Mad @ Me?

[Paula]

Do I make you mad, have you just realized i say it the way it is? What do you see about people (in their posts?)

[koan]

You don't make me mad. Are you trying to? I appreciate blunt honesty. Sometimes it's fun to make people mad...just to see what they will do. If you do it with honesty, all the more fun.

I do find your posts a little difficult to understand sometimes but I enjoy them in their stream of consciousness kind of way.

Just do what you do. It takes a bunch of seeds to make a Garden.

[Paula]

Thats a good reply, I am honest and to the point. When some-one takes me the wrong way, i feel they have the problem not me. Thank you.

[Peg]

Mad at you? No. If I could reach through the screen and knock you upside the head after reading some of your posts, in all honesty, I would. I have no problem with someone having a different opinion than mine, but I don't think it is neccessary to be mean and vicious about saying I disagree. How's that for honesty?

[Paula]

ouch, did you have to do that? now thats bad, hitting. Okay, i'll try to refrain from mean-ness, which i believe i am not at all. Forums are like public rest rooms, let the gas out. Did i make you mad?

[greydeadhead]

Oh please.. grow up. Just because someone is critical of you or the way you express yourself doesn't mean they are mad at you. Myself, I would just chose to ignore you. This is not kindergarden for crying out loud.

[gmc]

One of the awkward things about a forum is that you don't see all the body language and tone of voice that goes along with normal conversation, so a perfectly innocuous comment gets read the "wrong" way. The other thing is we in the UK tend to use irony and generally take the **** more than the US posters seem to. Ironic comments get taken literally which is a bit confusing till you realise what is wrong. I used to think it was a joke americans don't get irony but it;s true a lot don't, come to that a lot of british people don't either. There are other language differences as well eg pissed means completely different things in the UK to the US.

Paula
Thats a good reply, I am honest and to the point. When some-one takes me the wrong way, i feel they have the problem not me. Thank you.

Basically I think you need to be careful about what you read in to the posts, passionate disagreement is not the same as getting angry at someone. If someone does try and deliberately antagonise you then they do have a problem. But the use of language differs across the UK as I am sure it is even more varied in the US. Apart from that I don't recall seeing any offensive posts you have posted.

What I normally say to pillocks is along the lines of I am glad you feel able to express yourself so forcefully but I think you have mistaken me for someone who cares what you think.

Side benefit of this forum is you may pick up lots of obscure british words with which to irritate people with assuming you want to of course.

[Paula]

you are having a bad day too, you are not ignoring me either, you are actually showing a lot attention by continually posting. i just asked for insight not only about myself, but as to what people feel from other's posts? Long postings are boring, too much information is like an intelligence contest, news reporters, and some very cheery persons (refreshing) are what i see here. Thank you very much.

[Suresh Gupta]

Originally Posted by Paula

Do I make you mad, have you just realized i say it the way it is? What do you see about people (in their posts?)

Before I answer your question I would like to say something about the replies your post has generated. Honest replies, honest people. They are not mad at you. I am also not, Rather I enjoy your short messages.

Now to your next question. I see peoples' thought process in their posts. Each post is a personality sketch of the person who has posted it.

[Paula]

True, i have learned alot about myself within this forum as well as others. my signature says it, i am a hard working person who deals daily with people. calculating weights, distances, organization of schedules, can get tedious, as the phones ring. jugglin takes a toll, and to work with men all day, switch Kelly, -- to the garden i go. Kelly is my assistant who knows me well, we laugh it up some days as i post away.