It amazes me

[cantdog]

Thanks for the last one, shereads.

But I really am having too much fun with all this.

There's a thread just now, by the bullet, who can be a little irreflective sometimes, I grant you. Its title is something like Watch out GW if you go to Canada. Clearly, the reference is to GW Bush; thus, it is a politics-related thread.

Most of us, seeing a thread we would dislike to participate in, would steer clear. I do that with certain sorts of malarkey, when I have no interest in it.

the bullet lays out the cool thing he's found, and sure enough, it is politics-related. No surprise to anyone. Dranoel replies with a caustic announcement that he's put the bullet on ignore "for bringing this political horseshit in here."

So maybe there is something to it, after all. The laws men choose to build are a part of life, but there may be parts of life which have an incompatibility with the august premises here at the dirty stories site.

I imagine Dranoel has both of us on ignore long since, so I don't worry he's heard me discuss this absurdity. But you've been here longer than I have, shereads. Tell me, is there some unwritten rule about laws and ploitical things? Have I been a boor all this time? Should I have done more pointless flirting with people thousands of miles away instead of speaking as I have?

 

[impressive]

Well, I'm no shereads, but I can answer your two questions:

Have I been a boor all this time?

NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!

... and ...

Should I have done more pointless flirting with people thousands of miles away ... ?

HELL, YES -- but not to the exclusion of "speaking as you have." (If, that is, the pointless flirting includes ME.)

 

[cantdog]

Well, I have indeed made some real blunders

I've had my mind changed and my eyes opened a few times since I got here. And not just in my way of approaching writing. Most recently in a terrible thread I started just the other day, which I hope we can put behind us.

Mistakes happen, and in many cases they are the result of lack of forethought. The important thing, once you've gone ahead and had your nose rubbed in it, is to learn. I do regret that thread, but it was a valuable lesson in my own dark side, the prejudices I allowed myself to absorb from the people around me. I should have known better, and I did, really.

Anyway, there's that sort of blunder. I was being sarcastic in the post you responded to, a little, but really, if there's a feeling in the community that politics and religion are too divisive we can lay off.

I find it fascinating, as I do most things about people. The strongest passions are the most interesting, too. The rants and pleas I see and write here become part of the letters to the editor and the speeches to the meetings when I discuss and advocate in real life. Having thoughtful people to bounce the ideas off is immensely helpful sometimes, and has even altered my intial position more than once.

Valuable as this forum has been in that way, I still could certainly do it elsewhere. And you're sweet to be supportive of me. I like Perdita much more than I probably ought to, and Dranoel is a good man, and so on. Seattle Zack says he doesn't come around much because of the contentiousness of those threads. I would hate to be the cause of driving all these people off.

So. I will just not start a political thread any longer. If they happen, I will wade in. As I say, it helps me shake down the issues and organize my arguments. But I won't begin it any more.

What I miss is the philosophical threads and the thoughtful postings about love and relationships. There's a few links in a post I made to "Isolated Blurts." These were, in some ways, high points on the AH for me, along with some of the writerly threads about themes, symbols, and the nature of smut and art.

Long post. Love you, impressive. I'm no shereads, either! We'll do the best we can. Thanks.

 

[neonlyte]

What the fuck?

Cantdog - when did you go to self censorship classes?

What's all this pissy arsed bitching about what to post, what not to post. For fuck's sake it's a free unmoder.fucking.rated board. Post what you like, when you like. The guy/gal at the other end can decide if they want to read it or not.

Jesus... there's a fucking nation of arse hole inspectors out there!

Neonlyte - who's been away for a few days and returns to finds AH still cogitating over it's fucking anus.

 

[cantdog]

neonlyte

I thought it was navels? But it's down a chakra or two, then?

Away for a few days... So was I, this weekend. Took some kids to see a pro basketball game in Boston. I had a lot of fun with bubbles in the Children's Museum, too.

Eating junk food at inflated prices in a pro sports arena and riding the T to get there. They dug it most extremely.

 

[Guest]

What the fuck?

Cantdog - when did you go to self censorship classes?

What's all this pissy arsed bitching about what to post, what not to post. For fuck's sake it's a free unmoder.fucking.rated board. Post what you like, when you like. The guy/gal at the other end can decide if they want to read it or not.

Jesus... there's a fucking nation of arse hole inspectors out there!

Neonlyte - who's been away for a few days and returns to finds AH still cogitating over it's fucking anus.

That's my kind of rant.

Lou

 

[oggbashan]

Neonlyte - who's been away for a few days and returns to finds AH still cogitating over it's fucking anus.

And we all know of a good use for a presented anus.

Should I revive the garderobe thread to cool everyone's anus down and perfume the AH?

Og

 

[Seattle Zack]

Pardon me, but is this the roundtable at the Algonquin Hotel? Is that Dorothy Parker over there with her hand on Thurbur's crotch?

