Well, I am a hamster.
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My first reaction was that I am truly sorry for you, but then I thought, “oh, there probably is something he enjoys as much as some of us enjoy eating.” Then I thought, “possibly shitting on other people’s threads.”
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Hey, don’t feel bad for me. I get to go through life without having to worry about heart disease, strokes, fitting into airplane seats, and all that good stuff. I never have to worry about eating too much because I know that I’ll just end up not eating enough the next day without even thinking about it. I’m 29 and I’ve only gained ten pounds since high school. 6’4", 190lbs. is a pretty nice place to be from where I’m sitting.
Rereading from post 1, I see my own critique as basically “what’s so funny?” and neutrino’s as “why is this in the pit?” while the response has been personal, obscenity-laden, and over-the-top. I don’t quite know why anyone should be so defensive. If you found the OP funny and pit-appropriate, it shouldn’t upset you so much that other people didn’t. Next time, I encourage you to reflect instead of react.
[QUOTE=cricetus]
OMG some random person on the Internet cussed at me because I didn’t LMAO at some stupid bullshit. I’m so upset!
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It wasn’t meant to make you upset, dahling. It was meant to make you know that your disdain isn’t fit to register with me anymore. Being a dick just to be a dick warrants no more than I gave you. Kind of like my version of Emily Litella.
Bless your heart.
And I get to go through life knowing that I don’t get my jollies by making fun of people and being an asshole.
[QUOTE=cricetus]
Rereading from post 1, I see my own critique as basically “what’s so funny?” and neutrino’s as “why is this in the pit?” while the response has been personal, obscenity-laden, and over-the-top. I don’t quite know why anyone should be so defensive. If you found the OP funny and pit-appropriate, it shouldn’t upset you so much that other people didn’t. Next time, I encourage you to reflect instead of react.
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Awesome. I’ll stick that in my file of advice from random internet people. If, you know, I actually cared enough to create such a file.
[QUOTE=Faruiza]
It wasn’t meant to make you upset, dahling. It was meant to make you know that your disdain isn’t fit to register with me anymore. Being a dick just to be a dick warrants no more than I gave you. Kind of like my version of Emily Litella.
Bless your heart.
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See, that’s the point. You’re so fucking defensive that if someone says “meh,” they’re being a dick. In the real world, emotionally and socially healthy people simply disagree.
Why, I’ve handed things I’ve written to my own friends and had them go “meh.” I’ve had my own wife go “meh.” My wife also dislikes my favorite novel. Normal, emotionally healthy people can simply shrug off these differences without assigning blame and calling names.
[QUOTE=LurkMeister]
And I get to go through life knowing that I don’t get my jollies by making fun of people and being an asshole.
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Yes, because clearly saying that one thread isn’t very funny and is posted in an inappropriate forum is my life’s work.
My god people. Stop stop…YOU’RE TEARING US APART. Can we all agree that cookies what separates us from the terrorists? Yes, yes we can.
[QUOTE=cricetus]
See, that’s the point. You’re so fucking defensive that if someone says “meh,” they’re being a dick.
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Exactly. It’s like it’s not enough to have an MPSIMS thread in the Pit. We have to treat it like we’re in MPSIMS, as well. :rolleyes:
[QUOTE=cricetus]
If you found the OP funny and pit-appropriate, it shouldn’t upset you so much that other people didn’t. Next time, I encourage you to reflect instead of react.
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I thought it was funny, but there are plenty of threads that don’t interest me, or that I don’t find funny. I just skip right over them. No need to come in and shit all over the place.
[QUOTE=fatgail]
My god people. Stop stop…YOU’RE TEARING US APART. Can we all agree that cookies what separates us from the terrorists? Yes, yes we can.
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And as the final gavel-thunk, the OP herself has failed to have a meltdown. She seems to actually survived the onslaught of criticism with good humor!
Gail, I agree with you about the sandies. Very disappointing. Your OP didn’t have me rolling on the floor, but I knew where you were coming from. The problem is that pecan sandies are supposed to be buttery, and butter=calories. So they omitted the butter and came up with a dry, brittle, flavorless thing that’s less satisfying than rice-cake.
