that second guy you're talking to is 'Mr Novelist' from the OG...you'll recall that we banned him about 10 times under different guises all for not comprehending the concept of 'constructive critique'
What made me unhappy today ?
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That LoveOfWriting guy? Oh, dear god.
Honestly, I was only posting there out of curiosity. I wasn't expecting much, given the way they've gone for quite some time. Didn't get much, either.
They're ALL over there in some form. I get a chuckle watching some of them do the same shit there years after we banned them.
Just curious: does ICE melt in hell?
I'm more resigned than unhappy, but the PowerPoint presentation I figured would only take me too or three hours to revise for a new audience is taking muuuuuch looooonger. I will not be raking in the dough for this program, but as I am to give it multiple times in the future, the per hour rate will gradually improve.
Another more resigned than unhappy moment: I agreed as a favor to a long-time acquaintance to give a short presentation in May to an organization to which she belongs. No, I don't much enjoy the "we'll buy you lunch in return for a twenty minute presentation" format, but she has asked me several years in a row, has come to many of my OLLI programs, and caught me in a weak moment. So be it. HOWEVER: a few minutes ago in the middle of me fighting with the PP program, she calls to tell me the venue has been moved to a small town 45 miles east of here. Is that all right, she asked anxiously.
Sigh.
Guess who has decided to use the occasion to promote her books? If I have to burn the gas to get to a pro bono engagement, I might as well get advertising out of it. Cue HOW I GET MY IDEAS lecture with book excerpts.
What were his non-constructive critique offenses?
Varied and many. Now let us speak of other things.
I have never met this person, but ...
...I accidentally misread that as 'non-constructive critter' for a second, which sounds appropriate.
Now I can't get the image of Yosemite Sam yelling 'Why ya non-constructive critter!!' out of my head. And that made me giggle, so it doesn't actually belong in this thread... ;-)
I think I saw that. Does "mean girl" ring a bell?
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Yup. Weirdly enough the mean girl parable is based on real world events that happened when I was about nine. Jealous classmate decided to write a piece for language arts class that ended in the ending of my name (first and last) and a couple of other classmates (full names) used and our pets. None of us had had anything more than normal passing each other in the hall encounters with this student. We get hauled into the office and our parents were called. I thought I was in trouble. I said names are common, just let it alone. The other kids said the same. Our parents and the school said otherwise. That student got two week of OSS. (Out of school suspension). Mean girl was required to attend counseling and it did help. To this day I still don't understand what triggered such actions.
That type of behaviour is never okay. Satire is there as a tool to teach it isn't meant as a tool to openly attack or belittle anyone, especially not by name. Had it been left in thread on public boards, I wouldn't have said anything. That lovely soul decided marching into my PMs was a good idea.
What our gifted delight didn't realize was how forums work. I sent back a polite warning. They didn't back off and openly attacked. What our friend missed was the report function. I sent the bullying and abusive messages straight to a Mod. I had off board pursuit with receipts.
Some people never realize they are the middle schooler jumping up and down in the booth throwing food and marring everyone's experience and making a horse's behind out of themselves in the process.
That being said, forums like this tend to have significantly less bridge dwelling troglodyte denizens than most platforms. Maybe 1% on a bad day. Most platforms, 20 - 40% and the behavior, yikes. It is blitzkreig but troll.
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