No pitting necessary. But this is where I can post a poll, so I shall. Apparently I have caused some bad tastes in mouths where people are avoiding threads because of me. That’s not what I want to be doing, so I opted for a poll. No hard feelings. Vote away.
(:
I don’t even know who you are. I don’t know your crimes, and really, I don’t care. The more, the merrier, here.
Mr. Kaufman! You are alive!!
Heh.
This stunt didn’t go so great for Andy Kaufman, either. (Or maybe that’s just what he wanted us to think. :dubious: )
Goodness, we’re full of ourselves, aren’t we?
At least you didn’t make it a public poll.
Is this a frowny? Shouldn’t the frown go to the right of the eyeballs?
Geez. I’m not going to vote in your poll, but I hate drama like this. Stay or go, I don’t care. But whatever you do, do it without calling so much attention to yourself. Drama queens usually end up self-imploding on these boards.
I’m not sure what you’d have me do. I’m always open to (constructive, not nasty) criticism, but if I’m really that bad, then I’ll go. There’s no temper tantrum here. I seriously don’t want to be part of a message board that I can’t contribute to.
When I first arrived, I was kind of ignored. When I started debating, I definitely offered up perspectives that weren’t popular, but I never thought I was unreasonable or intolerable. If such is the case, I’m happy to find a new home elsewhere.
Admittedly, I’m newer and I don’t know anyone off the boards or have a history here, but I am trying to uh, do as the Romans do. I’ll watch my words, but if what I have to say is in no way contributory, I’ll totally go. No one wants to be that person. I sure don’t!
I voted for you to stay. I’d like to see you actually make use of some of the constructive criticism that you were offered in the thread that prompted this one. If that doesn’t work then maybe do something else.
Right now you’re upset and think people are piling on and I’m thinking that’s what’s making you appear unreasonable. It’s not helping you, though I’m sure it’s hard to ramp down.
Also, having unpopular opinions isn’t a problem. It really isn’t. It’s all in how you present them. People are telling you that you need work in that area. That’s the constructive criticism as I see it. I know it’s tough but take a deep breath, sleep on it and revisit it when your emotions have ramped down. I’m betting you’ll feel better.
Good luck either way. Life is too short for you to be stressing about a message board. It’s just not worth it.
You do kinda overtake threads. So do others, of course, but I have clicked away from a couple of threads I was reading recently because they’d been Citizenpained. You make whatever topic it is personal and post things that are off-topic but just enough on-topic to merit a response and then defend your point come what may. No point posting anything else, because somehow the thread was all about you.
I guess I understand if you’re feeling like you’re under attack, while having the best of motives. But I don’t think this thread will really help. If you’ve noticed people saying they’re avoiding threads because you’ve posted on them, then it’s a cue to dial it back a notch; it doesn’t mean that everyone on the SDMB hates you or that every member of the SDMB is horrible.
Nope, we’re not doing this.
Closing thread.