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I would just like to apologise...

The Strobe

21:09 / 18.08.02

...for being an absolute cock on the board today. Not sure why. And I haven't intended to be cockish. But it's come out that way. So take today's posting with a pinch of salt. I'm in a funny way at the moment that isn't so great, and that's probably contributing to it. I'm sure tomorrow will be better. So yeah. Sorry, folks!

Ganesh

21:22 / 18.08.02

I honestly don't think you've got anything to apologise for, Paleface; you haven't been an arse, a cock or even a tit, twat or bollockhead. Really.

Lurid Archive

21:38 / 18.08.02

But I think that many of us feel like that from time to time.

Ganesh

21:44 / 18.08.02

Yep.

Lurid Archive

21:48 / 18.08.02

Ganesh, you've commented (and you aren't alone in this) that the average barbeloid tends to be a touch neurotic. What do you think attracts us here?

Ganesh

21:55 / 18.08.02

'Safe' contact with others who tend to think/'intellectualise' the same way, in a sympathetic, vaguely liberal setting.

w1rebaby

22:00 / 18.08.02

I think we generate a pheremone that attracts others of a similar disposition. Like angry wasps.

Except it's not a real pheremone, it's spread by communication... more like a pherememe. I like that. I'm copyrighting that word now.

Lurid Archive

22:02 / 18.08.02

Is that to make a link between a certain type of intellectualisation and particular neuroses? Or is the thinking itself neurotic?

Certainly a good deal of introspection seems to lead quite easily to...something like self consciousness.

Lurid Archive

22:04 / 18.08.02

pherememe

Thats brilliant.

Ganesh

22:11 / 18.08.02

Well, I don't think "neurotic" is quite the right word. Online message-boards in general tend to attract people suited to this particular means of communication - and it could be speculated that this might be partly because said individuals are more than averagely anxious in less 'safe' (controlled) Real Life interactions. So we're probably anxious introverts.

Additionally, the general tone of discussion on Barbelith seems to me to be (usually) more self-questioning than most. This is nice because it allows for a less adversarial environment - but too much self-questioning shades into self-doubt and the need for frequent reassurance. I guess that can be viewed as 'neurotic'...

aus

12:12 / 19.08.02

Hey, I wasn't a neurotic, anxious introvert until I started posting here. It's more a virus than a pherememe.

Excuse me while I pop a couple more Xanex...

GogMickGog

17:29 / 05.10.06

Meh, I've lost that apologies thread but I was thinking: that shit I talked about Anthony and the Johnsons. I was a ninny. And standing up for Hawksmoor? Woops, apocolypse! God I feel ashamed.

StarWhisper

18:01 / 05.10.06

Felt really bad about that emoticon I posted in the conflict and complaints thread. Not only insensitive, but lame and predictable too. Great.
Most of the time you don't get left with a constant reminder of exactly what you said or did, barring the consequences of your actions, that is.

ghadis

18:24 / 05.10.06

I'd like to apologise for my recent RAW outburst. It was a tad in poor taste but my anger wasn't directed towards RAW, or his family, or his books etc. Was feeling particually ragey that night and some things, such as the original idea of the thread, got me a bit wound up. My beef. Should have found a better outlet.

I am glad that i didn't really kill Barbelith that night though.

Spaniel

18:28 / 05.10.06

But you did, though. It's just dying slowly.

ghadis

18:30 / 05.10.06

Like that guy in Resovoir Dogs? A stomach shot may hurt like hell...

Spaniel

18:31 / 05.10.06

Just like that

"It'll never recover", remember?

Words from the future!

8===>Q: alyn

20:27 / 05.10.06

Actually, I enjoyed that outburst.

03:06 / 06.10.06

I want to let the board know that I suspect my hairtrigger temper on the boards during, I'm guessing, August and September was the result of anxiety about starting to get a relatively good reputation here and needing to sabotage it to feel more comfortable. Sounds a bit weird but it's an explanation that makes sense to me. So if I've snapped at you for no good reason (Natty, for one) then I heartily apologize and will undertake to be better behaved in the future.

Kiltartan Cross

09:54 / 06.10.06

I'd like to generally apologise for my poor (after all this time) Internet communication skills (which are, if not sub-Barbepar, at best par) and the oft-hurried and occasionally flippant nature of my posts. One of those points, at least, I'm working on.

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