OK......
(as the room shudders thinking, "What the hell is Robace gonna say now, didnt we like turn him into Shemp or something?" or "oh great, here comes Mr. thinks he knows it all")
Ive read this entire thread and everyone has made several great points on both sides.
As for me I rarely go into the chatroom because of attitudes of BOTH ladies and men in the chatroom. Ive had persistant women IM me consistantly asking me questions I wouldn't answer unless I dated the woman for a year, and Ive had men do the same (not that I would date a man).
My honest opinion is there is a LOT and I mean A LOT of "gloryhounds" in the chatroom and in the forum in general.
I dont have a lot of "friends" on the TMF, I do have a few, but honestly most people (and mostly its the women) annoy the living hell out of me. There are even a few people I cant stand, but its my business and I will be polite as I can. After all they cant help the way the are, and I certainly cant change them. But I digress.....back to the rant......
They act one way in chat, one way in PM's or IM's and another in general postings. But thats okay because I can be annoying as hell also. But a lot of women here like to mislead, cause a little jealousy war here and there and Ive seen many people want to go nose to nose because of 1 silly comment in one thread. Hell, I have on several occasions had men PM me telling me not to talk to certain females or else. I usually have a good laugh about it and move on. But then again Ive also had several women PM me and ask me why am I talking to this certain woman, because she is just a tease and a slut.
Like Gerry Rafferty sang "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right and here I am stuck in the middle with you."
Now many of you reading this thesis (those of you still with me here) are wondering what the hell is my point.
My point is people's online persona's are often carried over from bio, to threads, to their willingness to show off pics, to their stories, and their general attitudes on the board. When as a new person you go into the chat room and see that person that has turned themself into some kind of a "TMF Celebrity" and ask them a question be it, how ticklish are your feet, underarms, belly, underneath the Super Mario birthmark on your left earlobe, people might... just might have built up upon that persons very own persona some kind of basis that this person is into it and will chat with me....cool! I like this place.
When that person then gets...rejected faster than a chilli-cheeseburger going through the digestive track of a supermodel...they might feel more than a little rejected, hell they might think gee, I guess this is why there is only 12 people in here out of a communtiy of thousands.
Im fairly decent to most everyone, I have never stepped out of line and yet I know from expierences that if your not of a certain "clique" you might as well be Ruldolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, because you wont get to play in any reindeer games, or even tickling ones.
Not that I personally care mind you, but I do get questions a lot from people about certain attitudes and such.
For both sides of the aisle, way too many people here take themselves way too seriously and think they are "above the commoners" which is BS. There is no one here better than me, and no one here worse than me when it comes to being a person.
Just try to think once and awhile...as annoying as it is...that you were the person on the other side of the keyboard for a minute. What if it was you asking that question to someone, how would you like to be responded to.
For me Ill take the time to answer one to three questions and then gracefully bow out. After all, another human being took a chance and took the time to type a few words to me, as meaningless as it may be to me, to that person it could be the bright spot in their day.
Are they masturbating over it.....ehhh maybe. But if you dont think about it, then all you are doing is perhaps saying a few words to another human being.
Keep that in mind.
Oh by the way I think we should create a CHAT ROOM gripe SUBFORUM!!! 😉
And for those of you that want to throw your slings and arrows my way.....
THIS IS AN 81 HONDA......HOW DARE YOU.
(insert theme music here)
*Nothing more here citizens, please return to your lives*
Rob