Dillinger
Guerrilla Ontologist
- Joined
- Sep 19, 2000
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Seems my recent spate of "controversial" threads has caused some concern. I've received more than a few PMs asking me if I'm OK. And more than a couple comments on various threads regarding my ass and what may or may not be up it.
Sometimes things get to a person, sometimes they don't. I'm sure you all feel the same way. Lately a few things have bugged me enough to comment on them.
Most of the time I'm pretty good about following my #1 rule regarding on-line interactions:
IGNORE THE ASSHOLES!
But these few items weren't so much isolated incidents as they were general attitudes which are what you might call "pet peeves" of mine. So I vented and, you know what? It felt pretty damn good!
Of course later tonight or tomorrow someone (or more than one someone) will get on one of those threads (or more than one of those threads) and comment on how I hurt their feelings. And, having by then completely vented I will feel bad about hurting their feelings and I might apologize. Or I might not. Depends how I feel... *lol* Also depends on whether they appear genuinely hurt and I find that perhaps I may have over-reacted to an individual when my gripe is with a pervasive attitude rather than with a single person. Or they might return only to reinforce my initial impression that begat the particular threads in question. In that case, my response will mostly be a non-response, i.e.:
IGNORE THE ASSHOLES.
Beyond that. I'm feeling pretty damn good. Had some fun this weekend. Drinking a Maker's Mark right now and trying to relax a bit before what will most likely be a hectic and stressful 4 day work week. And then I hit the road... travelling... and very much looking forward to it!
Sometimes things get to a person, sometimes they don't. I'm sure you all feel the same way. Lately a few things have bugged me enough to comment on them.
Most of the time I'm pretty good about following my #1 rule regarding on-line interactions:
IGNORE THE ASSHOLES!
But these few items weren't so much isolated incidents as they were general attitudes which are what you might call "pet peeves" of mine. So I vented and, you know what? It felt pretty damn good!
Of course later tonight or tomorrow someone (or more than one someone) will get on one of those threads (or more than one of those threads) and comment on how I hurt their feelings. And, having by then completely vented I will feel bad about hurting their feelings and I might apologize. Or I might not. Depends how I feel... *lol* Also depends on whether they appear genuinely hurt and I find that perhaps I may have over-reacted to an individual when my gripe is with a pervasive attitude rather than with a single person. Or they might return only to reinforce my initial impression that begat the particular threads in question. In that case, my response will mostly be a non-response, i.e.:
IGNORE THE ASSHOLES.
Beyond that. I'm feeling pretty damn good. Had some fun this weekend. Drinking a Maker's Mark right now and trying to relax a bit before what will most likely be a hectic and stressful 4 day work week. And then I hit the road... travelling... and very much looking forward to it!
