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Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends......
On Thursday October 30, I had this great idea.
Why not try to re-invigorate this board and stir up a little dust.
Claiming that the review site was up and running seemed just like the ticket. I had no idea the uproar and hurt feelings that would ensue in the following days.
I would liken it to H.G. Wells War of the Worlds where people who tuned in late to that radio broadcast actually thought that the world was being invaded by aliens. Except that at the beginning of that broadcast everyone who was listening at the time knew it was just a fictional tale. There was no such understanding when I authored my original post on this matter.
It was interesting, if not humurous to see BMM go ballistic at not being included, or wonder if JustLooking was calling my bluff when he suggested I own up to pulling a hoax.
Regardless, having a laugh at others people expense rarely stands the test of time and actually is not funny at all.
I never mentioned LS, though others brought it right up. This tells me that this is still an open wound.
For those scratching their heads, LS stands for Live Servant, a website that was a pre-cursor to UG and ran concurrently for a short period of time after UG was launched. Some have speculated that it never did go defunct and has been quitely operating as a PMB for the elite and invited. I have no knowledge of this.
So flame away, I was wrong for deceiving all of you, and I do apologize.
On Thursday October 30, I had this great idea.
Why not try to re-invigorate this board and stir up a little dust.
Claiming that the review site was up and running seemed just like the ticket. I had no idea the uproar and hurt feelings that would ensue in the following days.
I would liken it to H.G. Wells War of the Worlds where people who tuned in late to that radio broadcast actually thought that the world was being invaded by aliens. Except that at the beginning of that broadcast everyone who was listening at the time knew it was just a fictional tale. There was no such understanding when I authored my original post on this matter.
It was interesting, if not humurous to see BMM go ballistic at not being included, or wonder if JustLooking was calling my bluff when he suggested I own up to pulling a hoax.
Regardless, having a laugh at others people expense rarely stands the test of time and actually is not funny at all.
I never mentioned LS, though others brought it right up. This tells me that this is still an open wound.
For those scratching their heads, LS stands for Live Servant, a website that was a pre-cursor to UG and ran concurrently for a short period of time after UG was launched. Some have speculated that it never did go defunct and has been quitely operating as a PMB for the elite and invited. I have no knowledge of this.
So flame away, I was wrong for deceiving all of you, and I do apologize.
I might be a sadist, but I thought this was hilarious. And the timing with Halloween (and WotW) was pretty obvious, no?
(Look, I've been posting with the guys that run this site (both literally and content-ly) for years. If for some reason, they decided to start a secret review site and not invite me, I think I'd have to respect their opinion and judgement.
Why do people assume that they might be entitled to go to a private party?)
(Look, I've been posting with the guys that run this site (both literally and content-ly) for years. If for some reason, they decided to start a secret review site and not invite me, I think I'd have to respect their opinion and judgement.
Why do people assume that they might be entitled to go to a private party?)
Originally posted by justme
(Why do people assume that they might be entitled to go to a private party?)
(Why do people assume that they might be entitled to go to a private party?)
I maintain that we never truly leave the dramas of the high school cafeteria behind us, and deep down, we all still want to sit at the "popular" table. Or at least, to be asked...
As I learn more about the history here, with LS and all the rest, what amazes me the most is to discover so much time, energy and emotion tied up in these sites. There's so much testiness and testosterone running through these firefights, nostrils flaring and hackles rising, and it simply fascinates and astonishes me that so many people care so much. It's as though, separate from the women involved in all of this, all the men are engaged in some kind of personal, internecine battle that has little or nothing to do with getting good service from providers and everything to do with how they see themselves in relation to other men...
(Of course, I could be completely, 100% wrong on this score, but that's the feeling I get, FWIIW...)
Originally posted by justme
Why do people assume that they might be entitled to go to a private party?)
Why do people assume that they might be entitled to go to a private party?)
Here you have hit upon how Lurkers vs Posters view UG.
Lurkers view it as a source of entertainment and inside info, maybe not available anyplace else (free).
