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I've never given a hug in my entire tenure as adminstrator (that I can remember) though I love the hug threads. But I think I just have to make an exception here:
{{{{{Dog}}}}} {{{{{Slash}}}}}
Hope that makes you both feel better and have happy, perky, charming days
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I can't find the "every one must post" thread to remember what I said, but I’m sure it showed my true colors. And I'm in on that pool you mentioned, but I’m betting more like 6 or 7 people will be offended.
quote: Teenage boys: "Dude, I am such a stud, I totally score with chicks all the time. And I kick ass at [current cool activity]. Pay attention to me."
Is it my fault that I am stud? In fact, I am the stud, the stud in the wall that holds the door that my dignity just left through due to my posting on this thread.
Edit: I thought i should add the quote for dramatic effect.
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I think Slash lowballed his estimate. But, while Stryker is closer to the actual number not that many people will post about being offended by it.
I can, however, count on 4 members to complain about the thread, in the thread. So my vote *would* be 4, except now that we're taking votes people aren't going to want to say they were offended, because they know people are waiting for it.
But now they I know that I know that, so maybe they'll post anyway...
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SLash offended me so badly in this thread that I am leaving. That gives him another point on his bet.
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When I read the first post, I almost turned around and left as quickly as possible. See, I DO get my feelings hurt easily and this is probably a good place for it to happen. But I couldn't let this go, because it's just so utterly lame that I had to say something.
quote: I think I can count myself lucky that I have never been so incredibly, miserably sad that I could benefit from starting a thread with a single as the first post, and waiting for people to <<<<<<Dog>>>>>> me.
I really don't even feel like defending myself on this, and I'm not going to. I have nothing to defend. But I do feel like busting your cojones about it because I'm amazed at YOU more than anyone else, and I think you know better than this. AND if you'll notice, I immediately posted in that thread, trying to explain how I felt, and when I realized that I wouldn't be able to, I quickly deleted the thread. You're not the only one who doesn't benefit from thread like that.
quote: See, what do you do with something like [link removed]? Clearly the poster is very, very distressed. I want to say something helpful, but I have nothing to go on.
You do exactly what you did, which was nothing. Oh wait, it WAS nothing, until you brought it up here and decided to make big deal out of an occurance that was, and still is, extremely painful for me. See, I really could care less if people here know that it was me that started the pitiful thread you're talking about. Heck, my name was on it. But just because YOU didn't understand what was going on or how to respond, that doesn't mean that my feelings were invalidated by that. I'm actually really GLAD my feelings aren't invalidated by your response and Slash's because obviously you guys are pillars that nothing can shake, and you've never allowed something to depress you to the point of not really knowing WHAT to do, but you'll try anything that might make a difference.
And I think it shows alot how you guys feel about Hatrack. Maybe you think it's sad to have a support group of people you've never met. Maybe you can't fathom the idea that there are people here who care about me, and people that I genuinely care about.
I find that really sad. I pity you.
And maybe you should consider the fact that the person who started that thread has NEVER talked about her "feelings" at this forum before, other than anger, never goes to the hug thread, and very, very rarely uses those parentheses around people's names. It's possible that she wasn't waiting around for (((PSI))), but instead was really hoping for some meaningful discussion that might help her sort out her feelings, but realized a bit too late that she was more likely to get backlash in the form described above.
What do you know, I guess I DID defend myself in a way. Oh well.
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Am I grinchy enough? Does it count if you judiciously hug, and post in "What music do you like" threads?
I wouldn't want to step on anyone's toes toes presuming as much. --
Oh, Dog, guess what? Yeah, I still have a grudge. You jerk. And my username is Bokonon, not [name removed], though considering you are such a jerk, you probably didn't notice the difference in spelling. --
Slash, I'm personally offended that you would think anyone is personally offended. For real. --
This thread has given me a better idea for a thread than Jacare's dumb one (I hear that Jacare has posted in the "last post" threads before).
