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Threats - The Currency of the Incompetent
I have a poor opinion of threats or the extended and dramatic "look what I have been forced to do" antics that are always so, so prevalent no matter where you go or with whom you deal.
Threats are made by people without power hoping you will cede power to them. Passive-Aggressive bullshit "forced" actions are made by people so insecure they've traded their spine for a second sphincter so as to spew more shit in the world.
Of the many personality flaws I have, one is to meet every threat with:
"OK, go ahead, let's see how this works out."
And another is to meet any passive-aggressive "forced" bullshit with:
"Fine, it's all my fault, are you done yet?"
I'm 48 years old. I've got a childhood I took the best I could out of because the worst would have me cowering in a corner, two grown children, two failed marriages, chronic arthritis pain every place I have cartilage left, a father in ill health, and a job that takes too much time and that leaves me none to pander to the weak willed idiots who want us all to enter into a mutual masturbation society to protect whining adults who believe only they have had a hard life.
If anyone really wants to match stories with me, let me know. If by some stretch of the imagination you "win" my response will be:
"Fine, get the fuck over it. Life sucks, either wallow in it alone or get moving bitch."
You got hard times and are looking for a path forward? I'm there.
You want to whine about how tough things are? Bite me.
Do you get PMs you don't like? Fucking block the sender, stop whining about it. You get critiques you don't like? Ignore them, stop whining about it.
And dear God, when people have a difference of opinion, let it run its course. If it devolves into personal insults, tell them to take it to PM and DELETE the posts if they don't.
I'm missing the part where this has to be complicated.
The reason we have had a spate of "YOU FOCED ME TO LEAVE" 12 week dramatic exits is not because we have people of strong, biting, mean, nasty, or inappropriate opinion, it's because an expectation of protection for those who are too weak willed or incompetent to deal with the consequences of their own actions has been established.
Luckily, for me, there are still some people here more interested in becoming better writers than whining and even luckier for me they continue to offer me critique and advice on my writing. I return the favour and together we do a decent job of making our writing more worth reading.
So if you are going to leave, leave because I could not care less about who was mean to you. I was not fond of High School 30 years ago and age and distance has not improved my opinion of the behaviour.
If anyone wants to construe this as an official statement from the leadership of Neopoet.com, then you are a fucking moron.
Oh, and have a nice day.
Threats are made by people without power hoping you will cede power to them. Passive-Aggressive bullshit "forced" actions are made by people so insecure they've traded their spine for a second sphincter so as to spew more shit in the world.
Of the many personality flaws I have, one is to meet every threat with:
"OK, go ahead, let's see how this works out."
And another is to meet any passive-aggressive "forced" bullshit with:
"Fine, it's all my fault, are you done yet?"
I'm 48 years old. I've got a childhood I took the best I could out of because the worst would have me cowering in a corner, two grown children, two failed marriages, chronic arthritis pain every place I have cartilage left, a father in ill health, and a job that takes too much time and that leaves me none to pander to the weak willed idiots who want us all to enter into a mutual masturbation society to protect whining adults who believe only they have had a hard life.
If anyone really wants to match stories with me, let me know. If by some stretch of the imagination you "win" my response will be:
"Fine, get the fuck over it. Life sucks, either wallow in it alone or get moving bitch."
You got hard times and are looking for a path forward? I'm there.
You want to whine about how tough things are? Bite me.
Do you get PMs you don't like? Fucking block the sender, stop whining about it. You get critiques you don't like? Ignore them, stop whining about it.
And dear God, when people have a difference of opinion, let it run its course. If it devolves into personal insults, tell them to take it to PM and DELETE the posts if they don't.
I'm missing the part where this has to be complicated.
The reason we have had a spate of "YOU FOCED ME TO LEAVE" 12 week dramatic exits is not because we have people of strong, biting, mean, nasty, or inappropriate opinion, it's because an expectation of protection for those who are too weak willed or incompetent to deal with the consequences of their own actions has been established.
Luckily, for me, there are still some people here more interested in becoming better writers than whining and even luckier for me they continue to offer me critique and advice on my writing. I return the favour and together we do a decent job of making our writing more worth reading.
So if you are going to leave, leave because I could not care less about who was mean to you. I was not fond of High School 30 years ago and age and distance has not improved my opinion of the behaviour.
If anyone wants to construe this as an official statement from the leadership of Neopoet.com, then you are a fucking moron.
Oh, and have a nice day.