Posted by rollingthunder on June 7, 2009, at 1:10:41
In reply to Re: Huge Ego, posted by SLS on June 4, 2009, at 6:15:15
I'm curious. Verne gets his hand slapped but SLS, who posted that Verne has a huge ego, gets to say that? Yeah, I got that he included himself; is that his "get out of jail" card?
"SLS" who if he doesn't think your at his level, won't post in any thread that you start. Is SLS "official" on this board? - is he Bob? Because he gets away with a lot on this board and I just wonder why? He's been on this board almost since it's inception. He claims to be one of the regular folks, but treats this board like his personal therapy workshop, unless you're not on his list of tete-a-tetes. Oh, he can take it. And he can give it back too, in fact I'm scared already.
Verne's having a bad week, but honestly, he could in part be suffering from the clique mentality that has been on this board since it's beginning. Everyone's equal on this board - only some are more equal than others. Do people write in to offer Verne some support when he needs it? Not many. Instead it's just like the outside world, where people immediately either start whispering campaigns, or else openly insult the guy (Yeah, he's insulting too - but I hope he's not "frozen out" like so many others before him). It's as if this were a mental hospital that only treated you if you were always on your best behavior.
The games that go on on these boards are shameful for place that is supposed to offer support for people with mental problems. It's so bad that people are afraid to post, because the meds-gods might descend on them. The result is the same seven or nine people talk to each other - most leave after awhile, wondering what it was about these boards that seemed so uninviting.News flash: People are in pain. They are suffering, while others tisk-tisk and condescend.
Good people like Manic, whose posts are some of the most honest on this board, were almost frozen-out by the clique mentality on this board. Is this board to help those who need it? people with mood disorders? or is it a country-club where the "in crowd" checks in with one another?
If people can't have a bad day, or a bad week, or even a bad month within these spaces, where can they have them. If they do have them, do you help, rush in with words of wisdom. "That's OK boy, we understand . . " Or is it "Let's freeze 'em out, and say some condescending things about em". Maybe we can Babblemail each other about how sick they are. SLS promotes anyone posting anything on these boards, so he should welcome this post. He works differently; he'll blast you and then pretend you don't exist.
Now we have posts like the one further down about people "who change their names." The words (dripping with sarcasm) used are "lovely folks" who come back with different names.
Sarcasm that folks hope will "pass" when they put the knife in, but is anybody fooled?
I haven't read any person on this board, including myself, who hasn't "blown it" many times on these boards. So this is the very last place where snobbery should run rampant.
Let's all look at ourselves in the mirror. Why give ourselves airs? Who are the ones who don't have mental problems on these boards?
poster:rollingthunder
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