How do things work around here. - Page 2

Cloud · 03-31-2010, 07:55 PM

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

I agree with Dana, too. Sometimes you're just typing shit out casually, and remarks come out that you really don't think about, but it's out there in black and white; and you really didn't mean it the way people take it, and all of a sudden you are in the doodoo.

TheMercenary · 03-31-2010, 07:59 PM

Ali, Dana, Cloud...

So many just don't get it, don't understand, take it the wrong way, and would think completely different if they just sat down and had a beer or two with you for night of respectful exchange....

Whatever. The Cellar has taught me to give up on that notion long ago.

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.

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?

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.

Sundae · 04-01-2010, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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

I've had a sticky one. I've had a messy one... I'm not sure I've had a witty one though...

Drax - like 'ster says; treat it like a party.
Don't go into a party and whine and moan and make comments that make think you're a paedo.
Don't then go to another party and bitch about the first, like no-one is ever going to find out.
And don't call the members of any party a bunch of niggers just because they don't get your "humour".

lumberjim · 04-01-2010, 12:14 AM

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

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.

03-31-2010, 07:55 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	dunno. I seem to get it wrong quite a lot. I agree with Dana, too. Sometimes you're just typing shit out casually, and remarks come out that you really don't think about, but it's out there in black and white; and you really didn't mean it the way people take it, and all of a sudden you are in the doodoo. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-31-2010, 09:20 PM	#3
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	#5
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	#6
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	#7
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, 07:59 PM	#2
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Ali, Dana, Cloud... So many just don't get it, don't understand, take it the wrong way, and would think completely different if they just sat down and had a beer or two with you for night of respectful exchange.... Whatever. The Cellar has taught me to give up on that notion long ago.

03-31-2010, 10:43 PM	#8
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	#9
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	#10
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	#11
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	#14
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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