Cliques and the spirit of Intensity

[Lucifer]

I'm a bridge builder by nature.

might help if you adopt a less confrontational style to do that, if you don't mind the advice.

Hey, some appreciate it, and it's something I'm good at.

Still can't read you well enough to figure out whether you do or not. I'd probably lay off you if you didn't play guru so much though, and if others didn't buy it. Some of the easiest targets are those who pretend to be more than they are.

that's very interesting.  i get this "guru" thing a lot, and it's not something i've ever put myself forward as, more a role which has been assigned to me, although the title is usually more along the lines of "wise woman" (with all its connotations, undoubtedly).  have been since i was a kid.

[Pyraxis]

How do you define interesting, anyway?

I don't know about putting it forth intentionally, but you do seem to take pride in it - the whole Granny Weatherwax conversation comes to mind.

[Lucifer]

How do you define interesting, anyway?

I don't know about putting it forth intentionally, but you do seem to take pride in it - the whole Granny Weatherwax conversation comes to mind.

"interesting" as in it excites my curiosity or, er, interest.

yep, i do rather enjoy the whole granny weatherwax thing, but probably more so as i don't actively seek it out.  i find it amusing.

[odeon]

I'm a bridge builder by nature.

might help if you adopt a less confrontational style to do that, if you don't mind the advice.

Hey, some appreciate it, and it's something I'm good at.

Still can't read you well enough to figure out whether you do or not. I'd probably lay off you if you didn't play guru so much though, and if others didn't buy it. Some of the easiest targets are those who pretend to be more than they are.

This site is supposed to be intense.   Confrontation should be a part of that intensity.

 

[DirtDawg]

I'm a bridge builder by nature.

might help if you adopt a less confrontational style to do that, if you don't mind the advice.

Hey, some appreciate it, and it's something I'm good at.

Still can't read you well enough to figure out whether you do or not. I'd probably lay off you if you didn't play guru so much though, and if others didn't buy it. Some of the easiest targets are those who pretend to be more than they are.

This site is supposed to be intense.   Confrontation should be a part of that intensity.

 

It's on the introductory page, IF I recall correctly. It doesn't actually happen much, because those who seem to want this type of confrontation almost invariably underestimate the resources of their potential opponents.

Those, like us who have already enjoyed our fair share (and that of a few others who needed help) of this type of confrontation, are mostly bored with it.

[odeon]

I was thinking of confrontations with a tad more substance than our usual drama.

[Lucifer]

i s'pose we could try and find somewhere the US hasn't invaded, and invade them. 

[odeon]

That's the spirit (of Intensity)!

[Alex179]

I was thinking of confrontations with a tad more substance than our usual drama.

Hey, I argued in favor of torture and even in favor of not taking prisoners at all in war (butchery, for the most part) lol.   I just might have been acting as a troll purposefully and choosing an extreme opinion just to make a thread do something other than say "Oh my, that is so wrong" in horrific response with every post esentially.  Have someone that wants more horrible things to happen to humanity, instead of the carebear shit. That kind of stuff is fun for me, especially on NFL boards concerning injuries.

Site politics are interesting to some as well.  I would rather argue about art, music, war, death, sex, etc; than the inner workings and politics of an internet site I don't pay for, run or contribute to (just post, like I do on plenty of other sites).

[Alex179]

i s'pose we could try and find somewhere the US hasn't invaded, and invade them. 

Still a  pretty good selection of candidates to choose from.

[odeon]

i s'pose we could try and find somewhere the US hasn't invaded, and invade them. 

Still a  pretty good selection of candidates to choose from.

So let's do it while we still have a selection.

[ozymandias]

i s'pose we could try and find somewhere the US hasn't invaded, and invade them. 

Still a  pretty good selection of candidates to choose from.

So let's do it while we still have a selection.

Oh, baby, Lucifer could invade me anytime!      (just kidding, I know your O-man's Witch/goddess!)   

[Pyraxis]

I would rather argue about art, music, war, death, sex, etc; than the inner workings and politics of an internet site I don't pay for, run or contribute to (just post, like I do on plenty of other sites).

  Can you do it with as much fervor as the drama queens around here do when an admin looks at them the wrong way?

[Pyraxis]

... is it that or is it an understood circumnavigation of that globe she is asking for in an effort to increase conversational efficiency?

Something like that.

It just seems like something that's come up a lot here. Maybe we should have a smiley for it. "Yes, I hear you, but I still think you're full of shit. Got any more to share with us?"

I shouldn't be calling the place a haven anyway. It's too easy to misconstrue that.

Can you generate one?

It would be like a smash hit around here.

Not quite what I meant to make, but here's a different one, in honor of Cal, Odeon, the ignore function, and far, far too many callouts.

[Callaway]

... is it that or is it an understood circumnavigation of that globe she is asking for in an effort to increase conversational efficiency?

Something like that.

It just seems like something that's come up a lot here. Maybe we should have a smiley for it. "Yes, I hear you, but I still think you're full of shit. Got any more to share with us?"

I shouldn't be calling the place a haven anyway. It's too easy to misconstrue that.

Can you generate one?

It would be like a smash hit around here.

Not quite what I meant to make, but here's a different one, in honor of Cal, Odeon, the ignore function, and far, far too many callouts.

OK, try : calodeon : without the spaces.