I'm blown away by how many of us felt like something was wrong
I didn't. I thought he was just awkward and overly enthusiastic. This has really thrown me by pointing out how very bad my ability to gauge people is.
I fell down and got confused. Willow fixed me. She's gay.
BuffyBot ,'Dirty Girls'
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Steph L. - Oct 17, 2016 5:07:25 pm PDT #10076 of 10289
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
dcp - Oct 17, 2016 5:08:52 pm PDT #10077 of 10289
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Yep. Me too.
smonster - Oct 17, 2016 5:13:19 pm PDT #10078 of 10289
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
This has really thrown me by pointing out how very bad my ability to gauge people is.
We all have blind spots, just in different places.
erikaj - Oct 17, 2016 5:25:09 pm PDT #10079 of 10289
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, you know, it works cause they're good at it.And different people respond to different pitches...
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 17, 2016 5:32:09 pm PDT #10080 of 10289
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
What throws me is that, put on the spot Family Feud style, "too forgiving" is pretty much the last flaw I'd expect to find in my own perceptions of someone's character. An honest self-assessment would find me far likelier to be in the wrong by holding on to a grudge for way too long, or developing an uncalled-for distaste over something harmless.
JZ - Oct 17, 2016 5:40:58 pm PDT #10081 of 10289
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I didn't. I thought he was just awkward and overly enthusiastic. This has really thrown me by pointing out how very bad my ability to gauge people is.
This this this.
quester - Oct 17, 2016 5:54:03 pm PDT #10082 of 10289
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Ok, like Karl, I now have something in my eye.
I hate that this is happening but also love us and the way we are all talking again.
This is home and we should be able to be honest with each other. Let's not hold out again.
And, If I've ever done anything that made anyone uncomfortable, please, for god's sake tell me, in all caps and bold face so I can't ignore it.
quester - Oct 17, 2016 6:00:43 pm PDT #10083 of 10289
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
It's like we have our own Buffista Trump, isn't it?
Kalshane - Oct 17, 2016 6:07:20 pm PDT #10084 of 10289
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Count me among the completely shocked.
I've spent the last 24 hours trying to reconcile my image of the person I hung out with F2F on several occasions and conversed with via IM and Facebook over the years with what's been reveled about his behavior, and I've had a knot in the pit of my stomach all day.
I didn't. I thought he was just awkward and overly enthusiastic. This has really thrown me by pointing out how very bad my ability to gauge people is.
This is very much me, as well. He and I started up here within a year of each other, I think. I saw him as a bit of a kindred spirit with the awkwardness and whatnot.
I'm stunned to discover he behaved terribly to so many people, and made so many others uncomfortable. And I apologize if any of my own behavior over the years was enabling to him, or felt like piling on to any of the people he has hurt.
I am glad we're putting it to a vote. I agree that it's important that this is seen as the community's action, duly considered, rather than Stompy fiat (even if the BS consensus is clearly behind them.)
Steph L. - Oct 17, 2016 6:08:35 pm PDT #10085 of 10289
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
It's like we have our own Buffista Trump, isn't it?
I don't love that comparison, but I also know other people feel differently than I do, because their experience has been so markedly different from mine.