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Old 05-14-2012, 03:00 PM   #1421 (permalink)
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I miss Erica actually. The first time I saw her username, I must admit I had her down as a sort of naive teenage wannabe-treehugger .. Like a vegan angel, showcasing her diet choice and how angelic she was or being a vegan made her. Even if I don't agree with her on all topics regarding diet and morality, I was surprised to find out she was a lot more mature than I initially thought and there was plenty of depth to her convictions.

I also thought her niceness was actually quite nice. We already have a lot of cynics so I found her positive do-good attitude different and somewhat refreshing. I hope she comes back and starts posting more again.
I miss her too. I hope she's doing okay.
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Old 05-14-2012, 03:15 PM   #1422 (permalink)
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I miss Erica actually. The first time I saw her username, I must admit I had her down as a sort of naive teenage wannabe-treehugger .. Like a vegan angel, showcasing her diet choice and how angelic she was or being a vegan made her. Even if I don't agree with her on all topics regarding diet and morality, I was surprised to find out she was a lot more mature than I initially thought and there was plenty of depth to her convictions.

I also thought her niceness was actually quite nice. We already have a lot of cynics so I found her positive do-good attitude different and somewhat refreshing. I hope she comes back and starts posting more again.
Do we have cynics? I guess I'm in the wrong threads. I'd grant you that we have vicious people, but I don't think of them as necessarily pessimistic.
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Old 05-14-2012, 04:25 PM   #1423 (permalink)
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Do we have cynics? I guess I'm in the wrong threads. I'd grant you that we have vicious people, but I don't think of them as necessarily pessimistic.
I'm thinking of cynic as something along the lines of this Merriam Webster definition :

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2: a faultfinding captious critic; especially : one who believes that human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest
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1: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections <captious critics>

2: calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument
And so I think many if not most can be said to (often) behave like cynics on forums, me included. But never Erica from what I can remember.
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Old 05-14-2012, 04:54 PM   #1424 (permalink)
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I'm thinking of cynic as something along the lines of this Merriam Webster definition :

Where captious is defined like this :

And so I think many if not most can be said to (often) behave like cynics on forums, me included. But never Erica from what I can remember.
Well I'd say thats a horrible definition, but maybe thats because it sounds like me. But also, I think that engaging in conversation with passion seems like the opposite of a cynic to me.

Either way, I think you're right, Erica is none of the above.
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Old 05-14-2012, 05:33 PM   #1425 (permalink)
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I just wanted to speak on the metal community here. Although I may not agree with all of them all the time, the core group of Unknown Soldier, Howard, Batlord, Hip Hop Bunny, Mondo Bungle, LOLPOCALYPSE, and Bastard of Young and the consistency they provide in their posting makes for a fraternal environment that I quite enjoy...that is unless one of them is female. Also, the occasional visits from Jackhammer, Janszoon, and Alfred also tend to spark up interesting conversation as well. Keep up the good work people!

Question: would the metal community be better if it produced more drama? I feel like the best way to increase our visibility would be to have occasional drama spill-overs to other forums... that sort of creepy, post-by-post stalking and angrily replying that occurs in the other groups here really does seem to do a lot to bring about discussion.
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Old 05-14-2012, 06:47 PM   #1426 (permalink)
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Question: would the metal community be better if it produced more drama? I feel like the best way to increase our visibility would be to have occasional drama spill-overs to other forums... that sort of creepy, post-by-post stalking and angrily replying that occurs in the other groups here really does seem to do a lot to bring about discussion.
You mean for example, me being nasty to you on a metal thread? And then you stalking me on say the pop music thread to get your own back?
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Old 05-14-2012, 08:36 PM   #1427 (permalink)
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I think thats what he means, but I don't know that it work. Metal is highly insular and most folks going to see where the drama started probably wouldn't understand why it started.

Plus, all the attacks would be unnecessarily gory. "I will **** you with a stillborn fetus in your stoma!"
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Old 05-15-2012, 01:57 AM   #1428 (permalink)
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Frankly, some of our "nicest" members are people I find the most irritating.


I totes get what you mean!
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Old 05-15-2012, 03:38 AM   #1429 (permalink)
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I post on two large music forums and, although I don't consider MB to be very bad, it is definetly the more savage of the two!
Well I guess I haven't really posted on that many forums before so I can't speak from experience, but some people do get abused here.
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Old 05-15-2012, 07:48 AM   #1430 (permalink)
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Well I guess I haven't really posted on that many forums before so I can't speak from experience, but some people do get abused here.
such as hip hop bunny bop?
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