status quo assumed preferable - Page 3

Undertoad · 04-10-2006, 09:21 AM

So when Torr wrote

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Having written all of this, I think that his original post was a passive-aggressive way of implicating the established group at the Cellar of being insular.

He was clearly correct (as this is now the central core of your argument), and when he wrote

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If this was his real question, and he really wanted us to discuss it, he should have come out and said so.

...his advice is now taken. (Cool!)

You appear to now be addressing that in the way he thought was more appropriate. So, to sum up in third person:

- The original Flint was an ass, and did not read the Cellar before participating, merely walked in and started posting in his style, and was upset to find out it made most Dwellars assume he was an ass.
- After a week of learning what was appropriate posting style for the community, he changed his posting style to better reflect it.
- After being told in his thread that his argument was obtuse he changed it to be in line with what the thread demanded.
- But after all this fitting-in, he demands that fitting-in is unproductive not only to the Cellar but to society in general.

Derrrrrrrrrr. Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

TiddyBaby · 04-10-2006, 09:38 AM

hahahahahahahahahahahhaha

I told ya, Flint is like somewhere between the "flight of the bumblebee" and some "stravinski" works....

Flint · 04-10-2006, 09:38 AM

The subject of this threads was intended to be obvious. And I have never, ever, not once in my lifetime, felt the need to change my style in order to fit in. I haven't done it here, and I never will. I am very comfortable with myself.

Flint · 04-10-2006, 09:47 AM

"Derrrrrrrrrr. Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr." This is how adults behave? Nice example.

Undertoad · 04-10-2006, 09:47 AM

Your posting style has changed tremendously since your arrival and it is self-evident to all.

Ironically, you have fit in only far enough to generate interest in your thread. Now that you've been an ass to everyone in this one, there will be fewer people interested in your next one. That's how it *really* works here. Best change your username at this point, if you care to get any response at all.

Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Flint · 04-10-2006, 09:54 AM

My posting style has not changed. I post the same way I have been posting for years. Perhaps, as you say, the perception of my posts has changed. That, I have no control over.

Example: You percieve me as being an ass? Interesting, and taken into account. You believe this will influence subsequent events in a certain direction? Interesting, and taken into account. Will there be any integral changes to my personal existence based on these perception? I'll give you three guesses.

(Hint: "Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" isn't the answer.)

SteveBsjb · 04-10-2006, 10:56 AM

C'mon... "Derrrrrrrrrrrr" was funny.

Dammit, I know I'm immature. I also miss using a-doy!

Flint · 04-10-2006, 11:10 AM

Or the classic no doy-ay.

capnhowdy · 04-10-2006, 12:51 PM

Maybe I've overlooked discussion in ANY of your numerous (yet pointless) threads. All I have seen is argument. Reminds me of the sissy kid in school that never got picked for the ball team but STILL insisted that he hang around the field to try to insure that the ones who WERE on the team were miserable also. Sheesh....

TiddyBaby · 04-10-2006, 02:25 PM

i think flint likes to debate...
and wants to be mentally challenged...
But I can't do that for him, because I am already mentally challenged.
.. SO, this leaves it up to Pennsavanial co-horts to carry on.

Flint · 04-10-2006, 02:34 PM

One man's argument is another man's discussion. It depends on your state of mind, which is un-knowable through a computer screen, isn't it? People and their bizarre assumptions are truly amusing to observe. I never tire of this.

Flint · 04-10-2006, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

A Coloradoan, a Texan, and a Californian were all sitting in a little Colorado bar having a drink together. The Californian finished off his white wine spritzer, and to the astonishment of the other two, threw his wine glass at the wall, shattering the glass into a 100 broken shards. The Californian smirked and announced, "In California, we have so much money, we never drink out of the same wine glass twice."

The Texan, not to be outdone, gulped his shot of Jack Daniels, threw the shot glass at the wall, and said, "In Texas, we have so much sand, we never drink out of the same shot glass twice."

The Coloradoan stared at the Texan and Californian, chugged his can of Coors, crumpled it up, and drew out a gun and shot the Texan and Californian. He announced to the rest of the bar, "In Colorado, we have so many Texans and Californians, we never drink with the same ones twice."

Diversity does not come easy to ANY group!

I finally found and read this - it's difficult to have a polite conversation in the midst of all this bickering! Anyway, when I was in Colorado several years back, I noticed this strange phenomenon of negative feelings about Texans, which I finally have an explanation for. Thanks. What's funny is, people would say "You're from Texas?! You don't seem like a Texan." I like the joke.

lumberjim · 04-10-2006, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

@lumberjim: So when I was criticized, as a new arrival, for not making substantive enough posts, it was actually a ploy to get me to share something real just so you could make fun of it? Oh, yes, this is a very mature and dignified society here, much more advanced than all those other "chatroom style" boards out there.

