Drama Queens and the inability to let go

Here's one you can add to your OP, Stink.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sho ... stcount=10

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I doubt you [leander] have really counted the total, and I think this [hundreds of posters] is an exaggeration. I haven't counted either, but my view is that the rules have disaffected about 50-75 posters at most, led by a particularly vocal dozen or couple of dozen. The active membership runs to at least a couple of thousand, so everyone else either supports the new rules or doesn't care much either way.

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Of course, our board software HAS kept count. As of this post, it's 832. That's nearly half the "active membership" — assuming the guess about that is a whole lot better than the guess about our number of posters.

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Originally posted by Stink Fish Pot

Here's a freebie for ya... the guys over at Giraffe's place don't like you either. Most people won't say so. Think they don't? Please.

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What is wrong with you? Just what the fuck is wrong with you?

You remind me of an ex-friend of mine, who six months after I was well rid of her, came up to me and said, "I''ve been talking to lots of people in our grade and they don't like you!" The fact that she was so fixated on me and my popularity and the fact that she was so petty and little as to make such a survey left a much bigger impression than whatever dubious results she had come up with.

Dude, that was in ninth grade. What grade are YOU in?

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Originally posted by Myrnalene

Dude, that was in ninth grade. What grade are YOU in?

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There's a lot of it going around.

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WTF is this "we" shit? Far as I'm concerned, you dropped out of the "we" club when you pitted one of our guys over there.

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That right there is were this board lost me. Schoolyard behaviour at it's finest.

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Originally posted by yojimbo

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WTF is this "we" shit? Far as I'm concerned, you dropped out of the "we" club when you pitted one of our guys over there.

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That right there is were this board lost me. Schoolyard behaviour at it's finest.

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I can appreciate where you're coming from, yojimbo. But in fairness, I doubt you can link to a board that is lacking schoolyard behavior at its finest. Certainly, the SDMB is full of it in spades. As a ten year veteran, I know that for a fact.

So, it really doesn't make sense that observing schoolyard behavior would be a deal breaker for you. Like I told you in my (unopened) PM to you, I'm really glad to see that you're here. But if you begrudge people from defending themselves and their friends from random attacks by out-of-reach bullies, then somewhere along the way I missed something about your thought processes.

It seems to me that the biggest show of schoolyard behavior was Stink posting a blistering indictment of me at a board where he knew I was no longer posting. He even expressly said that he was doing it in order to trap me like a spy from the Pharisees demanding to see a coin. "What a conundrum!" was his reasoning. "I'll post there so that Lib will either not defend himself and therefore be piled on, or else will defend himself and break his word."

It was a plan so stupid in its conception that even the SDMB staff shut it down.

I definitely hope you hang around. But I think you've taking the wrong tack in this instance. Yeah, we're circling the wagons and responding to Stink's attack. But it's important that we do that for two reasons: (1) we're a young board, and need some solidarity and cohesion just to survive, and (2) he really asked for it.

Nevertheless, if this event honestly pushes your button, while thousands of similar events elsewhere have not, then maybe it's just as well. All the best, whatever you do.

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Originally posted by iampunha

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Originally posted by Liberal

And in return, I ask nothing more than that you let me lick the bacon off your ass. I can smell it. I know it's there.

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It's BACON!

(We've replaced Lib's bacon with Beggin' Strips. Let's see if he notices a difference.)

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I'm crying! That was funny as hell.
Lib made me laugh too. I love these joke pits.
(wha...? Oh...nah!)
Ah.. you were joking right, OP. This bullshit can't be serious.
Are you serious? So, you're thunderfucking me too then, since I endorsed that beautiful post by my esteemed brother Liberal. I'm willing, of course to be thunderfucked, but not by a measly Stink Fish Pot gotdammit! If I am to be thunderfucked, it should be in style, by someone with elegance, class and good taste. Not by a Stink Fish Pot-ish asswipe cutwaffle who doesn't really participate in our threads, doesn't contribute to the community, but feels justified in marching into the Thunderdome, totally unarmed and demanding a fight with one of our best gladiators. I'm a menopausal grouchy old bitch and you've pissed me off first thing in the morning.

