This is in reply to the many insults made on the character of my friend StreetRaver's posts. He's a 15 yearold High School student. He's an AOL user. He's not exactly the smartest kid in the world, but he's one of my best friends. I really don't appreciate any insults to his character. He may be not be the best writer around, but he's a good kid. He's always ment well, and he's always been a good ear to all my problems. He's been going through alot of things with his girlfriend that I really don't understand, and neither does he. He's tried to come here for help, just as I have, but has found only furthur degredation. Instead of giving him only negative comments, why not point out his mistakes so that he might fix them? Don't dismiss every word he says just because he's a newbie. You never know when he might say something really thought-provoking.

Thank you.

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Originally posted by Tattered:
Caseman's kewl, he sometimes makes good posts based on small observations.

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I think he's cool. Atleast he's not an ass...

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Originally posted by CatKnight:

I think he's cool. Atleast he's not an ass...

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Oh, yeah, that's exactly what he needs, CK in his corner...heh

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Originally posted by caseman984:
You never know when he might say something really thought-provoking.

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I'm still waiting...

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All that I know there was no God for me
Force that shatters all, absence of mortality

Anyway, I think given his age he should have been cut a little more slack, but without knowing that, his character came off as a lot worse than it probably was. Things got a little rough on him in the Car & Stereos thread.

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This message has been edited by Observer on November 08, 2001 at 10:50 AM

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kuru
'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
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please feel free to ignore anything i happen to incoherently utter, because, yes, i am a pompus ass.

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Originally posted by Observer:
Anyway, I think given his age he should have been cut a little more slack

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Dammit I'm the same age, I want some slack too! </whining>

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peregrin said:
this wasn't all you missed. you missed lots. and i missed you lots.

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Awwwwww.

How can geekchick stay away after somethin like that?

I'll post more, now that I can post from work.

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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
-robert frost

This message has been edited by kuru on November 08, 2001 at 02:49 PM

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I'll post more, now that I can post from work.

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Yaaaay!!

Peregrin wasn't the only one who missed you, kuru!

Back to topic (reluctantly), my take on the situation is this: I know that everyone starts off a n00b, but that doesn't excuse them from posting crap. Now, I haven't read the post that started this, but the fact is that age and personal problems aren't an invincible asbestos suit.

When you post, I don't know your age, gender, marital status, or personal problems: I just know a handle, and if you post something dumb then I will flame you for it, period. If you don't want a trial-by-fire, you have two choices: you can learn from your mistakes (and no one will hold grudges), or you can refuse, get flamed harder, and leave the forums without learning anything.

Life is not fair, life is not nice--some lessons are not easily learned, but those lessons sometimes are the most valuable.

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*kuru grins like a fool

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming....

I was once a n00b... but even then I was a geek goddess in need of worshippers.

j/k about that being a n00b part.

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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
-robert frost

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veistran- more than anything people were on his ass for that jumbled eyestrain inducing mess of a sig he had.

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Caseman984- This goes out to a few people, you know who you are.
This is in reply to the many insults made on the character of my friend StreetRaver's posts. He's a 15 yearold High School student. He's an AOL user. He's not exactly the smartest kid in the world, but he's one of my best friends. I really don't appreciate any insults to his character. He may be not be the best writer around, but he's a good kid. He's always ment well, and he's always been a good ear to all my problems. He's been going through alot of things with his girlfriend that I really don't understand, and neither does he. He's tried to come here for help, just as I have, but has found only furthur degredation. Instead of giving him only negative comments, why not point out his mistakes so that he might fix them? Don't dismiss every word he says just because he's a newbie. You never know when he might say something really thought-provoking.

Thank you.

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I know I havent posted intelligent replys and my im aware that my grammer and punctuatin is off, but to tell you the truth, I have been trying my best at it.

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]incubus- He seems fine to me. Who's been having a go at him?

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Things got a little rough on him in the Car & Stereos thread.

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It doesnt matter if you win by an inch or mile, Winning's Winning-"Fast and the Furious"

This message has been edited by StreetRaver on November 09, 2001 at 09:00 PM

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Originally posted by veistran:
It didn't have anything to do with the message, it was that it was an eyestrain inducing mess. The use of 1337speak in it was well past over-the-top.

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Drop it.

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Pay no attention. I am kuru, goddess geek, and I say you're aight. :P

Seriously tho, welcome aboard.

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kuru
'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
-robert frost

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incubus- He seems fine to me. Who's been having a go at him?

> Try SYF a quite a few times...

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Haha! Pay no regard to him. If all else fails, make a flamepic. You don't even need to know how to use a l33t photo editing suite:

Don't worry about it, buddy.

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kuru StreetRaver:
Pay no attention. I am kuru, goddess geek, and I say you're aight. :P

Seriously tho, welcome aboard.

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Haha! Pay no regard to him. If all else fails, make a flamepic. You don't even need to know how to use a l33t photo editing suite:

Don't worry about it, buddy.

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LOL,Thats funny. I havent seen something so simple, yet funny.

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It doesnt matter wether you win by an inch or a mile, Winning's winning-"Fast and the Furious"

This message has been edited by StreetRaver on November 10, 2001 at 02:05 PM

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A witty saying proves nothing.
Voltaire

I'm still interested in making this CD..

How much would you pay for that?

--amygdala

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"I can see the fnords!!"

edit: I neglected to mention that it comes with a neck strap, so that you can hang it off your neck, or strangle yourself with when you realise how useless a 32m flash card really is...piece of shit...

This message has been edited by Amygdala on November 18, 2001 at 08:42 PM

i think you are a dork. then again, so was i at 15. caseman is right, we; I, should cut you some slack. apologies. one suggestion, it seems to me like you're trying to hard. just chill out.

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Originally posted by caseman984:
He's a 15 yearold High School student. He's an AOL user.

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And I should be lenient in my flaming? Look bud, you're cool -- but I don't discrminate! If someone says something dumb, I'm letting them know! Usually, with a picture of some type...at any rate, the point is...just like you said. He's 15 and he uses AOL. You haven't exactly picked the best forum on the internet for him to be a member of.

It's not like I hate him or anything, but I can think of better forums for him to hang around. Then again, if he says something intelligent....kudos to him! I'll probably mention it.

I do it post by post...

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When i think of one you'll know

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Originally posted by Gumm0:
StreeT
I have just finished reading several threads and each time you post I feel like castrating myself with a fishing hook. My 12 year old brother types/speaks with better poise. Looks like your not the sharpest pencil in the box.I don't care what that ghett0 greek goddess told you about 'being aight' but around here you post intellectually or wait till you pass puberty.

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This coming out of the keys of this:

Gumm0
lam0r
Posts:1
From:NY
Registered: Nov 2001

Really makes me wonder where he gets off starting this crap. I may not be the perfect english scholar around here but thats just wrong dissing someone on your first post. Hmmm wonder how long you will last.

edit: me fail english unpossible

This message has been edited by just_dave on November 26, 2001 at 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by miNus:
Wait for it... waaaiiit for it... waaaaaaaaaaaiiiiit... NOW!
< http://www.detonate.net/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000568.html >

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Looks like another fine job handled with care!! I like the wait for it bit... rather dramatic.

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Originally posted by Gumm0:
I feel like castrating myself with a fishing hook.

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It'll be one less piss-stain in the gene pool...

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There Are No Stupid Questions, But There Are A Lot Of Inquisitive Idiots.