I've seen some new members post questions that they honestly wanted answers to, and I have read some truly pissy responses. Being a new member myself (since February), I know how it feels to have someone respond negatively to a question that I didn't realize had been posted before. Some of y'all act like kindness kills you. What a way to make newcomers feel welcome. Just answer the damn question, and keep your attitudes to yourselves! Or, if you're feeling a little too full of yourselves, just don't answer at all and let someone else do the honors.

no kleenex?

renapisces3372 said:

AH, SHUT YER PIE HOLE!!!!













....erm, just kidding....

'Cause we can be?? Plus, we learned it from Prince!!

it's not just the Org. There are those in any online community who aren't particularly understanding and helpful. But usually people have their questions answered... eventually.

renapisces3372 said:

Some of us are snotty because we have fully working brains.

Yes, i see ur point, im kinda new, but i just acted like i wasn't and i fit in ok.... i think.

Wot gets on my nerves is wen peeps patronise me, on posts, or woteva...

You gotta learn to be tough around here...and don't take things personally...

Sigh. Prince's music is for wuzzies anyway.

rainbowchild said:

bullshit...you learned it from you parents...

This is my kind of thread.

Anxiety said:

dont EVER!! EVER use twin peaks for personal gain...NOT A FINGER!!!

re your initial statements..


dont worry about it..soldier on, it gets easier after practice....sorta like anal sex..

IAmTheTouch said:

just like anal sex...

sosgemini said:

yeah, JUST like it!

Just don't take things personally.

sosgemini said:

Shapeshifter said:

For you to even go there suggests the opposite about yourself. I was commenting on the hostile attitudes I've experienced myself as well as through other members when asking a simple question. Nobody gets through life not asking questions, not even geniouses. The fully working brains that you allude to are gained through education...nobody learns without asking.

Maybe people are rude here because they can't get away with it in their day to day lives. That's why I do it.

IAmTheTouch said:

Is true, that. Because some "newbies" are actually "oldies" in disguise, so whenever a newbie pops up, you sorta ask yourself: Okay, who is this really?

But that mostly goes for threads where "newbies" introduce themselves. Personally, I had a fairly easy time getting "accepted" on the Org. I didn't do any "self-introduction thread", I just posted all over the dang org. People noticed.

Anyways, I have a theory that if one really wants to be taken seriously on the org, it's a good idea to start out by posting in the General Discussion forum. Certainly, when I go through the Prince forum and such, I really do only take opinions to heart that come from people I know from the GD Forum. Call me biased, if you want.

scififilmnerd said:

Trust? I didn't think I was entering a relationship. I thought I was merely posting messages on a message board with everyone else. Someone posts a topic, and I give my opinion. I wasn't speaking so much for myself in terms of the rude responses - my threads are basically pretty much ignored - I was simply defending some other people who just cowered down instead of sticking up for themselves.

scififilmnerd said:

Indeed.






REPORTED!

renapisces3372 said:

'fraid there are some people like that here. I know when I first started I was treated the same, once people see your personality within the forums or chat rooms (both happened to moi) then you start to get some respect and people listen to you.

I listen to anyone cos I like a good natter personally!

ThreadBare said:

I noticed you too.

renapisces3372 said:

Oh, I've seen that happen too.

Trust me, I've been ganged up on by other orgers too. Apparently there are those out there that for reasons I am unaware of seem to enjoy trying to belittle me. But do I care? No, this really is just a website and I don't know them from Steve. So I don't take it personally. It doesn't get to me. Besides, I can stand up for myself.

The Org is like life. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes its heckuva fun. There's always some asshole idiot trying to ruin your day, but mostly there's the good crowd that makes me come back. Thankfully.

And this thread hasn't been ignored. The Org is a fickle audience. Some threads hit. Some threads miss. We've all had misses, I think.

And what's a hit? My Mel & Prince-thread had lots of asshole idiots posting hostility on it, but over 1000 people read that thread, so I consider it quite the success.
[This message was edited Mon Apr 5 17:31:33 2004 by scififilmnerd]

scififilmnerd said:

have i told you lately that i adore your ass, Scifi?!?!

IAmTheTouch said:

This is the first time this week, Touch. About time, too.

And you are absolutely fabulous, sweetie.