WTF, pepperlandgirl?

The BBQ Pit
1

Seriously, this grates on me because of its blatant mix of trolling and threadshitting. Or maybe just threadshitting, but it sure looks designed to push people’s buttons in some pissy, passive-aggressive manner.

In the thread So I finally got around to watching Star Wars… I regret that decision., there had been a respectful discussion between fans, casual viewers and non-fans about why some people like Star Wars and why some people might not like it. Very little (if any) of the posts were fanboy-style apologetics; for the most part, everyone was quite moderate.

And then, post #121 (!), from pepperlandgirl, comes along:

I noted…

To which pepperlandgirl repliee “Your words.” Well, what other conclusion am I supposed to draw? It wasn’t like any room was left for disagreement.

In response to Raguleader, meanwhile, she writes:

To pepperlandgirl:

Frankly, I don’t believe you. Or rather, I think expressing sympathy was only part of the motivation.

If I had to guess, I’d say it pisses you off so much to think that people enjoy something you’ve deemed to objectively have no value that you have to pre-emptively shit your pants just to prove a point. You don’t even need to read the thread because, by definition, anyone who likes those films is a reflexive fanboy spewing meaningless platitudes, and no doubt they’re filling the thread with asinine excuses.

Thank Christ we have you to set the record straight.

Oh, wait: I see you’re surrounded by fans IRL. By all means, let us anonymous posters be the proxies for the pent-up resentment rightfully directed towards your loved ones.

2

I just posted in the other thread, but what the hell, I’ll post here too.

  1. Why in the blue fuck would you watch six movies that you hate, three separate times? I don’t give a shit if your sister is whining at you that she wants to watch them again. Here’s how you handle that: “No.” Or, alternatively: “Fuck no.”

  2. No, the thread was not three pages of people blowing smoke up George Lucas’s ass, which you would know if you had bothered to read the fucking thread, which as you pointed out is only three pages long. I estimate you could have read it in approximately %.25 of the time it took you to sit through six movies three separate times.

  3. You got one thing right: Yes, you did not contribute to the discussion. Congratulations.

3

I kinda think this thread may be overkill, but I’m going with this answer.

4

OP,

I feel the way you do about Star Wars - I just don’t get the attraction. However reading your OP in the other thread I couldn’t help thinking why didn’t you just turn of the TV and walk the fuck away. Given the love for the movies, I think you were lucky the thread went the way it did.

Move on, it’s just posts on a message board.

5

I think we’re being a little rough on her. Maybe she’ll come around if she just watches the movies one more time.:stuck_out_tongue:

6

I’m not the OP of the other thread–my username is a character from Star Wars, in fact. (I chose it because it’s short for “lobotomy”, which also maybe explains my IQ…)

I don’t mind what people like or dislike, but I think pepperlandgirl was being pretty obnoxious. To run into an otherwise pleasant thread, give your opinion in a such hyperbolic and crass tone (as if this were the Ain’t It Cool talkback forum), tell everyone what you’re sure they’ve already said (not bothering to even skim the discussion) and gleefully note that the topic isn’t even worth discussing… Well, it’s not exactly classy behaviour. It doesn’t matter what the topic is.

That said, the backstory put it all in context, but I still don’t see it as an excuse to be so trollish and dismissive.

7

Fucking Amen.

8

No kidding. If you do that for reasons unrelated to keeping one’s job, having a gun pointed at one’s head, or similar things, then frankly you deserve every moment of angst and nausea that you get due to being unable to learn earlier.

9

Ever heard of families?

10

Special dispensation (and condolences on loss of your sanity) for parents who have kids addicted to particular movies/cartoon shows/etc.

11

I have a family and can imagine the response of my wife, children, parents, or siblings if I tried to make them repeatedly watch the six Star Wars movies.

No and fuck no.

12

Exactly. Not my fault if pepperlandgirl couldn’t say (with varying degrees of politeness) “No, I’m not going to watch that movie once/again/a third time, you sadistic asshole,” regardless of who it is. There actually exist movies out there that I have not seen but my husband has, and vice versa. I know, it’s an incredible thought, but it’s entirely possible to make it happen.

13

If you’re an adult and you have other adults in your life that are able to strong-arm you into watching movies that you hate with the fiery passion of 10,000 flaming suns not once, not twice, but three times, then your problem isn’t with the movies.

14

Amen. I have no idea how many times I sat through that damn “Goonies” movie just to spend time with my daughter.

15

A coworker mentioned that her daughter woke her at 3:30 am to watch a particular recorded cartoon. I marveled at how strong the parent-child bond is, that her daughter still lives. (Either that or she’s so used to early-morning feedings that she just does anything on autopilot at that hour, without realizing it until later.)

16

I think you need to just relax a bit. She offered her opinion on the Star Wars series (the topic of the thread) with snark, vehemence, and hyperbole. That’s kinda par for the course on this message board, and one of the reasons I stick around here. Was her post a bit rude? Sure. But worth a pitting? No chance in hell. Suck it up, get some thicker skin, and enjoy the hyperbole and snark.

17

That’s one thing I don’t understand about this board. I don’t enjoy football, so I don’t go to games. I don’t watch much TV, so I don’t comment in those threads. There seem to be a few posters here who will read the list of current thread titles, see one on a subject they dislike, and post in the thread for the sole purpose of shitting in it.

Do they simply enjoy raining on someone elses’ parade?

If there is a thread on a topic you don’t like, it is much faster and easier to simply NOT click on it! See how easy that was? You didn’t waste any of your time reading about something you don’t care for, and you didn’t waste anyone else’s time having to read you put down something they like. Everyone wins!

18

I don’t know, I’m perfectly capable of leaving the room while children and family watch movies I object to or am not interested in. Not once have any of them wrestled me down and duct-taped me to a chair and forced me to watch it.

19

The difference, of course is that the OP wasn’t saying that he just watched Star Wars for the first time and oh my god, how had that been missing from his life all those years. From the POV of the OP dictates the tone of the thread, pepperlandgirl’s post looks to me like it fits right in. I think this pitting is borne out of irritation that some childhood movies are not universally loved.

I’ve watched movies that I’ve not cared for more than once because someone (doesn’t even have to be a family member) likes it and wanted me to watch it. It’s not because I’m weak-willed or a doormat; it’s because my friends and family being happy and sharing an activity with me means more than my own film preferences. And I’ve made people watch movies that they hated but I liked so it all evens out.

20

Try starting a thread about tattoos. Specifically a ‘what tattoo should I get’ or ‘where should I get my next tattoo’ or “I love tattoos come talk about tattoos and why you love them” and threadshitters will come crawling out of the woodwork. Usually within the first 10 posts at least one person will stop in to say what a terrible idea it is or to tell them that they shouldn’t mutilate their skin or just to drop in a rolleyes smiley. In fact, I remember a few years back someone started a thread to show off their new tattoo and another poster wrote, IIRC “It’s hideous” or something like that.