Burlington, Vermont for three months, and then back to the frozen wastes of Syracuse, New York.Is that where you're from?
One of my players just moved there and he says it's a pretty hopping place, full of hot, friendly, pot-smokin' hippie chicks.
If this is true, then I must say I feel no sympathy for you, only jealousy.
I'm originally from Syracuse, though before moving back there for university, I'd spent ten years in Ticonderoga, NY, seven years in Erie, PA, and one year in Savannah, GA.
Syracuse is about as far from hopping as you can get, excluding Rochester (which is the very ANTITHESIS of hopping), but I will concede the point about the hippies. I hate pot, I hate hippies, and I've been with the same woman for three years. Which puts me exactly nowhere.
Who's the player that moved there? I'm trying to catalogue all of the D&D players in SYR, and have been coming up with just about nothing (and there's only one gaming store in the entire city). I know a fantasy artist by the name of J. Edwin Stevens that plays in a weekly group, but they're full up on people. A fellow player and friend of mine from grade school also lives in town, and for a while, I had a group consisting of a couple of Syracuse University students and a guy from Colgate.
I meant Burlington.
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I meant Burlington.Burlington, Vermont for three months, and then back to the frozen wastes of Syracuse, New York.Is that where you're from?
One of my players just moved there and he says it's a pretty hopping place, full of hot, friendly, pot-smokin' hippie chicks.
If this is true, then I must say I feel no sympathy for you, only jealousy.
I'm originally from Syracuse, though before moving back there for university, I'd spent ten years in Ticonderoga, NY, seven years in Erie, PA, and one year in Savannah, GA.
Syracuse is about as far from hopping as you can get, excluding Rochester (which is the very ANTITHESIS of hopping), but I will concede the point about the hippies. I hate pot, I hate hippies, and I've been with the same woman for three years. Which puts me exactly nowhere.
Who's the player that moved there? I'm trying to catalogue all of the D&D players in SYR, and have been coming up with just about nothing (and there's only one gaming store in the entire city). I know a fantasy artist by the name of J. Edwin Stevens that plays in a weekly group, but they're full up on people. A fellow player and friend of mine from grade school also lives in town, and for a while, I had a group consisting of a couple of Syracuse University students and a guy from Colgate.
Well, in that case, no, I'm not from there. Still not a fan of hippies, still only one gaming store.
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I'm sure.If anyone here uses the word "creative" as a noun, so help me god I will end your ass faster than the American run of Red Dwarf.I think that this, in its entirety, is one of the best quotes I've heard in a long time...
Hey Shiny -- You sound especially frustrated recently. Hang in there man.
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The naked stupidity of the political posts has made me fail my save, but let me know if anything relevant has happened.
As if your thread wasn't one of the hoppingest of said threads...
When are you going to post more?
(I always fail my save willingly.)
I have an out of state job coming up with huge hours so I'm going to be out of touch for a month or two.
Hopefully when I get back and recover from the job I will be in a better place mentally and emotionally. If I can't post in the political threads then without being an angry asshat I may just need to take a long break from the political threads.
Don't let the Asshats get you down man. None of the stuff they say matters, sorry it has been such a bummer for you. I got sucked in once or twice and you want to be able to have a diplomatic conversation and a healthy one and unfortunately the people who post seem unable to or not wanting to discourse in a civil manner.
Life is too short to let the Trolls get you down my friend. Chin up and all that. Hope the job goes well you will be missed. I have taken a permenent vacation from those political threads I don't like the vitriol found there. Prefer the more civil discourse.
I have an out of state job coming up with huge hours so I'm going to be out of touch for a month or two.Hey BT. Where you off to this time?
Also, you mentioned you went hiking -- where'd you go?
Huntington Utah for the job and, Rio Grande National park for the hiking trip.
They completely screwed up the schedule for the Utah project so I'm scrambling to get a hotel and take care of some issues at home before I have to go. Sometimes this company makes me want to pound my head into something.
