Blood: What's a good speed to leave drydock in my submarine? Me: One Half Impulse!!! Blood: Now, I know your screwing with my head, but we're going to do it anyways!
Silent Hunter III.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Blayne, seriously, why don't you start up a game-related thread filled with all of the quotes, anecdotes, jokes, and stories you've got about the time you spend gaming, instead of cluttering up the forum with threads that discuss nothing, go nowhere, and are primarily meant for you instead of the community?
Posted by adfectio (Member # 11070) on :
Ooh! Ooh! Seconded!!!
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Maybe its my seemingly first instinct is to rebel against the wishes and expectations of any community but frankly the day that this community ceases to be hypocritical in its criticisms is the day I stop mainlining the heroin to keep me from putting a gun between my teeth.
So for now, if you don't like the thread you do not have to click on it, or god forbid post in it, after all Hatrack isn't the blackhole in attracting OCD patients is it? One should be able to control the impulse to click on every single bloody thread but no such notions of self restraint are apparently alien to the nay sayers, so furthermore if anyone else wishes to tell me how I do my job please jump out of airplane and land anus first on the spire of winchester cathedral.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Honestly, Blayne, what kind of response did you hope for on this thread?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I'm hoping for suicide rates of people between 16 and 19 to skyrocket everytime I post.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
Ok, sweetie, how bout you go have a nice glass of prune juice and see if you don't feel a little embarressed by this outburst tomorrow?
Posted by 777 (Member # 9506) on :
Blayne, I'm pretty sure that the rest of the forum would be just fine about these kinds of posts...
...if you managed to post about something other than gaming every once in a while. From what it sounds like, a good deal of this board is composed of non-gamers, and as such, you're probably not going to get as decent a response here as you would at a standard gaming forum.
This isn't a criticism; rather, it's a suggestion. Try posting about something other than your gaming life for a change.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
For the record, I thought the ancedote was funny. I just don't feel the appropriate response to criticism, deserved or otherwise, is to rant about wanting people to kill themselves.
It's like watching a grown man thrash around on the floor throwing a tantrum. There's just something disturbingly wrong with that kind of behavior.
Posted by The Flying Dracula Hair (Member # 10155) on :
Also, Blayne doesn't really have a point since Lisa doesn't make thread after thread after thread like that.
Edit: I like, by the way, that these criticisms are taken as "telling you how to do your job".
[ February 17, 2008, 03:30 PM: Message edited by: The Flying Dracula Hair ]
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
The point isn't Lisa, the point is that everytime I make an irrelevent thread people complain despite their being dozens of irrelevent threads all over the place.
So currently I cease to care, if I on a whim make a thread then I will.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I'm paid 5 cents per letter.
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: The point isn't Lisa, the point is that everytime I make an irrelevent thread people complain despite their being dozens of irrelevent threads all over the place.
Maybe it has to do with charisma.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: the point is that everytime I make an irrelevent thread people complain despite their being dozens of irrelevent threads all over the place.
He has a point. If people want them to go away, don't reply, and they will.
It's like magic!
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
"It's like magic!"
I think I have to recalibrate my sarcasm-o-meter.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: I'm hoping for suicide rates of people between 16 and 19 to skyrocket everytime I post.
And you wonder why people treat you the way they do. Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
I think you may want to consider the full meaning of the phrase "You had to be there", Blayne.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
quote:The point isn't Lisa, the point is that everytime I make an irrelevent thread people complain despite their being dozens of irrelevent threads all over the place.
This is because (outside of politics) you are much more irritating and obnoxious in general as Lisa is.
As for other so-called irrelevant threads, they're funny. Yours aren't, because you've made so many of them.
As for simply not posting in the thread, well, trust me, lots of people aren't. You're already on the "don't read posts by:" list of many regular and prolific posters around here. Clearly, the solution to this problem is to whine and be even more annoying!
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
I beg to differ.
Posted by adfectio (Member # 11070) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: I beg to differ.
About which part? Or are you just contrary by nature?
*facepalm* duh....
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Its allegedly a mental disorder that my counselor thinks I have.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
(Insert joke here)
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
quote:This is because (outside of politics) you are much more irritating and obnoxious in general as Lisa is.
Hey guys....? What in the world is going on? Chill out.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I'm with TL. Get a grip.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
*shrug* I was a bit harsh, but not false. Blayne is thoroughly irritating and obnoxious, especially right now, and Lisa in general is not, except about politics. Hell, I even think that when I agree with her.
So, grip already gotten without any help. Thanks bunches!
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
Rakeesh, at 9,000+ posts, I find it surprising that you have no problem with taking those kinds of personal stabs at people on hatrack.
