I wrote my first post in this thread in the spirit of “Roland seems like kind of a clueless guy and I’d hate to see someone banned for being slightly dopy about interactions with other people”. And so I tried to provide some helpful advice.
However, having read some of his subsequent posts which seem to say that he likes himself the way he is and even provide a sense of enjoyment of being a martyr to individualism, I’ve changed my mind. I don’t like martyrs. I won’t miss him at all if he gets himself banned. I’ll still feel a little sorry for him because his cluelessness will likely cause him to continue to lead a somewhat isolated life, but unwillingness to learn from the advice/mistakes of others is not an attractive trait.
Why do you have to like me, hate me or feel sorry for me for that matter? If you find my posts worthy of a reply then give one relevent to the question if not then don’t. Let me provide something of a “clinic” that illustrates my “Pol Pots, Stalin, Idia Amin, Mother Teresa doctrine” in action and show you exactly what I mean. In essence it means respond to the question rather than the person or even the perspective that they hold.
Question by Pol Pots: “I’m looking for a way to determine who the capitalist pig intellectuals are so that I can send them to reeducation camps, can anyone offer some pointers”
Response by Roland Deschain according to “The doctrine” "Well Mr. Pots a good place to start is with anyone who wears glasses or who can read. Since less than forty percent of Cambodia’s population is considered literate (circa 1975) then it shouldn’t be too difficult. However, keep in mind that these people are the lifeblood of your economy and eliminating them will have negative consequences for your long term rule.
Question by Stalin: Although my Industrialization plan is going well telecommunications in the Mother Republic are still shit. Do you have any advice for improving them?
Answer by Roland Deshain according to “The doctrine” "Mr. Stalin with the benefit of looking back through history I can tell you that competition may be useful. We had our own state owned telephone enterprise called Ma Bell, and until it was broken up through anti-trust actions we didn’t see our telecommuications industry take off. I you can’t tolerate that much free market competition I have one other thing you might try its called fiber optics.
Question by Mother Teresa: My clinics in Calcutta have many volunteers, but we don’t have enough anti-biotics to treat all of the people who present with bacterial diseases . What can I do?
Answer by Roland Deschain according to “The doctrine” " Well maybe we can find some American drug corporations willing to donate medicine in exchange for your good will. After the Anthrax scare a few years back there is a great deal of Cipro sitting around gathering dust. It may be technically past its labeled useful date, but it probably still works pretty good (it’s certainly better than nothing). Failing that consider high dose garlic therapy. This is something that the Russians used during World War II when they ran out of antibiotics with some success.
Of course this is dramatic, hyperbole but it illustrates my point. Note that in every case even with the most saintly, and most evil personages in recent history I responded to the question (to the best of my ability) rather than lecture them, tell them how sick they were or otherwise denigrate their pesonages.
In the same way I am suggesting that you should answer my questions (or not) without offering advice on issues where it was not solicited.
Well Mr. Pots a good place to start is with anyone who wears glasses or who can read. Since less than forty percent of Cambodia’s population is considered literate (circa 1975) then it shouldn’t be too difficult. However, keep in mind that these people are the lifeblood of your economy and eliminating them will have negative. Also my wife used to take off her glasses well pleasing me orally but one time I cummed in her eye. From now on she wears her glasses becuase of this but it didn’t stop it from going up her nose one time. I didn’t much care for the gooey greenish slime that came out of her nose afterwards so I make sure to cum in a rag now.
You’re in my perceptual space. I possess a system of aesthetics and cognition.
You’re coming off as someone either deserving pity/compassion or a schmuck.
I don’t know a whole lot of your posts, but you’re working your way up to schmuck in my book.
Unless it’s the pit. And the response that I find relevant is “Wow, what a tool” …
Your doctrine has a stupid name.
You are freakin’ insane.
No no, I’m sorry, you’re a misunderstood genius individual rebel outlaw biker.
I suggest that you go get lessons so that you can pass for a normal human, Zim. I don’t care if you have solicited this advice, by the way.
No,no,no. He would then complain that when he puts the bike seat in his anus, it smells bad then. We NEED TO KNOW!
I was wondering what Mussolini would ask, myself.
Mussolini? Didn’t he once have sex? I have sex. I’m sure you want to know all about the fluids involved, here, let me tell you…
Serilously though, I think Roland might very well be renamed Zim, I certainly hear some of his posts in a Zim voice (the same way some of Liberal’s have the distinct voice of Dennis Miller)
Seriously though…
“I accept that you are creeped out… and I spit upon you pitiful earth scum for your stupid filthy societal graces!”
Well I really didn’t intend the “homo” part to be an insult. I was a little wound-up after reading so much of Roland’s crazy daily drama.
But even for the Pit, I did get a little out of hand. Roland, I guess by now you realize that profanity and personal insults are allowed in here, but I think I took the “freedom of expression” allowed in the Pit a little too far, and for that I apologize.
I still hold certain opinions about the bizarre stuff you post around here, but I think I’ll just keep it to myself. I’ll just stay out of your threads entirely, I guess. They just make me too cranky.
