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Since we're all spending our time away from here, it seems kinda safe to assume that most of us dislike something about this tribe or don't get something from it. I'm curious, what *don't* people like about EH?
I dislike that there are quite a too many pimps and hoes who are straight pussyfoot kind of people.
But seriously, what I dislike the most is the brilliant sarcasm of tribe's title and mission statement.
Since we're all spending our time away from here, it seems kinda safe to assume that most of us dislike something about this tribe or don't get something from it. I'm curious, what *don't* people like about EH?
I dislike that there are quite a too many pimps and hoes who are straight pussyfoot kind of people.
But seriously, what I dislike the most is the brilliant sarcasm of tribe's title and mission statement.
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Sun, March 16, 2008 - 8:39 PMI dislike hanging out with folks that dislike being here, yet somehow manage to spend a lot of time here.
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Sun, March 16, 2008 - 9:01 PMbooooooooooring.
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Sun, March 16, 2008 - 10:01 PM"too many pimps and hoes who are straight pussyfoot kind of people"
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Sun, March 16, 2008 - 11:00 PM>>>straight pussyfoot kind of people
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Sun, March 16, 2008 - 11:49 PMWho are you calling a ho?
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 12:07 AMhow 'bout a diamond ipod:
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 12:11 AMAin't no ho worth that! -
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 12:16 AMtell that to Eliot Spitzer....
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Mon, March 17, 2008 - 12:25 AMWhiners... yeah that would be tops on my list.
Like others I am wondering where these pimps n hos are. I have yet to see a pixilated Escapade.
Speaking of Pimps... I so miss my Pimpzilla theme. Nothin like a fur lined Browser.
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Mon, March 17, 2008 - 12:35 AMSomething I dont like about Eh is how it seems to attract people who want to start shit with other people. Seems every few months one wanders in and there ya go- shit starts being thrown.
It also seems to attract full onbatshit crazy people who always seem to go off their meds during their stint in EH.
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 12:37 AMhear hear!
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Mon, March 17, 2008 - 1:14 AMElaine wrote:
>"It also seems to attract full onbatshit crazy people who always seem to go off their meds during their stint in EH.
I simply have no patience with it."<
I may be Batshit crazy but at least I am on my meds
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Mon, March 17, 2008 - 6:54 AMI don't dislike EH. I dislike people who come into EH with an agenda to change things and get everyone to bow down to their way of doing things. I really dislike it when humorless fuckwits do it. I too dislike that there are people who seem to hate this tribe and think the mission statement and the title are sarcasm but still keep coming back day after day, slinging their monkey poo and heaping all their hatred of this tribe on all of us while all the while hypocritically yammering on about how they want a more peaceful world and non-violent communication. I want to ask them why they think their hatred is any better than anyone else's?
I dislike it when people use phrases like "I dislike that there are quite a too many pimps and hoes who are straight pussyfoot kind of people." and won't step up and explain who they are talking about when they say pimps and hoes despite having been asked several times. THAT is what I call pussyfooting.
I also dislike that someone feels the need to put a picture of Hitler in the tribe photos and doesn't even bother trying to provided an explanation as to how that is supposed to be linked to this tribe.
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 2:53 PMhitler photos..I've got to check the photos more often it seems.
I dislike people who constantly complain yet can't stay away. I also dislike ignoring my gut feeling so i now declare the alex era of EH to be over.
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 5:41 PMDid you boot him?? -
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 7:48 PM>>Did you boot him??<<
Yes I did. It was a cumulative decision on my part. I'm pretty convinced he's an alt created simply to stir the pot here and on some other tribes.
If not, he clearly didn't like it here, so I helped him out.
Ultimately if I was hosting a house party and a guest kept stamping his feet for attention and screaming about how much he disliked my house and the other guests at the party I would (and have) escorted him out.
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Mon, March 17, 2008 - 9:21 PMHoly cow! A moderator that moderates? What will they think of next? Another thing to like about it here. Thanks, Rich.
