Posted by Valeri on April 29, 2000 at 02:03:07:
In Reply to: Talking about pattern detection, 3 syllables and ends with an "i"? posted by Mikko on April 29, 2000 at 00:59:40:
: Valeri,
: I don't think you are a new poster at all. Ok, let's play a game of "I do believe you are a new poster" for a while.
Okay.
: You start posting here, and in your first message you call the posters here "tough guys", misguided Ones, blame them for picking on sensitive minds, call them pathetic and would feel sorry but they are in your opinion insensitive dolts so you can't, accuse them for hurting other people long enough to make them leave, say that this is a bad forum where you can't find people to talk with without feeling threatened and what else.
Yup.
: Is that the way how you go around looking for new friends? You haven't even had a conversation with anyone, and you're already telling all the ways in which this is a bad place to be and why everyone else should be avoided. And you are someone who posted her first message the day before yesterday. You do a damn good job making the board worse than it was, being a new poster who should provide new, fresh ideas.
I'm not really looking for new "friends," and from what I read of the above parties (the "tough guys"), I didn't really want to be friends with them. But I do enjoy reading the posts of some of the other members.
And as you've probably guessed (pattern recognizer that you are), I tend to get upset about things. I've worked long and hard to strip myself of the "facts first" mentality.. I've learned that life, for me, is much more fulfilling when I'm able to relate to other people...
But part of the "old me" comes through when I feel that I, my friends, or even people like Tehuti and others on this board, are being threatened. And I just get dragged back down to where I used to be. Unfortunately, that's the side of me that you've seen right away, and I'm sorry for that.
: If you don't have nothing else to say than what you have said already and you don't change your tone, I will drive you out. We fight enough already, we don't need you adding fuel to the fire.
You will drive me out? What is the deal here? I just came in and had one disagreeing opinion, and you're going to "drive me out"? I don't even know what that could possibly entail. As far as I've seen it, I've done nothing but air opinions about one subject. (And made a derisive comment to Damien, but that was kind of warranted, I thought. I was sorry I did it though...again) But one question I had, but haven't gotten around to asking, is WHY is there so much fighting? I don't really understand it, and the only reason I've thought of is simply that the contingent of non-fours on the board doesn't quite get on with the 4 mentality that seems to be evident in most of the people posting here. Is that the cause of all of this, do you suppose? Or is it more complicated than that? Or is it simpler?
You can think what you want about me, but threatening to "drive me out" is a bit ridiculous.
By the way, I was suprised when I read your pattern recogntion of the names of Valeri and Tehuti... Not suprised that you made it of course, but suprised that the pattern is there. I bet you do really well on those IQ tests..
Love,
Valeri
(P.S. Sorry for making such an ugly impression... I want to say I'll try to be nicer, but, well.. I guess Cory's doing what he does best, and that's pushing peoples buttons (in this case, mine).