Listening to Laurel = Frustrating.

[AzureAngel]

I read some of the threads here on Lit that are less than positive and I have a great deal to respond on the issue. Sure, it may have been said before, by someone else, but what is said in many of these threads makes me want to contribute my own opinion into the cauldron. To do so, however, at least after the point I have to make has been made, is counter-productive. It keeps the thread alive, on the front page and in the public crosshairs. It keeps the negativity flowing and the shit a'stirrin'. That was Laurel's lesson in some thread somewhere.

But damn if I don't feel pent up in a completely non-sexual (and sexual, damn Hamlet for getting me so hot) way. Unhindered, I'd so love to lash out at those who promote intolerance, irrational hate and general negativity - and I'm not even considering the Unregistered Trolls, because dismissing them is simple (and notably doesn't require a responding post saying so).

Roar. I'm merely frustrated, as happens from time to time. Be happy, damnit. Or, as I suggested in another thread: Smile, it feels better.

 

[Ms_Lilith]

Azure?

You have got THE nicest back I've ever seen.... I just wanna run my fingernails over it and lick it... I'm sorry, had to tell ya, I've been thinking it for a while now.

*blush*

 

[bluespoke]

Why?

It's a free choice. I am sure Laurel would tell you her words are guidance from experience, not set in stone.

There are times when we must all vent our respective spleens. You chose the right time and place and go for it. As long as you don't do it on every thread, every day (and immediately after I have posted! )

 

[alexandraaah]

Hmm.

What exactly are you saying? Are you asking that people keep their negative comments to themselves?

I understand getting fed up with general negativity and, just as the many other genres the board sees, it can be disconcerting when it commands the front page.

I'm just not sure what you're getting at, or is this just a vent?

 

[Demian]

Laurel iz one of the Coolest people one the Earth

Her words are always are so Passionate and Wise

I love coming to Lit

Thank You Laurel and Manu

 

[AzureAngel]

I know it's an entirely free choice and it's entirely RIGHT. So, I technically don't have any logical right to be frustrated, since it's a choice I'm making. Technically. This is assuming that my mind and my heart are in glorious synchronicity and they often aren't.

Technically schmechnically. That's not how it's working right now. I know it's right to continue as I have. It will keep these negative threads further away. My head knows that. I just feel like doing my rendition of a KillerMuffin flame, regardless of what I know to be best. Because some of the shit that goes on is wrong. My heart knows that.

Sometimes, I feel I'm Nietzsche's Superman - a man with strong feelings who is not ruled by them. I don't know how you can have such strong feelings without being partly ruled by them, however. That's another topic, though.

Vixenshe - Seeing as the women of Lit are busy lavishing Hamlet, I have an open slot for the next few years. Feel free to have your way.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

Azure?

You have got THE nicest back I've ever seen.... I just wanna run my fingernails over it and lick it... I'm sorry, had to tell ya, I've been thinking it for a while now.

*blush*

See? I hate to be an I-told-you-so, but. . . .



Not that I'm disagreeing with her, you understand.

 

[Laurel]

Hitting pillows helps a lot.

Seriously though, if it makes you feel better to express your outrage/anger/etc., go for it! I'm just warning folks because I've found that it's easy for me to get wrapped up in a negative thread/situation, and this can end up hampering my enjoyment of the rest of the BB. That's all I'm saying. If you can vent, release, and walk away, that's the way to go. If you find yourself unable to do so without getting wrapped up in it, it's usually better to take a breath, hit a pillow, and find another thread.

And it IS frustrating. I think one of the toughest things in life is to watch someone else be blatantly stupid/intolerant/"wrong"...but people have the right to BE blatantly stupid/intolerant/"wrong". We can tell them how we feel about their views, but I think people trying to force other people to think as they do is the cause of much of the world's unhappiness - for both the forcee and the forcer.

This is just my two cents, worth a fraction of that.

 

[bluespoke]

I just feel like doing my rendition of a KillerMuffin flame, regardless of what I know to be best.

Do your own, don't copy KM, she is unique!

 

[AzureAngel]

What exactly are you saying? Are you asking that people keep their negative comments to themselves?

I understand getting fed up with general negativity and, just as the many other genres the board sees, it can be disconcerting when it commands the front page.

I'm just not sure what you're getting at, or is this just a vent?

What I'm getting at is that some people start threads deliberitately to piss others off. Not a joking sort of shit-stirring. Direct (or indirect) attacks at specific people. And then these threads stay at the top because a long argument ensues between "author & friends" and "target & friends" and many outside people feel the need to stick in their opinions, which, in turn, keeps the negativity right up at the top which keeps the general vibe crappy.

To put it in words that will not inspire vocabulust.

I suppose I'm just venting.

 

[alexandraaah]

This reminds me of volleyball. Is this anything like that?

It's frustrating for me to see people (here and otherwise) not have tact or courtesy when most other people do. I don't mean NOT speaking one's mind, I just mean that vomiting meanness seems too easy. We could all be doing that, but we're not. Sometimes I want to, other times I just don't have the stamina for negativity to stay on top of it.

