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Post by Angie on Nov 27, 2017 22:01:20 GMT -5
So you're saying I'm needed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 22:43:19 GMT -5
Incinerate the thread, and I might, maybe, possibly admit that you're not entirely useless.
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Post by nighttimer on Jan 10, 2018 16:09:53 GMT -5
A better name for this slimy piece of protectionism for gun runners would be the " Prostate Thyself Before the Great God of Profit and the Hell With Human Life Act." Though accurate, the title is a wee bit longish. I know I'm a bit late to the party with this thread, but I'm having a hard time (no pun intended) imagining what it means to "prostate thyself" in front of someone (in this case, a god). I'm guessing it isn't referring to some sort of medical exam? Does it mean to whip out one's junk and shake the ol' twig and berries at this god? If so, there's a great double entendre in the last line of that quote. It is also hard to imagine how a using a typo to make a dig at a member of the forum, who isn't here, isn't evidence of prepubescent behavior. It is also hard to imagine how one "makes a dig at a member of the forum" without even mentioning them or directing anything in a post to them. I was making a joke at a humorous typo. It wasn't directed at anyone nor was it taking a shot at anyone. Save the concern trolling. Nobody's falling for it. I'm not concerned, at all, just making an observation. To claim you're not mentioning or directing anything to a member after quoting their post is kind of hilarious, but hey, you do you. haggis , Angie , robeiae , cray and I pretty much live to make jokes about one another's typos. OK, mostly we make jokes about cray's typos. Be that as it may, we are still making fun of typos made years ago. Hence why we "founce" instead of "flounce," among other things. I take particular delight in jumping on Haggis's before he has time to catch and correct them. He usually catches them pretty quickly, so I have to be quick on the draw. Yes, and that IS funny, but it's a bit different when you're friends, wouldn't you say? Or are Opty and nighttimer friends, and Opty was just making a good-humored joke, and nighttimer would be chuckling and gaffawing if he were here? Seriously, don't play the daft card. That was my way of saying that I don't have a problem with the joke. Seriously, cut the drama. There's no "drama." Just me stating my opinion. It's illuminating to know that you don't have a problem with Opty's "joke." It's also irrelevant to me stating my own opinion of Opty's "joke." Christine, sometimes typos are simply funny. We all make them. The fact that NT isn't here at this moment is, I think, irrelevant in this case. It's not like he has anything to defend. Everyone knows it was a typo. Like all of us make. All the time. If, when NT comes back, he decides to, he can certainly double down and defend his word choice, but I'm thinking it's not that freaking important and that maybe we should move on, Yes, it was an objectively funny typo. But making fun of such while someone is not here, by someone who has never shown any semblance of friendship, equates to basically laughing at them "behind their back," as opposed to playful fun where all the participants are friends. Also, I must add the idea that NT would defend his word choice is objectively funny. BUT I'M NOT LAUGHING, HAGGIS. (I will deny it upon pain of death) Moving on.... I assume the use of capital letters is intended to let me know you're serious. But, hey. We're talking about a typo. And you're turning it into a capitol case because NT can't defend his typo at this time. WTF? Why is this such a big deal for you? Nobody is laughing at NT. We're chuckling over a typo. The kind of thing we all do. All the time. Like I said before. But, you know, as long as you want to move on.... The all caps was meant to be hyperbolic. There is no defending of a typo, so I thought your mention of the possibility of such was funny, especially considering NT's propensity for doubling down. That said, NT is in a temporary ban, so I think the best course of action is to not address his posts while he is gone, even if it's just all in good fun, which, I'm sorry I doubt, but I do. Imagine if you were on a board, got a temp ban, and people you were constantly at odds with (to put it mildly) poked fun at your posts in your absence. It's a cheap shot, imo. MOD NOTE: Enough on the typo already. Relax. This won't take long. I trust the person who is the butt of the joke is allowed to contribute to the festivities too? Typos can be funny. We all make 'em. It used to be part of my job to catch them in the copy a reporter turned in to go into print. Out comes the red pencil and the page begins to hemorrhage. It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it. The thing about writing online is there are no editors and spell check won't save you from your shortcomings. What's "emotionally risible" to quote a certain member is when someone parachutes into a thread nearly two weeks from its inception and their only contribution is to mock a typo made by someone who can neither correct the typo or defend themselves. Christine had it right the first time and she was sneered at for stating what everyone else should know already: Opty and I are not BFFs