Repaying My Debt To CHUDciety  

I'm sure a lot of you know me as that tempermental, occasionally hysteric and shrill poster who usually haunted the comic forum and got into petty scraps with Devin elsewhere. Well, I've been pondering my actions in light of my ongoing interest in this site and would like to offer my apologies and attempt to atone for it all in an effort to reintegrate with the population of these boards.

I've never stopped coming here since I've stopped posting. On even a practical level there's so much information to glean, but on top of that I have a passion for discussion of most things found in these forums whether I'm involved or not. I'd like to get into actual participating in these discussions and I'd like to do it free of any baggage of any previous incidents. Obviously that sounds like a selfish intention, but it's not quite like that. I recognize I was overly reactionary and would tend to hurt my argument (or others') more than help it, and wanted to aknowledge the great discourse that is frequently found on this site by apologizing and attempting to rejoin the fold. I want to contribute, not take away.

I think this is a great site filled with all kinds of informed discussion of various topics that pretty much anybody should take a shot at reading. Even though I've had plenty of scraps with people here, I'd never deign to say most weren't intelligent or free of any quality. I'm actually a fan of Devin, for example, and still read his articles frequently. No matter how much I can disagree with him, his points are at least well articulated in his articles on the site and he definitely is vastly knowledgable.

Anyway, it's obviously up to you guys how you react (I fully expect a fuckload of "Piss off!" replies), but I thought I'd put this out there before I attempted to enter any discussions. I'll at least gauge reaction here before I do.

Appreciate it.

Also, I wanted to point out that I've been described as a pedant in the past here on these boards. I can't argue with that, but I can explain why a bit. I find in discussions on this site I don't want to colour my dialogue with cheap attempts to be funny as that's not what I'm here for, and I'm sure a lot of people would find such a thing annoying. I really want to come here and advance my opinions and knowledge on film and comics and the like and hear from others regarding the same.

Obviously I don't want to be completely robotic about it, but at the same time I don't want to interfere with attention-grabbing quips and obvious jokes.

I sure as hell am not a Martin Lawrence fan. That's it! You've waylaid this whole attempt! I'm going back to my old ways because of this!

In all seriousness, I didn't even think of the irony there. I think that there's a difference in that I'm trying to make up for past mistakes, not get lulz.

Big surprise there.

I didn't do that because I wanted to aknowledge that I know I could be a jackass at times, and I was sorry for it. Not only that, but in my experience you get a stigma on this site, it follows you no matter what you do. I've seen it happen with people other than me.

Thanks.

Appreciate it, gang.

Did you think I wasn't including you when I said "Appreciate it, gang."? I definitely appreciate the fact that you're so juvenile you can't get over yourself and need to remind me whenever possible.

It's painful how Slater and Fett post with the exact kind of lame, attention-grabbing jokes that help bring the site down without the slightest sense of irony or self-awareness.

It wasn't intended to be an attack so much as a comment on the fact that I didn't want to get into discussions and then bog them down by subjecting my fellow chewers with any cheap attempts at comedy. If anything, I was intending to be self-deprecating, it just came out wrong. Sorry.

When calling Slater and Fett's remarks out, they are pretty lame and attention-grabbing. They're not here out of anything but self-interest and they're certainly not funny. Devin was at least frequently funny when attacking me. I still chuckle about "greatlakesadventuredisaster.gif".

That's what I intend to do. It is difficult at times even for the best of posters to do that, so I expect some stumbling on my part and will do my best to recognize and account for it when it occurs.

I totally did expect it, and referred to that in the first post.

There is plenty of irony in the fact that you and Slater clearly fancy yourselves far more valuable contributors to the discourse on this site than I, but fail to actually contribute much outside of hyperbole and ad hominem attacks. A cursory glance at your recent posts yields as much. Slater more than you, however.

Anyway, I'm done with you two. I said my piece, do what you will.