George Guerrette wrote:
> I agree with Shawn. .... I worry over friends and family members who have
> come to depend on the internet as a source of social interaction, or worse
> yet, as some sort of Lonely Hearts Club. Very dangerous practices!
George, No one's gonna stand in line to date us.
> We are not friends; we commune and help each other out on the sole basis of
> our enthusiasm for the Mac. I'm sure that if we all met each other and yet
> we didn't know we all used Macs, we'd probably go "YUK!" seven out of ten
> times.
You can't make anything YUKproof because there's an endless supply of YUKies.
> Sometimes, list members can push the bounds of the patience of others, and
> over time, wear that patience down. ... I try to be nice, but
> sometimes I can lose it if sufficiently provoked. That's life in the world
> of forums.
Yup, we all got different rubber bands.
> As for Will, I don't know if he's consciously aware of what he does. Having
> read his posts since he joined, something tells me that he isn't playing
> with a full deck. If so, this illustrates yet another hazard of trying to
> put emotional stock in the impersonal void of the internet:
He can't help it, we can, maybe.
> If you're not a person with a disability, Will, then you have to be the
> biggest idiot I've ever seen on a list.
In another time, Will would have a pocket protector and a slide rule
thumpin' against his hip.
>If you are a person with a
> disability, then more power to you, but may I suggest you discuss your posts
> with your caregiver prior to sending them to us (or anywhere else).
Fairly said--in the spirit of funny give and take. The only problem is
Will is off somewhere, taking every thing seriously, and can't hear
you--maybe ever..
> (If you're not disabled, do you feel comfortable with yourself in light of
> the impression your actions have left us with?)
It don't matter. We ain't spit to Will. See his latest post. We simply
have to watch his soliloquies wander by. "That's life in the world
>of forums.", someone once said
.Bob Wulkowicz
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