Doppelganger said:
Zephyr - Don't take this as a personal attack, because it's in no way meant that way, however the people you mention as being genuine is merely your own interpretation.
I can guarantee you there would be at least one bluelighter who thought each of those people are complete phonies [to those who she mentioned - don't take that as a personal attack either, it's the same for everyone on this board.]
In short, some people get along, other's don't. When I've had a problem with people in the past, I've discussed it with them... however, obviously if I see them at meet-ups I'm going to be polite. We've had our discussion, we know where each other stand, now lets just be decent to each other for the sake of our mutual friends?
I would never take anything you said as a personal attack, as from my observation you dont seem to be the type who goes around randomly doing that. You seem like quite a nice person indeed.
Of course it is my own interpretation- I mentioned those people just off the top of my head as examples of people I see being consistent in character on line and off. My interpretation of people is based on my personal experiences with those people. Same as anyone else really. Just because I might think moe, for example, is a cunt based on the choice of language he has used against me in one post, doesnt mean he actually might be one.
I also dont like to see people I like (ie DQ) get harassed by people who see her as an easy target because they know she takes things a little too much to heart.
Moe- Sometimes I am not a nice person. I can be just as much of a cunt as you can be, but I tend to heap shit on people who I feel deserve it, not just whomever happens to be around when I am in a bad mood. Luckily, no one I loathe actually lives in Australia, so I wont be having any in-person slanging matches at meet ups.
As for you, I dont know you well enough to either like you or hate you. I didnt even want to address this issue, but after a pm from DQ I thought Id better state my opinion on the goings on in this thread.
And the "friends" thing was probably a misinterpretation on my part, relating to this posted by you:
As to whether I'm a cunt or not, I personally think I am. If I ask people from the board I do spend time around though, They seem to disagree with me for some strange reason...
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I presumed you would spend time with people you like, which would sort of make them friends of yours, unless you chill with people you hate on a regular basis, which would be really weird.
BTW- thanks for not picking on my horrendous spelling of coincedense, which I still cant spell and cant be bothered fixing even now.
Preacha said:
^^ when i first started here, i WAS the preacha of melbourne
besides, i doubt KB would appreciate being compared to me.
i doubt most people would appreciate it
</emo>
KB thinks you rule, so he might take that as quite a compliment.
up all night said:
I find people are always at least slightly different from their posts, it's inevitable. Very few people would intentionally create a false persona (especially regular posters) but text on a screen can only convey so much. What we see here is such a minute part of someone's personality - there is no way you get to see things like their generosity or kindness and I think things like that are far more important than replies someone took 15 minutes to perfectly articulate.
Very good point UAN- I was going to type the same thing but got into a moe-induced bad mood and couldnt articulate this myself. We also miss out on seeing the body language and facial expressions we get to see in person here so things do get taken the wrong way all too often here. I thought smilies were meant to fix that. :D
Well this reply took me too damn long, I need a drink.
PLUR!