 

[sexy-girl]

azure you wouldn't be the first or last people to rant/vent/flame someone on literotica ... if you feel a need to do it then do it

marxist had an excellent quote in his sig line (not sure if its still there) from cheyenne saying life isn't all fun and games and neither is literotica

i dont like arguments and anger on here but it would be pretty flat if there was never any disagreement of any kind on here

so if you are feeling frustrated about wishing to speak your mind then maybe you should just say it



laurel is amazing she has set a very high moral standard for herself as being the madam of this board ... and she maintains them i haven't seen her lose her cool since i've been here ... i often think it must be hard for her

 

[AzureAngel]

Do your own, don't copy KM, she is unique!

I meant "my own rendition" in terms of simply releasing as fully as she does. She'd likely claim it's not a good thing, dare I speak for her, but... it's concentrated and it's entirely honest.

Laurel - It won't make me feel better, that's just the thing. By responding in anything but a blank and objective sort of way (which also means not responding if the point has already been sufficiently made), I'm just indulging the negativity - just as you said. I'd pretty easily get wrapped up in it. I guess it's a no-win situation. I BLAME YOU. *Snickers.*

I feel fine now, just needed distance from the thread I had been reading. And no one will think any less of you no matter what I say, so I might as well plant it on ya. *Grins.*

 

[bluespoke]

and she maintains them i haven't seen her lose her cool since i've been here ... i often think it must be hard for her

I can think of someone else who very rarely loses it.

 

[Demian]

Vent

But I will always love Laurel and Manu...I can be weird, and they have shown me a place where I can be sometimes funny, sometimes with opinion, and sometimes vent

Long live Lit

 

[AzureAngel]

Draaah - It's more like paintball than volleyball. But hell, as long as we're talking about balls, I'm happy.

Hamlet - You make it so difficult to be upset with you. Kiss me, you adorable bastard.

Sexygirl - Roar. I think that if no one else beats me to the rant, sometime, I might, but half the time KM has beat me to it and said it far better than I'm able to, anyways. So, I feel it a bit pointless to rant in public. I jam it in a journal, most times.

Laurel's a fantastic example of behavior, I think. It's just taking awhile to be okay with being Laurelistic. *Chuckles.*

 

[alexandraaah]

Draaah - It's more like paintball than volleyball. But hell, as long as we're talking about balls, I'm happy.

I'm thinking specifically the actions of the other team and your reaction to them. (Volleyball)

 

[AzureAngel]

I'm thinking specifically the actions of the other team and your reaction to them. (Volleyball)

Good call. Do you think if I get a running start I can plow the Lit assholes over and score a few points? *Snickers.*

 

[alexandraaah]

Here's something to think of while you're reading posts.

Just to keep in the back of your head as a reserve when things get frustrating. A lot of people, here and everywhere have this unresolved "playground" mentality. It seems that some threads turn into the playground at times, and something clicks that jogs someone back to the day of feeling left out at recess.

It seems that a thread is an easy place for some to toss around insults easily, as I doubt they would do in person. Something about hiding behind the monitor entitles them to lob disrespect right in someone else's face without concern for the person sitting behind their own monitor, reading. It just reeks of third grade bullying and realistically, isn't going away.

Conversely, it entitles people to lob compliments and flirtatious comments at people. People become friends, hook up, get married.

Unfortunately, what you're frustrated by is the witch hunt, which is what gets me angrier than the political or racism issues, as those just become pissing contests of wit and insult.

The witch hunt is a sad thing, it's directly bashing someone's character, it's hurtful and it's pointless. Not to mention, people tend to post on these threads with utter sincerity and depth, not just one-liners.

Eh, I was hoping the post would end on a positive note, but editing isn't my strong suit.

Gotta walk the dog and go study before I fail out of graduate school.

 

[miles]

This reminds me of volleyball. Is this anything like that?

It's frustrating for me to see people (here and otherwise) not have tact or courtesy when most other people do. I don't mean NOT speaking one's mind, I just mean that vomiting meanness seems too easy. We could all be doing that, but we're not. Sometimes I want to, other times I just don't have the stamina for negativity to stay on top of it.


Jesus, God. Shut the fuck up.

 

[bluespoke]

This reminds me of volleyball. Is this anything like that?

It's frustrating for me to see people (here and otherwise) not have tact or courtesy when most other people do. I don't mean NOT speaking one's mind, I just mean that vomiting meanness seems too easy. We could all be doing that, but we're not. Sometimes I want to, other times I just don't have the stamina for negativity to stay on top of it.


Jesus, God. Shut the fuck up.

You smooth talking bastard!

 

[miles]

You smooth talking bastard!

I just get soooo sick of people expressing their opinions here all the time.

I fucking hate intolerant people. They have no right to talk and must think progressively.

 

[lovetoread]

AA,I think I am a gonna have to be in your's and Hamlets groupie section.

Everytime you two get together...

 

[Hamletmaschine]

. . . Hamlet - You make it so difficult to be upset with you. Kiss me, you adorable bastard. . . . .

Criminey. You're one of those moody ones, aren't you?



Remember Billy Yeats's words: The best lack all conviction, while the worst/Are full of passionate intensity.

Keep on being one of the 'worst,' AA.

 

[alexandraaah]

Jesus, God. Shut the fuck up.

Your lust for me is pitiful.