Ribbing the new guys - Beyond Tiki

T Tiki_Bong Member Huntington Beach, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: -16	T Tiki_Bong Posted posted on Thu, Aug 7, 2003 9:11 AM On 2003-08-06 23:38, twowheelin'tiki wrote: no problem, I am just a little worried about the newbies getting turned off by profane things being posted.I know in england that D-E is in fact very light on the scale as trader has stated, I mean, these guys call each other the "c" word daily over there!.I can take alot of ribbing and hang with the best of them, but in the process of our playful verbage, someone reading the post can get their feelings really hurt when they were not the intended target in the first place.The insult hurled can hit the bullseye,but flatten ten nice, good natured folks that read some of these "playful posts".Think of a bunch of guys shooting the s--t in a nice eatery,just blasting away at each other in jest, and around the corner is a nice elderly couple(or a table of full of cute,young gals) shocked and hurt at the exchange they just witnessed. 2-Wheeler, I know you got sent to the corner for a few off-color statements, but jeez, don't go overboard the other way. Are you going to sell you bikes and buy a Vespa too?

On 2003-08-06 23:38, twowheelin'tiki wrote:
no problem, I am just a little worried about the newbies getting turned off by profane things being posted.I know in england that D-E is in fact very light on the scale as trader has stated, I mean, these guys call each other the "c" word daily over there!.I can take alot of ribbing and hang with the best of them, but in the process of our playful verbage, someone reading the post can get their feelings really hurt when they were not the intended target in the first place.The insult hurled can hit the bullseye,but flatten ten nice, good natured folks that read some of these "playful posts".Think of a bunch of guys shooting the s--t in a nice eatery,just blasting away at each other in jest, and around the corner is a nice elderly couple(or a table of full of cute,young gals) shocked and hurt at the exchange they just witnessed.

2-Wheeler,

I know you got sent to the corner for a few off-color statements, but jeez, don't go overboard the other way. Are you going to sell you bikes and buy a Vespa too?

Post #46558 by Tiki_Bong on Thu, Aug 7, 2003 9:11 AM