The apology thread.

[freemason9]

from another failure freemason9, the futility of sorrying.

Exactly. I see it as a formality.

[OP ED]

I don't know whether this should go here or in the "I'm shitfaced" thread.

I profusely and humbly apologize for telling everyone to fuck off in a random thread last evening.

I was indeed over-inebriated. Usually I'm one of those people who gets all syrupy lovey-dovey, but life has been over the top weird lately. The stress has gotten to me.

sorry

[freemason9]

I don't know whether this should go here or in the "I'm shitfaced" thread.

I profusely and humbly apologize for telling everyone to fuck off in a random thread last evening.

I was indeed over-inebriated. Usually I'm one of those people who gets all syrupy lovey-dovey, but life has been over the top weird lately. The stress has gotten to me.

sorry

"Fuck off" can be quite charming at times. It's sort of like, "It ain't never gonna happen."

[barracuda]

I understand that even the most florid testimonial won't pass the sniff test when it is issued from a horse's ass.

Again, sorry.

[teamdaemon]

I am not sorry for anything I've ever said on this forum. Not even for that crude joke in the comedy thread. My favorite thing about the internet is the brutal honesty made possible by anonymity. Even if the spooks can trace my IP address, none of you people can punch me in the face if I offend you. I think this approach to online discussion is very therapeutic and under appreciated.

[barracuda]

You brute, you.

[teamdaemon]

You brute, you.

oard

So, do you think if I apologized for every single thing I ever said on this board, it would help?

[barracuda]

It depends on what you wanna help, I guess - I'm not sure. That strikes me, though, as an awful lot of apologizing for just one fellow. I mean, every single thing, I'm not even sure how to break that down. Like every post? Or every, sort of, complete thought? Anyway, I'm beginning to think that would be way too much no matter how it were to shake out. So I'm gonna go with "no" on this one, but that answer is contingent upon further revelation and reflection, so it might still change, depending.

BTW, what's an "oard"?

[teamdaemon]

I don't really know about the oard. Probably it was originally "board" but the first letter got deleted by me, although I tend to blame copmuters in general for my failures as a typist. As far as apologies go, I was wondering if I could help anyone else by apologizing. I called somebody a worm earlier this year and I can't remember to which screen name that insult was directed.

Since I'm communicating with you personally, you who use the screen name barracuda, I suppose I should ask you if I could apologize to you for anything I may have said in the past that offended you.

[lightningBugout]

I'm sorry to say I wouldn't be surprised if there was an ARG finding its way onto this board lately.

*edited on Barracuda's recommendation

[brainpanhandler]

Teamdaemon,

I have some vague recollection of you being a jackass to me, I think, but it's so hazy and remote that I don't even recall if I had it coming to me or not. I know when I see your screen name I get a brief flash of anger. It could be that you insulted someone I like and not me at all. I can't really ask you to apologize for something I can't even remember, so I guess you're off the hook, you worm.

My favorite thing about the internet is the brutal honesty made possible by anonymity.

That same anonymity ought to make it easier to be magnanimous as well. I am sometimes tempted to use this place to vent in ways I otherwise suppress in my day to day existence and I sometimes succumb to that temptation, but I usually regret it, even when whoever I went after richly deserved whatever I slung their way.

[teamdaemon]

That same anonymity ought to make it easier to be magnanimous as well. I am sometimes tempted to use this place to vent in ways I otherwise suppress in my day to day existence and I sometimes succumb to that temptation, but I usually regret it, even when whoever I went after richly deserved whatever I slung their way.

I'm curious, what makes you regret it? Is it fear of negative consequences?

edited to add:

It could be that you insulted someone I like and not me at all.

That person wasn't Barack Obama, was it? I hope for your sake that it wasn't. I've noticed an alarming number of people with deep emotional attachment to him and I tend to get a lot of shit for pointing out that he is the antichrist.

[brainpanhandler]

That same anonymity ought to make it easier to be magnanimous as well. I am sometimes tempted to use this place to vent in ways I otherwise suppress in my day to day existence and I sometimes succumb to that temptation, but I usually regret it, even when whoever I went after richly deserved whatever I slung their way.

I'm curious, what makes you regret it? Is it fear of negative consequences?

No, no fear of negative consequences really. I suppose I don't really like people hating me and I'd rather not make enemies here, but there are some people here that if I were to honestly voice my opinion on certain subjects and/or their view on certain subjects would instantly put me on their "I hate you" list. And I don't like people hating me so maybe there is some truth to the negative consequences thing. What I meant though is that I regret indulging my darker side. I have a cruel streak. When I let Mr. Hyde out for a romp I feel like a heel afterwards.

Then again, there are times when silence is the greater sin. For instance, I am currently debating whether to enter the strmfrnt lite fray.

It could be that you insulted someone I like and not me at all.

That person wasn't Barack Obama, was it? I hope for your sake that it wasn't. I've noticed an alarming number of people with deep emotional attachment to him and I tend to get a lot of shit for pointing out that he is the antichrist.

No, not Barack Obama. I meant another member here, although I do not recall any specific incident. I'm only mildly disappointed by the Barack administration, but that's because I didn't expect much of anything else.

I would probably give you shit myself for calling him the antichrist if you were being literal and not figurative.

[barracuda]

Since I'm communicating with you personally, you who use the screen name barracuda, I suppose I should ask you if I could apologize to you for anything I may have said in the past that offended you.

Oh, hells no. I'm really not the "you owe me an apology!" type, daemon. And I can't think of a thing you've said that offended me. It's all good.

[barracuda]

I'm sorry to say I wouldn't be surprised if there was a bit of ARG finding its way onto this board lately.

That's not really an apology, but fascinating nonetheless. Sort of like having just a "bit" of a tumor.