Quick! Somebody get on their good foot and bring Jali some tea !!!

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Originally posted by jali

I'm crying! That was funny as hell.
Lib made me laugh too. I love these joke pits.
(wha...? Oh...nah!)

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Shhh! It's not a joke pitting! Don't say that or Lynn will swoop over, make herself a mod, close all the Thunderdome threads, make a sock named Vinny and then post something stern with a winky smiley at the end so she can quote it when people tell her she has no sense of humor!

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I'm a menopausal grouchy old bitch and you've pissed me off first thing in the morning.

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Nothing a little BACON! can't fix. I'm sure Lib will let you know when it's your turn.

I do like my bacon burnt a little. Please keep that in mind.

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Quick! Somebody get on their good foot and bring Jali some tea !!!

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I feel loved and cared for. You remembered my tea.

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Shhh! It's not a joke pitting! Don't say that or Lynn will swoop over, make herself a mod, close all the Thunderdome threads, make a sock named Vinny and then post something stern with a winky smiley at the end so she can quote it when people tell her she has no sense of humor!

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Hilarious because that's exactly what she'd do if she could.

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I do like my bacon burnt a little. Please keep that in mind.

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Burn, bacon, burn.

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Originally posted by yojimbo

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WTF is this "we" shit? Far as I'm concerned, you dropped out of the "we" club when you pitted one of our guys over there.

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That right there is were this board lost me. Schoolyard behaviour at it's finest.

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Looking for an excuse, were you? I can't think of any other reason that you would choose to take one comment from one poster as representative of the whole board. Unless you for some reason think SFP doesn't deserve the rest of the spanking he's gotten in here?

Although to be honest I'm not crazy about the talk about banning a couple of pages back. Come on guys, we're better than that, aren't we?

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Originally posted by Myrnalene

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Originally posted by yojimbo

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WTF is this "we" shit? Far as I'm concerned, you dropped out of the "we" club when you pitted one of our guys over there.

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That right there is were this board lost me. Schoolyard behaviour at it's finest.

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Looking for an excuse, were you? I can't think of any other reason that you would choose to take one comment from one poster as representative of the whole board. Unless you for some reason think SFP doesn't deserve the rest of the spanking he's gotten in here?

Although to be honest I'm not crazy about the talk about banning a couple of pages back. Come on guys, we're better than that, aren't we?

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Nope. not looking for anything. I've no problem with side boards. I myself completly paid for(a year) and owned NADS(a smaller board mainly aimed at Euro dopers) for a while before I handed it over to someone else.

My problem is that this place seems to be more about what it's against than what it's for. There's a thread here about mutiny on the dope FFS. It seems to me a lot of people here are just using the place as an ego trip and nothing more.

The dope has taken years to get to the sorry state it's in and in those years I've enjoyed it a lot so I tend to cut it a bit more slack than I do new places. This place is about a week away from that kind of bollocks IMO. Talking about banning already? HA! I'm not seeing it really happen on Giraffe's place yet but we'll see.

I came in had a look around and quickly found people who I don't like on the dope being cunts here as well. Except here they seem empowered.

I only have so much energy I can give to boards and this one seems like it may be too much work for me. I'm barely hanging in on the Dope and that's a place i love and have a lot of history with.

I could be totally wrong and this place may turn to be a great little place to spend sometime but from what I've seen so far, I don't think it's for me.

I'm still at giraffe and NADS so it's not about it being "not the dope".

All the best though.

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Originally posted by featherlou

I'll give you a non-smartass answer, StinkFishPot - some of us had a lot invested in the Dope emotionally, and it is going to take us awhile to separate and cool off.

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Yup yup and super-yup.

I'm not sure why this is so hard for people to understand.

There's some ugly clique-ishness coming out in this thread, Stink Fish Pot's trollish tendencies notwithstanding.

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Originally posted by yojimbo

My problem is that this place seems to be more about what it's against than what it's for. There's a thread here about mutiny on the dope FFS. It seems to me a lot of people here are just using the place as an ego trip and nothing more.

