Durp Snark XIII: Triskadurpaphobia

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Is it contractual?

Maybe it's a troll, in which case hats off .

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

I don't know if I know you under a different name, but whatever the case, I honestly thank you for the comments herein.

I was Anastasaeon at the Dope, but I do not recall interacting with you much.

Thank you for your replies. I agree that the best advice and critisisms come from your loved ones, but remember you have an online persona that you seem to cherish enough to defend. That's where listening to those you respect online comes in handy. We're not all Spiderman in muu-muus; that's just poor luck. Some are.

We've all been snarked on. You don't have to leap into the defense of every false thing. You can listen, accept it as true and silently change, mature, and learn from it (or even confess to the people you do respect, admit you fight realize you were coming across a certain way, and leave it at that); or reject it outright, roll your eyes, laugh at the fat ass Spiderman, and get on with your day.

I'm not saying you do any of those things, as I mentioned, I barely know you. But don't let snark keep you away from here. We all face down that barrel sooner or later.

[Someone]

[Johnny Carson Voice] You were Anastaseon at the Dope? I did not know that.[/JCV]

Don't we have a snark rota around here somewhere? I could swear we made up a schedule a while back.

[Someone]

I were. Younger, stupider, and nicer, but that was me.

Now I'm older, even stupider, and meaner.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

I were. Younger, stupider, and nicer, but that was me.

Now I'm older, even stupider, and meaner.

I like that in a person.




Una, don't worry about apologizing. This place is like a litter of golden retriever puppies biting each other's ears, with little actual malice. Just call us all cunts and be done with it. And post more.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

I were. Younger, stupider, and nicer, but that was me.

Now I'm older, even stupider, and meaner.

I realized after posting that, that I have no recollection of anything you posted, I merely recognized the name--hey, that's GOOD for me!


Yes, Una--tell us to fuck off and then post pics of kittens. It's all good.

[Someone]

Yeah, I don't even think I can snark on the Cecil thing coming from Una (or anyone else interacting with the actual writers of the column). I mean, for all the fuck I know it's a useful shorthand for "whoever collectively is writing the column this week" even if right now that's practically speaking "Ed Zotti, by himself, with no editor"

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Yeah, I don't even think I can snark on the Cecil thing coming from Una (or anyone else interacting with the actual writers of the column). I mean, for all the fuck I know it's a useful shorthand for "whoever collectively is writing the column this week" even if right now that's practically speaking "Ed Zotti, by himself, with no editor"

Yeah, where would Cracked be without this guy?

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

I fucking hate the name Cecil. Not only do I cringe at the stupid that surrounds the SD columnist but I cringe that it goes by such a horrible prissy name.

Ya know I've wanted to say this for ages

I live with a man named Cecil. I caught a metric shit ton of flack, for his name and nothing else, from people who hadn't met him.

What a prissy, horrible way to judge anyone. Adopting the name Cecil may be weird in your eyes, but hey, there are men named Marion and Beverly (or Kaden, like my nephew) out there too. Snark or no snark, it's a random name some random parents chose, unlike an internet handle.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

even sven and baby making 'twas found in Broomstick's thread about the creeper she encountered at her cobbler shop. even sven first mentioned baby making after I called her out on ragging on socially awkward guys. I compared her to socially awkward guys by saying that now that she was over thirty she was less sexually desirable and most men would prefer younger women. She then said she hoped the only younger woman her SO was interested in would be the daughter they were planning on having.

Even Sven:

Well, there are some loose ends to work out ("Honey, I gotta graduate first!") and I'll need to work out a few things career wise, but that's the way things are headed quite quickly. My take-no-prisoners all-business dating plan was actually astonishingly effective, and helped me make build a partnership and shared vision of the future with a really wonderful guy.

Someone should tell that preying mantis that still being stuck as a student when you're past 30 years old can't be called a "career".

[Someone]

In the villages of Namibia, learning is considered a life-long process with many phases. Until the age of 18, knowledge-seekers are known as un'baak'kraa and are cherished as the future of the people and learn life skills such as stripping the leaves of the kula'ambaa tree which is used both as a weaving fiber and a staple food. Young adults of the village between 18-29 are advanced learners known as kraalam'cha and focus on skills needed for raising a family to make the village strong. Those over the age of 30 are highly-regarded as orm'lambaa and devote their time to studying spiritual and philosophical aspects of life such as the god of the harvest Gumba'laa and the godess of the rain Chu'baktraa. We have much to learn from them.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

I live with a man named Cecil. I caught a metric shit ton of flack, for his name and nothing else, from people who hadn't met him.

What a prissy, horrible way to judge anyone. Adopting the name Cecil may be weird in your eyes, but hey, there are men named Marion and Beverly (or Kaden, like my nephew) out there too. Snark or no snark, it's a random name some random parents chose, unlike an internet handle.

I had an Uncle Shirley. I've noticed that a lot of men born in the early 20th century tended to have names that today would normally only be considered women's names.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

We (the collective we) went within 10-15 years from having not enough information at our fingertips to too much information at our fingertips. Say someone asks a question like "is coffee good or bad for you?" You can easily Google and find a citation from a prestigious university which says "sure, 2 cups max." And you can end the search there. Or you can look further, and find 10 more studies which say "well, it depends" or "yeah, up to 4 cups", or even "no, for the love of God, no!" It's easy for someone to Google and find an impressive citation or two which supports a position, but with so much research available, you need to get a broader-spectrum view of what we know.