Hey Shiny -- You sound especially frustrated recently. Hang in there man.I'm sure.If anyone here uses the word "creative" as a noun, so help me god I will end your ass faster than the American run of Red Dwarf.I think that this, in its entirety, is one of the best quotes I've heard in a long time...
+1
Hopefully when I get back and recover from the job I will be in a better place mentally and emotionally. If I can't post in the political threads then without being an angry asshat I may just need to take a long break from the political threads.
Good luck BT. And for the record, you didn't say anything that hasn't already been lobbed at Libertarians in those very same threads. I don't see any of them trolls apologizing for their hyperbole, so don't beat yourself up brother. And yeah, stay away from those political threads. Nothing but increased Blood Pressure, those things...
The naked stupidity of the political posts has made me fail my save, but let me know if anything relevant has happened.
As if your thread wasn't one of the hoppingest of said threads...
When are you going to post more?
(I always fail my save willingly.)
I have an out of state job coming up with huge hours so I'm going to be out of touch for a month or two.
Hopefully when I get back and recover from the job I will be in a better place mentally and emotionally. If I can't post in the political threads then without being an angry asshat I may just need to take a long break from the political threads.
Don't let the Asshats get you down man. None of the stuff they say matters, sorry it has been such a bummer for you. I got sucked in once or twice and you want to be able to have a diplomatic conversation and a healthy one and unfortunately the people who post seem unable to or not wanting to discourse in a civil manner.
Life is too short to let the Trolls get you down my friend. Chin up and all that. Hope the job goes well you will be missed. I have taken a permenent vacation from those political threads I don't like the vitriol found there. Prefer the more civil discourse.
I appreciate it, but if I can't debate without being part of the problem then I'm just wasting everyone's time particularly my own.
... and, Rio Grande National park for the hiking trip.If I need a hiking partner some weekend, you interested?
Sounds good!
Well, in that case, no, I'm not from there. Still not a fan of hippies, still only one gaming store.
I meant Burlington.
Well, then I'll take off the jealousy hat and offer my condolences.
Hopefully when I get back and recover from the job I will be in a better place mentally and emotionally. If I can't post in the political threads then without being an angry asshat I may just need to take a long break from the political threads.Good luck BT. And for the record, you didn't say anything that hasn't already been lobbed at Libertarians in those very same threads. I don't see any of them trolls apologizing for their hyperbole, so don't beat yourself up brother. And yeah, stay away from those political threads. Nothing but increased Blood Pressure, those things...
Hey, I did too apologize!
Hey, I did too apologize!
I wasn't talking about you, Independent Citizen Anklebiter.
None of the Progressivtrolls who have said many negative untrue things about my particular political philosophy have ever apologized for their s$@@tyness. So they can all go take a long walk off a short pier.
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Hey, I did too apologize!
I wasn't talking about you, Independent Citizen Anklebiter.
None of the Progressivtrolls who have said many negative untrue things about my particular political philosophy have ever apologized for their s%%&tyness. So they can all go take a long walk off a short pier.
Progressivtrolls hehe
Patrick is creating new words. That one is fawtlsome.
Meh. The scab is still tender. I really want either those political threads outta OTD, or a new subforum with the silly threads placed there. It's pissing me off I can't get focus to work anymore.
I'm getting real close to just triangling this place up and following Urizen out into FB. At least there I can talk gaming in relative peace.
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Meh. The scab is still tender. I really want either those political threads outta OTD, or a new subforum with the silly threads placed there. It's pissing me off I can't get focus to work anymore.
I'm getting real close to just triangling this place up and following Urizen out into FB. At least there I can talk gaming in relative peace.
Sad to say monkeyman, but I find the gaming forums on here little better. Nothing but childish opinionated bullcrap just like the political OTD threads. I understand your feeling on this but, lately I've been good enough to mostly just look at FAWTL, the pbp I'm in and a few odd gaming threads. I stay away from most else.
