I don't think it matters how you word it. It all adds up to a large group of regulars from one forum going to another.

For what purpose? To have the same discussions there as here? To meet new people maybe? Trying to recruit more posters for this site?

What really was the purpose?

Honestly? I think it was just supposed to be for shits and giggles. It seems to have turned out to be rather more full of the former than the latter.

ok, well what was the source of the intended humour? Seeing them get the shits at a bunch of newbies all coming from the same place? Expecting them to just laugh and be glad a whole heap of weirdo's from another site came and upset the equillibrium of their forum?

Isn't that exactly what's happened here?


eta: I'm not meaning this to be directed at you Dana. It's just that you're the one answering the questions, and they're ones I've been thinking about ever since I first saw that safari thread the lumberjim posted. I'm just not surprised at how it's all turned out.

Well. We were returning the jape. As their safari had actually proved quite amusing. And it seemed an interesting idea.

I like Jim. I think he's a genuinely good guy. You can point to many things that show this, but the most obvious are all the community building things he's done like the car and the t-shirts. Another thing about Jim is that he's a mischievous joker. It sometimes rubs people the wrong way. I've seen people criticize him numerous times over the years, and he always stands up to them. We even have memes devoted to it, "my sister died on 9/11." His humor is welcome, as far as I'm concerned.

I saw BigV criticize Jim recently, and said nothing because I've seen it numerous times before, and thought Jim didn't need defending. I'm still confused about why it's a big deal this time. If he was kind of expecting to be defended, then I'm sorry I didn't speak up to say that he's a good guy.

I don't generally get involved in conflict. Don't want to pick sides. But I think it's worth saying that Jim's a good guy. I hope you both come back. We lost LabRat, and don't need to lose another pair of pillars.

I'm still a little bewildered by much of this. I'm guessing it's partially because I don't do chat. I get the feeling that a lot goes on in chat that I don't see.

I hope you both come back. But maybe that makes me a taker.

Were they invited?
Was punch served?

/obscure

A few people had my back in the very first dramatic Tiki thread, which precedes everything. Tiki had about 5 big fuck-you posts calling me the worst she could come up with. I wound up not just a "fucking bad person", but rather, "a completely worthless waste of humanity." She sprayed a torrent of liquid shit at me.

S123, DanaC, Moar and Flint, and a few others, "had my back" with statements about how Tiki should not have attacked me in such an abrasive way.

LJ had one-liners trying to poke Tiki in humorous ways. Jinx had nothing.

But it was OK! I actually secretly enjoyed being given the huge FUCK YOU posts. I just make my case best I can, and let people decide what they think. Wacky feisty bitch, I thought, this is actually fun, a little, someone who wants to flame the shit out of me. Nobody has flamed the shit out me for a few years, they all treat me differently here, that's actually not what I really prefer. So bring it on!

And, I thought, at the end of the year we'll all look back with a sort of satisfaction -- that was a really feisty whack-job bitch wasn't it, but she was fun for a while, man it takes all kinds.

very second, maybe.


http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=19826

Ah yes. I didn't participate in that thread because it seemed to be about people participating in some different forum. Not my forum, not my business.

fuck all this.

tiki is a troll. she was consciously trying to drive a wedge in among us. I recognize that.

it was simply illuminating to me that people would let her allegations stand.....for whatever reason...apathy, or fear of conflict...or agreement.....whatever.

I have more of an issue with people like dar and bigV that want to judge me based on their perception that I'm some kind of thug running amok in the church choir.

I can't actually fault them, because I've spent so many posts saying
'eat a dick' and 'cock' and calling people crazy........

I just have been re-examining the effort i put into this board.

what do I get out of it in exchange for the effort I put into it? Is it equitable?.....


please keep in mind that I'm just some dickhole in PA that does not effect your day to day.

also!

Cloud, I see you and hope you are doing well.

What? Who? What are you talking about?

The troll asked me to delete two of her threads and I did, an LJ post must have been in there.

I just picked up where I left off reading this thread 24 hours and SIX PAGES ago! Now I have a request: can I be banned for 3 minutes so I can go to the bathroom?

Jim, I think most people here really appreciate the efforts you go to, so try and keep that in mind. I'm surprised that you of all people have let someone get to you like this regardless of the fact that she was just the catalyst to it all coming out.

You and I have had our differences and continue to do so constantly it seems, but I think you're an important member of this group and you will be sorely missed if you decide it's not worth it to you anymore. Not everyone gets your humour, and there are those of us who don't appreciate it, but we're far outnumbered by the people who do.

Besides, I can't believe there's someone else on here you find more annoying than me. ;)

So just suck it up and get on with doing what you do best.

Oh...and EAD when you're done.