RatInDaKitchen - You're off to a bad start here, asshat.

[Morbo]

I thought it was “Rat in Mi Kitchen.”

Sorry to bump, I was just so amazed that he said he wasn’t coming back…and didn’t. Is this a first?

[aha]

ahhh love is all around the room…

[macabresoul]

*Originally posted by RatInDaKitchen *
**I was really frustrated about the login thing. Some guy strolls in and tells me to reinstall my Operating System, which nobody here thinks is the wrong thing to suggest. Did I overreact? Sure. You weren’t sitting here being asked to log in over and over and over again, only to read that in order to post here, you should start bulldozing away at your computer. Nobody EVER mentioned a FAQ to me until this thread. So I move on, start reading threads, and here’s this same guy, posting the WRONG information again, so I say something. Was I out of line? Sure, I guess. That doesn’t seem to matter, though.

Two strikes, and it’s OFF TO THE PIT! TWO posts!! And here comes everyone attacking me because I used the word “permanently.” Nobody even SUGGESTS that maybe I have a point about anything else that I’ve said. So much for trying to defend myself.

Have any of you tried to restore a machine running OS X under Linux? It may as well be a toaster. By permanently damage, I mean never get it back to where it was before. But I see that because I used that one word, you’re all over me, ignoring everything else.

Fine. I’m wrong. Q.E.D.'s behavior was spectacular, I’m way out of line for suggesting otherwise. In fact, I’m stalking him. In FACT, I’m a “piece of shit.” What is wrong with this place? So much for that thread “a plea for tolerance and understanding.” Whatever. I’ll just leave, so you can all get back to running off the next guy. What newbie in their right mind would want to hang out here?? There’s some sort of cancer here. I’m gone. **

Although I tolerate QED up to a point. And I think this guy was WAY out of line

Newbies are harrassed and oppressed on this board. It seems to be common practice to peg the man with less posts as the asshole, or to tell him to switch to decaf.

[Guinastasia]

*Originally posted by RatInDaKitchen *
I’ll continue to behave that way towards other members that give out the wrong information as fact in General Questions without even saying “I could be wrong”, then never go back and admit they were wrong in that thread. I’ll continue to bitch someone out who suggests that I reinstall my OS to fix a problem, which incidentally wouldn’t have fixed the problem. I’ll also continue to defend myself whenever someone calls me as “asshat” and takes me to the Pit over TWO negative comments made towards them. Which they deserved, because they were wrong both times. In doing so, I believe that I WILL become a decent and useful member of this forum.

And fuck you too.

Bolding mine. Dumbass, actually you’ll become a BANNED member of this forum if you do that!

You ain’t too bright, are ya?

:wally

[lno]

*Originally posted by macabresoul *
Newbies are harrassed and oppressed on this board. It seems to be common practice to peg the man with less posts as the asshole, or to tell him to switch to decaf.

I hear this a lot. 100% of the time it’s from a newbie who had a rough start.

It reminds me of something a friend wrote regarding a different online community:

The US State Department publishes a list of tips for travelers abroad. The very first tip is to learn “as much as possible about the countries in which you plan to travel. Informing yourself about a nation’s history, culture, customs and politics will make your stay more meaningful.” The same is equally true for ifMUD.

Think of ifMUD as a kind of open house potluck sort of thing. The door is open – feel free to come in, sample the spinach dip, mingle a bit. If you have something to contribute, be it something thoughtful, something funny, or even a really good Inform hack, chances are that you’ll be welcomed enthusiastically. If you prefer to just sit in a comfy chair and watch the people go by, that’s perfectly fine as well. But if you run around the house knocking over vases and scaring the cat, the odds are good that you will be asked to leave.

…

And like any established group, we have our own sense of humor, our own set of in-jokes, our own standards of what’s acceptable to talk about and what isn’t. For your first few visits to the MUD, it’s usually a very good idea to lurk a bit and discover for yourself what we’re like and whether we strike you as the type of folks you’d have fun hanging out with. If so, great! But no MUD can be all things to all people, and we’re no exception. We’re pretty happy with the community we’ve developed, and are rather set in our ways by this point. So stay off our lawn, you gol-dang kids!

Draw your own conclusions.

[Guinastasia]

What the?! Dammit, that’s ANOTHER thread I thought was a new one! FUCK!!!

QUIT BUMPING OLD THREADS!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHhhh!!!

[Morbo]

I apologized, Guin.

I was truly curious if this is the first time someone left for good when they said they did. Didn’t think it deserved a new thread on the subject, since all pertinent links were in this one.

[Guinastasia]

It’s okay-and really, it’s probably my fault for not reading the WHOLE thread.

[Lynn_Bodoni]

I’m closing this sucker, with the note that RatInDaKitchen was one of about 10 or so names used by a particular troll.

Lynn