The naked stupidity of the political posts has made me fail my save, but let me know if anything relevant has happened.
As if your thread wasn't one of the hoppingest of said threads...
When are you going to post more?
(I always fail my save willingly.)
I have an out of state job coming up with huge hours so I'm going to be out of touch for a month or two.
Hopefully when I get back and recover from the job I will be in a better place mentally and emotionally. If I can't post in the political threads then without being an angry asshat I may just need to take a long break from the political threads.
AARGH! I always enjoy you in political threads, your posts are one of the few ones I read carefully. Still, I'm glad you're working again man, good luck at the new job. I'll miss you, man, make that money and I'll see you in a few months.
Sad to say monkeyman, but I find the gaming forums on here little better. Nothing but childish opinionated bullcrap just like the political OTD threads. I understand your feeling on this but, lately I've been good enough to mostly just look at FAWTL, the pbp I'm in and a few odd gaming threads. I stay away from most else.Meh. The scab is still tender. I really want either those political threads outta OTD, or a new subforum with the silly threads placed there. It's pissing me off I can't get focus to work anymore.
I'm getting real close to just triangling this place up and following Urizen out into FB. At least there I can talk gaming in relative peace.
I'm very fortunate in that I could really care less about the rules of the game. The things that make the rules mavens seethe roll off my back. Of course, I triangled up those forums long ago. I even triangled up the Superstar ones last time, just couldn't stand the senseless trolling.
Politics I take seriously though. That's rules for reality. And I do like to debate them, but it seems that people are more out to score points against what they believe is the enemy than actually have a discussion. So ... yeah, I might just go to keeping my PbPs open, and fnck the rest. It's sad that it has come to this, but it is what it is.
Also, on FB I can choose who I discuss gaming with. Here it's wide open. I used to think that was a plus. Not so much now..
I think I just committed financial suicide. I just signed up for the battle case subscription. OY VEY!!!!!!
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Sad to say monkeyman, but I find the gaming forums on here little better. Nothing but childish opinionated bullcrap just like the political OTD threads. I understand your feeling on this but, lately I've been good enough to mostly just look at FAWTL, the pbp I'm in and a few odd gaming threads. I stay away from most else.Meh. The scab is still tender. I really want either those political threads outta OTD, or a new subforum with the silly threads placed there. It's pissing me off I can't get focus to work anymore.
I'm getting real close to just triangling this place up and following Urizen out into FB. At least there I can talk gaming in relative peace.
I'm very fortunate in that I could really care less about the rules of the game. The things that make the rules mavens seethe roll off my back. Of course, I triangled up those forums long ago. I even triangled up the Superstar ones last time, just couldn't stand the senseless trolling.
Politics I take seriously though. That's rules for reality. And I do like to debate them, but it seems that people are more out to score points against what they believe is the enemy than actually have a discussion. So ... yeah, I might just go to keeping my PbPs open, and fnck the rest. It's sad that it has come to this, but it is what it is.
That's life, sometimes, unfortunately. Just make sure you are triangling up for the right reasons.
Politics I take seriously though. That's rules for reality. And I do like to debate them, but it seems that people are more out to score points against what they believe is the enemy than actually have a discussion. So ... yeah, I might just go to keeping my PbPs open, and fnck the rest. It's sad that it has come to this, but it is what it is.Also, on FB I can choose who I discuss gaming with. Here it's wide open. I used to think that was a plus. Not so much now..
Just don't vacate the books threads, please.
Just don't vacate the books threads, please.
Politics I take seriously though. That's rules for reality. And I do like to debate them, but it seems that people are more out to score points against what they believe is the enemy than actually have a discussion. So ... yeah, I might just go to keeping my PbPs open, and fnck the rest. It's sad that it has come to this, but it is what it is.Also, on FB I can choose who I discuss gaming with. Here it's wide open. I used to think that was a plus. Not so much now..
