How do you feel about other AO-ites in general?
Tempers flare here quite often, but everyone(for the most part) always seems to come back for more. Not unlike Inspector Zenigata's pursuit of Lupin the 3rd*, the two, while natural adversaries, can't live without each other, and were zenigata to ever capture the thief, he would feel empty and bored.
Do happenings on this board really get to you at all? do you feel like you are friends with a fair number of people here, and/or that even your 'enemies' would be more or less friends, say, in person over a beer.
Or, at log-off, do you put everything said here behind you, not to care about it one bit in the *gasp*'real world'
I guess I'm only posting this because I spend a lot of time lurking on various forums and actively participating in a couple too, and it's always fascinated me how friendships and rivalries seem to form. I posted that 'flame warriors' link earlier today, outlining various forumoid stereotypes, and, while the site is all in good fun, it's interesting how many of these people do exist and fit the mold fairly perfectly.
I dunno, anthropology and human nature have always piqued my interest, and if anyone has any input on this, that'd be cool, if not, then it can derail into whatever it can I guess.
*For those who are unfamiliar with this series, Lupin III is a japanese cartoon centered around the exploits of a 'gentleman thief' named lupin, his cronies, and their mortal adversary, inspector Zenigata, who chases them around the world trying to thwart their heists. It was one of the most popular japanese cartoons of all time, several hundred episodes, a handful of movies, dozens of video games, countless merchandising..etc. If I remember correctly, Pokemon was the only thing to ever surpass Lupin's popularity.
Do happenings on this board really get to you at all? do you feel like you are friends with a fair number of people here, and/or that even your 'enemies' would be more or less friends, say, in person over a beer.
Or, at log-off, do you put everything said here behind you, not to care about it one bit in the *gasp*'real world'
I guess I'm only posting this because I spend a lot of time lurking on various forums and actively participating in a couple too, and it's always fascinated me how friendships and rivalries seem to form. I posted that 'flame warriors' link earlier today, outlining various forumoid stereotypes, and, while the site is all in good fun, it's interesting how many of these people do exist and fit the mold fairly perfectly.
I dunno, anthropology and human nature have always piqued my interest, and if anyone has any input on this, that'd be cool, if not, then it can derail into whatever it can I guess.
*For those who are unfamiliar with this series, Lupin III is a japanese cartoon centered around the exploits of a 'gentleman thief' named lupin, his cronies, and their mortal adversary, inspector Zenigata, who chases them around the world trying to thwart their heists. It was one of the most popular japanese cartoons of all time, several hundred episodes, a handful of movies, dozens of video games, countless merchandising..etc. If I remember correctly, Pokemon was the only thing to ever surpass Lupin's popularity.
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Name calling gets you nowhere. This is by no means a guarantee that I won't be overcome by the desire to pin somebody to the wall and type angrily, but I sincerely doubt that I will do that again.
How do I feel about everyone here in general? I feel like we're a dysfunctional family arguing over the Thanksgiving table. We have our own inside jokes, we know the characteristics of each other and we know when we're wasting our time trying to convince others of our opinions. It's a nice place to come vent, so I think I'd say you guys are one of my favorite therapy outlets. It's like our own little clubhouse...but we allow girls.
As for friends, I consider all of you my friends, unless someone here wants to tell me that they hate me, if that's the case, out with it!!! But I consider \\/\\/ickes a good friend of mine, I don't know him personally, but I know we rule at ruining threads, although we don't limit that to just AO.
wait that should read:
I HATE YOU ALL.
oh wait. i don't.
y'all are all cool, even though most are crackpots in one way or another. and there is at least one evil genius...
I thought it was just my computer interacting with me....
Originally posted by jwri004
You people are real??
I thought it was just my computer interacting with me....
This is your computer interacting with you... you see we all live inside your computer... they call us programs. Life here is neat, but you need more RAM and please quit that Master Control Program, he is starting to make life inside your computer difficult. Now pardon me while I talk to my other user.
Originally posted by jwri004
You people are real??
I thought it was just my computer interacting with me....
did you repair disk permissions?
Seriously. This place is just a small microcosm of how broken this country is right now. It's sad really. And no. I don't take stuff that goes on here personally. What happens here, stays here. It's just the bloody web.
Originally posted by Kickaha
I'm just here for the beer.
So you're not really here at all then
Originally posted by Kickaha
I'm just here for the beer.
Wrong forum. Chips and dip anyone?
He means that this is the right forum... nothing wrong about it... *cough*
But, I have no clue what that chip and dip talk is about... *cough* I mean that's just silly talk.
That said,I'm always looking for the threads that are likely to have the funniest posts. Hassan and I have never (not that I can recall) been on the same side of an argument, but I still think he can have some pretty darn humorous posts.
Or posts about the Lord of the Rings. It's a sickness.
Originally posted by Giaguara
i tend to feel pretty hot about an AO in particular.
The one who will give you a green card ?
I luff yoush guysh...