Towards A Virtual Williamsburg!

[Not Bob]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

Remember when she became a dandy fop in a crushed velvet Edwardian sack suit and threatened to sue and/or expose us all to our employers?

Ah, memories.

Huh?

Anyhoo, if I may put my Serious Flower hat* on for a moment, Hank's comment about a former poster, and the following posts, triggered my once-every-couple-of-months session of Really Deep Thoughts about that whole FB shonda.

I'm mainly sure that I'm mostly correct when I say that by trying to be "nice" to all involved in the back and forth, I actually ended up making things much worse for those involved. (Yes, worse for her, too.)

I've wrestled with this conclusion a bit.** Looking back, I'm not sure how I should have handled things. Or whether I had any responsibility or right or whatever to try to be the Niceness Police. But I am sure that what I did made things worse.

And I don't like that. I don't like that there are people*** who I truly like and respect who were hurt because of some comments that I enabled.

Alright-y then. Carry on.

*Although I am attempting to make amusing comments, I am very serious in this post.

**True, not as much as I wrestle with, say, the perils of complimenting the hair of a Starbucks Latte Technician -- but more than I wrestle with the issue of Knob Creek versus Makers in a Manhattan. (Lately it's been Makers.)


***And by "people" I mean ... well, never mind who I mean. That person knows what I am talking about.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

I don't know about you, but in my high school, way-back-when, I don't recall any of the gay kids being picked on. That would've been considered the ultimate in "dick moves" that would have branded one a social pariah.

If you're telling me that a majority of kids today think picking on a kid because he's gay is alright, or that they'd turn their head the other way when someone did it, I'm calling bullshit.
.

You're either completely full of shit or from an extraordinary high school.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

We cannot pass laws prohibiting people from saying whatever they like to others on things like Facebook. The only applicable laws are those for defamation. You have offered an incurable situation which proves Atticus's point regarding the futility of many efforts to stem bullying.

Wah? Defamation is one limit on free speech. Harassment is another.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Wait, divorced is bad but fucking random strangers while still married is Aok?

Apparently, when designer handbags are in play, all conventions related to marriage go right out the window.

[ferrets_bueller]

I did not interact with ppnyc because she was simply a sad little twit. But my candidate for Hall of Fame Moron Poster, Crazy Chick Division, goes back a bit further.

Paigow, take a bow.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by ferrets_bueller

I did not interact with ppnyc because she was simply a sad little twit. But my candidate for Hall of Fame Moron Poster, Crazy Chick Division, goes back a bit further.

Paigow, take a bow.

Paigow was (is?) batshit crazy, but she was no moron. She was smart, quick, and funny. Crazy as the day is long, snobby, and kind of evil, but no dummy.

TM

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Paigow was (is?) batshit crazy, but she was no moron. She was smart, quick, and funny. Crazy as the day is long, snobby, and kind of evil, but no dummy.

TM

Agreed. And dismissing ppnyc as merely a "sad little twit" really doesn't acknowledge how bad some of the shit she said and did was.

Ugh. Could we stop talking about her now? I'll go first.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Adder

Wah? Defamation is one limit on free speech. Harassment is another.

Back the fuck up, dude. You're a day late and dollar short. Sebastian owes one person an apology on this board, and it's me. An apology I am still waiting for. HOW LONG MUST I WAIT?

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

Huh?

Anyhoo, if I may put my Serious Flower hat* on for a moment, Hank's comment about a former poster, and the following posts, triggered my once-every-couple-of-months session of Really Deep Thoughts about that whole FB shonda.

I'm mainly sure that I'm mostly correct when I say that by trying to be "nice" to all involved in the back and forth, I actually ended up making things much worse for those involved. (Yes, worse for her, too.)

I've wrestled with this conclusion a bit.** Looking back, I'm not sure how I should have handled things. Or whether I had any responsibility or right or whatever to try to be the Niceness Police. But I am sure that what I did made things worse.

And I don't like that. I don't like that there are people*** who I truly like and respect who were hurt because of some comments that I enabled.

Alright-y then. Carry on.

*Although I am attempting to make amusing comments, I am very serious in this post.

**True, not as much as I wrestle with, say, the perils of complimenting the hair of a Starbucks Latte Technician -- but more than I wrestle with the issue of Knob Creek versus Makers in a Manhattan. (Lately it's been Makers.)


***And by "people" I mean ... well, never mind who I mean. That person knows what I am talking about.

I don't remember anything you did, so it couldn't have been that bad. But go fuck yourself, if that makes you feel better.

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

Agreed. And dismissing ppnyc as merely a "sad little twit" really doesn't acknowledge how bad some of the shit she said and did was.

Ugh. Could we stop talking about her now? I'll go first.

Atticus once called me Patentparacheese. I'm not sure what it meant and I wasn't then, but that hurt. Oh, that hurt.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

Huh?

Anyhoo, if I may put my Serious Flower hat* on for a moment, Hank's comment about a former poster, and the following posts, triggered my once-every-couple-of-months session of Really Deep Thoughts about that whole FB shonda.

I'm mainly sure that I'm mostly correct when I say that by trying to be "nice" to all involved in the back and forth, I actually ended up making things much worse for those involved. (Yes, worse for her, too.)

I've wrestled with this conclusion a bit.** Looking back, I'm not sure how I should have handled things. Or whether I had any responsibility or right or whatever to try to be the Niceness Police. But I am sure that what I did made things worse.

And I don't like that. I don't like that there are people*** who I truly like and respect who were hurt because of some comments that I enabled.

Alright-y then. Carry on.

*Although I am attempting to make amusing comments, I am very serious in this post.

**True, not as much as I wrestle with, say, the perils of complimenting the hair of a Starbucks Latte Technician -- but more than I wrestle with the issue of Knob Creek versus Makers in a Manhattan. (Lately it's been Makers.)


***And by "people" I mean ... well, never mind who I mean. That person knows what I am talking about.

How do you feel about the fact that you were the real enabler but Penske and I get all the blame? How does that make you feel?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen

Ugh. Could we stop talking about her now? I'll go first.

I think we need a little more Richie Incognito around here.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

You're welcome, Coltrane.

(sometimes a typo is just a typo)

Thanks buddy!

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Paigow was (is?) batshit crazy, but she was no moron. She was smart, quick, and funny. Crazy as the day is long, snobby, and kind of evil, but no dummy.

TM

I initially thought she was a brilliant troll.

Maybe she was.

Think. About. It.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Not Bob

Huh?



** but more than I wrestle with the issue of Knob Creek versus Makers in a Manhattan. (Lately it's been Makers.)

Corner creek. That is all.