To: OathMeal (605 hits)
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Submitted by Shinji Ikari (View user info) at 2007-07-02 11:04:35 EDT
OathMeal,
It seems as though you're still confused as to why you're having so much trouble getting on with folks here. I thought I might take a moment to explain things to you for the benefit of all involved.
1. You cannot win an online battle. You seem to be convinced that you can, but there is something wonderfully terrible about the internet that allows people to shake their heads and bellow "Nuh-uh!" to essentially anything that is said. One can make even the plainest, most concrete of claims and still be yelled down by people who are:
a) ignorant
b) ridiculously antagonistic, or
c) both
In an actual, face-to-face verbal exchange, is it likely that they would still act this way? No, probably not, but there really is no telling, is there? Fighting on the internet (if you'll pardon the politically incorrect analogy) is like the Special Olympics: no matter who wins, everyone's a loser. It's cliched, but it holds true. There really is nothing that can be done about someone with a case of the ass, particularly on a site such as this, where there is no "Ignore User" button and it takes posting someone's personal information or photographic evidence of baby rape to get them banned. Unless you're playing CounterStrike, an internet feud is a case between an immovable object and an irresistible force, so long as both parties still participate. If people want to act like you're a jerkoff toward you, there is no solution aside from to stop giving them ammunition.
Which leads me to...
2. You seem to be under the impression that you have a strong sense of wit. This is not the case. It does not appear as though you have the proper background to have developed one earlier in life; wit requires education, knowledge, mastery of your native tongue, and timing. You have none of these. Hope is not lost for you, but repeatedly challenging the intelligence of your opponents or questioning their success in life is neither scathing nor impressive. I would suggest you become intimately familiar with Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen and, for a more contemporary feel, Dave Barry and The Underground Grammarian.
Your weak insults displays your greater inability to get your point across, which in turn is a sign of low intelligence. Change this, and you will become more respected. Also...
3. Your writing must improve. As it stands now, you have a very weak narrative voice and your vocabulary and description is lacking. Only time and hard work will alter this, but these shall pay off if both are spent liberally. A better-written post will garner more positive response, even in a place as illogical as this.
4. "Crumpling". I have not been around long enough to know; were you the origin of this? If so, was it said in earnest and without humour? If so, you have a great deal of work ahead of you to overcome the stereotypes this has generated.
That, and posting a picture of your favorite cum rag in active use. Ridicule is almost assured in cases such as these.
5. You are needlessly antagonistic. I would have assumed, at least at first glance, that you start fights here for fun, but then I became appraised of the feud between you and some of the others here and how intense it became, I realized that you become far too involved in things. You must learn restraint. Some users will hate you because they can, because they take pleasure in antagonizing others. You cannot be one of these people and then turn around and wonder why it comes back to you.
If you put shit into the universe, shit is what you will get in return.
Think on't.
User Reviews
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2007-07-02 23:51:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
*yawn*
Oh, that wacky Oathmeal!! Next you should write a post about how awesome Bart is, or how big apollo88's head is, or how Eric D. Rice of West Virginia is a statutory rapist.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-07-02 19:46:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
*reads*
*Follows kk, TTOM, and loki*
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-07-02 19:32:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
No Comment
Submitted by Foolproof (user info) at 2007-07-02 18:28:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Please do not feed the Gingers attention.
Thank you,
Management
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-07-02 16:32:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh Williamson, you nutty nut you...
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-07-02 14:51:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i dont remember which post this is.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-07-02 14:43:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Cyrus (user info) at 2007-07-02 14:13:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
*reads & agrees with Darko*
But it's not just this guy, it's Rob Berg and a dozen others as well.
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While I'm flattered that you would choose MY name above some of the other glaringly obvious choices around this site...
...um.
Actually no, thats it. I'm just flattered. WOOO! I gots me some attention from some random untalented ubernerd!
Thanks for the internet validation I so desperately crave dear Cyrus.
Now be a pal and go plus 1 all my posts, k?
Submitted by Cyrus (user info) at 2007-07-02 14:13:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
*reads & agrees with Darko*
But it's not just this guy, it's Rob Berg and a dozen others as well.
Submitted by Bohme (user info) at 2007-07-02 13:50:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Should have omitted that cliche.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2007-07-02 13:13:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
OOOOOOOOOOO BURN! (kinda)
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2007-07-02 12:51:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://ubersite.com/m/95611
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2007-07-02 12:28:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
*reads*
*Follows kk and TTOM*
Submitted by BubbaEarl (user info) at 2007-07-02 12:07:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
next time address it to meatloaf.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-07-02 12:05:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by raebuf (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:53:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/109776
Submitted by CHR15 (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:52:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Just because you're an alter.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:34:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
*reads*
*follows KK*
Submitted by raebuf (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:29:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:07:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
oathmeal gets exactly what he wants out of this site, attention.
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This Darko fella is right intelligent one, he is.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:21:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
oh but you fucked up the analogy. it's even if you win you're still retarded.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:21:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
i hate jane austen. this made me smile only cuz i can't tell if it's sarcasm masquerading as helpful advice or vice versa.
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:18:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
So...lemme get this straight...
what you are saying is that he is a fat ginger cunt?
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:16:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
*reads*
**blinks & walks away**
Submitted by ChairFace (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:15:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Rapist wit.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2007-07-02 11:07:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
oathmeal gets exactly what he wants out of this site, attention.