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hale_bopp
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| I think people that go on about leaving need to just forget it, I mean nothing wrong with a bit of good old fashioned conflict to spice up a place. If everyone was "perfect" it would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO boring. |
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yealc
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Location: Bennett CO
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| hale_bopp wrote: | | I think people that go on about leaving need to just forget it, I mean nothing wrong with a bit of good old fashioned conflict to spice up a place. If everyone was "perfect" it would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO boring. |
You are right conflict is not a bad thing the bad thing is when people feel disrespected. I think people are wanting to say that the level of personal attacks and lack of respect are getting tiring. It is hard for many individuals (myself included) to take things that are written in response to something personal and feel that the responses are not personal.
I find that there is something different to a reply stating I dislike when people appear to whine and saying get over the whining. One feels like a general statement the other feels personal. No matter what similarities we all have we also have different ways of responding and coping with the world and that can make for a issues. The trick is for us all to be able to navigate the differences and issues.
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NeantHumain
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| mikibacsi1124 wrote: | | This thread pisses me off. Seriously. I'm sick of the general population's aversion towards "whining". |
It's not the whining that's bothersome; it's the emotional hijacking that comes with someone threatening to leave the forums altogether. |
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mikibacsi1124
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Location: New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| Okay...understood. Again, I apologize for overreacting - this thread was, after all, a joke. |
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Bec
On a rocketship to Pigfarts
Joined: Aug 18, 2004
Age: 22
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:10 am Post subject: |
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| eamonn wrote: | | Bec wrote: | | Oh, look. Another thread for whiny pity parties. |
No, it is a satirical thread about the whiny pity parties not for them. There is a subtle difference. |
I know, eamonn.  Read my quote again, it's called dry humour. Have you heard of it? |
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eamonn
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Location: Scotland
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| Oh right. For some reason im a lot better at using dry humour than spotting it. |
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Bec
On a rocketship to Pigfarts
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:28 am Post subject: |
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No problem.  |
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acousticvalley
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ascan
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| mikibacsi1124 wrote: | | Yeah, okay, maybe I overreacted. |
Not sure you did. To be honest, Neanthumain's post is amusing, and I like his sense of humour, but I really don't think it's appropriate to post something like that here, considering that it could be interpreted by certain people, who maybe having a particularly rough time, as an attack on them.
I'd say the same about the new avatar of that lowfreq guy. Yeah, it's funny — in a way where a few guys get together and have a laugh about the inapproprite kind of things guys laugh at — but it's not something that should be done in a forum of this nature.
People should exercise some discretion: if you want the freedom to communicate in an environment without an onerous set of rigidly applied rules, then act responsibly. |
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NeantHumain
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| ascan wrote: | | People should exercise some discretion: if you want the freedom to communicate in an environment without an onerous set of rigidly applied rules, then act responsibly. |
I put up the warning explicitly so that no one would think that post was directed against them. It's more a response to the general impression of so many forumicide threats made lately.
I've noticed some people almost seem to want to be upset about things. It's not my responsibility to keep them from being upset. |
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ascan
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| How far your responsibilities go are a function of your own integrity, NeantHumain. |
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nirrti_rachelle
Go Tigers!
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Quit picking on me! Your post really hurt my feelings! Don't you know how sensitive my fragile little heart is? You know what? You're all just a bunch of poopy-heads! Whaaaaaaaaaaaah! Boohoo-hoo-hooooo! 
But seriously, Neant Humain, I've always wondered what was the point of "goodbye" posts. If you don't like the forums, then don't visit the website, plain and simple. It's not like we're all physically visiting each other and know exactly how often someone shows up. Personally, whenever someone says something here to make me angry, I say my piece and leave it at that, just as I would IRL. But I'm not about to flip off everyone else and cut off something I enjoy just because of a couple of people. That doesn't make any sense. 
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vetivert
gagged, but never silent
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| acousticvalley wrote: | | What's the difference between dry humor and non-dry humor? |
humidity?
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acousticvalley
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ghotistix
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| Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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| This is getting complex. Are we opposed to the opposition of angst-filled goodbye posts now? |
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