but seriously, to say I 'rarely if ever' post my opinions in this forum is a sad oversight - one that suggests, again, that you don't seem to read much of what a lot of us post in here unless it has some import to your posts or your personal opinion. not only have I presented my perspective on a number of issues, I've taken the liberty of actually presenting a calm and rational argument for a number of them. it's really an interesting approach - you should give it a go sometime.
at any rate, this forum isn't the reason I post on these boards. why am I on rob's boards? because it's fun. but see, you have this uncanny fun-eradicating ability that doesn't really win friends and influence people in any forum. you're incapable of lightening up and not taking disagreements personally. it gets old. fast.
I made a few jokes to lighten the mood a page or so ago, and you mocked me for that too, with [crickets].
So even when I do try to joke around and lighten the mood, you're still a jerk to me.
I recall in the first year or so you posted here, you had a greater tendency to discuss your opinion of issues in depth. I really havent seen that in a long time. And the ONLY time I ever PM'd you privately (5 or 6 years ago) was to comment on how inane and lacking in serious content your posts had become, wondering about the change.
I mostly post in the politics forum, and don't frequently visit the other forums.
I have fun on Rob's boards too, but mostly I post in the POLITICS section, which tends to be more serious. Since you and many others hang out more in RANDOM CHAT and OFF TOPIC, then yeah, my posts would tend to have a higher ratio of serious content. But you sweepingly label me as "uncannily fun-eradicating", despite that I do post a fair abount of humor in my posts. There are times --particularly when put under a microscope, accused of all kinds of crazy shit, and put on the defensive, where I --excuuuuuuuuuuse ME!!-- don't tend to bring the funny.
