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Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #110798  by Kupek
 Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:41 pm
Jesus Fucking Christ.

Some of you need some perspective. I post on another board which is mostly people who know each other in real life. The underhanded shit that happens there in one day between posters and from the mods is more than what goes on here in a year. And it's still around. Some of you wouldn't last a day there.

Maybe it's because these guys actually know each other, and the board is just a way for some of them to pass time. I'm not sure. But it makes me see these outbreaks as... embarrassing.

 #110799  by Imakeholesinu
 Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:13 pm
Agreed. I know I used to cause these back in my younger days but I've come to realize that, quite honestly, you have to grow some thicker skin and roll with the punches. We all poke fun at one another, and this was a(n) (unpopular by some claims) mod poking fun at another member. I know I won't understand the full story but I think that about sums it up in a nutshell. Didn't rum have to close down because of this shit? We've been having a lot of threads closed/locked recently. I don't remember a time in the past when it was like that at all (except when I posted something ridiculously stupid which we won't bring up), either that or I'm losing my mind with the amount of booze I drink.

Some people have been here for 10+ years now, are you going to let a little bit of shit shoveling ruin that?

 #110800  by bovine
 Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:35 pm
Barret wrote:We all poke fun at one another, and this was a(n) (unpopular by some claims) mod poking fun at another member.
nobody makes fun of me :(

am I not part of the team yet?

 #110801  by Tessian
 Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:53 pm
Barret wrote:We all poke fun at one another, and this was a(n) (unpopular by some claims) mod poking fun at another member. I know I won't understand the full story but I think that about sums it up in a nutshell.
That's pretty much EXACTLY what happened. You just need to add the part where Nev then flipped shit because of it and claimed that Kali had ruined the internet and forum he loved so dearly and had created from his own rib... :)

 #110804  by Imakeholesinu
 Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:17 pm
bovine wrote:
Barret wrote:We all poke fun at one another, and this was a(n) (unpopular by some claims) mod poking fun at another member.
nobody makes fun of me :(

am I not part of the team yet?
It's tradition in the midwest to go cow tipping. I'll do it with a taser.


Feel better now?

 #110805  by Imakeholesinu
 Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:19 pm
Tessian wrote:
Barret wrote:We all poke fun at one another, and this was a(n) (unpopular by some claims) mod poking fun at another member. I know I won't understand the full story but I think that about sums it up in a nutshell.
That's pretty much EXACTLY what happened. You just need to add the part where Nev then flipped shit because of it and claimed that M$Whore had ruined the internet and forum he loved so dearly and had created from his own rib... :)
I'm not here to point fingers or whatever I'm just saying, everyone, grab a drink, a smoke, a bong or whatever it is you use to chemically abuse your body and sit back and chill. No need to get all worked up over something as small as this.



Now if Joe said it...that's a different story. :)

 #110810  by Chris
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:08 am
COCK!
 #110819  by Nev
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:38 am
Kupek wrote:Jesus Fucking Christ.

Some of you need some perspective. I post on another board which is mostly people who know each other in real life. The underhanded shit that happens there in one day between posters and from the mods is more than what goes on here in a year. And it's still around. Some of you wouldn't last a day there.

Maybe it's because these guys actually know each other, and the board is just a way for some of them to pass time. I'm not sure. But it makes me see these outbreaks as... embarrassing.
I'm sure this is at least partially directed at me, but I can't think of anything to say that will improve the situation.

I think perhaps "I'm out of here" would be good. This place is fun to come to, but I don't care enough about improving myself on that level right now. And my negativity is immature, and childish, and I don't feel like reading half-complaining whining from someone who used to be a stalwart of maturity on this place! So I need to grow up and find a better place.

Happy trails to you, Kup. Hope that P.h.D is going well. If this seems like "running away", perhaps it is, but I wasn't really doing anything wonderful here anyway at this point. It was a brief "shrine" or respite from me for the intense stresses of my life, but nothing more, really.

To all the rest of you, I will most likely be living on the streets of Venice soon, as I cannot find a way to make a living right now that seems to offer a compelling alternative. But if you're on vacation there in the future, come look for me there - I may be attempting to busk a bit under the name "Replay" in order to make myself some money for food, burgers, etc. Come see the show! There are a lot of accomplished street musicians there, it's a good time and the etc.

I still wish the Shrine the best, as I did create it back in the day. I'm not sure I wish kali or Sine the best, but I'll work on that - Sine at least ought to be relatively easy to forgive. Good luck to you all - kali and Sine included - and adios, partners!

 #110820  by Julius Seeker
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:37 am
Nev, don't run away because of Kupek's post, he whines about EVERYTHING. Plus you know his post is full of shit when he says none of us would last very long on this other board he goes to; he's normally the first person to start screaming and crying at the first sign of anything that does not conform to his beliefs of how things are supposed to be.

Kupek over-reacts. Example, I don't see Lox or other Christians coming in here and complaining about a jewish boy cursing the name of the Christian saviour; far more significant than 98% of the stuff Kupek ever whines about.

Seriously dude, do not take Kupek seriously, he's just taking his stored up nerd rage out on you =P

 #110823  by SineSwiper
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:46 am
Wow, if you take what Seeker said and make it the exact opposite, it might be correct.

BTW, it's funny. It's nothing to leave over, and everybody is fucking overreacting. I put Kali in the filter to prove a point: Kali wouldn't give a shit. Just look at my sig, and realize that it's fucking stupid to argue over this shit.

And Nev, grow some goddamn balls! Quit taking everything so goddamn personally. You whine almost as bad as that Britney Guy.

EDIT: I removed the word filter. I was halfway considering changing it to "Douchey McFuckNugget" as suggested, but yeah, like Kali said, it does add to readability problems.

Oh, and new guys, don't sweat it for stuff like this. This is just a few people getting their panties in a wad over stupid shit. We argue over something, people overreact, we do some funny shit that some people don't agree with, and we all forget about it in the end. Life goes on, people still post, the Shrine still exists.

Yes, it's been ten years with this shit.

 #110829  by Nev
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:51 am
SineSwiper wrote:And Nev, grow some goddamn balls! Quit taking everything so goddamn personally. You whine almost as bad as that Britney Guy.
My balls are large, furry, and capable of surviving more shit than you've ever been through.

