Vince vs. Retailguy

[vince]

Damn, catching up on all your political BS to take you on would be way too much work at this point. I'm pretty sure I give Harlan. You can get away with calling me whatever names you want.

Thanks for the offer though!

[MJZiggy]

Whimps, the pair of you.

I've still got popcorn left, what am I supposed to do with it???

You have leftover popcorn and a woman Tar, have you no imagination???

[Scott Campbell]

You have leftover popcorn and a woman Tar, have you no imagination???

Geez Zig - I hope for his sake that its buttered.

[Partial]

Zig is a fuckin' horndog and probably a freak in the sack.

[GBRulz]

TMI

[Tarlam!]

Whimps, the pair of you.

I've still got popcorn left, what am I supposed to do with it???

You have leftover popcorn and a woman Tar, have you no imagination???

She's not that kind of girl!

[MJZiggy]

She doesn't like to share popcorn and watch movies??? What kind of girl are you dating???

[Joemailman]

I haven't followed the thread, but how have the judges score the bout so far? Any technical knockouts? Low blows?

[retailguy]

RG, the forum has spoken. Whether I think Bigby is the real deal and you think he could be a one-year wonder is obviously highly debatable and not the issue that I have here.

But, vince, Bigby has ALWAYS been the issue I've had. Somehow you took my criticism of Bigby needing an extension, and a little jab at you to mean that I was criticising your "expertise" or "knowledge" or whatever. Wasn't that at all.... but hey, thats why I keep talking about Bigby.

Without getting into accusing you of anything from this point on, do you agree that claiming someone said something they didn't, exaggerating what someone said to the point of absurdity, or mischaracterizing what someone said in an attempt to belittle them is a bullshit tactic?

You know, I don't think it's possible to "not accuse me of anything", as that's been your point the whole time, and is the whole basis for the statement above.

Without accusing you, if that's somehow possible, the best example of the "bullshit tactic" you describe is given in post #1 of this thread. I've tried to think of another "intention" for that post and I'm at a loss.

And, to answer your question, your whole premis depends upon the posters "intent". If the poster intends to "belittle" or "mischaracterize" another, then, YES, I agree with you. However, all of us have to keep in mind that "internet speak" is one sided, and the written words do not always convey others "intentions" clearly, and I think those intentions are important.

[retailguy]

I can only assume your silence means you agree, RG.

Perhaps this is the real problem, Vince. You just don't "assume" very well. Last October you "assumed" I was bashing you personally, when I just thought your comment was very funny. I didn't agree about the extension, but I sure didn't think you were an idiot. Over eager perhaps, but not an idiot.

In this instance, if you've been watching crude prices jump around over the last 10 days, knowing I work for "big oil" you can assume i've been VERY busy. I've put in over 90 hours in the last week and a half, and on top of that, my in-laws are in town for a 10 day visit.

Don't take this the wrong way, but Vince.... you just weren't high on the priority list. I've probably spent less than 20 minutes on this forum in the last week, and if you check, haven't posted ONCE, until tonight.

I don't know how you could have "assumed" correctly, but, maybe you shouldn't have tried, or you should have sent a PM.

I think calling someone a poor excuse of a mod is also bullshit.

If you believe this, I don't know why you'd do it, yet you did, unless you wanted to "get even", and I'd like to think you're more of a grown up than this. All kidding and critisizing aside, I don't understand, at all.

If you read Skin's earlier post, this is clearly what he's trying to do, but, hey, it is supposed to be some form of "humor" that I just don't get, but somehow we're supposed to "excuse" skin and "understand" his humor.

You stop, I'll stop. Fair enough? I'll assume your continued silence means you agree with that too.

Vince, I don't know what to stop, because I never intentionally started anything. I certainly still don't feel I did anything worse than what you did to Packnut prior to October. Had you not "attacked" and questioned what the hell I was talking about I might of explained myself and maybe even apologized (not sure after what I read related to Packnut, but...), but instead you just started talking about mod responsibilities which had NOTHING to do with what we were discussing.

So, I'll give you a wide berth, if that's what you want, but I have a sense of humor that I can't (and don't want) to change. Maybe this is the ONLY area in life where I'm a bit like Skin. I think that he thinks he's "much funnier" than he actually is, and maybe, so am I?

I can tell you, that other than Skin, I have never personally attacked anyone here. Perhaps things have been misconstrued at times, as in the case with you, but in your case it was not intentional. I do personally feel that the things that you and others have said about me as a moderator, ARE personal, and will continue whether you and I reach "agreement".

[retailguy]

Zig is a fuckin' horndog and probably a freak in the sack.

Wow. This is probably as far "off track" as one can get in a thread, but I find it curious that Zig has not "denied" nor "agreed" with the above assessment. Hmm. What does that mean?

Maybe she should put Partial's reference in any future match.com profile?

All in good fun, zig, all in good fun....

And, I guess I'm too old, but what is all this popcorn talk? Is there something I'm missing?

Have a laugh at my expense, I didn't think there was much in life I was naive about but this one has me wondering.

[SkinBasket]

If you read Skin's earlier post, this is clearly what he's trying to do, but, hey, it is supposed to be some form of "humor" that I just don't get, but somehow we're supposed to "excuse" skin and "understand" his humor.

All kidding aside, I really actually think you're a shitty moderator. I just wanted to make it clear that it has nothing to do with whether I agree with you or not. You're crappy either way.

I don't think that should hurt your feelings, as you can't please all the people all the time, but I think you're like a slimier version of Harlan. Like Harlan on Alli.