The problem here, Jim, is that I don't trust you. You started a round of name-calling, pulled a couple of Dave-like stunts and made a veiled threat. Not to mention, some of your past behavior and what you said to Dagney the other day are very concerning. At least you owned up to your comments to Dagney.

Your future actions and time will tell whether I decide to deal with you in a more normal manner again. We shall see...

wow. your reality is pretty subjective.

I started a round of name calling? As I remember it, I was minding my own business, razzing ZippyfrigginT,and Dagney came flying at me out of nowhere, for imagined reasons. Then she starts saying i don't have the knuts to ask her in private why she did it? fuckin crazy if you ask me. Of course I was taken aback. Then, out of nowhere YOU start the poll. As far as I knew, we were cool. And YOU don't trust ME? You goddamn backstabbing bitch. And what veiled threat did you imagine? I think you were the one "calling ME out"

My past behavior? In the past I've done things to foster more activity on this board. More involvement. I've laid my life open and shared it with everyone here. I'd say if anyone can be trusted, it's me. You all know where to find me. You can't even be man enough to respect two offers of truce. You bitter little weenie.

For the record, I want it know by the folks who have not had the extreme dissappointment of meeting you in person that, contrary to your online persona, you are a short, fat little nerd who won't look a person in the eye when you talk to them. I think that says a lot about a person. You have beadie eyes, too. you did this same shit with Dave. I tried then to get you to let him up. I had him ready to accept an offer of truce. you just pulled the big momma's boy routine, and iced him.

You are the biggest pussy I know. I can't believe I'm this pissed off over a scumbag like you. You can forget the offer of truce. my enemy.

you magnanimous cunt. don't bother.

*opens mouth to say something......reconsiders and slowly backs out of the thread*

Oooooookay.

i wish you wouldn't. I'm pretty sure I will look back on that last post one day, and see it as being over the top. like tomorrow, maybe. Still looks just about right to me now. Probably could have done with less name calling, and the bit about him being a twerp in real life.

Maybe I do need a time out. Or maybe I'lll just close every post with "Screw you, sycamore" for a week or two until I feel better.There's no good reason for me to get angry at someone for some shit they said on a computer screen. Goddamn.

again, sorry everyone else, for losing my cool.

Screw you, sycamore.

Miss a week and look at what you come back to...

Damn,I'm upset.
I've only been here a short time. I don't even remember who Jim was arguing with,Going back a few months ago....But I was amazed.As someone who likes to think that they can put some coherent thoughts together,I saw Jim bounce back off the canvas swinging.Deal the knockout blow.And I said Damn...!And I laughed my ass off in a way that I haven't in quite a while.And vowed not to get into a war of words with LJ.
I'm a newbie.I thought you guys were tight.Phillie guys.
My take is this:I suspect Jim feels betrayed.And I don't blame him.When I saw the Poll I laughed.I thought Syc was advancing the humor to a higher level.Now I'm kind of bummed.This sucks.Sycamore I respect your intelligence.But I think you blindsided Jim.Especially when he was already trying to make things right with Dagney.And that is my unrequested opinon.Peace,please brothers.Theres too much hate in this world.

My thoughts exactly. Although I'd like to state that LJ is here posting a LOT, and generally trying to lighten the place up.

Sycamore on the other hand has been around a lot longer but just seems to get off arguing and being a dick to everybody but ladysyc lately.

Hey look, OC, Sycamore found another one of my "asshole buttons"! it was a big one, too.

:boxers: :haha: :haha: :haha:

this thread cracks me up!

I think it'd be great if you two didnt post at each other for a while :) Difficult not to when someone is pushing your buttons, I realise that. But ye know....think of the children yah

Goddamnit, don't start with that "for the children" crap.:p

Isn’t perception a strange thing? One person sees something one way, while another person sees it in a totally different light.

As el sicómoro sees it, this is much ado about nothing. I completely take blame for not being more upfront with Jim, but this is just a message board. It’s not like we were really good friends or anything. Seriously.

It seems to me that Jim can’t handle honesty. This whole poll was a joke, done on a dare that he made. I haven’t tried to press any buttons with him at all (me offering Radar Kool-Aid…THAT’S pushing buttons), and I’ve been pretty straightforward with him since this shit started. But there he is, damned near calling me every name in the book, as well as insulting my physical appearance. It’s hard to tell with the written word, but some of his recent posts to me sound like he’s foaming at the mouth.

Interesting parallel: A while back, Blue58 had some sort of issue with me—IIRC, he was not fond of my sense of humor. We made peace about a month ago, and I thought everything was cool. Then I read one of his posts the other day where he says I’m kind of a dick…now here, he’s says I seem to get off on arguing and being a dick. I was surprised, but...*shrugs* No biggie.

I’ve been on this board for over 3 years now, and in that time, there have only been a handful of people that I can say I really didn’t like at one time or another: Dave, Radar, Undertoad and Jim. Just because I don’t like someone doesn’t mean I can’t get along with them though—being civil rocks. But based on Jim’s tirade last night, it’s not really worth it for me to deal with him right now. I could certainly understand him being a bit miffed, but what he did last night was completely uncalled for.

Some of you might recall a particularly ugly incident that occurred about 3 months ago. I think a lot of that was ego and overreaction, but it taught me something very very important—don’t sweat online forums too hard. Bruce had said it before as well as vsp. It took a while, but it finally sunk in...I’m hardheaded like that. :)

I enjoy coming to Cellar and shooting the breeze and meeting new people. If I make some new friends, that’s great. There are several people on here that I consider friends. If I had a problem with one of those folks, I’d be sure to actually talk it out with them off the board. But if I don’t make any new friends, it’s cool. You can't make friends with everyone.

My $0.05...