This really gets to the crux of your "fit in or F off" argument, doesn't it? You don't want people to actually be themselves, you want them to fall lockstep into your pre-specified style of clique-ish posting: not too light, but not too heavy either. Truly, the goal of quite a few people here seems to be specifically what I refer to in this thread, to repel diversity and maintain a homogeneous status quo - based on the argument that it has been sustainable for X number of years. Guess what folks - it takes all kinds. Variety is good.

I am disturbed by the pleasure some of you take in attempting to drive away newcomers. You might want to consider joining the KKK.

sorry bout that, man. i was just pokin fun. you seem pretty thick skinned.

ps. the ebb/flow comment wasn't directed at you. this thread gave me the vibe that you were coming around. it'll get better.

04-10-2006, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I finally found and read this - it's difficult to have a polite conversation in the midst of all this bickering! Anyway, when I was in Colorado several years back, I noticed this strange phenomenon of negative feelings about Texans, which I finally have an explanation for. Thanks. What's funny is, people would say "You're from Texas?! You don't seem like a Texan." I like the joke.

Thank you. The stereotypical Texan in Colorado is a loud mouthed braggert with lots of money to burn and a bunch of pals named Festus, who go around shooting cows because they can't tell the difference between them and deer. Thus, we are impressed by Texans who have even the minimum of social graces and refrain from shooting livestock. People get sterotyped everwhere. Its just the natural ways of a society faced with an onslaught of "outsiders."

MaggieL · 04-10-2006, 08:19 PM

"You don't want me to be an annoying attention whore here? Can't you facists understand it's part of my core identity? Stop oppressing me! I represent the next step in the evolution of cultural diversity, which you ignore at your peril!"

If states of mind are unknowable through your computer screen maybe you need an upgrade... :-)

04-10-2006, 09:38 AM	#33
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The subject of this threads was intended to be obvious. And I have never, ever, not once in my lifetime, felt the need to change my style in order to fit in. I haven't done it here, and I never will. I am very comfortable with myself. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-10-2006, 09:47 AM	#34
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	"Derrrrrrrrrr. Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr." This is how adults behave? Nice example. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-10-2006, 09:54 AM	#36
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	My posting style has not changed. I post the same way I have been posting for years. Perhaps, as you say, the perception of my posts has changed. That, I have no control over. Example: You percieve me as being an ass? Interesting, and taken into account. You believe this will influence subsequent events in a certain direction? Interesting, and taken into account. Will there be any integral changes to my personal existence based on these perception? I'll give you three guesses. (Hint: "Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" isn't the answer.) __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-10-2006, 10:56 AM	#37
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	C'mon... "Derrrrrrrrrrrr" was funny. Dammit, I know I'm immature. I also miss using a-doy! __________________ "It's only an internet community."

04-10-2006, 11:10 AM	#38
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Or the classic no doy-ay. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-10-2006, 09:38 AM	#32
TiddyBaby The internet's like a bra, underneath ya find a boob or two Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fl Posts: 326	hahahahahahahahahahahhaha I told ya, Flint is like somewhere between the "flight of the bumblebee" and some "stravinski" works....

04-10-2006, 09:47 AM	#35
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Your posting style has changed tremendously since your arrival and it is self-evident to all. Ironically, you have fit in only far enough to generate interest in your thread. Now that you've been an ass to everyone in this one, there will be fewer people interested in your next one. That's how it really works here. Best change your username at this point, if you care to get any response at all. Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

04-10-2006, 12:51 PM	#39
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Maybe I've overlooked discussion in ANY of your numerous (yet pointless) threads. All I have seen is argument. Reminds me of the sissy kid in school that never got picked for the ball team but STILL insisted that he hang around the field to try to insure that the ones who WERE on the team were miserable also. Sheesh.... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

04-10-2006, 02:25 PM	#40
TiddyBaby The internet's like a bra, underneath ya find a boob or two Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fl Posts: 326	i think flint likes to debate... and wants to be mentally challenged... But I can't do that for him, because I am already mentally challenged. .. SO, this leaves it up to Pennsavanial co-horts to carry on.

04-10-2006, 02:34 PM	#41
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	One man's argument is another man's discussion. It depends on your state of mind, which is un-knowable through a computer screen, isn't it? People and their bizarre assumptions are truly amusing to observe. I never tire of this. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-10-2006, 08:19 PM	#45
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	"You don't want me to be an annoying attention whore here? Can't you facists understand it's part of my core identity? Stop oppressing me! I represent the next step in the evolution of cultural diversity, which you ignore at your peril!" If states of mind are unknowable through your computer screen maybe you need an upgrade... :-) __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

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