22 Feb 07
Originally posted by RookRAKI was surprised to see early posts from you, actually. I've got it!! Maybe everyone else is secretly at Mass getting ashes or spontaneously erupting in flames. All these people purporting to be heretics are secretly praying while I sit here and type frivolous stuff! Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. That's not it.
Hi reader!
Things are so boring on here today. I have tried to get something going today - I even posted from work this afternoon which I rarely do - but still dull dull dull.
There's nothing to feel passionate about at the moment I guess. No thrills of victory nor agonies of defeat. No controversies. No trolls. It is very sad. Maybe someone can write an essay on the essential role of a troll in a forum society.
22 Feb 07
Originally posted by reader1107I was bored at work anyway, but I usually try to stay off RHP until I get home.
I was surprised to see early posts from you, actually. I've got it!! Maybe everyone else is secretly at Mass getting ashes or spontaneously erupting in flames. All these people purporting to be heretics are secretly praying while I sit here and type frivolous stuff! Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. That's not it.
There's nothing to feel pas ...[text shortened]... y sad. Maybe someone can write an essay on the essential role of a troll in a forum society.
It would have been amusing if everyone was secretly at mass and combusting, but no, I don't believe that explanation either.
I couldn't even get anything good going on my enemy recruiting, other than some spin-off threads. I even wrote a good response to Huck's dating thread and drew next to no reply.
22 Feb 07
Originally posted by RookRAKWell, that was your problem right there -- it actually was a good reply. I read it earlier and you covered a lot of good points. Save your notes. If I get a life when I get to Tucson I'll have to start my own thread on the topic. I have no clue about dating. People here had said they'd fix me up with this guy or that, all of whom swore off dating at the end of their last relationship. That has added to the time I've been away from the dating thing. I suspect it's going to be a tad scary at first. 😛 Maybe I should just bookmark the thread now!
I was bored at work anyway, but I usually try to stay off RHP until I get home.
It would have been amusing if everyone was secretly at mass and combusting, but no, I don't believe that explanation either.
I couldn't even get anything good going on my enemy recruiting, other than some spin-off threads. I even wrote a good response to Huck's dating thread and drew next to no reply.
22 Feb 07
Originally posted by reader1107Dating only becomes scary if you have preconceived expectations, or disabling insecurities.
Well, that was your problem right there -- it actually was a good reply. I read it earlier and you covered a lot of good points. Save your notes. If I get a life when I get to Tucson I'll have to start my own thread on the topic. I have no clue about dating. People here had said they'd fix me up with this guy or that, all of whom swore off dating at t ...[text shortened]... ect it's going to be a tad scary at first. 😛 Maybe I should just bookmark the thread now!
If instead you can just bring a sense of humor and adventure very little can go wrong.
22 Feb 07
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Originally posted by RookRAKWell, you proved a good point. The message bases are full of bullies who like to pick on other people, but back down from anyone who will stand up to them.
I was bored at work anyway, but I usually try to stay off RHP until I get home.
It would have been amusing if everyone was secretly at mass and combusting, but no, I don't believe that explanation either.
I couldn't even get anything good going on my enemy recruiting, other than some spin-off threads. I even wrote a good response to Huck's dating thread and drew next to no reply.
That's why none of the bullies would accept your challenge. They want to pick on someone who doesn't want a fight - not someone looking for one. I guess that's why they are so afraid of me too. Like you, I bully the bullies.
22 Feb 07
Originally posted by arrakisVery true observation about bullies and bullying. Sometimes I don't understand why anyone fears anyone else online, but then I remember that most people care what other people think of them, even what total strangers think of them. I never do.
Well, you proved a good point. The message bases are full of bullies who like to pick on other people, but back down from anyone who will stand up to them.
That's why none of the bullies would accept your challenge. They want to pick on someone who doesn't want a fight - not someone looking for one. I guess that's why they are so afraid of me too. Like you, I bully the bullies.
I wasn't really trying to draw out bullies. I was mostly just seeing if I could generate some tongue-in-cheek conflict.
Oh well, I tried.