ATP is Old, Angry & Ranting! - Bilge

S SuperEight Member Palo Alto Joined: Oct 16, 2004 Posts: 270	S SuperEight Posted posted on Thu, Jul 19, 2012 12:35 AM On 2012-07-18 22:18, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote: I am sick of lying to many of you! What if we start being honest on Tiki Central, Instead of saying "Gee that's a nice ahem, work of art you posted, phlegm-Tiki How about we say what we really think, like "Oh God, My Eyes! My Eyes! please take it away" nice try phlegm-Tiki, but don't quit your day job. Would that really make some of you cry? could you handle it? or do you still want me to lie to you? I don't mean it is open season & I have have a license to be a dick, Just some straight shooting, real honesty could we all be adults and deal with that? I myself would prefer straight, honest answers for once, I think we should try it. Most of us here don't want to hear lying pleasantries. Its just we somehow realize that it is not a Tiki Central rule that each member has to post their opinion on every single post that appears every single day. Some times you can just not click the link to something that does not interest you. Most of us can go to bed and sleep soundly even if there does exist those uneducated, undiscriminating souls who love the purple and yellow tikis from Big Lots. Most of us just chalk it up to different strokes for different folks. Apples and oranges. We realize that not everyone needs to have the exact same opinion as us and we don't feel deep anger at thinking that differs from ours. Cue the cries of "But what about the integrity of Tiki Central?!?!?!?!" Well, the serious topics like historical photos and stuff like "Crypto mugs" tend to stay serious....and the pictures of "my kitten in a hula skirt" and "my attempt to turn a cardboard box into a tiki bar" tend to stay pretty far away from each other. They really do. Most of us can remain civil and polite when we do decide to disagree. There are plenty of differing opinions here. Most are content to say something like "Hey its not my cup of tea and its for this reason...." and then leave it at that. Whats important are the thoughts and ideas....not grinding a person down in a personal attack because of their bad taste. Most folks get along here amazingly well. But there are some for whom the Tiki Fan Boy rage burns red hot, who feel politeness is surrender, who feel discussion without insults is a waste of time, and feel the internet was invented for the sole purpose of taking safe pot shots at harmless people from the safety of mom's basement. Hey....I 'm just being "straight and honest for once."

On 2012-07-18 22:18, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
I am sick of lying to many of you!

What if we start being honest on Tiki Central, Instead of saying "Gee that's a nice ahem, work of art
you posted, phlegm-Tiki

How about we say what we really think, like "Oh God, My Eyes! My Eyes! please take it away"
nice try phlegm-Tiki, but don't quit your day job.

Would that really make some of you cry? could you handle it?
or do you still want me to lie to you?

I don't mean it is open season & I have have a license to be a dick, Just some straight shooting, real honesty
could we all be adults and deal with that?

I myself would prefer straight, honest answers for once, I think we should try it.

Most of us here don't want to hear lying pleasantries. Its just we somehow realize that it is not a Tiki Central rule that each member has to post their opinion on every single post that appears every single day. Some times you can just not click the link to something that does not interest you.

Most of us can go to bed and sleep soundly even if there does exist those uneducated, undiscriminating souls who love the purple and yellow tikis from Big Lots. Most of us just chalk it up to different strokes for different folks. Apples and oranges. We realize that not everyone needs to have the exact same opinion as us and we don't feel deep anger at thinking that differs from ours. Cue the cries of "But what about the integrity of Tiki Central?!?!?!?!" Well, the serious topics like historical photos and stuff like "Crypto mugs" tend to stay serious....and the pictures of "my kitten in a hula skirt" and "my attempt to turn a cardboard box into a tiki bar" tend to stay pretty far away from each other. They really do.

Most of us can remain civil and polite when we do decide to disagree. There are plenty of differing opinions here. Most are content to say something like "Hey its not my cup of tea and its for this reason...." and then leave it at that. Whats important are the thoughts and ideas....not grinding a person down in a personal attack because of their bad taste.

Most folks get along here amazingly well. But there are some for whom the Tiki Fan Boy rage burns red hot, who feel politeness is surrender, who feel discussion without insults is a waste of time, and feel the internet was invented for the sole purpose of taking safe pot shots at harmless people from the safety of mom's basement. Hey....I 'm just being "straight and honest for once."

Post #644667 by SuperEight on Thu, Jul 19, 2012 12:35 AM