Why the FUCK do I EVER try to explain ANYTHING in GD

[bertha katzenengel]

about why I have written what I have written?!

Jesus H. Fucking Christ!

[BlueIris]

1. I feel your pain.

This is week is the first time I have dared stick my head in that place in WEEKS. It can be DAMN frightening there. LBN isn't doing my blood pressure any favors, either.

[bertha katzenengel]

3. A fit of pique has peaked because of my word choice --

it's absolutely unbelievable!

I'm about to try to ignore my own thread!

[LeftCoast]

2. Some folks there have skulls made of titanium

Cheer up! Have some fun in the lounge for a while, you'll feel better! :pals:

[bertha katzenengel]

4. that's just the thing -- I'm a lounge lizard

and want to participate more in the other fora. I guess not GD. :eyes:

[LeftCoast]

10. Unfortunately, many people simply cannot concede that they might be wrong

Or that others have a right to another take on an issue.

Personally, I like reading your GD posts - so take a break and then go crack some skulls in GD again. :D

[ret5hd]

13. are you sure you don't mean 'fauna'?

:hide:

[tavalon]

16. They're kinda wound

tight. I mean real tight.

[DS1]

5. I rarely explain anything to anyone these days

I've learned that I'm wasting my breath/fingertips whatever. They get it or they don't :shrug:

[Zuni]

6. Bertha, just stay out of there

here...lets get you a cup of tea and a nice cat thread...:P

[LynzM]

7. I am continually amazed...

By what seems to be deliberate misinterpretation, misconstruing of things, impatience and inability to 'listen' to what another is saying, and lashing out over there. That's why I mostly just play in the Lounge, unless I see something interesting on the Latest page... here, have a :hug:

[Terran]

8. Please explain

Unless what you are referring to was part of some spectacular shit-hitting-fan thread, I probably didn't see it and, as I'm unable to read your mind, have no idea what you're talking about.

[bertha katzenengel]

9. There's really no need to explain, Terran.

It concerned nitpicking over my choice of a word. A single word. In what WAS a thoroughly positive thread.

[Terran]

23. Sorry

Perhaps it was rude of me to ask you to explain further about a thread that was about having to explain things, in a bad way. Mea culpa. But still, how do you expect people to lend a sympathetic shoulder if they don't know what you're talkin' about? :*

Anyway, I do sympathize...we've all been there, I think. Some people are just here to argue, I think.

Dirk

[bertha katzenengel]

29. no apology necessary, and

I wasn't really looking for a shoulder. This must be the tenth time I've come screaming back into the lounge after an ill-advised foray into GD. I think everyone's done it a time or two.

:hi:

[Demit]

17. It seams that people pointed out sum mistakes in the post.

There buy missing the hole point the OP was trying to make.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

11. I read your thread, and appreciate it bertha! I can't understand

why people would rather dissect the wording of the message, than actually discuss the message. :shrug:

Oh and btw... thanks for sharing on journalism, that's the field I'm headed into. :hi:

[Qanisqineq]

12. that place makes my head throb

yet I am oddly drawn to it. I never start threads there anymore because it will be wildly misinterpreted. If I respond to a thread and someone starts flaming me, I just don't go to that thread anymore. I am too tired to fight back anymore! :P

[jackelope72]

14. On a lighter note...

Has anybody ever been to Pike's Pique in Colorado?

*sorry, just had to do it*

We still love you, Bertha!

[bertha katzenengel]

18. LOL

You ain't right, jackelope.

PS I think I saw you when I drove through New Mexico about 5 years ago... you made it across safely. :hi:

[jackelope72]

20. That was you?

You owe me a new cottontail, woman! LOL

Crazy out-of-state drivers...

[KitchenWitch]

35. I saw that thread

I had a thread in there awhile back that made me want to...well, use your imagination....

We love you here bertha, always remember that, and I promise not to overly nitpick anything you say! :loveya:

[swag]

15. Fight back.

Brass Knuckles.

Let 'em have it.

In the kisser.

[madinmaryland]

19. I know what you mean,

I read the "credit check" threads and that left my head spinning. No one gives an inch and is willing to listen to what anyone else is saying.

[kedrys]

21. That's why I only lurk there

If I want more stress in my life, I post there. Eek.

:hug:

[lady lib]

22. Here goes nothing...(cue the groans)

A quick peek at your provocative thread finds the pique of the petty nitpickers has probably peaked. I would caution against posting any additional inadvertently piquing prose as it will likely incite additional pesky petulance.


(Pain...pain...groan...:))

[JVS]

24. As a dog returns to its vomit, so returns a fool to his folly.

[progmom]

25. because you care

and because you are wonderful.

[redqueen]

34. This is the correct answer. n/t

[CatWoman]

26. I don't know what has happened to GD

it has become rather "confrontational".

And 99 percent of the time, it isn't called for.

I call and asshole and asshole, and keep on going.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

27. I tried to start a ham sandwich thread or something, they were

so angry.

But anyways I do find that GD gets overly sensitive about a word or two rather than seeing the whole story.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Why Not?

That's what GD is for, right? Express opinions. Clarify if someone is confused. Debate if someone disagrees.

That's why i go there!
The Professor

[ronnykmarshall]

30. Cuz it's fun!

[KitchenWitch]

31. I am so sorry bertha

You are among friends here :hug:

[Baclava]

32. Maybe a 'Disclaimer' sig?

"Views expressed are the property of the owner...if you don't like them, fuck off..."

[DaBigBadJoiseyWolf]

33. I'm Back! Anyone miss me?

[tjwash]

36. Oh come on Bertha, you know you like to rile them up in there.

They ARE very cute when they are mad, aren't they?

[bertha katzenengel]

37. It could be fun, TJ, if I didn't have such thin skin.

:shrug:

[Telly Savalas]

38. The more common usage is "!?" not "?!"

Just kidding. Don't let the pedants get you down.