Feelings suck, kissing is awesome. (4014 hits)
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Submitted by Berty (View user info) at 2008-02-19 06:08:25 EST
Lately I've been noticing that being an extrovert seems to be being lauded as an immense quality whilst being an introvert is being cast as some sort of disease.
When did everyone decide this? Did I miss a memo?
Being an introvert is a good thing. It is a state of self which allows for reflection and a harmonious relationships. In plain english that means we avoid bullshit drama in our personal lives and are less likely to betray the people who care and rely on us. At least less likely to do so spuriously.
Although someone once said to me that we must either be a part of change, drive it, or be crushed by it. Maybe it is better to be an extrovert and that introverts are just people with personality disorders. After all, how many happy introverts do you know?
Hmm... I dunno. I worry that a world of extroverts will lead to a world where everybody shouts, nobody listens and the weight of worth in someones words is assessed purely through the volume with which they are spoken.
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Submitted by bob (user info) at 2008-05-09 16:43:36 EDT (#)
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i agree with the sentiments of this post.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-05-09 16:21:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2008-02-21 06:17:04 EST (#)
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I bet you're not even close to terrible.
I bet, when you kiss, it's almost shockingly intimate... not all smooth and practiced and crap but exploratory, testing, searching... waiting for the response and then matching it, taking your lead from her reactions and suiting the kiss to what she responds to, rather than kissing her the exact same way you kissed your last girlfriend and expecting her to adapt to you.
-thinks about kissing Berty WAY too much-
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Where the hell did she go? I MISS CIRCE!!!
And you're ok in my book too, Berty.
Submitted by Toshi (user info) at 2008-04-26 10:52:42 EDT (#)
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You should write more.
Submitted by Glenn. (user info) at 2008-04-23 23:00:04 EDT (#)
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I always look for status quo, given that it seems to be one of the fundamental principles our universe works on. I think being at either extreme would skew your perspective of the world and it's probably best to find the balance in between.
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-04-17 10:55:06 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/116182
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-04-17 09:51:04 EDT (#)
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Post more.
Submitted by august_sobriquet (user info) at 2008-04-15 20:50:25 EDT (#)
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ok, I realized i'd left a comment without reading the rest so then I thought I guess i can read them and as I read them more, I thought, I can be clever too. and perhaps I'll come up with some clever or humorous thing to say, then about 7 in, I became too introverted to continue. a good time was had by me. and still.
perhaps self centered is a better word than introverted.
woooooooooooooooooooo hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, inc.
Submitted by august_sobriquet (user info) at 2008-04-15 20:41:20 EDT (#)
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i believe we live in that kind of world aleady, right?
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-04-15 19:56:24 EDT (#)
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Well, I'm happy. Does that count?
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-03-12 19:09:28 EDT (#)
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I think it was Socrates who wondered why all great men had been "melancholic men", I don't know, it's been a while since I read the first eighty pages of Lincoln's Melancholy.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-21 16:25:22 EST (#)
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Submitted by BubbaEarl (user info) at 2008-02-21 16:08:38 EST (#)
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what... someone out there has actually kissed a black cripple?
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who hasnt?
Submitted by BubbaEarl (user info) at 2008-02-21 16:08:38 EST (#)
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what... someone out there has actually kissed a black cripple?
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2008-02-21 15:47:06 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-21 07:08:16 EST (#)
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Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-02-21 06:20:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-21 02:22:01 PST (#)
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Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-02-21 05:07:21 EST (#)
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Feelings suck, kissing is awesome.
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The terrible irony of this post is that I'm a great listener but a terrible kisser.
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Just wait 'til I'm done with you- I'll shut up and make out with you.
I'm not too terrible please with my feelings at the moment, and as such I agree with this post.
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Feel free to email me at yeastmonkey.at.hotmail.com
I'm something of a voyeur when it comes to peoples lives so I'm more than happy to hear and talk about it all.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-21 07:06:27 EST (#)
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Ah Circe, if only you hadn't married that Dutchman with his superiour Dutch upbringing...
Well no, we'd both be sick of one another because we'd no longer be able to worship each other from afar.
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-02-21 06:30:51 EST (#)
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Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2008-02-21 03:17:04 PST (#)
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I bet you're not even close to terrible.
I bet, when you kiss, it's almost shockingly intimate... not all smooth and practiced and crap but exploratory, testing, searching... waiting for the response and then matching it, taking your lead from her reactions and suiting the kiss to what she responds to, rather than kissing her the exact same way you kissed your last girlfriend and expecting her to adapt to you.
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This is so stinking hot.
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-02-21 06:25:05 EST (#)
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I meant "terribly pleased".
Told ya, not doing so hot.
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-02-21 06:20:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-21 02:22:01 PST (#)
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Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-02-21 05:07:21 EST (#)
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Feelings suck, kissing is awesome.
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The terrible irony of this post is that I'm a great listener but a terrible kisser.
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Just wait 'til I'm done with you- I'll shut up and make out with you.
I'm not too terrible please with my feelings at the moment, and as such I agree with this post.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2008-02-21 06:17:04 EST (#)
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I bet you're not even close to terrible.
I bet, when you kiss, it's almost shockingly intimate... not all smooth and practiced and crap but exploratory, testing, searching... waiting for the response and then matching it, taking your lead from her reactions and suiting the kiss to what she responds to, rather than kissing her the exact same way you kissed your last girlfriend and expecting her to adapt to you.
