I agree with Mauve Dog.
Wildest Bill is the latest incarnation of Chicken Little. As he screams about the sky falling, the rest of us are pointing out the fact he’s standing under a tree and asking him to take note of the numerous acorns laying at feet.
Esprix, if he bothers you that much, simply ignore his posts. He’s simply not worth the emotional energy you’re expending on him.
I was just starting to like him! I don’t like his spelling but I don’t think he’s so bad. Maybe it’s 'cause I ended up reading some old threads and found a whole bunch by Pashley - now there’s a freak. Check out his AOL homepage - oy!
Anyway, Wildest Bill doesn’t seem so bad in comparison - I think he does read what people write in their posts, and his the spelling and grammar errors are - at least now - due to ignorance, not because he didn’t use the preview button.
I think he’s trying, that’s gotta be worth something, right?
His “Loser’s Pay” logic was completely flawed, I’ll admit that, but his “Hey gay dudes…” thread (that’s when I noticed him, too) was asked (I think) because he wanted to know the answer, not because he was trying to stir up trouble. Who knows, now that’s he’s using the preview button, maybe he’ll start backing up his assertions with facts instead of anecdotes. It could happen…right?
I’m re-reading and realizing that using the word “logic” in connection with the “Losers Pay PERIOD” thread is incorrect. I don’t know what the word is for that. Maybe “thought process,” but perhaps it should be more like “verbal process” or something. “Series of unconncected usupported thoughts” perhaps…
I have earnestly tried to work on some of the things mentioned in this flame. While I know my English is not that great(ok it sucks), I have really tried to proof read more and use the dictionary more before I hit the submit reply button. I even tried to go back and explain my position better on the Loser Should Pay post.
I could try to get back at Esprix with alot of stuff but then someone would take a chicken shit shot at me about being a hypocrite for not turning the other cheek. I really do have a hard time with that philosophy because I have always been a fighter when I feel like I am being attacked.
And esprix, obviously I piss you off so why don’t you just not read my dang threads if they bother you so much and I won’t read yours. Because I think some of yours are just plumb stupid and irritating too. Especially the “Ask the Gay Guy”, “Ask the Guy Guy II”, and “Ask the Gay Guy III” (you even go so far as to list them suckers in your sig column)do you have infactuation with being the King of Gay knowledge or or are you just horny and cruising to get dates?
Sorry, but that’s a good one…
Yer pal,
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Wildest Bill wrote:
I just got back from Luby’s and you wouldn’t believe what the one here is doing.
I just got back from Luby’s (Resturant? Cafeteria?), and you wouldn’t believe what the one near me is doing.
You know normally Luby’s has their prices up on the wall so you can see how much say a cucumber salad cost.
Do you know how normally, Luby’s has their prices up on the wall so you can see how much, say, a cucumber salad costs?
Well, when I went there today there were no prices by the items on the wall.
Well, when I went there today, there were no prices by the items listed on the sign on the wall.
And below on the sign it said prices available on request.
Instead, below the sign, (or: Instead, at the bottom of the sign,) was a note saying “Prices available (up)on request”.
Does Luby’s now think they are a exclusive ritzy place now? Yea right.
Does Luby’s now think that they are an exclusive, ritzy place? Yeah, right.
So I asked the lady with a hairnet for a cap how much was the cucumber salad?
So, I asked a lady (who was wearing a hairnet for a cap) “How much is the cucumber salad?”
** She gave me a blank stare and said she didn’t know.**
New paragraph
** Great I thought. So I say forget it afterall they could have been charging 2.50 for cucumber salad and I wouldn’t know until I got my reciept.**
“Great,” I thought, and told told the lady “Forget it!”
“After all,” I thought “They could be charging $2.50 for Cucumber salad and I’d never know until I was given my reciept!”
I even ask the manager and he said it was to hard to place all those prices on that board.
I even asked the manager and he said “It’s too hard to place all those prices on the board.”
** What kind of crud they have been doing before. Why the sudden change? **
Um… How 'bout
“Why has it suddenly become too hard? Why the sudden change?” I thought.