 #110830  by Nev
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:53 am
Dutch wrote:Nev, don't run away because of Kupek's post, he whines about EVERYTHING. Plus you know his post is full of shit when he says none of us would last very long on this other board he goes to; he's normally the first person to start screaming and crying at the first sign of anything that does not conform to his beliefs of how things are supposed to be.

Kupek over-reacts. Example, I don't see Lox or other Christians coming in here and complaining about a jewish boy cursing the name of the Christian saviour; far more significant than 98% of the stuff Kupek ever whines about.

Seriously dude, do not take Kupek seriously, he's just taking his stored up nerd rage out on you =P
I run away from situations I feel are no longer good or healthy for me, if I have made an honest effort to change that and failed, and this site qualifies - as well as my life, since I do have the choice about whether or not to seek a job or head to the streets. It's been too long asking the working world to take me seriously and not underpay me, so I'm picking the streets - something tells me I might even eat better, if I learn to busk well, since I won't be paying rent to absentee landlords who abuse their buildings and tenants.

There are no hard feelings between me and you. I wish you the best with all your endeavors (except maybe picking on people socially ;) ).

 #110832  by Blotus
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:10 am
I think you need to live on the streets. Might make a man out of you. You certainly are not that yet.

Boo hoo, I can't get the job I want and they won't pay me enough. Tough shit. Get a job that pays the bills, whether you like it or not. I'm so sick of spoiled cunts who whine that they can't find a good paying job in their field so they just decide to stay unemployed until something comes around.

Use your hand when you're out on the streets, Nev, not your mouth. No telling what you could contract.

 #110834  by Tessian
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:28 am
boy did I call this... I knew there was an outside factor you were stressing on that you were then taking out on us with this douchebaggery (hence my "who pissed in your ___ flakes?" questions). Life ain't easy for any of us and if you're about ready to get kicked onto the streets that should be a major wakeup call that how you've been doing things is wrong and to start trying something new-- or even the opposite.

In the end I have no sympathy for someone who lashed out at others because of their own problems-- my girlfriend started doing that and I almost had to end things. Just because you have bigger problems than most doesn't give you any excuse to take it out on others which is why I kept trying to tell you to go take a walk and clear your head. This time you just pissed off a bunch of people on a forum... next time (or already) it'll be someone you actually care about.

I don't think you should be leaving, especially not with that "woe is me" attitude because that'll just leave an even worst taste about the whole thing. You blew a gasket over stupid shit and now we know why... just move on and work on your problems but there's no need to leave here. If anything at least some of us could still offer support and advice.

 #110835  by M'k'n'zy
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:32 am
As stated before Nev, I would really hate to see you leave over this. I hope you will reconsider.

 #110839  by Chris
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:12 pm
Nev wrote:
Dutch wrote:Nev, don't run away because of Kupek's post, he whines about EVERYTHING. Plus you know his post is full of shit when he says none of us would last very long on this other board he goes to; he's normally the first person to start screaming and crying at the first sign of anything that does not conform to his beliefs of how things are supposed to be.

Kupek over-reacts. Example, I don't see Lox or other Christians coming in here and complaining about a jewish boy cursing the name of the Christian saviour; far more significant than 98% of the stuff Kupek ever whines about.

Seriously dude, do not take Kupek seriously, he's just taking his stored up nerd rage out on you =P
I run away from situations I feel are no longer good or healthy for me, if I have made an honest effort to change that and failed, and this site qualifies - as well as my life, since I do have the choice about whether or not to seek a job or head to the streets. It's been too long asking the working world to take me seriously and not underpay me, so I'm picking the streets - something tells me I might even eat better, if I learn to busk well, since I won't be paying rent to absentee landlords who abuse their buildings and tenants.

There are no hard feelings between me and you. I wish you the best with all your endeavors (except maybe picking on people socially ;) ).
dude seriously......as someone who lived in a car and on couches for over a month......don't be a fucking idiot. Don't even joke about wanting to be homless....it's not even fucking funny. look man...what was said before....we fuck around we get pissy.....this place is not the board it once once......nowdays it's just a bunch of us fuckers screwing around and razzin each other......this place hasn't been the shrine of old since we closed half the forums and it became more a communuty of ass holish fun than anything else......

I'll always be part of this and I like everyone here.....even Kali. everyone has their charm....his is the fact that he's really just a fucking ass....if he were a hobbit he'd be Dildo Douchebaggins.....Seekers is that he's an inane rambling jackass......Joes is that he's back and hates everyone here.....YAY! Don Wang has the ability to post excrutiatingly long posts that we all usually ignore after the first couple of sentances....mine is that really.......I'm insane and you never know just what the hell I'm gonna say....becaus I havn't taken this place seriously in a long long time....

so really man.....take care of yourself first. don't joke about homelessness....and if it's serious...well.....go out and get a shit job. I know I worked retail for 3 years just s I could support myself while I did the job Ireally want to do that pays shit....Don't leave....

if you need support man.....just shoot me an e-mail or a call...I'm always here to led an ear..

 #110845  by kali o.
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:25 pm
Ha...geeze, this thread ended up delivering on it's title.

While I think going to Venice would be great, I doubt going there with no money and jumping into homelessness will leave you anywhere "good" in life...especially in Venice. In fact, it could be a pretty hard situation to get out of...

If you really want a change, go research volunteer opportunities abroad. Nothing in Europe - but at least wherever you end up would be a goal...not a gutter.
Nev wrote:This place is fun to come to, but I don't care enough about improving myself on that level right now.
Out of curiousity, did you ever consider you have nothing to "improve"? Perhaps your role here, at this point in your life, is to play the resident spaz that overreacts to everything (of course, genuine raised blood pressure in real life aside)? Maybe people enjoy that function of your personality, for entertainment value? *shrug*

 #110854  by Julius Seeker
 Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:38 pm
Don't go to Venice to be homeless. Those fucking Venetians are douchesicles. The best place to be homeless is in Paris, buy a brown trench coat, jump in a puddle on a public street, and drink wine all day (with a paper bag around the bottle of course). You'll be drunk ALL the time and people will give you money for it. That's the fucking life!

