As a result, I have never truthfully revealed where I live (if I have, I have often changed it up), my family situation (number of kids, their sex, where they live), my degree, college, or occupation, or my exact age...at least not with any consistency. I am a ridiculous name with a set of political leanings and certain life philosophies. I guarantee that my real friends and family, out here in the real world, would not be able to "pick me out of a line up." I would also guess there are many posters, some of whom have multiple personas, who agree. As a result, regardless of what you say, insults from personas don't, and shouldn't bother me, or anyone else, and that is not some sign of "deep insecurities", or "lack of self-awareness". Quite the contrary, to be honest. If insults bother you, then maybe you are too invested in this place instead of where you should be...in the real world, where your family and friends, assuming you have both, reside.
Wow, that's some industrial grade paranoia right there.
But you don't believe any of this about other people. What kind of person would spend day-after-day on a message board, interacting with threads about personal issues, calling people out for personal failings, etc. like you do if you also thought they were all just making it up? You honestly think McM, for example, made up everything about his kids? That I have? Boogie?
As for acting like insults don't bother you, LOL. I've been reading your posts for a few years now. You hang on to slights about as long as anyone else on here. CoH comes the closest to not letting it bother him. VanPastorMan was the best.
As a result, I have never truthfully revealed where I live (if I have, I have often changed it up), my family situation (number of kids, their sex, where they live), my degree, college, or occupation, or my exact age...at least not with any consistency. I am a ridiculous name with a set of political leanings and certain life philosophies. I guarantee that my real friends and family, out here in the real world, would not be able to "pick me out of a line up." I would also guess there are many posters, some of whom have multiple personas, who agree. As a result, regardless of what you say, insults from personas don't, and shouldn't bother me, or anyone else, and that is not some sign of "deep insecurities", or "lack of self-awareness". Quite the contrary, to be honest. If insults bother you, then maybe you are too invested in this place instead of where you should be...in the real world, where your family and friends, assuming you have both, reside.
Wow, that's some industrial grade paranoia right there.
But you don't believe any of this about other people. What kind of person would spend day-after-day on a message board, interacting with threads about personal issues, calling people out for personal failings, etc. like you do if you also thought they were all just making it up? You honestly think McM, for example, made up everything about his kids? That I have? Boogie?
As for acting like insults don't bother you, LOL. I've been reading your posts for a few years now. You hang on to slights about as long as anyone else on here. CoH comes the closest to not letting it bother him. VanPastorMan was the best.
I’m not sure you got one thing right in this post. I think we both approach this board from different perspectives. Begin with comparing our post counts as a starting point. This board is obviously a much bigger part of your life. It’s clear you spend a huge proportion of your life either here, or thinking about here when away from your computer. That’s fine, but don’t assume everyone is like you. If this board fulfills you, have at it. I’ll stay where I am.
As a result, I have never truthfully revealed where I live (if I have, I have often changed it up), my family situation (number of kids, their sex, where they live), my degree, college, or occupation, or my exact age...at least not with any consistency. I am a ridiculous name with a set of political leanings and certain life philosophies. I guarantee that my real friends and family, out here in the real world, would not be able to "pick me out of a line up." I would also guess there are many posters, some of whom have multiple personas, who agree. As a result, regardless of what you say, insults from personas don't, and shouldn't bother me, or anyone else, and that is not some sign of "deep insecurities", or "lack of self-awareness". Quite the contrary, to be honest. If insults bother you, then maybe you are too invested in this place instead of where you should be...in the real world, where your family and friends, assuming you have both, reside.
Wow, that's some industrial grade paranoia right there.
But you don't believe any of this about other people. What kind of person would spend day-after-day on a message board, interacting with threads about personal issues, calling people out for personal failings, etc. like you do if you also thought they were all just making it up? You honestly think McM, for example, made up everything about his kids? That I have? Boogie?
As for acting like insults don't bother you, LOL. I've been reading your posts for a few years now. You hang on to slights about as long as anyone else on here. CoH comes the closest to not letting it bother him. VanPastorMan was the best.