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I don't think that's a fair assessment. It seems like you haven't even looked at this place beyond the one subforum.

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Originally posted by Orual

There's some ugly clique-ishness coming out in this thread, Stink Fish Pot's trollish tendencies notwithstanding.

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Please explain.

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Originally posted by Liberal

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Originally posted by yojimbo

It was a plan so stupid in its conception that even the SDMB staff shut it down.

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I said it was a silly idea for a post in the SDMB thread before it was locked BTW.

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Originally posted by Orual

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Originally posted by yojimbo

My problem is that this place seems to be more about what it's against than what it's for. There's a thread here about mutiny on the dope FFS. It seems to me a lot of people here are just using the place as an ego trip and nothing more.

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I don't think that's a fair assessment. It seems like you haven't even looked at this place beyond the one subforum.

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That's fair. I dipped into the PIT area as that was my favourite read on the dope.

I didn't like the level of BS I saw on such a young board and it put me off. Wagons are circling already and decenting voices are attacked. Nothing personel at all really to any poster but it's just a bit too much work. The economy is horrible, friends and collegues all around me are getting let go, people are being shot in Northern Ireland again and my favourite board and biggest timewaster is being destroyed by a fuckwit of a Admin. I just don't have to energy for more at the moment.

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Originally posted by yojimbo

Nope. not looking for anything. I've no problem with side boards. I myself completly paid for(a year) and owned NADS(a smaller board mainly aimed at Euro dopers) for a while before I handed it over to someone else.

My problem is that this place seems to be more about what it's against than what it's for. There's a thread here about mutiny on the dope FFS. It seems to me a lot of people here are just using the place as an ego trip and nothing more.

The dope has taken years to get to the sorry state it's in and in those years I've enjoyed it a lot so I tend to cut it a bit more slack than I do new places. This place is about a week away from that kind of bollocks IMO. Talking about banning already? HA! I'm not seeing it really happen on Giraffe's place yet but we'll see.

I came in had a look around and quickly found people who I don't like on the dope being cunts here as well. Except here they seem empowered.

I only have so much energy I can give to boards and this one seems like it may be too much work for me. I'm barely hanging in on the Dope and that's a place i love and have a lot of history with.

I could be totally wrong and this place may turn to be a great little place to spend sometime but from what I've seen so far, I don't think it's for me.

I'm still at giraffe and NADS so it's not about it being "not the dope".

All the best though.

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You seem tired. Go rest. Come back later. I realize that, from your point of you, you don't realize you're doing what you're asking us not to do — calling people names, comparing other boards, and defending yourself.

But I'm afraid you've missed some things at Giraffe's board. Not to start a war, but just to clear up the record. They have indeed joked about banning people. They have opened threads to bitch about the SDMB admins here, here, and here. Maybe fewer threads and posts than ours, but theirs is a smaller board and less active.

But if nothing else, it's good that our board opened your eyes to things you can't see elsewhere. Appreciate the PM response. See you around.

Someone jumps on a new board, uses "we" to include himself, then steps outside that and starts blaming everyone else on the board.

Sure, no chance they'll be accused to cliqueish behavior when they defend themselves.

We're not all the same, we don't have the same ideas, we didn't all come here for the same reason. We don't speak in unison, we're not pod people, we're not an insular little group.

But when you come here and accuse us of being things, it should hardly be surprising when many of us don't like it.
OTOH, it can also reinforce the pre-existing opinion, if you're looking for it to do so, that we are all pod people.

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Originally posted by Liberal

Here's one you can add to your OP, Stink.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/sho ... stcount=10

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Thanks, Lib.

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Originally posted by Myrnalene

What is wrong with you? Just what the fuck is wrong with you?

You remind me of an ex-friend of mine, who six months after I was well rid of her, came up to me and said, "I''ve been talking to lots of people in our grade and they don't like you!" The fact that she was so fixated on me and my popularity and the fact that she was so petty and little as to make such a survey left a much bigger impression than whatever dubious results she had come up with.

Dude, that was in ninth grade. What grade are YOU in?

