Obama's leg-I-see and his 100 year plan for America.

[Big Dog]

Today was my first day on this site; I wrote several posts, each with a slightly different "voice," testing the waters to see what type of response I would get, to see what kind of 'tone' was "permitted' here -- Apparently, the only "tone"  I, at least, will be "permitted" here is insipid and undistinguished comments that have neither depth, nor individuality.
 
And if you think I'm being "overly sensitive" go read the posts directed towards me "primitives discuss the cost of a cat "  the replies to me border are malicious, bordering on psychotic.

What a whiner!

[Penfold]

What a whiner!

at this point, Dog, I'm beginning to think you are cyber-stalking me, since you're the person who has responded most often to my posts - and not a single thing you've written has been either insightful, or remotely cordial.

I must wonder why you are so.. antagonistic toward me... 

[Chris_]

I must wonder why you are so.. antagonistic toward me... 

Because, to this point, you have shown yourself to be an unlikeable asshole with a persecution complex.

[Big Dog]

at this point, Dog, I'm beginning to think you are cyber-stalking me, since you're the person who has responded most often to my posts - and not a single thing you've written has been either insightful, or remotely cordial.

I must wonder why you are so.. antagonistic toward me... 

Dogs love chew toys.

Being a crazy cat lady, you wouldn't understand that.

[EagleKeeper]

Today was my first day on this site; I wrote several posts, each with a slightly different "voice," testing the waters to see what type of response I would get, to see what kind of 'tone' was "permitted' here -- Apparently, the only "tone"  I, at least, will be "permitted" here is insipid and undistinguished comments that have neither depth, nor individuality.
  
And if you think I'm being "overly sensitive" go read the posts directed towards me "primitives discuss the cost of a cat "  the replies to me border are malicious, bordering on psychotic.

Going forward, when you post you must come to me, kiss my ring and then explain how your post fits into the bigger picture.

[Penfold]

Are you new to the Internet?  So you got a little hazing.  Tough shit.

If you think you have to adopt a certain "tone" to post here, it makes me wonder if you need to be online to begin with.  Do you not have your own voice?  Are you incapable of speaking plainly or allowing others their own depth or individuality?   

Actually, all the evidence indicates I DO have to 'adopt a certain tone' on this site.

On this particular post, i was going to broach the spiritual qualities of obama and his cronies... but I was loath to do so if:
1.  discussion about spiritual topics result in grandstanding and/or personal attacks (since religious discussions tend to be more sensitive in nature, anyway.)
2.  there was no interesting in that topic

Even just testing the waters resulted in personal attacks from you people, most frequently headed by BigDog.

If this was high school, I'd say y'all were the jocks, and i was the new girl transferred in from the private academy.

I was under the opinion I was dealing with adults, not adolescent bullies.

[thundley4]

Today was my first day on this site; I wrote several posts, each with a slightly different "voice," Should have just been honest and not tried to fool with people.

testing the waters to see what type of response I would get, to see what kind of 'tone' was "permitted' here Pretty open unless you are trolling.

-- Apparently, the only "tone"  I, at least, will be "permitted" here is insipid and undistinguished comments that have neither depth, nor individuality. There's that liberal elitism rearing it's ugly head.

[Chris_]

So you got a little hazing.  Big ****ing deal.  Others were prepared to welcome you as a member here, but you chose to clutch your emotional baggage and use it as a bludgeon against people who had nothing to do with your earlier treatment.

[Penfold]

Should have just been honest and not tried to fool with people.

"Voice" is a literary term encompassing tone, use of language and point of view.  Not trying to "fool" anyone -- just trying to ascertain the audience and what is "permitted".   EVERY site I've ever been on has a list of unacknowledged "rules" by which they permit people to post.  Including this one.

Pretty open unless you are trolling.

  Not really - -all I've gotten from you people is CRAP.    Read the hate-filled posts written to me when I made some suggestions about the pros and cons of getting a cat for a pet on the thread "primitives discuss the cost of a cat".  There was NOTHING i said in that post that could be construed as political or offensive, or trolling -  but I was belittled and mocked.

I'm not the problem when I suggest to someone they carefully consider WHY they want to buy a cat, and am ridiculed for the suggestion.

-- Apparently, the only "tone"  I, at least, will be "permitted" here is insipid and undistinguished comments that have neither depth, nor individuality. There's that liberal elitism rearing it's ugly head

 

Which is what y'all are doing to me, not the other way around.  So far there is ONLY post I've written that hasn't been maligned - and its the only post in which i offered an insight that was effectively the same as everyone else's.
 

[Penfold]

So you got a little hazing. 

Isn't hazing a form of abuse, used to demean and belittle people?

[Chris_]

"Voice" is a literary term encompassing tone, use of language and point of view.  Not trying to "fool" anyone -- just trying to ascertain the audience and what is "permitted".   EVERY site I've ever been on has a list of unacknowledged "rules" by which they permit people to post.  Including this one.

You're overthinking this.  Desperately.  Are you incapable of politely socializing and learning your surroundings?

[Chris_]

Isn't hazing a form of abuse, used to demean and belittle people?

Again, you're really overthinking things.  Honestly, how old are you?

[Penfold]

Are you incapable of politely socializing and learning your surroundings?