I’m not sure you got one thing right in this post. I think we both approach this board from different perspectives. Begin with comparing our post counts as a starting point. This board is obviously a much bigger part of your life. It’s clear you spend a huge proportion of your life either here, or thinking about here when away from your computer. That’s fine, but don’t assume everyone is like you. If this board fulfills you, have at it. I’ll stay where I am.
Well at least you’re owning up to being dishonest about most of what you post, but that’s no shocker.
As a result, I have never truthfully revealed where I live (if I have, I have often changed it up), my family situation (number of kids, their sex, where they live), my degree, college, or occupation, or my exact age...at least not with any consistency. I am a ridiculous name with a set of political leanings and certain life philosophies. I guarantee that my real friends and family, out here in the real world, would not be able to "pick me out of a line up." I would also guess there are many posters, some of whom have multiple personas, who agree. As a result, regardless of what you say, insults from personas don't, and shouldn't bother me, or anyone else, and that is not some sign of "deep insecurities", or "lack of self-awareness". Quite the contrary, to be honest. If insults bother you, then maybe you are too invested in this place instead of where you should be...in the real world, where your family and friends, assuming you have both, reside.
Wow, that's some industrial grade paranoia right there.
But you don't believe any of this about other people. What kind of person would spend day-after-day on a message board, interacting with threads about personal issues, calling people out for personal failings, etc. like you do if you also thought they were all just making it up? You honestly think McM, for example, made up everything about his kids? That I have? Boogie?
As for acting like insults don't bother you, LOL. I've been reading your posts for a few years now. You hang on to slights about as long as anyone else on here. CoH comes the closest to not letting it bother him. VanPastorMan was the best.
I’m not sure you got one thing right in this post. I think we both approach this board from different perspectives. Begin with comparing our post counts as a starting point. This board is obviously a much bigger part of your life. It’s clear you spend a huge proportion of your life either here, or thinking about here when away from your computer. That’s fine, but don’t assume everyone is like you. If this board fulfills you, have at it. I’ll stay where I am.
Well at least you’re owning up to being dishonest about most of what you post, but that’s no shocker.
I'm sorry. I must have missed the post(s) where you revealed anything about your personal life (family, job, location,etc.), or even your screen name over at the old WC.
On the bright side, I guess this ensures I’ll be the first to reach the coveted last badge status on here.
Pretty sure Sammy already got there.
Yeah, but he's staff; he's paid to be here. Mine will be a sign of futileness in life. Much more important.
He (McMurt) has more posts than Sammy, but trails in reaction(s), so it makes me wonder if the rating system takes both into account...and if a handful of posters were to go into his posting history and react to a few dozen of his posts, if he couldn't be posthumously awarded his Red Cup...lol.
Just sayin...
A good friend will bail you out of jail, but your best friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying "that was f***ing awesome"
As a result, I have never truthfully revealed where I live (if I have, I have often changed it up), my family situation (number of kids, their sex, where they live), my degree, college, or occupation, or my exact age...at least not with any consistency. I am a ridiculous name with a set of political leanings and certain life philosophies.
Interesting. What are you so afraid of that you think you must come to this board wearing a suit of impenetrable body armor? Most of us have enough self confidence that we know the insults tossed around says more about them than us.
And what is this “real world” stuff? This is part of the real world, and seen properly can actually be entertaining, interesting, and informative.
As a result, I have never truthfully revealed where I live (if I have, I have often changed it up), my family situation (number of kids, their sex, where they live), my degree, college, or occupation, or my exact age...at least not with any consistency. I am a ridiculous name with a set of political leanings and certain life philosophies. I guarantee that my real friends and family, out here in the real world, would not be able to "pick me out of a line up." I would also guess there are many posters, some of whom have multiple personas, who agree. As a result, regardless of what you say, insults from personas don't, and shouldn't bother me, or anyone else, and that is not some sign of "deep insecurities", or "lack of self-awareness". Quite the contrary, to be honest. If insults bother you, then maybe you are too invested in this place instead of where you should be...in the real world, where your family and friends, assuming you have both, reside.