-thinks about kissing Berty WAY too much-
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-21 05:22:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-02-21 05:07:21 EST (#)
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Feelings suck, kissing is awesome.
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The terrible irony of this post is that I'm a great listener but a terrible kisser.
Submitted by BeforeEmily (user info) at 2008-02-21 05:07:21 EST (#)
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Feelings suck, kissing is awesome.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-21 04:03:57 EST (#)
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Introverted journalist, unlikely. Bet you would still sell your own grandmother for a good story.
Anyway, you guys are all missing the point. Being introverted has nothing to do with shyness or confidence. You can be introverted and have loads of self esteem, be able to handle social situations and even face a crowd of strangers willingly and confidently.
The point of being introverted means you prefer your own company, your own reality, to social situations and life.
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2008-02-21 03:22:11 EST (#)
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Interesting post- though it looks, as usual, like i'm late to the party.
I'm an introverted journalist, work that one out.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-21 02:41:57 EST (#)
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Urbane is back?
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2008-02-20 23:19:37 EST (#)
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kiss a ho then while you think of the miles and miles (opps! i mean kilometers) of pipe that's been there before hand
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-02-20 21:33:49 EST (#)
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Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2008-02-20 14:43:09 CST (#)
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Time and a place for being both I'd say, Bertrude.
Been a while since I've been on here.
Who's pretending to be dead / have cancer / pregnant / not a ghey this week?
urbane, method, AJ, Mr Wolf.
Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2008-02-20 15:43:09 EST (#)
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Time and a place for being both I'd say, Bertrude.
Been a while since I've been on here.
Who's pretending to be dead / have cancer / pregnant / not a ghey this week?
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-20 10:41:04 EST (#)
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aahahahahaha, Lisa you rule
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 10:23:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2008-02-20 07:31:35 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 06:47:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2008-02-19 06:36:04 EST (#)
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I'm just around the corner in beautiful Cleveland, OH, USA. Why don't you move here? We can get married, you can get a job at a factory, and I will gain fifty pounds and raise our six kids and teach them to love Jesus. We'll have fancy dinners at Eat 'n Park...I will wear my sweats and you will wear your Hollister shirt and baseball cap. If this doesn't sound like paradise to you, I don't know what would.
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That does sound pretty good. Bang me across an email and we'll see what we can do about shoving my S personality peg into your A personality hole.
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Baby, you can stick anything you want in my A-hole.
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Gosh! That's unusually forward of you. Thanks though.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-02-20 07:41:59 EST (#)
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woah. I thought I'd have a little lie down on the couch 4 hours ago and just woke from dreaming about having to push a bike up a hill on account of me being so fat - and cuddling a european pillow. I ring my dad every night and now I can't because it's past his beddy-byes. How am I going to explain this? And I'm fucking famished.
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2008-02-20 07:31:35 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 06:47:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2008-02-19 06:36:04 EST (#)
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I'm just around the corner in beautiful Cleveland, OH, USA. Why don't you move here? We can get married, you can get a job at a factory, and I will gain fifty pounds and raise our six kids and teach them to love Jesus. We'll have fancy dinners at Eat 'n Park...I will wear my sweats and you will wear your Hollister shirt and baseball cap. If this doesn't sound like paradise to you, I don't know what would.
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That does sound pretty good. Bang me across an email and we'll see what we can do about shoving my S personality peg into your A personality hole.
Baby, you can stick anything you want in my A-hole.
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2008-02-20 06:14:35 EST (#)
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I said sanitry towles, not tampons. There is nothing wrong with an item that is designed to be inserted into a vagina.
Wife berty... my wife. I did it. Like a fool. I'm a shell of the man i used to be.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 06:04:45 EST (#)
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What's wrong with tampons?
The menstruel cycle is perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of. You should certainly NEVER refer to your girlfriend as disgusting and demand that she spends the whole day sitting naked in the bath.
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2008-02-20 05:58:49 EST (#)
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Don't say wings....
wings make me think of sanitry towels.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 05:56:17 EST (#)
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Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2008-02-20 05:53:15 EST (#)
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Bertron, you are so full of shit sometimes.
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So much that I need wings to survive.
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2008-02-20 05:53:15 EST (#)
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Bertron, you are so full of shit sometimes.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 05:32:34 EST (#)
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Wait a minute...
How do you know anything about my trousers?
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 05:16:58 EST (#)
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If you insist, hippie.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 05:08:31 EST (#)
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Just kidding, I'm healthy as a horse. Fancy clothes and hair gel are for fat losers.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:55:43 EST (#)
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Don't be sorry. Heck, I think it was the nicest thing anyone has ever said about my nose hair.
Not past 35 huh? Those crazy doctors. What do they know?
Just in case... you should REALLY get in touch with a hairstylist. Stat.
Maybe pick up a new pair of trainers and a nifty jumper while yer at it. Update your trousers too.
: )
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:51:33 EST (#)
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Are you really fat? I was just wildly speculating and making assumptions. I'm sorry I called your nasal hair lushious Robby. It was unkind.
