30th April 2004, 8:12 PM
Ya got a point. Honestly, once again I failed to upkeep my own goal of never getting into an idiotic debate like this. There's blame I need to take for this, because by responding I WAS in fact egging OB1 on.
I did try being logical, but in the end I also pulled cheap insults. Aside from lazy, who does so in this odd way that's ALMOST a compliment, no one here should be doing that. Honestly, whether or not I was trying to prove some idiotic point to OB1 or not with that, it was wrong of me to do that. I apologize for the insults. Anyway, I'm not sure what I can do aside from just dropping it. It would seem OB1 has accepted that sometimes one just needs to walk away and that it's NOT a sign of weak character to do so. Thus, I will return to that myself. Indeed, for the first few years, I didn't get into arguments. I'd give an opinion and then leave it at that.
To be honest, I really don't have any idea what changed in me to get me to be so argumentative. Somewhere along the line, I went from being close to LL in terms of easy goingness to this. I'll be attempting to sorta go back in time, because that old personality had all the tools I could want.
Anyway, that's about it. I'll just sorta say my thoughts and leave it at that in things. These debates really are very stupid, and being right or wrong no longer matters to me. It's obvious to me now, the thing I've learned the most here, that it's not neccesary to actually GET the other person to change their mind so long as you voice your thoughts. It's something I knew before this, but forgot. For a couple weeks, I'll have OB1's posts blocked, just as my own personal test of myself to see if I'm still so argumentitive. Also, if OB1 does the same thing for me, and apparently ABF, lazy, and Darunia as well since they also really grate on him, we could both find out some stuff.
Meanwhile, I'll just say I REALLY don't want to end ANY friendships started here. It's greatly apparent that even though it's a message board, it's just as real when people are communicating (even if it's not as efficient as actually talking in person). At the same time, this is supposed to be a very friendly place. It always was. Even now, for the most part it still is. Let's not just HOPE that it gets better though. I'm certainly changing.
I did try being logical, but in the end I also pulled cheap insults. Aside from lazy, who does so in this odd way that's ALMOST a compliment, no one here should be doing that. Honestly, whether or not I was trying to prove some idiotic point to OB1 or not with that, it was wrong of me to do that. I apologize for the insults. Anyway, I'm not sure what I can do aside from just dropping it. It would seem OB1 has accepted that sometimes one just needs to walk away and that it's NOT a sign of weak character to do so. Thus, I will return to that myself. Indeed, for the first few years, I didn't get into arguments. I'd give an opinion and then leave it at that.
To be honest, I really don't have any idea what changed in me to get me to be so argumentative. Somewhere along the line, I went from being close to LL in terms of easy goingness to this. I'll be attempting to sorta go back in time, because that old personality had all the tools I could want.
Anyway, that's about it. I'll just sorta say my thoughts and leave it at that in things. These debates really are very stupid, and being right or wrong no longer matters to me. It's obvious to me now, the thing I've learned the most here, that it's not neccesary to actually GET the other person to change their mind so long as you voice your thoughts. It's something I knew before this, but forgot. For a couple weeks, I'll have OB1's posts blocked, just as my own personal test of myself to see if I'm still so argumentitive. Also, if OB1 does the same thing for me, and apparently ABF, lazy, and Darunia as well since they also really grate on him, we could both find out some stuff.
Meanwhile, I'll just say I REALLY don't want to end ANY friendships started here. It's greatly apparent that even though it's a message board, it's just as real when people are communicating (even if it's not as efficient as actually talking in person). At the same time, this is supposed to be a very friendly place. It always was. Even now, for the most part it still is. Let's not just HOPE that it gets better though. I'm certainly changing.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)