Am I a Bully? — Page 28

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

darth_ender said:

TV’s Frink said:

I found the reason I started the thread on page 18!

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

darth_ender said:

Past couple of days, yes.

Sorry to say this, but I agree.

Don’t be sorry, I can handle it.

Of course, you would also think a grown man could handle another man who is effeminate and/or gay, or a few internet people who think it’s weird that he likes My Little Pony, especially without having to start daydreaming about ripping those people’s throats out, but you’d be wrong.

I don’t wanna give away who it was about in public, though. PM me if you want to know.

Case in point.

Oooh a gotcha moment. You must feel vindicated.

Thing is I’m not denying anything in this thread. I just don’t really care that much.

You’re pretty good at hiding behind your pain, you know. You say you don’t care, but you do. The reason why you behave the way you do is to try to cover it up.

Thank you for your commentary, Dr. Chyron.

You’re welcome. As someone who has had issues myself, and talked to a professional about it, I’ve been made somewhat aware of general reason why people might display certain behaviors. I’m no psychologist, but one doesn’t have to have a doctorate to make an educated guess.

Psychoanalyzing someone from a distance is a pretty stupid thing to do.

I’m just commenting on the behavior you openly display here.

And for the record, when I said I was imagining ripping your throat out, it was entirely in response to your constant goading and ridicule. The subject matter was irrelevant. And it was only referring to the heat of that moment.

…Also, you didn’t say I was incorrect in my analysis.

You are wildly incorrect in your analysis.

I don’t believe you.

Then “you didn’t say I was incorrect in my analysis” is also a stupid thing to say.

Regardless, believe what you like. I believe you cannot know people well based on what they type on the internet, but obviously you and ender feel otherwise.

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” - Oscar Wilde

That’s ridiculous.

Is it? Is it far-fetched for someone to be more comfortable behind a cloak of anonymity?

darth_ender said:

oojason said:

darth_ender said:

oojason said:

I think many on here have some, if not varying degrees of all of those flaws you posted there d_e, yourself included.

If you’re going to try and use this thread to try and goad Frink - or carry on/escalate from the ‘[fill in the blank] Just Died!’ thread - then think on mate.

Of course we all have such flaws. But there is no doubt that Frink’s character is unique to this forum, usually in a pleasant sense, periodically to an aggravating sense.

However, I am not trying to goad or escalate anything. I was trying to follow mrebo’s advice from that thread:

Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

darth_ender said:

To be honest, I genuinely feel you’re not as enjoyable or nice as you used to be. Or maybe I’m just nicer than I used to be, leading me to sit on my high horse. 😛

I think you and Warb are just suffering faulty memory, but ok.

Im getting flashbacks of the Luke Skywalker debate. I think Frink is as delightful as ever 🐣

I think we should give the dead the respect they deserve in this thread and not get bogged down in petty internecine fights (definition provided for Dom’s benefit).

I don’t see how I am goading him. I was not rude or disrespectful. I am trying to converse in a more appropriate thread about what I feel is a problem. I am handling it in a very adult-like fashion, and frankly, I don’t need a moderator to tell me how to talk with another adult unless things get out of hand. So far, I don’t believe we’re even close to that point.

What’s more, you swooped in on my comment in the ‘[fill in the blank] Just Died!’ thread because a lack of careful phrasing made it look like a portion of my comment was a broad generalization, even though the latter part of the comment should have clarified. You quickly corrected me and stated that I shouldn’t generalize (to which I agreed) and presumably accepted my point that liberals and atheists should be respectful of religious/conservative individuals who have died. Literally, you castigated me for not using the word ‘many’ in one of two appropriate places. Meanwhile, Frink’s disrespectful comments, both before and after that, received no moderation, and they were clearly far more offensive.

Following all this, I come to this thread to carry on what I hope will be a productive conversation and where Frink might actually acknowledge that he has been ruder lately, and whom do you call out? Me. Never mind the goading that Frink gives chyron8472 routinely. Never mind the harassment that he leveled against Warbler in the NFL thread leading up to the Super Bowl, refusing for pages to acknowledge that he should back down. Never mind the instances where he decides to pick on yhwx and where it clearly is hurting his feelings. Never mind his lack of remorse on most of these occasions. No, call out darth_ender, who 95% of the time tries to be the peace maker. I really appreciate that.

I didn’t say you were goading him - I said ‘If you’re going to try and use this thread to try and goad Frink…’, yes?

As for you ‘…don’t need a moderator to tell me how to talk with another adult unless things get out of hand’ - well… given your posts to/re Frink in the ‘Just Died’ thread, coupled with your loaded post in here - so I will step in, and try to diffuse something from continuing or escalating further. (Edit - It’s gone well in this thread since I’ve been out for a couple of hours and not stepped in, hasn’t it?)

As for Frink’s comments in the ‘[fill in the blank] Just Died!’ thread - if you have an issue with them then let a mod know via PM. I took issue with your comments about ‘non-religious peeps and liberals’ as ‘they seem to celebrate the death of a prominent Christian figure’ - which was not the case at all, was it? Hence I pulled you up on it.
 

‘the harassment that he leveled against Warbler in the NFL thread leading up to the Super Bowl’…? you mean the posting of a pic of an ex-player every time Warbler posted ‘Go Eagles’? Or is there something else? Did Frink not apologise and stop?

