Fear Wins - Depressing

[quote]vroom wrote:
thunderbolt23 wrote:

Absolutely nothing.

That’s funny.

Spark up the lonely old brain cell Thunderdolt, you can probably puzzle it out if you try.[/quote]

No - it’s sad on your part.

You have 3 people ask you what the hell you meant, and all you can say is “think about it”.

Which kinda lends some back up to my assertion that you are not nearly as cerebral/abstract as you fashion yourself to be. I mean, really - how hard is it for you to actually articulate a thought?

Of course you would run the risk of actually having to stand behind what you say - and it pretty tough to do that and pretend to be riding a fence.

I don’t think it is a picket jammed up your ass - I think it is your head.

[quote]rainjack wrote:

No - it’s sad on your part.

You have 3 people ask you what the hell you meant, and all you can say is “think about it”.

Which kinda lends some back up to my assertion that you are not nearly as cerebral/abstract as you fashion yourself to be. I mean, really - how hard is it for you to actually articulate a thought?

Of course you would run the risk of actually having to stand behind what you say - and it pretty tough to do that and pretend to be riding a fence.

I don’t think it is a picket jammed up your ass - I think it is your head.[/quote]

Ouch.

As to Vroom - your statements didn’t mean anything. Why? You never told us what they meant. You just lobbed out one of your typical vacuous abstractions - dull and meaningless.

No one here actually believes you are the high-minded, above-the-fray type you pretend to be - so why keep up the fraud?

Oh look, it’s a tag team. You guys holding hands?

[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
rainjack wrote:

No - it’s sad on your part.

You have 3 people ask you what the hell you meant, and all you can say is “think about it”.

Which kinda lends some back up to my assertion that you are not nearly as cerebral/abstract as you fashion yourself to be. I mean, really - how hard is it for you to actually articulate a thought? [/quote]

Fashion myself to be? That’s laughable. I have been voicing my opinions for years now, in the same manner, it’s pretty damned unlikely I’m trying to “fashion” anything at this point.

Anyway, in today’s environment of instant everything, I happen to think it’s useful to leave people to do their own thinking from time to time. Many people aren’t used to it. Some of you react violently to the suggestion. Boohoo.

Of course they mean something. If you don’t care to think long enough to puzzle out what I meant, that is your choice, I don’t care.

[quote]
No one here actually believes you are the high-minded, above-the-fray type you pretend to be - so why keep up the fraud?[/quote]

Funny, I don’t think I’m high-minded above-the-fray either. Considering I’ve been posting in the same style for years and years now, I think the so-called fraud calls are getting a bit lame.

Anyway, if you need the support fellas, you can continue to hold hands or whatever else you two do to find support for your viewpoints.

[quote]vroom wrote:
Oh look, it’s a tag team. You guys holding hands?
[/quote]

Now you have passed sad, and pathetic.

Hey tree guy - what’s a word that means beyond pathetic?

[quote]vroom wrote:

Oh look, it’s a tag team. You guys holding hands?[/quote]

This, from the guy who has a crush on Lixy?

Yes, Vroom - because we all have to think long and hard to figure out your complex, Yoda-like riddles.

And you keep switching back and forth - are you the abstract riddle-maker that baffles mortals of ordinary intellect? Or are you plain-talkin’ straight-shootin’ Vroom, of your other attempted incarnation?

You’ll make up your mind when you grow up.

Actually, you do - you always come back to the “some people just won’t think for themselves and they just don’t get it”. It’s fine, Vroom - it’s who you are. Everyone gets it. Why do it and then claim you don’t do it?

It’s part of the entertainment you provide.

It is always cute when Vroom talks like this - and so plainly contrived.

[quote]rainjack wrote:

Now you have passed sad, and pathetic.

Hey tree guy - what’s a word that means beyond pathetic?[/quote]

Vroomian?

Vroomesque?

Vroomish?

I see Thunderdolt is in fine form today…

[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
This, from the guy who has a crush on Lixy?
[/quote]

I think that is Rainjack’s angle these days. Can’t you think of your own mischaracterization?

[quote]
Yes, Vroom - because we all have to think long and hard to figure out your complex, Yoda-like riddles.[/quote]

Whoever said anything of the sort? You are inventing your own characterizations so you can knock them down. Have at it. Just realize that you are basically playing with yourself when you do that.

If you got what I said, then you got it. If you didn’t get what I said, then you didn’t. Either is fine. Is there really a need to cry about it all day long?

Strange, is there a proscribed way that I’m supposed to present my viewpoints. Are there “Thunderdolt’s rules of discourse” that these forums are run by? Maybe when you grow up you’ll realize that people have their own ways of doing things.