My impression of hatrack is that this is a place where we do not insult each other.
You may find Blayne or Lisa obnoxious, but make room in your heart for the possibility that there are those of us who are okay with Blayne and Lisa, and who don't like to see fellow hatrackers belittled.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
I don't consider anything I've said to Blayne in this thread a 'personal stab'. Despite him being frequently annoying (and deliberately annoying here), I think he would probably be fun to hang out with if he would just grow up and see past video games.
Personally, I think glossing over or not mentioning such flaws is a bigger disservice to both Blayne and the community than you suggest I am doing. I don't ask people not to call me out when I screw up.
I'm OK with Lisa, too. I think she's a funny person and I frequently enjoy reading her posts. So do other people (and I explained that to Blayne when he rather childishly pointed the finger at Lisa).
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
quote:I don't consider anything I've said to Blayne in this thread a 'personal stab'.
You're wrong.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
That's very thought-provoking, TL. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
IMO, Jeff, he's right. I don't see how you can say that telling someone he's irritating and obnoxious isn't a "personal stab;" it pretty clearly is. Your response -- that it's a justified personal stab, or even merely an accurate one -- doesn't actually invalidate the original observation. Blayne doesn't deserve to be belittled constantly.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: Blayne doesn't deserve to be belittled constantly.
No, just occasionally. Posted by Threads (Member # 10863) on :
There are more obnoxious things in this world than reading a stupid four line post.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tammy:
quote:Originally posted by TomDavidson: Blayne doesn't deserve to be belittled constantly.
No, just occasionally.
Agreed, keeps me humble and sweet while hiding the dagger behind my back. Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
quote:IMO, Jeff, he's right. I don't see how you can say that telling someone he's irritating and obnoxious isn't a "personal stab;" it pretty clearly is. Your response -- that it's a justified personal stab, or even merely an accurate one -- doesn't actually invalidate the original observation. Blayne doesn't deserve to be belittled constantly.
Eh, to me it certainly invalidates the connotation of the initial observation, but technically I agree it is accurate.
Blayne isn't belittled constantly. For example, invariably people stick up for him.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Rakeesh: For example, invariably people stick up for him.
More often, people stick up for his right not to be belittled. That's rather different.
quote:Originally posted by TL: My impression of hatrack is that this is a place where we do not insult each other.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
quote:More often, people stick up for his right not to be belittled. That's rather different.
Ahh, that's pretty accurate, actually. Of course, I wonder which is more helpful, people sticking up for his right not to be belittled when he's being thoroughly irritating? Or people busting his chops for it? That's an honest question, actually. Busting his chops certainly doesn't seem to be working, but I'm far from convinced sticking up for his 'right not to be belittled' will help either.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
Maybe its my seemingly first instinct is to rebel against the wishes and expectations of any community but frankly the day that this community ceases to be hypocritical in its criticisms is the day I stop mainlining the heroin to keep me from putting a gun between my teeth.
So for now, if you don't like the thread you do not have to click on it, or god forbid post in it, after all Hatrack isn't the blackhole in attracting OCD patients is it? One should be able to control the impulse to click on every single bloody thread but no such notions of self restraint are apparently alien to the nay sayers, so furthermore if anyone else wishes to tell me how I do my job please jump out of airplane and land anus first on the spire of winchester cathedral.
Has anyone noticed how much better Blayne's writing is now? I mean, not in the literary sense, but just esthetically speaking.... just saying.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
It's actually sounding more and more like Kerouac. Or Hunter Thompson.
Posted by Ivygirl1937 (Member # 10918) on :
Actually, that's one of the things I've really liked about Hatrack. Even when I act or say something stupid (which is often), no one finds the need to call me stupid or judge me based on that. It's generally a kind, welcoming community. Even if you're gone for long periods of time and then suddenly and mysteriously reappear. Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
"It's actually sounding more and more like Kerouac. Or Hunter Thompson."
Or Hemingway? If we're going down the list.
Posted by Redskullvw (Member # 1549) on :
Tom
No, its just becoming more readily recognizable as intelligent English instead of whatever polyglot he originally used.
Posted by Tara (Member # 10030) on :
I think internet forums in general are good places to learn about who you are and how you appear to others, and what better place to learn that gently than at Hatrack? People here tend to respond to Blayne with general annoyance, and no one wants to annoy others constantly (or at least I think that's true), so now Blayne is aware of the fact that he's annoying, and maybe someday down the road he won't be anymore. Yes, sometimes it's polite to sit by and let people just be themselves, but it's generally not a good thing to let people continue embarrassing themselves without informing them of it. It's like letting someone walk around all day with a "kick me" sign stuck on their back.
