Sansa Stark

Cutting someone else down doesn't exactly ingratiate you to the "in crowd" either.

Paedantic Basterd

I admired it before I realized I may have interpreted it wrong.

SATCHMO

You seemed to also have a sidekick, as I remember. Can't remember his name for the life of me.

ThePhanastasio

Pedestrian: You are legitimately the shiz. I've seen you go above and beyond so many times, and respect the hell out of that. Your threads are always thought-provoking or interesting in some way, and your commitment is wholly admirable.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra: (I think that's your name? Sorry if I messed it up...) I seriously think you have excellent taste in music, although your posts can read a little elitist or close-minded upon occasion. This isn't an insult at all, however: You remind me of one of my really good friends in that respect. You're certainly a very valuable member of this community.

s_k: You are a legitimately nice fellow. My only criticism is this: Don't worry about the people who don't seem to agree with you / hate on you. It's much better to pick your battles. If someone doesn't like you, and you can't understand why, that's not at all a battle worth fighting. Just don't acknowledge it, and you'll be all good. Also, you have awesome musical tastes. I have seriously downloaded albums because you've mentioned them and not been disappointed.

Stu: I'm 95% sure we've never spoken, but I've seriously used you as one of my main sources of music recommendations over the past little while. Fantastic stuff.

James: I've missed seeing you, you little bastard. Where have you been?! I have been wondering that for a while.

Vanilla: You're a very interesting person, to be honest. Our musical tastes don't frequently align perfectly, but when I see you've posted, I regard it (in music discussions - not in general discussion) with high levels of respect.

Paloma: Many have called you a drama whore. I don't know, but I really disagree with this. You seem to be more of a real person than a lot of posters, and your posts seem very conversational.

That's all for now. I'm ****ty drunk. But I seriously think you all are fantastic, even the ones I didn't mention.

Oh yeah, and Mighty Salami - you seem like a good kid. You may need to slow your roll a bit, but you do seem like a good kid.

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Scarlett O'Hara

Aww, this really touched me. I feel like if people actually see where I do contribute I can actually bring out some cool suggestions, just like most people on here.

Much love back to you my sweet.

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So to the previous conversation, what gets you into the in-crowd and who is actually in it?

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Salami

Haha, I told him I'll do it this weekend! I've only seen the first three pages so far! I always like reading the journals, and since he asked nicely, I'll read his next.

Above, I'm sorry if you don't like me. It seems to me that you dislike people for being nice, but I'm not going to try and force anything here.

s_k

I'm glad to hear that, Sara. We haven't talked much on the forum lately and I've always thought that was a pity .
And you're right in what you say. But I'm afraid it's actually a disability of me to ignore things. Not just what people say, but also sounds and text. I cannot see text without reading it. It's a big problem as there will always be people disliking me, even though I try to be nice to everyone.
Also, I just cannot, really can not stand injustice. Not towards me, and not towards others.
Believe me, compared to earlier times I've become so much better in ignoring stuff, to just shrug and move on. But when I see people attacking me for no obvious reason over and over gain, it starts to well... sort of come through the shield I have. And, believe it or not, this happens even faster when I see someone attack other people. I know I'm a strange guy, I undertand not everyone will understand me. But when I get attacked I keep an eye on my attacker and I often notice it's not just me they're attacking.
And that makes the ever friendly guy quite vicious .

Nevertheless, I'll try to do as you say as much as I possibly can. I already did, really. But it does help me to get along when people tell me they like me. Makes me feel a bit more useful .

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James

Oh thankyou! Yeah, I have kind of neglected this place recently. I think I needed a break cause I was getting rather grumpy towards the end. Paloma contacted me and told me to pop in and I think my love for MB has been reborn!

The Fascinating Turnip

My thoughts exactly. It's not as if he's been here long enough to pass judgement like that. Absolutely ridiculous, if you ask me.

On the other hand, I do think Mighty Salami is making a bit too much of an effort, but it's perfectly understandable. One is easily impressed by the musical knowledge of some of the established members. Perhaps he should take it easy a bit, but it's hardly a reason to destroy the man.

James

To be fear. When you first join Music Banter you do kind of try a little too hard. When I came here, I lurked for about three months because I didn't want anyone to hate me then when I did post I was extremely cautious for the first month or so. He'll get over it eventually. (May be speaking for myself here)
Personally he seems like a top notch guy.