You surely know by now that when the fists start flying I’m happy to jump in the mud and start swinging away just like anyone else. Often, if people start talking issues, I’ll revert to discussing issues while that lasts. Hell, I’m sure I’ve thrown my share of first punches around here too.

What exactly the fuck are you crying about?

This is great. Do you realize how stupid you look trying to tell me what I think? I do think that some people won’t think for themselves. You can disagree if you like. However, there are some real cheerleaders around these parts… if you hadn’t noticed.

If you don’t consider yourself one of them, that’s great. If you are stepping into the “some people” and getting pissed off about it, that’s your own choice. Blame yourself, not me. I’m going to continue to do what most people do around, voice my opinion.

Why should whether or not you particularly like it have any influence on me?

[quote]
It is always cute when Vroom talks like this - and so plainly contrived.[/quote]

I talk like that when the situation appears to warrant it. So, perhaps, maybe look to the behavior involved. You jump in to hold Rainjack’s dick, and then the two of you offer tag team support to each other.

Glad you find that cute.

[quote]rainjack wrote:

Hey tree guy - what’s a word that means beyond pathetic?

[/quote]

Umm… lemme think… in one word, Rainjack. A synonym for it appears to be Thunderbolt.

Perhaps we should just combine them into Thunderjack?

Fuck, c’mon, that’s funny!

[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
Vroomian?

Vroomesque?

Vroomish?[/quote]

Rainjack said he wants you to let go of his dick now.

After all the words you have written, you could have simply told us what the hell your nut addled brain was thinking.

At this point, however - who fucking cares anymore.

I think I prefer the term vroomalixious

I even added it to my browser’s dictionary so it won’t think it is a misspelling.

[quote]rainjack wrote:
After all the words you have written, you could have simply told us what the hell your nut addled brain was thinking.

At this point, however - who fucking cares anymore.
[/quote]

Of course I could have. Is all this histrionic bullshit because I chose not to?

Seems like a damned good reason not to, doesn’t it.

Nope - just recognizing your appreciation for Lixy’s “ability to make people think” silliness for what it is.

Who is crying, Vroom? I said your statement meant “absolutely nothing” - and then you came in and started up the “you…you…have too small a brain to get it!” nonsense.

I couldn’t care less about your useless Vroomisms, and you know that. So if I “didn’t get it” when you made your first post and you don’t care whether I “get it or whether I don’t”, why reply to my statement at all? Why get so unnerved that ole “Thunderdolt” didn’t get your “deeper meaning”?

Sounds like you have more vested in it than I do. I thought you had nothing to say and still believe that - others do too, since several asked what the hell it was supposed to mean (or do they "just not get it?). It is you that has come to your own valiant rescue.

Nope - just curious as to why you try and convince us all that you aren’t what you post, when we can all see it. It seems odd - but you don’t have a good explanation. That is fine.

Yes, you are willing.

Actually, Vroom, you are renowned for your ability to start up nonsense and kill threads.

Again, who is crying? We are in the thick of this discussion because you came in to get sniffly over my comment of thinking your post was meaningless - and if you truly don’t care if I “get it or don’t”, why swoop in with all this sniveling commentary?

It is not me that is crying - I am not falling over myself to defend myself from ole Thunderdolt being a big meanie.

If you truly don’t care, then act like you don’t care. Your actions show you seem to care quite a bit.

You tell people what to think all the time - you have a monopoly on that I am unaware of?

Yes, “cheerleaders” - like Lixy? If there is a definitional exemplar of your much abused phrase “cheerleader”, it is Lixy - ideological, brainlessly devoted to talking points regardless of the information presented, never diverging from a doctrinaire party line, no evidence of independent and original thought…

…he is the quintessential “cheerleader”, but where are the long, windy diatribes about Lixy’s “cheerleader”-ness? Amazingly, you try and yet again position yourself as the post-partisan arbiter of provincial “cheerleader” thinking, yet the only bombs you throw are in the direction of the center-right around these parts.

That doesn’t hurt the center-right’s feelings that you won’t share the “judgment” - rather, it exposes the facade.

Instead, the perfect “cheerleader” - by your definition of mindless devotion to a political school of thought, no matter what - is described by you as “able to make people think”. Yay!

Now, this isn’t about Lixy per se - it is about you being a fraud. You are as partisan as the next poster here, so spare us all the “there are some real cheerleaders around these parts” routine - you are and remain a partisan hack trying to convince us all you are something else.

It makes you look thin-minded and silly - but you don’t care about any of that, remember?

Oh, I think you should voice your opinion. It is always educational. Just not in the way you hope.

Precisely the question I have been asking myself as to why you bothered to reply to me. If you don’t care so much, why are constantly defending yourself to me?

Do you have an answer?

It just looks so silly - no one will confuse you with a “tough guy”, Vroom, so the Wyatt Earp-esque “I’ll talk like that if I need to” makes you sound like an idiot.

