treehouse club - Page 3

Cloud · 06-11-2007, 05:57 PM

this is really not about me, nor do I want to appear to be constantly whining (or to actually be constantly whining), so I decline to elaborate.

you guys are just a tough crowd! An intelligent, aggressive, thoughtful crowd which has high standards. I don't think that's a bad thing at all.

oh, and BTW, progressive lense bifocals with Transitions ROCK!

HungLikeJesus · 06-11-2007, 06:02 PM

This remindes me of ancient Arabic saying (for which I can't find a reference):

Me against my brother;
Me and my brother against my father;
Me and my father against my uncle;
Me and my uncle against...

Sundae · 06-11-2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

well, I personally haven't found it to be too true.

The people here seem to like you better here if you ARE an asshat. Unfortunately asshat isn't my normal mode. There are other uncomplimentary phrases to describe me, but that isn't one of them.

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Originally Posted by HLJ

one thing that I noticed very quickly: the most active posters on this site generally have good spelling, proper grammar (includingcapitalization), and are good at expressing themselves.

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

cloud, i think you fit in just fine.

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

You have posted intelligently, you have started your own threads instead of trashing established ones, you write proper English
I respect you as a poster.
I'm here for intelligence, humour and above all a sense of community. If that means sometimes people get told, "We don't do it like that here" or "Post intelligently or fuck off" then I can live with that. It doesn't make this place a WASP Country Club.
You're an intelligent [wo]man. You're part of the community.

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Cloud, you've referred several times now to not feeling welcome or not feeling like you belong. I honestly don't know where this comes from, I think you're well-liked and appreciated around here. It's possible you don't get along with a few members, but that's to be expected--if everything were sunshine and skittles all the time, it really would be a homogenous clique.

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Originally Posted by Cloud

you guys are just a tough crowd! An intelligent, aggressive, thoughtful crowd which has high standards. I don't think that's a bad thing at all.

Honestly Cloud - I'll say to you what I say to Shawnee - who I adore - just relax. You are not disliked. I don't think you were ever disliked. If sometimes people don't appreciate a post, a comment, an issue - it's NOT personal.

Please tell me you see the difference between having an issue with someone like Merc calling Ibram a teen fag over and over again, or me having an issue with someone hijacking a NSFW thread with a complaint about LJ? I know you don't like it when threads you start are hijacked - our NSFW thread has been running a while now (in various incarnations).

We like you - as far as I can say "we" anyway. I don't have the password to the Treehouse Gang personally. They let me up if I have tuna sandwiches. But I'll give you a leg up when I get there, while still reserving the right to give you a Chinese Burn if I don't agree with what you're saying.

I think I need to go to bed. I haven't posted this much in a single thread in.... ever?

BigV · 06-13-2007, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

this is really not about me, nor do I want to appear to be constantly whining (or to actually be constantly whining), so I decline to elaborate.
--snip--

Your call. I can't fix what I can't see though. I asked in earnest, out of ignorance. The offer stands.

As an aside, the work I do gives me the chance to interact with many many people, everyone in the company (and several outside it). As I do my work, I'm constantly asking for feedback as to how I'm doing, from their perspective. When I complete a task, this short survey is sent by my boss to the person I helped.

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<users name goes here>:

I am trying to measure my success at providing quality service. Would you mind answering a few quick questions about this ticket, please? I would also welcome any ideas or suggestions you have about how I could improve my service. Please send your reply to this message to boss-email@companydomain.com.

Thanks in advance.

Yours,

BigV

Please answer with a number from 1 to 5 where 1 represents least agreement and 5 represents most agreement.

1 – Was your problem solved in a professional manner?

Unprofessional – Very professional

1 2 3 4 5

2 – Was your problem solved in a timely manner?

Very slow -- Very quick

1 2 3 4 5

3 – Was your problem solved to your satisfaction?

Unsatisfactory – Very satisfactory

1 2 3 4 5

How can I improve if I don't know where I am now? To know that I have to ask, and I have to be able to measure it in some way. This is how it works at work for me. I originally asked you about what's not working (what's untrue) in this same spirit. I'm not doggin you, or callin you out, or cross examining you. I'm seeking to improve. I could use your help, please.

lumberjim · 06-11-2007, 06:04 PM

oh wait....don't praise me in this thread....you'll just be proving jiz-a-doobah's (parodies of peoples username is ALWAYS funny) point.

The reason that i can fuck with people and not get bashed, doozie jewbah, is that i know them. I know how to mess with them without really hurting them or costing them face. I would never attack someone for something that I knew was a real vulnerability. I come off as a blow hard, but it takes a certain amount of sensitivity to pull that off without getting ostracized by a group. Most people, by the same token are sensitive enough to get it when i'm sending them a message.

That's how we get along. Look at join dates of the active folks here. More have joined after I have than before. I get along fine with 95% of them. probably 65% of them like me, too.

Beestie · 06-11-2007, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

oh wait....don't praise me in this thread.

OK, buttmunch, you asked for it.

Here it comes, beyotch.

You'd better be sitting in jinx lap for this one...

Commence flinching...

LJ, U я teh suck.

Sometimes, what has to be done just has to be done. I am not proud.

lumberjim · 06-11-2007, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

oh wait....don't praise me in this thread....you'll just be proving jiz-a-doobah's (parodies of peoples username is ALWAYS funny) point.

