for the official record:  i dont hate you, @86, nor do i shun you, nor want you to go away.  

stretchSquiggles said
dude it’s the internet… people act the way all people wish they could act IRL because they don’t have to worry about upseting someone… to everyone else on the internet you and i are just a screen name, that is it all you are and all you most likely ever will be. stop taking it to heart don’t pay attention to the BS, and stop bitching about it.

some.  not all.  i sure as fuck dont;  i dont have to, the things i wish i could do ‘irl’ are generally not even possible over the internet.  beyond that, i conduct myself as myself, at all times.  

for myself, its easy to remember that there is a real human being on the other end of the screen name.  i also remember that some [maybe most] humans are just flat-out unworthy of respect, until they do something to earn it.  now add in to the equation the fact that i am a big jerk, and you can see how i might come off adversarial;  when in reality, im merely lackadaisical about the general publics opinion of me.  

in other words, most of the time, its not that im trying to make someone else look bad, as much as not caring if i make myself look bad.  

stick around tho, the more people on and sharing ideas the better, just don’t get wrapped up in the hate.

yeah.  

even the hate isnt so bad, just make it entertaining.  

i still havent done anything to regulate the smack vs smack anthology, even though its played the fuck out.  part of the reason is because its sometimes pretty funny.  shit, i think the only reason they keep at it, is because each secretly thinks the other is hilarious.  they entertain each other.  theyre basicly friends.  

after all how angry can you really get at some screen name on the most vile cesspool in the world, the internet.

fairly angry, it turns out.  its not difficult to become frustrated, here in internetland.  

Lucem (Just An Asshole) Ferre said  
Actually, I’m pretty sure a lot of us act just how we would in person.   
 

well, yeah, i guess youve already said it.  

And, if we just saw each other as screen names we wouldn’t try to meet up every gathering or try to start a fund raiser to get each other to the gatherings or send money to help each other in times of desperation.

there it is.  

PRJ said  

I doubt anyone really cares if you stay or go. That is ultimately your choice. If you do not like the forums leave, if you like the forums stay. 

i care.  hang around, 86.  

13 said  

Take a vacation like I did.  Sometimes too much online interaction is too much.  

if that works, why not?  

One_3rd said

Like this guy right here :) What’s up ya’ll? I don’t post a lot because most of the topics get derailed before I get to put my 2 cents in. And I feel like I get overlooked because I’m not it the triple digit club.

wsup back, i dont overlook you, and you are in the triple digit club.  not that it matters at all. 

Well I hate @carpinteyroien and all his various brothers and sisters. I wish they would all leave this forum forever!

scruffy said

i still havent done anything to regulate the smack vs smack anthology, even though its played the fuck out.  part of the reason is because its sometimes pretty funny.  shit, i think the only reason they keep at it, is because each secretly thinks the other is hilarious.  they entertain each other.  theyre basicly friends.  

hmm, this is interesting.

scruffy said

PRJ said  

I doubt anyone really cares if you stay or go. That is ultimately your choice. If you do not like the forums leave, if you like the forums stay. 

i care.  hang around, 86. 

Reading this back in my head, this statement comes off harsh. I did not mean for it to be. This part was not really about just you, it was more about any forum users….If i left, i doubt people would miss me after awhile. Someone would come along and replace me.

I have no hate for anyone on here, after all it is just the internet.