Zodiac End of Summer Party

[Eternimus]

The beautiful thing about modern computers is their ability to use their volatile memory system to store data while moving it from one magnetic storage media to another.  For example, I can use the magic of CTRL+V to move the original text of the post that OniC@ just deleted from a text file on my hard drive back to its original home in the database file on this server's hard drive.  Like so:

On a fair note here. I would like to point out to everyone (any anyone who has attended one of our gatherings knows) TMAK is a Awesome Bartender. I was just giving him sh** there. Just wanted to clarify any confusion.

...Let me see if I've got this straight:  You throw an insult like this at me:

remember good bartenders make good tips.

Then you have the gall to imply that it's "not fair" for me to get offended and retaliate in kind?  You're an idiot.

You've been taking advantage of my patience, man, and it ends here.  Think about that for a minute, will you?  I have the patience of a gorramn saint and the forgiveness to match...and you've completely worn it out.  Wow.  Just...wow.

At this point in time, pretty much everything about you offends me.  This includes (but is not limited to) the following:

• Your arrogance offends me.
• Your hubris in your own arrogance offends me.
  
• Broadcasting your disgusting gay furry porn through your WLM avatar where my five-year-old daughter can see it offends me.
  
• Your refusal to stop using those disgusting avatars in spite of being politely (and not so politely) and repeatedly asked by me to stop on account of my child being exposed to your smut offends me.
  
• The way you treat your "friends" like they're some kind of little twink minions whose only purpose in life is to take your abuse offends me.

Before you ask, no I won't explain any of the above statements in further detail.  Anyone who reads this that has more than two brain cells to rub together will immediately be able to grok why those things constitute unacceptable behavior for a responsible adult.  If you don't get it that's just too bad, because I'm done trying to educate you. 

I could go on (and on, and on...), but I'll just sum it up like this:

OniC@ is a 笨天生的一堆肉 that offends and disgusts me.

I'd suggest you Babelfish the Chinese in that sentence, but that's clearly beyond your mental faculties.  I'm done with you.

I am going to be speaking with my most Halloween loving Friend about hosting a Halloween Party. Any thoughts?

Find a "good" bartender to replace the one you just chased off.

Ain't technology great?

...lulz... and you two are at it again...

[Goman Fox]

• Your arrogance offends me.
• Your hubris in your own arrogance offends me.
  

This is where I can agree with you, he's an arrogant bastard that could probably stand to be knocked down a few notches fairly often, the attitude gets old and people would probably get along better with him if they didn't have to deal with it sure.

But are you seriously using his furry porn avatar as an argument?  Sure, the polite thing for him to do would be to remove the gay porn and whatnot when he speaks to you, but you can't say he's an irresponsible adult for exposing your daughter to it.  You have plenty of options yourself to avoid that situation, you could block him on MSN and/or limit communication with him to another medium or, here's a great idea, close the sidebar that shows his avatar.  Sure, you can't see your own avatar in his window either, but is it really that important?  I'm sure you have plenty of good reasons to dislike him, but this is not a strong example considering you could remedy it yourself.  It also couldn't be that big of an issue if this came up over a year ago and you tolerated it for this long.

I can't say the little "twink minions" you refer to deserve much more respect than they get anyways, honestly their relationship with Oni is and always has been that they use each other.  They typically only come over when it's convenient for them and when they want something, so why should he treat them any differently?  I've given up on trying to have any real friendship with most of them because being blown off gets old.  The other people he typically has over at parties are more likely to tell him to f*** himself if he makes demands than do them and they still enjoy each other's company.

You're offended because of his suggestion that you're a bad bartender.  Sure, it was an insult directed at you but after saying his party was a huge failure and suggesting that the people that didn't show did so for other reasons was pretty insulting to him.  The only person that was expected to show that didn't, for the reason you're suggesting (which is that Oni alienates his friends) was Derval.  I don't even know what the deal is with Derval and after seeing her a handful of times over the last month and getting ignored/avoided, I don't care anymore.

Two of our regular party guests were out of state for the weekend, most of the invites were Oni's coworkers who are apparently either forgetful, busy or flaky.  He is a different person at work than he is with his friends so I find it very unlikely he's "alienated" any of his coworkers that have never spent time with him outside of work.  The party didn't have as great of a turnout as we had hoped, but it is not for the reason you are suggesting.

I'm not saying you're wrong in feeling the way you do, I'd probably be the first person to admit that he can be a dick sometimes, even frequently.  I really hate getting in the middle of stuff like this, but this crap gets stupid.  The solution is simple:
If he offends you that much, stop talking to him.

[Taylor-MadeAK]

But are you seriously using his furry porn avatar as an argument?  Sure, the polite thing for him to do would be to remove the gay porn and whatnot when he speaks to you, but you can't say he's an irresponsible adult for exposing your daughter to it.

I never said anything about him being irresponsible.  Those are your words, not mine.