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Tue, March 18, 2008 - 7:28 AM"...I helped him out."
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Mon, March 24, 2008 - 1:04 AM>w00t, as the kids say nowdays.<
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Tue, March 25, 2008 - 10:10 AM"you mean type*"
Naw, when I hear them yell it over Vent there's a little digital waver to represent the 1ee7ness of the zeros in place of "O"s.
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Tue, March 18, 2008 - 8:21 AMHe wasn't that bad.
He had his one pony that he liked to ride, but guess what? So does everyone.
He was *reasonably* respectful about it.
(...Or was he the person who posted the Hitler photo?)
What happened to the idea of if you don't like his threads, don't read em or post in em?
Isn't that the equivalent to the oft quoted sentiment "...if you don't like EH, start your own tribe"? -
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Tue, March 18, 2008 - 8:42 AMS.A. - Sure we can all mount up on our one trick ponies at times and trot about on our high horses (not to be confused with ponies, tricky or otherwise). Seems to me that his main trick was being an example of what this tribe isn't meant to be about - being superficially politely while being dishonest. Just my take on it, of course, yours may differ.
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Tue, March 18, 2008 - 9:22 AM"What happened to the idea of if you don't like his threads, don't read em or post in em?"
I dunno if you were here, Archer, when we had some of our other trollarific trollertons, but we have had some very ugly incidences in the past. And, despite his "I'm just curious" facade, Alex was a troll; Here to be browbeat us with not-so-subtle intimations that the tribe is not what it should be and that the participants were not acting as they should be.
There is a difference between starting a lot of topics that I don't care to participate in - which is fine; I have gone weeks without posting a thing - and repeatedly putting up the same thread in moderately different formats to complete some stupid-assed hidden agenda. When the latter happens, it's all but impossible for people not to jump in. I equate trolls to children: They're here looking for attention and no matter how much attention you give them or withhold from them, they're going to keep begging for it. You can't ignore the situation or it gets out of hand. Of course the analogy ends there since I don't promote kicking little kids out on their asses. -
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Tue, March 18, 2008 - 11:52 AMGoing to have to agree with Josh on this. Posting the Hitler photo alone was a prime example of trolling behavior....not to mention the Pimps and hos comment.
I gotta admit I didn't see this booting coming and I am not sure I would have promoted it but I am not going to second guess Rich about it because I can't pretend like I mind and I do think Alex was trying to get booted. He came in with an agenda and never revealed what it was. Maybe it was to get us to all to behave. Who knows. -
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Tue, March 18, 2008 - 12:50 PMWell, not knowing about the Hitler picture, Which I will agree was in bad taste.
Still, Rich knows my opinion.
And I do agree he was here with an agenda, but I also think he is a robot and if you read all his posts like Stephen Hawkings is talking through his talking machine, it was awesome. I had great hopes for Alex.
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Tue, March 18, 2008 - 2:16 PMElaine, I acknowledge our difference in opinions here and I'm sorry if you're unhappy seeing Alex gone.
If you'd like to continue your discourse with him I bet you can find him in any number of tribes or reach him privately.
To the rest of you thanks for your support in this matter. Elaine thank you for your friendship and general support and even though we disagree here I still think your incredibly groovy.
Yes he did post the Hitler photo, which while it was the straw that broke this camel's back, was likely not enough on its own to warrant his removal.
Since Alex arrived right after the last EH blow up, I have figured him for someone's alt who definitely came in with his agenda blazing. His series of passive aggressive threads was both annoying and ultimately dishonest. I was tired of his dominating the tribe so i made an executive decision to bounce him. Again, i don't think he ever engaged in a conversation here that didn't include a passive aggressive dig at the quality of this tribe, and I for one, grew tired of it. -
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Tue, March 18, 2008 - 5:50 PMNah, the thrill is gone for me. . I am on to new and other exciting ventures....Onward and upward...
And thanks for listening to me, and acknowledging my points..That's all I wanted, and I shall respect your decision.
