SureThing said:

well, i....


what would clay aiken say?


I THINK EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL.
[Edited 1/31/07 7:12am]

Anx said:

It could happen

Imago said:

this is the greatest messageboard on the planet.

jerseykrs said:

It is!

You must have missed all my Anx themed "Snakes on a Plane" sequal posters.





Like this one:

Imago said:

hahahahahahah!!!!

my god, I can't wait for May. Like, honestly, I'm so fucking excited, I know it's gonna be laughfest 07.

jerseykrs said:

Seriously, if Anx decides to show up, I'm going to be so shy and awkward and shit, fammin' out over him. It'll be pathetic.

Imago said:

oh lord. i'll just throw lit matches at you so you'll get over it fast.

Anx said:

That happened to me once.

If ya can get it in the back of his head, caught in the underneath part of his hair. It's awful.

Anx said:

We're through!

I have no intentions of catching my hair on fire over a piece of ass!

Anx said:

I can usually manage both at the same time. Maybe I'm special like that.

Imago said:

Imago said:

retina said:

well, i'm not very bright, so there's that.

CarrieMpls said:

I'm not saying you should blurt out just anything without thinking, of course it's good to - as you say - take a second or two to put the thoughts together. That's not always the case in a place like the org though. Here it can more be a matter of taking several minutes to put together a response, or even to think about it off and on for even longer than that before responding. I firmly believe that that can distort a genuine and heartfelt reaction quite a bit, even beyond the limits of simple politeness.

Anx said:

The infamous Anx sarcasm.

You're obviously bright, but being bright has nothing to do with it.

Normally I don't care...unless it involves plans that someone breaks but never calls to tell me about it.

retina said:

I suppose it can, but it doesn't have to. In most instances, I'm not sure why waiting an hour or a day to reflect and respond would be any less honest either though. I guess it's all a matter of intent no matter what. I'm not sure why thinking about it changes the honesty level.
Unless you don't trust the person to begin with.

CarrieMpls said:

Because thinking about it opens up for the possibility of being affected by the social context or cultural patterns, for example: How will I be perceived if I say this? Will it be hurtful or taken the wrong way by the other person? What kinds of conclusions will other people draw from what they hear if I say it this way? etc etc. This is all part of the sunconscious decision-making process that our culture and upbringing have forced upon us, for better and for worse. The spontaneous and instinctive and thereby - in a sense - more purely honest answer we would have given if we'd answered right away, can get twisted a bit through this process, out of consideration for our peers, fear of being perceived in a certain light etc. There's nothing wrong or unnatural about it, but it is, in a very real way, a bit less honest.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

im kinda like that. i really don't have much to say but what i want or whatever that person wants and thats it. there are only a few i talk to for awhile on the phone. if they say they are callin back i really don't expect them to cause i really don't want them to.

retina said:

I don't see it as any less honest if the intentions are still pure.

I agree that spontaneity gives a different feel to a conversation, but I don't agree that it's inherently any more honest.

CarrieMpls said:

Of course you don't. I'm not Anx.

retina said:

brownsugar said:

i know exactly what you mean.

but the thing with not calling me back is this, i feel like i'm either being ignored, or that i'm bothering somebody. i don't like it and i look at it as a lack of respect and a sign of unreliability about that person.

maybe i'm taking it too far, maybe i'm a little too emotional about it, but i just don't like it.
[Edited 1/31/07 14:42pm]

missfee said:

okay but i figure it like this: okay they call back-then what? what the hell else is there to talk about? just leave me alone and let me do whatever unimportant, timewasting stuff i was doing that doesn't involve human communication , you shouldn't let it bother you, i doubt its about you. people just get side tracked

brownsugar said:

thanks for the hug
i mean i'm not talking about the not calling back part after the conversation is obviously over, i'm talking about when you are in the middle of a conversation with someone that isn't finished and they say they will call you back and don't. but i get what you are saying