I am a real person, and this is how I talk and write irl.
See, this is why I think it's a cultural, class, upbringing divide. And my dialect rubs people up the wrong way and they start projecting things onto my words.
But they're not going to change, are they?
So I have to be the one to change, I guess.

Maybe some of the people here had rough early lives. I don't know. My own early life was pretty good.

(December 7, 2023 at 4:23 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: I am a real person, and this is how I talk and write irl.
See, this is why I think it's a cultural, class, upbringing divide.  And my dialect rubs people up the wrong way and they start projecting things onto my words.
But they're not going to change, are they?
So I have to be the one to change, I guess.

No one said you have to change.  You either interact here with the different personalities or you don't.  That's your call.

Start a big long ignore list if that makes you feel better.

If an echo chamber is what you are looking for, this probably isn't it.

Yes, I'm sure many did. I did. I came from a traditional working class background, hence why it was instilled in me to be polite and aspire to something better, and erudition and civility were held to be things respected - the signs of cultured people. The underclass and the middle class don't seem, in my experience, to care so much how they are perceived or care so much about offending others, either being brutish or being arrogant and uncaring.
But that's just my limited personal experience.

But it doesn't matter. I think I'm seen in too poor a light here now for people to gain anything from my discourse. I have nothing to offer anyone here, it seems. And few here have anything to offer me except insult.

(December 7, 2023 at 4:31 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

(December 7, 2023 at 4:23 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: I am a real person, and this is how I talk and write irl.
See, this is why I think it's a cultural, class, upbringing divide.  And my dialect rubs people up the wrong way and they start projecting things onto my words.
But they're not going to change, are they?
So I have to be the one to change, I guess.

No one said you have to change.  You either interact here with the different personalities or you don't.  That's your call.

Start a big long ignore list if that makes you feel better.

If an echo chamber is what you are looking for, this probably isn't it.

Again, it's odd to me that you equate a desire for mutual civility and politeness as an echo chamber

As a mod, can you please ban my account here. That will remove the temptation for me to continue posting.

(December 7, 2023 at 2:32 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I really don't need to explain that to you.  You can read and figure it out on your own.

Here's what I don't understand...why are there people who come here and decide that they don't like the people, the vibe, the manners of the other members but continue to stay?

If I go somewhere and don't like it, I leave.  

But you do you, as I said, and beat that dead horse.

(December 7, 2023 at 4:32 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: Yes, I'm sure many did.  I did.  I came from a traditional working class background, hence why it was instilled in me to be polite and aspire to something better, and erudition and civility were held to be things respected - the signs of cultured people.  The underclass and the middle class don't seem, in my experience, to care so much how they are perceived or care so much about offending others, either being brutish or being arrogant and uncaring.
But that's just my limited personal experience.

But it doesn't matter.  I think I'm seen in too poor a light here now for people to gain anything from my discourse.  I have nothing to offer anyone here, it seems.  And few here have anything to offer me except insult.

I come from an upper middle class family and I fit the "arrogant and uncaring" type. I feel like I've changed a lot since I started posting here.

(December 7, 2023 at 4:33 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote:

(December 7, 2023 at 4:31 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: No one said you have to change.  You either interact here with the different personalities or you don't.  That's your call.

Start a big long ignore list if that makes you feel better.

If an echo chamber is what you are looking for, this probably isn't it.

Again, it's odd to me that you equate a desire for mutual civility and politeness as an echo chamber

As a mod, can you please ban my account here.  That will remove the temptation for me to continue posting.

I am going to get all uppity here....I am not a mod, I am an admin.  And we usually do not ban or delete people at their request.  If you don't want to post anymore, don't post.  

If we are that tempting, there must be something you like here...j/s.

(December 7, 2023 at 4:33 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote:

(December 7, 2023 at 4:31 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: No one said you have to change.  You either interact here with the different personalities or you don't.  That's your call.

Start a big long ignore list if that makes you feel better.

If an echo chamber is what you are looking for, this probably isn't it.

Again, it's odd to me that you equate a desire for mutual civility and politeness as an echo chamber

As a mod, can you please ban my account here. That will remove the temptation for me to continue posting.

Fucking hel. Sack up and be worthy of banning or control yourself. Like are you that pathetic? "Oh please, uwu someone else stop me from logging in to an internet forum where the only attention I get is negative." Get some real problems or admit you don't want to leave.

(December 7, 2023 at 4:44 pm)zwanzig Wrote:

(December 7, 2023 at 4:33 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: Again, it's odd to me that you equate a desire for mutual civility and politeness as an echo chamber

As a mod, can you please ban my account here.  That will remove the temptation for me to continue posting.

Fucking hel. Sack up and be worthy of banning or control yourself. Like are you that pathetic? "Oh please, uwu someone else stop me from logging in to an internet forum where the only attention I get is negative." Get some real problems or admit you don't want to leave.

I was going to say something similar to this.