rzkenrage's threads

[DanaC]

see post #6

Sorry, I think I must have been messing with the settings on my sarcasm detector again:P

Monster said

lj must have me on ignore

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?t=13687

[lumberjim]

yeah, your sarcasm detector is alllll fucked up....and your irony setting could use a once over too, methinks.

I was under the impression that this was a place to discuss current events and things of interest and thought I had made friends here.
My threads are always invitations to discuss the topics openly and I have often been swayed or have completely changed my initial position based on the discussions based on the discussions here.
My posts are based on what is happening in the news and what is important to me just like anyone else.
Just like anyone else, I ignore those threads that do not interest me... just don't read them, and if I do and they don't interest me or I don't care to, I don't respond to them, it's easy.
However, I guess some can't leave someone they don't agree with alone, hence I am being singled out here and attacked elsewhere.
Just don't read the damn threads if you don't like them... or, if you think I'm harming the board with my grammar, or "something" (I can't think of it) get UT to tell me or ban me.

[Shawnee123]

I like your posts, rkz, and as you say if the topic doesn't interest me I just skip it. There are many 5000 word posts that I don't even bother with.

And don't worry, perhaps being called out is better than being outright ignored; at least you know you're not completely invisible. Hell, I can't even get a rise out of the Merc; and nobody likes him! (Just joshin' ya, dude.)

You just stay yourself and poo poo on the naysayers!

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I like your posts, rkz, and as you say if the topic doesn't interest me I just skip it. There are many 5000 word posts that I don't even bother with.

And don't worry, perhaps being called out is better than being outright ignored; at least you know you're not completely invisible. Hell, I can't even get a rise out of the Merc; and nobody likes him! (Just joshin' ya, dude.)

You just stay yourself and poo poo on the naysayers!

[lumberjim]

WTF?

[jinx]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

WTF?

I think Rage thinks you're in cahoots with xoB, who is giving him all kinds of shit in a different thread.



I like your posts too Rage. Doesn't matter to me where they are, I read by hitting the new posts button.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by jinx

I think Rage thinks you're in cahoots with xoB, who is giving him all kinds of shit in a different thread.



I like your posts too Rage. Doesn't matter to me where they are, I read by hitting the new posts button.

AH. i had not opened that thread. i'm still not readin it, but thanks....

rk....i wasnt giving you shit. ferreal. i'll go fuck myself now.

[Undertoad]

rk, I really admire your ability to fight on through your difficult situation. Tell me, when you are experiencing a lot of pain, do you find it harder to concentrate and read carefully through the threads?

Originally Posted by Undertoad

rk, I really admire your ability to fight on through your difficult situation. Tell me, when you are experiencing a lot of pain, do you find it harder to concentrate and read carefully through the threads?

Sometimes; but, usually, at that point I am unable to type and/or really respond coherently. So, if I can get on, I just read and don't reply. I'll also tend to use a lot of humor when I'm in a lot of pain.
You may not notice, but I often miss days at a time.
This is when I am unable to be on.

[limey]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Sometimes; but, usually, at that point I am unable to type and/or really respond coherently. So, if I can get on, I just read and don't reply. I'll also tend to use a lot of humor when I'm in a lot of pain.
You may not notice, but I often miss days at a time.
This is when I am unable to be on.

I think I'm not the only one who notices when you're not around, rk.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I'll also tend to use a lot of humor when I'm in a lot of pain.
You may not notice, but I often miss days at a time.
This is when I am unable to be on.

Respect - and heart. I have read you discussing these things many times and when I read into your words, I have never read you feeling truly sorry for yourself, in all that time. You are sorry for the situation, but not sorry for yourself. That is what I admire the most. You da man, sir!!

What I read into LJ is that he was not trying to poke at you, that he was truly trying to work out what would be best. He doesn't poke at people - he is direct with them. So no biggie - no harm done and none intended, unless I'm wrong.

As for HM's point, the careful-eyed will notice that IotD is often a horrible copyright problem. But it's a strange one too, in that it's hard to have some sort of "fair use" on images, and huge numbers of people on the Internet take images wholesale. Most people figure that once an image is on the net it's "out there", but that's clearly not the case. So, I try to avoid some images from places like National Geographic where they have clearly spent a fortune on special photographers to get the shots, and I ask permission from individuals when they have created something.

I asked a group of wire service photographers about this and they said, just use 'em, don't go through the ridiculous process of getting the rights when everybody and their sister is passing the shots along anyway.

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

What I read into LJ is that he was not trying to poke at you, that he was truly trying to work out what would be best.

I said the same thing to RKZ a few weeks ago. It was a comment on his style and not a comment about him. He was free to disagree and others were free to weigh in - that's how things are done here. Its not personal.

And I still firmly believe it is not appropriate to paste an entire article in this forum unless you make follow up points that require the reader to refer back to the text of the article. If you don't have anything to add then a simple link will suffice to bring the article to the attention of the Cellar and everyone can decide whether or not to click on it.

I agree with LJ and do not think anyone should have taken either his or my points on this issue personally.

[Spexxvet]

rk, I would be prefer to read a synopsis of an article, in your own words, including your opinion, with a link, than the whole thing, without your opinion.

[Sundae]

I think it would be an interesting experiment to have a "News You Might Have Missed" thread. The articles/ links/ information would be there for people to read, and if comments developed into a discussion then all well and good.

RK - I am also more interested in reading your opinion than the actual articles. I do appreciate the news you make me aware of, which wouldn't have come to my attention otherwise, but I come here more for opinions than journalism. I may not often agree with your opinions, but one of the reasons the Cellar fascinates me is the different views on life I get to read here.

Without putting words into LJ's mouth I really didn't read his suggestion as "STFU RK" - it was a question re the way the Cellar is laid out, surely?