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Please read the whole thread before blowing a gasket. I just quoted basically what Oakminster wrote to me in the post right before the text you quoted. Pretty silly, right? Or is your opinion different now that you understand that I didn't say it? I have no idea what opinion (if any) the posters on Giraffes Board think about Oakminster.


hmm. Let's review:

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Originally posted by Liberal

So, it really doesn't make sense that observing schoolyard behavior would be a deal breaker for you. Like I told you in my (unopened) PM to you, I'm really glad to see that you're here. But if you begrudge people from defending themselves and their friends from random attacks by out-of-reach bullies, then somewhere along the way I missed something about your thought processes.

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Do you actually think I'm an "out-of-reach" bully? That's sad. You've got the whole gang in here banging away at me, but it doesn't matter. You just can't help yourself. Your paranoia combined with extraordinary vanity come through in posts and you don't even realize it.

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Originally posted by Liberal

It seems to me that the biggest show of schoolyard behavior was Stink posting a blistering indictment of me at a board where he knew I was no longer posting. He even expressly said that he was doing it in order to trap me like a spy from the Pharisees demanding to see a coin. "What a conundrum!" was his reasoning. "I'll post there so that Lib will either not defend himself and therefore be piled on, or else will defend himself and break his word."

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Show me where I said I was posting on the SDMB to "trap" you. I didn't say it because it wasn't my intent. As far as you not posting there, that's 50/50. As I pointed out, you claimed that you were done posting on the 2nd of March, but had to post your farewell post on the 7th. You aren't banned from posting. Go ahead and try. I know you are watching the SDMB's. That little green dot next to your name lets the world know you are sitting there waiting to see what people write. No doubt, you are concerned what they write about you, in your opus farewell thread. Or not. It doesn't matter. The point is, you could have posted a rebuttal to me on the SDMB. You chose not to. But there would be no penalty if you went there and posted today. Who really cares if you post or not? (besides you, I mean?) I can't stop you from posting. I can't ban you. I simply don't care.

With that said, there wasn't a nefarious plot to trap you. Why do you automatically assume you would be piled on for defending yourself? Is it because you believe that everyone hates you over there? Trap you like a spy? Get a grip, Lib. That wasn't my reasoning. I posted there first because I was on that board when I wrote the OP. I moved it here to a) give you an opportunity to hammer me b) give you an opportunity to defend yourself, and c) because it was locked before I had a chance to clean it up. I don't mind. I know you find this hard to believe, but you are way off on my reasoning. I know this because there was no reasoning. What a conundrum, indeed. I didn't really think about it, and I don't think anyone would care if you posted there again or not. You would break your word? Who would care? Posting again on a message board isn't like you are cheating on a loved one. I think we'd get over it.

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Originally posted by Liberal

It was a plan so stupid in its conception that even the SDMB staff shut it down.

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Actually, that's not why it was locked. And if you go back and look at the thread, you'll notice that Ed didn't lock it, Gfactor did. I didn't understand why, which is why I asked. I didn't put any links in the OP to this board, but I guess there was some concern that a "board war" would ensue. It never occurred to me. I thought the majority of the posters from the Dope and Domebo were adults. But there appears to be a higher level of sensitivity these days. No problem.

I had a good exchange with the moderators about that post, and it was suggested that I start another pit thread if I wanted. I decided not to and instead posted it here. Gfactor understood what I did, but I thought since you were hanging here, I'd just post it here. Either way, I would have posted it here anyway. I just happened to be on the Dope at the time. I don't care if you believe me. I'm afraid your fragile psyche will convince you of a plot to "get you", so no matter what the truth, you'll make sure that you come out the victim. But you are no drama queen.

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Originally posted by Liberal

I definitely hope you hang around. But I think you've taking the wrong tack in this instance. Yeah, we're circling the wagons and responding to Stink's attack. But it's important that we do that for two reasons: (1) we're a young board, and need some solidarity and cohesion just to survive, and (2) he really asked for it.

