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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stealth on October 04, 2003, 03:34:23 pm
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OK, i need to clear some things up, and rather than PM multiple people, this would work better:
Tiara particularly: Suddenly i'm a "****ing insensitive asshole" or whatever you called me. now tell me why! My first post in the thread i said
sorry to hear that
and then i ask a simple question: when was the wedding supposed to be?
i don't see what's so "insensitive" about that? it's a serious question? If someone's "insensitive" for saying anything other than ":(" or "condolences" in a thread, then i really don't know.
and your
And a message from TCO: He really appreciate that you all (besides Stealth obviously) feel for him
is out of line to. either that or you're just plain stupid. as i said earlier, i gave my condolences, and then i asked a simple, easy, non-offensive question: when the wedding was planned to be.
SO now Tiara, you tell me where in the thread i was a
insesitive ****ing asshole
or
get negative in a thread?
you tell me, because i really can't find it :rolleyes:
perhaps i should have said "OMG I"M SO SORRY TO HEAR IT :( :( :( :( :( :( :(" and left it at that, but life goes on, and after myself and everyone else say their 'condolences', i figured why not ask when the wedding was planned to be.
simple
and
sweet
EDIT: also, Setekh, tell me where i was "out of line"
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I just had a look through, and it may be the way that you phrased it hit a nerve.
My advice to everyone is to tread carefully around someone who's had a bereavement. We can sometimes act irrationally and see things that aren't there. Hell, I still do it a year and a half after losing my father very suddenly. Death affects everyone who knew the lost one either intimately or at a further distance.
To Tiara: Support TCO to the best of your ability. He needs you right now (as if you need to be told) and may or may not respond in perhaps the right way. I wish you well in the coming months with a hope that the happy event so long planned will eventually occur.
To TCO: I know that you're going to be away from here for a time, but we're all behind you. It's hard to lose someone that close to you so suddenly. I know from experience that it can leave you somewhat confused and unsure. For me personally, my whole attitude on life has completely changed and I dare say not for the better. It may be a cliched line, but remembering the good times really helps. Remember something that she did that made you laugh, or a time when she humiliated herself to an incredible degree. Dwelling on the 'what ifs' and 'maybes' will hold you in a spiral of regret and sadness from which you may never recover.
To lose someone so close and so suddenly is a very heart rending experience. All we need sometimes is a shoulder to cry on, a hug from time to time or perhaps simply someone to talk to.
Tiara and TCO, if you need the latter of the three:
[email protected]
I'll do what I can to help you in any way possible.
I would have said all that in the thread, but it's closed so I'll say it here.
Stealth, may I suggest you take it to PM or leave it a while. Fighting about something is really the last thing that's required now.
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bleh, people here doesn't like me anyway, so I must agree with stealth. even if I tried, I wouldn't be able to see anything offensive in that post he made.
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yeah, well people are too damn emotional. they expect the only thing to be posted in the thread being stuff like:
"I"M SOOOO SORRY TO HEAR THAT :("
":("
"CONDOLENCES"
"YOULL BE IN MY PRAYERS"
**** man, i said "sorry to hear that", then i asked what day the wedding (now delayed) was supposed to be. if that's offensive, then i really don't know.
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Not offensive, insensitive. A Pm would have sufficed for asking a date. And even then, an expression of condolences first.
"Sorry to hear that" isn't much of a condolence, you say that for everything from an HDD crash to an act of world terrorism, it has as much meaning as 'How are you?' does to the average american.
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Stealth that would be exactly why i didnt post :) i figured my post would be carried out as a sarcastic insensitive note so i concluded if i dont post noone will care bout me.... and by createing this thread you dug your hole a bit deeper :)
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odd how twenty people before said the exact same thing, then. i suppose they weren't giving their condolences.
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Not what I meant... But it's not worth arguing about.
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Not what I meant... But it's not worth arguing about.
then please explain to me, cuz I really don't get what you're trying to say.
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I honestly don't know if I can express what I mean. It's more the context than anything else. In the same thread, his post was editted by Sandwich, and he re-posted, it. I guess, after thinking about it, "I'm sorry to hear that" isn't soo bad, but like I said, It's not worth arguing about.
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yeah, maybe i should've PMed it, but then again, maybe some people need to lighten up and not think that everything said has some backward, sarcastic, offensive meaning to it.
what really tickled me was
And a message from TCO: He really appreciate that you all (besides Stealth obviously) feel for him
apparently even though i said i was sorry to hear of the bad news, and then asked a question about the marrigage... i really don't "feel for him"
hahaha. i can just see is
Tiara to TCO: Everyone on HLP feels for you, except Stealth, because although he said he was sorry to hear of the news, he asked (IN THE SAME POST!!!) when the wedding was originally planned! Can you believe it!?
Get a grip.
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sorry to hear that, snipes.
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eh? my post wasn't edited by anyone
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WELL anyway, the point of this thread was not to argue what i meant, or what was implied, or whatever.
i made this thread mainly to apologize to anyone (particularly Tiara) who thought i was being insensitive by asking wedding dates in a thread that should've been primarily about condolences. if i offended anyone, i apologize... i meant no sarcasm/offense by asking the wedding date, and i AM sorry to hear the terrible news.
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Well, I might've overreacted a bit as well... Anyway, to answer your Q: it was planned for two weeks from now. Was... :(
Anyway, lets put this little incident behind us and forget about it ;)
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To Stealth: All right, now just stop talking and cut your losses. Don't respond to this either. Just move on.
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EDIT: Removed since situation resolved. - v
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we're not asking for trouble. i made this thread to explain what i really meant... since some people thought i was being insensitive.
:D
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Well, now we know you're not. You've apologised and Tiara's accepted with good grace.
Nothing further needs to be said now.
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Originally posted by Killfrenzy
Nothing further needs to be said now.
then why the hell are you posting here? you were not involved in this from the beginning, so see your way out plz!
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Stealth, you really have to learn how to exit a discussion gracefully. Seriously, stop letting everything get under your skin. Just don't reply.