Anyone can be anything they want to be in an online discussion group, especially when they're posting anonymously.We don't know why someone would pose on a forum as a thug, a bully, a coward or a narcissist - all we know is that it happens.
We don't have a resident psychologist anymore since Dr. Pete left us stranded here without a counselor. Usually, a moderator will step in when things get out of hand and the forum rules are broken. Go figure. > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:31 AM, feste37 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > OK, so it's thug, bully, coward, and narcissist. Of course, what he's like > in real life, I have no idea. > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : > > > He did say he was a coward and a narcissist. Why not just take him at his > word? I have. > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : > > You have always come across on this forum, in my view, as a foul-mouthed > thug and a bully with severe anger issues, and also an endless whiner about > the movement, how they FORCED you to do this and that, as if you had no > choice in the matter. > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : > > Gunna have to give the win to Steve here....I think I took it to be an > elbow in the ribs as he intended...locker room jive. > > And maybe mostly too my "Stop eating. Die." gobsmacker was suchlike, but I > do contend that fasting to death is a perfect way to arrange the end of > life. Seems all the scriptures everywhere got a soft spot for tapas. So, > if I had a lesser technique to offer to Richard, I would offer it, but, > HE'S DISSED EVERY POSSIBLE EVOLUTIONARY TECHNIQUE, so I can't tell him to > shape up any other way. This is my story and I'm sticking to it. Hee hee. > > And of course, as a topic, suicide has crossed my desk as much as > anyone's, er probably. Have I mindfully processed more than three thoughts > in a row about it as a personal choice due to intolerable personal > circumstance? -- nah.... > > Cuz, surprise!, I'm a narcissist and coward and fascinated with the > productivity of my consciousness. I got a first row seat inside a brain, > and I mean to enjoy it. Confession: I still will tell folks that life is > here to enjoy, ya know? I love that concept, and I learned it at the > "feet" of Maharishi -- that God's reason to create was the expansion of > happiness. > > I've written about it MANY times. > > But here, it's not so easy to present ones little darlings and wait for > them to be hacked with rusty machetes. > > I write in many a venue, ya wouldn't even recognize me in some of > them....er, maybe. Yep, I do "bonsai trim" my personality for each. > Some places have never heard a swear word outta me. Other places I have > picked fights -- politics, morality, etc. with strangers who must be > corrected -- you know the drill. I was kicked out of a trikking forum > because they didn't like me griping about them allowing porn to be posted > when we had under-18yer kids posting at the forum. About six Facebookers > have unfriended me because I insisted that Jesus couldn't be at all like > their Jesus. Like that, I have tilted at windmills and lost. > > My online life's a masquerade ball. You? Anyone here want to confess to > putting a good foot forward? > > I came into FFL angry with my first post. I think I set a tone there that > I have ridden as a dynamic suitable to this venue. A little bristle goes a > long way. Keeps the party goers from spilling your drink. > > I do regret more than a few posts. But the chips have fallen where they > may....as usual. > > > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote : > > I think if I were sitting at a restaurant bar, or a coffee bar, and Edg > said to me what he posted, I would likely say, "well why don't you fuckin' > kill yourself then" > > Now maybe Edg would have taken offense to that, but that is, often, > wayback, how men often talk to one another. > > I am sorry if you were offended by it, and I am sorry if I offended Edg. > > But that is a banter I am comfortable with, and I think I have been on > both ends of it. > > I try not to take offense when people call me on my sh*t, or what they > perceive as my sh*t. > > With the exception of certain business situations, or among polite > company, I would not consider myself particularly politically correct. > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <wayback71@...> wrote : > > Ann, > I don't read most posters here on FFL and read less and less as time > passes. Some I really enjoy, even though they might be rough. I know that > many people (not just Barry) can get tough. We all write things that we > would not really say in person to someone else. I am sure that is true re > 7th ray in this instance. But those words cross a line, for me, given that > you can't read Edg's face or sense his mood in person. 7th ray simply made > a mistake, I think.You may feel differently. I stick with what I said. > > > >