**Now some of you are probably thingink WB you are just being difficult again but I don’t think so and I’ll tell you why. **
Now, some of you are probably thinking “Wildest Bill, you’re just being difficult again.”
I don’t think so, and I’ll tell you why:
Sure I could look at the end of the line when the lady hands me my receipt and say no thanks that is to much.
While it’s possible that I could for the price on the reciept after it’s printed,
**But “who” is Luby’s normal customer that’s right old people. Who usually are on welfare or on a tight budget. And usually are not as perceptive as they were when they younger. So I think this pricing policy sux because it is taking advantage of old people and that is just plain wrong in my book. **
(note: the following is Wildest Bill’s sentiment, NOT mine. Also note: welfare does not equal social security)
older folk, on tight budgets aren’t very perceptive and, I firmly belive that Luby’s pricing policy is designed to cheat them. I’m against cheating senior citizens out of their social security money.
**Anyway do ya’ll see what I saying? **
Anyway, do y’all understand what I’m saying?
Fenris
The idea mentioned earlier about little billy being the perpetual victim is renewed once again by, you guessed it, little billy himself.
The “bully” thread, his response to Esprix here- my God, my doormat has been trampled on fewer times! He really believe this victim garbage.
Whatever. Kid’s not worth it, although I do love to read Esprix’s rants-n-raves!
Oh and Fenris- too funny!
Satan approves. That’s gotta count for something!
EJ’sgirl,
First I want to say that I don’t know EJ and I already feel sorry for the dude.
My post about “Bullying” was actually in reference to the Columbine tragedy. I could really care less what Mr. Esprix has to say but I am glad you are amused by it.
There there, sweetie…
I don’t understand why you’d find those threads dumb or stupid. For one thing, you’ve posted in them, so they couldn’t have been that irritating. For another thing, you posted your own thread called, “Hey gay dudes…” in which you…asked the gay men a question.
So…maybe it’s a little high and mighty (and rather Margaret-Cho’s-mother-like 
) for Esprix to declare himself THE gay, those threads are not “plumb stupid.”
Unless you’ve been dating or befriending (or hiring 
) gay men lately, you should count yourself among one of those ignorant about many facets of homosexuality, and welcome the chance to learn something about people outside of your bubble.
I noticed, and I think that’s admirable. I don’t know if I can say that about some of the other things you’ve said, but hey…I guess you’re learning.
Esprix, I feel your pain.
The thing that really ticks me off is that WB has taken to presenting an “Aw shucks, I’m just a dumb guy who means well,” image, then inserts an unfounded attack in his “conciliatory” message. Case in point (my comments in bold):
Hey Davis,
I know what your saying but seems like he takes it to the “extreme”(the quotes btw are for inflection is that wrong?). That is all I was saying. I mean afterall he poked fun at my James Bond threads. I had to get him back.
I would like to move now that “Columbine” be added to the list of things that instantly lose you the argument…
Esprix, I’m totally with you on this one (in case it wasn’t obvious from my post in this thread. (Could someone please email me a link or instructions on how to link to a particular post? Thanks).
I think the reason that I get so frustrated with Wildest Bill is actually because he isn’t a total moron. He comes up with interesting questions, so I think there’s something going on in there. The problem is that he doesn’t listen to any answer to the question that doesn’t fit in with the answer he has already decided is right. It’s frustrating when someone actually asks an interesting question, on which reasonable people can differ, but then prevents a useful debate by his inane followup.
I also will grant that WB’s English is getting better, although there’s no question but that it still needs major work.
(By the way, Wildest Bill, my username has nothing to do with Ted Nugent. It’s my name. But I have no particular desire to be associated with him in any way whatsoever, so I didn’t take offense at your comment).
Hey, maybe we actually can make a difference after all.
You seem to think I think all your ideas are stupid - wrong. The idea of the loser paying in a frivolous lawsuit has merit, even if I don’t agree with it. But when so many people have given you so many counterarguments and all you can say is, “Yeah, so?” it demeans your argument to the point of absurdity. And I’m going to once again go back and challenge some of your wild-ass assumptions and make you come up with some reputable cites to prove your case, rather than you proving yourself to be a sourceless wonder.
