With all the backlash at HHBH, I agree. Just ignore him and it won't bother you.

I find HHBH interesting sometimes though negative mostly and whacky. I don't get worked up by his posts, nor do I care much. Whatever.

Rjinn: Rad queen of the "meh" generation.

Just fer the reckerd, i don't know exactly what caused HHBH to say all that nasty stuff, but i'm not about to take it personally. Do i deserve it? To be honest, i probably do in some way. I don't think his descriptions are totally accurate, but i see where they are coming from.

My issue stems more from the fact that this thread is a breeding ground for this type of stuff. As a working adult, i've never seen a bulletin board anywhere i've been employed which exists to facilitate the calling of people out. Anytime i've ever had a problem with someone (in real life) it's been dealt with in private. There's nothing constructive about this thread. It's just waiting for people to come in an trip the f*ck out and then be either ridiculed for it or agreed with.

If he had taken issue with my MO and addressed me in private i might have actually grown a bit. But i guess it's okay in that perhaps someone will just put this toxic dumping ground of a thread to rest. Besides, trollheart's thread about saying nice stuff is much better for everyone. I doubt it'll happen, but if i was a mod, i'd be trying to shine that kinda light instead.

Peace.

GuitarBizarre: Testament to the public school system and reading comprehension.

It's a breeding ground for this kind of stuff because members can't seem to take things negatively even though it's an honesty thread.

It's nice that certain people can be so cool calm and collective that they shit ice cubes when someone says something negative about them but it's a natural reaction to feel like you have to defend yourself against a negative claim whether it be jokingly in stride or in a serious manner. Not for the fact that it's necessarily untrue but it's usually taking a small characteristic and wildly stretching it.

This thread used to be used for people saying nice stuff about each other also but since Trollheart made that other thread the majority of the negative stuff stays in here and reactions to it.

Also here comes cranky Big3 again to shake his cane at the youngins telling us that we should be using our energy to further music discussion while he sits up on his porch not doing the same thing that he's preaching about.

No it wasn't.
In fact if you look at a lot of the earlier posts some of them are the most brutally honest posts in this thread.

True as that may be, it wasn't limited to only negative viewpoints. There were some positive things mentioned as well.

Trollheart's thread is pretty much the same as this one but only reserved for the positive side of things when those opinions could be shared in this thread also like others have before.

**** that. Trolls are an integral part of the forum experience and can be more fun than shooting fish in a barrel. Without them we'd have to actually have music discussions. Where's the fun in that?

:laughing:

As a "working adult" maybe you should get a "working knowledge" of this thing your using called the Internet.

Basically, it's a thread where you tell the forum how you feel about other members. Hip Hop Bunny Hop does not like you for the reasons he mentioned. I'm not going to call him into my office for a disciplinary meeting. You're a 'working adult' - get over it.

I don't think I agree with this, i've seen a lot of positivity in this thread, granted it's of course more negative brought into this thread, but a lot of the time, it's either constructive criticism, or as Urban stated, brutal honesty.

Obviously i get it man. It's just my opinion.

A good troll has merit. Fine. But that post (or at least what you quoted) wasn't attacking trolls.

I take offense to P A N s'posts.

I take offence (not offense, as I'm Irish!) to you taking offence at everything! :laughing:

I agree people should not be restricted or censored in what they say here; it is after all the "spill your guts" thread, not the "pretend you like everyone" thread. The only time I should imagine people could take offence legitimately would be if something were said that was not true. Like if someone called me a big, fat, arrogant, sanctimonious, naive, do-gooder.

Whadday mean, fat? ;)

The "Say something nice" thread was certainly started as an alternative to a lot of the negativity I see here, and elsewhere, but in typical MB fashion it currently seems to have descended into something of a slagging match between some members. While this is of course not the purpose it was created for, I nevertheless find this hilarious...

People have said unkind things about me here, but that's their prerogative. You have to work within the strictures of the thread itself. Who was it said "I disagree with your opinion, but I will defend to the death your right to have it"?

AGH! You're from the Pale, you're not really Irish.

If you get easily offended then the answer is simple.
Don't come in this thread and you won't see anything written about you.