That is what is meant by “contrived” - it appears fake, forced, and embarrassing.

Yes, keep going to the well on this, Vroom. It makes you look “really tough”. And we know you are desperate for us to all think that, right?

Bye, Vroom.

[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
I think that is Rainjack’s angle these days. Can’t you think of your own mischaracterization?

Nope - just recognizing your appreciation for Lixy’s “ability to make people think” silliness for what it is.

If you got what I said, then you got it. If you didn’t get what I said, then you didn’t. Either is fine. Is there really a need to cry about it all day long?

Who is crying, Vroom? I said your statement meant “absolutely nothing” - and then you came in and started up the “you…you…have too small a brain to get it!” nonsense.

I couldn’t care less about your useless Vroomisms, and you know that. So if I “didn’t get it” when you made your first post and you don’t care whether I “get it or whether I don’t”, why reply to my statement at all? Why get so unnerved that ole “Thunderdolt” didn’t get your “deeper meaning”?

Sounds like you have more vested in it than I do. I thought you had nothing to say and still believe that - others do too, since several asked what the hell it was supposed to mean (or do they "just not get it?). It is you that has come to your own valiant rescue.

Strange, is there a proscribed way that I’m supposed to present my viewpoints. Are there “Thunderdolt’s rules of discourse” that these forums are run by? Maybe when you grow up you’ll realize that people have their own ways of doing things.

Nope - just curious as to why you try and convince us all that you aren’t what you post, when we can all see it. It seems odd - but you don’t have a good explanation. That is fine.

You surely know by now that when the fists start flying I’m happy to jump in the mud and start swinging away just like anyone else.

Yes, you are willing.

Often, if people start talking issues, I’ll revert to discussing issues while that lasts. Hell, I’m sure I’ve thrown my share of first punches around here too.

Actually, Vroom, you are renowned for your ability to start up nonsense and kill threads.

What exactly the fuck are you crying about?

Again, who is crying? We are in the thick of this discussion because you came in to get sniffly over my comment of thinking your post was meaningless - and if you truly don’t care if I “get it or don’t”, why swoop in with all this sniveling commentary?

It is not me that is crying - I am not falling over myself to defend myself from ole Thunderdolt being a big meanie.

If you truly don’t care, then act like you don’t care. Your actions show you seem to care quite a bit.

This is great. Do you realize how stupid you look trying to tell me what I think?

You tell people what to think all the time - you have a monopoly on that I am unaware of?

I do think that some people won’t think for themselves. You can disagree if you like. However, there are some real cheerleaders around these parts… if you hadn’t noticed.

Yes, “cheerleaders” - like Lixy? If there is a definitional exemplar of your much abused phrase “cheerleader”, it is Lixy - ideological, brainlessly devoted to talking points regardless of the information presented, never diverging from a doctrinaire party line, no evidence of independent and original thought…

…he is the quintessential “cheerleader”, but where are the long, windy diatribes about Lixy’s “cheerleader”-ness? Amazingly, you try and yet again position yourself as the post-partisan arbiter of provincial “cheerleader” thinking, yet the only bombs you throw are in the direction of the center-right around these parts.

That doesn’t hurt the center-right’s feelings that you won’t share the “judgment” - rather, it exposes the facade.

Instead, the perfect “cheerleader” - by your definition of mindless devotion to a political school of thought, no matter what - is described by you as “able to make people think”. Yay!

Now, this isn’t about Lixy per se - it is about you being a fraud. You are as partisan as the next poster here, so spare us all the “there are some real cheerleaders around these parts” routine - you are and remain a partisan hack trying to convince us all you are something else.

It makes you look thin-minded and silly - but you don’t care about any of that, remember?

If you don’t consider yourself one of them, that’s great. If you are stepping into the “some people” and getting pissed off about it, that’s your own choice. Blame yourself, not me. I’m going to continue to do what most people do around, voice my opinion.

Oh, I think you should voice your opinion. It is always educational. Just not in the way you hope.

Why should whether or not you particularly like it have any influence on me?

Precisely the question I have been asking myself as to why you bothered to reply to me. If you don’t care so much, why are constantly defending yourself to me?

Do you have an answer?

I talk like that when the situation appears to warrant it. So, perhaps, maybe look to the behavior involved.

It just looks so silly - no one will confuse you with a “tough guy”, Vroom, so the Wyatt Earp-esque “I’ll talk like that if I need to” makes you sound like an idiot.

That is what is meant by “contrived” - it appears fake, forced, and embarrassing.

You jump in to hold Rainjack’s dick, and then the two of you offer tag team support to each other.

Yes, keep going to the well on this, Vroom. It makes you look “really tough”. And we know you are desperate for us to all think that, right?

