Wow.

[conuly]

There's a hell of a lot of people reading my damn disclaimer lately.

Unfortunately for them, none of them are really my intended audience.

See, my intended audience is people who do things like say "UR HORRIBLE!!!!" and then, when I ask what I did, keep insisting that I know, and that I've made them cry, and that I should let it drop already, until I am crying.

My intended audience is not those who offended me first, because in that case, there's a good chance I wanted to offend them right back. I can do that, you know, I am allowed. It may not be the most mature route...

Well, screw it. I find it hard to dredge up much sympathy for somebody who reads my disclaimer, starts off saying "I know you might not have meant to offend", and then ends up yelling at me and telling me that tired old (and stupid!) rule about only saying nice things. While yelling at me, and thus breaking that rule. It's not an important rule to me, but if it's important to you, (which it clearly wasn't in this case, or she wouldn't've said the offensive things which first upset me), oughtn't you, y'know, attempt to follow it? Perhaps by not yelling "shut the fuck up" at me via the internet?

In other news, Ana is too smart. Much too smart.

Not smart enough, though, to actually stay out of our water fights, even though she is scared of them. She keeps wanting to grab a water gun, squirt her daddy (that's funny, she doesn't squirt me), and then runs in fear when she gets squirted back, or splashed.

Comments

[strega42.livejournal.com]

:: hugs ::

Some people just need to learn to chill out.

Jeebus.

This is why I don't take the internet seriously. Too many people who insist on taking things personally when it wasn't about them in the first damn place.

[maelorin]

hey, if somethign is someone else's problem, it's their problem. no point trying to feel sympathy - they're just yanking your chain for their own benefit.

there is not 'rule' that says you have to say nice thigns. hasn't been for decades. again, that's just an emotional power-play. these n00bs choose to read your journal, they have to deal with it. it's your journal - not their whinge and whine forum ... "oh woe is me, i'm so insecure and immature that i can't cope with something someone else has written".

it's particularly pathetic when they don't even know you ...


the anna thing is a very normal kid thing. my 5 yo does much the same. they love the rush from the fear. and it's pretty good fun squirting daddy! especially if you get chased afterwards (it could be the chase that she's after :)

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

"I find it hard to dredge up much sympathy for somebody who reads my disclaimer, starts off saying "I know you might not have meant to offend", and then ends up yelling at me and telling me that tired old (and stupid!) rule about only saying nice things. While yelling at me, and thus breaking that rule."

Quoth the parent in the mall to her four year old boy:

Parent: Do (SMACK!) Not (SMACK!) Hit (Smack!) Your (SMACK!) Brother!!!! (SMACK!)

Talk about mixed messages!

[mikmelhan6.livejournal.com]

Like I said before if you had read the rest of my comments, you would see that I recieved more information on the subject. After I recieved said information I changed my tune quite a bit. If I was going to call them stupid, or their ideas or children stupid I would have said just that. Instead what I said was: "It doesn't SOUND good to me." and insulting my typing and puctuation is just a low blow to make yourself feel better. Did you ever think that I know how to type and punctuate correctly mabye I just don't care to put that much effort into it. and in one of your nasty posts back to me you spelled punctuate as puntuate so I guess that makes you just as stupid as I am according to your school of thought.

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, if anything, I think you totally overreacted and were the first one to say anything rude. Her initial post wasn't "OMG UNSCHOOLING IS STUPID AND YOU ARE STUPID AND ARRRG", it was "hey, I know nothing about this - it sounds really weird, but I'm curious, can you fill me in?". Calling something absurd is hardly calling it stupid.

And anyway, I don't think it's totally necessary to correct a person's grammar. Of course, it's not bad to do so either. But saying "do you have a grasp of the English language" is just an unnecessary, rude personal attack.

Sorry that I don't agree with you on this, but I felt it important to say so.... Please don't get pissed with me.

[strega42.livejournal.com]

:: hugs ::

Some people just need to learn to chill out.

Jeebus.

This is why I don't take the internet seriously. Too many people who insist on taking things personally when it wasn't about them in the first damn place.

[maelorin]

hey, if somethign is someone else's problem, it's their problem. no point trying to feel sympathy - they're just yanking your chain for their own benefit.

there is not 'rule' that says you have to say nice thigns. hasn't been for decades. again, that's just an emotional power-play. these n00bs choose to read your journal, they have to deal with it. it's your journal - not their whinge and whine forum ... "oh woe is me, i'm so insecure and immature that i can't cope with something someone else has written".

it's particularly pathetic when they don't even know you ...


the anna thing is a very normal kid thing. my 5 yo does much the same. they love the rush from the fear. and it's pretty good fun squirting daddy! especially if you get chased afterwards (it could be the chase that she's after :)

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

"I find it hard to dredge up much sympathy for somebody who reads my disclaimer, starts off saying "I know you might not have meant to offend", and then ends up yelling at me and telling me that tired old (and stupid!) rule about only saying nice things. While yelling at me, and thus breaking that rule."

Quoth the parent in the mall to her four year old boy:

Parent: Do (SMACK!) Not (SMACK!) Hit (Smack!) Your (SMACK!) Brother!!!! (SMACK!)

Talk about mixed messages!

[mikmelhan6.livejournal.com]

Like I said before if you had read the rest of my comments, you would see that I recieved more information on the subject. After I recieved said information I changed my tune quite a bit. If I was going to call them stupid, or their ideas or children stupid I would have said just that. Instead what I said was: "It doesn't SOUND good to me." and insulting my typing and puctuation is just a low blow to make yourself feel better. Did you ever think that I know how to type and punctuate correctly mabye I just don't care to put that much effort into it. and in one of your nasty posts back to me you spelled punctuate as puntuate so I guess that makes you just as stupid as I am according to your school of thought.

[xiggaroo.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, if anything, I think you totally overreacted and were the first one to say anything rude. Her initial post wasn't "OMG UNSCHOOLING IS STUPID AND YOU ARE STUPID AND ARRRG", it was "hey, I know nothing about this - it sounds really weird, but I'm curious, can you fill me in?". Calling something absurd is hardly calling it stupid.

And anyway, I don't think it's totally necessary to correct a person's grammar. Of course, it's not bad to do so either. But saying "do you have a grasp of the English language" is just an unnecessary, rude personal attack.

Sorry that I don't agree with you on this, but I felt it important to say so.... Please don't get pissed with me.