Come on folks, vote for Meow -- look at how she's able to get Turq to present her with his polished apple and beg to be teacher's pet. Why, Turq's her little lapdog already -- snuggles into her to get his ears scratched. My heart swoons at the concept.
Meow, you're melting rocks here! Edg --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "meowthirteen" <meowthirteen@> > wrote: > > > > This is a fun game > > Wanna play > > Bluey? > > Meow, because you're new here and sweet but > a bit of a twif :-), I'll explain something to you. > > My "spiritual background" is a little different > than the TMers you might meet here. I spent 20 > years or so in spiritual environments in which > 1) seeking attention in the form of positive > feedback or "strokes" or "pats on the back" was > considered an incredibly low-rent thing to do, > and 2) anyone doing it was purchasing a one-way > ticket to being ignored -- by the teachers or by his > or her fellow students, or both. > > Thus I don't respond either to Edg's "I'm going > to throw a tantrum and threaten to leave unless > enough of you respond to me" childishness, *or* > to invitations to "play" that are devoid of content. > > If you want to discuss something with me, come > with something in hand to discuss. For example, > when you are able to see "Amelie," if you like > it and want to rap about it (which is not out > of the question, because I think it'll be *just* > your kinda movie), I'd be up for that. > > As for Edg and his latest meltdown, I think I > predicted this turn of events rather presciently > last week, the *first* time he tried to feed off of > your attention. It's worth a replay, because it > obviously worked the second time: > > To put things in the terms of the vampire metaphor > in vogue recently :-), there are fictional vampires > and there are real vampires. The fictional ones suck > blood. You deal with them by waving crosses and > wearing garlic. > > The real vampires suck attention. Truth be known, > they are far hungrier and far more needy than the > fictional vampires. You deal with them by...duh... > withdrawing your attention from them. > > Try it, and watch what happens. > > What happens is what Edg has been doing today, > being so obviously *needy* and hungry for attention > that he's made panicky post after panicky post after > panicky post all day, trolling for attention. *Any* > attention will do. If he can't get someone to praise > him for his flaccid writing, he'll try buttering > up a newb and trying to get them to think he's nice. > When that doesn't work (for obvious reasons), he'll > try to appear intellectual, and as you so rightly > sussed out, *that* is so laughable as to have pred- > ictable results. So then he resorts to trying to > insult or taunt someone into arguing with him about > something so petty that only he would think it worth > arguing about. And when that doesn't work? Well, > insult them again and try to spin the fact that > the intended victim didn't consider him worth pissing > on, much less wasting time on, as something else. > > Sound familiar? It should. You've correctly identified > the same tendencies in another poster here, who runs > *exactly* the same number on FFL on a weekly basis. > You see it in the way she responds to Ruth or Sal > writing her off as not worth their time by asking > the person who just wrote them off a bunch of direct > questions, to try to lure them back in. If that doesn't > work, she goes for insults, again to lure them back in. > So far, Ruth, Sal, and a few others have been the most > successful at treating these nonentities like the > nonentities they are. > > Their success has reinspired me to do the same thing. > My theory is that the best way to deal with the atten- > tion vampires is not to give them any. Let them go > hungry for a while and then just sit back and watch > what they DO. > > They always DO the same things. It's the same thing > that old impotent fictional vampires do when they've > gotten too feeble to catch their prey. They howl. >