 

I said, " I wrote several posts, each with a slightly different "voice," testing the waters to see what type of response I would get, to see what kind of 'tone' was "permitted' here

So - I said this, and FIRST, you said, "You should have just been honest and not tried to fool with people." (while I was trying to learn about my surroundings)  and now I WAS supposed to "learn" about my surroundings...

could you please tell me:  is "learning about my surroundings" trying to fool people, or exactly what I'm supposed to do?  Cuz that is actually what I was trying to do... and believe me, I learned soooooo very much about y'all....

[Chris_]

 

I said, " I wrote several posts, each with a slightly different "voice," testing the waters to see what type of response I would get, to see what kind of 'tone' was "permitted' here

So - I said this, and FIRST, you said, "You should have just been honest and not tried to fool with people." (while I was trying to learn about my surroundings)  and now I WAS supposed to "learn" about my surroundings...

could you please tell me:  is "learning about my surroundings" trying to fool people, or exactly what I'm supposed to do?  Cuz that is actually what I was trying to do... and believe me, I learned soooooo very much about y'all....

I said no such thing.  That was thundley4.  Are you incapable of distinguishing between one poster and another?

[thundley4]

I said no such thing.  That was thundley4.  Are you incapable of distinguishing between one poster and another?

Us hoipolloi all look alike to the elitists.

[Penfold]

I said no such thing.  That was thundley4.  Are you incapable of distinguishing between one poster and another?

not when you act so much alike...

understand, Chris:  I did EXACTLY what you said I should do... and all I got from people is crap.  Maybe not you, specifically, but - please answer me:  If I was doing EXACTLY what you said I should do -- what did I do to deserve so much belligerent disdain from people?
 

[Big Dog]

not when you act so much alike...

understand, Chris:  I did EXACTLY what you said I should do... and all I got from people is crap.  Maybe not you, specifically, but - please answer me:  If I was doing EXACTLY what you said I should do -- what did I do to deserve so much belligerent disdain from people?
 

Go back and re-read your second post. You've had a chip on your shoulder all day.

Like they say, "Don't start no shit, won't be no shit."

[Penfold]

Go back and re-read your second post. You've had a chip on your shoulder all day.

Like they say, "Don't start no shit, won't be no shit."

says the man who makes fun of my reproductive organs... 

[Penfold]

Again, you're really overthinking things.  Honestly, how old are you?

I am an adult - with an IQ of 140. And I am a parent, with two "special needs" kids - one with autism, and one who is a full-blown genius.

So I have a ton of really unusual life experiences. 

I don't "over think" things -- I just actually think.  And I can't help thinking, cuz of the "near genius" level IQ - and then I spent several years learning to think on two completely different ends of an intellectual spectrum to accommodate my kids -- and that  made me learn to think harder, and deeper, and more prayerfully than any person should ever have to.

I see things, I think about them...  and I wonder how it is that you can't see what I see.  But then, when I think about it -- I must conclude -- you don't want to see it.
 

[thundley4]

I am an adult - with an IQ of 140. And I am a parent, with two "special needs" kids - one with autism, and one who is a full-blown genius.

So I have a ton of really unusual life experiences. 

I don't "over think" things -- I just actually think.  And I can't help thinking, cuz of the "near genius" level IQ - and then I spent several years learning to think on two completely different ends of an intellectual spectrum to accommodate my kids -- and that  made me learn to think harder, and deeper, and more prayerfully than any person should ever have to.

I see things, I think about them...  and I wonder how it is that you can't see what I see.  But then, when I think about it -- I must conclude -- you don't want to see it.
 

And there it is. The claim to being "oh so much smarter" than everyone else. Have you made that sandwich for me yet?

[Mr Mannn]

I am an adult - with an IQ of 140. 

I don't "over think" things -- I just actually think.  And I can't help thinking, cuz of the "near genius" level IQ -
 

This is one of the better trolls. 55 posts in a single day. Argumentative, superiority complex, with nothing better to do that fight all day. It is nearly 7 am, and the troll is still on board.

I vote it's a transgender liberal. It says its a female, but on DU that could mean anything.

[Big Dog]

says the man who makes fun of my reproductive organs... 

It's a vagina, not the Taj Mahal.

Half the people on Earth have one.

[Mr Mannn]

It's a vagina, not the Taj Mahal.

Half the people on Earth have one.

those are the ones who make the sammiches, right?

[Carl]

I am an adult - with an IQ of 140. And I am a parent, with two "special needs" kids - one with autism, and one who is a full-blown genius.

So I have a ton of really unusual life experiences. 

I don't "over think" things -- I just actually think.  And I can't help thinking, cuz of the "near genius" level IQ - and then I spent several years learning to think on two completely different ends of an intellectual spectrum to accommodate my kids -- and that  made me learn to think harder, and deeper, and more prayerfully than any person should ever have to.

I see things, I think about them...  and I wonder how it is that you can't see what I see.  But then, when I think about it -- I must conclude -- you don't want to see it.
 

My lifes experience has been that anyone talking about what their IQ is typically overestimates it by double.

[Eupher]

And there it is. The claim to being "oh so much smarter" than everyone else. Have you made that sandwich for me yet?

While you're at it, Penfold, make one for me too.

Please.

Oh, and no mustard. I'm allergic to it.