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How's everything doing today? Part 2!
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How's everything doing today? Part 2!

13 Name: Anonymous : 2020-10-20 23:42
>>10
if this thread does manage to replace the old thread, i think the stuff we've been discussing would end up being a net positive for the post office! when i created this thread, i was hoping that it would somehow reduce the number of overly large generals on the front page of the post office. i think this thread is on the right track, because if it does manage to replace the old thread, the uncomfortable conversation that you see now could end up causing anons to make fresh new threads with comfier topics, instead of posting here in this megathread and making the front page of the post office look less active with stale threads. it also wouldn't be as popular as the first thread, because with nobody purposely bumping it everyday (like the other OP was doing), this thread will have to eventually die.

>>9
let's assume >>3 and >>5 were from OP from the first thread (who i have high respect for keeping the post office active!)
now, do you remember this line?
I'll try posting here everyday if I can (or most), would be cool if you guys did too.
this line is from the beginning post of the first thread. now, let's estimate. let's assume the other OP really did make a post there every day. this means out of the 337 total posts in that thread, 280 of them or 83% of them are from him. this figure is obviously an overestimate as OP would be talking mostly to himself, so let's cut this down by half to represent that people are sometimes lazy or there is sometimes nothing to discuss.
this gives us the estimate of 140 posts or 41% of them being made by the other OP over the course of 10 months.
now, if you were the other OP, wouldn't you be mad if someone suddenly made a thread to replace your much bigger thread in which you routinely posted content there?
speaking for myself, i know i would have been too attached to the old thread at that point. i wouldn't want to let it die.

if you're not convinced by that argument, then as the one who created the random thought thread, i do remember feeling a little jealous myself when i saw other OP's thread getting more posts than my old thread, and i only made two posts to the random thought thread! while his thread was active for longer and has way more posts, so i would imagine he's angrier than i was right now.
16 Name: Anonymous : 2020-10-21 05:04
>>13
I really don't want to let this continue spiralling into a bigger misunderstanding so:
1. I am not he. This has little to do with a hurt ego.
2. >>9 is correct in that >>5 reads as really passive aggressive. I'm not sure how to say this without sounding passive aggressive in turn, but you could genuinely run into some real trouble if you don't pay attention to this part of your communication skills in the future.
3. I stopped replying because I was unsure how to be tactful about any disagreements.
In hindsight, instead of saying anything at all here, what I ought to have done was just keep using the first thread, but then it felt like if nothing was said, OP would make a new thread every week or something ridiculous like that.
4. That kind of jealousy on an anonymous board feels counter to the point of using an anonymous board, doesn't it?
Anyway, I genuinely hope this has been something to think about instead of just blind negativity, but probably not, lol.
18 Name: Anonymous : 2020-10-21 20:45
>>16
were you having a bad day? your post sounded very negative and hostile, so i will be as unbiased and gentle as i can while expressing my opinions. hopefully, i won't burn any bridges while doing so. i also hope this won't be your final time posting. if it is, then i wish you a genuinely okay day at the very least.

point 2
first of all, people here seem to really dislike passive aggression. but the reaction to >>6 is surprising, because there wasn't anything technically wrong with it as a heartfelt goodbye message to an anonymous person who might have been the other OP. i wonder if this is because people rarely display sincere regret to random people in real life, and this tripped people up?
maybe to represent the tender emotion i was feeling at the time, the post would have been better understood if i added an emoticon?
i'm sorry if i caused any hurt feelings... :-(

as for our previous argument... i allowed you to have the last word. since you're back, i'll continue the argument.
continuing on from >>5:
you misinterpreted my main argument, which was that new threads with fresher content like this one are better than old, large ones.
in that regard, your argument about the 'life and such' thread reaching the post limit does not logically follow, because our threads are very similar rehashes of that thread, with the difference being that our threads are newer and smaller, which serves my point. also the post limit is arbitrarily defined, and exists to keep threads from getting too big or stale, similar to a bump limit. and so you know, the bump limit is usually 300 posts on other boards.

points 1 and 3
also what about the existence of the recent random thought thread, which you have been ignoring talking about? it's older and it hasn't reached the bump limit, so if you really feel this way, then why didn't you post there instead of creating a new thread?
and if it isn't hurt feelings that's causing you to continue bumping your thread, then what's the reason that's causing you to do this? because what you're doing is selfish... two generals devoted to the same topic on the front page of the post office is obviously going to be suboptimal for the state of this board.

and i won't make new slice-of-life generals like this one. if you've read the first part of >>13, i'm actually hoping this thread will cause both of our generals to die.

point 4
you are exaggerating. experiencing emotions is involuntary, and jealousy is an emotion present in all neurologically normal human beings. the mild jealousy i experienced was brief and is long gone now. anyway, it was mild enough at the time that it didn't cause me to bump my thread when your thread was still in its early stages.

and the point of anonymous boards is to openly insult and hate others without consequences. this is the case with popular boards like 4chan and the original ∞chan. people who don't do this are interested in the theoretical parts of anonymity, which are privacy and the unique communication aspects. but these people are the minority.

finally, despite wishing me a nice day and saying that you respectfully disagree in >>3, please realize your posts have all been disrespectfully hostile and have actually made my days worse. >>16 was especially impolite, so my feelings were hurt pretty bad after i first read it...

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