Nah. Even people who I usually don't like their posting style I can usually stand in books. (and no, my introspective goblin, I'm not talking about you. You have a good sense of humor and a well-developed silly streak, and that makes up for your misguided politics ;)
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Just don't vacate the books threads, please.
Politics I take seriously though. That's rules for reality. And I do like to debate them, but it seems that people are more out to score points against what they believe is the enemy than actually have a discussion. So ... yeah, I might just go to keeping my PbPs open, and fnck the rest. It's sad that it has come to this, but it is what it is.Also, on FB I can choose who I discuss gaming with. Here it's wide open. I used to think that was a plus. Not so much now..
Dude they are trolling not only the books but the Chuck Norris thread?!?! Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
That's life, sometimes, unfortunately. Just make sure you are triangling up for the right reasons.
I'm doing it for my sanity. I keep failing Will saves and deluding myself that I can have a frank discussion about politics on the Internet. I gotta get some better herbal medications ...
AARGH! I always enjoy you in political threads, your posts are one of the few ones I read carefully. Still, I'm glad you're working again man, good luck at the new job. I'll miss you, man, make that money and I'll see you in a few months.The naked stupidity of the political posts has made me fail my save, but let me know if anything relevant has happened.
As if your thread wasn't one of the hoppingest of said threads...
When are you going to post more?
(I always fail my save willingly.)
I have an out of state job coming up with huge hours so I'm going to be out of touch for a month or two.
Hopefully when I get back and recover from the job I will be in a better place mentally and emotionally. If I can't post in the political threads then without being an angry asshat I may just need to take a long break from the political threads.
Thanks man! I'm just having some trouble dealing with real life stress, and I'm letting it spill over where it shouldn't. This project is going to crush me with hours for the next 2 months, but hopefully I'll get myself together after the job and get my head on straight as I get healed up financially.
That's life, sometimes, unfortunately. Just make sure you are triangling up for the right reasons.I'm doing it for my sanity. I keep failing Will saves and deluding myself that I can have a frank discussion about politics on the Internet. I gotta get some better herbal medications ...
Akk tentacles!
For the most part I don't really post on the political threads thinking that I'm going to change the minds of most of the people I'm arguing with, but I hold out hope that some lurkers or folks on the fence might reconsider some basic assumptions.
Unfortunately I'm a pretty weak writer, and communicating effectively on boards is a challenge for me. Sometimes I wish I could talk to folks for an hour or two over some beers. I'm skilled communicator in person, and I'm fairly easy to talk to so I find it especially frustrating that my written communication skills fall so short.
*shrug*
I'm probably way over thinking this. I just need to focus on the job for a couple of months and put my personal life in better order.
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That's life, sometimes, unfortunately. Just make sure you are triangling up for the right reasons.I'm doing it for my sanity. I keep failing Will saves and deluding myself that I can have a frank discussion about politics on the Internet. I gotta get some better herbal medications ...Akk tentacles!
For the most part I don't really post on the political threads thinking that I'm going to change the minds of most of the people I'm arguing with, but I hold out hope that some lurkers or folks on the fence might reconsider some basic assumptions.
Unfortunately I'm a pretty weak writer, and communicating effectively on boards is a challenge for me. Sometimes I wish I could talk to folks for an hour or two over some beers. I'm skilled communicator in person, and I'm fairly easy to talk to so I find it especially frustrating that my written communication skills fall so short.
*shrug*
I'm probably way over thinking this. I just need to focus on the job for a couple of months and put my personal life in better order.
