I was a member of this board years ago before all the changes, but lately I’ve just been reading. I have enjoyed Scylla’s writing since the whole Nazi groundhog thread which I think is when he changed his name to Scylla. Writers are a strange lot with a whole other world going on in their heads. Not everything that gets written down is going to make sense to people not living in beforementioned head. Hang in there Scylla… I can’t do anything about the problems, but I can tell you not to quit writing. You do have talent.
Maybe I’m all wet, and don’t have the first clue what any of the SDMB forums is intended for, but I can’t see how “fighting ignorance” is better served by idjit’s prowling the pit in search of a receptacle their verbal spooge. I mean, can’t they find a willing partner if they want to battle-rut?
Fighting ignorance is better served by taking those to task who deserve it, doing it for a reason, and making that reason clear. But what do I know.
Regardless where someone posts a “woe is me” thread, people who post jerkish comments are STILL jerks. A jerk in the Pit is still a jerk, all day long.
People make accidents all the time and put threads in the wrong place. They shouldn’t be penalized by being cussed at or shat on.
I posted a “woe is me” kind of thread in the Pit not that long ago, and it would have crushed me if someone had started commenting on my writing style or my perceived fan club. I’m so glad that no one felt the need to shit on that thread like they did to Scylla’s.
I don’t know why some people seem to leave their sense of decency behind when they log onto the internet. Maybe they don’t have a sense of decency to begin with.
In case you didn’t get it the first time Weirddave ya know in case you didn’t read it thoroughly Fuck off.
No one had fawned all over Scylla yet–there was some well wishes and statements that they understood what he was going through.
And, for the record, again, I am not a Scylla follower–I usually don’t read his stuff. I just think there were some clear grudges being brought up in an inappopriate manner when someone is struggling to deal with shit. To those people who saw fit to criticize him in that thread and then carry it over here when that thread was closed, you’re petty, mean and spiteful and anyone with about half of a heart can tell.
Open pit threads at will–I recall a ton over the viper post and isn’t htere a few folks who cant stand the wayhe talks about his wife. Fine, youhave a beef with him open a pit thread and go to town. Personally, I don’t give a shit how you write about something when you or somone in your family has had brain surgery.
Actually, I’ve always kind of liked Weirddave and wasn’t until recently that he had a problem with me. I’m not sure what the problem is or why this needs multiple threads, but no, it’s not aimed at Weirddave, nor would I aim it at detractors in general. You don’t have to like me, you don’t have to pretend to, and if I say something you don’t like, feel free to disagree or call me names, then got call it a day.
At that point a mature person gets on with life.
It’s aimed squarely at Zette and that whole group. “Scylla’s an attention whore, I hate him. He wrote the Viper thread. I want to kick his ass. He called his wife a name when she burned his pizza.”
To have captured the attention indignance and multi-year hatred of such, and to have them put so much work into attempting to asassinate my character… for years… speaks to me of a shallow and contemptible existence. You simply can’t indulge yourself that way without it sickening your character.
Normally my detractors hate me for good reasons. Just the other day this guy jumps out from behind a bush with with a knife shouting “you killed my father! die! die!”
or
“You sold my children into white slavery! I hate you!”
or
“You double-crossed me and left me to bleed to death in a sewer in Paris.”
When I get that, yeah, I guess I can understand why those people aren’t pleased with me.
But, when I see people going on and on for years because they don’t like a thread I wrote, or they disagree with it, or I said something that pissed them off.
I mean I look at this thread, I look at the other thread that was closed, the shit that I’m aware of in Livejournal and anonymous boards, and you look at the amount of effort and energy and feeling that goes into hating me from a Zette, or a Jarbaby or a Hamadryad and the simple facts of the matter are that they are degrading themselves by doing it, and they are also demonstrating a fair amount of stupidity as they generate lots of publicity for anything I say.
All I ever wanted hear was to be heard. They assure it. I probably should thank them.
Being hated by scummy people who indulge bad feeling for it’s own sake means I’m not scum. Or, at least I’m a different kind of scum.
And, FTR I thought Bob Newbies comment was funny. My rant was adolescently angst ridden. No doubt about it. But it was a bad month, and while I’m out of the woods, I feel pretty beat up and strung out about it. It felt good to right it, and it was nice to see some nice reactions.
And, it made me feel good to see some people that I dislike and think little of show up and prove to me beyond a shadow of a doubt why I was right to think so little of them.
Yes. And in point of fact, why exactly are you posting? Because you don’t like the way Scylla wrote? Because you don’t like the fact that some people dared disagree with posters who were headed for an all-out pile-on? Because you want to control the way people post?
I’m just not sure I understand your motive here.
