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...