Umm Lady Sidhe,

If you knew yourself better maybe the things people say about you would be easier to accept?

Why not try reading over your own posts and try to see the kind of person you are? It might make it easier to understand why many people are pleased to having you exist mostly in the "hole".

hmmm.. my honest reaction to the knowledge that someone is utilizing the ignore feature for a specific person, who happens to not be an asshat, is an impulse to simply quote the ignorEE whenever the ignorER is listening. is that shitty of me? would that get me ignored too?

I think you make an excellent point here. I rarely voice my opinion about individuals on the cellar, mostly because if I don't like the person much, someone has probably already said it.

The other reason I don't post a lot of heavily opinionated statements is because I have not posted much of anything on this board, so the group has not been given a chance to understand when I am joking, giving shit, complimenting, bitching incoherently, etc. Nobody is USE to me yet. So, to show up and start blasting opinions about things is bound to produce some heavy reaction. I think this is why we have the whole newbie weirdness.

And there I went, blasting away. ;)

Brilliant observation, jimbo!

(and in case anyone thought I was losing my edge: the preferred construction would be "not to be an asshat". I, too, am a native speaker of English damaged by Star Trek.) ;)

Hey hey now..

If you guys keep this up we'll ALL be on Sidhe's ignore list, then she'll just post be chatting with herself all day...


Wait a second..she does that in the hole anyway...forget it.

Now now, let's not get vindictive. Some people may not like Sidhe's mannerisms or some of her threads, but she's not a bad person. There's no reason to grab the torches and pitchforks and go marching to her front door.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion. I think she understands now that posting this thread was a bad idea, lesson learned. I'm sure she's planning on keeping her hands and legs inside the vehicle at all times from now on, so there's no reason to just keep on banging her over the head with the same sour sentiments ad infinitum.

Thanks, Riddil.

Sidhe

No one with a Waffle House Menu linked on their home site is a bad person.

I downloaded that peice of Americana and use it as a desktop. Damn I wish we had a Waffle House near where I live in Virginia in the DC suburbs). The Northernmost Waffle House I can find is in Richmond - 90 miles south :(

I may have my differences with Sidhe's content but do NOT mess with the Waffle House - An American Institution. And do NOT mess with Mr. Sidhe (troubleshooter (Ironic font or is it me) who, when witnessing an oil-soaked catfight between wolf and his better half, pronounced "let the chicks fall where they may."

I think I may have underestimated this couple! :)

Perhaps we could let them be them.

IMHO this is a very sound and reasonable statement. Nice one Riddil. Somehow this thread degenerated into a sarcastic, caustic and, quite unnecessarily, personal bandwagon with a surprising amount of normally fair-minded folks piling on for a free ride at the expense of an understandably bewildered newcomer ( relatively speaking ).
Heated debate is one thing but there isn't even a topic here other than 'how dare a newbie question a 'regular's' inexplicable but continuosly vitriolic barbs'
Vaild question? Who knows.
Right thread? Is there such a place? Doubtful.
Whining or perplexed? Pure opinion.
Does it warrant persecution by excessively eloquent, intelligent folks with no vested interest ( c'mon now, is it that big a deal to the ebb and flow of the precious forum) in the outcome?
Fuck no !
Where's the compassion people.

Is this a Hallmark moment? It tingles.

I'm not tryin to gang up on sidhe. I think that she fits in fine usually. I was just saying that ....well, i already said it.

when you start a thread like this, you'll have to expect some adverse reaction. I don;t necessarily side with wolf either. I've tried not to attack her in her threads, but wolf has every right to make her opinion known. Cougar also cracked on her a bit, and fnf, and blue, etc......why did she pick this fight with wolf?.....

you three that defend her are very chivalrous, and i agree that she is nowhere near irritating enough to be singled out and abused......unless she singles herself out.


a very wise man once said. "if I am not using my knife as a weapon, I have little sympathy for someone who chooses to hurl themselves upon it."
... iwish i could remember who said that........;)

in good fun

She broke a number of generally agreed upon community rules. When the reasons for doing certain things were pointed out to her, she freaked out and said, "Ah! Why are you attacking me!"

Some things irritate us. If you won't even listen to the reasons for not doing them, we're probably going to ridicule you.

I have had neither the time nor interest to follow the many threads displaying the strife discussed here, but anyone who uses the obscure word 'dissembly' correctly gets a nod of respect from me.

Except that it was used incorrectly. The word Troubleshooter was trying to use was 'dissembling'.

'Dissembly' is an obscure synonym for assembly.

boy, dar, you really ARE conan the grammarian.


Someday, you'll slip up and make a typo or fail to properly conjugate a verb, and we'll be there. waiting. And when it happens, we'll be all over you like white on rice. like flies on shit. like ....two other things that really go together well......

... like Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin?

