Who stole Mr. Cynical's password?

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Watch out, Coldie. Sarcasm seems to be out of vogue these days… :wink:

Oh, but I do agree with you. And the reason why, it seems to me (though I’m sure I’ll just be jumped on for daring think something which someone might disagree with) is that everyone is so worried about the messenger that they forgot the message.

And there are factors at work which nobody here (except for one person who posted and the guy in question) knows about. But I already had that discussion in private e-mail, ironically enough.

You know, I was right. Mr. C has changed. But so have a lot of other people, I guess… So has this board.

Back in the day, people might have said that what I did was misguided, but I think people still would have rallied around the cause and forgave any misstep I might have done in an honest attempt to do something helpful in the spirit of the original post.

Instead, it is much more important to point out over and over again how it was so the wrong thing to do. Nobody reads the responses, nobody really cares about the person, they just have to scream that somebody fucked up!

Even you, Coldfire, in your own sarcastic way.

But as I said, people change… Maybe I should be flamed simply for being so naive.

A few people here seemed to understand, and I certainly hope that the person this was directed towards does understand.

In the meantime, I shall no longer respond to this thread. Since nothing I say by way of explanation or even an honest apology seems to matter, and the person who I really cared about in starting this thread hasn’t posted (and who can blame him this train wreck?), it is all moot.

Now I guess I will be flamed for, what, being a martyr? Yeah, been there, done that. But I’m not a martyr, nor do I want to play one. I am not responding anymore merely because I’ve already said all I can.

So flame me for being a drama queen if you wish. I guess that would be fair.

Because people change. And I changed. In the past, I might scream for the antagonists to go play go hide and fuck yourself. But I really don’t feel very beligerant anymore, and I am not angry at all.

Really, I am just fucking sad.

I encourage a moderator to close this thread at their earliest convenience. And if you must continue to argue about what an insensitive and unthinking jerk I was for starting it in the first place, start another thread.

I won’t respond there either.

I will say for the last time to Mr. Cynical: Feel free to e-mail me if there’s anything I might be able to help you with, or even just to talk.

And I appreciate the apology from Silver Fire.

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Not saying you’re a jerk, not saying you fucked up, Satan.

It’s just that while your reasons were genuine (no doubt in my mind), it seems that the path this thread has taken is rather predictable. People told you you should have taken it to e-mail, and you explained yourself - repeatedly. You didn’t get the feedback you hoped for, and Mr. Cynical hasn’t replied yet - possibly out of embarrassment (did you consider that he might have appreciated an e-mail, while he doesn’t appreciate a public outing? After all, you start off by saying the two of you are friends). All in all, you’ve invested a lot of time, and basically cought nothing but shit for it.

I just thought you would have figured that out before you posted it, after all these years. Not a flame, just a comment, really.

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You know, after I came to the boards, I saw a thread slamming people for the little “housework” posts like thanking people for a clarification or making a change. It was “say what you have to say the first time, then get the fuck out of the thread and don’t clog it with niceties.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to let people know I respected what they said–but I didn’t, because I didn’t really have anything that contributed to the ongoing discussion. I thought that doing so violated some SDMB norm.

Although we might be sorry about many of the perceived changes in Mr. C’s demeanor and posting style, I’m not sure I’d fault him on this particular instance. In the opinion of some people, it’s better that he not ring in again just to say “Thanks.”

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I’m sure Mr. C is crying into his beer right now. “Have I really changed that much? Does Satan not think I’m cool anymore? Hold me…just for a little while.”

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Just FTR, I thought that was goddamn funny. In my opinion, Mr. C. is still the same old Mr. C. Sure, he’ll post some shit that’s fucked up from time to time, but hey, who doesn’t?

I don’t think it warrants a pit thread about the guy. I’m not attempting to put words in your mouth, Satan, I am only relating how your post came across to me. So don’t get your goat tail in a knot. What your OP essentially said to me was this:
Gee, look. Mr. Cynical is posting. He’s got like 2,500 posts. Out of those, these four,in my opinion, are all fucked up. That’s .0016% of his posts. A WHOLE .0016%! Therefore, he must now be a complete and total asshole.

And if he called you a dick, so what? I’ve been called a dick plenty of times. In fact, I’ve been called a dick so many times that it’s a well known fact that I’m a dick. Sometimes people ask me if it’s a let down for people when I’m not as much of a dick as they expect… Let’s just say it hasnt been a problem so far.