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Let's talk about drama.

Feel free to correct on me the following points (I'll resort to memory, 'cos it's just too weary to go through all the threads to get the excerpts):

I have seen the term "drama" being used here to describe the essence of the recent problems with the newbies. To be fair, no names were given as fair as I remember, but still, I am a newbie, and the more willing I am to go all tabula rasa and start all over and over with some of the members of TOUAMB, I can't give you a point which costed some effort.

When I posted about wanting to see the joint-rolling machine strip, and then posted again about just having seen it, Jough came and told me in rather rash terms that I shouldn't have done that, and why. Now, he doesn't really have to be corteous, maybe he just doesn't like me, whatever. I was in the wrong - it was postwhoring. So even though I felt I had been unnecessarily mistreated by Jough's tone, I didn't say a thing, and promptly deleted a lot of my own irrelevant posts in that thread. I could have made a fuss, like apparently some of the other newbies are doing (I don't know, haven't been following), but I know when I should shut up. This costs a bit of self-control, and I will not have my purposeful consideration of what it's best for the board (my obeying the rules of the guy who pays for the thing, namely) even at times of personal distress ignored and distorted. I'm a bore, I know, but at least I'm being honest (gotta say that the fact that you're still letting me speak is rather cool, though =P. So... I hope that things improve, and so on and such...

When I started a topic about a strip, without commentary, AlohaDawg did the same thing that Jough had done - pointed to faults in my procedures, in a really bitchy way. This time I retorted (I should have remembered that he was a mod and just let it go, but... anyway, we made amends quite agreeably. I am trying to watch my steps, that's all I'm saying.

And yet, I just started a thread with a plea for mutual corteousness (something one would like to have both IRL and online, I would guess; we only have words to interact here, and they can be used to bully, yes, of course, if not from where the term "verbal assault" came, then?) Go figure.

(as for coming here voluntarily... I don't want to sound smug, but I have faith in you people; I always come back in good faith and people try to, er, "playfully kick" me ^^; But if you don't want me here, a quick PM will do the job real easy)

Be corteous, and I'll be double-corteous in return. That's all there is to it.

Meanwhile several people have decried "the drama" in this thread, and moderators have imposed a strict subject format so that we may continue -- properly and directly -- our discussions of drawings of a cat attaching rubber testicles to his portable phone.  This is funny.  This is comedic gold. 

Yes indeed. You're receiving a tiny can of Dr Pepper for that (something quite nice about having -whatevers cans of the thing and still being able to give them out freely...)

We're probably already facing the prospect of invasion for: Po Po Po Po Popozao!...the only thing I can think of that's both stupider AND more offensive than Trucknutz. On the other hand, it sounds like something that Ray might release on his record label. (And so we come full-circle.)

I can only extend my sympathies towards you. Really, it's not my fault, but I'm ten kinds of ashamed, and stuffs.

[img width= height=]http://revistawhatsup.com.br/hamster.jpg[/img]

Because in my heart, hamsters = truce.

(*Terribly sorry for derailing the thread. Quick, please somebody say something about somebody's dog's 'nads)

The whole ka-doodle!

EDITED BY V: Please put the month clearly so that people across the pond don't get confused. Thanks.