Wow, that's some industrial grade paranoia right there.
But you don't believe any of this about other people. What kind of person would spend day-after-day on a message board, interacting with threads about personal issues, calling people out for personal failings, etc. like you do if you also thought they were all just making it up? You honestly think McM, for example, made up everything about his kids? That I have? Boogie?
As for acting like insults don't bother you, LOL. I've been reading your posts for a few years now. You hang on to slights about as long as anyone else on here. CoH comes the closest to not letting it bother him. VanPastorMan was the best.
I’m not sure you got one thing right in this post. I think we both approach this board from different perspectives. Begin with comparing our post counts as a starting point. This board is obviously a much bigger part of your life. It’s clear you spend a huge proportion of your life either here, or thinking about here when away from your computer. That’s fine, but don’t assume everyone is like you. If this board fulfills you, have at it. I’ll stay where I am.
Why would anyone believe anything you have to say on this board now?
In a weird effort to show you’re not a normal human who is bothered by insults (which everyone here knows is bullshit—we’ve read your posts), you’ve now put yourself into a corner: you’re either an inveterate liar or incredibly self- deluded.
As for the “no one knows anything about anyone on here” bizarre comment, think about that for a a second with reference to Aloha. Dude shared a lot with us about his life, his wife, his daughter, his job, etc. He’s not a fool for doing that, as you imply.
As a result, I have never truthfully revealed where I live (if I have, I have often changed it up), my family situation (number of kids, their sex, where they live), my degree, college, or occupation, or my exact age...at least not with any consistency. I am a ridiculous name with a set of political leanings and certain life philosophies.
Interesting. What are you so afraid of that you think you must come to this board wearing a suit of impenetrable body armor? Most of us have enough self confidence that we know the insults tossed around says more about them than us.
And what is this “real world” stuff? This is part of the real world, and seen properly can actually be entertaining, interesting, and informative.
I fully answered your first question.
As to your last sentence, if you can't see the difference between the real world and here, I can't help you. I find movies to be entertaining, interesting, and informative, but that doesn't qualify them as real world. Face to face interactions with other people are real. Family, friends, coworkers. Many of you have preached the evils of social media. Maybe the inability to make that distinction is at the heart of that evil.
As a result, I have never truthfully revealed where I live (if I have, I have often changed it up), my family situation (number of kids, their sex, where they live), my degree, college, or occupation, or my exact age...at least not with any consistency. I am a ridiculous name with a set of political leanings and certain life philosophies. I guarantee that my real friends and family, out here in the real world, would not be able to "pick me out of a line up." I would also guess there are many posters, some of whom have multiple personas, who agree. As a result, regardless of what you say, insults from personas don't, and shouldn't bother me, or anyone else, and that is not some sign of "deep insecurities", or "lack of self-awareness". Quite the contrary, to be honest. If insults bother you, then maybe you are too invested in this place instead of where you should be...in the real world, where your family and friends, assuming you have both, reside.
Wow, that's some industrial grade paranoia right there.
But you don't believe any of this about other people. What kind of person would spend day-after-day on a message board, interacting with threads about personal issues, calling people out for personal failings, etc. like you do if you also thought they were all just making it up? You honestly think McM, for example, made up everything about his kids? That I have? Boogie?
As for acting like insults don't bother you, LOL. I've been reading your posts for a few years now. You hang on to slights about as long as anyone else on here. CoH comes the closest to not letting it bother him. VanPastorMan was the best.
I’m not sure you got one thing right in this post. I think we both approach this board from different perspectives. Begin with comparing our post counts as a starting point. This board is obviously a much bigger part of your life. It’s clear you spend a huge proportion of your life either here, or thinking about here when away from your computer. That’s fine, but don’t assume everyone is like you. If this board fulfills you, have at it. I’ll stay where I am.
