just a reminder, folks -

"Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong."-– Leo Buscaglia

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i agree

this place shouldn't get like that. :(

The fun wars - ok - but the really mean knee-capping ones? Not so much.

:hi:

let's not get our definitions confused. (looking over tops of glasses.)

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:hi:

How're those plans coming?

I need to start making things happen. :hi:

mzteris..thank you so much for posting this.

This saying is so true.

Your post nails it. :hug:

:applause:

Just ask my kids!

or Southpawkicker :evilgrin:


Hey -I can be as snarky as the next person - and occasionally step over the line. Hell I ain't no saint, ya know?


er - thanks, though. :blush:

I must have had a premonition.

If we all did that - wouldn't it be a great place?

Ok - it might get a little smarmy - but what they hey! Better than bloodshed.

Aunt Em:
Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn't
mean you have the power to run the rest of us!
For twenty-three years I've been dying to tell you what I thought of you!
And now - well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!

There are few things in life worse than having to make an apology to an @sshole...most of the time I'll just bite my tongue rather than end up in that predicament, knowing they will ride their train til it runs out of track without any help from me. Karma will be had by all. That being said, I've met some wonderful people here, who are incredibly kind folks, including you Ptah. Also love and hugs for Bridgit, Wildhorses and Joe Fields, three damn fine human beings.

:yourock:

:rofl:

so they don't get their hands dirty...

but, trust me their soul is still dark as night.

~wildhorses

behind the scenes is where it's at apparently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sthRYIB91P8

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way i see it, i can always wash my hands but.
the ones who have a dirty soul,
i think they have some praying to do.

may whatever god there be
have mercy on their souls.

that one of my relatives may have murdered his wife. She was supposedly cheating on him, and he went up to the hotel room, and the other guy left. There was a gun, it went off and she ended up dead. He was well-connected and never served time and it never came out what happened. To this day, 40 years later, nobody knows what went on, except him, and he ain't talkin'. And these are people I've known for 40 damn years. I don't know how people think they know shit about people on the internet. It cracks me up. Don't nobody know shit about nothing, and people take sides and jump to conclusions like a bunch of 14 year olds in the cafeteria lunch room. So if I felt like posting a thread, it wouldn't say 'mean people suck' it would say 'everybody grow the fuck up'. No offense to the OP who may have meant well, but whatever.

:shrug:

It has seemed rather middle-schoolish around here of late, hasn't it?

I don't know...maybe it has always been that way. There is a learning curve of getting to know people and who doesn't like who. Sometimes it's better to be oblivious I guess. I don't see quite a bit of what goes on and I kind of like it that way. :shrug:

But I know who has been kind to me, and who hasn't, and one man's asshole is another man's friend.

is your "worst enemy" on one topic turns out to be your "best friend" on another!

:shrug:



pssttt - I used to have wildhorses on ignore for a few months. I can't even remember WHY now! sshhhh.

I love bridgit, I love Joe fields, I love engi too.

I don't hate anyone here and I've forgiven people here who have sought to intentionally cause me pain. I do take umbrage if you were calling her or any of my friends "mean" when that is not what I know them to be. If you didn't intend it that way then I understand, I've had my posts read into like crazy here and had to tell people, I'm 38 years old and I've had a lot of grown-up experiences that happened before last damn May...wasn't even talking about the lounge or DU or anything but people hyper-react to things posted like there is no tomorrow. I'm probably not making any sense so I'll stop

I really can't remember what she ticked me off about!

B- and I - we don't seem to agree on much - so I think we just avoid each other.

There's another poster on DU - well, I reckon we're like oil and water. There's only been like ONE thing we've agreed on in about 3 or 4 years. We agree "in theory" about a lot, but other than that. . . not so much. I really try to avoid her posts. No point in the bear! Occasionally I find I've responded to her without realizing and before you know it - we're off on another flamefest. I guess it keeps others entertained. ;)

And sometimes, well, sometimes I just feel a bit hornery - but I try not to get really personal with it. I don't always succeed, though. :(

I wasn't speaking to any "one" DU'er with my post. I noted there seem to be a bit of a - er - dispute going on - I started to look back and find the he said/she said/who said/they said stuff - and try to figure out what was going on - then I thought - f- it - they've all seemed to jump the shark at this point - regardless of "who started it". (MOM - he hit me FIRST!!!!!!!!! comes to mind. lol)

My post was a general statement. People get their feelings hurt. People get half the story. People have their "friends" and their "enemies" and jump into the fray without really knowing anything at all about who-said-what and start casting asparagus and everything!



Besides - I once ALERTED on a LostinVA and Haruka thread because I thought they were viciously FIGHTING! (They think it's funny now.) So what do I know? :shrug:

If you don't like someone's posting style or content, just don't read their threads. It's really that simple. But to criticize someone for their silliness here is comical considering the lounge if full of silliness from most everyone. To jump on and attack someone for their "juvenile" prankish behavior is very juvenile in itself.

People can hold whatever grudges they want for whatever reason they want....they do NOT however, have to attack someone for no reason because they just don't enjoy their posts. THAT is where I WILL come in and fight for the person who's unfairly being attacked.

or something?

Heck, I didn't even have to READ the threads to see the ugliness oozing out of the Lounge. The titles alone were enough. Didn't seem silly. It seemed down right meanspirited and ugly.

But as I've said - I've been wrong before 'bout that. (Just ask Haruka. lol)

I really wasn't singling any one person out - just thought I'd give a gentle reminder to "play nice".

So sue me. That's the mom in me, I suppose.

Who do you think I was attacking, btw?

I'm speaking of the flames last night and why I got involved.

That's all.

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I thought you were.

Sometimes I'm a bit on the sensitive side, can you tell?

Which is hysterically ironic, since I get called INSENTIVE a lot.

:shrug:

Sometimes I just can't win for losin'!

nope

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evidently there's lots of pm'ing going on 'round these here parts.

I tend to be an 'underdog' rooter for the most part. Sometimes I find they're not the underdog at all! The "behind the scenes" info you don't know can bite ya in the butt.

i am not afraid to fight the good fight. i would never tell someone to do something that i myself would not do. if i am not popular that is fine. at least i stand for something. therefore, i will not fall for anything.

i think you and i had 'words' about north carolina. i could be wrong.

i put people on ignore and take them off all the time.

there is a difference between having a spat every now and again and, allowing an aura or certain vibe to permeate the whole lounge experience.

as for my part, i took the advice of a poster who 'is smart' and, i have exercised my power to 'ignore threads' of several of the more toxic and mundane posters who have decided this is fertile ground for their juvenile and boring pranks.

whatever is going on behind the scenes is between them and their souls. good luck to them.

While all the time they are scheming and plotting with sharp knives drawn, behind the scenes. But nobody here is like that, are they, WH?

thank you.

What an unbelievably beautiful quote that is!

Thank you for posting it...

I have a dear friend here who I offended last night....this was a private communication, BTW...

I asked him to forgive me......if he could.

And he did.

He was gentle, as only the strong can be...

Next time I talk to him, I'm going to mention this quote...

He will appreciate it, I suspect...

Much the way that I do...

I'm also copying it down in my little blank book, where I keep such sayings.

Blessings on you for this! :loveya: :hug:

offend anyone, CP. You're always so nice to everyone.

Thanks.

I stumbled across the saying. Sometimes it helps in staying focused on the right path.

I did upset him...

It wasn't on purpose...

And he knows that.

Great quote, sweetie!

It has already helped me...:hug: