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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #45 on: January 20, 2006, 11:20:57 pm »
Okay dejavroom, for a second I'm going to look at your unhappiness seriously, and respond thusly:

The problem is that you are not understanding some very simple nuances of this message board, and in a totally honest and unsarcastic manner I am going to try an explain this to you.  (seriously here pal, I am not secretly giggling while I type this, and I know how hard it is to discern the difference between sarcasm and earnest tones, joking and mocking, etc.  -so I stress that I am not mocking you or making fun right now).

Never mind that jough runs this board.  Never mind that he spends hours of his free time making sure that when you click a thread that something is actually there for you to read.  Never mind that he has been consistently and intelligently adding to discussion on this board since the moment of it's insemination.  What you need to understand is that jough is intentionally a shit disturber, one who insights situations that will cause responses, that anyone who becomes a regular on this board knows to read all his posts as if they are absolutely dripping with sarcasm and that his high-falutin' ways are fully earned and deserved.   You call jough "antagonistic" like it's a bad thing, but you know what? Everyone else loves jough for being antagonistic.  Infact, if we had a board where everybody was all nicey- nice all the time, I wouldn't want to post on it or read it anywhere near as often.  Jough has directly mocked each of us at one point or another, but you know what?  We don't take it personally, and most of us find it funny and enjoyable, and also enjoy mocking, joking and ribbing everyone else.  That's the way it is on this message board, so basically, if you don't like it, why are you wasting your time and our time?

dejavroom, I have been especially nice to newbies lately, but basically I take it as my personal job to rip into them full force.  Before I do that with you or anyone else, I do want to make sure that you understand that this board is all about the making fun and the having fun, and I think I've now set this out full and clear for you, so either learn to say "thank you sir, may I have another," or go find some Dora the Explorer board where everyone will be your friend.  Seriously dude, full out mockery has been the tone of this board for years now, you shouldn't join a cockrub club if you don't like cockrub warriors.
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #46 on: January 20, 2006, 11:50:15 pm »
I take each of your words in good will (I always have, and I'm good at detecting sarcasm, that was what got me in this situation in the first place), and am grateful for your previous inputs on this matter. I know you cannot be expected to write frigging essays on board etiquette everytime there's a problem with a newbie. I'm also gonna be honest: As soon as this thread is locked, I won't be around anymore. I only returned because someone re-opened it - I felt like my input here in this thread was justifiable, since there were people still trying to treat the whole case in a manner which left me in a bad light when I still am pretty sure that... whatever. Not going down that path again. But - as soon as the thread is locked, or forgotten, whatever, that'll be my cue. I'll eventually lurk here, but really that's all I'll be doing. I don't feel the drive to share whatever would be my oh-so-important opinions with you anymore, and frankly, no one is gonna be the worse, right? You had your years to get used to whatever is the Joy of Jough and playing rough. I could get there, eventually, I don't know. I'm sort of a "digital country pumpkin" as your old folks used to say - minus the "digital" bit, of course - and I like foreplay and the intimacy that comes with knowing each other for some time before the rough stuff begins. But it's all over, and again, it's better like this. My initial plans didn't include actually *saying* goodbye because that's one of the easiest things to deride, but here it is. Goodbye (and thanks again for taking your time twice to answer me in a human tone. As Caleb Garth says in "Middlemarch", which I just finished and had me in tears for a good part of the ride: "The love of a woman shapes many a rough fellow".)
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #47 on: January 20, 2006, 11:56:14 pm »
vroomie: as i said before, if you don't feel welcome at an internet site, you might just not be. if you feel welcome, you probably are.

That said: you seem welcome by this board (though perhaps not by jough specifically, and auggie by extension), and you probably are. I've been a mod, and even as such have felt less than welcome at times on this board, but i stick around because i just know jough's a dick, and I shouldn't take it personally because he probably can't help it. AlohaDawg, too, has felt less-than-welcome at times (certain arguments best left recalled and not redredged), and has also stuck around.

Stick around. You might find more here that you like than the opposite.
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #48 on: January 21, 2006, 12:13:18 am »
Hey, no hard feelings.

Next time you attempt that colloquialism say country 'bumpkin' not country 'pumpkin'. Pumpkin would be incorrect usage. Just sayin' is all; I come from a long line of Country Bumpkins. Do not confuse this with Country Blumpkins.

Also, no one even knows who you are so worrying somehow about your reputation or your honor online is pretty unreasonable. For the same reason that bullying is impossible. All you really need to do is lighten up, respond in a measured way and move to the next topic.
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #49 on: January 21, 2006, 12:22:47 am »
Quote from: AlohaDawg on January 21, 2006, 12:13:18 am
Next time you attempt that colloquialism say country 'bumpkin' not country 'pumpkin'. Pumpkin would be incorrect usage.

Goddammit. *shakes fist*

Now if this mixture of purple prose with clueless English errors isn't the darnest thing...
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #50 on: January 21, 2006, 12:38:02 am »
Quote from: dejavroom on January 21, 2006, 12:22:47 am
Goddammit. *shakes fist*

Now if this mixture of purple prose with clueless English errors isn't the darnest thing...

Normally, I would get annoyed with myself for correcting grammar (and grammar has been a major point of discussion here, although in a stunning deelopment sure to raise the geekery index significantly, two recent threads have been correcting LATIN GRAMMAR) but I just couldn't let that one go.
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #51 on: January 21, 2006, 12:42:40 am »
Oh, I'm thankful actually, I would dread doing that again.
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #52 on: January 21, 2006, 01:06:13 am »
For sure. Being percieved as misbehaving is one thing, but some people around here get downright indignant about grammar and usage. And they never let it go.

Edited to correct a spelling error.
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #53 on: January 21, 2006, 01:39:53 am »
It's because we're all about education.
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #54 on: January 21, 2006, 02:08:50 am »
True, AD and August are the spiritual leaders of the board, but they are like Yin and Yang.  Dude, pay attention,

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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #55 on: January 21, 2006, 05:05:00 am »
Door.  Ass.  Hitting.   &c.
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #56 on: January 21, 2006, 05:07:45 am »
As co-spiritual leader of the board, I hereby recommend that one or the other of Yu-huang's identities be deleted.  Be true to yourself.  Have one personality.

Fuckin' schizo.
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #57 on: January 21, 2006, 05:18:55 am »
Quote from: AlohaDawg on January 21, 2006, 01:06:13 am
For sure. Being percieved as misbehaing is one thing, but some people around here get downright indignant about grammar and usage. And they never let it go.

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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #58 on: January 21, 2006, 05:24:02 am »
Mmmm, pedantry.
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Re: AugustWest, I object to "reacting poorly"
« Reply #59 on: January 21, 2006, 05:30:43 am »
I just wanted to point out here, since were being all sincere and honest about things, Jough isn't a dick, never has been.  He's a "shit disturber" as side show has called him, and he often makes outrageous comments, but he has ALWAYS helped out anyone on this board who has  had a problem that he can help with.  Never mind the fact that he built and maintains the place free of charge.  That's the real Jough.  If you can't figure that out Dejadumfuck, you are the one with the problem.

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