Ah, but then you say:
So much for no personal attacks and turning the other cheek. :rolleyes: (And, might I add - ad hominem, ad hominem, ad hominem…)
Puh-lease - get over your cheap sorry self, Mary. If you can’t take the heat, stay off the boards. Getting flamed comes with the package, especially since you couldn’t hold a cogent argument if somebody wrote your speeches for you.
Esprix
Bill, if you want to emphasize something, try bold, italics, underline, or capital letters. Quotation marks mean either that you are quoting someone, as in
or they indicate a sarcastic use of the word in quotes, showing that the writer means the opposite of the quoted word, as in
(i.e., my opinion of McDonald’s food is so low, I don’t consider what they call hamburgers to be such.)
A good test of the second use is this: if you would insert “so-called” before the word, you can use quotes instead. Otherwise, you may unintentionally make a humorous grammatical error, as when companies advertise “fresh” food (implication is it is just this side of rotten) or “free” services (implication is you are going to pay through the nose for the services.)
Oh, and to answer a couple of other folks’ questions I missed…
Mauve Dog and freyr, why do I bother? I thought we were here to fight ignorance? I come here for some intelligent discussion and debate, and, as I’ve said, Wildest Bill comes up with some interesting questions that sound like the could be great debates… until you realize he doesn’t know how to debate. Then you just get frustrated. Besides, I’m a hopeless optimist. When I get suitably tired of arguing with a brick wall, I’ll stop, but as long as it amuses me (even through the frustration) I’ll keep giving it the old college try. (It’s the way I’m built - maybe it has something to do with always having to justify my existence to ignorami because I’m queer, I dunno… It also might have to do with the fact that I use English as my profession, so it’s built-in that I need to correct glaring errors when I see them - if I had a virtual red pen, his posts would be unreadable.)
filthy, thanks for the compliment. One of the many reasons I’m going back to school for communications is this very board and the enjoyment I get out of doing this all day.
Myrr21, I haven’t even read the Columbine thread. Now I’m scared to.
DavisMcDavis, thanks for the support, but may I clarify - I do not consider myself “The Gay Guy” beyond just an identifying moniker (and a cute li’l nickname). I specifically state so in the OP of all three ATGG threads. I’m merely one person’s experience, with a little bit of research and a lot of other gay folks to back me up. I never claimed to be anything else but.
And yes, Wildest Bill, quotations are not used for inflection - that’s what we have bold, italics and underline for. According to the Learning Network at infoplease.com, quotation marks are used for:
[ul][li]To set off direct quotations:[/li]“Let’s go to the beach,” she suggested.
[li]To set off titles of short stories, articles, chapters, essays, songs, poems, and individual radio and television programs:[/li]Chapter 9, “The New Englishes”
sang the “Star-Spangled Banner”
“The Apparent Trap” episode of Frasier
[li]To set off words and phrases that are being used in an unusual or questionable way or might be preceded by so-called:[/li]Mari’s “fine” was a day’s volunteer work.
According to the article, bees appear to “remember” landmarks[/ul]
Live it, learn it, love it, baby.
ENugent, you’ve hit the nail just about squarely on the head - well put.
Esprix
Don’t worry Esprix, there is no Columbine thread. It appears that the “bully” thread was started simply because Bill feels put upon, and has felt that way for a long time.
He only injected “Columbine” into the mix because he was upset to see that only 6 replies had been posted to his OP!
DavisMcDavis, never mention that p-named poster again. Those of us who have been around here for a while don’t want to be reminded. Also, so you know don’t mention a certain Icelandic poster whose name starts with a B. We don’t want to remember either of them.
HUGS!
Sqrl
PS. Nothing else to add as I have no opinion of Wildest Bill.
My point exactly.
** WB: ** you * lose! *
Thanks for playing. Now here’s all the things you didn’t win…