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I contend, my friend, that this has significant value still.

I know you said you were done with this, but I feel I have to say something that no one else brought up. For most people, "Cecil" isn't any more reliable than the other links that can be found on Google, so in the end he isn't of any more value than anywhere else.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

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Someone should tell that preying mantis that still being stuck as a student when you're past 30 years old can't be called a "career".

Should also tell her that living in "a rat infested flop house in a room with no door in a bad part of town" (re: thread about rent being raised 4% OP by someone else) is also probably one of those loose ends.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

I had an Uncle Shirley. I've noticed that a lot of men born in the early 20th century tended to have names that today would normally only be considered women's names.

Shirley you're mistaken.

[Someone]

There's a guy who owns a bunch of properties in town whose first name is Leslie. Once one of the property code guys had to write a letter to him and began "Dear Ms. Lastname:" The guy was not pleased

I've also known a male Gail and Tracy, and my friend Ashley (female) was named after Ashley (male) from Gone with the Wind.

ETA at Mothedrine, because you know someone's gonna do it: I'm not mistaken. And don't call me Shirley.

[Someone]

Meredith
Caroll
Beverly
Laurie as a nickname for Laurence
Leslie
Tracy
Shirley
Dale


All of these used to be exclusively male names. There are lots more, but these are off the top of my head.

[Someone]

Thanks so much for this informative hijack, guys. So some girl names were once guys names and vice versa. And you've actually MET(!) people with names such as these? Wow. Ignorance fought.

[Someone]

Is that snark? I can never tell.

At the last place I worked, there were three men named Tracy. I've met both men and women named Shannon.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Thanks so much for this informative hijack, guys. So some girl names were once guys names and vice versa. And you've actually MET(!) people with names such as these? Wow. Ignorance fought.

My name is Robin which is a fairly common male name in the UK and I think somewhat less than rare down south (although I can't be sure). Supposedly it was first coined by Queen Elizabeth for one of her pages. It was derived from Robert as a diminutive and is now regarded as a unisex name.

[Someone]

Okay, this is getting as bad as the picture hijack. What is it with 13?

[Someone]

My husband's name is very close to one rigby mentioned, my former boss's brother was a Marion, and I went through Grade 8 and all of high school with the most obnoxious bully ever named Gayle. He preferred to be called 'Butch.'

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Should also tell her that living in "a rat infested flop house in a room with no door in a bad part of town" (re: thread about rent being raised 4% OP by someone else) is also probably one of those loose ends.

If I'm remembering correctly from her DC thread on how her neighbor is a racist, she doesn't live in a particularly bad part of DC. I think she lives in a group house, but row houses in her neighborhood run about $500,000 and up.

[Someone]

By this point, I pretty much suspect Papsett of poisoning her "babies" to gain sympathy and attention.

[Someone]

Damn. Now she needs attention for somebody else's horse?

"did you guise know that animals actually die? It's so sad! Everyone be sad with me! Here is some glurge to make you feel even sadder! This animal isn't even mine, and it died! You should all know and cry!"

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

By this point, I pretty much suspect Papsett of poisoning her "babies" to gain sympathy and attention.

Really? People are crying (supposedly) over a fucking horse? At least a dog or a cat can, ya know, come in the house and maybe sleep with you but a horse? What, you're in love with it because it just never bothered to step on you or something?

[Someone]

Well, people love what they love and all, but this isn't even hers.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Well, people love what they love and all, but this isn't even hers.

Agreed but completely beside the point. It's a fucking HORSE. It outweighs a human 3 or 4 to one (well, maybe not Lynn) at least. How the hell is that a beloved pet? It makes no sense at all to me.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

It's a fucking HORSE. It outweighs a human 3 or 4 to one (well, maybe not Lynn)

*snort*

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Here is some glue to make you feel even sadder!

Fixed that for ya.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

I live with a man named Cecil. I caught a metric shit ton of flack, for his name and nothing else, from people who hadn't met him.

What a prissy, horrible way to judge anyone. Adopting the name Cecil may be weird in your eyes, but hey, there are men named Marion and Beverly (or Kaden, like my nephew) out there too. Snark or no snark, it's a random name some random parents chose, unlike an internet handle.

I wasn't judging anyone I was judging the name given to a fictional entity. My reaction to a real person bearing that name -- or any name I dislike -- is different.

Incidentally I'd no idea anyone considered it to be a woman's name. I've never met/heard of a woman called Cecil.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Thanks so much for this informative hijack, guys. So some girl names were once guys names and vice versa. And you've actually MET(!) people with names such as these? Wow. Ignorance fought.

Stay as pleasant as you are. It makes the rest of us look good.

[Someone]

Originally Posted by Someone

Okay, this is getting as bad as the picture hijack. What is it with 13?

It's because Tomatoes started the thread. Every thread she starts sucks.

[Someone]

DAMN YOU TOMATOES! SEXY, SEXY TOMATOES!

[Someone]

Mercy killing.

Better thread here