Originally posted by Diemen:
Oh for the love of God, U2girl - LIGHTEN UP! The titles are not meant to demean or insult anybody who has them. They're meant as light-hearted jokes and they're supposed to be taken lightly. If you have such a small sense of humor about yourself that you can't take something as small as a little title in stride, then I suggest therapy.
I really can't believe you're actually starting a serious argument over something as light and harmless as "Winner 2001 Most Closed Threads." It's supposed to be taken lightly. So deal with it.
deal with it?
always nice to see some patronising in here.
("lighten up", "therapy") and thanks for the "instructions" on how to read statuses.
anyway:
i know this was probably started out as a joke and i know you guys see it as a joke.
but to me, it isn't. because i know all about getting flamed and getting closed threads. and i don't want to be reminded of it.
i see nothing light or harmless about it. why?
a) because the status might suggest to people that i'm a person who either argues all the time or that i'm a person whose posts are so offensive or controversial that they get busted the most.
not funny, is it?
b) i never asked for a special status. i just made an inquiry about how it's done.
c) statuses are either funny, cool or have a connection with the person.
examples: Fem don (has a cool ring to it, plus it is suitable because of Christine's Italian heritage), Big daddy (now i may be wrong about this, but i'm guessing this one is funny because it is referring to Johnny's "wannabe Don Juan of Interference" attitude), Den Mother (NicaMom is a mom. i have yet to figure out the "Den" part), etc.
why does my status have to be connected with a bad thing? must it have such a notorious side to it?
(surely we agree getting closed threads is not good. moreso getting MOST closed threads.)
and i'm certainly not going to act according to the status now.
d) also, why not give people the option of choosing a status? make up our own statuses?
instead of just "bam, here you go" thing.
i emailed Elvis yesterday. guess i'm stuck with this, since he hasn't replied.
thanks to melon for seeing my point.
[This message has been edited by U2girl (edited 10-04-2001).]