I didn’t post in the Scylla thread, so why you are quoting me from some other post after you say "onto the responsibility of the other people who responded to that thread, "as if to associate me with that pile-on, is mystifying. Still, I’m sure it was merely an error so no harm done. I have no beef with Scylla and he has my sympathy for having to endure troubles.
And I apologize to Sol for my unnecessary venom aimed at him elsewhere. It was unfair to attack him where I know he is sensitive.
You know, I’ve heard a lot of people refer to you as a moron over the years, and I never knew what they were talking about until now. My whole response was an answer to BobNewby who said “Hey, I made a funny, why am I getting jumped on?” If you want to translate that as attacking Scylla when he’s having personal problems, feel free. It won’t be accurate, but feel free to read it that way if you like. It’ll get your outrage going and make you feel ALIVE! Personally I prefer, you know, actual life for that, but if the internet is what floats your boat, more power to you.
Scylla, melodramatic writing style or not, I hope that personally you’re feeling better.
Ahh Weirddave yes, those anonymous people that believe I’m a moron–fine, I don’t care although I bet we can just guess who those people are. Thank God for LJ and locked entries. Why don’t you name names, hmm? I’ve heard some pretty shitty stuff about you, but since I don’t know you, I’ve chosen not to believe them. I’m not sure why disagreeing with you vehemently makes me a moron. The spelling and grammar–well I’d give me a break as I’ve been working for about 36 hours straight on a brief with my young daughter needing to be fed, changed and played with (I’m a single mom ya know) and I think this demonstrates I need to take a break from the brief 
Your post was very clear in the original thread. You snarked about his “little essays” and people that fawn all over them. One, that shows you’re terribly jealous and two, you can’t back-talk your way out of it. You were an ass–fine say it wasn’t meant to be read that way, but many people obviously do and have read it that way.
But your style of arguing with me is ludicrous and actually made me laugh.
Let me show you: You disagree with me; therefore, I shall refer to anonymous folks who think you’re a moron. Now I know you’re one because you, along with several others disagree with me.
And the, ah, “shot” about the internet versus real life. Have you seen how many posts I have, and how long I’ve been registered? Have you seen how many posts you have? Have you looked to see how many posts I’ve had in the past year?
No?
Well then, maybe if you’d done your homework, it would have been a bit more of a “shot.” :dubious: This is the only board I post to and don’t do much more on the internet than check out the news and play pinochle.
I agree with the whole mini-rant about Zette and crew. I read Zette’s comment about “polishing her viper” and was a little confused until I remembered that thread which was written, what, 2 years ago?
Sheesh. Way to hold a fucking grudge. Can you be any more petty and immature?
And to Weirddave:
#1. I am a she.
#2. It’s quite possible to call someone a long time and respected poster and point out that they are currently acting immature and petty. There’s no contradiction there. I assure you I am not at all confused. Although I do retract the “respected poster” part of that post because you sir, have lost any inkling of respect I ever had for you.
And this:
Is ridiculous. It doesn’t matter whether Scylla is an academic or not. Alessan’s sentiment is the same. The posts insulting Scylla’s style of writing while ignoring the substance is the equivalent of snickering at his accent.
There is a hell of a lot of green in this thread.
I dunno what all the fuss is about. Scylla’s writing can be pretty entertaining if you read it in a William Shatner voice.
Oh, probably.
And to think, before this day I would have thought oatmeal to be too viscous to snort out one’s nose.
Is Scylla confusing a board with a blog? 
I have no opinion about Scylla personally, or about Weirddave, or really any but a small handful of posters whose names I recognize. But jeeze louise, this really seems like a pointless thread. Some of the posters here are “writer-ish” in one way or another and that’s how they post. If they’re posting at all, it’s a good bet that they want whatever they’re posting about to get some kind of attention - whether it’s “hey man, sorry to hear it, hope it gets better” or “way to go, buddy” or “I disagree and here’s why.” I don’t see why someone’s writing STYLE has a helluva lot to do with WHAT they post.
I’d venture to say those posters who are readable get more attention no matter what they post. I’m thinking right now of Sampiro’s thread about a co-worker’s husband’s suicide - pretty irrelevant to most of us, but he made it a great story to follow.
Scylla, whatever’s wrong, I hope it gets better.
Fuck! That was me being a total idiot; entirely misquoted on my part. To be honest, I was posting very late at night, and I suspect “bracket-quote-equals-gobear-bracket” is ingrained in my typing muscle memory at this point. It was entirely unintentional, and I sincerely apologize for that.
I’d go Diane from Cheers. I’ve been waiting for, “I hate you with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns,” type line, to no avail.
Thanks. I am.
Good answer.