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Post by laughter on Aug 20, 2013 14:02:28 GMT -5
Ironically, I had just been thinking about suggesting a disparagement thread. I was going to title it "The Foodfight Thread," and suggest that anyone who has a beef with someone's understanding, postings, level of attainment, clarity, motivation, etc. could go there and sling food (mud) to their heart's content. If we had such a thread, then some of us could ignore that thread completely, and enjoy following a single line of investigation, commentary, etc. without having to wade through endless personal attacks. One of the reasons I was happy to see an unmoderated thread show up was for the value of winnowing out a lot of posts that I knew wouldn't interest me. A foodfight thread would be fantastic if everyone would agree to it. Of course, I realize that there might have to be a separate "Foodfight with Enigma" thread because he attracts such vitriolic antipathy. Ha ha. If everyone could agree on such a thread, then the moderator, poor guy, would have the task of transferring any personal attacks that showed up in all of the other threads. Seriously, as it is now, I sometimes have to wade through endless pages of boring back-and-forth bickering while searching for a post I saw (but didn't have time to respond to) that deserves a serious response. This is certainly something that I would vote for if enough forum members expressed an interest in it. FWIW I have great respect for everyone who posts on this forum. I am constantly astonished at the brilliant writing that often appears here, and for the range of insights that people have. Some people are so clear or so honest that I always read their posts, but all posts that stay on topic are usually interesting. It's the personal jabs that I find regrettable, and the one or two times that I've done that myself, have left me afterwards thinking, "You blithering idiot; there must have been a more skillful way of making that point without attacking someone's understanding or character." The most recent occasion where I did that was on the Strange Woo thread, and Figless rightfully challenged what I had done. I often do stupid things, but if there had been a foodfight thread available at that time, it would probably have prevented a stupid thought from appearing anywhere except in my head. Well the split is in place now -- moderation of the moderated section is all that's left to implement your vision.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 14:07:19 GMT -5
Go back and reread his posts on this site, starting in January. If that doesn't answer your questions about what in blazes is really going on here, nothing will. So i was right, just the mention of his name in the same sentence with Adya made you go all ego wacky. The one who seems to have the most trouble 'applying quotes' from those teachers is you. So you got all that from an Adya link posted in response to a post mentioning reefs? As I said, why blur the origins with a second hand quote (paraphrasing here), when one go directly to the source of the quote. It's kinda like reading about realizing happiness on your site. You can read about the conditions for happiness, or you can be happy. It's a no-brainer.
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Post by laughter on Aug 20, 2013 14:09:14 GMT -5
It's not like you sent ZD a private message. I've been chatting with zd looooong before you arrived. He's one of the few here I have any respect for. I'm surprised by his response to me. Butt the f*ck out. What response would that be, exactly?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 14:12:56 GMT -5
I've been chatting with zd looooong before you arrived. He's one of the few here I have any respect for. I'm surprised by his response to me. Butt the f*ck out. What response would that be, exactly? See above quoted post
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Post by laughter on Aug 20, 2013 14:17:59 GMT -5
I think this is where Freejoy comes in and talks about baby killers, right? Frickin' E's just dyin' for someone to talk about killin' babies. (** mutley snicker **)
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Post by laughter on Aug 20, 2013 14:18:54 GMT -5
What response would that be, exactly? See above quoted post That post was not a response by ZD to you.
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Post by enigma on Aug 20, 2013 14:20:48 GMT -5
So i was right, just the mention of his name in the same sentence with Adya made you go all ego wacky. The one who seems to have the most trouble 'applying quotes' from those teachers is you. So you got all that from an Adya link posted in response to a post mentioning reefs? I gave you an opportunity to offer a different explanation from the obvious, but you chose to just affirm your dislike for Reefs again. Even "second hand quote" is an odd term. A quote is an original quote, by definition. Besides, that misses the point that she didn't find it on the Adya site, she found it on mine, which seems to irk you too. Do you still believe you can just choose to be happy? Seems like if that were so, everybody would be choosing that all the time, eh?
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Post by serpentqueen on Aug 20, 2013 14:30:53 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 14:31:32 GMT -5
So you got all that from an Adya link posted in response to a post mentioning reefs? I gave you an opportunity to offer a different explanation from the obvious, but you chose to just affirm your dislike for Reefs again. Even "second hand quote" is an odd term. A quote is an original quote, by definition. Besides, that misses the point that she didn't find it on the Adya site, she found it on mine, which seems to irk you too. Do you still believe you can just choose to be happy? Seems like if that were so, everybody would be choosing that all the time, eh? You gave me the opportunity? LoL SQ mentioned she wasn't aware of Adya in a recent post. The link was provided prior to that post. How you arrived at irked likely has something to do with not seeing what in blazes is going on. Your 'seems like' metaphor seems more like your take on it. Which is why I don't read there. I understand where you're coming from as a result of reading you here.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 14:32:23 GMT -5
That post was not a response by ZD to you. Nobody asked you a thing, Bill.
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Post by laughter on Aug 20, 2013 14:35:19 GMT -5
That post was not a response by ZD to you. Nobody asked you a thing, Bill. yes, you are right about that!
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Post by enigma on Aug 20, 2013 14:44:11 GMT -5
I gave you an opportunity to offer a different explanation from the obvious, but you chose to just affirm your dislike for Reefs again. Even "second hand quote" is an odd term. A quote is an original quote, by definition. Besides, that misses the point that she didn't find it on the Adya site, she found it on mine, which seems to irk you too. Do you still believe you can just choose to be happy? Seems like if that were so, everybody would be choosing that all the time, eh? You gave me the opportunity? LoL SQ mentioned she wasn't aware of Adya in a recent post. The link was provided prior to that post. How you arrived at irked likely has something to do with not seeing what in blazes is going on. Your 'seems like' metaphor seems more like your take on it. Which is why I don't read there. I understand where you're coming from as a result of reading you here. That doesn't 'seem like' it's possible, since you have no understanding of yourself. You're running on auto-pilot and you don't know it. That's why things like 'malignant little bastard' fall out of your mouth at inopportune times for no apparent reason.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 14:50:47 GMT -5
You gave me the opportunity? LoL SQ mentioned she wasn't aware of Adya in a recent post. The link was provided prior to that post. How you arrived at irked likely has something to do with not seeing what in blazes is going on. Your 'seems like' metaphor seems more like your take on it. Which is why I don't read there. I understand where you're coming from as a result of reading you here. That doesn't 'seem like' it's possible, since you have no understanding of yourself. You're running on auto-pilot and you don't know it. That's why things like 'malignant little bastard' fall out of your mouth at inopportune times for no apparent reason. You've been on autopilot since Pavlina.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 14:58:39 GMT -5
Even "second hand quote" is an odd term. "second hand quote" LoL Is that anything like second hand smoke?
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Post by enigma on Aug 20, 2013 15:01:45 GMT -5
Even "second hand quote" is an odd term. "second hand quote" LoL Is that anything like second hand smoke? It may be a quote that gets all twisted and shouted from being out in the hot sun, but I'm not sure.
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