Proprietrix
Posts: 756
Joined: 7/15/2005 From: Ohio/West Virginia Status: offline
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I don’t really see myself as a person who does a lot of flaming and bashing online. Although I’m sure I sometimes come across that way to others. I’ll offer a viewpoint that I know the general public doesn’t agree with. I’ll remove the veils and masks that people wrap up their questions in so I can get to the root of what they’re really asking. I also don’t hesitate to step up to the plate to defend the underdog, and sometimes that means knocking the bully down a few notches. And I often state the blatant truth without sugarcoating it. But rarely do I just insult for the sake of bashing someone. If that was my goal, I have a few people in my life who crave humiliation. In general, I am someone who really looks more at the post than the person posting. I might defend you vehemently in thread #5, but later on thread #17, you might be the one I see as the bully. My posts are usually the honest truth that’s running through my head. I don’t make posts with an ulterior motive of pleasing certain people, or attracting certain people. I haven’t really made any friends here to speak of, so there’s no one in particular I feel compelled to defend based on our level of rapport. I can’t think of one single person on collarme whom I consistently trade emails with for more than about a week. I don’t really give much of a flying shit if what I say is impressing a potential partner. I kind of feel like, if someone really is a potential partner, they will be interested in me for what I really am. That includes my no holds barred approach, my frank honesty, and my occasional cynicism and sarcastic streak. For those who may be interested in me, I think it would be very beneficial for them to read my posts here. They would learn a lot about me by doing so. If I have enemies here, they are so insignificant to me, that I don’t even realize they are my enemies. I really have not one ounce of a clue who might have me blocked, who hates me, or who skips my posts. Not only do I not know, but I frankly don’t care. I’m guessing any enemies I might have here (if I do indeed have any) think about me a hell of a lot more than I think about them. Even the people here I dislike, really hold very little significance to me. If someone starts grating at my nerves, I block them. I usually clear my block list every week or two. I’ve noticed, that for the most part, people who landed on my block list, have altogether quit posting by the time I remove them. As I’ve said before, the day I lose even one wink of sleep over something that happened online, is the day I spent way too much time on the computer.
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IMO, IMHO, YMMV, AFAIK, to me, I see it as, from my perspective, it's been my experience, I only speak for myself, (and all other disclaimers here).
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