You have plenty of options yourself to avoid that situation, you could block him on MSN and/or limit communication with him to another medium

I have blocked that account, but as a last resort after being sick of seeing the smut.

or, here's a great idea, close the sidebar that shows his avatar.  Sure, you can't see your own avatar in his window either, but is it really that important?

Here's the funny thing about WLM: toggling the sidebar on one chat window toggles the sidebar for all other new chat windows.  Crippling?  Probably not.  Annoying?  For sure.  Why should I not be able to see my sister's avatar (which is always a fairly current picture of a sibling I haven't been in the same state with for 15 years) just because I want to disable OniC@'s disgusting avatar?  On the other side of that argument is why should I open myself and my daughter to exposure to that distasteful trash just because I want to be able to see my other friends' avatars?

I'm using strong language here, but I'm doing it for a reason: to hammer the point home.

I'm sure you have plenty of good reasons to dislike him, but this is not a strong example considering you could remedy it yourself.  It also couldn't be that big of an issue if this came up over a year ago and you tolerated it for this long.

Did you somehow fail to notice that this wasn't listed by itself?  A big deal by itself?  Not to me, perhaps, but there are other people out there who feel more strongly about exposing children to pornography.  I'm more easy going than most, but even little things can add up over time. 

And how good can a remedy be if it creates just as much irritation as the problem it's supposed to address?

I can't say the little "twink minions" you refer to deserve much more respect than they get anyways, honestly their relationship with Oni is and always has been that they use each other.  They typically only come over when it's convenient for them and when they want something, so why should he treat them any differently?  I've given up on trying to have any real friendship with most of them because being blown off gets old.  The other people he typically has over at parties are more likely to tell him to f*** himself if he makes demands than do them and they still enjoy each other's company.

That kind of use-use relationship happens because he fosters it.  The few friends that he had who refuse to participate in that kind of relationship have been alienated.  Remember that word, because it will recur.  It's kind of a theme in this post.

Those of us who once considered ourselves to be kith and kin to OniC@ are left scratching our heads.  We can only assume that being surrounded by a horde of grovelling twinkie minions (which is my intentionally rough way of saying sycophants in small words that OniC@ might possibly understand the meaning) is exactly what he wants.  And yes, Fox, you're one of them.

You're offended because of his suggestion that you're a bad bartender.  Sure, it was an insult directed at you but after saying his party was a huge failure and suggesting that the people that didn't show did so for other reasons was pretty insulting to him.

Pointing out to OniC@ that his birthday party was a dismal failure (you compare this one to last year's party and tell me with a straight face that it wasn't an epic fail) because he has alienated pretty much everyone who ever really cared about him may be mildly insulting simply because of its bald, non-sugar-coated, brutal nature as the truth.  Nobody likes to be hit in the face with an unpleasant truth, yet sometimes it must occur lest a person remain unaware of their own shortcomings and thus fail to outgrow them.

By comparison, his deliberate insult and follow-up "I was just kidding hur hur" failure of an apology were just plain gratuitous, thus my response.

The only person that was expected to show that didn't, for the reason you're suggesting (which is that Oni alienates his friends) was Derval.

If he weren't so busy alienating (there's that word again) people, you might have been able to expect more people to show up for some birthday felicitations.  People who once considered OniC@ to be family, or close to it.  People like my wife Millie, Eternimus and his wife Crimson, and even Esther.

My mother taught me that marking birthdays with a celebration are our culture's way of telling our friends and loved ones that we're happy that they were born, because otherwise they would not be a part of our lives.  I have my own insight to add to that: When you're a complete and total douche bag to everyone, then nobody will be glad that you were born.  Think about it.  Do you know anyone (besides Tristan) who celebrates the birthdays of murderers, rapists, and psychopaths?  Hitler's and Napoleon's birthdays aren't marked on any calendar I own.  The same applies to dickheads, douche bags, and assholes.

Two of our regular party guests were out of state for the weekend

You mean Scooter and Josh?  The ones who show up late, drink the sixpack they brought for a couple hours, and then leave to go to Koot's or Myrna's?  Yep, regular House Kitsune Party Animals there. 

He is a different person at work than he is with his friends so I find it very unlikely he's "alienated" any of his coworkers that have never spent time with him outside of work.

If you keep telling yourself that for long enough, you might even begin to believe it.  Meanwhile, I'll be over here at a safe distance drinking my beer and watching you bump into stuff.

Putting that word in quotes is pretty funny, actually.  After being around OniC@ for as long as you have, and seeing the things that you've seen, do you really require further proof that he has set out to estrange himself from pretty much everyone who ever had his best interest at heart?  OniC@ and Eternimus grew up together, and yet OniC@ has managed to piss Eternimus off enough to get "demoted from 'family' to 'distant acquaintance.'" (Sorry to quote you without asking permission first, Eternimus, but you're AFK I think you already understand the point I'm trying to illustrate.)  Hell, I seem to recall that you were even present and in disagreement with him when OniC@ alienated his entire "AKC Committee" members - his inner circle of friends - by subjecting them to a humiliating and somewhat public verbal dressing-down.

