Quoting skipnet50:

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This place reeks of piety and self-righteousness.

Unicus, do me a favor and blook me.        

Unfortunately being an adult and interested in the thoughts of others i can't bring myself to block anyone.

But people around here are  are very quiclk to presume  that they KNOW more than they do particularly when it comes to others., Unicus I have told you before and for once you said it rightly you KNOW nothing.

Skip

Actually, our little run in after you made a less than welcome comment to a noob and my subsequent assessment of your interactions with others, I'm fairly confident that your behaviour would be scientifically classified as 'adult-averse' (transactional analysis).

Seriously though, you say that people parse you or misunderstand you or make invalid assumptions... don't you think that this might be because you're not communicating effectively and this is why these occurrences are so common? Take this analogy for example:

Quoting skipnet50:

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It is also not yours or anyone else's place to worry about how someone else behaves or doesn't according to your yardstick. I march to my drummer, not yours or anyone else's and my drummer has served me well for a very long time..

Given the context of the quote (i.e. a couple of people suggesting that your interactions with others are not meeting socially acceptable standards), I think that the only logical meaning is that rather than disagreeing with them,  you simply refuse to adhere to their standards of politeness.

I'm going to make the assumption that this is not what you meant, as this suggests that you simply believe that you can act as you wish towards others (including being rude and insulting), regardless of how they feel about it. However, that leaves me at a loss for what you actually might have meant. Did you really mean that you will act as you like and we have to lump it (and yes, that is a serious question)?

Whatever the answer, I think that the onus is on you to either give a little more thought as to whether you're getting your message across, or re-evaluate whether your standards are in the right place to expect polite responses. If you think you're happy with your level of interaction with others on this forum, I think you should expect responses of the type you've been getting.

Quoting Unicus69:

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As I said, I don't have enough information to know whether or not he made that clear, so that is just speculation on my part.  I guess I could just ask him which title it was so that I could take a look for myself.

The disc I'm talking about is "28 weeks later". When posting cast and crew I made it clear that all information came from the end-credits of the DVD. I don't think I specifically mentioned that the DVD was a pre-release, I probably should have to avoid so much confusion.

Because the DVD would not be in stores until a couple of weeks later the voters simply refused to believe the information was accurate. Some thought I had only seen the movie in the cinema and accused me of having a photographic memory. That really cracked me up. 

Quoting skipnet50:

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I will not have you or anyone else impose YOUR standards of behvior UPON me or any other user.

I guess that you DO mean that you have no regard for other's feelings. I'm surprised and extremely disappointed by that. I had been assuming that you were simply presenting yourself badly and all the bad feeling towards you was simply an unfortunate result of unfortunate circumstances. Sadly, it seems that it is all fully justified.

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So, i suggest yet again, accept users on face value, DO NOT try and read more that is there and do NOT ever attempt to sit in judgment of any other, lest ye be judged.

The obvious way to read that is that you really do have a drummer following you round.  Unless this really is the case,  I think the way you present your case (in general, not specifically here) invite interpretation.

On face value, I find you rude, bullying, hypocritical, and unapologetic, and I don't think that I'm alone in this. However, your 'judgment' statement says that we shouldn't call you up on this unless we are willing to be called out ourselves. Well, I am... so I guess it's okay for me (and others?) to continue to challenge you in the way you have been, and so long as we think it's right to do so, it's okay.

You see, although I may not like to hear it, I want to be told when I'm doing something wrong. It allows me to better myself. I also want to make it a better world by encouraging those who refuse to adhere to social responsibilities to do so. I think that posts like this one are treading a fine line (and not necessarily getting it right), but I think it's better to try and make a mistake than to continue watching a travesty.

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There is no ONE here who qulaifies as a psychiatrist, there are a few who pretend, so Lucy take the Doctor Is In sign. (Peanuts reference for thos unfamiliar)

This would be one of your famous fallacies. If you take this statement on face value (as you say earlier), it says that you KNOW that there is only one psychiatrist. I know that's not true, because you don't know what I do for a living. DO NOT present your own BELIEFS as FACT (as a certain person might say - you see, there's that unmistakable hypocritical thing).

In honesty, I am not  psychiatrist and I don't know any personally. I have studied some psychology, dated a psychologist, and known a good number of psychologists because of the circles I moved in, but my assessment was an armchair viewpoint. However, I suspect that you are no more qualified to make an assessment of your behaviour than I am, so all either of us can do is interpret the information we have available. From the (woefully incomplete) training I have, I still (semi-cheek-in-tongue) believe that your interaction with others on this forum is 'adult-averse'.

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BTW, you people show me a lot, every time I throw out a joke and no one seems to get it. This place in dreadful need of a humor enema.

Hypothetically: if you make a joke and no-one gets it, is it more likely that no-one has a sense of humour, or that the joke is bad? I think that a lot can be read into someones answer to this question regarding how they interact with others.

Okay, I've hijacked this thread too much now, so I'm going to stop and never darken it again.

Stuart

Due to being associated with someone who runs a video rental store, I see many preview discs. The differences between these and the release discs can be:

Artwork on the disc
Lack of special features
Lack of chapter stops or menu
Lack of subtitles
Lack of audio tracks (usually they are 2.0 only)
4:3 ratio rather than the release ratio
Video quality reduced to get more films on one disc

However, the film content and it's credits are identical. Entering the cast and crew using these discs is just as accurate as using the release DVD.

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Quoting Unicus69:

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As I said, I don't have enough information to know whether or not he made that clear, so that is just speculation on my part.  I guess I could just ask him which title it was so that I could take a look for myself.

The disc I'm talking about is "28 weeks later". When posting cast and crew I made it clear that all information came from the end-credits of the DVD. I don't think I specifically mentioned that the DVD was a pre-release, I probably should have to avoid so much confusion.

Because the DVD would not be in stores until a couple of weeks later the voters simply refused to believe the information was accurate. Some thought I had only seen the movie in the cinema and accused me of having a photographic memory. That really cracked me up. 

I added this title to my collection and read the contribution notes.  While you did say, "Studio, cast & crew info all taken from end-credits," you did not mention it was a pre-release DVD.  Speaking only for myself, I would have sent you a PM asking how you were able to enter cast and crew when the DVD hadn't been released yet.  I have done this in the past when someone did the same thing a week before the release date.  Turns out that he ordered it on-line and they shipped it early.

I don't know why everybody automatically assumed that you were being dishonest. 

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Okay, I've hijacked this thread too much now, so I'm going to stop and never darken it again.

Stuart

I really admire the efforts you made to try to bring back some serenity on those forums which really need it. Unfortunaly, it is impossible a task when one user has decided to sabotage any discussion that doesn't match his opinion.

After trying to persuade him just to consider others' points of view, I decided to ignore him (which doesn't mean block him, since we have to correct his false affirmations when he tries to mislead newbies).

I think that if everybody let him bark without answering any of his provocations, things could become more friendly here.

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After trying to persuade him just to consider others' points of view, I decided to ignore him (which doesn't mean block him, since we have to correct his false affirmations when he tries to mislead newbies).

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That would be fine if the "barks" were directed only at experienced users of this forum. However, think of how you would react if it was your first post and the first reply was one of Skip's little missives. Remember, Skip has stated a number of times that he actually delights in putting "noobs" in their place. Being silent and letting Skip get away with this is hardly the way to grow this community.

Eh John, "Surfeur" did say he would correct him.

More garbage from< Hal.

GET A GRIP

Skip