Posted by Chinaski
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BALLS!!! not an honest poster among you in this thread!
aside from the posts i like or agree with, i'll thank...
-really long posts that i'm too lazy to read but are written by posters i otherwise respect and thanked by posters i respect.
-in threads where i have started an insidious trend of thanking everyone, and don't want to hurt anyone's feelings by leaving them out (1 member once said to me (and this member shall remain anonymous unless she/he wants to claim this comment) in response to all the annoying thanking she/he felt compelled to do, that the only way out would be to fake their own death and return as someone who never thanked anyone. i laughed for days over this. thank you anonymous)
-i thank people who thank me a lot, even if i don't really like their posts, because i don't want to hurt their feelings.
-i thank new members because i want them to feel comfortable here
-i sometimes wonder why those i thank quite often do not thank me, when clearly my post has been brilliantly funny or witty, and often times wonder if they are simply jealous of my God-given brilliance and uncanny ability with words
-i'm often annoyed with those that are stingy with their thanks, though i secretly admire them because now that i've become quite liberal with mine, i've become annoyed at what i feel has become a responsibility, or an obligation
-confession: i once wanted my thanks to mean something, and rarely handed them out, and even pictured the elated faces of those who had received my divine endorsement, ordering their spouses and family members to the computer to witness the miracle -- "look honey, ive been thanked by CHINASKI!!! bloody hell, i can die now in peace!" Bill Ryan has mastered this technique, and he must feel like God when he clicks that little button, he being about as stubborn with it as a toddler with their favorite toy. i tend to think he gets a queer satisfaction out of this. ( i would!)
-i hypocritically thank people who single me out for praise, even when i can't stand them
-when i start a thread, which i rarely do, i feel a compulsive need to thank each and every poster for participating in it, and if i discover that i have missed someone, i'm overcome by persistent feelings of guilt, sometimes imagining that person as an unstable, emotionally disturbed individual whose sensitivity might cause them to overdose on pills or jump over a cliff at the slightest feelings of neglect; and not only will i go back and thank them, i'll also single their post out for special attention, replying to and praising it as if it had been written by God himself, even if it was the sh!ttiest post ive ever read.
-sometimes i'll thank i poster i like when they're debating with another poster i don't like -- even when i don't necessarily agree with it -- just to be spiteful.
-last but not least... sometimes, when i write something especially brilliant, i wish i could thank myself; and often wonder about the relative intelligence of the forum if said post is not recognized for the inherent genius that is clearly demonstrated. if the post *is* recognized by the forum, it is a wonderful ego boost and i love sitting back and watching the thanks pile up.
Re: The "Thanks" Button
He's backkkkkk!
Tee...
High IQ with a dark sense of humor, at times. He doesn't get a lot of sleep, so he's cranky. Who also has a really bad, chain smoking habit. (But now, I'm way, way off topic.)
Sorry. Feel free to delete.
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