 #110898  by kali o.
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:58 am
bovine wrote: nobody makes fun of me :(

am I not part of the team yet?
I've tried to include you in the past...given you a lame title and all. Your response? "Doh"...

What the hell am I supposed to do with "Doh"? Where is the "Fuck you kali! Way to make a relatively new member of this board feel like complete shit and unwelcome!! Hope you are pleased with yourself, asshole"? At which point you'd form strategic alliances with the people who would feel sympathy for you and view my actions as entirely uncalled for and malicious. Zeus would decry my actions as mod-abuse and then vaguely remember mutiple fictitious posts he had deleted last week - of course, he'd never address me directly, because he knows not addressing me pisses me off. And the Tess would walk in and say "What the fuck is wrong with you all, Kali was just joking". And the Chris would go into one of his Turrett fits and scream "PENIS!" a few times. Nev would jump in and remind everyone he created the internet and invite Bovine to a new board he is making out of love, lolipops and vaginas. Seeker would align himself to whoever was "winning" at the time or possibly just make fun of jews - it's never certain. Lotus will just randomly pick a side, because all he wants to do is argue. Flip would be making bets as to the outcome of the thread - bets he fully doesn't intend to honor. No one will see Eric till the end, because he is off watching Anime or playing Pokemon or some shit. Andrew would probably flame whatever Seeker wrote, but the loopy aussie forgot his login info and can't figure out the "Forgot Password" function. Joe would walk in and ask if the whole thread doesn't belong in Ruminations...

But that's neither here nor there, because all you give me is "Doh!"...

 #110899  by Andrew, Killer Bee
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:16 am
Sometimes I flame Sine. You asshole!

 #110903  by Tessian
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:02 am
Thank you Kali... gave me a good laugh before I went to work :P

We should write that up as the summary of what this place is about

 #110904  by SineSwiper
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:08 am
I feel left out. Kali didn't say anything about me, and I run the place.

 #110905  by Nev
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:24 am
kali o. wrote:Ha...geeze, this thread ended up delivering on it's title.

While I think going to Venice would be great, I doubt going there with no money and jumping into homelessness will leave you anywhere "good" in life...especially in Venice. In fact, it could be a pretty hard situation to get out of...

If you really want a change, go research volunteer opportunities abroad. Nothing in Europe - but at least wherever you end up would be a goal...not a gutter.
Nev wrote:This place is fun to come to, but I don't care enough about improving myself on that level right now.
Out of curiousity, did you ever consider you have nothing to "improve"? Perhaps your role here, at this point in your life, is to play the resident spaz that overreacts to everything (of course, genuine raised blood pressure in real life aside)? Maybe people enjoy that function of your personality, for entertainment value? *shrug*
At some point, hopefully you will open your large, unwelcome mouth in the presence of someone who is actually physically in your presence, and get it beaten into braised beef. I think if that ever happens, a smile will magically appear on my face, and I'll have no idea where it came from. It'll be like "Hey! I feel like kali just got beaten up! Why do I feel like this? This is great!"

But I can't even joke about it anymore, due to potential presence of lawsuits if I actually say the things I'd like to anymore to your ridiculous, disrespectful face. So hopefully these will be the last words I say to you, if I maintain my own impulse control a bit.

 #110906  by Nev
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:25 am
Black Lotus wrote:I think you need to live on the streets. Might make a man out of you. You certainly are not that yet.

Boo hoo, I can't get the job I want and they won't pay me enough. Tough shit. Get a job that pays the bills, whether you like it or not. I'm so sick of spoiled cunts who whine that they can't find a good paying job in their field so they just decide to stay unemployed until something comes around.

Use your hand when you're out on the streets, Nev, not your mouth. No telling what you could contract.
Interesting to see how you really feel about me, Blotus. Maybe I'll start joking about actually seeing a dick up in your ass, instead of having it all be in good fun.

 #110907  by Nev
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:26 am
Tessian wrote:boy did I call this... I knew there was an outside factor you were stressing on that you were then taking out on us with this douchebaggery (hence my "who pissed in your ___ flakes?" questions). Life ain't easy for any of us and if you're about ready to get kicked onto the streets that should be a major wakeup call that how you've been doing things is wrong and to start trying something new-- or even the opposite.

In the end I have no sympathy for someone who lashed out at others because of their own problems-- my girlfriend started doing that and I almost had to end things. Just because you have bigger problems than most doesn't give you any excuse to take it out on others which is why I kept trying to tell you to go take a walk and clear your head. This time you just pissed off a bunch of people on a forum... next time (or already) it'll be someone you actually care about.

I don't think you should be leaving, especially not with that "woe is me" attitude because that'll just leave an even worst taste about the whole thing. You blew a gasket over stupid shit and now we know why... just move on and work on your problems but there's no need to leave here. If anything at least some of us could still offer support and advice.
I need your support like I need to get shot in the forehead, Tessian. You're a horrid little nerd with nothing to really tell me.

 #110908  by Nev
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:34 am
Chris Hansbrough wrote:dude seriously......as someone who lived in a car and on couches for over a month......don't be a fucking idiot. Don't even joke about wanting to be homless....it's not even fucking funny. look man...what was said before....we fuck around we get pissy.....this place is not the board it once once......nowdays it's just a bunch of us fuckers screwing around and razzin each other......this place hasn't been the shrine of old since we closed half the forums and it became more a communuty of ass holish fun than anything else......

I'll always be part of this and I like everyone here.....even Kali. everyone has their charm....his is the fact that he's really just a fucking ass....if he were a hobbit he'd be Dildo Douchebaggins.....Seekers is that he's an inane rambling jackass......Joes is that he's back and hates everyone here.....YAY! Don Wang has the ability to post excrutiatingly long posts that we all usually ignore after the first couple of sentances....mine is that really.......I'm insane and you never know just what the hell I'm gonna say....becaus I havn't taken this place seriously in a long long time....

so really man.....take care of yourself first. don't joke about homelessness....and if it's serious...well.....go out and get a shit job. I know I worked retail for 3 years just s I could support myself while I did the job Ireally want to do that pays shit....Don't leave....

if you need support man.....just shoot me an e-mail or a call...I'm always here to led an ear..
My friends staged a moderate intervention and convinced me not to go move to the streets, though to be honest I still want to. I thought about PM'ing you in lieu of this missive, which I probably should have done, but potentially someone else might have actually cared, so theoretically I'm not going to do it.

