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TM tiki mick Tiki Socialite SOCAL Joined: May 12, 2004 Posts: 4094	TM tiki mick Posted posted on Tue, May 18, 2010 8:45 AM As far as Busting chops, breaking balls, goofing on people, or what some consider good natured ribbing…..let me give you a clear example of how I feel. Let’s say, for the sake of argument that I have never posted anything positive about the tikiyaki orchestra. Never attended one of their gigs, and when I see one of their posts, I avoid it completely. Meanwhile, I do two things: I clearly and obviously throw my support to a DIFFERENT musical act. I post on their threads, I bump their threads up, and I show up at all their gigs no matter even if they are in a different state. When ever Jim Tikyaki makes a thread, I make fun of it. (apologies, Jim, I am just using you as an example) That’s what I feel is happening to me, and has happened for a long time. The same people making fun of the threads I post have never, ever supported any of my artistic creations in music, except for just to make fun of me. Since they are clearly showing me that there is no camaraderie there, or professional courtesy among artists, I fail to find their posts funny in the slightest way! I would feel different if say, Polypop or Big Tiki Dude or even Jim Tikiyaki were to joke with me. Because I know they are my friends, yeah, then it IS just good natured fun! The point I am trying to make is yes, I do have a thick skin when the joking is coming from friends. When it’s coming from someone I barely know, or never met in person, or from someone that clearly has boycotted me, then it’s not fun. It’s just an insult and I don’t appreciate it one bit. (And I don’t forget, either!) And that's not directed at you, Zeta. I would just say that imitating people like Little Lost Tiki or Woofmutt might be a bust. Their posts are almost exactly what I am talking about.

As far as Busting chops, breaking balls, goofing on people, or what some consider good natured ribbing…..let me give you a clear example of how I feel. Let’s say, for the sake of argument that I have never posted anything positive about the tikiyaki orchestra. Never attended one of their gigs, and when I see one of their posts, I avoid it completely.

Meanwhile, I do two things:

I clearly and obviously throw my support to a DIFFERENT musical act. I post on their threads, I bump their threads up, and I show up at all their gigs no matter even if they are in a different state.
When ever Jim Tikyaki makes a thread, I make fun of it. (apologies, Jim, I am just using you as an example)

That’s what I feel is happening to me, and has happened for a long time. The same people making fun of the threads I post have never, ever supported any of my artistic creations in music, except for just to make fun of me. Since they are clearly showing me that there is no camaraderie there, or professional courtesy among artists, I fail to find their posts funny in the slightest way!

I would feel different if say, Polypop or Big Tiki Dude or even Jim Tikiyaki were to joke with me. Because I know they are my friends, yeah, then it IS just good natured fun!

The point I am trying to make is yes, I do have a thick skin when the joking is coming from friends. When it’s coming from someone I barely know, or never met in person, or from someone that clearly has boycotted me, then it’s not fun. It’s just an insult and I don’t appreciate it one bit. (And I don’t forget, either!)

And that's not directed at you, Zeta. I would just say that imitating people like Little Lost Tiki or Woofmutt might be a bust. Their posts are almost exactly what I am talking about.

Post #530934 by tiki mick on Tue, May 18, 2010 8:45 AM