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What? You admit to "circling the wagons" because of my "attack"? It really wasn't an attack. It was a statement of fact. And your logic is that you are so vital to these boards that my "attack" on you required "solidarity and cohesion" just to survive. Domebo is a young board, that's true. But I hate to break it to you... if you stopped posting tomorrow, domebo would survive. As far as me "asking for it", I guess. If you mean I didn't have a problem being attacked for calling you a drama queen, yeah, I expected it.

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Originally posted by jali

Ah.. you were joking right, OP. This bullshit can't be serious.
Are you serious? So, you're thunderfucking me too then, since I endorsed that beautiful post by my esteemed brother Liberal. I'm willing, of course to be thunderfucked, but not by a measly Stink Fish Pot gotdammit! If I am to be thunderfucked, it should be in style, by someone with elegance, class and good taste. Not by a Stink Fish Pot-ish asswipe cutwaffle who doesn't really participate in our threads, doesn't contribute to the community, but feels justified in marching into the Thunderdome, totally unarmed and demanding a fight with one of our best gladiators. I'm a menopausal grouchy old bitch and you've pissed me off first thing in the morning.

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No, not a joke. Didn't mean to upset you, but either way, I'm not sure it matters. But the idea of a message board, a community, is that anyone can post any where. Or do I need your permission to post? Where should I post? Where should anyone post? Is there a place where posters like myself, who don't contribute in ways that suit you, should go to learn the ropes? I find it strange that you think I'm unarmed and fighting with one of your best gladiators. I'm not.

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Originally posted by Myrnalene

Looking for an excuse, were you? I can't think of any other reason that you would choose to take one comment from one poster as representative of the whole board. Unless you for some reason think SFP doesn't deserve the rest of the spanking he's gotten in here?

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I don't think I've been spanked. I'm sure you think so, but I'm ok. Just because someone speaks his/her own mind, like yojimbo, people freak out. Seriously, people are calling for my banning? What for? Isn't that what you all left the dope for? Nothing like an over-reaction to a situation to realize what you all really want. Everyone must agree with each other. The Utopia board. Someone points out the pathetic habits of Liberal, and a banning is called for?

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Originally posted by Green Bean

Yup yup and super-yup.

I'm not sure why this is so hard for people to understand.

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actually, featherlou gave me a great answer. And after I read it, I did some looking around the boards. I stumbled on a thread that made me understand this. I really didn't before. So I thank featherlou for helping me understand what I haven't really understood about this Straight Dope break-up and the pain and angst that some of you feel.

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Originally posted by Liberal

You seem tired. Go rest. Come back later.

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You're not wrong there my friend. Honestly, I feel like my head is going to explode and that's nothing to do with the stuff here. What was once solid is now liquid and it's really starting to drag me down.

I'll take your advice and see how I feel in a day or two.

*Sigh*

I hope you feel better, yojimbo.

You too, Stink Fish Pot.

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Originally posted by Stink Fish Pot'

Please read the whole thread before blowing a gasket. I just quoted basically what Oakminster wrote to me in the post right before the text you quoted. Pretty silly, right? Or is your opinion different now that you understand that I didn't say it? I have no idea what opinion (if any) the posters on Giraffes Board think about Oakminster.

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You're right. It was Oakminister that started it (although you echoed it right back). My opinion of the behavior is the same.

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Originally posted by Stink Fish Pot'

I don't think I've been spanked. I'm sure you think so, but I'm ok. Just because someone speaks his/her own mind, like yojimbo, people freak out. Seriously, people are calling for my banning? What for? Isn't that what you all left the dope for? Nothing like an over-reaction to a situation to realize what you all really want. Everyone must agree with each other. The Utopia board. Someone points out the pathetic habits of Liberal, and a banning is called for?

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No one freaked out on yojimbo. No one seriously called for your banning. (Although I thought the joking was distasteful.) Why are you so invested in your dislike for Lib (and this board, I guess), that you have to exaggerate everything? Why the hell aren't you letting it go?

I've never understood why people have to crash a party just to say, "Waaaah! I hate that everyone is having so much fun!" It's so fucking Puritanical.