Kudos, Shereads, that's exactly what I was hoping for. Vague literary allusions with a little bite underneath. Well done. Not that tough to write your own op-ed piece is it?

Tiring to read these Yahoo news exerpts (that we've all read already) that some idiot feels *compelled* to post to educate us all ... gimme a fucking break.

I do enjoy the political and religious threads, as long as they don't center on someone else's writing ... when you surrender your voice to someone else, whether it's Bill O'Reily or Al Franken, then you're doing a disservice to your art.

 

[Liar]

Kudos, Shereads, that's exactly what I was hoping for. Vague literary allusions with a little bite underneath. Well done. Not that tough to write your own op-ed piece is it?

Tiring to read these Yahoo news exerpts (that we've all read already) that some idiot feels *compelled* to post to educate us all ... gimme a fucking break.

I do enjoy the political and religious threads, as long as they don't center on someone else's writing ... when you surrender your voice to someone else, whether it's Bill O'Reily or Al Franken, then you're doing a disservice to your art.

Then start a trend, man. Or at least try.

I say no more.

#L

 

[impressive]

Re: Well, I have indeed made some real blunders

I'm no shereads, either!

In these days of alter ego exposure, that's saying something.

 

[cantdog]

This may be a more pathetic exercise than we think. Each such revelation shrinks the actual number posting here by one. We may be speaking in a crowd of phantoms with a man behind a curtain.

But it's kinda fun anyway. Some of the "revelations" are clearly bogus, too, by the way.

 

[cantdog]

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[Lucifer_Carroll]

Hmmm, free thought...

Well, the Borg hive mind tells me that free thought is implanted by the Devil to steer me off the course of God the allmighty savior. However, since its safe to say that I'm already well fucked on that course anyway, I might as well give it a big shot.

I hate people. Not just the overarching 'Fuck Humans' deal, though I admit I get that way when my nihilism kicks up, but there are certain people that I really think a lead pipe to the back of the skull would do wonders for. Mostly assholes with little social worth who ride big false moralism waves that usually involve fucking over masses of people I like for assholes who deserve nothing but the firmest backhand of eternal justice. It's not polite to have such thoughts, I realize. Nor is it "good", but it is also an intrinsic part of my MPS. Part of me has been specifically trained to despise and desire great pain to befall. Some day when I snap, I'll try and take as many of these people out as I can reach with my blood-drenched lead pipe. However, since I am...no scratch that...strive to be a good person, I lock this away and don't kill the people I hate. Often I won't even raise in anger against them because I know I am powerless to change them. Assholes will always be assholes, will want the system to work for them and them only and will strive to make the system exactly that way. There is nothing we can do about that but stew and hate.

There should someday be a revolution against assholes, where every nice person, every considerate "wimp", every caring individual sets everything aside and commits the bloody murder of one complete fuckup. Sure, we'll all now be monsters whose souls will never clean no matter how many times you take the wire brush to it, but damnitt it'll feel really good.




Reason #4556 why I usually hold back my rants when I can.

P.S. I don't fully hold the wishes I posted above. Only the 1/4 of my mind that seethingly hates and he's been locked in a cage for a very very long time and I personally don't plan on letting him out till I'm well dead and buried.

 

[cloudy]

<snip>...there are certain people that I really think a lead pipe to the back of the skull would do wonders for...<snip>

Welcome to Don Quixote-ville, I'll be your hostess....

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Welcome to Don Quixote-ville, I'll be your hostess....

Bloody <grumble, grumble> Who keeps putting up all these damn windmills? I'll never get to the lab at this rate.

 

[shereads]

What the fuck?

Cantdog - when did you go to self censorship classes?

What's all this pissy arsed bitching about what to post, what not to post. For fuck's sake it's a free unmoder.fucking.rated board. Post what you like, when you like. The guy/gal at the other end can decide if they want to read it or not.

Jesus... there's a fucking nation of arse hole inspectors out there!

Neonlyte - who's been away for a few days and returns to finds AH still cogitating over it's fucking anus.

Thank you for making me smile.

There are moments of joy here. I don't expect every thread I open to provide one - or every thread I start, for that matter.

Cantdog, I can't imagine anyone wanting you to leave AH. Certainly not Zack, who's one of the thinking people here. I can't answer your question about rules, written or unwritten; a few months ago, I had the jaw-dropping experience of seeing a thread of mine bumped by a post requesting that others not reply to it so that it could be ignored more easily.



Scary, yes. But it's a voluntary scare, like Mister Toad's Wild Ride.

 

[Guest]

Hmmm, free thought...

Well, the Borg hive mind tells me that free thought is implanted by the Devil to steer me off the course of God the allmighty savior. However, since its safe to say that I'm already well fucked on that course anyway, I might as well give it a big shot.

