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Mistress Tarasque
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As we all know, I'm ******** sick of all the s**t that's been piling up in ED.

We know this especially because I've been reduced to using explitives rather than legitimate descriptions.

I respect the rules. I like the rules. They're good rules, and if they were followed, ED would be a better place. When I find threads that break these rules, I get annoyed. Now, sometimes it's forgivable. For example, sometimes you can provoke a good discussion with only one line of material. In such a case, I post happily and go on my way. But when I see a worthless thread which clearly breaks multiple rules, I report it. Every time. Because I like Gaia and I want to preserve the quality of ED. If that makes me a bad person, so be it. I report because I care. I don't flame, because it doesn't do any good. I used to, but then I wised up.




The other day, something quite interesting happened. I got flamed. I hardly ever get flamed, but this one was good. It was passionate and well-written, and attacked my every action. I was very impressed. She called me small-minded (or was it closed-minded... something like that anyway) and accused me of making "self-gratifying" and "masturbatory" posts. She went on to inform me of my insignificance in this great wide virtual world.

I know who I am... I agreed. My threads serve nobody but me, and I see no reason to change it. The posts I make are either completely pointless or very informative. If someone's looking for information I happily supply it, but my posts are either well-informed with a lot of effort behind them, or random ramblings of a disorganized mind. That's just how I am, though... bipolar and crazy as the moon.




 
 
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