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Kurben

The Fool on the Hill
Apr 12, 2014
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I am getting the distinct impression that nobody here is as interested in having polite discussions as they are in maintaining their silly little pecking order and demanding nothing less than obsequiousness. I am getting the distinct impression that a few of you are quite crazy and immature. Not a "flame" or "trolling"; merely making an (admittedly unflattering) observation, I could be wrong after all*.

*lol not bloody likely
The one not interested in having a polite discussion seems to be you. Not a very scholarly way to behave i must say.
 

Pucker

We all have it coming, kid
May 9, 2010
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I am getting the distinct impression that nobody here is as interested in having polite discussions as they are in maintaining their silly little pecking order and demanding nothing less than obsequiousness.

I don't know that "pecking order" is accurate, but the reality is that a lot of these folks know each other and they're friends. Little has changed in that regard in the almost four years I was away from the board, and is not likely to change for me . . . or you . . . or anyone. This would be true anywhere you went on the internet, and you're not likely to make much headway throwing around terms like "silly" and "obsequious," no matter how many A's you did or didn't get.

Here's a tip an old writer taught me: Don't tell me how smart you are. Show me.

I'll tell you a quick story if you've got the time:

Once, in the before time, in the long long ago, when the forum was different but many of the people were the same, there was this kid who had a lot to say (no . . . not me).

I don't remember the kid's screen name or what he was so upset about, but I do know that he prefaced a lengthy screed that I'm going to guess was all about how he could do things so much better, by saying the following:

"I am a tenured don at Oxford."

That was the first thing he said. First post. First sentence. Maybe someone else besides me remembers that.

He went on to very quickly dispel any notion that he could ever hope to do anything at Oxford beyond sweeping the floors (if even that). Perhaps his name was Don. I don't know, but what I do know was that he was hooted unmercifully. Not because his opinions differed from the "mainstream." It's King's website. If you're surprised that people here like most everything he does, then you must spend a lot of time with your mouth open.

No. He was hooted off -- I don't remember ever seeing a second post -- because people couldn't take him seriously because he led with braggadocio and followed with fluff. There are people who will at least entertain -- if not necessarily respect -- alternate points of view, if they are ordered and coherent (and then again, there are others who won't). But one thing that will never work anywhere you go is name-calling . . . even if you're "smart" enough to call people "obsequious" instead of "toadying."

That's all.

I don't have anything else, but I would like to leave you with the same exit line I left for that other kid all those years ago:

I am nine feet tall and the king of Sweden.

Have a good day.
 

not_nadine

Comfortably Roont
Nov 19, 2011
29,655
139,785
Behind you
I don't know that "pecking order" is accurate, but the reality is that a lot of these folks know each other and they're friends. Little has changed in that regard in the almost four years I was away from the board, and is not likely to change for me . . . or you . . . or anyone. This would be true anywhere you went on the internet, and you're not likely to make much headway throwing around terms like "silly" and "obsequious," no matter how many A's you did or didn't get.

Here's a tip an old writer taught me: Don't tell me how smart you are. Show me.

I'll tell you a quick story if you've got the time:

Once, in the before time, in the long long ago, when the forum was different but many of the people were the same, there was this kid who had a lot to say (no . . . not me).

I don't remember the kid's screen name or what he was so upset about, but I do know that he prefaced a lengthy screed that I'm going to guess was all about how he could do things so much better, by saying the following:

"I am a tenured don at Oxford."

That was the first thing he said. First post. First sentence. Maybe someone else besides me remembers that.

He went on to very quickly dispel any notion that he could ever hope to do anything at Oxford beyond sweeping the floors (if even that). Perhaps his name was Don. I don't know, but what I do know was that he was hooted unmercifully. Not because his opinions differed from the "mainstream." It's King's website. If you're surprised that people here like most everything he does, then you must spend a lot of time with your mouth open.

No. He was hooted off -- I don't remember ever seeing a second post -- because people couldn't take him seriously because he led with braggadocio and followed with fluff. There are people who will at least entertain -- if not necessarily respect -- alternate points of view, if they are ordered and coherent (and then again, there are others who won't). But one thing that will never work anywhere you go is name-calling . . . even if you're "smart" enough to call people "obsequious" instead of "toadying."

That's all.

I don't have anything else, but I would like to leave you with the same exit line I left for that other kid all those years ago:

I am nine feet tall and the king of Sweden.

Have a good day.

I remember the tenured don guy.
 

Walter Oobleck

keeps coming back...or going, and going, and going
Mar 6, 2013
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thought about him at work the other day...that line to remember rocks? sheesh. now I forgot it again. oh! here it is: oh be a fine girl kiss me.

kinda like that king phillip sent out for good spaghetti. remember that one? kingdom...phyla? phylum? sent is...species? o=order genus and spaghetti. i don't remember it exactly. but we had this professor that gave us a line to remember this stuff. i don't remember what the letters stood for, but i kinda remember the line.
oh be a fine girl kiss me. rocks.

oh...can't remember...obadia maybe.
be...basalt? a b-rock anyway, rest assured.
a...don't know.
fine...this one is right on the tip of my tongue...fiscia? fascia?
girl...lost on this one, too

and sheesh...I really screwed up...was thinking "e" for the last word...erudite. a rock. but the word is "me"!

oh well...come back and explain things! :)
 

Moderator

Ms. Mod
Administrator
Jul 10, 2006
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That is so cool...........How do I get one?
Poster being disrespectful to moderators and members, including posts that were edited or deleted as a result, was the biggest reason in this case combined with a lack of willingness to tolerate that type of behavior from moderators. Another of those you have no idea what we have to deal with behind the scenes things.
 

skimom2

Just moseyin' through...
Oct 9, 2013
15,683
92,168
USA
Poster being disrespectful to moderators and members, including posts that were edited or deleted as a result, was the biggest reason in this case combined with a lack of willingness to tolerate that type of behavior from moderators. Another of those you have no idea what we have to deal with behind the scenes things.
Mods deserve these, every day. Thank you, Moderator, Dana Jean, FlakeNoir
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Out of Order

Sign of the Times
Feb 9, 2011
29,007
162,154
New Hampster
Poster being disrespectful to moderators and members, including posts that were edited or deleted as a result, was the biggest reason in this case combined with a lack of willingness to tolerate that type of behavior from moderators. Another of those you have no idea what we have to deal with behind the scenes things.

I'm sorry Ms. Mod, my post was made in jest. Please forgive me.
 
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