Actually, no, I was not all hot and bothered regarding what you were talking about. Just the opposite, in fact.
Call them fuck knobs all you like (and believe me, I’ve called them far, far worse than that in the past), it still doesn’t change the fact that what they did they, legally, had every right to do.
We’re not in disagreement, but I do really hate when people try and point out something I said in my post. I clearly stated that they have the right to do it and it pisses me off. I already said it before you ever chimed in, so just chill, cause I already know.
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Legally, I obviously concur. Ethically, I think they were collectively a bunch of goat-fuckers.
I’d just like to take a moment to thank you for referring to my old boss as a “goat-fucker”.
Sometimes, dammit, life is good!
This is meaningless drivel. I don’t really care if you put me on ignore or not. This is the pit, no one is expected to contribute meaningfully to a discussion, except by the type of people who shouldn’t be in the pit anyway. If you want to have a discussion, put it in MPSIMS, but don’t get your panties in a bunch when you troll around in the pit and there’s no free hugs that day.
So what you’re saying is basically, people shouldn’t expect anything better than what you post when they visit The BBQ Pit?
That’s a good question. I’ll answer it.
Historically and realistically, no, they should not.
I’m one of the most entertaining posters in the pit. I’ve got verve, flair, and even some spunk, which I’ll be glad to spew all over your mom’s face if she’s lucky. Now, this of course rubs certain posters the wrong way. Mostly those posters are the ones who get mistaken for the coat rack at parties. Because they are boring automatons whose painful earnestness and conservative midwestern senior citizen social values bore the shit out of anyone who is relevant. Seriously, it’s like the annual post-Christmas dinner old people table, where everyone feels the need to discuss in detail the kids these days, that awful “rock” music, and the consistency of their bowel movements.
The whole reason this forum is here is so that people can call each other out, take off the gloves, and go to town without having to pay attention to the ol’ Marquis of Queensbury. Unless they want to call someone a cunt, but that’s another matter.
So when you want to get on and share the story about how your precious kitty Mr. Snugglekins went to the vet and a mean lady said he had poorly defined coloration, you have two choices. You can post it in MPSIMS and get sympathy from other desperate cat fanatics going “there, there” as you metaphorically cry on their shoulder via the wonders of modern telecommunications technology.
Your other choice is to post in the pit. A place where banning the word “cunt” is an outrage to many. A poster in ATMB got warned for “your mother wears combat boots”. That should display to even the most obtuse the difference in poster expectations between the various forums.
When you post your little rant in the pit, you’re taking a risk that people will think that your rant, and therefore you, are boring, stupid, and a host of other adjectives, none of which have positive connotations. If you have a rant about smokers or fatties or faggots or rednecks or hobbits or teabaggers or wine corks (wine corks, for the love of christ!) you can expect that some people are going to be annoyed or offended because you are being a racist, or a wuss, or a snob, or a philistine.
One way to defuse the reaction is to make it interesting and entertaining. That way, at least your meaningless gabber will have some beneficial impact on the world. Because, at the end of the day, let’s face it – no one on here is saying anything meaningful or novel, and if they think they are, then they need to join the National Brotherhood of Massive Hubris Union Local 419.
So, no. People cannot expect to get anything better than my posts. Because all the craft in the pit is being drowned by shit like the OP or crappy ‘rants’ that are composed of nothing but profanity. Talking about “meaningfully contributing” in the pit is pointless, because that isn’t the goal, nor is it required. The pit is for entertainment. GD is for debating. MPSIMS is for… I don’t know, I just imagine fat people with fibromyalgia talking about their cats and having snuggle parties. GQ is probably the only place where it’s not just a bunch of basement trolls yammering about their pet peeves.
So if you want “meaningful contribution”, post your pale imitation 95 theses on the church door, not next to the urinal in a bar in a shady part of town, or at least don’t be all surprised and upset when the dirty limericks people scrawl on your screed are obscured by stains from people pissing all over it.
ETA: Oh yes, and please feel free to link to other “meaningful contributions” in this thread. I mean, aside from the goat-fucker bit.
Oh, and I can vouch that **ivn **doesn’t exclusively post in Pit threads to *bitch about *the OP. Sometimes he posts to give a thumbs-up and *hit on *the OP.
TLDR.
Hey.
(Adjust speedos, sucks in gut)
How you doing?
I had asthma my entire childhood, even though I was quite healthy (a nationally competitive triathlete). At 16, I moved in with my dad instead of my mom and instantly, the asthma stopped all together.
The only difference is that mom is an indoor chain smoker. Now, at 24, I’ve never had asthma again. Correlation? Causation? I guess I can’t really know, but I can’t help but think my mom’s chain smoking really hurt my health for those 16 years, causing me to have to take needless medication.
Of course, I was around someone all day and night that was smoking, in a smokey house, constantly taking in the smoke. That’s no doubt different than walking by the cloud of smokers by the door of buildings.
I no longer get sick when I walk by folks smoking, but I am definitely annoyed by the stench. I’m equally as grossed out by the yellowed folks reeking of ciggs that come into my office as I am the construction workers who can’t be arsed to wash their hands and put on some freaking deoderant before they come to their appointment. Do you know how hard it is to look natural while breathing through your mouth for an hour so you don’t gag? Wait. . . that’s what she said. 
Instead of the monthly “Smokers vs. Non-Smokers”, “Pit Bulls Are Killers/Are Not!”, “Cats Belong Indoors/Outdoors” debates, maybe the mods should just let us pull up those older threads and quote ourselves and post “This!”. Besides this now seems like just another one of those ivn1188 pit threads.
The whole smoking debate is just pissing on a forest fire …
[sub]started by a lazy self-important smoker who tossed his cigarette out the car window after blowing all the smoke on poor orphaned asthmatic chilluns.[/sub]
For someone who’s rapidly become an SDMB cliche, you’re exhaustingly full of yourself.
On topic: I quit smoking 5 years ago, and I still love the smell of fresh cigarettes. I’ll actively try and get behind someone having a cigarette while I’m walking.
Stale smoke though? Bleh.
Wow.
Do you find yourself talking to the mirror a lot?
He’s smart enough, he’s good enough, and gosh darnit, people like him.
Of course smokers smell. So do people who eat garlic, onions, etc. Lots of things people do occasion an odd smell or two. Live with it. The depth of animosity shown by some on this board towards smokers reminds me of the depth of feeling that gave rise to the vulgar error that Sir Thomas Brown (the Cecil of his day) had to shoot down over three centuries ago.
Yet more meaningless drivel from the self-appointed arbiter of all that is pit-worthy, full of sound and fury and signifying nothing.
<Waits for the inevitable [del]pissy[/del] pithy reply in which he references my weight, personal habits, speculates on my presumed residence in my mother’s basement, my lack of social skills/relationships with the opposite sex, etc, etc, ad nauseum. We’ve heard it all before, we’ll hear it all again.>
Go bathe in garlic and soak your clothes in it, then walk around in public for just a week, then get back to us.
Good hygiene is a requirement in my office. Folks who reek are welcome to take their business elsewhere.