He doesn't like me and I don't like him and that's all we have in common. Here's something else that's funny. It's funny when Opty accuses me of " following him around the board" but his first contribution to a thread about a mass shooting is an obvious attempt to mock the person he despises most on The Colline Gate. There's a name for someone who follows someone else around a board and it rhymes with "bowl" and lurks under a bridge. It's disappointing, but not surprising only one person pointed out it's seriously uncool to go after someone who can't respond. It's also inaccurate to state, " We didn't get rid of Nighttimer." Well, actually you did get rid of Nighttimer. When someone can't view the board, can't read the board,aand can't post on the board, if that's not getting rid of them, it'll do until there's another way. Whether it's for a mandatory time-out or total exile, that's how a ban works. I was banned for a month. I chose to self-ban myself for a second month. There's one thing that comes with the extra free time being banned from a board gives you: reflection. People don't reflect as much as they react. The temptation to come back with guns blazing, F-bombs dropping and generally making a dramatic return followed by a permanent exit was immense, but that came from a sad, stupid little voice in the back of my mind and being sad and stupid, I chose to ignore it. Sometimes I'm the victim of outside forces aligning against me. Sometimes I'm my own worst enemy when I press "Enter." I piss people off. It's my nature and my mutant super power. I make no apologies for it. Some folks need to be pissed the fuck off. For example, any day Donald Trump is pissed off and whining about something being "unfair" like a 71-year-old man-baby is a goddamn good day. That is why I admire Colin Kaepernick so much. He took on the most powerful entity in sports, the mighty NFL and though they successfully blackballed him, they did not beat him, break him or make him bend his knee to them. By taking a knee, Kaepernick stood up like a man and a man must be willing to suffer and sacrifice for the unforgivable sin of telling the truth. I don't know if I'd have that kind of courage of my convictions, but I'd like to think I would. However, I'm old enough and mature enough to figure out at times the root cause of my problems is staring back at me in the mirror. Chris Rock once said about why he doubted he'd ever become so successful he'd become a conservative and join the Republicans, " Why go to a party where you're not wanted?" I don't believe in flouncing. It's a weak and pathetically transparent bid for attention. But I can take a hint. Whatever it is I bring to the party is not something that works here at The Colline Gate. It's mostly me, but it's not ALL me. Wherever I'm gone around the Internet, I find myself cast as the skunk at the garden party, the angry troll, the inconvenient truth, the uppity Black guy, THAT GUY. That's just how I roll. But that doesn't wear well everywhere. This is robeiae's board and Cassandra is a moderator on his board. I have my thoughts on how that factors into my role here, but I'll keep them to myself. Nobody sent for me and nobody needs me, so if I cause friction, hey, that's because there;s A topic this dreadful and tragic really isn't the thread and really isn't the place for this digression, but this thread got derailed two months ago by a guy with a hard-on about a guy who got the bum's rush and couldn't contain a desperate need to turn a typo into a not-so-subtle poke in the eye with a sharp stick with dog crap on the end of it. Therefore any reluctance I had about responding was mitigated by the basic unfairness of a really cheap shot. It would have been nice if someone other than the only friend I have on this board pointed it out, but that's water under the bridge now. It's a new year. It's a new chance to do better. Who knows? Maybe we'll never see a need for another thread like this again. Yeah. I don't believe that either.
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Post by celawson on Jan 10, 2018 16:58:32 GMT -5
Although I can't tell by your post if you're going to stay here and contribute to the forum, I want to say WELCOME BACK. I do hope you stay. I didn't respond to that thread because by the time I read it, there was already a mod note saying "enough on the typo already" But I will say that I emailed Christine right then and there and offered her my support and applause for speaking up. I can forward that email to you, NT, if you don't believe me, complete with the time stamp of 11/19/17 1:12 PM. I do think there can be mean-spirited comments on occasion running through some of the discussions here, and I'm really not sure why that is, given that we came here to get away from that. I'm not referring only to the initial post in question, but the comments after that initial post also, towards Christine, really struck me, TBH. Hence my email to her. NT, you and I are often on opposite ends of the spectrum of opinions, But I'm no stranger to that "loner" feeling, given my politics. But I have kept coming back because people here are smart, and most people here are considerate and polite, and the discussions are interesting. And YOU can take credit for making numerous discussions here more interesting and more exciting, certainly. So I do hope you stay.
