11217, not at all. There have been dominant posters here who really turned off the flavor of this blog for me too. I would check the threads and they’d be all over, always commenting, every single post produced a reply from them. It sucked. Somehow, it just switched one day and they no longer bothered me. Also, i’ve been posting online since 1993 and feel very comfortable with being able to handle things I dislike.
You are one of the posters I really look forward to reading, and I hope you will absolutely not commit blogicide and that the joy of this blog revives for you. The only advice I can offer in a quick brainstorming is the PLUSA gatherings really reset the dynamics. Even if you maintain your policy of anonymity, there are smaller get togethers from the people who find they are fast friends. I hope the PLUSA circle just grows and grows, and that you’ll stick around.
omg, what a dork am i. to be honest. to be honest. i need a new catchphrase. i agree THL, they both are quick to take it dirty. the thing is, i do think people tend to pile on whomever is on the other side of a rob argument because a lot of people know him and like him, which is a little insdery and unfair to other people on the board. i don’t think it is so good for rob either, because if you respect someone, you let them fight their own fights and deal with the consequences of their actions.
No, they need to fight it out, the old fashioned way, with the “dukes of hazzard.” Best man wins.
In NYC days gone by, the bitter comments 11217 and Rob launched at each other today would invariably result in some mano-a-mano fisticuffs. However thanks to the Web, a person can insult someone else from the comfort of their computer monitor while avoiding the awkward possibility of ever having to encounter that person.
11217 and Rob are like oil and water….Spy vs. Spy…snake vs. mongoose….cat vs. dog….
To be honest I think you make a good point CG. Honestly!
(tee hee)
centipede, i wish! my parents got me stinking intellivision. talk about a waste of a video game.
11217, not at all. There have been dominant posters here who really turned off the flavor of this blog for me too. I would check the threads and they’d be all over, always commenting, every single post produced a reply from them. It sucked. Somehow, it just switched one day and they no longer bothered me. Also, i’ve been posting online since 1993 and feel very comfortable with being able to handle things I dislike.
You are one of the posters I really look forward to reading, and I hope you will absolutely not commit blogicide and that the joy of this blog revives for you. The only advice I can offer in a quick brainstorming is the PLUSA gatherings really reset the dynamics. Even if you maintain your policy of anonymity, there are smaller get togethers from the people who find they are fast friends. I hope the PLUSA circle just grows and grows, and that you’ll stick around.
ENY,
…ahh the good old days, when the worst you could do on a Commodore 64 was play a bad version of Centipede.
Fair points THL and CGups.
I will try to ignore in the future.
omg, what a dork am i. to be honest. to be honest. i need a new catchphrase. i agree THL, they both are quick to take it dirty. the thing is, i do think people tend to pile on whomever is on the other side of a rob argument because a lot of people know him and like him, which is a little insdery and unfair to other people on the board. i don’t think it is so good for rob either, because if you respect someone, you let them fight their own fights and deal with the consequences of their actions.
yeah,
let’s stick to Sarah Palin for jokes.
By the way, she has a 400 page book coming out soon.
sure to be a NYTimes best seller. Like her or not, she’s here to stay.
booyaah.
“Rob and 11217 need to hug it out.”
No, they need to fight it out, the old fashioned way, with the “dukes of hazzard.” Best man wins.
In NYC days gone by, the bitter comments 11217 and Rob launched at each other today would invariably result in some mano-a-mano fisticuffs. However thanks to the Web, a person can insult someone else from the comfort of their computer monitor while avoiding the awkward possibility of ever having to encounter that person.
11217 and Rob are like oil and water….Spy vs. Spy…snake vs. mongoose….cat vs. dog….
11217- The thing is you sink to his level in a nanosecond. You jab back fast and nasty. So If you want him to stop maybe you need to as well?
What’s good for the goose and all that crap…