we need a sensitivity meter on PS .....

[Dancing Fire]

so all the members know how much tolerance you can take before it''s too late. i can take all the garbage that you can throw me,it doesn''t bother me at all.

 

[strmrdr]

Rotten apple outgoing heading your way at 1500 miles an hour.
Where are you again?

 

[Kaleigh]

Too funny. DF is cool, he''s really a sweet heart!!!! He plays like he''s tough but he''s a teddy bear, I know!!!

 

[Mara]

haha that is such a good idea DF.

really sensitive sallies could be 0 or a negative even! elephant hides could be a 10 or even 11! it should show up near their name in ( ) . oh L/I!!

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 8/10/2005 7:32:04 PM
Author: kaleigh
Too funny. DF is cool, he''s really a sweet heart!!!! He plays like he''s tough but he''s a teddy bear, I know!!!

hush up.shhhhe.... don''t ruin my villain image

 

[sevens one]

Don''t make me bring up the Red Bow Tie and Cumberbun Tough Guy!

 

[MINE!!]

Hey I am a 15 MAN!!!! Naw.. not really... possibly about an 8 or 9... my feathers get ruffled... But I think that I would probably rank kinda high if there was a B@tch meter though...

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 8/10/2005 10:05:02 PM
Author: sevens one
Don''t make me bring up the Red Bow Tie and Cumberbun Tough Guy!

7/1
are those still in style?

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 8/10/2005 7:45:39 PM
Author: Mara
haha that is such a good idea DF.

really sensitive sallies could be 0 or a negative even! elephant hides could be a 10 or even 11! it should show up near their name in ( ) . oh L/I!!

Mara
so.... where are you on the meter? what''s L/I ?

 

[kenny]

I will really get into it at times if I really care about a subject.
But I don''t take any of this personally when people disagree with me.
It is not my job to get the world to think like me.

It is just an internet forum afterall.

 

[Mara]

DF, I'd be an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10. I very rarely get offended or emotional about ANYTHING, life is too short to be agitated or upset or sad about random life stuff all the time.

Especially when it's related to an an online forum!

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 8/11/2005 12:32:10 PM
Author: Mara
DF, I''d be an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10. I very rarely get offended or emotional about ANYTHING, life is too short to be agitated or upset or sad about random life stuff all the time.

Especially when it''s related to an an online forum!

LOL....

 

[Matata]

On a 1-10 scale, I hover around 8 unless it''s an issue close to my heart like animal or environmental abuse at which point I''d be a 1; and then about issues/people I generally care about/have respect for, I waiver between 1-5; for those people who piss me off simply by their presence in the gene pool, I''m 10+; and when I''m PMSing, none of the aforementioned matters and I''m all over the scale exhibiting the full emotional range between cold-hearted murderous indifference to fall-on-my-sword righteous indignation all within a matter of seconds

.

 

[Lord Summerisle]

have i missed something in my absence?

 

[WinkHPD]

LOL! I try to always be impervious in public, but there are probably times you do NOT want to be here alone with me in my office...

However, it is my opinion that a professional is NOT allowed to steam in public, no matter what the provocation. Please notice I said it is my opinion, not that I had never steamed...

Wink

 

[Matata]

Date: 8/11/2005 3:59:10 PM
Author: Wink
there are probably times you do NOT want to be here alone with me in my office...

Are you kidding me? Alone with you and your rocks (I''m referring to the mineral variety) in your office....anytime, a-n-y-t-i-m-e.

 

[Matata]

And if I offended anyone''s sensitivities with that last post....tough poopies.

 

[AGBF]

Date: 8/11/2005 3:59:10 PM
Author: Wink
LOL! I try to always be impervious in public, but there are probably times you do NOT want to be here alone with me in my office...

Hmmm...intriguing. Maybe some of us would enjoy that. Seen "Secretary"?


Deb

 

[Lord Summerisle]

*scrates his ever-thining plate*

i''m intreeged!

 

[sarita]

Hmm. I do *NOT* have a thick skin at all, in general. I am very sensitive and in some ways I wish I wasn't (for my own benefit), but I make no apologies for this. We're all wired a little differently and those that don't regard "feelings" and "manners" as highly as others are not necessarily right just because they may find themselves the least often hurt or offended. Tact and goodwill matter on a message board too. Maybe not everyone here is a friend, or client we have to be nice to, but I see it as any other facet of life with regard to social interaction, perhaps even more so online.

