How do things work around here. - Page 2

monster · 03-31-2010, 09:20 PM

Like Ali says, it's like joining a party where everyone else already knows each other. It sucks, but then there is the option to get to know them and become part of the crowd, unlike if you attend a party at a conference where everyone is a stranger.

But in such a situation, if you wanted to make friends, you wouldn't barge right in, criticising the way they arrange their furniture, deciding to keep your shoes on because that's what you do at home, and demanding that everyone wash off their perfume because you don't like it and explains their jokes to you because you don't get it. Well not if you wanted to make friends and be invited back, anyway.

There are few rules here, but this is essentially one of them. Almost everyone was a newb at some point, and there are a great variety of old hands here, so clearly it is possible even if you are an absolute dickhole like ... %^#*$^, &$%# &$^@$*, and ^$*%^^#*&#. or totally awesome like me.

classicman · 03-31-2010, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

i discovered long ago that on teh interwebz it just gets you into long involved arguments/conversations about what your throwaway line meant :P

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Originally Posted by Cloud

dunno. I seem to get it wrong quite a lot.

Sometimes you're just typing shit out casually, and remarks come out that you really don't think about and all of a sudden you are in the doodoo.

I live there! thanks for the warning about 3 years late Dani!

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Originally Posted by monster

even if you are an absolute dickhole like ... %^#*$^, &$%# &$^@$*, and ^$*%^^#*&#.

Which one am I?

monster · 03-31-2010, 10:19 PM

The censor rejected your monster handle. sorry.

classicman · 03-31-2010, 10:37 PM

Wow that Bad? Guess I better brush my teeth well - The tooth fairy is surely not coming my way anytime soon.

monster · 03-31-2010, 10:39 PM

prolly not, but maybe other fairies will find you profitable...

classicman · 03-31-2010, 10:43 PM

Sheldon, paging Sheldon. . .

monster · 03-31-2010, 10:46 PM

Don't worry, he already has your number.

Datalyss · 03-31-2010, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Victor French?

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Originally Posted by jinx

...washed his face in a fryin' pan...

Now, I know yer not disrespecting the late, great co-star of Highway To Heaven.

Datalyss · 03-31-2010, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

If you really want to know how to make it around here, I will tell you the secret: You can be a smartass. But don't be an asshat.

What about an asshole, or a stupidass?

monster · 03-31-2010, 11:24 PM

stupidass? that's like dumb and dumber squared, right?

Juniper · 03-31-2010, 11:56 PM

I just spend most of my time shaking my head, wondering if I'll ever be as witty as most of the dwellars. I mean, I *get* it, but . . . it's kind of like when you think of the perfect thing to say about five minutes after the opportunity passes, y'know?

lumberjim · 04-01-2010, 12:14 AM

this thread is like Ritchie asking Fonzie how to be 'cool'

xoxoxoBruce · 04-01-2010, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

I just spend most of my time shaking my head, wondering if I'll ever be as witty as most of the dwellars. I mean, I *get* it, but . . . it's kind of like when you think of the perfect thing to say about five minutes after the opportunity passes, y'know?

Just post something, and 5 minutes later, edit it with your witty shit.

Shawnee123 · 04-01-2010, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

this thread is like Ritchie asking Fonzie how to be 'cool'

I love sarcasm.

Cloud · 04-01-2010, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by monster :

even if you are an absolute dickhole like ... %^#*$^, &$%# &$^@$*, and ^$*%^^#*&#.

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Originally posted by Classisman: Which one am I?

Ha! I was actually counting the letters and trying to figure out if one of those was code for my name . . .

03-31-2010, 09:20 PM	#16
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Like Ali says, it's like joining a party where everyone else already knows each other. It sucks, but then there is the option to get to know them and become part of the crowd, unlike if you attend a party at a conference where everyone is a stranger. But in such a situation, if you wanted to make friends, you wouldn't barge right in, criticising the way they arrange their furniture, deciding to keep your shoes on because that's what you do at home, and demanding that everyone wash off their perfume because you don't like it and explains their jokes to you because you don't get it. Well not if you wanted to make friends and be invited back, anyway. There are few rules here, but this is essentially one of them. Almost everyone was a newb at some point, and there are a great variety of old hands here, so clearly it is possible even if you are an absolute dickhole like ... %^#$^, &$%# &$^@$, and ^$%^^#&#. or totally awesome like me. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-31-2010, 10:19 PM	#18
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The censor rejected your monster handle. sorry. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-31-2010, 10:37 PM	#19
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Wow that Bad? Guess I better brush my teeth well - The tooth fairy is surely not coming my way anytime soon. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-31-2010, 10:39 PM	#20
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	prolly not, but maybe other fairies will find you profitable... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-31-2010, 10:43 PM	#21
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Sheldon, paging Sheldon. . . __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

03-31-2010, 10:46 PM	#22
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Don't worry, he already has your number. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-31-2010, 11:24 PM	#25
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	stupidass? that's like dumb and dumber squared, right? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-31-2010, 11:56 PM	#26
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I just spend most of my time shaking my head, wondering if I'll ever be as witty as most of the dwellars. I mean, I get it, but . . . it's kind of like when you think of the perfect thing to say about five minutes after the opportunity passes, y'know?

04-01-2010, 12:14 AM	#27
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	this thread is like Ritchie asking Fonzie how to be 'cool' __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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