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Originally posted by Stink Fish Pot

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actually, featherlou gave me a great answer. And after I read it, I did some looking around the boards. I stumbled on a thread that made me understand this. I really didn't before. So I thank featherlou for helping me understand what I haven't really understood about this Straight Dope break-up and the pain and angst that some of you feel.

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No problem. :)

"Break-up" is a pretty good term for what I feel happened (can't talk for other posters, but I suspect I'm not alone).

As for cliquishness on this board, same deal as with the Dope - it's a public message board, open to anyone. Join in the discussions and don't act cliquish if you don't want to see cliquishness. We all contribute to the tone of any board we participate on.

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Originally posted by featherlou

"Break-up" is a pretty good term for what I feel happened (can't talk for other posters, but I suspect I'm not alone).

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Thus far, Shayna, me, Lib, Green Bean and Fenris, just off the top of my head.

It was more difficult to not go back the first time, but it's a much more bitter taste this time because:

1) That people who sold me something don't care what I thought of it is incongruous. If a small-business owner outright didn't give a shit what people thought of her product, she'd go bankrupt. But they don't care.

2) I can go back, but what would be the point? The same things will keep driving me away, and I have more productive things to do with my time.

great thread!!!1 A+++++++++ would read again

Take care, yojimbo. Please come back when you're feeling better.

Someone notify Excalibre that his account has been hacked by eBay feedback bots.

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Originally posted by Orual

There's some ugly clique-ishness coming out in this thread, Stink Fish Pot's trollish tendencies notwithstanding.

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Please explain.

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Well, there was the "ban him" post - which apparently is supposed to be a joke. And Oakminister's attitude of "we all hate you and want you to leave".

I'd hoped this board would get to be at least a month old before we started in with the doorknob-ass posts.

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Originally posted by Q.E.D.

Someone notify Excalibre that his account has been hacked by eBay feedback bots.

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Originally posted by featherlou

"Break-up" is a pretty good term for what I feel happened (can't talk for other posters, but I suspect I'm not alone).

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Thus far, Shayna, me, Lib, Green Bean and Fenris, just off the top of my head.
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Nobody ever remembers me. :cry:

Like anybody could forget you, wing.

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Originally posted by Liberal

Like anybody could forget you, wing.

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I rarely note misspellings, but damn that was funny (even if it's unintentional, even more so, I guess) :mrgreen:

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Originally posted by wring

Nobody ever remembers me. :cry:

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Sorry. I hadn't gotten down to the dura mater yet.

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Originally posted by Diana

Perhaps there's some nuance I'm missing here. Because if not, then you're posting the exact same whiny shit on two different message boards, because you're pissy that some people are posting on both message boards. Or not posting on both message boards. Or something.

Have you considered going outside, dear? A little air might do you good.

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Gee, I was thinking the same thing about all the whiny shit I keep seeing here about the SDMB.

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Originally posted by Orual

Well, there was the "ban him" post - which apparently is supposed to be a joke. And Oakminister's attitude of "we all hate you and want you to leave".

I'd hoped this board would get to be at least a month old before we started in with the doorknob-ass posts.

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The ban hamster was a joke. As for the other...well, the guy has been trolling Q.E.D. shamelessly at the Dope, he originally posted the OP for this thread at the Dope, and only came here after that thread was locked for attempting to incite a board war. His contributions here have mostly been limited to this thread, where he's made a royal ass of himself. That shit just doesn't fly with me. If he wants to be a member here, fine...but he needs to bring something to the table besides shit-stirring, and that's all he's offered so far. Pit-style rants don't carry much weight unless the ranter has some established history of positive contributions to let people know he's more than just another pissed off fuckwit.

I'd suggest most "new" and/or relatively unknown posters stay out of the pit, or at least try to avoid direct conflict with people at first. Show us some merit...contribute to regular threads on topics of interest, let us get to know you and respect you for awhile.

I'm glad you understand the feeling a little better now, SFP. My comment wasn't only directed at you, though. I've seen a lot of posts on the SDMB expressing the same thing, so I guess I was referring to everybody that doesn't seem to get that we're talking about it because it's very important to us.

And hello, wring.