I well know the feeling. When typing out ones thoughts becomes a jumble, and the language used seems terse and vapid and seems received much the same way. :(
They will get over it. :P
hey Freehold...** spoiler omitted **
A lifetime ago, when I was first getting into D&D seriously after needing a break from WOD and their now overly-angsty messageboards, I was trying desperately to get into my beloved messageboard society. However, there was a lot of fear, madness, and trolling around the subject of 9/11(this was what.. a year and a half later?), and I ended up leaving the community after one truly awful thread that the mods took too long to close. I was leery about messageboards after that, but then I got a subscription to Dragon magazine. What the hell was this "Paizo" thing anyway? Did it mean WOTC was dead? I had to get more information. It lead me to paizo.com and the messageboard community here. I met with some trolling here too(this is the internet after all), but by that time, I had developed a stubbornness to not let trolls get to me. Why play their game? Why even let them affect me? I give my two cents here and there, make the occasional quip, agree and disagree with courtesy, and overall be myself and enjoy myself. This is where I enjoy myself, meet like minded individuals, love cheesecake, and hate on the trifecta of Joss Whedon, Mark Zuckerberg/Facebook, and Alton Brown. No troll can take that away from me.
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aaaaaand after re-reading your post, I see you were asking me about where else I post, not why I don't post elsewhere. LOL!!!
I check out the L5R messageboards on occasion, but I don't really post as I find the community to be too haughty and short-sighted, but that's about it.
That's life, sometimes, unfortunately. Just make sure you are triangling up for the right reasons.I'm doing it for my sanity. I keep failing Will saves and deluding myself that I can have a frank discussion about politics on the Internet. I gotta get some better herbal medications ...Akk tentacles!
For the most part I don't really post on the political threads thinking that I'm going to change the minds of most of the people I'm arguing with, but I hold out hope that some lurkers or folks on the fence might reconsider some basic assumptions.
Unfortunately I'm a pretty weak writer, and communicating effectively on boards is a challenge for me. Sometimes I wish I could talk to folks for an hour or two over some beers. I'm skilled communicator in person, and I'm fairly easy to talk to so I find it especially frustrating that my written communication skills fall so short.
*shrug*
I'm probably way over thinking this. I just need to focus on the job for a couple of months and put my personal life in better order.
I well know the feeling. When typing out ones thoughts becomes a jumble, and the language used seems terse and vapid and seems received much the same way. :(
They will get over it. :P
One big +1. Sometimes it helps to remember that this IS the internet.
hey Freehold...** spoiler omitted **** spoiler omitted **** spoiler omitted **
Sigh Trolls.
The wife and I are thinking of planning a trip I will send you and email if that beings to actually take form.Sweet. I will work it from this end. The b&%#& is it's always a weekend, and my nursing is spare then =/
Hoping for a NE trip next summer. My nephew is getting married in Boston. :)
Please cross your collective fingers on another job prospect.
*hopes*
crosses branches
Dumbest advertising idea ever:
I wish I could say this surprises me. I met a few guys from Saatchi and Saatchi at a job fair, and within minutes, they managed to convince me that they and every single employee of the firm were complete a@@@*#$ morons.
If anyone here uses the word "creative" as a noun, so help me god I will end your ass faster than the American run of Red Dwarf.
*raises branch*
Sorry, work at an ad agency. At least we use it as a noun to describe very erratic, demanding people. 'Those damn creatives are at it again...' Or, 'those f'in creatives....'
If I need a body oil partner some weekend, you interested?
O.O
If I need a body oil partner some weekend, you interested?Sounds good!
Double O.O
+1Hey Shiny -- You sound especially frustrated recently. Hang in there man.I'm sure.If anyone here uses the word "creative" as a noun, so help me god I will end your ass faster than the American run of Red Dwarf.I think that this, in its entirety, is one of the best quotes I've heard in a long time...
+2
One creative manager described his employees has half egomaniac and half insecure. The F U World attitude was touted as a badge of honor. *sigh*
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Double O.OIf I need a body oil partner some weekend, you interested?Sounds good!
he didn't.....
I didn't.....
This reminds me of a funny story from the gym that I'm not likely to share while sober.
Hoping for a NE trip next summer. My nephew is getting married in Boston. :)The wife and I are thinking of planning a trip I will send you and email if that beings to actually take form.Sweet. I will work it from this end. The b&%#& is it's always a weekend, and my nursing is spare then =/
Sweet. You'll have to find a day to get down here and hit the beach! =)
