Member Nominations

crystal_richardson_ wrote:

Will Incandenza wrote:Fiveintime is/was (where is that guy?) probably the most content-interesting, with his cerebrally clear point-of-view and general sophistication

he doesn't maintain it for long. he said he quit forums, then he was called upon by his wifey so he ramped up his performance like he does with everything he does initially because he's so self-professedly passionate only to deflate to almost nothing in a matter of weeks.

i've posted with him on other forums, this is his pattern.

I forgot about him, otherwise I would have included him in my list of nominations. Fiveintime is/was one of the more interesting posters here.

I don't agree with crystal's perception of him though. She has a negative view of anyone who is better than her in some way.

Reaper wrote:

crystal_richardson_ wrote:i think a lot of people on here hold back by virtue of the fact that it's a forum.

I don't think they do at all. If they had a dominant personality it would eventually show in their posts in one way or another.

most of us who may talk a lot or otherwise appear dominant on here would get wrecked irl by many of the quiet people.

That's quite the assumption when you really don't know who you're dealing with on here.

reaper there is no way you could sustain your online style in a real world setting. at least not in my world lol. you would get wrecked, even as a woman. and i doubt you would even try, because you're not that stupid, although you might try to argue that by submitting you're in control or something but you wouldn't be fooling anyone only yourself.

this is your online fantasy and everyone knows it. they just find it amusing so they play along.

crystal_richardson_ wrote:this is your online fantasy and everyone knows it. they just find it amusing so they play along.

^that

crystal_richardson_ wrote:reaper there is no way you could sustain your online style in a real world setting. at least not in my world lol. you would get wrecked

My online style is more open and honest than in real life because I am afforded anonymity online, which allows me to be more open about who I really am and how I really think. I can be very direct, blunt and insensitive online. In real life, I feign whatever is necessary in order to blend in and live within society.

Mind you, you're talking to someone who has looked down the barrel of a gun three times and lived through violence, so I'm very much aware of what people are capable of, but I'm also very much aware of what I'm capable of and, believe me, you don't ever want to get on my pissed off side.

this is your online fantasy and everyone knows it. they just find it amusing so they play along.

Well now, that would certainly work in my favor if it were true, but I've been on this forum for a long time now and I haven't changed much at all. So, unless you believe I can maintain the same online fantasy for years without ever deviating from the script, then surely you must know what you're saying isn't true. Unless you really do think I'm that good of a liar...

MrsBrightside wrote:

crystal_richardson_ wrote:this is your online fantasy and everyone knows it. they just find it amusing so they play along.

^that

Of course you would agree with her, lol. I called you weak and pathetic earlier. Same as crystal.

Hurt much...

you confuse who you really are with who you want to be.

you may really want to be dominant but i am saying it's unrealistic in the real world.

having violent encounters doesn't change that. lots of different people point guns at people. a lot of the time it's just posturing, like what you do on here.

have you looked down the barrel of a gun of someone who's killed someone and doesn't just wear a gun for show?

Reaper has a point about dominance. One worth strengthening, actually: A cerebrally dominant person in the real world will always be dominant in an online setting, or will have to hedge their dominance to a degree; a person who's dominant online might be dominant in the real world (their dominance may have circumstantial considerations); a person who's unable to be dominant online, is highly unlikely to be dominant elsewhere. If they are, it'd likely be down to physicality, which is extremely context-orientated.

There's very few truly dominant posters on this forum, and it seems obvious that Reaper's one of them. Whether or not she's as dangerous as people decide to extrapolate from her posts, has little bearing on whether or not she's a dominant personality. Being dominant and dangerous are two very different things---they just overlap, in some cases.

crystal_richardson_ wrote:you confuse who you really are with who you want to be.

No. I'm pretty sure I don't do that.

you may really want to be dominant but i am saying it's unrealistic in the real world.

I happen to know with absolute certainty that you're wrong about that.

Even my family know I'm dominant and certainly the people I've dated.

having violent encounters doesn't change that. lots of different people point guns at people. a lot of the time it's just posturing, like what you do on here.

Okay, crystal. Whatever you want to believe. You're obviously only saying that shlt to get back at me for the things I've said to you.

have you looked down the barrel of a gun of someone who's killed someone and doesn't just wear a gun for show?

How the fuk would I know if they ever killed someone or not. It's not like we had a conversation about it, lol.

Hold up Will

What's alpha about reaper? I see nothing alpha about her. Because she says so? She is ineffective in her demands, and doesn't get far. Alphas have people who respect them, which Reaper lacks.

Look at MrsBullshlt jump in for the attack, lol. This is amusing.

If I had known that calling you weak and pathetic would get you this worked up, I would have done it a lot sooner.

MrsB

Hopefully this has been clear (else I'm doing a bad job), but I'm not an alliance-politics-type of poster. You're obviously sh|tty with her, and swinging for whatever pinyata you think she's left vulnerable.

That Reaper is the alpha of this forum is an objective (and obvious) statement, based equally between dominance and value and respect: she's the most effortlessly dominant poster when interacting directly with others; she's the most valuable poster (leading numerous threads such as this one, and giving decent pragmatic advice much more than anyone else); and she has respect expressed or implied from most of the stronger posters on the forum (and Ada), not to mention, the amount of orbital focus around her from newbies.

As much as this will make you categorise me as a groupie (which it shouldn't, because you're smarter than that) she certainly has my own respect.

Put it this way: What would the forum be like without her?