Post #56757 by Humuhumu on Fri, Oct 24, 2003 3:27 PM

On 2003-10-24 15:10, Tiki Chris wrote:
same goes fer sushi!

You clearly haven't had fermented soy beans. ::shiver::

Back to topic: I actually have a weakness for assholes. Not all assholes, just some of them, and I happen to be partial to the assholes we have here at TC. (There's more than one; Bong is, however, a standup standout asshole.) However! A brand spankin' new person has no way of knowing that the asshole who is attacking them is loveable. It comes across as a test one is supposed to pass, and that's just bullshit.

I can't help but wonder if some of this comes because some of the more, shall I say, abrasive personality types around here come from relatively tiki-clogged areas of the world. Perhaps it's been a while since the last time these folks tried to throw a luau, only to hear "Why do I have to wear an aloha shirt? Why can't I just have a beer? Ugh, do I have to wear the lei? God, who drinks those nasty girly drinks? Don't bother with the umbrella, I'm just going to toss it. What's that awful music with the screeching woman, anyway? Do you mind if I turn the basketball game on, I just want to check the score."

For me, finding someone who is even only a leeetle, tiny bit interested in learning more about "the whole tiki thing" is something exciting. I push hard for those folks to pick up a copy of the BOT and to check out TC. To then see people run out from TC "because they couldn't stand the heat in the kitchen" is a terrible loss, particularly since the supposed hot kitchen doesn't really exist. For someone to get that far only to have the door slammed in their face sucks.