I do not get the whole "this is just the Internet/message board so this [enter choice expletive here] doesn't matter" argument, which seems especially ironic to me coming (often) from people who spend much of their time at such places. Perhaps one could argue they are "keeping it in perspective", which I get/commend, but at the same time I don't see my time online as a surreality so there is no line I draw in the sand regarding what I feel there either. It's kind of sad that we should have to take things w/ a grain of salt online at all, though that does seem to have to be the case.

I have no objection to calling it like is which I vehemently agree is what happened in the thread we are referencing but can say it is not fun when you are being the one ganged up on, having been the one falling off the bandwagon many times myself. And yeah, it does hurt. For those few that disagree or want to give the outsider the benefit of the doubt, I applaud them. In the event that they get chewed out for basically trying to be nice and understanding, god forbid their feelings be hurt in trying and the wagon chants for a thicker skin, well, I do think that's on the scummy side.

not much else to say, I know this thread wasn't meant to be taken as a downer, but just sharing how I feel...

 

[Mara]

Wait, I used a choice expletive?! Where? Was it good??

I love a good choice expletive.

Just for the record...the only person who can say 'shame on you' to me where I would actually listen is my MOTHER. Anyone else is talking to the wind...that includes my dear husband as well and he knows it. Some random on an internet forum, not high on the list for listening to...very sorry to say.

ETA: I see you modified your original post to remove the shame on you...darn I was too slow.

 

[sarita]

Mara, good for you, really. Obviously if you feel the way you do no one could change that. I just don't think it's fair to expect everyone else to feel the same way as you and neither do I buy the reasoning that because it's online it validates that.

Not trying to pick a fight, just saying what I really think.

ETA: Yes, I modify all the time. I care about sounding my best online too. I'm a super geek like that.

 

[Mara]

Date: 8/11/2005 7:03:35 PM
Author: sarita
Mara, good for you, really. Obviously if you feel the way you do no one could change that. I just don''t think it''s fair to expect everyone else to feel the same way as you and neither do I buy the reasoning that because it''s online it validates that.

Not trying to pick a fight, just saying what I really think.

ETA: Yes, I modify all the time. I care about sounding my best online too. I''m a super geek like that.

Your opinion has been duly noted. For the record, I was not trying to sell anything, that''s just how it is. Period.

 

[sarita]

Date: 8/11/2005 7:08:23 PM
Author: Mara

Date: 8/11/2005 7:03:35 PM
Author: sarita
Mara, good for you, really. Obviously if you feel the way you do no one could change that. I just don''t think it''s fair to expect everyone else to feel the same way as you and neither do I buy the reasoning that because it''s online it validates that.

Not trying to pick a fight, just saying what I really think.

ETA: Yes, I modify all the time. I care about sounding my best online too. I''m a super geek like that.

Your opinion has been duly noted. For the record, I was not trying to sell anything, that''s just how it is. Period.

Thank you. I feel validated. Somewhat.

 

[aljdewey]

,

 

[sarita]

Aljdewey - HUPS? Please explain.

Ok, breaktime from these threads for now.

 

[ame]

Date: 8/11/2005 6:56:44 PM
Author: Mara
Wait, I used a choice expletive?! Where? Was it good??

I love a good choice expletive.

I love all expletives. Pretty much the only words I dislike are Panties and Moist and the N bomb.

I can take pretty much anything other than bigotry or a serious personal slam on my work ethic because I bust my ASS and have for years. In fact, I have gotten into it with folks for yelling the N word at someone. THere''s no acceptable reason or circumstance for using that word, there is no possible acceptance of it. And it burns me that folks use it so damn carelessly and don''t even know the proper definition of it!

 

[thebanjodog]

for the record....we got you mara. you are teflon.

 

[Mara]

Date: 8/12/2005 5:37:39 AM
Author: thebanjodog
for the record....we got you mara. you are teflon.

No I''m more like a duck.

*quack quack*

 

[sjz]

Date: 8/12/2005 12:04:54 PM
Author: Mara

Date: 8/12/2005 5:37:39 AM
Author: thebanjodog
for the record....we got you mara. you are teflon.

No I''m more like a duck.

*quack quack*

I would venture to guess you missed the point on that one, Mara.