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Originally posted by Rath/Brendan You've been riding me pretty hard the past couple of days. I wonder how much of that is harmless razzing. |
Rath, I've been around here long enough to know that me asking what the point of your "smack talking in chat" thread is, or joking about you overusing internet in-jokes, is about a million miles away from "riding you pretty hard".
And, by the by, that's an image that's going to haunt me. Thanks.
My post above was what I believe is called a "zinger". I believe the correct response to it would be "Ooh, snap!". Or "You're not funny".
Posting "I kill language" on this message board, a message board I love for its fast wit and intelligent posters, is an open goal. I responded, not out of malice for you, but in the spirit of the thread. Had Slater posted it, I would've responded with something along the lines of "I know, I've read your novel". Had this Wiskerando character posted it, I would've responded with "Who are you, and what have you done with the dessicated corpse of Dan Laugharn?".
See?
What I find especially depressing is that in this thread alone I could point out dozens of examples of you doing the same, or much much worse. I could refer back to your using things people have posted about their private lives to denounce them as drunkard, sexist or - still can't believe you did this one -
rapist.
To then turn around and ask for exemption from the same thing, to act wounded when trash talked, mere hours after trash talking someone else...
Fuck it.
You're high maintenance. You have this bizarre passive/aggressive thing going on, and it's just too much hassle to try and engage with you these days.
I like you. I've said as much plenty of times. But, by the beard of Tom Skerrit, you're a pain in the ass these days.
Sorry to derail the Draft thread, but I figured I'd end this where it started.
Happy trails.