On preview: Hey! Look! LurkMeister has just given us an excellent example of what I'm talking about. Thanks, LurkMeister!

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Originally posted by LurkMeister

Gee, I was thinking the same thing about all the whiny shit I keep seeing here about the SDMB.

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You know we have other forums here, right? Why don't you check them out, and post in some of the regular threads. Our version of the pit is not the reason this board was started. Think of it as a condiment served with the meal provided in all of the other forums.

Yes, Oakminster, I have been checking out the other forums here, and even posting in them. There are several interesting features of this board that will probably keep me coming here. I wasn't aware, however, that I was not allowed to express anything but the party line of "SDMB is teh suxxors" in this forum. So don't bother responding to this post, because I won't be returning here. Have fun, gang.

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Originally posted by LurkMeister

Yes, Oakminster, I have been checking out the other forums here, and even posting in them. There are several interesting features of this board that will probably keep me coming here. I wasn't aware, however, that I was not allowed to express anything but the party line of "SDMB is teh suxxors" in this forum. So don't bother responding to this post, because I won't be returning here. Have fun, gang.

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NOOOOOOOOO lurkmeister please don't leave!!!!!!!! we're super sorry we made you mad!!!!!!!! we'll change honest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by LurkMeister

I wasn't aware, however, that I was not allowed to express anything but the party line of "SDMB is teh suxxors" in this forum. So don't bother responding to this post, because I won't be returning here. Have fun, gang.

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That's not what I said. You seemed to be judging the entire board based on what you've seen in this forum. I'm saying that this forum is not the draw here, it's not the focus of this board. It exists, but so does plenty of other stuff. Frankly, if we've got nothing to offer but a pit-clone, this board will die within 6 months. What we need to do is develop our own board culture.

Beyond Thunderdome is the third busiest board on domebo, so yes, it clearly is a significant draw. It's not like people are coming here for the Q&A.

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Originally posted by Jeff

Beyond Thunderdome is the third busiest board on domebo, so yes, it clearly is a significant draw. It's not like people are coming here for the Q&A.

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People are venting about the situation at the Dope. It's been less than two weeks. Give it time, and this too shall pass.

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Originally posted by Oakminster

Give it time, and this too shall pass.

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May the invisible pink unicorn, in all his infinite wisdom, make this so, and quickly.

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Give it time, and this too shall pass.

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May the invisible pink unicorn, in all his infinite wisdom, make this so, and quickly.

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I don't think it's something that can be rushed. It's got to burn itself out naturally, but it will happen. The shitstorm is slowing losing steam even over at the Dope, as people come to accept what has happened. I'll admit I've been something of lightning rod over there, but I'm just about talked out. The Schism has happened, and things aren't going back to the way they were earlier. There will still probably be flareups as somebody pours gasoline on the embers of a dormant fire. I'll try not to be the guy that does that. So much.

What Kübler-Ross stage are we at now?

Personally, I've moved through #4 and now embracing #5.

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Originally posted by Oakminster

I'd suggest most "new" and/or relatively unknown posters stay out of the pit, or at least try to avoid direct conflict with people at first. Show us some merit...contribute to regular threads on topics of interest, let us get to know you and respect you for awhile.

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I couldn't disagree with this more. Are you trying to take all the fun out of life?? Look at what a joy this thread has been! Besides, contributions to the Thunderdome are worth as much as contributions in other fora.
(And I know I'm unknown, but I certainly don't consider myself new. I'm a lurker of long standing. So I'm not trying to defend my own rights to the TD with this post.)

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Originally posted by Stink Fish Pot

Posting it there or here didn't matter to me. I posted it there because I happened to be on that board. Board war? Seriously? I didn't link to this board.... what the hell is a board war?

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You aren't tools. You are the fuckin' toolbox.

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The part I love about situations such as these, is when the OP is put in the interesting position of defending so angrily how much this whole thing is not a big deal. The more you compound it, the more pathetic you sound, trying to pull shreds of evidence about why everybody around you sucks so much. I mean, there's only so many times you can call a community you are a part of a group of pathetic losers with no outside interests before people start to wonder why you seem to have nothing better to do.