The reason that i can fuck with people and not get bashed, doozie jewbah, is that i know them. I know how to mess with them without really hurting them or costing them face. I would never attack someone for something that I knew was a real vulnerability. I come off as a blow hard, but it takes a certain amount of sensitivity to pull that off without getting ostracized by a group. Most people, by the same token are sensitive enough to get it when i'm sending them a message.

That's how we get along. Look at join dates of the active folks here. More have joined after I have than before. I get along fine with 95% of them. probably 65% of them like me, too.

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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Hmmm. Thanks Sundae Girl.

But as much as everyone gets along with LJ I doubt I will ever like him.

He says he wouldn't attack someone's vulnerability but he definitely repeatedly knocked me up and down about my girlfriend issues, which is the initial reason I joined this place. I found that to be the sole reason why I dislike him immensely. Then he apologizes for antagonizing me, then he keeps antagonizing me. Joke or not, his personality is something that I might never warm up to. All in all, he's a big dick, to me, personally. That's my 2 cents.

Cloud is right. This is a hard crowd and all of us "fucking newbies" as jinx called us in the NSFW dwellar thread are still having trouble transitioning to the well established.

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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic

Sure. Skirt my post on how I just proved the hypocrisy of your last post about you being a nice dude.

i didn't say i was nice. i certainly never said that i never poked fun at you. i do say that i've limited my comments to the things you've said and the way you've acted. I wouldn't judge you based on any thing other than....

....oh wow......i gotta go!

lumberjim · 06-11-2007, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

i didn't say i was nice. i certainly never said that i never poked fun at you. i do say that i've limited my comments to the things you've said and the way you've acted. I wouldn't judge you based on any thing other than....

...the virtual persona you portray. look, I aint perfect, fnc. I do contradictory things, say things that i'll regret later. like a human will. But I'm not foaming at the mouth here. I'm just poking fun... you little crybaby

I like to fool around and make fun...If you can't laugh at yourself, I'm gonna annoy you, sure as shit. so lighten up nancy

Spexxvet · 06-12-2007, 08:42 AM

I don't have a problem with SlumberJism, the Cellar's nocturnal emission

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

... (parodies of peoples username is ALWAYS funny) ...

He's funny and just poking fun, most of the time. Except when he's acting all pussy-whipped.

There's a difference between busting chops and demeaning ridicule. In a serious thread, folks like radar, ug, mercy, and (disappointingly) Bruce call people who disagree with them stupid, foolish, mentally ill and liar. And if you dare to respond in kind, zippy, buster, wolf, jinx, etc pile on, without adding anything of substance.

BTW, Spexxvet is Ducknut's sock puppet. Just rearrange the letters - you'll get it.

zippyt · 06-11-2007, 06:09 PM

But what about the LURKERS Lj ????

Cloud · 06-11-2007, 06:29 PM

I'm boring even myself here.

SG, I'll take that leg up. D'ya think if we bring the GOOD beer . . . ?

zippyt · 06-11-2007, 06:32 PM

Where do you think the Good beer is ????

Clodfobble · 06-11-2007, 06:35 PM

In lumberjim's belly!

lumberjim · 06-11-2007, 06:50 PM

no good beer in there. i treat myself to a light beer once or twice a week. mostly its rum. i love rum, here it goes down, down to my belly. rum rum rum.

Cloud · 06-11-2007, 06:55 PM

(grabs the beer back) More for meeeeeee! hah!

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don't need no stinkin' 'net friends! GOT BEER!

whoa. how do I get down off this here tree branch? It sure seems a long way

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06-11-2007, 05:57 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	this is really not about me, nor do I want to appear to be constantly whining (or to actually be constantly whining), so I decline to elaborate. you guys are just a tough crowd! An intelligent, aggressive, thoughtful crowd which has high standards. I don't think that's a bad thing at all. oh, and BTW, progressive lense bifocals with Transitions ROCK! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-11-2007, 06:02 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	This remindes me of ancient Arabic saying (for which I can't find a reference): Me against my brother; Me and my brother against my father; Me and my father against my uncle; Me and my uncle against... __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-11-2007, 06:04 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	oh wait....don't praise me in this thread....you'll just be proving jiz-a-doobah's (parodies of peoples username is ALWAYS funny) point. The reason that i can fuck with people and not get bashed, doozie jewbah, is that i know them. I know how to mess with them without really hurting them or costing them face. I would never attack someone for something that I knew was a real vulnerability. I come off as a blow hard, but it takes a certain amount of sensitivity to pull that off without getting ostracized by a group. Most people, by the same token are sensitive enough to get it when i'm sending them a message. That's how we get along. Look at join dates of the active folks here. More have joined after I have than before. I get along fine with 95% of them. probably 65% of them like me, too. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-11-2007, 06:09 PM	#10
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	But what about the LURKERS Lj ???? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

06-11-2007, 06:29 PM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I'm boring even myself here. SG, I'll take that leg up. D'ya think if we bring the GOOD beer . . . ? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-11-2007, 06:32 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Where do you think the Good beer is ???? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

06-11-2007, 06:35 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	In lumberjim's belly!

06-11-2007, 06:50 PM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	no good beer in there. i treat myself to a light beer once or twice a week. mostly its rum. i love rum, here it goes down, down to my belly. rum rum rum. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-11-2007, 06:55 PM	#15
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	(grabs the beer back) More for meeeeeee! hah! . . . don't need no stinkin' 'net friends! GOT BEER! whoa. how do I get down off this here tree branch? It sure seems a long way D O W N N N N N N __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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