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Post by mercy on May 9, 2010 20:40:23 GMT -5
Well, i thank you Lee. The only thing i have to offer is if it is (paradevo) just a "dozen likeminded" people who are the dictating factor on the discuss or subjects of the threads, that`s too bad. There is a need for a place like this and i think there are a lot of people who would be here if not for the wall they have to climb, if only in that they may have different ideas from just a dozen or so people. I keep hearing the "in crowd" state things like "people generally just post once or twice and they`re gone" and have read some of the derisive(as in the way to just let you know who has been here longer) posts to newbies. It`s starting to feel like "welcome to the club! What, you don`t agree with me? Leave!" And i mean that with all respect to what your original vision must have been for the site. When i am in PM mode, as i do have a great relationship with several people via that (and all devotees) i have a great time. But on the general pages there is so much ridicule and sarcasm and "in the know" comments, how can one be in anyway expressive when the shadow of ridicule is looming overhead? I thought an escape to the story section would be a reprieve, but that wasn`t effective. Personally, I know i have never posted to a member an opposition of their views or ridicule. I have only responded to criticism. And now i`m thinking all the time all this has been about a dozen or so people? Just a dozen or so people ? hmmmmmmmmmmm
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Post by dolly on May 9, 2010 21:07:50 GMT -5
Am I the only one getting tired of your bitching? SO not the only one. i wouldn't even be looking in this thread at all if it hadn't been brought to my attention. i'm just hearing the charlie brown's teacher voice now when i see the posts....
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Post by annie on May 9, 2010 21:26:59 GMT -5
Mercy, Please get over yourself. There is not a control center of paradevo masterminds plotting ways to get you. I have seen in quite a few posts where you have made comments referring to members as rednecks, ignorant, uneducated, blah, blah, blah. I am not really going to put forth a concentrated effort to sift through and quote your posts verbatim, but you know what you wrote. I think every single member has had a thread hijacked at least once. I know I certainly have. Isn't that the nature of the human mind? We get side tracked, we become a little stream of consciousness and we lose track of the original topic at hand. The thread did not turn into an "I hate Mercy" thread, no one brought up anything negative until you started crying newbie discrimination from your state of paranoia.
I had to insert my two cents here because I think your antics are getting out of hand. You say that only the wheelers have voiced any problems they may have with you. Well, I certainly don't fall under that category. I have no problem with someone new coming in and posting worthwhile opinions, but to come in and needlessly stir the pot for the sake of it doesn't make sense. I don't really consider myself one of the senior members up in the control room. I post when I have something to say, and I read more often than I post. I think if you stuck around and really tried to get it everyone would have a different experience. Good Day.
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Post by Ouch on May 9, 2010 22:25:47 GMT -5
Am I the only one getting tired of your bitching? I've been beyond this point for awhile - narcoleptic, even.
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Post by Triassic on May 9, 2010 23:10:54 GMT -5
and yet...and yet...
see, mercy is now one of that 'dozen or so' frequent posters-Insiders, if you will , who comprise the day to day form of paradevo.com.
kinda strange, huh? so what if he pisses some of us off sometimes, right? he's here. he posts. so HE IS PARADEVO too...as are we All.
its like...Cosmic, man.
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Post by Ray T on May 10, 2010 0:39:11 GMT -5
Hey Lee long time no see good to have you posting... you should come out more i miss the days when you were posting reg.
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Post by mercy on May 10, 2010 5:18:32 GMT -5
and yet...and yet... see, mercy is now one of that 'dozen or so' frequent posters-Insiders, if you will , who comprise the day to day form of paradevo.com. kinda strange, huh? so what if he pisses some of us off sometimes, right? he's here. he posts. so HE IS PARADEVO too...as are we All. its like...Cosmic, man. Thanks, Mr. Triassic, for sticking your neck out when you didn`t have to. His point is something to think about. Funny thing is all i do is express a point of view that seems to not be of general consensus and it seems to get opposed or misconstrued. And then i get a tirade of admonishment and how much everyone is sick of it/me. But ya all still have to reply, still take time to post. When things get heated at me, the views on the thread go way up. I`ve watched em. You think the way to discourage me away would be not to post,read or even visit the thread. But you do. Another funny thing is not once has anyone asked me about myself. I read all these replies that i`m a bored, lonely,selfish attention grabber IRL, but haven`t been asked how i keep my days. I`m actually quite active in the rights of the disabled. I do volunteer advocacy work helping people with disabilities navigate through our somewhat daunting gov`t forms to access their funds and/or medical equipment. I just got a guy awarded a free scooter($5,000 new) that they said he wasn`t covered for..... he was. Mostly i just assist people filling out the forms that get them disability status in my country. I don`t have anything to prove to any of you,, IRL i am a recording(if somewhat semi-retire, i can`t tour by my illness) musician, community activist and have Big Brothered several youths over the years. And that`s not to boast, that`s to show you don`t judge a book by it`s cover. I deal with a certain group of people dictating and imposing their way of what they think is how i should live/be all the time. It`s called the gov`t. But you can elect a gov`t. I don`t see no polling booths here............... this is an open forum (although i thought this was my story thread) so may we try(not Tri) a bit of the open part? And i will never stop speaking up for my voice when i am put in situations that i am told i should`nt have one. Tri, you are right....I AM PARADEVO! hear me roar (or at least throw in a wispy cackle).
