[Closed] This idea of cowardly posts?

i do not expect any respect for the amount of time I have been posting - just for the content of that post.

Im pleased to hear your expectations are set so low.

What I really don't get is threads about other threads, or about the forum in general. Surely there's other stuff to talk about than this tedious navel gazing? Yeah I know. I'm interested enough to post on here blah blah blah.

What DezB said.

As some handsome son of a gun just tagged; STW Eats Itself.*

*With increased frequency.

I think paulo has hit the nail on the head. Now Paulo is a big fella and can probably handle himself on the pavement too. So instead of th willy- waving may or may not be hardmen talking up what they might do to someone who crosses them (or their pets), there should be a line by which folks can be declared forum hard men or not. Paulo should be that line. Anyone who wants to spout stuff about what they would do, needs to travel to the north east and either a) fight and beat him b) wave willies with him and be shown to be bigger, or c) smash his back doors in.

Waddya say Paulo? Are you ready to be the line?

If it helps, I'll come and watch and hold your coat or something.

More than cowardly posts/tags, what i find sad is that some people simply don't have the courage in 'Real Life' to say to someone's face what they've said on here. I've had at least one or two folk meet me in 'Real Life' and either not even reveal who their forum character is, or say anything like the comments they've felt comfortable making from behind the safety of their keyboards. Now that really is cowardly.

On such occasions, I would willingly have told those individuals exactly what I thought about their views, without any worries. 'Don't say owt you woon't say to their face' is the forum rule, and one I stick to, as it's my own philosophy anyway.

More than cowardly posts/tags, what i find sad is that some people simply don't have the courage in 'Real Life' to say to someone's face what they've said on here. I've had at least one or two folk meet me in 'Real Life' and either not even reveal who their forum character is, or say anything like the comments they've felt comfortable making from behind the safety of their keyboards. Now that really is cowardly.

On such occasions, I would willingly have told those individuals exactly what I thought about their views, without any worries. 'Don't say owt you woon't say to their face' is the forum rule, and one I stick to, as it's my own philosophy anyway.

I almost agree with you there Elf. I think folks should not saynthings on here that they would not say in 'real life'. However on here we have anonimity which cannot be ignored. So i woild never say anything to someone on here which i would not say in their presence. But some of those things i only say when they cannot see me. So when you hear a voice calling you names or disagreeing with you, but you cannot identify it. It's not in your head, it's probably me.

like what? Elfin
you'll rarely get into such ridiculous conversations upon just meeting someone.

So Elf, in real life you actually pronounce won't as wooooont?

No that's true GW; most people who spout crap on tinternet woon't have the bottle to do so in Real Life™, so such occasions rarely arise.

I have had a couple of amusing encounters where I've seen the colour drain from some internet warior's face when they realise who I am. 😆 And it's funny to think of just how grovelling and 'nice' they were to me, and how they reverted to 'internet tough guy' once safely back behind their keyboard...

Jamie; 'woont' = wouldn't, would not.

Racist!

Sorry elf, but I can assure you I wasn't scared of you. Could've taken you down anytime I felt like it.

No that's true GW; most people who spout crap on tinternet woon't have the bottle to do so in Real Life™, so such occasions rarely arise.

DezB - Member
Sorry elf, but I can assure you I wasn't scared of you. Could've taken you down anytime I felt like it.

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Paulo to the thread please!

D'you reckon Dez; d'you flippin reckon? Eh? EH?? 😡

Yeah, you'd just hide behind Rob anyway you pansy...

GW; I have no probs discussing owt with folk in real life. I do find most folk are a bit more reserved than they might be online, however. But I spose that's their nature. Not everyone has sufficient confidence to behave as they like in Real Life™.

I respect honesty and sincerity in people more than them just saying the socially accepted 'polite' thing.

However on here we have anonimity which cannot be ignored

Speak for yerself; I've met well over wunundred people off here. cos it's like, a social networking thing, right? All about getting together with like-minded folk for rides, beers and that, in't it?

And actually got on right well with some what I've had proper ding-dong arguments with on here. 😆

Isn't posting under an "Internet name" rather than using your actual name pretty much the same thing ?

Not really, no. I'm still 'me'.

PAGGA!

In the blue corner - Elf - the lahdun Layabout - short but fierce, Signature move " the Tottenham transfer"

In the red corner DezB - the wizard from the west* - long on rhetoric - stings like a butterfly, dances like a bee.

In no corner at all GW - the east lothian evildooer. Signature move "you don't want to do it like that....."

Your referee for this afternoons encounter - TJ!

Rollup roll up - place your bets!
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* I have no idea here you arefrom

it bears saying again. whip them out, see who's got the biggest.

this what this is about isn't it?

alpha male, all that crap

But is that angry or on the flop?

If only they'd recognise me as their natural leader, Emsz, then we woon't have all this nonsense. 😐

TandemJeremy - Member
I think the dull anonymous insults aimed at me show the poverty of imagination of the tagger and the childishness of them.

If you have to be childish and puerile at least be funny and inventive please

As a former TJ baiter, I can confirm that this statement will delight the taggers. Best ignore it if you want it to go away.

Elfinsafety - Member
I have had a couple of amusing encounters where I've seen the colour drain from some internet warior's face when they realise who I am. And it's funny to think of just how grovelling and 'nice' they were to me, and how they reverted to 'internet tough guy' once safely back behind their keyboard...

I think the draining of colour may have been for a different reason than you think... 😉

I've had a few tags aimed at me- I can make a fair bet who did most of them- and tbh I just found it laughable. But is it a coincidence that some of the most unpleasant comments are also anonymous? I'd say of course not.