[QUOTE=neutron star]
Exactly. It’s like it’s not enough to have an MPSIMS thread in the Pit. We have to treat it like we’re in MPSIMS, as well. :rolleyes:
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Well, whaddaya know, there’s a little red triangle in the corner of every post. I bet if you clicked that triangle, a little box would pop up where you could register a complaint about improper thread placement and then you wouldn’t have even needed to dirty your hands by even posting here.
[QUOTE=fatgail]
My god people. Stop stop…YOU’RE TEARING US APART. Can we all agree that cookies what separates us from the terrorists? Yes, yes we can.
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Aren’t you glad you ponied up $15 for this pure entertainment?
(Even I’m not sure if I’m serious or not. 
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[QUOTE=cricetus]
See, that’s the point. You’re so fucking defensive that if someone says “meh,” they’re being a dick. In the real world, emotionally and socially healthy people simply disagree.
Why, I’ve handed things I’ve written to my own friends and had them go “meh.” I’ve had my own wife go “meh.” My wife also dislikes my favorite novel. Normal, emotionally healthy people can simply shrug off these differences without assigning blame and calling names.
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Not defensive, and not having a meltdown. Simply responding to a post that didn’t need to be made. What you did there was not, “Meh.” It was putting your ass in a thread to see if anyone would bite. I did. I regret it now, because your accusations of defensiveness and meltdown…ing are making something out of my posts that just aren’t there. See, if you just found nothing there that was noteworthy, or you didn’t get the humor, you’d have just gone along and read something else. It is rude in the extreme to go out of your way to make a joketeller feel stupid. Maybe that’s why it belongs in the pit, now, eh?
If you’re going to come in to a thread that holds nothing for you just to be rude, well, then, you get what you get.
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler]
Well, whaddaya know, there’s a little red triangle in the corner of every post. I bet if you clicked that triangle, a little box would pop up where you could register a complaint about improper thread placement and then you wouldn’t have even needed to dirty your hands by even posting here.
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But then we wouldn’t all be aware how much he has been offended by the supposedly improper thread placement.
[QUOTE=Faruiza]
Not defensive, and not having a meltdown. Simply responding to a post that didn’t need to be made. What you did there was not, “Meh.” It was putting your ass in a thread to see if anyone would bite. I did. I regret it now, because your accusations of defensiveness and meltdown…ing are making something out of my posts that just aren’t there. See, if you just found nothing there that was noteworthy, or you didn’t get the humor, you’d have just gone along and read something else. It is rude in the extreme to go out of your way to make a joketeller feel stupid. Maybe that’s why it belongs in the pit, now, eh?
If you’re going to come in to a thread that holds nothing for you just to be rude, well, then, you get what you get.
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No meltdown, no sir. Just a hostile, crybaby name-calling freak-out because some big meanie had a different opinion. Well, I’ll just check with you from now one before I post, and with the other crybabies. I don’t want any of you to go to bed twisting and turning in self-doubt because you were exposed to the indifference of someone who didn’t marvel at the Swiftian brilliance of cookie snark.
Hey! At no point did fatgail say that those cookies should be made from babies! Swiftian my pecan- loving rump…
[QUOTE=cricetus]
No meltdown, no sir. Just a hostile, crybaby name-calling freak-out because some big meanie had a different opinion. Well, I’ll just check with you from now one before I post, and with the other crybabies. I don’t want any of you to go to bed twisting and turning in self-doubt because you were exposed to the indifference of someone who didn’t marvel at the Swiftian brilliance of cookie snark.
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Ok, now THIS is funny! 
[QUOTE=featherlou]
I don’t get what the bitching about your OP is all about, either. If it had been posted by one of the Golden Boys of the SDMB, people would have been tying themselves in knots trying to fawn over it the loudest.
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Ain’t that the truth! I thought the OP was very reminiscent of Sauron who I happen to think is one of our funnier posters. Brava, fatgail ! Even if Pecan Sandies do taste like soap.