I Am Free

[The Good Reverend Roger]

The semantics of my posts are very deliberate and are key when trying to understand them.

The burden of comprehensibility in any communication is on the sender, not the receiver.

Just saying.

[POFP]

The semantics of my posts are very deliberate and are key when trying to understand them.

The burden of comprehensibility in any communication is on the sender, not the receiver.

Just saying.

Actually, most classes and texts on communication seem to claim that the burden is equally on both parties in every situation.

Regardless, I try to say things blatantly, and outright, so that there's no confusion on underlying meanings, etc. Take everything I say literally - completely for what it is, assuming no underlying message - and you will usually come very close to my intended meaning. I'm not creative, so you'll find no intended/comprehensible messages beyond the words themselves.

[LMNO]

Take everything I say literally - completely for what it is, assuming no underlying message - and you will usually come very close to my intended meaning.

I re-read some of your above posts, and am now concerned about your mental well-being.

[POFP]

I re-read some of your above posts, and am now concerned about your mental well-being.

We all seem to be. Thank you for your concern.

[Pæs]

If it quacks like a sociopath, but also ponders its own sociopathy, it's probably just an asshole.

[hooplala]

If it quacks like a sociopath, but also ponders its own sociopathy, it's probably just an asshole.

Newsfeed.

[P3nT4gR4m]

I get the impression he's genuinely trying. That makes him infinitely cooler in my book than someone who isn't trying, regardless of how far he still has to go.

Go on poo-guy throw my optimism back in my face, I'd much rather hate you right now 

[Pæs]

I get the impression he's genuinely trying. That makes him infinitely cooler in my book than someone who isn't trying, regardless of how far he still has to go.

Go on poo-guy throw my optimism back in my face, I'd much rather hate you right now 

I am desensitised to 'trying to get better' for the moment because Holist.

[hooplala]

I get the impression he's genuinely trying. That makes him infinitely cooler in my book than someone who isn't trying, regardless of how far he still has to go.

Go on poo-guy throw my optimism back in my face, I'd much rather hate you right now 

I agree with this.

[P3nT4gR4m]

I really am on the fence in cases like this. On one hand if I hadn't given myself a chance, way back when, I'd have been forced to suicide. On the other hand - life's too short to surround yourself with assholes. I aint no fucking saint.

I tend to cut the borderlines a lot of slack but then my guess is most people won't remember being as much of a waste of fucking oxygen as I can vividly remember being.

[hooplala]

I really am on the fence in cases like this. On one hand if I hadn't given myself a chance, way back when, I'd have been forced to suicide. On the other hand - life's too short to surround yourself with assholes. I aint no fucking saint.

I tend to cut the borderlines a lot of slack but then my guess is most people won't remember being as much of a waste of fucking oxygen as I can vividly remember being.

Ditto.

Plus, like you said, he genuinely seems to examine his own behavior, which precious few do.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

If it quacks like a sociopath, but also ponders its own sociopathy, it's probably just an asshole.

Newsfeed.

Done.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I really am on the fence in cases like this. On one hand if I hadn't given myself a chance, way back when, I'd have been forced to suicide. On the other hand - life's too short to surround yourself with assholes. I aint no fucking saint.

I tend to cut the borderlines a lot of slack but then my guess is most people won't remember being as much of a waste of fucking oxygen as I can vividly remember being.

Ditto.

Plus, like you said, he genuinely seems to examine his own behavior, which precious few do.

At a certain point, that becomes self-indulgence.

Specifically, when you do it ostentatiously.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Actually, most classes and texts on communication seem to claim that the burden is equally on both parties in every situation.

[hooplala]

I really am on the fence in cases like this. On one hand if I hadn't given myself a chance, way back when, I'd have been forced to suicide. On the other hand - life's too short to surround yourself with assholes. I aint no fucking saint.

I tend to cut the borderlines a lot of slack but then my guess is most people won't remember being as much of a waste of fucking oxygen as I can vividly remember being.

Ditto.

Plus, like you said, he genuinely seems to examine his own behavior, which precious few do.

At a certain point, that becomes self-indulgence.

Specifically, when you do it ostentatiously.

No argument.  I'm just saying I prefer him to a lot of other noobs we've had... like Scilon Agent, for instance.  PlightOfFernandoPoo hasn't melted down once from all the criticism, so far.  That's got to be some sort of achievement.