I'm well aware of the danger, discomfort, and general likeliness I'd have been stabbed within the first month. Apparently, from what my friends tell me, the gangs in Venice don't fuck around (probably not even in Venice, Italy, which Seeker seemed to either think I was going to or wanted to joke about, but this is Venice, California). I simply didn't care, and am not sure I still do. I hate my life and still feel as though dying would be preferable to living - it's just that this way, I would have been bringing a camcorder, hiding it as best I could, and trying to document some of what America is really like to YouTube. What better way to take out some of my anger and helplessness on the world than by documenting the stupidity of a decision by a young, bright, talented, but hopelessly depressed and semi-blacklisted man to go out on the streets, with his beat machine, his mouth, and his naivete, and get myself stabbed? I personally still think it would be a lovely way to spend my death, and I still doubt anyone living today will see the point where humans really do live forever - I actually do think humans will live to about 120 at our current age and space in medicine, but it's still not forever, and, quite frankly, the thought of spending another eighty years in the same world as some of you guys turns my goddamn stomach.

Especially Blotus, who seems to have gained a pathetic enough amount of courage to think he has anything to say to me on this level. Blotus, fuck you again. And again, and again, and again. You have no idea what I've been through on the working tip. I hope you lose your goddamned job, seriously.

By the way, to anyone who suggests I might have lost jobs due to my big, disrespectful own mouth - you'd be quite right. But I'm not giving it up. Sorry. We theoretically have a principle of free speech in this country, even if most people are really such big pussies that they can't actually handle it, me included most likely.

 #110910  by kali o.
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:33 am
SineSwiper wrote:I feel left out. Kali didn't say anything about me, and I run the place.
You are an Absentee Landlord...or did you forget?

As for Nev's little replies....heh, wow. I could say something cruel...something funny...something dismissive...or nothing at all.

Instead, all I'll really say is that when someone starts mentioning suicide in a serious tone - even on the internet from a drama queen/spaz - it's a pretty scary thing.

I told Nev he should stick around in PMs, but I retract that. He should unplug and fix his life/state of mind. Obviously, things in real life are exerting pressure on him, as I have a hard time believing me poking fun at Seeker with an admin function is the straw that broke his back :) My advice is meaningless to him, so that's fine...but shit, I hope his friends straighten him out.

 #110926  by Blotus
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:37 pm
kali o. wrote:Lotus will just randomly pick a side, because all he wants to do is argue.
I'm with Barret! Let's all drink and get high. What, you don't agree? What the fuck, Kali!? Go fuck youself!

Nev wrote:Especially Blotus, who seems to have gained a pathetic enough amount of courage to think he has anything to say to me on this level. Blotus, fuck you again. And again, and again, and again. You have no idea what I've been through on the working tip. I hope you lose your goddamned job, seriously.
I'll never be unemployed by choice unless I win the lottery or have enough money to take an extended vacation. As for pathetic, you're the one squandering your apparent talent. Go figure your shit out, as Kali suggests. As for not wanting to be on the same Earth as some of us, try to imagine what that Earth would be like if all anybody did was whine about their problems on internet message boards.

 #110928  by Flip
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:53 pm
Black Lotus wrote: As for not wanting to be on the same Earth as some of us, try to imagine what that Earth would be like if all anybody did was whine about their problems on internet message boards.
That would be an internet trolls heaven... and some damn good reading for the lurkers!

 #110934  by Andrew, Killer Bee
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:12 pm
Nev, in all seriousness, you need help. Have you spoken to a doctor about the stuff that's running through your head?

 #110935  by kali o.
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:24 pm
Barret wrote:Agreed. I know I used to cause these back in my younger days but I've come to realize that, quite honestly, you have to grow some thicker skin and roll with the punches. We all poke fun at one another, and this was a(n) (unpopular by some claims) mod poking fun at another member. I know I won't understand the full story but I think that about sums it up in a nutshell. Didn't rum have to close down because of this shit? We've been having a lot of threads closed/locked recently. I don't remember a time in the past when it was like that at all (except when I posted something ridiculously stupid which we won't bring up), either that or I'm losing my mind with the amount of booze I drink.

Some people have been here for 10+ years now, are you going to let a little bit of shit shoveling ruin that?
Btw - I'd like to point out a few things.

a) While I don't mind being the asshole, I should note that in this case, I really didn't do anything to provoke Nev. He had his little hissy fit without my encouragement...I surprisingly have had little to do with his initial outburst, or even anything since (for the most part, I've totally ignored Nev's attacks). Just for the record O:)

b) I don't think Ruminations was closed for that reason. If I remember correctly, it had more to do with the lack of traffic/activity when the Shrine was ressurected and moved to the new host. I think. I've thought about opening some of the closed forums (mostly Creations, like when Anarky posted his site and almost no one noticed:) just to see what happens, but I'm not sure if Sine has them shutdown for a specific code reason...and I didn't want to fuck anything up.

c) Threads have been locked/closed? News to me. Last time I remember anything locked was when Nev was Admin. I think you were drunk...but maybe I missed them.

 #110938  by Julius Seeker
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:51 pm
I support the re-establishment of Ruminations as well as Creations.

 #110944  by Shellie
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:45 pm
The locking of those boards was because of the lack of popularity. They can be brought back easily.

 #110954  by Nev
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:46 pm
kali o. wrote:
SineSwiper wrote:I feel left out. Kali didn't say anything about me, and I run the place.
You are an Absentee Landlord...or did you forget?

As for Nev's little replies....heh, wow. I could say something cruel...something funny...something dismissive...or nothing at all.

Instead, all I'll really say is that when someone starts mentioning suicide in a serious tone - even on the internet from a drama queen/spaz - it's a pretty scary thing.

