Playing games

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 12:03:52 GMT, "Blah" announced
in front of God and everybody:


"Logorrhea" wrote :

Not exactly. My 'spade' was merrily interpreted as a saucepan. What
happened was more along the lines of:
Logorrhea: Does anyone here walk along the street alone?
Jarkat2002: Jeez, you really are some kind of weirdo. You need to see a
shrink if you spend your life crouching in the gutter, drinking
Thunderbird
and shouting at the traffic.

Exactly.

I have had to remind myself that these attacks have more to say about
the person who instigates them than they do about the victim.


What does it say about a person when they have to keep changing
addresses to stay out of killfiles?

Dawn

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 04:41:46 GMT, "Blah" announced
in front of God and everybody:


"Dawn Taylor" wrote:

Ah, yes. I recognize the bile, the slander, and the whiny, petulant
tone.

See? No recognition of her impoliteness, just an attack on my
personality. Habitual. She can't help it.

.... sez the morphing troll who showed up in this conversation solely
to nag at me, not to discuss the topic at hand.

Tsk.

Dawn

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:50:51 -0600, Pat wrote:


Compare that with folks who see you once per year. You could change
*a lot* in a year. Since they're most recent memory of you is a
year old the difference will stand out. I only see my sister every
year or two. One year she started low carbing and lost 100+ pounds.
When I saw her at a family function, I literally didn't recognize my
own sister. I was speechless.

If my Dad was still here he'd notice he always did.

Then he was more observant than average. Good for him.

That's why you need to look up old friends!

--
Bob M in CT


Went to have my teeth cleaned yesterday. Haven't seen the dentist in 6
months but she didn't notice I'd lost 36 pounds. Can't win 'em all!

Pat in TX



Any ex-girlfriends, parents, etc.? My X and my parents have both
complemented me on my weight loss.

--
Bob M in CT
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On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 18:36:38 GMT, "Blah" announced
in front of God and everybody:


"Doug Freyburger" wrote :

You posted in a public newsgroup.

One person posting in a public newsgroup is not an excuse for another's
rude behavior. Sure it's common on usenet, sure many people accept and even
condone it, but it's still rude.

On the other, I suppose you think that continually picking fights and
insulting people, then morphing your address to stay out of killfiles,
is good behavior.

Get help, James. Seriously.

Dawn

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:39:16 -0800, Dawn Taylor
wrote:

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 21:54:41 GMT, (The Queen of
Cans and Jars) announced in front of God and everybody:

Blah wrote:

"Logorrhea" wrote :

Isn't it simple courtesy to hold off from offering an opinion -
particularly to a total stranger - until you're actually asked for one?

That is simple courtesy. It's not what one gets from people like Dawn,
but it would be polite behavior. Dawn has a habit of making personal attacks
then getting hostile when anyone dares to mention that her actions are out
of line. Again, not what you would expect in a support group or in adult
conversation, but the most you can expect from her.

Just watch what she does to me for daring to critisize her.

*there's* James Williams, Dawn.

hee!

Ah, yes. I recognize the bile, the slander, and the whiny, petulant
tone.

I just didn't recognize the new name he'd come up with yet again to
escape people's killfiles.

Dawn

Maybe he just needs to get laid?

Cheers,
Nina
delicious! evil! calorie free!
http://www.theslack.com

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 12:47:16 -0800, Nina
announced in front of
God and everybody:

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:39:16 -0800, Dawn Taylor
wrote:

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 21:54:41 GMT, (The Queen of
Cans and Jars) announced in front of God and everybody:

Blah wrote:

"Logorrhea" wrote :

Isn't it simple courtesy to hold off from offering an opinion -
particularly to a total stranger - until you're actually asked for one?

That is simple courtesy. It's not what one gets from people like Dawn,
but it would be polite behavior. Dawn has a habit of making personal attacks
then getting hostile when anyone dares to mention that her actions are out
of line. Again, not what you would expect in a support group or in adult
conversation, but the most you can expect from her.

Just watch what she does to me for daring to critisize her.

*there's* James Williams, Dawn.

hee!

Ah, yes. I recognize the bile, the slander, and the whiny, petulant
tone.

I just didn't recognize the new name he'd come up with yet again to
escape people's killfiles.

Dawn

Maybe he just needs to get laid?

Ouch.

Way to draw fire. :-)

Dawn

Dawn Taylor wrote:

I'm not saying that rudeness is a good thing. I'm saying that it's the
norm on Usenet.

I offer another perspective: Rudeness by writers is quite rare
on-line. The perseption of rudeness by readers is quite common
on-line. This disconnect is the norm on Usenet.

But that's beside the point, because the responses he received weren't
rude.

Exactly. He opened a topic and folks responded predictably.

You seem to be confusing genuine rudeness and what actually happened
here.

Right. That's the norm on Usenet. Readers find rudeness whereever
they can no matter that rudeness wasn't actually put there by writers.

"Dawn Taylor" wrote :

What does it say about a person when they have to keep changing
addresses to stay out of killfiles?

It says that you *imagine* you know my motives for changing names. I am
not responsible for *your* imagination. Since you have not asked me why I
changed my nym, you are just playing armchair psychologist again, and again
you are wrong.

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 13:07:51 -0800, Dawn Taylor
wrote:

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 12:47:16 -0800, Nina
announced in front of
God and everybody:

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:39:16 -0800, Dawn Taylor
wrote:

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 21:54:41 GMT, (The Queen of
Cans and Jars) announced in front of God and everybody:

Blah wrote:

"Logorrhea" wrote :

Isn't it simple courtesy to hold off from offering an opinion -
particularly to a total stranger - until you're actually asked for one?

That is simple courtesy. It's not what one gets from people like Dawn,
but it would be polite behavior. Dawn has a habit of making personal attacks
then getting hostile when anyone dares to mention that her actions are out
of line. Again, not what you would expect in a support group or in adult
conversation, but the most you can expect from her.

Just watch what she does to me for daring to critisize her.

*there's* James Williams, Dawn.

hee!

Ah, yes. I recognize the bile, the slander, and the whiny, petulant
tone.

I just didn't recognize the new name he'd come up with yet again to
escape people's killfiles.

Dawn

Maybe he just needs to get laid?

Ouch.

Way to draw fire. :-)

That was just for those playing along at home. I shan't stick around
and play.

Cheers,
Nina
delicious! evil! calorie free!
http://www.theslack.com

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:02:16 GMT, "Blah" announced
in front of God and everybody:


"Dawn Taylor" wrote :

What does it say about a person when they have to keep changing
addresses to stay out of killfiles?

It says that you *imagine* you know my motives for changing names. I am
not responsible for *your* imagination. Since you have not asked me why I
changed my nym, you are just playing armchair psychologist again, and again
you are wrong.

James, James, James.

Your motives for chnaging your "nym" are patently obvious. The people
you want to needle -- like me -- keep filtering you. So you keep
switching addresses to fly under the radar. You think that what you
have to say is so darn clever that you just *have* to make sure people
read it.

You can claim it's for whatever reason that you like. Truth is, you're
one of those bitter, nutball, morphing nuisances that infect
newsgroups all over Usenet.

But tell yourself whatever you like, if it helps you sleep better at
night. You've already proven that you're an expert at self-delusion
and denial.

Thanks for playing,
Dawn