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Wed, March 19, 2008 - 7:26 AMIt may be that ¡Alex! had an agenda. But I don't think it was a hidden agenda.
If so, it was partially hidden from himself, as well.
It seems to me that he felt he had a point that he was trying to put forth, explore and expand.
So he tried to develop and present it using different approaches and materials to back it up, etc.
Hence the repetition.
But, I think he genuinely thought he was onto something with his "Let's Emote!" line of reasoning (o, the irony!), but he never could quite get that kite up off the ground, keep it untangled from trees and telephones wires, etc.
To use the cocktail party analogy, maybe he would be the conspiracy theory guy - a little monotonous maybe, but mostly inoffensive (though I didn't always read what he wrote when threads became extended dialogues between two people, for example.)
As far as his criticism of jokes and sarcasm, a lot of other people have said similar things. Freud said that jokes are a way of saying something you couldn't otherwise permit yourself to say. Some people just don't get the humor of sarcasm and find it to be essentially negative.
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Wed, March 19, 2008 - 7:44 AMhmm - not that he (alex) can answer anyway, but ill stick in my two cents...
1 - i agree that the whole emote-stuff was interesting to try, but it was too painful to actually follow thru. and besides my mind/thoughts/feelings keep shifting around - so it is easily possible that once ive typed something - it is no longer true... hence i dislike that eh is a semi-static medium (of course, that is a general tribe-type dislike - but hey... it is a dislike)
2 - *ducks head, but figures what the heck* i dislike that rich-the-mod booted alex. yeah, i read the reasons - and they might actually be correct. doesnt mean i have to agree or like it tho... still respect (and like, even) rich-the-person tho.
im off to court today (friend filed TRO and hearing for permanent is today). hopefully ill still be able to post when i get back. im still a bit spooked cuz of my history here... -
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Wed, March 19, 2008 - 8:48 AMI didn't think he was so bad, annoying and trite at times, but he was actually civil, which is not even an expectation. I think ignoring him would have been sufficient.
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Tue, March 18, 2008 - 7:50 AMElaine~ Seems to me someone who posts Hitler photos just might like getting "booted". Being politely escorted out by Rich seems like a much more ignoble and appropriate fate.
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 7:30 AMHow sad a lot of people seem to be...
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Mon, March 17, 2008 - 7:45 AMThe only thing I dislike about EH is rehashing the same issues over and over. Normally I just don't participate in those threads but when I see that somebody is intentionally bringing up the same issue I have to say something. When it has happened in the past it has been to prove some sort of "point" which, whether it was relevant or not, accurate or not, was falling on deaf ears. Such posters inevitably get called on this kind of behavior and they rarely stay in the tribe either because they get tired of people disagreeing with them or because they cause such a ruckous that they get kicked out. Just to be clear, I believe you fall into this category, Alex, and it's wearing thin. You seem to be the only person here unhappy with the tribe. -
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Re: What do you dislike about EH?
Mon, March 17, 2008 - 9:53 AMthe arrogance and tedium is what i dislike, but that's no fault
of the tribe, it's just dependent on some members (see above
'off their meds' post for reference).
-rehashing old threads, or recreating them incessantly
-badly concealed attempts at fight-starting in the name of 'seeking truth'
-bringing the same argument to each conversation to the point that threads
converge and lose all individual meaning.
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 10:52 AMFor the record, I am not against bat shit crazy persons. I am against the FULL ON bat shit crazy people.
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Mon, March 17, 2008 - 11:53 AM<<You seem to be the only person here unhappy with the tribe.>>
What I find most amazing about this is that he was only a Tribe member for a few days and was already hating it here and complaining. I don't get it. It is super easy to just go and start your own tribe if you don't seem to see anything that fits your needs. Why not just do that? Start a tribe called Extreme Feelings about feelings that were felt when I was writing about my honest feelings about your feelings. Or something else if that title doesn't suit you. Whatever....or stay here if you like it but why annoy everyone with how much you don't like this tribe or how it doesn't live up to what you think it should? If you are unhappy that isn't anyone's else's fault.
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