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docpotato
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Message 48 of 300 (341980)
08-21-2006 2:21 PM 		Reply to: Message 46 by Faith
08-21-2006 2:12 PM

This kind-of thing happened to me a lot too and I similarly stopped making any effort.
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Lately I'm beginning to think that the reason I messed something up by offering help or friendliness was because I had approached the situation with an assumption: "this person needs help" or "won't they be glad I helped them" kind-of thoughts. It probably oozed out of me like so much condenscending cheese.
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Message 95 of 300 (342100)
08-21-2006 5:30 PM 		Reply to: Message 88 by ringo
08-21-2006 5:03 PM

NeuroCycle writes:
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I am not interested in a conversation with them any more or less then the guy in the business suit on the elevator or the child playing street hockey in the park.
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Ringo writes:
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Topic: I feel sorry for you.
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I don't want to make trouble since you have a picture of Lee Van Cleef as your Avatar, but this is too much for me to bear.
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Some of us are not, through personal experience, genetics, or a combination of the two, "outgoing" in our personalities. Though I disagree with Neurocycle in that I am interested in conversing with the people he mentioned, I am personally not comfortable enough to initiate these conversations most of the time. I do not feel this is a pityable trait. I find doing so strains my mental faculties in a way I don't enjoy.
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docpotato
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Message 101 of 300 (342120)
08-21-2006 6:22 PM 		Reply to: Message 99 by robinrohan
08-21-2006 6:15 PM

I know you're being sarcastic but I'm not really sure what you're being sarcastic about. I don't think anything I said relates to the topic of what you're joking about. This just kinda reeks of you smashing sour grapes into the forum. This will not do.
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Message 102 of 300 (342121)
08-21-2006 6:24 PM 		Reply to: Message 100 by ringo
08-21-2006 6:19 PM

Kindly allow me to choose whom I pity.
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As if I could do otherwise! I'm merely expressing a disagreement.
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And maybe I'm just big-boned in the brain.
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Message 104 of 300 (342125)
08-21-2006 6:31 PM 		Reply to: Message 103 by robinrohan
08-21-2006 6:27 PM

No worries. It's just unfortunate that you have not earned my favor and, as such, my endless loyalty and a chance to be around my exemplary moral character.
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08-21-2006 7:01 PM 		Reply to: Message 106 by robinrohan
08-21-2006 6:39 PM

Oh boy! Christmas came early.
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I can't wait to find out what I'm stereotyped as. I won't be too offended as long as it's a reasonable assumption and you allow me to change your mind.
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08-23-2006 9:46 AM 		Reply to: Message 211 by robinrohan
08-23-2006 9:14 AM

This comment is very inappropriate and offensive
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I'd like to borrow a line from The Big Lebowski and say:
Offensive?! WHO'S THE FUCKING NIHILIST HERE! WHAT ARE YOU, A FUCKING CRYBABY?
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