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[Me] How to not improve your standing in Twile's mind
13 years ago
1. Ignore Twile for 2 years.
2. Message Twile out of the blue and ask him if he knows any local furs who are into footpaws.
3. Listen as Twile calls you out for breaking a 2 year silence not with "How have you been?" but a hunt for local fuckbuddies (or perhaps just people to share nonsexual fetishy encounters with).
4. Take such offense at Twile's "uncalled for and disrespectful" observation that you notify him it'll be more than 2 years before he hears from you again.
5. Storm off.
Learn from example. Don't behave like the guy who just did the above.
Also nameless person, if you're reading this, I bear you no ill will. You're welcome to contact me at your leisure, and I welcome friendly conversation with you. Just please understand that even furry social protocol dictates that you exchange a few friendly, personal IMs before asking someone for information or a favor, especially if you haven't talked in years.
Seriously guys, I try to be pretty reasonable and approachable. I list my contact info. I welcome people who come with things to talk about. I freely admit that I don't IM people until they've become regulars and talking to them is a habit... mostly because my chat program lists the people I talk to most often at the top of my list. I'm not sure what else people expect me to do, beyond dropping the things I do during my limited free time so I can squeeze a few more IMs in here and there.
Edit: Going to sleep now so don't expect me to reply until tomorrow evening z.z
2. Message Twile out of the blue and ask him if he knows any local furs who are into footpaws.
3. Listen as Twile calls you out for breaking a 2 year silence not with "How have you been?" but a hunt for local fuckbuddies (or perhaps just people to share nonsexual fetishy encounters with).
4. Take such offense at Twile's "uncalled for and disrespectful" observation that you notify him it'll be more than 2 years before he hears from you again.
5. Storm off.
Learn from example. Don't behave like the guy who just did the above.
Also nameless person, if you're reading this, I bear you no ill will. You're welcome to contact me at your leisure, and I welcome friendly conversation with you. Just please understand that even furry social protocol dictates that you exchange a few friendly, personal IMs before asking someone for information or a favor, especially if you haven't talked in years.
Seriously guys, I try to be pretty reasonable and approachable. I list my contact info. I welcome people who come with things to talk about. I freely admit that I don't IM people until they've become regulars and talking to them is a habit... mostly because my chat program lists the people I talk to most often at the top of my list. I'm not sure what else people expect me to do, beyond dropping the things I do during my limited free time so I can squeeze a few more IMs in here and there.
Edit: Going to sleep now so don't expect me to reply until tomorrow evening z.z
Twile is love.
When all your friends are on the internet, that really says something about a person.
It is an unhealthy thing to remain locked within your room, only going out for food, or for the bathroom.
there are people who simply prefer to be able to compose their thoughts before making them known. this does not mean that they have no ability to make everyday interactions, merely that they prefer ones online.
the existence of an extreme does not mean that a more moderate version is nonexistant.
if that was the case, every christian would belong to the westboro baptist church.
every athlete would spend every waking moment thinking about how to improve.
every newspaper would either be so watered down that nothing meaningful was ever published, or so completely obsessed with scandal that nothing meaningful was ever published.
every blond person would have an IQ of around 80. (70 and below is considered mentally retarded)
every Asian person would have an IQ of around 150. (130 and above is considered genius)
you see where i'm going with this?
There may be people who simply prefer to be able to compose their thoughts before making them known, but see, those sorts of individuals think before they speak, and are just as capable of talking with others in person as they are wasting away on a computer. Therefore that argument point of yours has no basis whatsoever.
The existence of said extreme is not the issue here, the fact remains however that the said extreme seems to be the point of contention, on the grounds that is what is currently being discussed as the standard. There have been no situations propagating the use of a moderate version in the current discussions held, therefore once again, your point is null and void as there was never any contention on that.
Your belief that every christian would belong to the westboro baptist church is a straw man argument, on the basis that two different extremes do not mean that they are equal in their standing. For you to attempt to state such a point is like saying that those who dislike MLP art should now don white robes, and forge an organization similar to the KKK.
Your repeated attemtps at proving a point have failed, I'm afraid. All you've done is take a portion of the argument, and attempt to skew it in your favor by supporting it with themes that have no abject basis upon the original discussion taking place.
I'm sorry, I may see where you're going, but it's nowhere relevant to the topic at hand.
my first point does in fact have a basis. your post was explicitly stating that ALL people who only have friends online "[...] remain locked within [their] room[s], only going out for food, or for the bathroom." my example is an exception to your argument.
your point, as i understand it, is that the extreme is so much more common that more moderate examples that the moderate forms can be ignored completely. if this is not what you intend, i apologise.
my examples are intentionally absurd. they are a list of extremes that are obviously less common. i am not contrasting two extremes; i am contrasting one extreme and one non-extreme. further, i am not implying that they are equal. i am specifically showing their inequality.
What're you gonna do?
Hi!
"Hello, Twile. I'm sorry to hear this has happened, but... how have you been otherwise?"
I'm kidding, I've not ever met in any official capacity. But you're choice of artists is always appealing and you seem extremely polite! Pleased to say hi!
I try to be, well, if not entirely diplomatic, at least rational and reasonable with people :3
...asking for little black book info right off the bat to somebody you've been a born-again stranger to for a few years probably isn't the way to go. XD
People never like to be hollered at though, even when they damn well fucking need it - hold your ground and hope they learn something from it. Getting people mad gets them to take something seriously enough to think at least, if nothing else.
*hug* sorry I haven't been super talkative ^^;
A friend of mine did something similar. He disappeared at the Air Force Academy for a year and a half, then out of the blue called to wish me a Happy New Year. >.<
He stopped talking to all his friends, and his father and sister. Meanwhile he was up late all the time skyping his girlfriend, sometimes missing class because he was so tired. It didn't bother me at all that he stopped contacting me. People drift apart, it happens. The way he acted like he hadn't ignored my calls and dropped off the map, that's what got to me. Apparently he thought it wouldn't bother me.
He and I have reconciled since then, but it's definitely not the same friendship it used to be.
So I shall stare at your butt.
well i always like your fluffy red dragon! also were identical for colors LOL
would like to see you more active too! and just for the hell of it! *huggles*
However, whilst we're on the subject, do you know any local furs who are into vo-*brick'd*
I cannot see myself doing something like that, ever. If I ever did chat with someone, especially in cases where we have not talked for so long, I would introduce myself and perhaps remind that person how we first met or the last time we saw each other. Then play a little catch up and talk about another subject. I cannot wrap my head around the idea of starting such a conversation with a sexual subject like that, but then again I consider that to be a good thing!