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Oh, and personally? I think it's just "that time" for both Slash and Dog. Much like when you get a household full of women, you put two uber-geeks in the same state, and they get synchronized.
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Oh, I think ALL women are already synchronized. Most of the trouble in the world is caused by the fact that women go haywire all at once. It's why more babies are born on the full moon. As the L and D nurses, they can't explain why, but they'll agree (most of them) that it's true.
(Can I girl up this thread anymore? Maybe I should get more in-depth about periods and "feelings".)
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1. What is L and D? This is the second reference. The first time I figured it was Life and Death, but that doesn't seem to apply.
2. I love Kristine.
--and--
3. Slash is a bezerker in general but a cupcake in person. The jury is still out on Geoff, because while I sense a sense of humor lurking in there and that's positive, I remember him being rude to me when we met. No conclusion.
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Just stepping in to make sure that Geoff doesn't claim me as an offended party and to point out to him that he's the first person on this board to have ever posted anything about me dating his sister. And nearly a year after the fact, at that.
And Slash, if you think the fluff is bad now, be thankful you missed out on the crap that prompted Lalo's anti-smilie tyrade. And while that thread seemed like eight pages of non-constructive bickering, it did have the intended effect--it scared the crap out of fluffers for months.
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I missed the thread in question, PSI, but I think you're very cool, and--already--a central part of Hatrack as far as I'm concerned. And if you're unhappy, then I want you to know that you have my sympathies (((Maureen))) and that if I knew anything I could do to help you, I would do it.
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I also don't know who posted a (serious) goodbye thread, unless we're still talking about OSC-Fan. When I see something like that, I guess I base it on the situation. If somebody I respect and would miss is posting it, over some silly misunderstanding or temporary bout of anger, then I will try to convince them to stay. One might argue that starting such a thread is self-indulgent. Okay, fine. It is. But that doesn't make it any less true that sometimes people need to be self-indulgent. I'm okay with Slash's lack of sympathy, though, because somebody who posts an angry goodye thread is actually insulting the rest of us. When somebody I care about insults me in a moment of emotion, I might let it go and realize that they need something from me. When someone I don't care about does it, they can go suck an egg.
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I think it's wonderful if you've never had to make a post of , but I don't think it makes you a better person, or cooler, nor does it mean that you have more of a life. Not posting in the hug thread also doesn't make you better, cooler, or healthier. I think there are certainly unhealthy extremes--and that the hug thread has the weakness of only ever offering affirmation--but I have certainly felt down enough to want to share my problems with Hatrack. I think this just speaks to the different ways that some of us relate to Hatrack.
I am personally so happy to see a return of some of the funniest Hatrackers, who have just been lurking for the past few months. I missed how funny Hatrack was with these people around--and it gives me hope that Ralphie will return. But some of these same people had the most peripheral relationship with Hatrack when it came to actually getting close to anybody or opening up. (Which is okay.) They seem to see Hatrack as a place to discuss serious topics and a place to be funny, but not a place to enter into a relationship with, and sometimes I think some of them think that feeling a bond with Hatrack, or with individuals at Hatrack, is vaguely "gay."
I think last time this really came up, when T deleted the old hug thread, I got a bit too vehement, and I don't want to do that again. I like to believe that I inhabit a middle ground . . . I feel like there are several different groups of jatraqueros--I don't want to say "cliques," because that word has such ugly connotations. That's a fighting word. More neutrally, it's simply that there are groups who are into serious discussion, groups who are into Funy, groups that are into Silly, and groups who become close to their virtual friends. And some of these groups have crossover memberships, but not all of them do. And yet I like to imagine that I do cross between a lot of these groups, because I think I'm friends (inasmuch as this is possible) with a lot of the folks who like to post at GreNME and also with the folks who like to post at Sakeriver (which I bring up because it does seem like a convenient grouping of two of the camps), and I also feel close enough to people here to wish that I could hug them when they are unhappy, or wish that they could hug me if I was, and to be willing to accept the virtual substitute when the real thing is impossible.