I told Nev he should stick around in PMs, but I retract that. He should unplug and fix his life/state of mind. Obviously, things in real life are exerting pressure on him, as I have a hard time believing me poking fun at Seeker with an admin function is the straw that broke his back :) My advice is meaningless to him, so that's fine...but shit, I hope his friends straighten him out.
I don't plan on reading any PMs from you - you abuse the privilege and failed to show any compassion the one time I gave you props on "beating" me and begged you to just leave me alone. So fuck you, kali. Fix your own head until you learn to be less of a bully - and to respect the "bipolar" label that both Chris and I have earned honestly and have already been through a nearly unbelievable amount of crap on. Or has anyone ever labeled you with a medical diagnosis that permits many, many people to call you "crazy" and ignore you out of hand? Refresh my thinking if you have, and/or have any relevant training or experience that qualifies you as anything other than a cherry-picking, taunting little attention-sucker on the subject.

Really, I'm pretty happy with my life, except for the job and the fact that more often than not it seems corruption gets ahead faster than honesty in the world - I'm extrememly depressed about the general state of the outside environment I see, though. You're part of it, you discompassionate loser, but not a big one - you just remind me that there are cruel people the world over who will not respect an honest desire for discussion and communication without mocking barbs about things you don't know about. The things making me crazy and depressed mostly have to do with my girl and my friends, and the ways I see the world treating them. Forgive me my misplaced empathy that I do not know what to do with.

And "I gave away my board because I don't have time to administer it" does not equal "I agreed to administer the board and now I show up once a month or two". There's a difference in responsibility - I'm not even an admin anymore, right?

Call me a deadbeat dad if you like, instead of an absentee landlord. I gave something I loved away and have been occasionally dismayed about what's happened to it. But this place is still somewhat healthy, so I maybe did something right at its inception - either that or Sine is a better absentee landlord than we all give him credit for.

 #110957  by kali o.
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:00 pm
Nev wrote: I don't plan on reading any PMs from you - you abuse the privilege and failed to show any compassion the one time I gave you props on "beating" me and begged you to just leave me alone.
*shrug*

You are pretty adept at running away and hiding from everything else, that you do the same to a PM shouldn't surprise me.

Continue with your attacks kiddo, I don't mind - even though I have yet to attack you, you probably think I did...you have an entertaining way of twisting your views (kinda like how me replying "uh, I didn't hack the board, quit spouting that crazy bullshit" in PMs = "I gave you props on "beating" me and begged you to just leave me alone and you didn't")

Normally I'd say, 'Hey, whatever helps you sleep at night'...but somehow, that just doesn't seem too applicable.

Edit: Actually you know what, fuck that. You want to keep bringing those PMs up like a girl and implying I ripped your fragile ego apart like some mean psychotic net bully, here they are so other people can judge for themselves how I dealt with you privately (and given that you repeatedly "threatened" to post the PMs, I'm confident you have no objections):
Nev wrote:i underestimated you, obviously. you're a good enough liar and cheat that you have half the shrine convinced now that you actually came up with that sentence...so, you beat me.

if you won't leave the shrine, then just please leave me alone. please, please, please. you have no idea that i've actually probably merited most of the "emo" moments you've seen in me...so please, you rich, stinking piece of shit...don't fuck with me anymore...

and i do wish you all the best...
Kali O. wrote:Let's imagine a scenario. Let's imagine that you are NOT completely batshit here. Let's ALSO imagine that I had absolutely nothing to do with the things you suggest.

Got it pictured in that head? Good, let's run with it. If the above is true, can you imagine how insane your story sounds to me, coming from the only active moderator who was the target and cause of the original thread? Can you, REALLY see how fucking crazy that sounds? What do you want me to believe instead, that you were setup by some random hacker (or Sine/Sera) who were out to "set you up" at that exact time and exact thread...

Do you REALLY, REALLY understand how loony and far-fetched that appears?

I won't, I couldn't. But regardless, I don't care - if you aren't a moderator anymore, I'm ensured I no longer have to worry about it again.

As for "leaving you alone", I will always and gladly jump in to another poster's defense when you cross the line - which you have being doing plenty of lately. That's not going to change, YOU should be the one figuring shit out and changing.

Peace and Love resident psycho.
Nev wrote:fuck you, you liar.

i do not understand why cheats make it in this world, and honest people don't. i never will. what twisted joy do you get out of shit like this?

and for your reference...i am near tears due to your taunts. do you think it's funny to call someone who is bipolar crazy? do you know how many people have hurtfully said that to me before? how many job opportunities and ways to improve my life i've lost because of the label? honestly, do you think it makes you a good person to kick people who've already been kicked dozens of times in that way?

why would you do this? i really don't understand what you have against me...and i hope i have a good night tonight despite your fucking hurtful nonsnse.

thank you for making me feel FUCKING POWERLESS.
Kali O. wrote:You may call me a liar - and that's fine. I'm not and (again, pretending you aren't knowingly lying) you can believe what you like. I asked how you think I would view your actions, if you could imagine I DIDN'T do any of the things you suggested...imagine it. How do you look in that scenario?

I'm being sincere, but again, think what you want....but once you consider that I may be telling the truth, you may actually figure out why your actions were so...looney.

As for you being bipolar, like I already said, bipolar doen't equal "crazy". Your actions and attitude warrant that label, not your condition. You've shown poor impulse control, gone way over the line and said some creepy things, over the last year or so. While those are certainly indicative of bipolar disorder, it's not an excuse. I know plenty of people in your same boat but they manage to function relatively quite well, socially and in their careers. If you are having trouble functioning here or in real life, then seek help in a way that works for you. *shrug*

You'll never find an instance where I "flamed" you without you starting some shit first. While I enjoy that kind of drama, I never force it on people. My advantage is that I don't really care and have fun...if you are "in tears", then I can only suggest you don't give it if you can't take. Problem solved, no?
Nev wrote:No.

Why did you lie? That's what I don't get. Why?
Kali O. wrote:I haven't - I never "backdoored" anything. In fact, I had left my office and showed a property to some investors between the time I posted and found it edited. So again, keep saying "you liar" all you like...just imagine how I view you every time you do.