Somewhere in the forest, Smokey the Bear is smiling...:cool:

It's my secret shame. I studied to be an English teacher years ago when I was young. Now it won't leave me alone.

I'm not immune to mistakes, so I won't be offended if/when you find one.

Because I'm a little bit of a language nut, I can't help but respond. The primary citation for "dissembly" in my OED is as an archaic version of dissimulation, which in turn is defined: "The action of dissimulating or dissembling; concealment of what really is, under a feigned semblance of something different; feigning, hypocrisy. " The use you mention is secondary (and also archaic). However, you'd get points from me for using it that way, too!

Me, too! ;)

Really?! Webster's unabridged only has the 'assembly' definition.

Well there you go. You learn something new every day. :thumb:

Oxford English Dictionary, 4th edition

dissembly1

[f. DISSEMBLE v.1: cf. next.]

Dissembling, dissimulation.

c1534 tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (Camden) II. 198 Ther is no deceyt more depe and secrete than that which lurketh in the dissembly of understanding, or under soome colour of curtesy. 1588 ALLEN Admon. 21 [Elizabeth] dallied and abused by dissembly almost all the great personages of Europe, to whom..she proffered herself.

Have a nice day.

http://cellar.org/2004/disassemble.jpg

DISASSEMBLE??!!

You sir, like myself, have watched entirely too many movies.

How about TV? Anyone remember Johnny 5's cameo on "The Wizard"?

ok ok ...maybe not a CRACK, ...but wouldn't you agree that it was a bit disparaging? and i was just using it as an example anyway.....

We threw it out about 50 miles back...

Sigh, six pages that could have been DoDads or whale penises.

Did somebody say whale penis?

Mobydick?

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/006133.htm

I was sucked in too...hmm. Sucking and dork in the same post.

i just have to say that wolf does have a very abrasive personality. i feel that she is trying to get a rise out of me or something. i guess the world would be a boring place if there weren't people to create conflict or drama, so she has a place. i just try to pass the "tests"- i don't let her get to me, and i don't take her seriously.

So post them if you feel you must. Everyone's gotta have a hobby. I'll save them up and start a "petty barbs" thread just for you, and see how many we can get per week.



lady, i can help you here.

There is a big difference, stacey, between being abrasive, and providing a realistic interpretation that is contrary to your understanding of the world. I am not warm and fuzzy, but I'm not abrasive by any means.

I rather suspect that there is a method to her madness. Although I am not privy to it there seems to be a faintly discernable pattern.

wolf, you specialize in providing interpretations that are contrary to other people's views of the world. thank you for enlightening us.

giggling your ass off is pretty high school.

i wasn't whining, i was making an observation.

I'd highly recommend that you quit while you're ahead...

You're welcome. :angel:

Talk less. Listen more. Listen. There's some serious grey matter floating around the Cellar. Ain't that why you stopped by? Are you listening?

yeah, no shit. It keeps getting stuck between my toes. ick!

The grey matter is from the people we had to kill...

It was self-defense...we're cool...

Speaking of breaking the unwritten COC, my burning conscience forces me to admit that I sometimes write something just for the post count. In my defense, I am new. Also, the little title below my name changes every time, and I want to see what the next one is.

Remember, I'm new. you can only dress me down once or I'll call my net mommy.

I don;t want to ruin the suspense for you, but here's what you can expect.

I gotta tell you, my daily spinnwebe fix is seeming unnecessary. you guys are like ppl in a bar you've been going to for years (don't let that abominable song get started....too late)

spinn is smarter than smart, bitter and kind of gothy, but his command council often reminds me of the three witches passing the eye around.

To completely abandon that metaphor,

you guys find a spot for who the fuck ever comes through and they get their own little soapbox with their name on it that they can put in their locker when they go home.

uber cool.

I'm normally diametrically opposed to mastubatory content of any kind. but it's just SO DAMN CUTE:D in here. Lock n Load.

CUTE?

ohmigod.

What have we done wrong?

Post count isn't really a way to win respect. We respect people for being intelligent and backing up their points with facts. Even if the person only has 3 posts, if it's a very well written post, we give them kudos.

[quote]Originally posted by mrnoodle


spinn is smarter than smart, bitter and kind of gothy, but his command council often reminds me of the three witches passing the eye around.

Hmm...
It's not a metaphore if its nots fairly common.I consider myself at least semi-well read.If many people draw a blank...Doesn't that make it a reference?Not a metaphore?Just wondering.

in his example, the command council is the three witches from greek mythology. the metaphor shows you that they're blind most of the time without having to spell it out.


oh, and ...do you pick fly shit out of pepper in your spare time?

I thought everyone did.They don't?(gasp!).

Well then picker, it's underwear, not underware.:haha:

Haha.Thanks B.I actually hate f---ing up spelling-wise.Time for a new one anyway.