The way it seems to me, you are taking things way too personally. I told you that you disappear after losses -- right or wrong, that's not the worst thing you can say to someone. When people were chillin' at the Park Ave Country Club, I said the same thing to HARDCORE who was sitting right next to me. And we (including him) all had a hearty laugh over it. But when I say it to you, you respond that I should go look up your history of posting on this board to back it up. It's not that serious.
Evil, you usually seem like an allright guy to me. Like silver said: use a smiley. You may be cracking up at your keyboard typing f!ck you, but that does not come through in the post. However, that was not the only thing you said that night. And then we had the history where you insulted my intelligence on a thread where you just jumped in while I was discussing with Joe.
Turn the situation around. Maybe you would not react like me but would you care for what you posted in any of those situations if it was me doing it to you?
I bring up a point that if you came through to any of the get-togethers that you would see that the "haters" are true fans. You take it to mean that the real test of a true fan is to be at the games. Yeah, I guess maybe, if you really wanted to read into my comment, you might be able to say that I was implying that. But when I clarified what I really meant, you refused to acknowledge it and you basically just harped on my original statement which was misconstrued (and probably poorly communicated on my part). On top of that, you post that you like to sit in floor seats or whatever. Who asked you? That type of response reeks of insecurity. That's why I said you seem like you have low self-esteem. It's the same as when RV said that he had season tickets courtside.
The way I took that, after the first 2 initial insults is that the "real fans" go to the UK get togethers etc. I found that obnoxious. So I responded in kind with the floor seats comment. Would you do the same thing? And after that point you clarified yourself, but you did not stop the back and forth with me.
Anyway, I think that a few posters have posted some very good advice for you. You should take what they say seriously. And remember, if you want to be so ubiquitous you are going to draw a lot of attention. Your style is contributing to people's reactions to you. You sign all your posts. It says your name right next to the post anyway, you really don't need to sign them. It's all part of some caricature you have tried to develop. Which leads me to wonder why you take things so personally when your personality on this board is so obviously over the top. There's no way you can be like this is real life. And if you are, I guess that explains why you couldn't figure out that the lack of posters on a Saturday night has more to do with people having real active social lives than it has to do with any sort of hate that people have for the Knicks winning.
Over the top? Maybe. But doesn't that make me an average joe around here? Half the guys are over the top! But I do not initiate insults. That is different from over the top, and anyone being over the top is a poor excuse to insult them. Furthermore, the same 5-6 guys I am speaking about don't just do it to me. I was never talking about just me. I was talking about the way things have been nasty around here in general, and I am not the only one to point it out, many have before me.
Now I want to tell you why I sign every post:
1) Searching! This board has no search feature. When one shows up, if one shows up, I don't know if it will allow a search by username. I will always be able to find my posts. I might figure out a way to search it first, and I will always be able to find my posts.
2) My father was a newspaper editor and my mother a teacher. I write in a letter form frequently. I was taught to put my name at the bottom of what I write. This is a habit and it serves me well in the real world.
Sop you see, your perception of why I sign my posts are completely different from the real reason. This perception of what it means to others speaks volumes to me, but it has nothing to do with why I do it.
oohah
11/20/2006 5:05 PM