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Post by mercy on May 10, 2010 5:29:50 GMT -5
Mercy, Please get over yourself. There is not a control center of paradevo masterminds plotting ways to get you. I have seen in quite a few posts where you have made comments referring to members as rednecks, ignorant, uneducated, blah, blah, blah. I am not really going to put forth a concentrated effort to sift through and quote your posts verbatim, but you know what you wrote. I think every single member has had a thread hijacked at least once. I know I certainly have. Isn't that the nature of the human mind? We get side tracked, we become a little stream of consciousness and we lose track of the original topic at hand. The thread did not turn into an "I hate Mercy" thread, no one brought up anything negative until you started crying newbie discrimination from your state of paranoia. I had to insert my two cents here because I think your antics are getting out of hand. You say that only the wheelers have voiced any problems they may have with you. Well, I certainly don't fall under that category. I have no problem with someone new coming in and posting worthwhile opinions, but to come in and needlessly stir the pot for the sake of it doesn't make sense. I don't really consider myself one of the senior members up in the control room. I post when I have something to say, and I read more often than I post. I think if you stuck around and really tried to get it everyone would have a different experience. Good Day. Yes , and everyone of those posts were in defense of myself and only reactionary. I dare you to find one post i have ever made at any member unprovoked. And i said it was" mainly guys", so that also took out of context. But again, why take the time to respond if it irritates you so much.? Plenty of room elsewhere. And buddy... If you`re narcoleptic it didn`t impede your typing skills (to the other post)
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Post by Ouch on May 10, 2010 10:14:11 GMT -5
And buddy... If you`re narcoleptic it didn`t impede your typing skills (to the other post) I'm just that talented.
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Post by mercy on May 10, 2010 11:59:26 GMT -5
And buddy... If you`re narcoleptic it didn`t impede your typing skills (to the other post) I'm just that talented. Yeah, that`s what your boyfriend told me this morning as he was cooking me breakfast........ n
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Post by ρɦoeɳix on May 10, 2010 12:42:18 GMT -5
Yeah, that`s what your boyfriend told me this morning as he was cooking me breakfast........ n Why do you feel such a need to give the fire more fuel? Why say something like that?
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2010 13:08:05 GMT -5
I had a post written out but I'll take your sage advice, 'nix. Deprive a fire of fuel and the flame will burn out on it's own.
It's time to be the bigger man and just leave things alone.
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Post by mercy on May 10, 2010 13:23:37 GMT -5
I had a post written out but I'll take your sage advice, 'nix. Deprive a fire of fuel and the flame will burn out on it's own. It's time to be the bigger man and just leave things alone. It was at that point Jill realised she would always love the smell of cake..............
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Post by mercy on May 10, 2010 15:14:13 GMT -5
Yeah, that`s what your boyfriend told me this morning as he was cooking me breakfast........ n Why do feel such a need to give the fire more fuel? Why say something like that? I don`t know, i could pose the same question to you, why do YOU feel the need to fuel the fire? I was just responding to your attempt at ridicule/sarcasm. Besides, Antonio finally figured out that his penchant for Scrabble and buggery were the deciding factors in the demise of his marriage.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2010 15:51:02 GMT -5
Really? I must have missed the part where she ridiculed you. From what I've seen, 'nix is a sweet girl that hasn't spoken ill of anyone. This is exactly what I meant in my earlier post about lashing out unnecessarily. She posed a simple question and you somehow construed it as an insult.
Please note, I've said nothing in this post to attack you or your feelings. I'm just hoping I can illuminate the folly in taking offense at something as innocent as a question.
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