There's something rather hypocritical about people who like to come in this thread and read all the juicy gossip and read what people are saying about others. Yet as soon as that gossip turns out to be about them all of a sudden they show offence, and suddenly this is the big bad evil thread that's full of negativity & hatred.

Utter Bollocks

The fact is if you weren't in this thread in the first place satisfying your craving for your voyeuristic needs you wouldn't get offended in the first place.

qft.

All these new members are pretty great.

Thought it would be appropriate to post, I wasn't really sure what to think of Hermione when I first joined, I think the first thing she said to me was "fuck off" :), anyway, I have enjoyed reading your posts recently and you seem to be making an effort to be nice to people since you came back to the forum, which I have noticed and think is nice. Maybe you haven't been making a conscious effort and you were always like that anyway and I just didn't notice. Either way, cheers.

Lol yeah I'm actually just like that. I just like to **** with people and don't like anyone as a rule until I get to know them better. I think it's dishonest to be a suck ass and be nice to everyone for no reason. And there's nothing I hate more than dishonesty.

Wow, all of that sounds familiar ;)

Althought I admit I'm not above lying, and even lying by omission, my general view is to tell someone what I think when I think it.

Speaking your mind has a weird affect of making you popular and unpopular all at the same time.

But I agree, don't let things fester, don't put on masks, don't bullsh!t people. Don't lie. Just say things how they are so everyone knows where they stand.

Thanks for your advice <3

I'll have you know, my ancestors were Kings of Wicklow! We're as Irish as losing a three-nil lead in a must-win fixture!

Sigging the **** out of this.

Also, I too have noticed Hermione's reticence to start fights since returning. This is a positive sign.

Honesty is fine, but generally speaking, I think speaking (or writing) your mind about everything and everyone all the time with little regard to anyone or anything often demonstrates egotism.

Oh yeah??? Well my ancestors were warriors of the Celtic Scotti clan and Dal Riada of the North, who colonised Scotland in the 800's! Givin Scotland its' contemporary name, pretty Irish huh?!?!

I totally agree with this.

I must say, this "my-ancestor-was-more-important-than-yours" reminds me of a conversation I had with a girl in the office, when I smugly told her that my ancestors were kings of Wicklow, to which she sweetly replied "Yeah? Well, mine were High Kings of Ireland!" Um, take that, me! :shycouch:

2 troo. I had a friend who was like that. He just used it as an excuse to be rude and then claim superiority by implying that he was just more honest than the person he'd just been a dick to.

Ladies don't start fights. But we can often finish them.

Reminds me of this quote
I'd like to stress patience as being a virtue :)

I understand what you mean, but I feel dancing a jig and saying things you don't mean makes you a liar. And doesn't let the other person really know where you stand. And that's fine in everday life. But when someone needs to count on you, and you're nothing but a liar, and you run for the hills then they are going to be hurt to find out who their real friends are.

It's better to be honest. Has nothing to do with an ego.


And Hermione I don't care what anyone says about you. You're an angel to me. Now that might be a spawn infested angel from the pits of hell with black wings and rotted out eyes and torn flesh....but that's still an angel right? ;)

Finally some ppl using their heads on this thhread, phew! Human beings are much. Too complex to eithr demonize or angelize.

I consider myself pretty honest but if I know something will purposefully hurt someone's feelings then I keep it to myself... I thought that's what everyone done.



Treat people the way you would like to be treated as ma maw says.

That was really well played. I feel like you're Professor McGonagall and you just opened the door to the Ravenclaw common room

:thumb:

I love Batlords posts so much, I learn so much from them. He's a real fountain of knowledge.
In fact just the other day I told some encyclopaedia salesmen to fuck off because I knew I couldn't learn anything from reading them that I didn't already know reading his posts.
In fact I find his posts so informative that I masturbate to them regularly. Hell I bet that mans posts have caused more mass genocides to be flushed down toilets in a papery grave than anywhere else in the world at any time in history.
In fact from now on I want to be known as Susan Batlord and i'm going to throw out all my books, CDs & DVDs and build a shrine to him as I cover my walls in black paint from the poetry that sprews forth from every pore of his body onto this site.

Oh I know this one,
Helga Patacki????

I tried to one-up the metaphor by deleting my post, but you're too quick for me.

I had to google that
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