Posters, at least the serious ones, view their thoughts and ideas as intellectual property and feel that UG owes them some sort of bailment. Thusly the ones that think this way are the ones that feel slighted they weren't asked.
Let's face it, not everything can be said in a public forum such as this. Be honest, we all have our own 'board persona' which is just really a facade which stands in for our real self.
Originally posted by justme
I might be a sadist, but I thought this was hilarious. And the timing with Halloween (and WotW) was pretty obvious, no?
Why do people assume that they might be entitled to go to a private party?)
I might be a sadist, but I thought this was hilarious. And the timing with Halloween (and WotW) was pretty obvious, no?
Why do people assume that they might be entitled to go to a private party?)
Dan
I don't view that attitude as entitlement as much as,How can they not want myinput and to share with me. We're a pretty narcissistic group.
Originally posted by Cat_Ballou
As I learn more about the history here, with LS and all the rest, what amazes me the most is to discover so much time, energy and emotion tied up in these sites. There's so much testiness and testosterone running through these firefights, nostrils flaring and hackles rising, and it simply fascinates and astonishes me that so many people care so much. It's as though, separate from the women involved in all of this, all the men are engaged in some kind of personal, internecine battle that has little or nothing to do with getting good service from providers and everything to do with how they see themselves in relation to other men...
As I learn more about the history here, with LS and all the rest, what amazes me the most is to discover so much time, energy and emotion tied up in these sites. There's so much testiness and testosterone running through these firefights, nostrils flaring and hackles rising, and it simply fascinates and astonishes me that so many people care so much. It's as though, separate from the women involved in all of this, all the men are engaged in some kind of personal, internecine battle that has little or nothing to do with getting good service from providers and everything to do with how they see themselves in relation to other men...
Socrates once stated, and I paraphrase, that there are two ways to leave a legacy of yourself on this world. To have children and thus you live on through them, the so called physical babies. Or to have thoughts and ideas, the so called spiritual babies.
He thought that your thoughts and ideas would live far longer than your offspring and your offsprings offspring.
Dan - as a poster on UG I do feel as if management owes me something. I made this point on JAG years ago. But all I think they really owe me is acknowledgement that it is the content of a message board that constitutes its greatest value.
Other than that, I think I might actually owe management a meal or something.
Other than that, I think I might actually owe management a meal or something.
Originally posted by Cat_Ballou
As I learn more about the history here, with LS and all the rest, what amazes me the most is to discover so much time, energy and emotion tied up in these sites. There's so much testiness and testosterone running through these firefights, nostrils flaring and hackles rising, and it simply fascinates and astonishes me that so many people care so much. It's as though, separate from the women involved in all of this, all the men are engaged in some kind of personal, internecine battle that has little or nothing to do with getting good service from providers and everything to do with how they see themselves in relation to other men...
As I learn more about the history here, with LS and all the rest, what amazes me the most is to discover so much time, energy and emotion tied up in these sites. There's so much testiness and testosterone running through these firefights, nostrils flaring and hackles rising, and it simply fascinates and astonishes me that so many people care so much. It's as though, separate from the women involved in all of this, all the men are engaged in some kind of personal, internecine battle that has little or nothing to do with getting good service from providers and everything to do with how they see themselves in relation to other men...
Originally posted by Daniel_NYC
I take it you haven't had a client yet that asked you about other posters you have seen. It is my understanding from other providers that some of the board posters spend more than half of their session time asking about, and how they compare to other board posters.
I take it you haven't had a client yet that asked you about other posters you have seen. It is my understanding from other providers that some of the board posters spend more than half of their session time asking about, and how they compare to other board posters.
Regarding this quote from JL:
"PS -- OK, so I'm a sanctimonious self-important motormouth."
What brings this on? Your heart is in the right place, that's what really matters...
And from justme:
"(PMB politics is so beyond stupid that it's hard to think about it and keep posting on PMB's)"
One of those chicken-and-egg, tautological dilemmas, nu?
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