*shrug*

I can't help you Nev, you'll have to figure your shit out solo. Maybe you truely believe I've done something and become fixated on it because of your disorder...or maybe you're delusional. I'm not really sure and I have no idea what else to say to you.

Good luck.
Nev wrote: I have a very clear memory of typing in that line about SOTN's reverse level and posting it. Very, very clear. I also have no memory whatsoever of deleting any post of yours. And I researched a bit about some recent phpBB cracks. Try to imagine yourself in my place, now, if you would. Put two and two together with the fact that you're an experienced and seasoned MMO player and Windows user, and is it possible for you to see how I might easily think you've hacked the board?

But I also am bipolar...and it's entirely possible, in cases of untreated illness (though I do take lithium) that my mind somehow retconned itself into thinking that I posted that line when I really didn't. So I'll open myself up to you...if you really did type that line in, on your honor, and you can convince me of it, I'll talk to my psychiatrist about it and see if some sort of inpatient treatment or whatnot is warranted, because if my memory is that faulty, perhaps I really shouldn't be walking the streets.

So it's up to you now. I'm not kidding about anything I'm saying in this post. I really am committed to trying to get well, and trying to protect others from the consequences of my illness, in a larger sense. (My flames towards Don were unwarranted and were a symptom of that, and I feel pretty bad about that now - Kupek sent me a very patient and wise message that made me see that.) So if I really did make all of that up, please do tell me, because I don't want to stay out of a hospital if my mind is really that crazy and unreliable.

But don't lie about it, because I really am serious. I have a feeling even you wouldn't want someone to commit him/herself to a mental hospital based on a deceit...guessing that kind of thing sticks with you for awhile.

Will wait to hear back from you...
Nev
Nev wrote:and quite frankly....fuck you.

my family and i have spent thousands upon thousands of dollars on psychiatry. i've been in halfway houses where i was locked in motel rooms by incompetent staff.

i've spent years in hell - suicidal and worse. i've had meds stuffed down my throat without my permission that made me feel like i was losing my mind. do you have ANY idea what that's like?

don't you EVER come at me and tell me how to manage my illness, unless you're *actually* ready to try to help with it. all standing on the sidelines and saying "you have no impulse control, you're crazy, etc. etc." does is make me feel even more marginalized than i already have because of this illness. is that really your intent?

i used to respect you, kali, because you didn't get involved in the shit around here. then you got involved in this, and you and i both know you cracked the board and hacked my post. and honestly, i almost feel like that's not the issue at this point. the issue has more to do with my poor impulse control, and your dismissive behavior.

i am imagining how it would look if you hadn't done this shit, and i can see why everyone else is on your side now. but let me ask you - do you really think you're "helping" or "teaching" me something by lying to everyone in order to prove your point?

don't you think you could have said the same things you're trying to prove via a PM and that I might have listened?

all I want to do now is leave, really. five minutes ago i cut my hand breaking a bottle on the floor because i couldn't stand your deceit. you can say what you want about poor impulse control...but to me, this just seems like a microcosm of the way liars in the larger world manage to gain power over people who care enough to be honest.

my cut hand isn't your problem...but perhaps, if you'd been through some of the things i have in my life - watching my father abuse my mother for years, having her scream at him and kick him out of the house, living through my adolescence caught in the middle of the subsequent cold war, getting improperly diagnosed when i first tried to seek help for my illness and getting put on meds that were later proven to cause the suicidal feelings i experienced, then failing out of school because of it, getting put in a halfway house where they locked me in a motel room and told me not to come out for trying to talk to one of the girls in the program, then tried to make me live on forty dollars a week in a motel room with no car, kitchen, or even plates while i was bipolar and untreated, finally going through years of seeking work and getting jobs under my ability level because of all of this, and finally and most recently watching as ten years of my stepmother shit-talking my real mother caused my little half-brother to learn to hate her as well...you might have enough emotional experiences to be as angry, frustrated, and desperate as i often feel.

think about that. i'm getting your point on this from many angles...but again i ask...do you really think it's a point you couldn't have made by just PMing me rationally?

i do read. i do listen when people try to explain things to me honestly and not dismissively. and i really wish you could've tried that instead. instead, you chose to lie...and for what it's worth, now, kali, i don't trust you anymore. i did before.

my trust of you might not be worth anything to you...but it was worth something to me. i'm sad that i lost it.

anyway, hopefully my anger's subsided now. this message was the gist of what i wanted to say. i really don't give a shit about the ops, and quite frankly, i'd hazard a guess that you'll probably make a better one than me. but while it's apparent that i could have handled this better, you could have as well.

i hope that you have a good night.
Kali O. wrote:Yeesh...you kinda jump all over the place there, eh?

Anyway:

1) Fuck me? I don't CARE what your issues are, tbqh. You offered your personal history, asked me a question and I answered. What you do is your business Nev, but if you don't want an answer, don't ask a question. I'm always baffled whenever you burst into self-defense mode immediately after seeking a reply in first place.

2) Of course I could have been diplomatic (had I even believed you weren't/aren't lying)...but I would not have been. Why? Because that drama and back and forth was entertaining (to me). If you (or anyone) are willing to incite verbal attacks, I will always gladly run into the fray. If it's not fun for you, don't do it.

3) No, it doesn mean much. Obviously, I don't "trust" you either, since I still believe you are either lying or unstable. I could be right or wrong...I assume what I think doesn't matter to you and I assume that because if the roles were reversed, I wouldn't care. Is that "dismissive"? Maybe...but I'd wager my *shrugging* feels better than your suggested tears and a cut hand, no? What works, works.

4) I hope so too. Anger, especially from online sources, is pretty unhealthy. But again, don't start playing the flame game if the results prove too stressful.