If it is any consolation; Doctors do not expect me to live past 35.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:51:00 EST (#)
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Oi you two. Just letting you know your argument, well, it is all a bit gay. Makeovers? Hair styles? Men should row about football, women and the size of their peni oh, I mean cars, and NOTHING else.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:50:47 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:47:39 EST (#)
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How're you going to make me over then Rob? Wax my hair staight up into the air to make me look more imposing? Inject collagen into my chest to make me more buff? Suck fat out of my thighs and put it into my bottom so I can sit down for literally days at a time?
'Cause, you know, that wouldn't be so bad.
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I don't know.
I wasn't even expecting a response. I just kinda threw it out there because every time I see your photo I think "That guy needs a haircut."
If you want to get more buff I would suggest working out and eating right.
This really isn't an attack - just a meaningless opinion expressed by a fellow ubernurd.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:48:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:41:49 EST (#)
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The only hair Rob has that is comparable to mine grows inside his nose.
His nasal hair IS proper lushious though.
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I imagine that probably qualifies as some sort of joke.
I would have gone with back hair, myself. Next I would leverage the whole 'fat' thing.
heh, I guess this was destined to degenerate into pointless speculation.
Doesn't change the fact you need an update to your 'look', fella.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:47:39 EST (#)
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How're you going to make me over then Rob? Wax my hair staight up into the air to make me look more imposing? Inject collagen into my chest to make me more buff? Suck fat out of my thighs and put it into my bottom so I can sit down for literally days at a time?
'Cause, you know, that wouldn't be so bad.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:44:26 EST (#)
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OMG DO YOU HAVE YOUR PENCIL & PROTRACTOR 'CAUSE YOU JUST GOT TAKEN TO SKOOL!
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:44:19 EST (#)
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heh.
Sorry ORP.
I don't even know why I feel the urge to tell young Berty to do this - its not like we have any real interaction around this dump.
He just strikes me as someone who in a desperate need of a makeover.
Could be the extrovert in me acting up.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:41:49 EST (#)
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The only hair Rob has that is comparable to mine grows inside his nose.
His nasal hair IS proper lushious though.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:40:05 EST (#)
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Um... yeah. You do. Too much of it.
Longhair.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:38:03 EST (#)
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rob, bertys hair is legend. Leave it alone.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:23:45 EST (#)
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At least I've got some hair, Rob.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-20 04:00:17 EST (#)
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ps:
Get a haircut, hippie.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-20 03:54:17 EST (#)
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*shrug*
As long as I get my genetically engineered, cybernetically enhanced, mega babies then I'm happy.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2008-02-20 01:46:16 EST (#)
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you know what faggity anne? this post reeks of natural selection. It's somewhat fanciful but ultimately logical. If you want to expand on the theory, people like moley will survive the holocaust and get born in vast vats of some kind of drudge - the embodiment fueled by resourses we can ill afford to farm, and only time will show the cost and how it impacts on humanity. Your noble albeit angsty gripe told here in a nondescript post on an even more nondescript website, will echo as an accidental warning to mankind, and as long as aliens can reverse engineer or scrape together the molecules and ghost the image of your stupidly rhetorical hard drive, well may they wonder, at wtf you were trying to say, given that they'd also read the rest of all the bollocks you'd typed here.
and lo they will point their civilisation-regenerator laser elsewhere, and it will,
all,
be,
your fault.
i'm just saying.
Submitted by shandythedog (user info) at 2008-02-20 01:20:31 EST (#)
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all this will change bertram, have no fear
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2008-02-20 01:05:36 EST (#)
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buddy....any inner demons you need to cast out? i agree with what you say though..
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-02-19 21:00:02 EST (#)
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You better check yo self before you wreck yo self
Cos I'm bad for your health, I come real stealth
Droppin bombs on ya moms, fuck car alarms
Doin foul crime, I'm that nigga wit'cha Alpine
Sold it for a six-o, always let tricks know,and friends know,
we got that indo.
No I'm not a sucker, sittin in a House of Pain
And no I'm not the butler, I'll cut ya (Uh!)
Headbutt ya, you say you can't touch this
And I wouldn't touch ya, in fact motherf**k ya
Here to let you know boy, oh boy
I make dough but don't call me DoughBoy
This ain't no f**kin motion picture
A guy or bit*h-a, I'll get wit'cha
And hit ya, takin that yack to the neck
So you better run a check
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-02-19 20:48:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-02-19 20:29:53 EST (#)
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Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 20:06:07 EST (#)
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I am a smiley fuck, though that may be a result of often having people ask me what's wrong if i'm not smiling.
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I don't have a naturally smiley expression. I've been asked "what's wrong?" enough times that sometimes I'll yell "IT'S MY FACE, OK?!" And pretend to run away crying.
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Word, yo.
I have a blank expression that many people mistake for a sad face.
It's really down syndrome, but I don't have the heart to correct them.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-02-19 20:29:53 EST (#)
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Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 20:06:07 EST (#)
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I am a smiley fuck, though that may be a result of often having people ask me what's wrong if i'm not smiling.
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I don't have a naturally smiley expression. I've been asked "what's wrong?" enough times that sometimes I'll yell "IT'S MY FACE, OK?!" And pretend to run away crying.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 20:06:07 EST (#)
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I am a smiley fuck, though that may be a result of often having people ask me what's wrong if i'm not smiling.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 17:21:08 EST (#)
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DO IT!
Specially if she is "out-going" in the morning.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2008-02-19 17:20:03 EST (#)
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Theres a woman at my work who seems to think that being loud and rude makes her straight-talking and outspoken rather than just an annoying cunt.