Glad you find that cute.

Bye, Vroom.[/quote]

This “vroom” character might want to avoid Thunderbolt.

Whoever, “vroom” is, owes me a nickel for that sage advice.

Oh, Thunder, remind me to stay in your good graces.

If the leftists/communists/fundamentalists/bicyclists/muffinmakers/malignant canadians had anyone to rival you, I’d have to leave the board in shame.

JeffR

[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
Who is crying, Vroom?[/quote]

Looking at all the tripe you just wrote… I’m guessing you. Rainjack seems to be doing fine.

LOL. Considering it generally happens in the same manner, with the same people, means that it is not just I that has this little claim to fame.

[quote]
This is great. Do you realize how stupid you look trying to tell me what I think?

You tell people what to think all the time - you have a monopoly on that I am unaware of?[/quote]

I think maybe you should reread those two statements. There is a bit of a mismatch there.

[quote]
yet the only bombs you throw are in the direction of the center-right around these parts.[/quote]

Dude, that’s the way we all play around here. When the center-right says stupid things, perhaps in response to Lixy’s diatribe, then I call those stupid things out. If that makes you buy more tissues, that is your problem.

[quote]
Now, this isn’t about Lixy per se - it is about you being a fraud. You are as partisan as the next poster here, so spare us all the “there are some real cheerleaders around these parts” routine - you are and remain a partisan hack trying to convince us all you are something else.[/quote]

I’m not trying to convince you I’m anything. I describe what it is that I do sometimes. You are the one ascribing all kinds of mystical bullshit interpretations as if you are qualified to tell me what I think.

I’m very much looking forward to the next administration, whether right or left, and I expect that there will be many good things to say about it in comparison to the current one. I’m patient. You can form your little impression of me if you wish, but time will bear out my viewpoints.

The funny part is, I’m not trying to be a tough guy. It is your own viewpoint, your mindset, that keeps going in that direction. It reveals your own thinking, not mine.

[quote]JeffR wrote:

This “vroom” character might want to avoid Thunderbolt.

Whoever, “vroom” is, owes me a nickel for that sage advice.

Oh, Thunder, remind me to stay in your good graces.

If the leftists/communists/fundamentalists/bicyclists/muffinmakers/malignant canadians had anyone to rival you, I’d have to leave the board in shame.

JeffR[/quote]

Be careful, Jeff - the gay-rights advocate and acolyte of tolerance Vroom might begin to sling homophobic epithets in your direction, accusing you of indulging in a three-way sex act with me and Rainjack.

[quote]JeffR wrote:
This “vroom” character might want to avoid Thunderbolt.

Whoever, “vroom” is, owes me a nickel for that sage advice.

Oh, Thunder, remind me to stay in your good graces.

If the leftists/communists/fundamentalists/bicyclists/muffinmakers/malignant canadians had anyone to rival you, I’d have to leave the board in shame.

JeffR

[/quote]

LOL. I see Thunderdolt finally found someone to hold his dick for him. Maybe now the tears will stop?

P.S. Jerffy, if you had any shame you’d have left the boards years ago.

[quote]vroom wrote:

LOL. I see Thunderdolt finally found someone to hold his dick for him. Maybe now the tears will stop?

P.S. Jerffy, if you had any shame you’d have left the boards years ago.[/quote]

Heh. Man, I would love to claim to be a great prognosticator, but honestly, did anyone not see this coming?

So predictable.

And the continuing “tears” comments (sniff) - priceless. Anyone could have predicted that, too.

[quote]vroom wrote:

LOL. I see Thunderdolt finally found someone to hold his dick for him. Maybe now the tears will stop?[/quote]

Oh, and on a quick note, you strangely seem to be obsessed with the penis.

If you want, I can PM you the details of what it is like to have one - just say the word.

[quote]thunderbolt23 wrote:
If you want, I can PM you the details of what it is like to have one - just say the word.[/quote]

I’m always amazed at people who confuse “to have” and “to be”.

[quote]vroom wrote:
rainjack wrote:
After all the words you have written, you could have simply told us what the hell your nut addled brain was thinking.

At this point, however - who fucking cares anymore.

Of course I could have. Is all this histrionic bullshit because I chose not to?

Seems like a damned good reason not to, doesn’t it.[/quote]

Chose not to? Or had nothing behind it to explain? I “choose” the latter.

Not histrionics over what your vroomalixious attempt at being smart was - in fact no histrionics at all.

Most people, when asked to clarify, comply. Not you. I think you enjoy the attention of having a secret in a sack that you won’t let anyone else see.

Honestly - after your vroomalixious performance over the past 2-3 days - there is little you can say that would interest me beyond the enjoyment I get from watching you shadow box with your frail little ego.