It's better for Blayne to hear all this from people that can disappear from his life with a click of his mouse, rather than those real life people who tend to stick around.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Has anyone noticed how much better Blayne's writing is now? I mean, not in the literary sense, but just esthetically speaking.... just saying.
That's because that's not his writing. He couldn't write half as good as that if he tried. He's plagiarizing openly from Yahtzee's game reviews and even when he does that there's a bit of grammar garble like 'please jump out of airplane' and 'but no such notions of self restraint are apparently alien to the nay sayers (sp)' — Every line from 'mainlining heroin' onwards is just copypasta.
From the link (really, check it out if you don't mind NSFW)
quote:Yahtzee Croshaw wrote: If I reviewed every bloody game people told me to, I wouldn't even have the free time to mainline the heroin necessary to keep me from putting a gun between my teeth
quote:Yahtzee Croshaw wrote: ... let me close by requesting that if there's any more of you who would like to tell me how to do my job, then please get hurled out of a plane and land anus first on the spire of Winchester cathedral.
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Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary: That's because that's not his writing. He couldn't write half as good as that if he tried. He's plagiarizing openly from Yahtzee's game reviews. Every line from 'mainlining heroin' onwards is just copypasta.
Where I get my inspiration from is not a source of ire but of salutation, if I allow for others who have said things that I respect and admire to seep into my writings then so what? The nigh direct paraphrasing is apt. Last I checked numerous times people have commented on a improving trend of my writing abilities with the occasional dip due to stress, allergies, or sleep deprivation.
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tara: I think internet forums in general are good places to learn about who you are and how you appear to others, and what better place to learn that gently than at Hatrack?
The internet is a terrible place for that. All of the real vital social clues that exist in real life are gone on the internet. It might be a good place for some other things, but not for this.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
quote:Originally posted by HollowEarth:
quote:Originally posted by Tara: I think internet forums in general are good places to learn about who you are and how you appear to others, and what better place to learn that gently than at Hatrack?
The internet is a terrible place for that. All of the real vital social clues that exist in real life are gone on the internet. It might be a good place for some other things, but not for this.
The internet is for porn.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Where I get my inspiration from is not a source of ire but of salutation
"Inspiration" is a clever way to rephrase "plagiarizing humor clumsily."
Actually no, — no it's not.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary:
quote:Where I get my inspiration from is not a source of ire but of salutation
"Inspiration" is a clever way to rephrase "plagiarizing humor clumsily."
Actually no, — no it's not.
Who said I was trying to be funny? I'm deadly serious, I have a certain level of tolerence that is reserved only for my closest friends, beyond that I have zero tolerence for your crap.
And yes the internet very much is for porn, see Rule 34 for confirmation.
Posted by The Flying Dracula Hair (Member # 10155) on :
Sorry Blayne, but emphasis on the clumsily. Speaking of letting people know about their kick-me sings, it seems that you think you sound much more witty and intelligent than you actually come off to people who read what you write.
Your desperate stab at an extended vocabulary seems like almost something you hide behind when you respond to criticism, because you either whip that out, coupled with that English tone you seem so fond of (lately?), or just make some humorous remark and brush it off. Half the time you don't even use these 'fancy' words correctly, or their stuck in a sentence that's just so full of wrong to begin with.
If you really think of your posts as Your Writings you should really proof read them.
Edit: That sounded a lot more angry than I meant it to be, didn't mean for it to sound mad at all!
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:Who said I was trying to be funny?
I said you were trying to plagiarize humor clumsily. I honestly could care less whether or not your intent in doing so was to be funny or if, instead, you were just saying it to be an insufferable, caustic git towards Rakeesh and adfectio for disliking your epic quantity of worthless threads.
Instead of being even remotely adultlike over the subject, you instead act contrary by nature, saying that you reserve the right to make a thread 'on a whim' whether or not other people like them and without regard to them wishing you wouldn't, and then afterwards you get salty over their disapproval of your actions and talk about having zero tolerance for their 'crap.'
Watch me outpour my sympathy for how juvenile that makes you look.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
quote:Originally posted by Samprimary:
quote:Who said I was trying to be funny?
I said you were trying to plagiarize humor clumsily. I honestly could care less whether or not your intent in doing so was to be funny or if, instead, you were just saying it to be an insufferable, caustic git towards Rakeesh and adfectio for disliking your epic quantity of worthless threads.