Id like to throw a mug at her head, Big Lebowski style.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 16:52:09 EST (#)
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awwww.....
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2008-02-19 16:43:52 EST (#)
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*tends to wound*
*endears self to victim*
*anticipates hearty gratitude sex*
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 16:41:20 EST (#)
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Discerning
*shoots self*
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 16:40:23 EST (#)
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Thanks.. no, I don't have a girlfriend.
I can't even catch a man, much less the more decerning of the genders! *WEEEEEP*
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Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-19 13:00:21 PST (#)
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Congrats on the promotion, Moneybags. Got a girlfriend?
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2008-02-19 16:38:09 EST (#)
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awwww bertyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy....!
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-19 16:00:21 EST (#)
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Congrats on the promotion, Moneybags. Got a girlfriend?
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:52:22 EST (#)
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please excuse my capslock
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:51:10 EST (#)
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Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:24:57 EST (#)
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Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:14:41 EST (#)
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Telling someone to smile is rude and patronizing. It's like telling someone to do a jig for your amusement.
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Dance for my amusement. And smile, bitch. :)
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OK BUT ONLY BECAUSE YOU ASKED SO NICE
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:51:02 EST (#)
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Yes, congrats, Crystle.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:40:00 EST (#)
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sanka, sanka...
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:33:47 EST (#)
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Well w00t w00t for you!
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:29:40 EST (#)
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yes, it's THAT one! I'm happy! *Does jig*
*looks at Hadley... stops jigging*
THAT WASN'T JUST 'CUS YOU SAID IT!
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:29:24 EST (#)
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Just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
Another lonely day, with no one here but me, oh
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh
I'll send an S.O.S to the world
I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
I hope that someone gets my
(I hope that someone gets my)
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle, yeah
Message in a bottle, yeah
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:24:57 EST (#)
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Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:14:41 EST (#)
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Telling someone to smile is rude and patronizing. It's like telling someone to do a jig for your amusement.
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Dance for my amusement. And smile, bitch. :)
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:17:09 EST (#)
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ALRIGHT CRYSTLE!
Is it THE promotion?! The one you've been working for?
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:14:41 EST (#)
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Telling someone to smile is rude and patronizing. It's like telling someone to do a jig for your amusement.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:14:31 EST (#)
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pink ribbons with white polka dots on them?
hehehehehe... *checks clock* yeah.. it's afternoon now, THAT's why I'm smiling...
OH, AND I GOT A FREAKING PROMOTION!
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:11:54 EST (#)
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Hmmm, I'd better be a little more gentle in my expressions. Berty is a gentle soul and crabby sentiments muss his hair.
Which I still would love to plait and decorate with cute little ribbons.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:09:21 EST (#)
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and that is simple truth.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 15:01:42 EST (#)
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I have a black storm cloud over my head until noon at least.
The antemeridian hours were spawned in the bowels of hell.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 14:59:42 EST (#)
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smiley people = extraverted morning people.
RAWR!! -2DIE
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 14:55:49 EST (#)
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Ryu-
I hate the "SMILE!" comments/requests that people make.
I'd love to say....
"Look Motherfuck, right now I'm thinking about 100 different things at once. I'm sorry if you're an empty headed, dull witted Ewe that walks around with a simpering expression on your face because your only two neurons can't fire enough to conduct the singular thought that you're a moron, but I fail to see any reason why I have to share your fate."
Smiley fucks.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-02-19 14:55:45 EST (#)
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Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2008-02-19 14:43:25 EST (#)
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Also, I despise this comment: "Why don't you smile more often?"
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I hate that, too. "Smiiiiiiiile!"
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2008-02-19 14:43:25 EST (#)
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Also, I despise this comment: "Why don't you smile more often?"
This often initiates thoughts of pain and suffering for the person that asks me that. And that, in turn, does actually make me smile.
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2008-02-19 14:40:34 EST (#)
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I want to have sex with your sentiments.
In other words, if one more mothafuckin person at work asks me why I'm so quiet, I will fucking EXPLODE. On the inside, of course.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-02-19 14:34:38 EST (#)
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I agree
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-02-19 13:38:12 EST (#)
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kiss orphelia, you two would make an ace couple.
Submitted by Linus (user info) at 2008-02-19 13:34:40 EST (#)
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"How applicable, but what would I say?"
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2008-02-19 13:30:31 EST (#)
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BERTY, IT'S NOT THAT NOBODY IS LISTENING, IT'S THAT THEY CAN'T HEAR. EARLY ONSET DEAFNESS FROM ALL THAT SHOUTING.
Submitted by PepsiCoke (user info) at 2008-02-19 13:23:15 EST (#)
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You can be thoughtful and outgoing. You can be dumb and quiet. Labeling someone an introvert or an extrovert is meaningless and I don't know where you're getting the impression that being introverted has a strong stigma attached to it. You could just as easily argue that smart, outgoing people are too often viewed as annoying an long-winded.
Are you trying to say that people should spend more time thinking about themselves?
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2008-02-19 12:49:28 EST (#)
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I also wonder if Noonie has access to some underground sort of pornography that involves someone with a substantial "outie" putting it, well, um, in someone else.
This is purely an academic inquiry.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2008-02-19 12:36:33 EST (#)
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I wonder if this applies to bellybuttons too.