You can rationalize it all you like, Fox, but at some point those blinders of yours are going to fall off.  The rest of us hope, for your sake, that it happens soon.  Personally, I'm not going to hold my breath.  You know what?  I don't think anybody else is, either.

I'm not saying you're wrong in feeling the way you do, I'd probably be the first person to admit that he can be a dick sometimes, even frequently.  I really hate getting in the middle of stuff like this, but this crap gets stupid.  The solution is simple:
If he offends you that much, stop talking to him.

I have.  It wasn't until I saw the bullshit post that I responded to today that my patience finally ran out and I decided I could no longer remain silent.  The desire to douse him with kerosene and ignite him with his own cigarette was only compounded by the removal of my post.  Not that I didn't expect it, mind you, but it did only fan the flames.

Incidentally, I'm not the only one OniC@ has pushed to the point of wanting to destroy him.  Just the latest.  But those posts I will leave up to the others to write.

[TMAKs Wife]

Okay, seriously people.  I'm not even going to bother introducing myself here because most of you know who I am.  Those of you who don't know me are in that situation most likely because I have no patience for idiots. 

So why am I posting this now?  Because 1) it's after midnight and my filters have shut off, so I don't really give a hoot (to put it nicely) wtf I say.  2)  I'm sick and tired of Frogboy's arrogant, yet COMPLETELY immature, e-peen bullshit.

Let's begin, shall we?

I've known Frogboy (aka "OniC@") since he was barely into puberty, hence the name Frogboy.  Like TMAK, I was friends with him for a long time.  I actually considered him family and helped him out any way that I could, which included ripping into him when his ego got out of hand.  Along with TMAK and Eternimus, I tried to teach him values, respect, etc.  Did he EVER listen?  No.

Yes, I can make him cry.  Yes, I will happily do it if it's necessary.  Unfortunately, it's necessary more often than not.  I've told him time and time again that I do NOT like getting so angry because, quite frankly, it's a waste of energy.  Over the years (something like 14, I think) I've watched him turn into an ego-maniacal, manipulative, arrogant, insincere, self-serving, parasitic little douche bag who seems to think that he can walk all over anyone and everyone he sees fit and not have to worry about consequences.

I told TMAK and Eternimus that I've had enough of his crap a LONG time ago.  This is true.  I've been told that I can be unforgiving.   That's not entirely true.  See, I can hold a grudge like any Taurus, but if you show me that you deserve forgiveness, I'll consider it.  Yes, even Frogboy has been forgiven more than once.  Still, you can only forgive someone so many times before you finally say "That's it.  I'm done with this idiot.  He's not worth the frustration."

And you know what?  He's not.

I think what pisses me off the most is the fact that he seems HAPPY to take people that care about him and just toss them aside like the garbage that he must think they are.  Also, the fact that there are some people who seem willing to put up with it.  The latter just makes me sad.  Sure, there is probably a tiny part of him that I don't see, but that part isn't big enough to overshadow the rest of him - the rest of him that spreads worse and faster than the cancer that killed my sister.

Look at what's going on here, on this board.  Look what happened when Frogboy was being stupid and tried to push TMAK because his peepee got hurt.  How far out of control did that go?  Wanna know how far?  Far enough to make me say "I've had it" for the last time.  Now, all I think when I hear ANY version of his name (Frogboy, "Oni" - which is especiallystupid since he stole that name from our cat - "Kermit," OniC@) is contempt, annoyance and pity.

I mean REALLY.  Yes, I'm bringing up stuff that happened in the past, but it's happening AGAIN.  Frogboy was being himself (read that "inconsiderate moron") and couldn't handle what got shot back at him.  Even if he deserved it, HE doesn't see that.  Oh no.  He can do no wrong.  I'm not the only one that's noticed that, either.  Sooner or later, he's going to alienate everyone around him, including those who are currently with him.  (Yes, AB, I'm talking about you.)  One day, he's going to wake up and be all alone.  Those who he hasn't yet alienated will come around when they really get to know him.  Sooner or later, it always happens.  I know I sure as hell won't feel sorry for him.  I can't speak for others, though.

I can be sure of this:  he's going to read this, send a "scathing" reply which will only serve to piss me off further, cry to Eternimus as he has so often in the past, delete this post, delete my account, etc., all the while pretending that he's the victim and I'm SO mean to him.  Again, he's done it all in the past.  He will resort to any means to try to push my buttons, even if it means making sh** up. 

You tell me:  who is the victim here?  Frogboy because he's being put in his place yet again, or the countless people he's stepped on for his own gain.  Up until recently, I thought my sister-in-law was the only one that could be such a psychopathic, whiny little bitch. 

I guess I was mistaken.

Now, I know this is rambling, but I honestly don't care.  I'm sick of this crap, I'm sick of how he treats people and there is more than one reason that I've quit talking to him.  As you can tell, my hubby and Eternimus are quite a bit more patient than I am.  I have no patience for stupidity.  I have even less patience for people who are stupid and proud of it.

I give this until tomorrow afternoon before it's deleted.