All of which is to say that I see value in all of these groups of people, and I don't believe that valuing one is inconsistent with valuing another.
The fact that some of us put in and take out different things from Hatrack, and run in different threads, is not cliquishness. Neither is friendly teasing between groups.
Being smug about which group you don't belong to is.
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I agree - there are a lot of hatrackers who post serious thoughts but also join the hug thread. or something similar. And there is nothing wrong with that.
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quote: For what it's worth, Tony and I were just discussing people we absolutely have to meet next time we're in the States. You and CT share top billing
*pouts*
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quote:This thread has given me a better idea for a thread than Jacare's dumb one (I hear that Jacare has posted in the "last post" threads before).
See, here is the beginning of a potentially devastating problem. Thinking that you can do anything better than me is bound to just end up hurting your self esteem.
Also, despite what you may have heard, I have never posted in any fluff thread of any sort for a very long time.
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I try to be the grinch with a sense of humor (ok, so I’m still kind of new and I’m still establishing myself, but it's a goal). I have to admit, I do post on the hug thread, kisses thread, and, but I just do that to Raia and people who hug/kiss me. And as far as the whinny threads go, I try to make my whinny threads more humorous than anything else, but then again I did start that thread about whether I should go to prom or not. In short I think that hatrack is a sub culture with 3 mini-subcultures: The whiners who complain if they stub their little toe, The boring thinkers who seem to contemplate homosexuality a lot (gotta wonder), and The comedians who are just flat out amusing. I'm not sure which category is the most prevalent, but as long as all of them are around, I don't care.
Which category am I?
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I should point out that my offense was from Dog. You have YET to offend me enough to make me respond. You obviously have your work cut out for you. Posts: 6367 | Registered: Aug 2003
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When I come home, I don't do it to listen to debates, however interesting and intelligent they are. I do it because I care about the people I meet there. Because I get to guess if Bob and Dana are going out together or not. Because I can make Raia happy from time to time. Because I get a Dan_Raven special day that keeps me from learning for my next exam (and that's a good thing !). Because I find out that there's a Pi Day I never used to celebrate. Because there's an omniscient Moose that'll make the Out of Context thread a delight to read. (I wonder how many of you people know there are in fact 2 OOC threads ?! Here's the second. ) Because I find out that Canadians can indeed be funny and that's a relief considering that I might go to Canadia for the first part of my next school year. Because I look at what today's menu is and I see: Angel canceled ! . And because I can show people that I care for them. Because I have 6 graemlins left (well, 5...) and I'm gonna use'em:
((((Slash & Dog)))) for actually providing this thread for me to post this in.
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By the way, Kristine, you masterfully disarmed both Geoff and I, and by extension this entire thread. What's it like to have such powers?
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I specifically said I was not offended by the sentiment you posted about goodbye threads.
And I'm not personally offended by Geoff's posts either, because I don't see them as applying to me. Rather, I object to an attitude that has already proven hurtful to at least one other Hatracker. Is that the same thing as being offended? (Not being snarky here, I'm just wondering if I truly count for the purposes of your bet.)
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quote: You know what would be the best thing ever? If someone gets so offended that they leave Hatrack, and they DON'T post a goodbye thread. That's mission accomplished, right there.
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I'm tempted to post something like this in all the graemlin threads:
quote:One day went out to walk his dog. His dog was happy and gave him a big . The neighbors thought it was silly but they just carried on with their . Soon had to cross a street. He started, but saw a truck . It ran him over.
You know what I don't hate about hatrack? It's the only place I can use the word "suck" without getting lectured by my spouse. Slash, you suck.
And Dog:
quote: <<<<<<Dog>>>>>> me
Uhhhg. what an image.
And Stryker: I curse this thread for forcing me to actually read some of your words. Popular demand my [censored].
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for the first part of my next school year. Because I look at what today's menu is and I see: ![[Taunt]](graemlins/taunt.gif)
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