03-15-2002, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Portland, OR, USA
Posts: 5,279
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Quote:
Originally posted by UnseenWorld
Amp, it's struck me for quite a while that you take things more seriously than you should. You're strident, you dump on people, you seem intent on winning every single exchange. I was that way once. One has to learn to let go of his ego a bit. No one really wants to hang with a guy who seems to feel he has to be one up on EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN EVERY SINGLE EXCHANGE.
As someone else who has done creative work all my life, and has often been accused of being egotistical, I have to admit that largely I am. As you know, I'm sure, the creative person, and especially one working in a field such as ours, needs to be sure enough of himself and his judgments to resist all the temptations and exhortations to be less different and settle into the mediocrity of blandness and "me too"-ism.
I know on several occasions I've made some comments and gone back and forth with you on this issue and that, but I've sensed that you were not going to stop until you dealt a death blow or got me to cry "uncle," which is no way to make friends (as well as betraying an obsessive-compulsive side), so I have told myself I have no need to get involved in a classic pissing contest.
I've been online since long before the Internet was a twinkle in some Pentagon idiot's eye (the irony of that gives me much satisfaction), and I've flamed and been flamed, and now I'm beyond that. (Everyone knows there are ways to accomplish a flame without obviously flaming.)
No one's life is at stake here, this is just a bullshit board with a bunch of bullshitters (check out the domain name, after all), and while, sure, it's not all BS, a fair amount of it is. And chief among the bullshitters in life are the ones who will stop at nothing to win an argument. So, be witty as you frequently are, but also be wise: we do not wake up in the morning hoping to receive the back of your hand, and I know you're talented enough to gain our respect out of admiration rather than fear.
Lighten up: you'll live longer.
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