If you review the more than 500 posts that I have placed in mainly GQ, and IMHO you will find that probably less than five percent of them even concern sex Of that five percent probably less than 10% of those contain items that would be considered “TMI”/obscenity even under the definition alluded to in above threads. However, I have often experienced “pissed off” replies to various topics/questions I’ve raised in the past despite the subject matter being rather inane, banal and insipid (but never the less of great fascination to me). Here are some examples:
I simply asked what would happen if you didn’t stop when those annoying Wall Mart anti theft buzzers go off (thankfully this seems to have decreased substancially in recent months). It was something that I had discussed on many occassions with my wife, but which many found to be an objectionable perspective. I’ve never stolin anything in my life and I couldn’t believe that I might actually be forcefully detained based upon the word of some damm machine that made a great deal of errors (in my experience).
I asked about what happened to my beloved “Roller Coaster’s”/ Franko American canned pasta dinners. These were my favorite food in the third grade and I have not been able to find them despite an exhaustive search.
I asked about “door jamb protectors” for fingers (especially children’s fingers). I’ve actually injured myself by accidently putting my fingers in the “space” that collaspes when the door is shut (usually on the right side of the door where it articulates with the wall). I couldn’t believe that some people objected to this question. My reasoning was that if I’ve been injured in these accidents that there must be hundreds of others out there who have experienced the same thing. I was amazed that some objected to this idea/question.
I asked about a substance that we worked with in genetics lab called “NNG” I think. We used it to mutate fruit fly larva and then count the genetic aborrations. I also asked about “murder mysteries” based upon using “heavy water” H3O which looks (and supposedly tastes) just like regular water but is poisonous. My chemistry professor Dr. Storhoff actually suggested in lecture that he might someday write a murder mystery based upon this substance. However, many people on this board objected and the thread was shut down.
I asked about women who experience orgasms during rape and what the implications were. Again one of my professors (this time my Soc 100 professor Dr. Blakely) raised this issue during lecture during the several weeks that we spent on the subject of rape. Again this question was met with cries of derision.
I asked about Sam’s club dog food, some flavors of which don’t list “meat by products” as an ingredient (the Liver flavor comes to mind). I asked why would one flavor not list meat by products when all most all of their other varieties do? Was it a great deal (in other words Eukanuba quality for a Wall Mart price), and oversite, or fraud? I coupled this question with my observation that this was the variety that tended to sell out first (which indicates that other people might be noticing the same thing as did I). Again, I was amazed to find that some people objected to my line of questioning.
What the Hell is it about my questions/line of reasoning that pisses so many people off anyway? It can’t just be to much “TMI” since the vast majority of my questions/replies mention absolutely nothing obscene. I really want to understand what it is about my thought processes that grates people so much. Damm, I used to get picked on (an on one occassion beat up) in grade school, and Jr. High for asking too many “stupid” questions.
I’m not saying that a counselor would or would not be useful. However, it doesn’t answer the primary question of what it is about my perspectives that irritates so many people (apparently). I understand what many (if not most of my problems are), but that is not the same thing as “fixing them”. For example I understand that it is not optimal to be thirty five, have a kid, and to be in school (nursing) for a profession where you have a very low aptitude (but really like). On the other hand I have a responsibility to find something that will allow me to support my family adequately. However, understanding that this is not an optimal situation (and causes me more stress than I can put in words) does little to fix the underlying issue. I find that “counseling” is often used as a “catch all” by people who really have no idea what to say so they fall back on the tried and tested “counseling”.
Well, I can’t speak for anybody else, but what bothered me about your Wal-Mart thread that I can still remember, months later, is that you just had to brag about your big bad gun totin’ self, and that you thought it was at all an acceptable response to consider capping the minimum wage Wal-Mart workers.
It’s tone, dude. It’s all in your tone. I don’t care about your poopy dick, I don’t care who your wife fucks, none of these things offend me. It’s your tone. Pan-fried semen is okay because it’s funny. It’s hilarious. Your sense of humor has been stunted in some manner. It’s creepy. If you’re gonna be proud to be creepy, don’t be surprised when other people are ooged out by you. Hell, I don’t want to see you banned because I enjoy the show, but there’s always more creepy jackasses where the last one came from. You are certainly not irreplacable.
Also I don’t like you sullying the name of one of my favorite characters. He would consider you a fool and a waste of skin.
First off, you’re asking people to review your “500 posts in General Questions” when no one is asking you to justify each and every single post you’ve ever made. Don’t you find that a little self-centered?
Secondly, your TMI threads aren’t the only thing people have a problem with. Many people are expressing their frustration with the amount of threads you have. Do a search on your username, and only search the threads that you have started. Then do so for a sampling of other posters in other fora. I think you’re going to find an enormous discrepancy. Take a step back, review your posting habits, and make an effort to play nice.
I’m not bothered when my 4 nephews ask me “Why?”. I *am * bothered when they as me “Why?” 4 bazillion times in a row. It seems to me that you do the equivalent in GQ and other forums.
