Off to Greener Pastures - Page 5

Flint · 06-15-2007, 11:38 PM

Of course. I'm addressing my posts to the lurking crybaby. Stay gone, crybaby. Or you'll be a hypocrite.

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-17-2007, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

You.:p

I'll see your tongue-zap :p and raise you another. :p

Elspode · 06-17-2007, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by seakdivers

I have no beef with Dagney whatsoever. I have enjoyed her posts. I just think "goodbye" posts are blatant narcism.
Do any of you honestly believe that she isn't checking back in here to see who replied?

I sent her an email to tell her how I feel. No narcicissim in that, really, if what I had to say is heartfelt.

WabUfvot5 · 06-17-2007, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by seakdivers

I have no beef with Dagney whatsoever. I have enjoyed her posts. I just think "goodbye" posts are blatant narcism.
Do any of you honestly believe that she isn't checking back in here to see who replied?

It saves questions from being asked / concerns from being raised among others. As a bonus there is feedback as to why somebody didn't stick around a post. I see no narcissism in that.

wolf · 06-17-2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Of course. I'm addressing my posts to the lurking crybaby. Stay gone, crybaby. Or you'll be a hypocrite.

There is far more to Dagney than you understand.

Behaving like a shit doesn't reflect well on you, sir.

lumberjim · 06-17-2007, 07:22 PM

the word 'sir' when used in that way is highly demeaning.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-17-2007, 07:52 PM

You mean like the other cur?

lumberjim · 06-17-2007, 08:05 PM

no. not really....i was just commenting on the way people say "siiiirrrrr" when they really mean 'jerk' sometimes. typically an honorific.....but it's possible to use it as a quasi insult, too. which....i think wolf employed in her post to flint. not to spend a whole lot of time or energy discussing it, but i have seen it done in real life ( usually by a cop or lawyer) and find it interesting. sir.

BrianR · 06-17-2007, 09:39 PM

Okay folks. I know Dagney better than anyone else here.

She is definitely NOT the attention-seeker that posts "I'm out of here!" then comes back to see what people say. She's a mature adult who says goodbye only as a courtesy to everyone here, much as one would say goodbye to a roomful of people when they leave a party.

If you don't care that she's gone (I bet my bottom dollar she won't peek back to read this thread) then by all means don't say goodbye to her or say anything else here.

I have already said my goodbyes to her. And that's enough for the both of us.

Brian

Flint · 06-17-2007, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Behaving like a shit doesn't reflect well on you, sir.

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

the word 'sir' when used in that way is highly demeaning.

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

....i was just commenting on the way people say "siiiirrrrr" when they really mean 'jerk' sometimes. typically an honorific.....but it's possible to use it as a quasi insult, too. which....i think wolf employed in her post to flint. not to spend a whole lot of time or energy discussing it, but i have seen it done in real life ( usually by a cop or lawyer) and find it interesting. sir.

:::spends a whole lot of time and energy discussing it:::

I think "sir" can also mean "I am respectfully chastising you, for your behavior that I know you know better than to have engaged in, so I leave it for you to beat yourself up over" ...returning the conversation to a respectful tone makes the person being addressed feel guilty for having departed from a respectful tone, I think. That's how I took it, anyway.

Cloud · 06-17-2007, 10:55 PM

when I get pissed off I sometimes get really, really polite and formal with language.

. . . either that or I throw things.

06-15-2007, 11:38 PM	#61
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Of course. I'm addressing my posts to the lurking crybaby. Stay gone, crybaby. Or you'll be a hypocrite. __________________ **************** 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**

06-17-2007, 07:22 PM	#66
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	the word 'sir' when used in that way is highly demeaning. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-17-2007, 07:52 PM	#67
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You mean like the other cur? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-17-2007, 08:05 PM	#68
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	no. not really....i was just commenting on the way people say "siiiirrrrr" when they really mean 'jerk' sometimes. typically an honorific.....but it's possible to use it as a quasi insult, too. which....i think wolf employed in her post to flint. not to spend a whole lot of time or energy discussing it, but i have seen it done in real life ( usually by a cop or lawyer) and find it interesting. sir. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-17-2007, 09:39 PM	#69
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Okay folks. I know Dagney better than anyone else here. She is definitely NOT the attention-seeker that posts "I'm out of here!" then comes back to see what people say. She's a mature adult who says goodbye only as a courtesy to everyone here, much as one would say goodbye to a roomful of people when they leave a party. If you don't care that she's gone (I bet my bottom dollar she won't peek back to read this thread) then by all means don't say goodbye to her or say anything else here. I have already said my goodbyes to her. And that's enough for the both of us. Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

06-17-2007, 10:55 PM	#71
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	when I get pissed off I sometimes get really, really polite and formal with language. . . . either that or I throw things. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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