Damn, you’re right. I’ve always confused the two of them and now it appears to have bitten me in the ass.
I think C K Dexter Haven’s moderation interjection in the original thread was weak! He said ‘cool it’. Has he always said ‘cool it’? What happened to ‘knock it off’? “Cool it” sounds like a punked out ‘knock it off’.
Don’t you denigrate ass-biting, you sanctimonious son of a bitch!
Well, that’s too heavy, but I read the first seven or eight posts in the buckeye thread and Dio was the first one who was an unmitigated asshole, there. Opal should have added a “thanks” to her initial response, but she was just being casual, not snotty. Devilsknew took it wrong, then took it wrong again.
One important factor that’s not being emphasized: In the recipe Devilsknew linked to, the confectionary buckeyes did look more like eyes than like nuts.
Not incredibly realistic eyes, but the biological implication was pretty obvious. Big and round with pupils.
FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! WHY THE FUCK DID I LOOK?!?
I literally had to walk away from my computer for several minutes after that. JESUS FUCK.
OK. Now that I’ve calmed down a bit, I think I’m actually glad to find out that there are other people with this bizarre issue. (The first – and last – time I ever cut open a persimmon, I had to have MrWhatsit finish scooping out the seeds. Luckily, he is very tolerant of my bizarre little quirks.) I’m not sure that finding out I’m not alone was worth viewing the GOD AWFUL FUCKING PICTURE, though.
I just read the necklace thread.
What the heck is supposed to be wrong with Opalcat’s posts in that thread?
She started the thread to ask about ways to solve a particular problem she was having. Some helpful people offered advice. Their goal was to help her solve her problem. Then she explained why their ideas wouldn’t work for her particular situation.
Since their goal was to help her solve her problem, I can not see what is at all wrong, not to mention “bitchy” (?!) about her giving her information relevant to that goal, namely, reasons why the ideas they gave wouldn’t in fact work to solve her particular problem.
Can someone explain what was supposed to be wrong with that thread? The way I’ve seen it expressed here is “She shot down every suggestion.” Well—was she supposed to pretend every suggestion was the right one for her, when in fact it wasn’t? Obviously not. But what is the third way between accepting a suggestion and rejecting a suggestion?
-FrL-
I love how embedded in this thread are people’s reactions to that picture, spaced out intermittently.
Also, I really can’t stand the word “embedded” right now, thanks to that picture.
Psychotic oversensitivity is what’s being pitted here, moron. Well, that and insufferable ingratitude, self-absorbtion and rudeness.
Perhaps such a creative, sensitive artiste should have been able to solve the problem herself?
I’m not supplying a link to the thread where she asked how to remove a facial scar without surgery; she was concerned about looking good in her wedding photos. Photoshopping was suggested but rejected because it would be dishonest…
(And I didn’t post in the candy thread to register my outrage at including a synonym for “testicles” in the name of a tasty treat. Which she might even have offered to children!)
Can’t really put my finger on it, but each rejection seemed really condescending and she didn’t even seem to appreciate the effort of the input. Also, it wouldn’t have seemed as bad if she had waited awhile, read all of the posts, then said something like. "Hey thanks for all of the great suggestions. I’ll give 'em a try. Why is it remotely necessary to even admit that you’re not going to try someone’s suggestion. Just give a blanket “thanks” or ignore them and just move on. Most people don’t actually expect a direct response to every post they make.
Anyway, I was bummed to see that Opal wasn’t planning on reading this thread. Kinda takes the piss out of it all. On the other hand, gimme a break! Who among us actually has the power to resist. She may not make any more comments, but I highly doubt that she’ll be able to help herself from checking this out. If she can, she’s got more willpower than I do.
Yeah, that one was bizarre. It’s dishonest to photoshop/touch up the photos, but it’s totally A-OK to spackle stuff on your face to hide the scar. Hoooookay, then.
No. Not trying to be a dick, but Opal originally opined that two items do not make a “list” so a list of three things does not need a Hi Opal! inserted in the #3 spot. Also…
… is not needed either because Duke specified that he was referring to two things and did not refer to them as a list.
Sorry, just had to get that off of my chest.
**CairoCarol’s **post is gold because it’s implying **Opal **is 1 & 2.
I don’t get why the thread wasn’t closed when requested.
Though she seemed to react all out of proportion to the situation, I notice the refusal of most of posters in this thread to acknowledge that buckeye could cause somebody to think of an eyeball and deride her as having a mental defect in even having that thought.
Do you think that’s an accurate characterization?
I can’t think of any reason other than a mental defect that someone (especially someone who lives in OHIO) would think that a buckeye is a “dead deer’s eye.”
Even if she really thought that, it was no excuse to crap all over the answer to her question and she should really learn that she doesn’t have to share every inane thought that flits through her addled little mind. Even I don’t post the really, REALLY stupid shit I think about sometimes.
I suppose. I don’t play WoW any more, so I’m not on that forum…I suppose I could go back and ask everyone else who’s still there.
I think that it was mostly a response to the “dead eye” thing. I’ve heard “buck-eye” for so long in relation to the candy or Ohio that it’s pretty much meaningless. Until today, I have never even dreamed that it might be the eye of a dead deer. Who thinks like this? Does she think that a “Ditch Witch” can actually cast an evil spell? That “Lady Fingers” are dead ladies’ fingers? That a cheese ball is actually some poor dead guy’s balls? Just seems odd that her mind would automatically go to dead things. Seems like she may have other issues!
No, they look more like the actual buckeye nut than they do like an actual eyeball. Specifically, an actual eyeball generally has a white sclera with a darker colored cornea. While both the confection and the nut have a dark brown sclera and a lighter colored cornea.