As for your other pm, I once again tell you I had no "backdoor" and "no hack". More importantly, you had no reason to assume I did. I didn't touch your post, delete my own or anything else. You are welcome to believe what you like (and I'll reinterate, I still believe you are lying). Besides, I think trying to check yourself into a hospital because some guy you know online told you that you are crazy probably would actually justify an admission on wackiness alone

I'll end on this. I don't CARE [well, much] who you flame Mental, I never did. I enjoy verbal jousting, twisting words and playing the flame game. If you continue to flame, I'd never stop you - but I would jump in. However, try to remember there ARE some lines you don't cross. For example, you mentioned an abusive household and other personal details. I would NEVER bring something like that up in a troll/flame, even in jest. When I call you "crazy", I base that on you actions here, not your real life. Try to keep some tact if you want to continue to flame/joke people - I think others will respect you alot more...or perhaps more importantly, you'll respect yourself a lot more.

I'd suggest you drop the whole thing, but you can continue the PMs/Posting asking Sine to check logs and playing the hurt bunny. I doesn't matter to me, as ultimately, I find all this typing a pleasant distraction. I don't know what else to say to you.

Nite.
That is all I have saved. Worst accusation I think that can be made of me is that I was honest and NOT THERE TO HOLD YOUR FUCKING HAND WHILE YOU INSULTED ME, TOLD ME CREEPY SHIT AND CONTINUED TO TRY TO FUCKING CONVINCE ME I HACKED THE SHRINE. Holy fucking shit Nev...
Last edited by kali o. on Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.

 #110961  by Tessian
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:40 pm
Not to pick a fight... but I have to question the motives of someone who constantly bring up their problems as excuses and a crutch. Not to compare you two like a judgmental parent... but I didn't even know Chris was manic/depressive... yet you've mentioned it at least 4x in the past few days. It's like the double standard of "Don't think less of me because of my problems" yet when something goes wrong "It's not my fault I have problems."

Please note that I am not in any way attacking or making light of Bipolar disorders... I've had friends with it and I've seen what it does. I just find it interesting where you can give 2 people the same ailment... and one will use it as determination to overcome while others use it as an excuse.

 #110963  by Julius Seeker
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:47 pm
My main computer is working again! :D

 #110965  by Tessian
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:50 pm
Dutch wrote:My main computer is working again! :D
Does that mean you're changing your name back to? I get confused when a person names themselevs a group of people :P

 #110967  by kali o.
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:56 pm
I already told him to change his name...he doesn't care. Dutch is almost as dumb as "Gone Shakers" or whatever his last nick was.

 #110968  by Julius Seeker
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:01 pm
Tessian wrote:
Dutch wrote:My main computer is working again! :D
Does that mean you're changing your name back to? I get confused when a person names themselevs a group of people :P
Has NO ONE caught the reference for my name?!?!?!?! I'm about to causes some drama here!!!! =P

 #110969  by Nev
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:44 pm
kali - Why would you even save that?

Personally, though I'm slightly embarassed, I think it's an ugly thing to save someone's theoretically private messages up on blast because you're feeling bad or want to "win" the argument. As far as I'm concerned, you just lost it - because whatever I said many, many months ago to you, I'm a different person now than I was then.

Seriously, this place exposes some ugly parts of people. And that's an awful lot of text to expect anyone to read, really. ;) I'm not even going to check to see if you had any journalistic integrity, or if you cut out parts of the conversation, because to me the entire idea of someone saving a conversation just to throw it up at someone later bespeaks a lot of insecurity, and ugliness - as I mentioned. It's all just lunacy to me, on that tip.

Sine, I partially sort of feel he feels safe enough to do this because you put my "personal" info on blast earlier and set a very ugly precedent. And I just warn you both - you're heading into really ugly territory if someone ever did want to sue you. I sure won't (said laughingly), but both of you are feeling yourselves a bit much here.

It's certainly not worth it to me, but don't come whining later if you screw up, transgress some basic human boundaries, and get in trouble over it.

 #110971  by Nev
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:56 pm
God, it's not like you need to convince anyone around here that I'm unstable and "emo", anyway. XD

 #110979  by kali o.
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:08 pm
As much as you'd like to believe I've "saved" anything up, the reality is I simply have never deleted anything from my PMs.

Also:
Nev wrote:If you guys saw the letters...man. I'm tempted to post them just so you can see how he opened up on me, trying to make me feel bad about being legally bipolar - which sucks like a bitchfucker already, let me tell you - *after* I literally begged him to stop harassing me in a PM.
Act blushed and shame-faced and emoticon-happy all you want - you wanted to keep bringing PMs up as if I did something cruel to you, you get them posted. Ask and you recieve...I'm tired of listening to you trying to drum up sympathy over shit others can't see.

As for suing someone (me, I guess?)....alright. I won't even pretend to try and figure that one out, lol.

Stick around Nev, I mean it. You are endlessly entertaining.

 #110984  by SineSwiper
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:27 pm
Does Nev need a hug?

 #110995  by Imakeholesinu
 Mon Sep 24, 2007 11:35 pm
kali o. wrote:
Barret wrote:Agreed. I know I used to cause these back in my younger days but I've come to realize that, quite honestly, you have to grow some thicker skin and roll with the punches. We all poke fun at one another, and this was a(n) (unpopular by some claims) mod poking fun at another member. I know I won't understand the full story but I think that about sums it up in a nutshell. Didn't rum have to close down because of this shit? We've been having a lot of threads closed/locked recently. I don't remember a time in the past when it was like that at all (except when I posted something ridiculously stupid which we won't bring up), either that or I'm losing my mind with the amount of booze I drink.

Some people have been here for 10+ years now, are you going to let a little bit of shit shoveling ruin that?
Btw - I'd like to point out a few things.

a) While I don't mind being the asshole, I should note that in this case, I really didn't do anything to provoke Nev. He had his little hissy fit without my encouragement...I surprisingly have had little to do with his initial outburst, or even anything since (for the most part, I've totally ignored Nev's attacks). Just for the record O:)

b) I don't think Ruminations was closed for that reason. If I remember correctly, it had more to do with the lack of traffic/activity when the Shrine was ressurected and moved to the new host. I think. I've thought about opening some of the closed forums (mostly Creations, like when Anarky posted his site and almost no one noticed:) just to see what happens, but I'm not sure if Sine has them shutdown for a specific code reason...and I didn't want to fuck anything up.

c) Threads have been locked/closed? News to me. Last time I remember anything locked was when Nev was Admin. I think you were drunk...but maybe I missed them.
C) Ah, I was probably stuck in styxville, MO then. I think I meant to say that I had heard of shit getting deleted by people, not locked closed. Don't know how that freudian slip came about.