‘Never mind the goading that Frink gives chyron8472 routinely’ - that seems to be two-way thing, no? And since chyron’s return to the site it seems that chyron is giving Frink barrels over Frink’s posts.

‘Never mind the instances where he decides to pick on yhwx and where it clearly is hurting his feelings’ - I am not aware of this. yhwx - please let a mod know if you have any issues with what d_e is alluding to.
 

If anyone here has an issue with posts made by certain members they can let a mod know - as they have always been able to do. Or maybe you don’t want a mod trying to diffuse a situation with you & Frink (you having a pop at him) - but do want mods to get involved when Frink has a pop (according to you) at others? It certainly seems that way…
 

Anyway, knock the holier-than-thou attitude on the head.

No, as I have expressed repeatedly, I don’t want mods jumping in. But if you do feel this need to correct us like children, I’d prefer you correct all of us equally.

And like I’ve just explained to you - I haven’t jumped in - just trying to stop things escalating - continuing. Nicely ignored that and the rest though.

As for ‘correcting you like children’ - no, but that you refer to yourself as a child for no reason… maybe you think you are acting like one. Personally, I’d say children generally behave better than you seem to think.

darth_ender said:

For what it’s worth, this forum takes too much of my time and energy. I know the regulars here will criticize me for what I’m about to do. I know that two years from now, someone will say something like, “Remember when darth_ender took his ball and went home?” Regardless, I think I should just give greater energy to real life and stop wasting it trying to be friends with Internet people, especially people who really don’t care. Overall, it’s been a pleasant seven-ish years, people. I’m sure I’ll continue to read the threads I care about. I am just going to log out on all my devices and don’t intend to log back in much if ever again. Thank you for the enjoyable interactions. I mean that sincerely.

You probably won’t read this, but I think you needed this. You took this whole deal a little bit too seriously. And yes, I know that’s a little bit of hypocrisy coming from me.

TV’s Frink said:

darth_ender said:

The fact that this thread exists indicates that there is some truth to it, and the fact that it gets bumped periodically by different people reflects that the sentiment is shared at times and not based on an isolated incident. While I enjoy your humor and think you are generally a great guy, I think your greatest weaknesses are: 1) an ardent refusal to admit that you were wrong or a contributor to a problem;

Disagree.

2. a need to perpetually harass members who have wronged you instead of letting the conflict die off;

You’ll pay for that.

3. dismissiveness towards this who disagree with you instead of respect for their perspectives;

[eyeroll]

4. defensiveness when your flaws are pointed out;

Not true!

and 5) insensitivity to others’ sensibilities while maintaining extreme sensitivity to your own.

I hate Mormons.

I’d love to read a reply from you that doesn’t demonstrates one of these.

Dammit.

Lol! Well played.

JEDIT- I didn’t realize that this thread had grown 4 pages in one day…

TV’s Frink said:

I mean seriously, get over this, get over me, and get over yourself. There’s more to this site than fixing whatever you think is wrong with me.

Frink, if you really think _ender has to be the kind of friend you want him to be, you might want to rein it in there.

chyron8472 said:

oojason said:

Anyway, knock the holier-than-thou attitude on the head.

Really? This is the post you reply to?

I’ve just got in from a couple of hours away - as stated in my reply. I haven’t caught up with the thread yet. Do you have a problem with that?

TV’s Frink said:

that’s both childish and unnecessary.

Not helping.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

I mean seriously, get over this, get over me, and get over yourself. There’s more to this site than fixing whatever you think is wrong with me.

Frink, if you really think _ender has to be the kind of friend you want him to be, you might want to rein it in there.

That makes zero sense.

To you. Hence the problem.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

that’s both childish and unnecessary.

Not helping.

But true.

No. Still not helping. And again, demonstrating the problem.

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

I mean seriously, get over this, get over me, and get over yourself. There’s more to this site than fixing whatever you think is wrong with me.

Frink, if you really think _ender has to be the kind of friend you want him to be, you might want to rein it in there.

That makes zero sense.

To you. Hence the problem.

But he isn’t requesting that _ender change himself. Neither am I. So it doesn’t make sense if you think about it that way.

Frink has a point. Plus, that is a company ball you’re walking away with. Don’t take any of us that seriously, even those who engaged in heavy-handed but sincere attempts to modulate. Take a breather and see you soon.

yhwx said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

I mean seriously, get over this, get over me, and get over yourself. There’s more to this site than fixing whatever you think is wrong with me.

Frink, if you really think _ender has to be the kind of friend you want him to be, you might want to rein it in there.

That makes zero sense.

To you. Hence the problem.

But he isn’t requesting that _ender change himself. Neither am I. So it doesn’t make sense if you think about it that way.

It does make sense. _ender wanted to have friends. People he could communicate with that actually gave a shit about his opinion, and he theirs. You guys are saying “It’s the internet. Who gives a shit what anyone thinks?” and that’s not what he wants. What you want from him is not what he wants from you. So either you need to care or he needs to stop, but either way, someone needs to change and it’s not necessarily all on him to do it.

thread re-opened.

If anyone has any issues with the past 5/6 pages please let a moderator know - thank you.

It’s the next 5/6 pages that concern me.