Thoughts regarding newbs, old stagers, and pesky rules...

[Kyle Weiss]

I know, I know... there's something about forum posts being short and sweet, to-the-point and being easily readable. There's one problem: that's usually not what I do. I'm a writer.

Quick simple wisdom--after 15 people post just that in a row, I fail to see the difference: you still gotta read stuff. Others can throw criticism toward long-winded dreck, and they can toss off. :lol: There's plenty of posts and plenty of posters, and that's one of the great things about BoB. Find your conversation and join in. Wanna wax poetic? Rattle off six paragraphs of thoughtful nonsense? Come find me. 8) We're a diverse bunch, eh? I'm certainly not going to change.

In any case, I posted in another thread about Random Compulsive Disorder. Yeah, I made it up. I'm not obsessive about anything. Focused, complete, infatuated at times, but OCD seems to imply the person is a slave to some ritual that if they don't perform, they will incur bad luck, or have something terrible befall them. Sometimes I use the macro lens, other times the wide-angle, but I prefer a level of competence and completeness in my studies and thoughts. Honestly, BoB has about 1% of the crap I rattle out in notebooks, word documents and other forums/places. It's just what I do, helps keep me marginally sane. :lol: I'm my own therapist, and I'm as crazy as I want to be, as long as I'm happy.

We are a thoughtful people, pipe smokers at large. A simple piece of material with two holes with tobacco smoke coming out is and has been the fascination of some brilliant people, and takes on limitless form and function. They can complexify the damn thing to death, or they can sit and let it do its job. Somewhere in the middle is unique state of wisdom, sharing, honor and fulfillment that can be the journey, or the destination--whatever they require.

That amazes me on a personal level every single day. 8)

 

[kieveryuu]

I have no problem with long posts. None what so ever. That is, so long as they are readable and make sense. Even if only within their own context. This you do admirably. Hopefully I did not give you an impression otherwise.

Similarly, that there is so much information available to us by way of the internet is very much a good thing. Sure, sometimes it requires a bit of patience and nack for compiling, but it is often enough better to have the resource than be left fending for yourself or weeding information of out of the sometimes less than willing at the B&M.

Also, side note (by no means a correction or meant to be taken as anything other than additional information) what you describe by way of OCD and the concern regarding something bad, x, happening if something, y, is not done, is most definitely a form of OCD, but like dyslexia, it comes in several clinically identifiable and recognized forms. Thankfully, in my mind at least, I suffer not from the superstitious variety rather the other life impeding variety. Everything in its place, everything relating to everything else correctly, everything clean, sometimes overwhelming social issues, etc. Which is another reason I like this forum. You guys have not once jumped on me for something (always a fear) and have allowed this personal social experiment to really succeed . I enjoy this forum, and decided it was a safe place to try interacting with people in way that has few controls and try being a little less formal in my communication. (Even using emoticons which is something I have never done before.) So thank you all very much. I do mean that. Communicating like this even two years ago would have been purely theoretical. Meds help, so does pipe smoking.


And now I have shared something very personal on the internet... wow. My family, friends and doc will be pleased.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

See, it goes to show you I don't know a damn thing about compulsive disorders. I don't really compulsively do anything, and I'm probably going based on generic public definition. *shrug* Ask me about weird autism stuff, well, that's my own personal realm of expertise. 8) That, too, is a "spectrum" (sliding) scale, and I think about half of it is ******** enabling psychologist-types to stay in business. Though that's another matter entirely. There's quirks and then there's debilitation.

WITH THAT...

...I'm done for now. :lol:

(Thanks for the compliment--I try and organize my insanity in such a way that it's as linear in my own mind as it is to the reader, but warranty on their own sanity is not expressed or implied... )

 

[kieveryuu]

That, too, is a "spectrum" (sliding) scale, and I think about half of it is ******** enabling psychologist-types to stay in business. Though that's another matter entirely. There's quirks and then there's debilitation.

Agreed. Having experience that way with a family member. One does the best one can. 8)

 

[Rob_In_MO]

I have no problem with long posts.

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Posts. Keep it short and simple. 8)

 

[Kyle Weiss]

So I should start bitching about short posts more often, as it'll do a lot of good, right? Noted. 8)

 

[Kyle Weiss]

So I should start bitching about short posts more often, as it'll do a lot of good, right? Noted. 8)

Hey, Kyle, bulk up your skinny-ass posts a little, dung-head, no one really knows what you're talking about. Are you mad? Are you kidding? Are you making a swell point with notes of subtlety? Get with it, loser.

8)

 

[Rob_In_MO]

:lol!:

This is part of what makes BoB so enjoyable.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

:lol!:

This is part of what makes BoB so enjoyable.

Heh, unless you count all of my hate PMs. :lol:

8)

 

[kieveryuu]

Trying to break with long post Kyle? New avatar, shorter posts... that sort of thing? :suspect:

Nice mustache. 8)

 

[Kyle Weiss]

I am capable of short posts, but it's the long ones I'm noted for--obviously they're far more memorable.