Originally Posted by
hongkonger
Not that anybody cares, but:
About 10 days ago I noticed I was about to hit 5,000 posts and decided to take a break and consider my interactions on PFA. I've been lurking and repping but not posting.
I'm not on any social media for many reasons, one of them being I don't want to be drawn into juvenile name-calling and pointless arguments. Yet that is what I found myself doing here. I don't mind mixing it up but it can easily reach unhealthy levels. Retaliatory rep wars for example.
Generally speaking I am trying to make some positive tweaks in my life and focus on more productive activities and a more positive attitude. That was my frame of mind already and then when I read Cmoney's terrible news it really clicked for me. (Kick its ass Cmoney.)
I am going to try to argue politics calmly and by sticking to actual arguments, not by insulting and belittling. My opinions haven't changed of course. I am just going to express them differently. I never had a problem like this with Druff or other people who prefer intelligent conversation, but I have let the trolls and feces-throwers bring me down to their level and I'm going to try to resist that.
Also my goal starting now is to give out 10 green reps for every red. This may be hard with regard to bottomset, whose seems to enjoy being as smug and pompous as anyone I've ever known, with very little justification. Also for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Tyde, whose posts are great when he tamps down the anger and stays off the alcohol. Still, this effort isn't about them, it's about me, so I will try not to let them goad me back to the dark side.
As a human I am fallible and I am sure I will fall short sometimes. I'm not even sure why I'm posting publicly about it. Maybe as food for others' thoughts.
Commence flaming in 3, 2, 1...
:whocares :internetcereusbusiness :hatersgonnahate
how ironic with this 'turning over a new leaf' diatribe, you chose to single me out personally with a jab
and also insist on taking shots at my alleged alcohol consumption time after after time
my last two threads I happen to have been intoxicated, and you green repped me anyway singing my praises, obviously obvlivious to whatever blood alcohol level I may or may not have had at the time of that post, or any post
you've taken shots at alcohol users for a long time here, and perhaps you need to get off your high horse and do a couple of shots yourself instead of being such a judgmental, finger pointing primadonna
but hey congrats on your new mission in life to be a 'kinder & gentler' libtard
your political views still suck serious ass
that said, thank God you finally got rid of that retarded signature....now deal with the next 6 and 1/2 years of Trump in your face without being such a smug and all knowing doucherocket
oh and it's spelled 'HONOR'
good luck on your newfound ambition to be less annoying and terrible
godspeed