You can have the last word....maybe....
I don't quote large blocks of text, anyway.
I try not to quote large blocks either, usually, but some times you do have to use an excerpt, so as to be clear about to whom you are speaking.
[/quote]However, some of the remarks you post along with your answers can be seen as insulting, and there have been a few who have called you on that (I think you need to work a bit on tact while posting). You had made a post in the questions forum that was rather inappropriate, to say the least; [/quote]
Yes, lots of things can SEEM insulting, even when not meant to be. Different people have different ideas as to what's an insult and what's not, etc. Your point? Also, I honestly have no idea what "rather inappropriate" post of mine you're referring to, especially since you seem to find most of my posts such.
[/quote]Now, I'm not going to be some goody goody and enforce such principles on you, but what I will tell you, is that a lot of what you say isn't needed. You claim that you're not belittling anyone, yet I can still see it in every post you make with the same old text. You even admit it by saying what you think about the questions you respond to, never once thinking about how that person may react, or how they were even viewing their ordeal in the first place. Your posts ARE dismissive; they are also (to put it lightly) sarcastic.[/quote]
But isn't that exactly what you're doing right now? Somehow, you "know" that I "never" think about how a person may react, etc. Yes, I am sometimes sarcastic. Some people see humor in sarcasm. Some people see it as a way of softening the blow of the criticism. And then there's people who are so overly sensitive and thin-skinned that they see sarcasm as always inappropriate and snide. And I still don't get what you mean about "every post" I make with "the same old text."
[/quote]Though in response to that, if not anger, then what? Spite? Malice?[/quote]
How about "annoyance," maybe? I readily admit that I have a low threshold for incompetence and little tolerance for BS. Sometimes it is a strength, sometimes it is a weakness. I have been told that I do not suffer fools gladly.
[/quote]I said it once - I don't have a problem with
how you answer others, but the
way you answer them.[/quote]
Well, then I guess that's YOUR problem. Do you just want me to be the worst person on the forums (been reprimanding anyone else lately), so you can be the big hero for taking me down a peg?
[/quote]You may not realize it yourself, but if you listened to what others are trying to say to you, and took a gander for yourself, you might see what all the fuss is about.[/quote]
Nothing too condescending about that. By the way, YOU are the ONE raising the fuss here. Not that it should matter one way or another as to whether your argument is invalid. Maybe you don't realize how patronizing and condescending you sound. Note, I said the way you SOUND, to me, at least, in this case, and not that you are necessarily IN FACT this way.
[/quote]Though on a side note, being called a "codependent enabler" was rather humerous. I think this is the first time I've ever been thought of as such.[/quote]
Wow, and here I thought I went WAY out of my way to point out that I was NOT speaking about you in particular. Oh, and this may be the first time you think you've been CALLED such, but that does not necessarily mean it's the first time it's been thought of you.
[/quote]In that case, I could ask you the same question. :laugh:[/quote]
Afraid I missed your point on that one.
I think I should just give you the last word on this, since besides hijacking this thread, I'm also tired of dealing with you. I've never had a problem, as best I can recall with you and your posts in the past. I've tried to clear things up for you, but I don't think I've gotten anywhere. I realize that my sense of humor can be misunderstood, but then again, so can everyone's. Now that you have slain the great fire-breathing dragon, you may go after the many lesser ones that prowl these forums.