Randomly obligatory 2004 end-of-year topic

Ruedii-X · Postby **Ruedii-X** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:39 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (FelixSoftpaw @ Dec 31 2004, 05:21 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Ruedii, I'm not even going to bother with your post because, like usual, you wrote almost a full page without a shred of relevance. You're the only one who seems to think you're right on this, so please just drop it.  </td></tr></table>  I personally would like to appologize for doing that. However relevant my point was to my statement. I had no reason to be rude to you. I have a code of not judging others, only their actions and thus their words, yet I judged you and that was wrong of me. I appologize. I too am far from perfect, just because I am more enlightened than I ever was previously in my life, does not lessen that fact. I am after all human, and ask for you're forgiveness. I would like to note that I will often chose a moderate viewpoint, no matter how unpopular it is. It puts me at odds with the vast majority of the world, but it forces me to be more true to myself. I don't care what people think, of my opinions, so long as they are heard and considered by at least a few. If I can sway one person the slightest bit from the extremes of our society, I have done my job. I regress, speaking in anger, like I did is no way to accomplish this, and I was wrong in doing so. It hurt my honor, my dignity, my pride, and my reputation, and I hope you consider that enough punishment, as those things are also things I value highly in this world, and are all to often all I have.

Ruedii-X · Postby **Ruedii-X** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:51 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (DraganFox @ Dec 31 2004, 03:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I just don't appriciate my decision being called into question. I spent many years in confusion, dealt with many awkward situations in relationships, and caused a lot of pain to myself and people around me. It was something that made me extremely miserable at times. I don't appriciate the decision that I arrived at from all of that being questioned in any way by someone who, like you said youself, has not had the same experiences and cannot truly relate. Whether or not you don't think you're making accusations about people, you are. Please watch what you say. It takes a lot to get me worked up about something, but I really don't appriciate all this being questioned.  </td></tr></table>  Well, I'm not questioning the result of the decision, just the way you came to it. No life changing decision is to be taken lightly, nor can it be made in a matter of days, let alone a moments notice. I have had things about myself I've had to learn to deal with. I am not the way I am by choice, and I believe the mear thinking about an issue will do far more than acting on it. I have found this to be true hundreds of times over. I have too often acted on things I should not of, and made decisions I shouldn't have. I regret doing so every day, and wish I had not passed up the opertunity to do my best to undo them. I am not sure if you're decision is right or wrong, that is you're choice and you're choice alone, not Felix Softpaw's, not mine, but I advise you strongly to take some time when cosidering choices. The past cannot be undone. Sometimes the best action is to take no action until you are sure of yourself. Too many people neglect this as even an option, let alone a good one. And Felix Softpaw, you've stated you're opinion, please stay out of this now, I must explain any misconception of my opinion before this gets further out of hand.

Ruedii-X · Postby **Ruedii-X** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:07 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (sirjeffrey @ Dec 31 2004, 03:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Do you enjoy trying to incite anger in people? First of all, you don't know Dragonfox like I do. He's a good guy. He's not a moron like you seem to think he is. I know for a fact that this wasn't just a flippant decision. He's actually put some thought into it. Second, instead of making huge posts with no apparent meaning or value to them, try making them shorter with a point instead. You seem so insistant on proving that others are making mistakes, when you yourself have made plenty in the short time you've been here. I must request that you stop trying to find flaws in others and just have a good time. Not everything has to be a debate you know. Just chill out and relax for a change. It'd be much appreciated by many people here.  </td></tr></table>  I respect DragonFox, and any decision he makes, just because I state my opinion on it doesn't make his opinion any less valad. It is an issue of opinion, not fact. His response showed that mutual respect, and he understood that. As for my post to Felix Southpaw, I was angry at her. She automatically assumed the worst in me, and I was agrivated by that. Her response gave me the emotion that she felt that if I wasn't completely on her side, I was directly against her. I dispise that aditude in the world, as it is what is used by evil to draw people to it's grasp. I must confess, in response I did the same, I went on defense, and started trying to get my point accross no matter what the cost to her, or I. I grew reluctant of doing so very rapidly afterwards, and set out today to fix that. I am sorry you had to whitness my darker side there, but I guess you now understand it a bit better, and I hope that will help you in the future. If you do not take what you can gain from an incident, you will only have the loss. It is not wise to do.