If people with innies have different personalities than outies.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2008-02-19 12:28:34 EST (#)
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I am equally content in both ends of the extreme.
I cherish my time spent alone - but I also thrive in social situations.
Mind you, a good chunk of my alone time is spent fraternizing with you band of freaks.
So I don't know if that actually qualifies in the philosophical sense of the term... but still.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-02-19 12:24:53 EST (#)
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I loooooooove to talk, so I guess that makes me an extrovert. For sure it makes me annoying.
Submitted by ChaosJester (user info) at 2008-02-19 12:16:40 EST (#)
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Like Forensic, I'm an introvert who has learned to imitate extroverted behavior when the situation calls for it.
It suits me well enough, but I often wish that I didn't have to smile and laugh so much to get others to relax. I do actually enjoy the company of (some) people; I simply prefer silence and solitude much of the time.
I dunno. I don't feel broken, but I'm also intensely lonely. I think I get off on that a little bit though, so perhaps I am a little cracked.
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And everyone in the world wears masks through Life, to a greater or lesser degree. If a person says that they don't, they're either A) lying, or B) masters at self-delusion/ignorance.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 12:09:07 EST (#)
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and there is a sublte social bias that extroverts are "better"
there is also a social bias that "morning people" are better. This one pains me DEEPLY because no matter how hard I try, there is no "morning person mask"... I simply DO NOT function earlier than say, 9:30am, no matter how early I get up, or how early I go to bed. But baby, I'm on FIRE in the afternoon/evening... you want solutions, ask me then!
Freaking morning people.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2008-02-19 11:54:09 EST (#)
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I'm an introvert, and I'm happy.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 11:52:14 EST (#)
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the intorverted kids get better drugs
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 11:51:24 EST (#)
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yeah but the bouncy little kid gets put on meth
to keep him calm
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2008-02-19 11:36:59 EST (#)
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Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:46:51 EST (#)
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Hmm... I dunno. I worry that a world of extroverts will lead to a world where everybody shouts, nobody listens and the weight of worth in someones words is assessed purely through the volume with which they are spoken.
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You mean like right now?
I think it's pretty much grade school teachers that do it. They want all the kids in their class to be identical, so if anyone is a little bit out they try to force them back in, it's not a very good environment for individuality :(
Right now extroversion is "in", which is why a hyper, annoying, loud little kid is smiled on while if a kid is quiet and contemplative there "must be something wrong with him/her".
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:51:47 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:03:51 EST (#)
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I didn't mean it was necessarily "better" but in the job market, for instance, one must demonstrate excellent "people skills" besides showing competency in the skills of whatever job you have.
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This is exactly why I became a programmer who lets others get design spec from the end user. Roughly half the time, my intracranial filters don't work.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:47:19 EST (#)
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<3
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:46:51 EST (#)
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Hmm... I dunno. I worry that a world of extroverts will lead to a world where everybody shouts, nobody listens and the weight of worth in someones words is assessed purely through the volume with which they are spoken.
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You mean like right now?
I think it's pretty much grade school teachers that do it. They want all the kids in their class to be identical, so if anyone is a little bit out they try to force them back in, it's not a very good environment for individuality :(
Right now extroversion is "in", which is why a hyper, annoying, loud little kid is smiled on while if a kid is quiet and contemplative there "must be something wrong with him/her".
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:36:38 EST (#)
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plus how many wiggers you know listen to the electric six, say irregardless, and make refrences to canibal the musical
seriously
how many wiggers ride horses
wear vans
play starcraft
go too punk shows
i mean
ahh fuck it
yous just a hoe
Submitted by earth_collapse (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:33:31 EST (#)
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Amen, Berty.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:33:22 EST (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:24:13 EST (#)
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Sico's right. "Irregardless" is not a standard English word. The word is "regardless".
ir·re·gard·less /ˌɪrɪˈgɑrdlɪs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ir-i-gahrd-lis] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
-adverb Nonstandard. regardless.
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[Origin: 1910-15; ir-2 (prob. after irrespective) + regardless]
—Usage note Irregardless is considered nonstandard because of the two negative elements ir- and -less. It was probably formed on the analogy of such words as irrespective, irrelevant, and irreparable. Those who use it, including on occasion educated speakers, may do so from a desire to add emphasis. Irregardless first appeared in the early 20th century and was perhaps popularized by its use in a comic radio program of the 1930s.
Also:
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:09:14 EST (#)
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...
my nickname is $$$ or triple s monies
...
have ta tone it down a little your working with a highschool dropout
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I suppose you still want to stick to your "I am not a wigger" claim? Just asking, is all.
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look im a person
i talk i eat i breathe i fuck
what more do ya want
ya wanna call me a wigger you have the right
ever come round my way and call me a wigger, and i will beat the sense into you
an it will be one on one, no one else
im confused why your so hung up on titles
i dont label a fag or a bitch
you should have the decency not to label me
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:25:32 EST (#)
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i need too smoke more crack to understand how we could both be right but i be more wrong
ima get on that pronto
but not until i get some answers
wheres the fire exits
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:24:13 EST (#)
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Sico's right. "Irregardless" is not a standard English word. The word is "regardless".
ir·re·gard·less /ˌɪrɪˈgɑrdlɪs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ir-i-gahrd-lis] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
-adverb Nonstandard. regardless.
