Alts being used DELIBERATELY for malice

Nah, I don't think so...men I fantasize about don't necessarily have the unsavory connections you have Pepto...remember I looked at your profile too. I found it...well...icky. Yes, its icky. Almost like one needs a shower after one views it.

After restraining myself all day...



I could no longer resist.

/me passes Brann the rum bottle - did you want a mixer with that or just straight up?


/me stands up to lead our Relaxation drill:
.... breath in slowly................. now let it out slowly............
shake those muscles loose............... everyone relax now.......

time to go play and have fun somewhere

*grins* gets you . . . sweaty, does it PennyFarthing?

/sigh

this thread has deteriorated to sticks and stones, and my popcorn is all gone

*wanders off to await the next drama thread*

There is a 75% chance you are barking.

HA!

Funny, if that was indeed a joke.

Laugh, ignore it, mute if you want to. Never get involved in nonsence. Never explain, never complain.

It's like watching a train wreak ...

I only have the vaguest idea what set this all off, but I would have refused too, based purely on the fact that it's an obnoxious demand.

Besides, given how common voice changers are, it really wouldn't prove anything.

OMG..I am a wimp*shock-jorror* I have feelings!!! *runs to hide herself sobbing*
ty for this entertaining thread!

Ann - not an obnoxious "demand", a polite "invitation", as described.

"Prove you are what you say you are by doing x" is a demand, no matter how politely phrased.

To many people any invitation to use voice is obnoxious, no matter how courteously phrased. Anyone who wishes to voice with me without knowing me very well will be refused. Even if I know them well, I would only use voice if for some reason there was information to be imparted that could not be typed easily. Anyone wanting to voice for gender verification can stick their headset where the sun doesn't shine. If they are that bothered about gender, I want nothing to do with them.

It was, but not a very nice one, which I now regret, as I can understand that it might have been interpreted as implying that I thought Brann was the culprit, which seemed extremely unlikely even before her acquaintances rallied round to insist it was not her style. I may take exception to the fact that she reacts emotionally to words rather than to their logical sense (I have a rl wife that does the same thing, unfortunately) but it was unfair of me not to make clear immediately that I did not suspect her. In mitigation I was not online at the time (hot dates ALWAYS take precedence over thread wars) and when I returned I was far too intoxicated to frame this sort of grovelling apology before I managed to get to bed after yet another sl wedding at a ridiculous time - two females getting married, so it was twice as late!

May I apologise publicly and unreservedly, Brann, if my attempt at humour may have led to others erroneously inferring that I considered you responsible for the cowardly attempt to ingratiate me for nefarious purposes.

Pserendipity Daniels

I disagree, but of course you are entitled to your opinion.

The implication of your words, Wulfric, is what some people feel entirely acceptable others may find obnoxious. I entirely appreciate this, but I can not be responsible for the feelings of others.

Oh, and is that a "demand" regarding the headset or an "invitation"?

Damn! The last thing I wanted was to use an obtuse cultural reference to alienate Bowie fans!!! Please don't set the Laughing Gnome on me . . .

I would have thought it was clear it was neither, simply an expression of my feelings towards those as insecure as you appear to be. But then, as you established in the thread that led to your paranoid ramblings here, you have great difficulty in understanding the words you read.

Shocking isn't it?

The start of this thread reminds me of when I created an alt. I was bored in the Christmas vacation, and decided to make an alt to see if she wouldn’t crash so much with a small inventory.

I took the time to pick up the nicest freebies that was available at that time, and started to TP around. I came to a new place and started to have a friendly talk with a total stranger. Most Americans think that I type well enough, and so did this man. He was impressed that I was Scandinavian and complimented me on my writing. Then suddenly he changed his attitude. He started to ask about the name of the King in my country, what time it was there, and such details. Then he asked me right out if I was an alt of XXX, a friend of him who used to pull jokes on people. I denied that and told him that I had newer meet him; I was an alt but not made to harm. I don’t know if he believed me, so I told him it was nice talking with him and TP’ed out. That was all. There were no suggestions of romance or intimacy before this, and nothing he could be embarrassed about. He might be paranoid or burned before, what do I know?

Some times people are what they appear to be. You asked for advice so why not keep in touch with the avatar that contacted you and see what happens? Most people will not manage to hide their true intentions over time.

I know you don’t think that I write “Good English” and hate to read my posts, but I don’t feel offended. It’s not possible to please everybody all the time.

No, you definitely don't make me tingly in my naughty places, Peptic Ulcer.

*insert derisive snort here*

Now you're waffling. There for a while you were a histrionic and you were dug in about it. You had your suspicions regarding the true identity of the offending party and you'd be go to hell if anyone was going to get one over on you. You accused Brann in a blatant manner to anyone with half sense and one eye, and only after her friends stepped forward to excoriate you did you change your stance. You're a coward, Pepto. Not a worthy adversary at all....just a big blow hard. Shame, that.

I am really pleased you continue to get it so wrong PepticUlcer. If you showed any insight I might have to revise my opinion of you.

But you are probably correct, since if all you personally have is "half sense and one eye" to use your peculiar phrase (it is early for you I suppose; I suggest get yourself a coffee before you type any more "half sense" then I am not surprised you misconstrued my comment about Brann. Why not let her decide whether my apology is sincere and sufficient?

Oh, and the coward is the alt who has not acknowledged her/his main avatar - and has NEVER denied that they are an alt, for which I have to give them some credit, I suppose.

On behalf of the human race, I offer my sincere apologies for all of those moments when anyone has been emotionally upset by words that have been said. This includes (but is not limited to) little children that have sobbed after being bullied in the playground, and wives that have wept in the kitchen after being told the Christmas dinner that they spent hours cooking was not very good. The latter, of course, should have discerned logically the unnecessary and therefore unspoken addition of, "compared with your usual wonderful offerings, my dear".

Most people are human. They emote. Emotion is a wonderful thing, even when it goes wrong. It proves we are human. Logical calculation and response in everyday situations should be limited to computers and Vulcans.