The Case for Politeness.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Yeah... I forget the details. Something something Israel something and then everyone is shouting and half EB&G is begging for the loud noises to stop or making stupid jokes, half of it is braying for blood. Wolfpoet gets sad and is never seen again.

I haven't seen him IRL in a long while, actually. He's kind of dropped off the radar.

He made the common mistake of saying "Jews" instead of "The Israeli government" on more than one occasion, as I recall.  And then dug his heels in.  So it was viewed as an excuse for racism.  I believe it was, myself, but I don't know the guy, IRL.

This, of course, is a nice demonstration of what happens when you find The Cause, and strap a uniform on.

[Demolition Squid]

Naw, he's not racist. He is goddamn terrible at saying what he means and assuming everyone else will puzzle it out for him, though.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

Is this a safe place to put my flaming red ass?

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Is this a safe place to put my flaming red ass?

Of course.  Just watch out for my flaming red ass.  It's HUGE.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Naw, he's not racist. He is goddamn terrible at saying what he means and assuming everyone else will puzzle it out for him, though.

Everyone's got their thing.

My wife, for example, has accused me of being "the king of the mood swing", if you can believe that.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

It felt like the way shit went down yesterday my reward for playing by the rules of arguing nice was to get drowned out by people screeching and ignored. Which, after spending all week being sick with sick people (some of whom are children), got my panties in a bunch in a real serious way. Don't think it's anyone's fault, but I don't think it's unreasonable on my end, either. Also I'd like to maybe be able to have some of that original conversation but at this point everyone's moved on and that sucks because I'm left with this bag of butthurt and nowhere to sort it out.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It felt like the way shit went down yesterday my reward for playing by the rules of arguing nice was to get drowned out by people screeching and ignored. Which, after spending all week being sick with sick people (some of whom are children), got my panties in a bunch in a real serious way. Don't think it's anyone's fault, but I don't think it's unreasonable on my end, either. Also I'd like to maybe be able to have some of that original conversation but at this point everyone's moved on and that sucks because I'm left with this bag of butthurt and nowhere to sort it out.

Not being facetious here:  If that's the case, you grab the people you wish to speak to by the lapels and bellow into their faces so their skin flaps like people in those old NASA simulators.  But be sure that you have what you want to say nicely sorted out, because when you do something like that, it had better be good.

The alternative, of course, is to just go back to the thread and speak your piece.

[hooplala]

90% of my posts get breezed by without comment. It happens.

[Q. G. Pennyworth]

90% of my posts get breezed by without comment. It happens.

You're right.

About the happening thing, I hope it's not really 90% that gets ignored...

[LMNO]

90% of my posts get breezed by without comment. It happens.

Often, it's because people agree with you. Tacit agreement is a difficult form of praise.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

90% of my posts get breezed by without comment. It happens.

Often, it's because people agree with you. Tacit agreement is a difficult form of praise.

Boy howdy, ain't that so? 

[hooplala]

90% of my posts get breezed by without comment. It happens.

Often, it's because people agree with you. Tacit agreement is a difficult form of praise.

Hm, I hadn't considered that. That's a pleasing thought.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

90% of my posts get breezed by without comment. It happens.

Often, it's because people agree with you. Tacit agreement is a difficult form of praise.

Hm, I hadn't considered that. That's a pleasing thought.

Consider the opposite.

All. Sorts. Of. Responses.

[Eater of Clowns]

You know, I'm well aware that I come across as a non entity in these types of situations because I don't actually post when they go down.

I did some reflecting on that and came to the conclusion that I think so much about the discussion going on that I either get distracted by something else in real life or, more commonly, I cannot keep up with how quickly the conversation is moving. It's why, if I do have some insight I feel like I should post, I tend to do it after things have calmed down. It's easier for the way I communicate.

I've also found, for me, that communication is much less likely to happen when I'm emotionally involved in the conversation at hand. It's much worse in person, but my when I'm agitated my brain gets all addled and I turn into a total fucking moron. And I hate it, so I like to wait until I can think clearly.

This feels like a very self absorbed post, describing what is probably a very self absorbed behavior. Does anyone else feel weird when they write something and then scroll through it and see "I" so many times?

Anyway, I'm guilty of the tacit agreement aspect of some threads, because if I read a post and agree with it, I'll move on until I find something to think about, then get caught in the process I've described.

[LMNO]

I'm finding posting the reason you're not posting is enough.

"I don't know how to think about this" is enough to let people know you're not ignoring it, but you aren't able to express anything yet.