I hate people. Not just the overarching 'Fuck Humans' deal, though I admit I get that way when my nihilism kicks up, but there are certain people that I really think a lead pipe to the back of the skull would do wonders for. Mostly assholes with little social worth who ride big false moralism waves that usually involve fucking over masses of people I like for assholes who deserve nothing but the firmest backhand of eternal justice. It's not polite to have such thoughts, I realize. Nor is it "good", but it is also an intrinsic part of my MPS. Part of me has been specifically trained to despise and desire great pain to befall. Some day when I snap, I'll try and take as many of these people out as I can reach with my blood-drenched lead pipe. However, since I am...no scratch that...strive to be a good person, I lock this away and don't kill the people I hate. Often I won't even raise in anger against them because I know I am powerless to change them. Assholes will always be assholes, will want the system to work for them and them only and will strive to make the system exactly that way. There is nothing we can do about that but stew and hate.

There should someday be a revolution against assholes, where every nice person, every considerate "wimp", every caring individual sets everything aside and commits the bloody murder of one complete fuckup. Sure, we'll all now be monsters whose souls will never clean no matter how many times you take the wire brush to it, but damnitt it'll feel really good.

Reason #4556 why I usually hold back my rants when I can.

P.S. I don't fully hold the wishes I posted above. Only the 1/4 of my mind that seethingly hates and he's been locked in a cage for a very very long time and I personally don't plan on letting him out till I'm well dead and buried.

Oh, hun. Is it that time of the month?

(You're just so cute when you rant, Luc!)

 

[shereads]

Kudos, Shereads, that's exactly what I was hoping for. Vague literary allusions with a little bite underneath. Well done. Not that tough to write your own op-ed piece is it?

Tiring to read these Yahoo news exerpts (that we've all read already) that some idiot feels *compelled* to post to educate us all ... gimme a fucking break.

I do enjoy the political and religious threads, as long as they don't center on someone else's writing ... when you surrender your voice to someone else, whether it's Bill O'Reily or Al Franken, then you're doing a disservice to your art. [/B]

Loved the kudos. They were crispy, even when I added milk. Still, I'm hungry for an answer: If it's tiring to read Yahoo news excerpts, why do you?

I've found some of my favorite blogs and websites via links and pasted articles posted here. And I've avoided god-knows-how-many that I knew, at a glance, wouldn't interest me. Since I wasn't forced to read or even acknowledge them, I didn't harbor any resentment whatsoever toward the vacuous, self-obsessed, blonde-brained idiots who posted them in an attempt to dumb-down the rest of us. If I were forced to read every thread, I'd feel differently.

Please explain.

Edited to add: It's a big darned Internet, and I value the gift of worthwhile links and articles posted by people whose opinions I respect. If you, Zack, happen to know of a yahoo news excerpt that some of us might enjoy and have overlooked, I'd appreciate your thoughtfulness in posting it. I might not read it, but no harm would be done.

 

[Guest]

Edited to add: It's a big darned Internet, and I value the gift of worthwhile links and articles posted by people whose opinions I respect.

(I notice the slip of my pen in the preceding post, but please do not correct it, Clarence)

 

[shereads]

(I notice the slip of my pen in the preceding post, but please do not correct it, Clarence)

Who are you people, and what does any of this have to do with gardening?

 

[shereads]

Bumped. Hoping for an answer. Not about gardening, but about the resentment of threads and posts that aren't to everyone's liking. As opposed to skipping them.

 

[Seattle Zack]

naw, shereads, I was just saying I had anything better to say than you had already.

Just all of us that cared had read it already.

So write your own op-ed, I would love to read it. The rest of us would too. No need to rephrase Carl Hiaasen. The only point I had. Think of it at a writing exercise.

 

[shereads]

naw, shereads, I was just saying I had anything better to say than you had already.

Just all of us that cared had read it already.

So write your own op-ed, I would love to read it. The rest of us would too. No need to rephrase Carl Hiaasen. The only point I had. Think of it at a writing exercise.

What? I don't write enough rants here? I'm timid? You need to draw me out of my shell? I've been rephrasing? Hello?

 

[Seattle Zack]

That last little bit was said tongue firmly in cheek, as you well know.

You really need to learn to form an opinion, shereads, and don't be so shy. I have no doubt that under that charming, submissive demeanor lies a dark penetrating intellect that makes a glossy strapon look like an afterthought.

 

[shereads]

That last little bit was said tongue firmly in cheek, as you well know.

You really need to learn to form an opinion, shereads, and don't be so shy. I have no doubt that under that charming, submissive demeanor lies a dark penetrating intellect that makes a glossy strapon look like an afterthought.

Penetrating, probably not. Dark, I'm afraid so. As for strap-ons, no thank you. I'm still fascinated by the real thing, one in particular.