Rambling Rose
My Aim Is True
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2001
- Posts
- 10,901
So many people on this board (and incidentally, I find it to be mostly women who are guilty of this) have the habit of starting a thread asking opinions on one form of behaviour or another - all with the eyelash batting innocence of mere information gathering - when, in fact, what they really want to do is shame someone for their actions without naming names or handling it directly, either behind the scenes or right out in the open.
It is always transparent. All the "I wasn't talking about anyone specific" or "I'd really rather not embarrass this person" is a huge load of horseshit.
These posters don't really want to know what we think. What they want is for others to back them up so that they can sit smugly back in their comfy little computer chair, and know that whoever they intended to feel shamed or embarrassed or upset is now doing just that. And for all intents and purposes their hands look clean.
Well, I can smell the dirt under your nails from here and it stinks.
It is always transparent. All the "I wasn't talking about anyone specific" or "I'd really rather not embarrass this person" is a huge load of horseshit.
These posters don't really want to know what we think. What they want is for others to back them up so that they can sit smugly back in their comfy little computer chair, and know that whoever they intended to feel shamed or embarrassed or upset is now doing just that. And for all intents and purposes their hands look clean.
Well, I can smell the dirt under your nails from here and it stinks.