Ozymandias · Postby **Ozymandias** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 10:55 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Ruedii-X @ Dec 31 2004, 09:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> No life changing decision is to be taken lightly, And Felix Softpaw, you've stated you're opinion, please stay out of this now, I must explain any misconception of my opinion before this gets further out of hand.  </td></tr></table>  Now I know I said I was gone but this has really got me. 1) He has made clear that it was not lightly taken. Just listen to other people for once, yeah? 2)There is nothing wrong in sticking up for a friend. 3) It's a bit rich to ask Felix to stay out of something after you've butted your opinion into something which doesn't concern you (If you come back to me on this please refer to point two. The way I see it, you were defending nobody with what you wrote). On the other hand, everybody can speak freely, so I suppose that there was technically nothing wrong in what you did. It was just very tactless. By the same token, you have no right to tell other people to shut up and go away. You have disappointed me, Rudeii. You've so much talent in so many areas, it seems. Just think before you speak and you can be liked for what you say and do.

Ibun · Postby **Ibun** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:30 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Ruedii-X @ Dec 31 2004, 07:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'>  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (sirjeffrey @ Dec 31 2004, 03:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Do you enjoy trying to incite anger in people? First of all, you don't know Dragonfox like I do. He's a good guy. He's not a moron like you seem to think he is. I know for a fact that this wasn't just a flippant decision. He's actually put some thought into it. Second, instead of making huge posts with no apparent meaning or value to them, try making them shorter with a point instead. You seem so insistant on proving that others are making mistakes, when you yourself have made plenty in the short time you've been here. I must request that you stop trying to find flaws in others and just have a good time. Not everything has to be a debate you know. Just chill out and relax for a change. It'd be much appreciated by many people here. </td></tr></table>  I respect DragonFox, and any decision he makes, just because I state my opinion on it doesn't make his opinion any less valad. It is an issue of opinion, not fact. His response showed that mutual respect, and he understood that. As for my post to Felix Southpaw, I was angry at her. She automatically assumed the worst in me, and I was agrivated by that. Her response gave me the emotion that she felt that if I wasn't completely on her side, I was directly against her. I dispise that aditude in the world, as it is what is used by evil to draw people to it's grasp. I must confess, in response I did the same, I went on defense, and started trying to get my point accross no matter what the cost to her, or I. I grew reluctant of doing so very rapidly afterwards, and set out today to fix that. I am sorry you had to whitness my darker side there, but I guess you now understand it a bit better, and I hope that will help you in the future. If you do not take what you can gain from an incident, you will only have the loss. It is not wise to do.  </td></tr></table>  Okay first of all, it's Felix SOFTpaw, and he is a HE. And honestly, I can't blame him. This place is supposed to be a nice friendly place where people who enjoy Ozy and Millie can hang out and talk about stuff. For some reason, you seem to need to debate everything in longwinded posts. Not everything needs to be taken so seriously all the time. And don't you dare call him evil either. Once again, you know nothing about him or what he's been through. If I had been in his shoes, I doubt I'd be as understanding as him. You yourself are doing just what you accuse him of doing, assuming the worst in people. Stop being so stuck up, please, for the sake of the forum which you seem to enjoy being at so much. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Muninn · Postby **Muninn** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:12 pm

It seems Ruedii's knowledge on a lot of things are based on assumptions.

Zylo · Postby **Zylo** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:37 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Ruedii-X @ Dec 31 2004, 04:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Well, I'm not questioning the result of the decision, just the way you came to it.  </td></tr></table>  That's my whole problem. As I've said, the way that I came to that decision was by way of a lot of pain, confusion, and misery. Trust me, it was all very real, and all very valid. What made me angry was the fact that in coming to that decision, people other than myself were hurt very deeply, and I don't feel it's in your right to question the validity of the pain and anguish of other people that you do not know. Please respect that.