Why would anyone believe anything you have to say on this board now?
In a weird effort to show you’re not a normal human who is bothered by insults (which everyone here knows is bullshit—we’ve read your posts), you’ve now put yourself into a corner: you’re either an inveterate liar or incredibly self- deluded.
As for the “no one knows anything about anyone on here” bizarre comment, think about that for a a second with reference to Aloha. Dude shared a lot with us about his life, his wife, his daughter, his job, etc. He’s not a fool for doing that, as you imply.
You don't have to believe anything I say. That has never been my purpose here. I don't give a shit, and neither should you. If you do, then you are the one who needs to take a step back...or not. You obviously care about your post count, and other posters' opinions about you (or at least your persona does). Once again, if that is fulfilling for your life, go for it. I'll continue to do what I do, regardless of your opinion of me.
As I have explained before, I would be riding a "regular" bike, but for spinal stenosis that required both back and neck fusion surgeries that made riding an "upright" bike impossibly painful.
So I've gone from being extremely obese and unable to exercise, to riding 1,600 miles a year and shedding 128 pounds over 6 years.
I'm supposed to be embarrassed about that?
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
As a result, I have never truthfully revealed where I live (if I have, I have often changed it up), my family situation (number of kids, their sex, where they live), my degree, college, or occupation, or my exact age...at least not with any consistency. I am a ridiculous name with a set of political leanings and certain life philosophies. I guarantee that my real friends and family, out here in the real world, would not be able to "pick me out of a line up." I would also guess there are many posters, some of whom have multiple personas, who agree. As a result, regardless of what you say, insults from personas don't, and shouldn't bother me, or anyone else, and that is not some sign of "deep insecurities", or "lack of self-awareness". Quite the contrary, to be honest. If insults bother you, then maybe you are too invested in this place instead of where you should be...in the real world, where your family and friends, assuming you have both, reside.
Wow, that's some industrial grade paranoia right there.
But you don't believe any of this about other people. What kind of person would spend day-after-day on a message board, interacting with threads about personal issues, calling people out for personal failings, etc. like you do if you also thought they were all just making it up? You honestly think McM, for example, made up everything about his kids? That I have? Boogie?
As for acting like insults don't bother you, LOL. I've been reading your posts for a few years now. You hang on to slights about as long as anyone else on here. CoH comes the closest to not letting it bother him. VanPastorMan was the best.
I’m not sure you got one thing right in this post. I think we both approach this board from different perspectives. Begin with comparing our post counts as a starting point. This board is obviously a much bigger part of your life. It’s clear you spend a huge proportion of your life either here, or thinking about here when away from your computer. That’s fine, but don’t assume everyone is like you. If this board fulfills you, have at it. I’ll stay where I am.
Well at least you’re owning up to being dishonest about most of what you post, but that’s no shocker.
I'm sorry. I must have missed the post(s) where you revealed anything about your personal life (family, job, location,etc.), or even your screen name over at the old WC.
Withholding info is completely different than being intentionally dishonest, but I wouldn’t expect a dishonest person to understand the distinction…
Sounds like a personal attack. And I am none of those.
Loser? Today's good news is that I got a paper accepted in "Nature", one of the the highest impact scientific journals on Earth. Ugly? i suppose that's a matter of opinion. Fat? Maybe 130 pounds ago, but not any more. Shirts 4X -> 3X -> 2X -> 1XL-Big -> XL-slim cut. Aiming for a L, but shoulders may be too broad to get there. Goodwill got 25 of my old too big shirts this weekend. I rode my bike 15 miles this morning, working off the minor 3 lb backslide from Thanksgiving pies. 2026 should see me reach my "ideal" BMI chart weight.
As to the hierarchy of a-holes, I could imagine myself peaceably sharing a beer and talking IU sports or maybe even politics with Stoll, Favra, maybe even Danc. But no way in hell would I ever share space with McMurt. At least, unarmed.
To be fair, ugly is rather subjective. What one person might find attractive, another might think hideous