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[Origin: 1910-15; ir-2 (prob. after irrespective) + regardless]
—Usage note Irregardless is considered nonstandard because of the two negative elements ir- and -less. It was probably formed on the analogy of such words as irrespective, irrelevant, and irreparable. Those who use it, including on occasion educated speakers, may do so from a desire to add emphasis. Irregardless first appeared in the early 20th century and was perhaps popularized by its use in a comic radio program of the 1930s.
Also:
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:09:14 EST (#)
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...
my nickname is $$$ or triple s monies
...
have ta tone it down a little your working with a highschool dropout
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I suppose you still want to stick to your "I am not a wigger" claim? Just asking, is all.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:23:55 EST (#)
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im using it in nonformal "speach" arnt i
could be wrong though
maybe this is a formal place
and maybe my informality isnt apparent enough
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:21:56 EST (#)
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usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.
there is no such word
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:21:11 EST (#)
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http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/0184.html
We're both right, but you're more wrong :)
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:18:00 EST (#)
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sico it is
i mean i do love making words up
but seriously
it is
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:15:28 EST (#)
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Irregardless isn't a word.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:09:14 EST (#)
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plus socialist is my first name joe is my last
my nickname is $$$ or triple s monies
or stoner
if anyone ever mentions stoner like it was a name, they are talking about me
so slightly fancy word can suck my nuts
or at least i think thats what that word means nickname or something along those lines
have ta tone it down a little your working with a highschool dropout
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:03:58 EST (#)
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Can't argue with that Joe.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 10:03:12 EST (#)
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it was dissillusioned socialist
angry is just what i am irregardless
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 09:55:48 EST (#)
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One could argue that adopting the sobriquet 'angry socialist' is a mask, but whatever.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 09:55:06 EST (#)
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and yes i have been drunk all week
dont judge
binge drinking helps you kill brain cells
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 09:53:33 EST (#)
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irks
wow im drunk
cant even hit the fucking s
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 09:50:24 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 09:32:27 EST (#)
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Y'all better not be making fun of me.
Using the word "mask" is not gay either.
There must be lots of sensitive extroverts about.
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people who wear masks are gay
using the word mask figuratively just irk me
and no not sensative just an angry dissillusioned socialist
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 09:44:15 EST (#)
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I'd rather not get into a discussion about perversion. At least not today. I think perversion is something that lies outside of the sphere's of introvert/extrovert.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2008-02-19 09:34:34 EST (#)
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Why'd you leave out "pervert"?
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 09:32:27 EST (#)
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Y'all better not be making fun of me.
Using the word "mask" is not gay either.
There must be lots of sensitive extroverts about.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2008-02-19 09:20:51 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:47:51 EST (#)
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My true nature is introverted. I had to learn how to wear the extrovert mask.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-02-19 09:04:58 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:47:51 EST (#)
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My true nature is introverted. I had to learn how to wear the extrovert mask.
Truth be known, I'm suspicious of extroverts. What the hell are they trying to prove? I tend to think.....
You're not my friend, Holmes, so why are you talking to me as if you know me?
I would probably be called an extrovert. I don't know if it's like this for others but I don't have anything to prove, I am just me and you can take me or leave me. I'll talk to anyone and every now and then I'll find someone who's worth talking to longer.
Submitted by BritishBeef (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:33:37 EST (#)
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I dunno, I think the whole labelling people whing is bollocks, people are different, fuck it. Everthing should be judged on a case by case basis.
Submitted by BritishBeef (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:32:04 EST (#)
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I don't tend to label myself, but I figure people would call me an introvert, I'm certainly quiet when in groups, and I'm not a huge socialiser. I also tend to be cautious about pressing sex onto people....but I think this is because I tend to be very forceful in one on one situations...particularly sexually, and I don't want to pressure someone into something they don't really want to do. I'm also not at all shy, but people often think I am because I'm quiet.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:31:45 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:22:50 EST (#)
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Toe, if you are an extrovert as you claim to be then you won't need a 'mask'
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If I was going to 'pigeonhole' myself - I would say I'm an extrovert. which makes it worse - because people expect you to always be 'the extrovert'.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:31:11 EST (#)
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Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 13:29:29 GMT (#)
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This has to be one of the most boring posts on uber ever to get this kind of response
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No, it is not unique if you look through Bertys archives :)
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:29:29 EST (#)
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This has to be one of the most boring posts on uber ever to get this kind of response
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:29:20 EST (#)
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why try and label yourself.
sometimes people are outgoing, sometimes theyre not.
using the word 'mask' in relation to behaviour is SO fucking larp.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:28:07 EST (#)
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hurry we must get some ass hats to cover the ass buttons
if no one can see them then we will be safe
Submitted by BritishBeef (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:27:41 EST (#)
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Interesting.
Bollocks, but interesting.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:25:28 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:22:50 EST (#)
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Toe, if you are an extrovert as you claim to be then you won't need a 'mask'.
Indeed, the very fact that the idea of wearing an extrovert mask seems feasable whilst wearing an introvert mask seems ludicrous could mean something.
Not sure what though, I'm not that bright.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:18:39 EST (#)
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HA- Glad you appreciate it, Toe. I knew I'd remember something I learned in college eventually.