Septimius Severus · Postby **Septimius Severus** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 9:31 am

Big year for me. Almost as big as 2003. Maybe bigger. I'm not sure how I'd rank things, and most of what happened was somewhat good and somewhat bad. Ergo, I'll just follow more-or less chronological order. 1) Won the National Drill Competition, squad basic drill. So if you ever need someone to execute sling arms with a 1903 Springfield... Okay, not terribly useful, but Fish Drill Team means mountains to me. The hardest thing I've ever done in my entire life, and the best, too. Practicing two hours every day in the sun and the rain and the cold. The morning practices before the sun came up and the days when formation was canceled because no one else wanted to be outside to they just kept us out longer. Spinning rifles in the cold rain when the only way I knew I was catching it was from the spray of my wet gloves. Running at high port (rifle over head) all over campus with my buddies. I dunno. Sometimes what seems worst at the time becomes the best memories later. It paid off, at any rate. The team swept first in four out of six categories, winning first overall. The event I did, squad basic, is the most precise if not the most exciting section. Six team members instead of forty. Any mistake is therefore guaranteed to be caught and magnified in importance. Anyway. 2) Went from fish to Pisshead-- promotion from Cadet Private to Cadet Private First Class. Hell of a lot more responsibility, but I'm a human being again. I'll probably make Cadet Corporal in a few months. 3) The stupidest job in the world this summer. I won't go into detail (most of the memories are repressed anyway) but it involved exposure to benzene, plastering walls that didn't need plaster with plaster that cracked as it dried, scraping huge holes in linoleum with acid to remove less objectionable heel-n-sole stains, and being limited to one coat of paint on projects because "paint is expensive." In other words, par for the course when it comes to the State Government. 4) The most memorable weekend of my life. I really don't want to discuss it here, but it involved 36 hours without sleep, a night in Pecos Jail (that's 800 miles west of my home) and trying to get a ride in the middle of the night in the middle of the desert with a rainstorm (!) coming in and wearing combat gear and a steel helmet. On the plus side, I got a Bowie knife out of the whole affair. So overall, 2004 was a hell of a year. One of the best and worst. I will say that this year and the last have been so much more intense, more real, more alive than any others in my life.

Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 2:48 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Ruedii-X @ Dec 31 2004, 05:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> As for my post to Felix Southpaw, I was angry at her. She automatically assumed the worst in me, and I was agrivated by that. Her response gave me the emotion that she felt that if I wasn't completely on her side, I was directly against her. I dispise that aditude in the world, as it is what is used by evil to draw people to it's grasp.  </td></tr></table>  LOL! Ya know, I was going to make another angry post at the other things you've said, but after that paragraph, I can't stop laughing long enough to care <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /> I'm not at all offended about the gender-label-mixup, I'm not sure I'm entirely male {mentally} anyway. But my name is Softpaw, not Southpaw <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /> I'm gonna concede a truce in this argument, have a nice evening! [skips through a field of flowers]

Septimius Severus · Postby **Septimius Severus** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:42 pm

Southpaw is a sinister name. Sorry. I can't resist a pun.

Supersmoke · Postby **Supersmoke** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:35 pm

I thought southpaw was a term for a left-handed baseball player. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... unsure.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' /> <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... unsure.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' /> Oh well. My year was good. I discovered that I want to play games online for fun, instead of for competition. I discovered that I am ignorant to my own self-righteousness. (props to TheCheat for it) I have gained a hatred for mankind, it's high interest in greed, and it's conformalities of pop culture. I survived more than a whole year on here. YAY! I discovered that I enjoy making comments to myself and close friends on how people dress to conform to a certain click. I have become lazy to a very high extent, but I still work hard enough to get by. I have conflicted within myself on whether I am homosexual or not, and I have come to the decision that I am a heterosexual person. I have questioned existence, reality, and morality, and have not found any real means of explaining any of the three. Things I vowed for this year: To stop being so serious about this crap and just lay back and take in what the world has to offer. Though nothing may exist, I am alive, and I can live to enjoy what I have and what the future can bring me.

Muninn · Postby **Muninn** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 7:13 pm

Careful what you say about your sexuality, some people here like to make final desicions for others.

Septimius Severus · Postby **Septimius Severus** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:40 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I have questioned existence, reality, and morality, and have not found any real means of explaining any of the three. </td></tr></table>  I'm not sure if existence and reality are different things. Anyway, as Democritus said, "All that exists is atoms and empty space. Everything else is opinion." As for morality, I suggest the humanist explanation-- morality is defined by what actions and lifestyles are conducive to a free and happy society. Am I not helpful? *Offers burnt sacrifice to himself.

Arloest · Postby **Arloest** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:39 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Jacob @ Jan 3 2005, 01:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Careful what you say about your sexuality, some people here like to make final desicions for others.  </td></tr></table>  ...what? <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... unsure.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='unsure.gif' />

Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:43 am

Read the posts above that.

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