Yeah, I can't agree more, Weeg, I find myself reaching for that mute button usually about 3 posts into a CF-Comm thread these days. So much bickering and arguing out there in the world, I don't need more of it in my "fun zone". I consider myself educated, I stay up with current events, read multiple news sources, etc, but I don't even bother to try having a sane discussion here on anything serious. It is an exercise in futility. Too many polarizing figures I think.
It's all good though, I look to this list for fun and whimsy. I miss threads like the penis/clown/midgetporn one yesterday. Stupid? Yes. But I got to learn that I *really* want to be a fly on the wall when Judah dresses up as a clown. :) I wonder how many of us are out there, lurking and wishing this list was more like the 2000-era CF-Comm. Holy crap, I'm just realizing I have known a lot of you longer than I have known my wife! 11 years now...and I'm probably a n00b compared to ppl like Pres Todd and Erika with a K.... Ray On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > i dont pay attn to much of that shit, AT ALL. > i filter it no question. > > i see freaks on the left, freaks on the right, and some of us in the > middle. > i find sammy to be cool, and i like larry. me and medic share some > interests > as well as me and the other heads on the list. i look past where we > all disagree > and look at where we agree. we = me and whomever else im reading at the > moment. > > im a utopian and you cant shit on that :) > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Chris Stoner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> You know, coming from a person who reads a lot of this list without > getting > >> involved in the discussion very often, I can say that Sam didn't start > off > >> as abrasive as he is now. His views have always been opposite that of > the > >> majority of the list but when he started posting, I would say he was > more > >> often then not the, the one being greeted by absurd rudeness. Early on, > >> between Dana and Larry (and less so, a few others at the time), anything > Sam > >> said was met with vitriol that is only tolerated by a group of like > minded > >> folks. > > > > Judah and Grant are far worse than Dana and Larry ever were, at least > > they tried to make a point until they realized it was wrong and would > > then slink away. The new lot just insult because they know their > > stance is too shaky to even try. > > > >> That being said, over the years Sam has become a characterture of > exactly > >> what he was accused of being. From my observation it seems that he > simply > >> stopped trying to talk and started trying to win, irritate and I'm not > >> exactly sure what else. Don't take this to mean that I agree with what > he > >> says or how he says it, but just that his current posting style is as > much a > >> result of the list's mob mentality at the time of his joining as it is > to > >> his behavior at that time. > > > > Folks here don't want to talk anymore. They state their mind and if > > you disagree they attack you. > > Judah, Medic, Gel and Eric are much more the characterture you > > attribute to me but since many support their bazaar rants it's > > accepta > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335634 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