B) I can agree with that. I've been posting a shit ton less lately though I do miss the board since if we ever wanted to do a "serious" discussion, it would have to be in gamethought because I'm not allowed to post serious things in daily stuff since 2000.

A) I'm not saying you provoked anyone. It seemed like to me that there was a bit of a conflict of interest between 3 or 4 differing parties.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get plastered. Lotus, you are welcomed to hop on the bandwagon to chemical dependency any time.

 #110998  by RentCavalier
 Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:48 am
I think this topic needs more cowbell.

And maybe group therapy.

 #111000  by Nev
 Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:01 am
kali o. wrote:As much as you'd like to believe I've "saved" anything up, the reality is I simply have never deleted anything from my PMs.

Also:
Nev wrote:If you guys saw the letters...man. I'm tempted to post them just so you can see how he opened up on me, trying to make me feel bad about being legally bipolar - which sucks like a bitchfucker already, let me tell you - *after* I literally begged him to stop harassing me in a PM.
Act blushed and shame-faced and emoticon-happy all you want - you wanted to keep bringing PMs up as if I did something cruel to you, you get them posted. Ask and you recieve...I'm tired of listening to you trying to drum up sympathy over shit others can't see.

As for suing someone (me, I guess?)....alright. I won't even pretend to try and figure that one out, lol.

Stick around Nev, I mean it. You are endlessly entertaining.
And you're a man with emotional issues who prefers to get involved with others' drama rather than dealing with his own shit, most likely, but who's counting? What I said is still valid. I have all that shit on my PM too, I just didn't even think of it enough to call it up.

I will repeat my point again: if you need to lumber this b.s. up from the swamp, you're already on emotionally shaky ground regarding your whole argument. I'm still not sure what that argument is, exactly, even, other than some variant on "Nev is emotionally unstable and should be belittled". I will cop to the first - after all, I was the one about to run off to the streets a few days ago, so I'm not sure I can hide it much - but I will endlessly fight you on the second. I don't think you really have shit to teach me or say to me in life - you just like to belittle.

Apparently you didn't save it to your hard drive. I don't even care what you actually did with it. The fact is that it's from eight months ago. No one cares about it now, almost certainly, or if they do, it's just out of the usual mob-mentality "haw-haw-at-the-internet-loser" buffoonery, which I don't give two shits about anyway. *I* care about your attitude towards bipolar people, but I've had to endure a bunch of shit on that tip. The rest of this nonsense should have stayed in the sewer our minds were in at the time, quite frankly.

These aren't good reasons to rehash an old argument, it's just more taunting, ugly trolling. Let it go. Let go of your ugly attitudes around mental illness, too. The only thing even better than this whole thing would be walking away, which I hope I will prove enough of a person to do should it go on too long.

You're not going to change, kali, most likely - you'll always be that asshole who needs to win on the internet. I can change me, though.

EDIT: I was tempted to check and see if you actually even included all of your responses, but perhaps you did, and perhaps I don't even care about all of this bullshit anymore. (laughs) I never have a good time fighting with you on the internet, so you can generally go to hell. XD I think I'll shoot for someplace nicer.

 #111003  by kali o.
 Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:32 am
Nev wrote:The fact is that it's from eight months ago. No one else has even been thinking about this. Let it go.
Please see...
Nev wrote:I don't plan on reading any PMs from you - you abuse the privilege and failed to show any compassion the one time I gave you props on "beating" me and begged you to just leave me alone.
Oo


Nev wrote:I'm still not sure what that argument is, exactly, even, other than some variant on "Nev is emotionally unstable and should be belittled". I will cop to the first - after all, I was the one about to run off to the streets a few days ago, so I'm not sure I can hide it much - but I will endlessly fight you on the second. I don't think you really have shit to teach me or say to me in life - you just like to belittle.
Please see...
Kali O. wrote:Reply: Don't become a bum. I see no pressing need for you to change.
Then...
Nev wrote:Reply: I hope you get your ass fucking kicked Kali
Then...
Kali O. wrote:Reply: Suicide isn't cool to talk about. Get help if serious
Then...
Nev wrote:Reply: Fuck you Kali, you bully. Quit making fun of bipolar people (?), loser!
Oo

At least it's probably pretty fun, living in that little bizarro universe you've erected around yourself. *shrug*



Nev wrote:The only thing even better would be walking away, which I hope I will prove enough of a person to do.
I hope so too. This thread has gotten stale by this point. But I'm a sucker for replying, especially when the shit you come up with is so ridiculous and fabricated...Law suits? Claiming I brought up the PMs first? Finding attacks that aren't there? The shit is just too wacky for me not to reply...but I'll try my best as well.
Nev wrote:I can change me, though.
Not if the last year and a bit is any indication...but good luck (I humbly suggest your aim for change shifts a little bit higher than a wannabe homeless person scaring friends on a message board with semi-suicidal comments...).

Take care Nev, I'll cut my participation in the thread off here.

 #111004  by Nev
 Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:36 am
kali o. wrote:Edit: Actually you know what, fuck that. You want to keep bringing those PMs up like a girl and implying I ripped your fragile ego apart like some mean psychotic net bully, here they are so other people can judge for themselves how I dealt with you privately (and given that you repeatedly "threatened" to post the PMs, I'm confident you have no objections):
I'm actually reading this over and taking offense to some of the language here. Can you tell me where I "threatened" to post the PMs, or are you putting words in my mouth when the statements I expressed are closer to "I wish people could see that you like to bully"? It's not one and the same thing, or even close.

And the other thing is, that "If you guys saw the letters" quote was similarly from months ago. You're taking it out of an old context and implying I meant it in this one. I did nothing of the sort. Do you not see that this is a form of twisting one's words? Does anyone else? He quoted it in a way as to make it seem I implied it in this conversation - either that, or he's just dredging up more sewer gas from time immemorial. Both are similarly about as b.s.. Seriously!

This last post is full of it, too. Quit paraphrasing. I don't like my meanings taken out of context or given implied new ones through your partial and biased "editing".