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Ooo...an insult to my intelligence. How shall I ever make it through the rest of my day?

I'll skip A since it really has nothing to do with me.

As for B, I am not my wife. She is not me. This doesn't seem to be obvious to you. Why? Because I never said the argument was dumb. Not once. Read my posts again. Go ahead...I'll wait

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Nothing there.

Now C...you obviously don't have comprehension skills in the slightest. You're looking for something there is not there. Blaming me for your misinterpretation is dishonest.

And since I'm Mr Straight Forward...

You're equating being blunt and honest with being stupid. If I don't post veiled meanings behind my words that makes me stupid?

And that's my gripe with you. You're being snotty and tossing off an "I'm smarter than you" attitude. You're blaming me for your mistake because you can't be wrong. I'm not hard to understand when you're not looking for the hidden meaning behind everything I say.

I'll say it again. There is no hidden derision in my post. No hidden meaning. You went looking for it and I don't know why. That's your issue not mine.

For the last time: "Kooks" and "Nuts" sir, in all this I've been talking about, that is your contribution to the argument "being stupid". Because yes - SHOCK AND ******** AWE - I "read into it" AKA acted like your statement was in context of what was going on in the discussion and not just merely a comment on my statement. I came to the conclusion that you felt being offended by fictional works is "stupid" based on just your words.

But lets go deeper, clarify, and end this.

Obviously I consider Linda's original posting of "Whorely Quinn" blunt and honest, so no - I do not require from you or anyone constantly veiled thoughts. And no, I do not consider such "practice" as a giant awesome shiny sign of smarts.

I am, was, insinuating that I don't think everything you ever say is just you being blunt and honest. That you must have extra thoughts and motivations behind what you post. Why? I had the terribly silly notion that you are not a person who only just states first thought surface level comments. You know what we call people who do that? Children. What I do consider a "practice" not only of discussion but for the basic ability of comprehension, is thinking. And you know what? Sometimes when one writes/says something with thought, there is more thought behind it. More then just the literal words being said, or typed. And being able to both recognizing that and being able to do that is a sign of very ******** rudimentary edumacation.

But sure. Fine. Whatever. I'll be "wrong". That doesn't actually bother me - but thanks for reading into it. At this point, being "wrong" in this conversation will be a twisted relief. So alright; you're right. Your statements I have stretchered and looked into beyond their intent. I apologize. I will not do it again. Ever. Everything you say from this point on, I will take entirely at surface value. Forever. But only if you do the same for me.

Now back to our regularly banal conversation:

The first game was repetitive and easy and pretty damn boring due to that. Just being better then the other shitty Batman games doesn't make it that amazing to me. Hanging up side down and grabbing a guy was about as fun as just swinging around in the Spiderman games. And for both games those parts were about really the only major highlight (other then the obvious getting to see characters).

And flying around in your parachute is about all that Uncharted is fun for too. Everything else I can get from GTA. That movie better just be summer blockbuster hoopla.

Since I have absolutely nothing better to do than bicker in this thread, I should post news too.



Link!

YUP. FOREVER.

I think you're reallyreallyreallyreallyreallyreally smart. And witty.

Face value is fun when it goes both ways! biggrin

MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH: This is the dumbest thing possibly ever.

Oh thank God...because your opinion of me matters! I don't think I could slept peacefully but now that I read this....blissful rest.

You guys just need to hug it out.

You're all done. The overblown histrionics have done what nothing else in guild history have, and I'm booting you all if there aren't some apologies in this thread by the end of the night.

I don't give a s**t what your real life is like, whether you're tired from 12 hours of work, sick, or feel the need to inform us all that the reason you lost your s**t was because you were assaulted at some time in the past and how the ******** should anyone else have known that ahead of time, you all are acting appallingly bad.

And I don't have to take it. You are all wonderful people, my friends, and I am tired of tolerating the abuse that even wonderful people seem capable of tossing out there, whether as nasty snide side remarks or outright shittiness. That's not what the guild is for, and you should have the sense to apologize in the first place or just log off and let it die.

I'm tired of the behind-the-back shittiness, too, but at least before, you all (ALL of you, every single one who posted do it) had the decency to keep it out of the guild.

I have a lot of fun plans in store for the future of the guild, but frankly, right now I don't have a lot of desire to go forward with them. I spend a lot of time thinking how awesome it is that I've met so many neat people online, but right now I'm just flat-out pissed at all of you.

There was NEVER any need to be nasty, not to me, not to each other. If you ever EVER EVER have a problem with something I post, you can send me a PM or an AIM message about it. I've apologized for mistakes in the past, and if I do something wrong, I'd apologize again. In this case, I certainly don't think I did, and I'm livid that it spiralled into this nonsense.

EVERYONE, regain your senses and evaluate whether this is worth being done with the guild, because I'm not going forward until it is resolved.