Instead of being even remotely adultlike over the subject, you instead act contrary by nature, saying that you reserve the right to make a thread 'on a whim' whether or not other people like them and without regard to them wishing you wouldn't, and then afterwards you get salty over their disapproval of your actions and talk about having zero tolerance for their 'crap.'
Watch me outpour my sympathy for how juvenile that makes you look.
And yet in all this time you keep posting in my threads.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
First of all, to be fair to Blayne, his writing started out so bad that many of us believed he was Chinese, learning English as a second language, or at least I believed this. Others insisted that he was not in his late teens but possibly under 10 years old.
To be fair to everyone else, Blayne is still immature, still cocky, still half-oblivious. His "cribbing" from some other forum or site in order to bolster his writing should indicate that he is, in his own obvious and shambling way, trying to look good in front of all of us. This doesn't excuse the plagiarism, and the idea that he would choose to do that bothers me... but I understand it, and it's something I might have done before I understood how undermining the act of plagiarism is.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
quote:And yet in all this time you keep posting in my threads.
Great non-response. I came into this thread to bust you on plagiarizing your potshots right down to the 'telling me how to do my job' part which didn't even make sense but that you unwisely phrased in anyway since you couldn't even custom-fit the line you lifted.
Besides, if you would like accuse me of any hypocrisy or any 'posting on a whim' activities, you're just taking potshots at yourself, since those are your own stuffed-shirt excuses for what you do. And of course I'm posting in your thread, since that's where your little bout of intellectual dishonesty occured.
Ta.
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
Honey, you really might want to step back from the internet for a day or two and think about this. I was worried about you when I though your violent outburst was a spontaneous outpouring of rage. But you deliberately chose to use those words? You stopped to think about how to respond to criticism and thought that was the appropriate reaction?
I hope you can find some positive outlets for your emotions. Maybe you could try taking walks in the woods or exercise. Meditation or yoga might help you find your calm center. At some point, you need to do a little soul searching and ask yourself if you really want to be the kind of bitter, angry man that walks around wishing harm on others. Is this really who you want to be?
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
It's rather amusing that someone would find the above "plagiarism" to be an appropriate response in the first place. I don't think the lines used put anyone in their place, made anyone laugh, made anyone think....
I guess amusing isn't the correct term. Perhaps sad would be more precise.
Hatrack is Blayne's outlet for a certain amount of misdirected rebellious steam. He consistently defies what the community expects of him and reaps his jollies from the near certain interaction between those who recognize what he is doing and those who will defend him.
We all play into this game. In the history of Hatrack as I know it, every person who posts like Blayne (thankfully most of them matured or left after shorter time periods) has been lambasted by a certain segment of the community and defended by another constant segment of the community. As a member of the segment that does the lambasting (albeit quietly), I find fault with the folks who choose to defend. And I am sure they find fault with me.
He will continue to abuse his place here until this pattern is ended or he grows up. Unfortunately, I think we will have to wait for him to grow up since Hatrack has always shown reticence to change this particular cycle.
End Lecture. I return to my regular lurking status.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Rascally Rwabbit.
Posted by adfectio (Member # 11070) on :
That's how you respond? Hatrack asks you to be mature, for once. And you respond with "Rascally Rwabbit"? In all seriousness, I do believe my 8 year old niece could have come up with a better argument.
Yes, I'm frustrated and upset with you. But that doesn't make what I said any less true. We try to be calm and help you. From computer problems, to your resume. And what you give back ranges from sodomy jokes to cartoons that haven't had new episodes in several years.
I'm worried about you, Blayne. I don't know what your history is. I'm not sure what all is going on in your life that we don't know about. But I'm worried. I think that you should talk to someone (read: someone who's advice you might listen to) and ask them to seriously help you. You're going to have a tough time in the real world if you continue like this.
That having been said, it crosses my mind that you may actually be incredibly intelligent in the real world, and just come on here to see how aggravated you can make us.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Oh I know for a fact that I am very intelligent and well read (not Mutually Exclusive) but unfortunately I have alot of stress and anger issues, for example some random girl who knows my brother saw that I had gotten food from the food bank one day (which I was encouraged to do by the school success counselor despite my objections that poor people needed it more(i didn't object very hard)) taddled on me by telling my brother this who despite being 18 and should know better proceeds to taddle on me and inform my mom, the only good thing out of this is that since all I took was a can of SPAM my mother laughed and said I was doing poor people a favour.
And my brother still objected to this on "moral grounds" and wouldn't let it go, and has been trying to get me forcibly kicked out of the house for the last 6 months.
Someone remind me to slap that girl across the jaw next time I see her.
Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
I'm pretty sure that never happened.