I have to leave for work but if I didn't I'd respond to Berty's point in more detail about whether extroverts are seen as 'better'- more social and therefore maybe a little less cold or weird to people who can't perceive the good qualities of the introvert as readily as the other, etc..I don't think it's about better or worse, but who may be more quickly/effortlessly 'liked' or 'befriended' due to their often social nature etc etc
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:17:36 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:13:25 EST (#)
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yes, only it tires you out more
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But it wouldn't make me an 'introvert' would it?
I mean, the horror.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:13:25 EST (#)
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yes, only it tires you out more.
Submitted by stone8946 (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:13:22 EST (#)
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Dunno but yeah, whatever.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:09:44 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:00:39 EST (#)
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Alright, does anyone actually agree with me that there seems to be a sort of vauge social opinion that being an extrovert is better than being an introvert?
I'm guessing Forensic does from what she said about the 'extrovert mask'.
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Well I guess one thing I've learned from this post is that not everyone has the 'extrovert mask'
Is that any relation to the 'I'll smile, but I hate you mask' whenever your boss is in the room?
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:04:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:50:57 EST (#)
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This is why sometimes extroverts are seen as flaky or indecisive, when in fact they have as much conviction as the introvert.
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I would actually 'quote' you in real life. I wish I could be so eloquent. I just come off sounding crude and bitchy.
*end fangirl transmission*
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:03:51 EST (#)
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I didn't mean it was necessarily "better" but in the job market, for instance, one must demonstrate excellent "people skills" besides showing competency in the skills of whatever job you have.
It's just the nature of the beast.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 08:00:39 EST (#)
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Alright, does anyone actually agree with me that there seems to be a sort of vauge social opinion that being an extrovert is better than being an introvert?
I'm guessing Forensic does from what she said about the 'extrovert mask'.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:58:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:47:51 EST (#)
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You're not my friend, Holmes, so why are you talking to me as if you know me?
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As much as I love that quote, It's not always like that...I LIKe going up to people and meeting them. Why is that bad? I've made friends that way.
I even have bus friends, people who have been taking the same route as me for the past two years - I'll sit down with them and say 'hi'
why be suspicious?
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:57:51 EST (#)
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Psychology is little more than an excercies in statistics and I suck at maths too hard to analyse this stuff appropriatly. Besides, I'm only concerned with what the people here think.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:53:38 EST (#)
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One more +2 and I'm leaving this post for a good 15-32 minutes, pending.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:52:17 EST (#)
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Aha, but is that introversion or failing to recognize desire due to a physical lacking? Now we've breached the realm of psychology, my good sir.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:50:57 EST (#)
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A lot of people are unaware of the other characteristics that can apply to these types. For instance, that introverts tend to think before they speak, while many extroverts tend to think while they speak- coming to their ultimate conclusions through verbalizing the thoughts the introvert would keep to themselves. This is why sometimes extroverts are seen as flaky or indecisive, when in fact they have as much conviction as the introvert.
Or people think the introvert is necessarily shy or unsociable. This is not always the case either.
My best friend is the introvert and I'm the extrovert. Most of the time we compliment each other quite nicely.
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:50:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:43:34 EST (#)
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It'd make you super crazy Joe.
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thats good ta know
explains alot
im not just crazy
im super crazy
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:50:24 EST (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:44:44 EST (#)
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Well, your opinion does hold some merit in simplicity alone, ignorance being the basis for not being able to sully one's self with shenanigans. This ignorance is brought upon by the individual being so introverted that they are clueless to surroundings, apparent to those who were extroverted enough to recognize them, no?
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No. Rather that a person can be involved with a group, experience something and then turn away from it. I was thinking of Plato's analogy of the old man who is free from sexual desire.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:47:53 EST (#)
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Darko, aware of what is the question? Sure you are self aware but the true definition of an introvert would mean someone that either doesn't care about his/her surroundings or someone that doesn't acknowledge them.
</Socrates>
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:47:51 EST (#)
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My true nature is introverted. I had to learn how to wear the extrovert mask.
Truth be known, I'm suspicious of extroverts. What the hell are they trying to prove? I tend to think.....
You're not my friend, Holmes, so why are you talking to me as if you know me?
I enjoy the activity that goes on inside my head so it is natural to me to want to live there as much as I can. When you're an extroverted social butterfly though, you have to leave the space between your ears and interact with the weird creatures known as your fellow man.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:46:33 EST (#)
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Orphelia...being a dick pig is a good thing, so long as you are not pigging out on more than just my dick, pig.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:45:52 EST (#)
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I think it's fully possible to be an aware introvert. In fact, I'd argue introverts are generally more aware than extroverts.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:45:30 EST (#)
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You are the only person on it.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:44:55 EST (#)
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Yes, I finally made a list!
/Crystle
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:44:44 EST (#)
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Well, your opinion does hold some merit in simplicity alone, ignorance being the basis for not being able to sully one's self with shenanigans. This ignorance is brought upon by the individual being so introverted that they are clueless to surroundings, apparent to those who were extroverted enough to recognize them, no?