If the forum software will handle it, I reckon it'd be a very good idea for taggers to be identified... I know it does it behind-the-scenes, if it was public it'd stop people from cowering.

it bears saying again. whip them out, see who's got the biggest.

Maybe we should be able to post on folk's profiles as to what we think of them?

Elfinsafety - Member
Not really, no. I'm still 'me'.

It wasn't particularly aimed at you, just a general comment.

But as an example, you still have "anonymity" when you post ?

I know that you used to know my brother and his wife 15 years ago, but as you post under an assumed name rather than your real one, I have no idea who you are still (and neither do they)

(like I said, it wasn't aimed at you in particular, just at the whole idea of "Internet names")

I think the draining of colour may have been for a different reason than you think...

😆

What, like '[i]Oh my God I never realised it would be so nasty and 'orrible!'[/i]

Seriously though; most of it on here is pretty good-natured stuff, and even some of the heated debates are between folk who do have some sort of respect for each other, but there can be a nasty snidey element that creeps in, and it says more about that person's inadequacy than the target of their oh-so-amusing tag.

But as an example, you still have "anonymity" when you post ?

Yeah fair point actually I spose. I'm wary of giving out my real name on internet fora cos I have a deep mistrust of all this electronic information stuff. I don't have an email addy cos years ago I got some properly nasty emails sent me via this forum, and prefer not to have to put up with that crap, but I've no problem meeting up with new folk for rides and beers, in fact in the last couple of weeks I've met 3 new faces off here and had a right laugh with all of them.

There are certain aspects of life I like to keep separate though, too much stuff about folk on tinternet for the whole World to see...

Maybe we should be able to post on folk's profiles as to what we think of them?

Behave, Al....

nealglover - Member

But as an example, you still have "anonymity" when you post ?

Perhaps an element of it... But still, you can go to rides and meet lots of these "anonymous" people. Or, with a little tech savvy and more time than you know what to do with you can track people down on teh internetz. And if nothing else, your screen name has some continuity. But the tags don't even have that.

No worries Elf, was just a good example to use that's all.

So not all that much different from the anonymous Taggers then really 😉

Jenny and Martyn say hello by the way, even though they don't know who you are.

Tell them it's Az, little brown feller with a bike, used to come round the halls to see Matt-U. Would quite often get rather horribly drunk and swear at folk then vomit copiously everywhere.

And do this, right: shout 'MAAAAAAAARRRRRT'NN!' In a Norn Irish accent sort of thing. 😀

Ah, happy days....

I have some Buddhist friends who have always given me handy tips on how to deal with certain life aspects - I have to use the one on personal insults here quite a bit - and that is (along the lines of what Effin's banging on about) that when someone insults you, looks down his or her nose at you, is pretentious, etc etc, more often than not it's about making him or herself feel better, not [i]really[/i] about making you feel bad.

I don't think it's always some deep-seated feelings of inadeqaucy, an inferiority complex, or self-esteem issues.

i find tagging a bit off to be honest.
if you have a problem why not just post up and speak your mind.

TJ, Elfin = Shane McGowan? 😕

I have no probs discussing owt with folk in real life

do you use childlike affectations (is not,dijical, was not, owt, woont etc) in your face to face oratorical interactions?

I find the use of childish unimaginative tagging the ideal compliment to the childish unimaginative level of debate from the usual suspects who seek to try and stiffle any real debate by endlessly goggling 'facts' in order to further their own ego w@nking. If a thread goes on for more than 2 pages you can pretty predict it has become pointless.

*Hides behind Begnie mask so no-one recognises me...*
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The lot of ya!!

*Got away with that one... I think.. 😛 *

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Posts the first useless post

the usual suspects who seek to try and stiffle any real debate by endlessly goggling 'facts'

Agreed. I prefer if people don't bother checking the facts.......arguing with someone who's talking bollox is much more fun.

WTF is the VOLVO FOR SALE tag about? (I did sell mine about a year ago)

Is this thread another big hitters love in?

Mongs

But you were once a big hitter yourself, djglover?

Sometimes this is like watching my children (4 boys) all jostling to try to work out who the alpha male is.

The eldest is very calm and reasoned as he's been around longest. He also has a real actual girlfriend. This clearly makes him the alpha male.

The next one is the tallest in the family (taller than me) and his height, and his ability to make cutting unpleasant remarks also clearly makes him the alpha male.

The next one is clearly cleverer than his older brother (the tall one) but has only recently worked out that he doesn't have to put up with unpleasant remarks from his older brother. He'd like to be the alpha male but hasn't quite figured out how yet.

The youngest knows he can't (yet) be the alpha male, but he can make up for that by being the small cute one (although this then means his brothers get really annoyed).

And there's the dog. He also thinks he is the alpha male, which is why (in his mind at least) it's OK to wee and poo on the kitchen floor.

93% of the posters to this forum fall into one of those categories.

I really struggle to believe anyone takes anything posted on here seriously enough to get offended or angry

How on earth did they survive school?

Dude, clearly your kids haven't been beaten enough if they think they have a chance of being alpha male 🙁

oldnpastit that's very good - yours or a cutnpastit?

cutnpastit?

😆

That has the potential to go so horribly wrong....

do you use childlike affectations (is not,dijical, was not, owt, woont etc) in your face to face oratorical interactions?

They're not 'childlike affectations', merely my own choice of how to spell stuffs. And a bit phonetic I reckon, so probbly close to the sound of the words themselves. 'Owt' is a Northern thing I've learnt off people what I've hung around with.

But the fact that they annoy people like yourself just encourages me to use them all the more. 😀

Language is a fascinating thing...

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

I'm having Spag Bol tonight; sod the bloody lot of yer...