--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > I think some of Robin's latest rant was meant > humorously. (I'm actually trying to convince > myself of this, believe it or not.)
I'm sure you are correct, Sal. It's just that what he conceives of as funny or ironic just...uh...isn't, and it isn't any better now that it was when he was running the exact same number shortly after arriving here. I think that to some extent Tom Pall's post was similarly an attempt to be tongue in cheek. I just found myself wondering how Mr. ME ME ME would react to someone telling him what he thought of him honestly, without pulling any punches because of the way he's presented himself here as being so fragile and so dainty. So I did so. > On Aug 1, 2011, at 2:39 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > There really MUST be a mantra out there, or some kind > of special yagya, that can be chanted or commissioned > to ward off self-important drama queens. If so, count > me in for a contribution. > > If you need something to further deflate your self image, > Robin, I can offer a little something. Before you appeared > on this forum, you were to me little more than a rumor of > some self-important twit who was once considered a loud > frog in the small pond of TM and Fairfield-dom. I figured > that, since I was never around during your 15 minutes of > quasi-fame, that you must have had *something* going for > you or else so many people wouldn't have talked about you > then, or still be talking about you now. > > You have disabused me of that notion, and have single- > handedly lowered my opinion of TMers as a whole. Any group > of people who could find your self-important, self-obsessed > twaddle interesting enough to read or listen to -- much less > to follow, as if you were some kind of teacher -- has IMO > really gone 'round the bend, gullibility-wise. > > As Tom said, I generally react to seeing your name appear > in the From line of a post by reaching instantly for the > Next key. I would have done so today if I hadn't caught a > glimpse in Yahoo's Message View of the first few words of > your ME ME ME ME ME twaddle, and your claim that Tom had > destroyed your confidence. Hoping that this was true, I > thought I'd throw my two centimes into the ring as well > and contribute to a cause that would "benefit the greater > good," you developing less of sense of your own self > importance. > > It's not that I think you're a bad guy, just a boring one > with nothing to offer except to those who get off on > watching mindmovies of the inside of someone else's head, > with the DVD player set on 'Endless Repeat.' > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Dear Tom, > > > > You're hurting me, Tom. And I just have to say something. > > That accusation, that my posts amount to little more than > > pages and pages of non-sequitors, that kind of destroyed > > my confidence. > > > > Are you sure you meant to judge me this harshly? Because, > > as down as I am because of your judgment of me (everyone > > somewhere believes in their bad reviews more than they do > > in their good ones), I don't want to go so far as from > > liking myself (my pre-Tom Pall era) to hating myself > > (where I am headed now after reading your putdowns). > > > > You are restricting your criticism to my writing style > > and the coherence of my arguments, correct? > > > > You were not being personal, as in: You are a loser, Robin. > > > > Because if it's deeper than this (more than just the way > > I write and argue), then I think it only natural that I > > should take a serious inventory of myself—and do my best > > to reach the same conclusions you have. > > > > No, Tom, I really think you have misjudged me, and I'd > > like an apology. > > > > By the way, is there something I could do which would take > > me out of the line of your fire? > > > > I dearly would like to make an enemy a friend. > > > > You there, Tommy baby? > > > > Robin --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > I think some of Robin's latest rant was meant > humorously. (I'm actually trying to convince > myself of this, believe it or not.) > Sal > > On Aug 1, 2011, at 2:39 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > There really MUST be a mantra out there, or some kind > of special yagya, that can be chanted or commissioned > to ward off self-important drama queens. If so, count > me in for a contribution. > > If you need something to further deflate your self image, > Robin, I can offer a little something. Before you appeared > on this forum, you were to me little more than a rumor of > some self-important twit who was once considered a loud > frog in the small pond of TM and Fairfield-dom. I figured > that, since I was never around during your 15 minutes of > quasi-fame, that you must have had *something* going for > you or else so many people wouldn't have talked about you > then, or still be talking about you now. > > You have disabused me of that notion, and have single- > handedly lowered my opinion of TMers as a whole. Any group > of people who could find your self-important, self-obsessed > twaddle interesting enough to read or listen to -- much less > to follow, as if you were some kind of teacher -- has IMO > really gone 'round the bend, gullibility-wise. > > As Tom said, I generally react to seeing your name appear > in the From line of a post by reaching instantly for the > Next key. I would have done so today if I hadn't caught a > glimpse in Yahoo's Message View of the first few words of > your ME ME ME ME ME twaddle, and your claim that Tom had > destroyed your confidence. Hoping that this was true, I > thought I'd throw my two centimes into the ring as well > and contribute to a cause that would "benefit the greater > good," you developing less of sense of your own self > importance. > > It's not that I think you're a bad guy, just a boring one > with nothing to offer except to those who get off on > watching mindmovies of the inside of someone else's head, > with the DVD player set on 'Endless Repeat.' > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, maskedzebra <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Dear Tom, > > > > You're hurting me, Tom. And I just have to say something. > > That accusation, that my posts amount to little more than > > pages and pages of non-sequitors, that kind of destroyed > > my confidence. > > > > Are you sure you meant to judge me this harshly? Because, > > as down as I am because of your judgment of me (everyone > > somewhere believes in their bad reviews more than they do > > in their good ones), I don't want to go so far as from > > liking myself (my pre-Tom Pall era) to hating myself > > (where I am headed now after reading your putdowns). > > > > You are restricting your criticism to my writing style > > and the coherence of my arguments, correct? > > > > You were not being personal, as in: You are a loser, Robin. > > > > Because if it's deeper than this (more than just the way > > I write and argue), then I think it only natural that I > > should take a serious inventory of myself—and do my best > > to reach the same conclusions you have. > > > > No, Tom, I really think you have misjudged me, and I'd > > like an apology. > > > > By the way, is there something I could do which would take > > me out of the line of your fire? > > > > I dearly would like to make an enemy a friend. > > > > You there, Tommy baby? > > > > Robin > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! 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