understandably insulting, it is not intended as an insult.

I’m not sure what you mean, here. I don’t believe I’ve spoken of Jesus in this thread, or in the one that led to it. I do happen to be an atheist, so I don’t believe in Jesus in the divine or supernatural sense, although I do admire many of his teachings, and have a great respect for Christianity in general.

Frankly, I don’t think a lot of wild gesticulating would do much to convince me of your mental stability.

What is my “type,” exactly? And how do you deal with people of my type?

I was trying to insult neither you nor homeless people. Someone suggested that people were reacting to you out of prejudice against your religious beliefs. I compared you to a street preacher as an example of someone who would be widely seen as mentally unstable, even by people who shared his core beliefs, because of the way he comports himself, not because of the ideas he holds.

Not being trained in psychiatric medicine myself, I don’t think there’s anything I can personally do to help you, except urge you to contact a mental health professional directly. If nothing else, they may be able to help you process some of that rage you seem to have stored in prodigeous amounts.

And yes, I know that you have protested that you are not an angry person. You’ve also protested that you are not a mentally ill person. And yet, ranting about how much you’d like to ass-rape Satan does not strike me as a hallmark of either serenity or sanity. I’m genuinely sorry that this is insulting to you, as that’s not my intent, merely my honest reaction to the way you have presented yourself on this board.

The comment which appears to have triggered this post was not directed to you, but to the poster named Blue Mood.

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[QUOTE=Omegaman]
If you say something like that to me in real life you need to be prepared to step up toe to toe and let your body do the talking .
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Knock it off with the veiled threats already. Threatening physical violence against other members is forbidden, and you are far too close to the line.

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Hey, I’m not calling your manhood into question. I’d stand up to anyone that wants to go face to face as well. I’m rather large, though very pretty. (No, really, I am.)

You’re good at your profession, which is what most men want. Commendable. I respect that.

But you seem to lately have something going on that speaks of vengeance. I swear to my savior Christ I hope I’m wrong, but if a gun were to my head and had to guess, it’s something that happened to your wife and/or kids. I really, really, really hope I’m wrong, but I’m just getting that feeling. Next time I’m in Vegas, I hope we can meet. We’ll have a couple and smile.

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[QUOTE=Harborwolf]
Closer to Elucidator on acid, too many pain pills, and a severe head injury. And are you really comparing the way Omegaman posts to Jesus teaching in parables?
What? I need a clarification here. What am I saying to who that would require my body to do the talking? Are you saying that if someone called you a troll in real life, you’d get all up in their grill?Like that? Here’s another one. You want people to take you seriously? Practice communicating your ideas clearly. Eloquence isn’t necessary. Just clarity. Presently you sound like a loon.
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Please don’t make comparisons to Jesus and myself at all . That is ridiculous on so many levels .

The word troll is not insulting to me as a word . I am not an attractive person and have been told so on many occasions by many different persons both male and female. Rarely do I find it necessary to get pyshical at all , never about words. My point is that few people, although most men, will when provoked , find occasion to use any means necessary to do what needs to be done. And if "gettin up in your grill "is what it takes then so be it. I don’t need to practice many things my friend. Sometimes I will teach my self a magic trick to impress my 5 year old niece but that does’nt take long at all. If you can’t understand what I’m saying I quess it’s me who’s the dumbass, huh ? It seems clear enough to me. Oh, and by the way , I’m sure your little body wouldn’t really have any thing much to say in any case . Perhaps if I plucked it a few times, you know , like a harp . Makes me think of a little cherub strumming away . Valentines and candy and what not .

Please forgive me . I got a little caught up in the moment.