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matter of opinion Vlad. I respect your opinion.
nerrad said:Do as you will. I'll be voting for myself in every category, anyway. That's how I roll.
Betchass said:As a hermaphrodite? 😀
Yo yo yo!nerrad said:By God, if that's what it takes... yeah!
nerrad said:I'm sure those opposed have reasons or bad experience with it. Maybe it's a statement on the makeup of the group, because honestly... the TT should be able to handle something like this.
MistressValerie said:Although I don't object to this as strongly as Vlad does, I understand his concerns. Personally, I would not participate in such a thread because of the risk of causing people to feel excluded or reinforcing existing cliques, but I would also oppose closing the thread unless it became genuinely disruptive. It might turn out better than expected, but we shall have to see.
Timewarp said:TT's bestes proof finder: VD
Here's where you got me. You gave the proof which was indeed similar to this and it got closed, you provided the explanations and concerns which were all valid and for the most part, true and I will admit that you have thought this over a bit more than I have. I have no retaliation to make this time. Kudos to you.Vladislaus Dracula said:What you're doing here is profiling. Plain and simple. You are labeling people as such as such, and giving them grandiose titles they may or may not deserve or even want.
Thats pretensious, aggrandizing, and even patronizing to assume to place one person over another in some regard. It's a form of judgement, no matter how fun it seems.
It is largely unnecessary. It serves to make a handful happy and entertained, but it forces others to choose sides, and make decisions that may affect their relationships with others even if it's publically noted as being "just for fun".
A poll designed to select one individual over another is rude. It makes this a contest and competition. This isn't a beauty pagenant. To do this is like putting to people together and saying that while they're both good, one is just a little bit better than the other.
Do you have any idea how insulting that is?
Just because no one says anything doesn't mean it isn't causing problems, hurting feelings, or making people uncomfortable or even devalued. Do you really think people are going to complain if their feelings are hurt or if this is uncomfortable? Of course not. They're going to grin and bear it for everyone else's sake.
If you follow rational thinking to it's conclusion on this matter, you'll see it's better just admiring these individuals like you already do all the time every day.
These people don't need to be told they're such and such or the best this or that. This isn't the oscars and the people that would win aren't actors winning an award for entertaining or appeasing you.
When did we become so superficial that we needed something like this?
Camel26 said:But honestly, lets all calm down over this...it's not a constitutional ammendment...