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Post by Optimus on Jan 10, 2018 17:38:26 GMT -5
Here's something else that's funny. It's funny when Opty accuses me of " following him around the board" but his first contribution to a thread about a mass shooting is an obvious attempt to mock the person he despises most on The Colline Gate. There's a name for someone who follows someone else around a board and it rhymes with "bowl" and lurks under a bridge. Oh, yes. You've totally disproved my assertion by making your very first post back one where you dredge up a 2 month old post of mine and write a 900-word dissertation about how you don't actually stalk my posts and things people say here don't really bother you. I'm sure everyone here is now thoroughly convinced.
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Post by nighttimer on Jan 10, 2018 18:40:12 GMT -5
Although I can't tell by your post if you're going to stay here and contribute to the forum, I want to say WELCOME BACK. I do hope you stay. I didn't respond to that thread because by the time I read it, there was already a mod note saying "enough on the typo already" But I will say that I emailed Christine right then and there and offered her my support and applause for speaking up. I can forward that email to you, NT, if you don't believe me, complete with the time stamp of 11/19/17 1:12 PM. There's no need, celawson. I have no reason to doubt your sincerity and I appreciate your support both for Christine and myself. As the most overt supporter of Donald Trump, you catch your share of crap here ( some tossed by yours truly, though not lately), so welcome to the minority. It's where the majority usually isn't, but the pizza is hot and the beer is cold, so there's that. That's not entirely my call to make, celawson. I don't make New Year's resolutions. I make commitments and one thing I've committed myself to is spending more time engaged in other activities more enriching, edifying and satisfying than posting on discussion boards to argue with strangers and nobodies. It's not the most efficient usage of my non-working hours. I'd prefer hanging with people who matter in the real world than a few haters in the online world who don't matter at all. Whether I stay or go, it doesn't add or subtract one blessed day of my life. It only eats up limited, valuable, irretrievable time. Here's something else that's funny. It's funny when Opty accuses me of " following him around the board" but his first contribution to a thread about a mass shooting is an obvious attempt to mock the person he despises most on The Colline Gate. There's a name for someone who follows someone else around a board and it rhymes with "bowl" and lurks under a bridge. Oh, yes. You've totally disproved my assertion by making your very first post back one where you dredge up a 2 month old post of mine and write a 900-word dissertation about how you don't actually stalk my posts and things people say here don't really bother you. I'm sure everyone here is now thoroughly convinced. Good for you, but you're mistaken if you believe I'm trying to convince "everyone here" of anything at all. There's nothing to disprove. The simple fact you posted a response less than two hours after I make my first post in two months says it all. Point of clarification, Opty: It is not what people say here that doesn't bother me. It is what people I respect here say that bothers me. You should have little trouble figuring out which people you are.
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Post by Christine on Jan 10, 2018 19:37:31 GMT -5
Seconding what c.e. said. Obvs. <3
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Post by CG Admin on Jan 11, 2018 7:16:42 GMT -5
It's a new year. It's a new chance to do better. Who knows? Maybe we'll never see a need for another thread like this again. Yeah. I don't believe that either. Okaaaaay. So, you decide to come back, you wind up an old argument for purposes of winding up an old nemesis, but of course you're not trolling, and you don't believe in flouncing, because it a weak and pathetic bid for attention, as opposed to this extended spiel on how you're the man, how you piss people off because you're just so doggone special. Uh-huh. I'm fairly certain this place--The Colline Gate--is unlikely to make it. And part of that is my fault, no doubt. Part of it is just a function of timing, though: it's not like there's anything special about this messageboard, as opposed to any others, and it's pretty late in the day to be setting up messageboards (twitter expanding character count and FB taking over comment trails on various news sites isn't helping either). And of course, there's no other hook for TCG, it doesn't have any other way to bring people in. But it is what it is, this really tiny though relatively clean corner of the internet. You--like other members here--have opinions. And as I've noted many times in the past, I think you often have a lot to offer in many discussions. So what, though? There's no measuring stick being applied to here, to see who has the most to offer. You don't get to act like more of a douche than someone else because of what you have to offer (well, at least not around here). But okay, it's a new year.
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