So Far What Have You Learned?

[Imperial1]

Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
You really thought I was banned? Shame on you.

I know. Should I call you "B.A." now that your name is backwards? lol

Imperial1

[KSig RC]

I've learned that the greatest cop-outs transfer readily to the online environment:

-"I was joking"
-Racial and/or socioeconomic slandering or oversensitivity (flip sides of the same coin)
-Post hoc or context fallacies
-Using old mistakes or comments to invalidate good points
-"Schooling" (better related as 'safety and insularity in numbers') instead of understanding or being inclusive
-Self-righteousness (or "I'm right because I'm right, and he agrees with me!")
-Straw-manning in 'issues' threads (we've had some good discussions before - but mostly strawman arguments, bickering, whining, and not listening)
-ad hominem
-CHOOSING THE TIME AND PLACE TO EXPRESS OR INVOKE: outrage, morality, virtue, the site's ToS, etc etc etc

[mu_agd]

I've learned that sugar and spice likes to claim her life is drama free when that is not entirely true..

[aggieAXO]

Originally posted by Munchkin03
That some people take an internet title of "authority" WAY TOO FAR.

amen, sister

and some people are always so damn paranoid about new posters on GC. Some of these people then are down right rude to these new people. Get your stick out of your pompous a$$.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

BUT, to be fair, some of the new posters are pretty awful. Most aren't. But one or two are awful.

[Imperial1]

I learned that other people's comments tend to occur for clowning purposes a lot more often now than before.

Imperial1

[ThaBrickHouse]

Originally posted by aggieAXO
amen, sister

and some people are always so damn paranoid about new posters on GC. Some of these people then are down right rude to these new people. Get your stick out of your pompous a$$.

I've learned that Rudey can call me a man and not have his response deleted, hower is I call him a whiney lil cry baby pussy bitch, my response will be delted.

[Imperial1]

Originally posted by ThaBrickHouse
I've learned that Rudey can call me a man and not have his response deleted, hower is I call him a whiney lil cry baby pussy bitch, my response will be delted.

Tell those moderating assholes to tell Rudey to put you on ignore like he put me and swivel on ignore.

Imperial1

[AlphaFrog]

I've learned that 80% of all threads, no matter how serious and focused in the begining, eventually end up in name calling/spatting/back and forth chitchat (regardless of which forum it's in)

Originally posted by BetteDavisEyes
I've learned that not everyone here will like you. I've learned that sometimes people will hate your guts despite never having met you just b/c they don't like what you have posted or commented. I've also learned that some members of GC will always hold against you mistakes you've made in the past.
Finally, I've learned that there are also those whose opinions I value & they are truly wonderful people.

SOOOOOOOO 100% true!

I learned that their are CERTAIN GC'rs who are overly judgemental ppl who will bash you if your opinion, be it your own or anyones elses, does not agree with theirs and will get their other judemental GC'r friends to bash you too if you voice your opinion on issues. I also learned that their are quite a few on here that are great awesome ppl
and that our own opinion , liked or disliked, are ours and we should all still be able to co exisit as brothers and sisters on here no matter what we believe or tend not to believe!

I learned that it takes a 'perp to unite all of GC together

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by OTW
I learned that it takes a 'perp to unite all of GC together

The name of the board cracks me up..."Once Upon A Life." Haha.

Originally posted by KSigkid
The name of the board cracks me up..."Once Upon A Life." Haha.

The name of the board is nothing.

You should see some of the ish she wrote on OTHER message boards regarding giving head and pillow humping.

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally posted by AlphaFrog
I've learned that 80% of all threads, no matter how serious and focused in the begining, eventually end up in name calling/spatting/back and forth chitchat (regardless of which forum it's in)

Amen!

I've learned that no matter what you post, there is always someone out there that is determined to skew what you've said, get irate, & misunderstand a good intention for something bad. I've also learned that there seems to be a clique in GC that is determined to take what is posted out of context.

[moe.ron]

I've learned that the world is round and it's not at the center of the universe.