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:44:28 EST (#)
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Darko, you just made my hate list.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:43:34 EST (#)
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It'd make you super crazy Joe.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:43:29 EST (#)
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sico, you mean like http://www.rageboy.com/images/dickhead-pig.jpg ? nsfw
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:42:02 EST (#)
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so wait your saying that one has to either be one or the other
cant you be like a 50/50 split
or would that just make you like super crazy
and yes those are all questions so this line gets one of these thingies?
did i mention that beer goes really good with steak and eggs
now if only i had steak
or eggs
ima try to eat my shoe leather now
wish me luck
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:40:48 EST (#)
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You're right, Sico, about generalisations. It was my intention to talk about perspectives rather than absoloubts, but I've been sloppy in articulating that.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:40:48 EST (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 12:28:37 GMT (#)
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Orphelia is a dick pig.
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As opposed to you being a dickless pig.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:39:02 EST (#)
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I miss rapemadness
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:38:06 EST (#)
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is rape drank the official beverage of kobe bryant?
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:37:36 EST (#)
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Is grape rape an official flavor?
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:35:10 EST (#)
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I love the smell of rape in the morning
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:33:48 EST (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:28:37 EST (#)
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Orphelia is a dick pig and Berty is an ass button.
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I smell a rape
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:33:11 EST (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:28:37 EST (#)
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Orphelia is a dick pig and Berty is an ass button.
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Dare I ask what an 'ass button' is?
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:32:39 EST (#)
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You are casting rash generalizations Berty. To say that "x" is immune to "y" without giving a control or an opposition supporting statement is like my previous comment; a matter of opinion.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:32:15 EST (#)
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they may be free from the desire, but when those options are available i'm not sure they refrain from rash/wild decisions.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:32:05 EST (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:27:09 EST (#)
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It's an absolutely unfair statement to say that extroverts are more likely to betray people.
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You're right and I retract it.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:31:53 EST (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:27:09 EST (#)
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It's an absolutely unfair statement to say that extroverts are more likely to betray people.
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Thank you. Exactly.
P.S. What do you view as 'betrayal?
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:30:42 EST (#)
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Okay we've wandered into the territory of introverts missing out on shenaningans.
However real introverts do not want a lot of things that y'all have with yer whoopin' 'n' yer carryin' on an' yer' constant argument over who's cornholin' who, although they may think they do.
For the most part introverts are free from the desire to either generate or dirty themselves with rash decisions and wild decisions. Isn't that a plausable benefit?
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:28:37 EST (#)
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Orphelia is a dick pig and Berty is an ass button.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:27:09 EST (#)
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It's an absolutely unfair statement to say that extroverts are more likely to betray people.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:25:44 EST (#)
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Quoting the smiths is underrated
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:24:37 EST (#)
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Pomposity is underrated.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:24:20 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:19:06 EST (#)
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So wait, are we saying that being introverted is a bad thing? An ailment?
Toe seems to be of the opinion that if Jesus returned to earth he would put his hands on my head and I'd be transformed into smiling guy who tells jokes at parties and wears an enormous tie.
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Not at all, I generally prefer shy guys to the 'I Am All The Man That You Will Need' guys. I'm just saying that more effort is involved with introverts. plus, I always get this feeling, that you guys think you're 'above' the usual buffonery that is happening at parties
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:23:22 EST (#)
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I'm saying being introverted isn't bad. Being shy isn't bad either but it will keep you from experienceing things that you might want to... FUCK! I'm quoting a Smiths song! FUCK!
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:21:55 EST (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:14:43 EST (#)
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I am extraordinarily introverted and shy.
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We all are, with the exception of Toe.
I guess there's a difference in how shyness/introversion affects men and women, but I dunno.
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:21:52 EST (#)
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You missed an apostrophe. Seriously, and this may be hard to believe, but I am rather introverted. In general I have a core of friends who I'm relatively open with but maybe only fully open with 2-3 people total. The rest of the time I bite my tongue trying not to tell everyone how incredibly moronic they are, especially those that I encounter in public. I find it very taxing.
There are still some things that no one knows, not my closest relative (my brother) or my best friends. That being said I tend to push my emotions to the back but I realize soon that the dam will burst and that, my internet peers, is when you'll read about me in the news.
You could probably convey your message without being so pompous...just thought you should know.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:20:46 EST (#)
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Girl Scouts sell cookies outside the Lowe's DIY stores around here. All those old creepy guys, all that rope and duct tape - have they no clue?
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:19:06 EST (#)
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So wait, are we saying that being introverted is a bad thing? An ailment?
Toe seems to be of the opinion that if Jesus returned to earth he would put his hands on my head and I'd be transformed into smiling guy who tells jokes at parties and wears an enormous tie.
Skrappy is saying (by my humble reckoning) there's a difference between shy folks, who we can assume have broken brains, and introverts who simply do not feel any desire to dominate or control or, perhaps, even participate in social groups.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:19:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:13:42 EST (#)
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I'm not sure socially timid and shy necessarily go together. I would think one could be an introvert but only shy in large groups.
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I think it's the same thing. People who tend to stand in the corner in parties - are introverts. Everyone gets socially timid - you get over it - I for one, would never spend a whole evening sitting on the front steps of someone's housewarming just because I didn't know anyone.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:17:32 EST (#)
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girlscouts are manipilative bitches when they want you to buy their cookies
Submitted by Socialist_Joe (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:15:37 EST (#)
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i sell cookies
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:14:43 EST (#)
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I am extraordinarily introverted and shy.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2008-02-19 07:13:42 EST (#)
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I'm not sure socially timid and shy necessarily go together. I would think one could be an introvert but only shy in large groups.