I owe a lot of people some apologies.

Sunny · Nov 8, 2018, 1:23 AM

@admiral

Why are you even here? I don't understand. Okay, yes, us nerds are over here doing a hobby you don't enjoy any more. We're still at it, lol. Can't you find anything more convenient to make fun of?

Royal · Nov 8, 2018, 1:27 AM

Tinuviel · Nov 8, 2018, 1:27 AM

@sunny Given his evidential intellectual stature, the only things he can make fun of are people enjoying things he doesn't. He can't make fun of anything else without giving away the fact that he doesn't understand anything else.

Deleted · Nov 8, 2018, 3:12 AM

I care about the hobby and enjoy it just fine. You people freaking out about 'zomg so and so said mean things about me!' is what I am mocking. You're all being ridiculous.

Kanye Qwest · Nov 8, 2018, 3:15 AM

@admiral said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

I care about the hobby and enjoy it just fine. You people freaking out about 'zomg so and so said mean things about me!' is what I am mocking. You're all being ridiculous.

No one is freaking out. People are discussing apologies and the impetus thereof. No, it isn't about you. I know that can be disappointing.

Deleted · Nov 8, 2018, 3:18 AM

@kanye-qwest Yeah, I'm crushed. I love being the center of attention.

boop · Nov 8, 2018, 3:20 AM

@admiral No you

GirlCalledBlu · Nov 8, 2018, 3:37 AM

@surreality I thought the apology was pleasantly written and you tried your best to not turn it into a drama web (though human nature indicates we can't resist a chance to spin up drama).

surreality · Nov 8, 2018, 3:38 AM

@admiral said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

I love being the center of attention.

...by all means, man. You are more than welcome to the center stage; I could use the night to breathe for a few seconds before the next round of private discussions and cringing into my skin as people use this thread for, uh, not what I intended it to be.

By which I mean: if this means I can take tonight 'off' to get completely shit-faced on vodka and pass out/insomnia-slog through something binge-watchable and resume discussions in the morning as calmly as I can manage?

Deleted · Nov 8, 2018, 3:59 AM

@surreality I have no problem with you in general but I do wish, for your health and well-being, that you did not get as involved in the... more dubious social aspects of this hobby. The backbiting and rumormongering and stuff that other folks do may just be venting to them but you seem to be more negatively impacted by it than others when you are exposed to it.

surreality · Nov 8, 2018, 4:12 AM

@admiral I don't disagree with you at all about this.

I really don't want to know these kinds of things about the people I play with -- barring someone giving me a heads-up re: 'that person is a well-known creeper, be careful'.

I am especially not ever wanting to know about someone's RL dramas or traumas unless a friend needs me for a sounding board, about their own issue. I feel quite uncomfortable when hearing these things about third parties, and I do have massive regrets re: not telling anyone who has disclosed these kinds of things to me to stop. I should have, it was wrong of me to not do that, and I'm preparing a 'please stop right there, this is not my business and I don't want to hear this' monologue or macro or something in case it should ever come up again.

Insomnia · Nov 8, 2018, 5:14 AM

@surreality said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

insomnia-slog through something binge-watchable

I'm currently binging Riverdale.

Thenomain · Nov 8, 2018, 4:56 PM

@admiral said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

@thenomain NO U

Yeah man, you do you.

Deleted · Nov 9, 2018, 5:52 AM

@thenomain ...what? I don't recall ever posting that. I'd appreciate you not abusing your position. Thank you.

Tinuviel · Nov 9, 2018, 1:05 AM

@admiral said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

I'd appreciate you not abusing your position.

What position do you imagine he has?

skew · Nov 9, 2018, 1:11 AM

@tinuviel said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

@admiral said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

I'd appreciate you not abusing your position.

What position do you imagine he has?

I could imagine @Thenomain in a few positions.

Deleted · Nov 9, 2018, 1:30 AM

I feel oppressed.

Tempest · Nov 9, 2018, 5:32 AM

So, can I get a tl;dr on this? I got bored at like page 1.5

Hetero MU ****** be craycray?

*Edited for political correctness.

Thenomain · Nov 9, 2018, 5:52 AM

@admiral said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

@thenomain ...what? I don't recall ever posting that. I'd appreciate you not abusing your position. Thank you.

And I'd appreciate you not trolling the boards, but since I have no position here and you're not likely to not add sprinkles of drama wherever you go, I'll just keep on keeping on.

You're...um...welcome?

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@tempest said in I owe a lot of people some apologies.:

So, can I get a tl;dr on this? I got bored at like page 1.5

Surreality felt bad after she learned that the things she thought about people weren't true, and went on to apologize publicly.

People responded, as they do on boards.

At first it was a mix of support but mellowed out into a frantic, "What the heck happened?" It didn't take too long for people to out what the heck happened. Some calls for administrative correction of the underlying issue. Etc. etc.

Everything since then is just community chit-chat. Like a near 100% of the threads on this board it's nowhere near its initial purpose. It's a thing we do. You probably got the gist on page one.

How do people decide how much text is a "page" anyway? Soapbox has always been infinite scroll for me.

Tempest · Nov 9, 2018, 5:54 AM

@thenomain Infinite scroll? Here? You're slowly killing yourself, Theno. You need to be more careful when handling substances like MSB threads.