Blayne, Being intelligent by itself isn't worth all that much. The problems you put on highly visible display here is that you are lazy, self-centered, and immature. You could have all the smarts in the world and those are still going to sink you.
I no longer care about helping you out. I don't think anything absent life itself slapping you around so much that you'll get knocked out of your self-obesessed little cocoon where everything is someone else's fault and wake up, but I still do care about the people who put out effort and caring trying to reach you.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I was glad to read that you have a counselor to work with, Blayne. That's great.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
quote:Originally posted by MrSquicky: I'm pretty sure that never happened.
Then I refuse on principle to read whatever you have typed, it did happen, so you can breath a canister of carbon dioxide and never ever post in my threads, comment on my problems or complain about my problems ever again for at this moment you are dead. Go screw yourself you arrogant self indulgent piece of crap, yob tvuyo mat.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
quote:Originally posted by The Flying Dracula Hair:
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: Oh I know for a fact that I am very intelligent and well read (not Mutually Exclusive)
If this is in response to me, please don't mistake my post for saying that you aren't intelligent, I'm just saying the forceful way you write doesn't convince anyone. Such as: it is a pretty obvious thing to point out the being well read and smart aren't mutually exclusive since, y'know, kinda stereotype level stuff. It just sounds like you're trying so hard to wedge some something in there.
You don't sound well read at all, you come off as dimly recalling snip-its of audio books if anything. And that's something a forum like Hatrack is good for because, not only because a lot of people write very well and you can pick up on it if you pay attention, but because it is a forum and you have time to read what you write before you post it.
ESPECIALLY if you say you have anger issues. If you feel like the only thing you can respond to a recent comment with is violence and anger: don't. Do what people are suggesting here, lean back and just chill out for a while. If that means posting back the next day, it's fine, it's a forum.
I listen as I read and type as I speak and speak as I type.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Blayne, I don't particularly care how often you post blog-threads. But I do care that you have consistently expressed violent threats or wishes over the past few days. Stop it.
Posted by The Flying Dracula Hair (Member # 10155) on :
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley:
quote:Originally posted by The Flying Dracula Hair:
quote:Originally posted by Blayne Bradley: Oh I know for a fact that I am very intelligent and well read (not Mutually Exclusive)
If this is in response to me, please don't mistake my post for saying that you aren't intelligent, I'm just saying the forceful way you write doesn't convince anyone. Such as: it is a pretty obvious thing to point out the being well read and smart aren't mutually exclusive since, y'know, kinda stereotype level stuff. It just sounds like you're trying so hard to wedge some something in there.
You don't sound well read at all, you come off as dimly recalling snip-its of audio books if anything. And that's something a forum like Hatrack is good for because, not only because a lot of people write very well and you can pick up on it if you pay attention, but because it is a forum and you have time to read what you write before you post it.
ESPECIALLY if you say you have anger issues. If you feel like the only thing you can respond to a recent comment with is violence and anger: don't. Do what people are suggesting here, lean back and just chill out for a while. If that means posting back the next day, it's fine, it's a forum.
I listen as I read and type as I speak and speak as I type.
Whoops, got quote captured anyway. If you speak the same way you write then you must sound like a fool Blayne. And it's a WALL. It can be so easily avoided. Forget about trying to learn to type better, just stop worrying trying to sound like an intellectual. You just sound immature and arrogant.
I don't understand what the first part of that sentence meant, but it didn't seem to include read what you type. If you did, you'd catch that nearly everything you say is FULL of errors. I bet it wouldn't be if you stopped trying so hard to sound a certain way.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I'll second CT's comment. Blayne, it's great that you have a counselor to work with.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dagonee: Blayne, I don't particularly care how often you post blog-threads. But I do care that you have consistently expressed violent threats or wishes over the past few days. Stop it.
Seconded. I have few opinions one way or the other regarding most of this thread, but I'm getting rather disturbed over the violent posting. Enough, please.
Posted by camus (Member # 8052) on :
Blayne, I'm not too particularly concerned about all of your blog-threads either. Sometimes I read them, sometimes I don't. I do think that sometimes you don't deserve the harsh responses that you often get. But seriously, you really need to get some control over your emotions and reactions. Until you get better control over how you respond to people and to the situations that you find yourself in, you are always going to have social challenges. If anything, it probably adds even more stress to your already stressful situations.
Consider, have you ever yelled something hateful at someone and then found that it actually fixed your problem and made people suddenly like you more?
Posted by Papa Janitor (Member # 7795) on :
Time-out for review. Sorry -- I've been away getting older.
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Silent Hunter III.
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