meanwhile another notable leaver who never left is barney boo. let us take a few moments to remind ourselves of what he said about us all
what exactly did barney get from pretending he was leaving? why is he not too embarrassed to return? i am afraid such people are hypocrites. it makes me feel sick to the pit of my stomach.Barney Boo wrote:I've been posting on this forum since April 2003, and I think it sports perhaps the queerest of atmospheres of all the fora I have spent time on in my life. In this address, I intend to raise attention towards several of these issues - potential causes of each scenario and a frank and open discussion regarding possible remedies for these situations. Your comments are appreciated, but they will not be read.
Firstly, this forum is perhaps the most neurotic about correct usage of spelling and grammar I've seen. I'm sure at least one (or more accurately twenty) members will find it incredibly ironic and certainly a victory for whichever of the two cliques they've unofficialy joined to dissect line by line this post, emboldening any incorrect syntax or spelling errors. This brings me to my first problem. Interestingly, the two cliques are actually just relatives of each other - to be in the second, you will invariably be in the first, parent clique. That is for later, however. I personally do not herald the replacement of English by 'txt speak' on any level, however there is a desperate effort to illustrate superiority here by spelling flame:normal posts ratio.
I want this to stop.
Not only does it cause 1 in 2 threads to disintegrate completely into a flame war about typing technique usually before the conclusion of the first page, but it forges unforgettable grudges, with cliques growing in strength but not mass.
I think now this clique situation has received enough subtle attention to warrant it's individial analysis. You know what I'm talking about - reference to names of users will be a futile exercise in discriminating against a small few - but the clique is most definitely in force, attacking outsiders like some medicated toothpaste. It has spawned (on a seperate forum...that's sorta the same, but not really, but kinda has all the same members, except a few, and I've been banned from it for about two years) some ridiculous organisation by which membership is by self-appointment only, and whilst of course I could appreciate the ceaseless hilarity of the organisation in question, it stands only as a marker of 'I am associated with this group. I see myself as being at least ten times better than you. **** off mere mortal.'
I want this to stop. This gang culture has completely put off anyone from joining, right?
No - this forum is filled with dicks. That's not to say everyone is a dick, but a lot of them are. I'm not saying a lot of YOU are, since I doubt any of the dicks managed to read this far. They are the cretinous padding without which this forum could not function. They are firewood for the evil clan - asking to be eaten alive for daring to use poor spelling and punctuation and so on.
Well, I was soo prepared to finish writing this lengthy piece, but I'm just so completely disenfranchised with this forum lately, I feel physically sick merely discussing the topic. I have 'left' six forums 'publically' today, because I'm afraid of what I will say and do, that will endanger myself and offend those around me. I am not what I once was - I'm disturbed, stuck in a loop of helpless help, frustrated frankly with anyone of inferior intelluct (of which I fully acknowledge I am not filled with, but there are so many plebs) and reduced to desperate melodramatic calls. I have bored many of you with this tirade of rants, and so I shall be concluding my responses here for quite some time - months, years, whatever. I recognise such posts are frowned upon - had I the stamina to finish my rant, which had been descending into random babble from the first sentence, I would have had the chance to clearly explain my frustration with the living state - that will not be necessary, as it is of no interest to no-one
here.
This forum is sound, but there is grave discontent brimming within. I do hope it is dealt with before it boils over. It would be terrible for this to fall to the similiar kind of near-deaths as many other popular forums, bowing to the pressure have.
Farewell, enemies and neutral partners in communication. This site has opened me up to no friends - no allies in some desperate revenge clique - it's opened me up to one-sided debates, petty pedants and god awful mocks. Most of you cannot design for shít, and really need to reconsider the path of your lives, as I am being forced to do yet again. I often evaluate myself - where I am, where I want to be - and cannot handle that gap.
Every step away from my current life takes me closer to death, and closer to my goal.
Eventually they converge in a dramatic climax. Or - an embarassing decent into poverty and an early death.
Career is a word, but not an option.
