Innocuous things that make you irrationally angry (a list thread)

nope. caught in the xpost.

But, you know, this is another case of well-liked ilxor getting away things others would be vilified for.

I probably wouldn't be so butthurt about the whole thing if so many people wouldn't have jumped on her side from the get-go.

pretty sure a lot of posters would rate getting called an asshole even by some newb well below "vilification" and somewhere closer to "innocuous". and here you are, irrationally angry.

Dude, jaymc dragged up a somewhat infamous 4-year-old post by suzy which has been roundly mocked by ilx in the past. Whether he did this out of gentlehearted, aw-shucks, old-times lols or meanspiritedness is really only known by jaymc. I'm sure that it wasn't maliciously intentioned, but jaymc isnt' around now to explain. I absolutely do not fault suzy for sniping back at him for it. And as I said before, I'm not like, suzy's best friend who would stick with her through thick and thin.

I'm honestly not angry, I just think its pretty funny that suzy flipped out with this long diatribe calling people "asshole" for being rubbed the wrong way by her dismissive stereotypes, but I'm the only one taken to task for "overreacting". Yes I did overreact, but I'm not the only one.

jaymc dragged up a somewhat infamous 4-year-old post by suzy which has been roundly mocked by ilx in the past. Whether he did this out of gentlehearted, aw-shucks, old-times lols or meanspiritedness is really only known by jaymc.

that kind of shit-stirring, pussy-ass, lazy revive-via-c/p is the kind of ilxing behaviour that most makes me irrationally angry. especially when the one doing it fucks off, indicating that they have nothing whatsoever to say on the subject in the first place

I probably wouldn't be so butthurt about the whole thing if so many people wouldn't have jumped on her side from the get-go.

dude, i would have like to have jumped in on your side but you were quite quite wrong that it made it quite quite difficult. and then you called suzy a see you next tuesday and that was pretty much "the ballgame".

that kind of shit-stirring, pussy-ass, lazy revive-via-c/p is the kind of ilxing behaviour that most makes me irrationally angry. especially when the one doing it fucks off, indicating that they have nothing whatsoever to say on the subject in the first place

he might have had a big meeting at work or something, lex.

honestly this has been worth it to spectate just for learning "see you next tuesday"

he might have had a big meeting at work or something, lex.

it is very generous of you to think this! esp considering it's the 28th of december

I'm at work!

Also FYI: there's not going to be any kind of official typewritten apology from 'all of us' on ILX letterhead to you, dude. So...

(see you next tuesday? omg that is great.)

lol he's American, we don't all get the entire holidays off!

It wasn't clear by my post, obviously, but I wasn't using that word to call her one. People were just being really flippant and dismissive of her namecalling and I wanted to raise eyebrows and show how that kind of thing is just stupid. I regret using such a powerful word to provde a silly, misguided point, but that bridge has been crossed.

"prove"

LOL @ gbx - will you be needing a frost-repelling drink later?

Jon, your post with the cankles and the hillbillies was pretty condescending and you're not exactly owning that.

I thought jaymc was being pretty assholish, mainly because I never, ever go digging through the archives in an attempt to embarrass other posters.

Do the British get some huge chunk of time off for xmas?

Jon, your post with the cankles and the hillbillies was pretty condescending and you're not exactly owning that.

I was pretty sure that just by using the word "cankles" it would be pretty clear that I was trying to be funny, but I guess I severely misjudged how it would come across.

I can't believe an American guy called a woman a cunt itt!

I am shocked!

Shocked!

She's British - it's not offensive to them.

christmas day and the day after are national holidays, and if they fall at a weekend, we get both following weekdays off instead. so not a huge chunk, no. xxxposts

there we are then.

booked 2nite suzy but thx!

and yeah I think its pretty common for Brits to get waaaay more winter holiday. if americans took the week between Xmas and nye that'd eat half their allotted (for most).

You get two days off for Christmas and Boxing Day - because they were Saturday and Sunday, we get Monday and Tuesday off in lieu. Most people go back tomorrow.

xpost

I was being completely tongue-in-cheek with my last post, in case that didn't come across.

tho if I were on-service now I'd have only gotten a three day work week (mon for a sat xmas and fri off for a sat new years)

christmas day and the day after are national holidays, and if they fall at a weekend, we get both following weekdays off instead.

oh that's why the fucking post office wasn't open today then! (back on topic again.)

xpost LOL, Jon, stick to architecture ;-).

Gbx, am here in MSP until the 6th so it's an open offer.

I AM NOT A BRITISH.

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suzy, I said I was joking.

off til 4th.

That was the thing that most bummed me out about moving from Australia to the US: having to work in the week between Christmas and New Year's. Major sad face.

And whenever I complain Mr Veg uses it as an opportunity to gleefully poke me about 'third world economies' which gets my goat EVERY time, lol

Okay, obviously I was way across any sort of line to use the word I did, even it wasn't quite intended the way it came across. But it was pretty disappointing to see that lines were being drawn around me as the "bad guy" well before I dropped that particular post. Perhaps its just best if I fucked off from this board completely.

Oh hey guys. I was, y'know, working and stuff.

The reason I dug up that old Suzy post is that it rankled me that she seemed to think that being disdainful of Americans was OK because she herself is American. Never mind that she's lived in the UK for years. I'm sure I'm not the only one who picks up a "God, I'm glad I got out of there" tone to her posts about the sad provincialism of the colonies.

and digging up a 4-year-old post out of nowhere and with no further comment is the best way to confront that?

Well, as we've all learned today, it certainly isn't okay for us to be rankled by suzy.

I mean, it was already mentioned that I was "quite quite wrong" even before I used any derogatory term.

xxp Maybe not, but I was busy at the time, and Ethan's zing seemed to neatly sum up what I wanted to say.

why would you start arguing with/zinging something posted FOUR YEARS ago anyway? that doesn't scream "busy" to me

Whoa, +++++ was ethan?

ppl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkdP02HKQGc

jon vc i think ppl were tryin to point out you were caught in xpst confusion, but tbf you weren't really listening at the time

I am glad I got away from the toxic racism which has infected the rest of my immediate family. Wouldn't you be?

Lex, I was skimming the thread while getting ready for work. Suzy's comment annoyed me. I instantly recalled Ethan's zing and went to the archives looking for "smug expatriate hatred." Quickly posted, then resumed brushing my teeth or whatever. Eventually left the house, got on the train, read a book, arrived at the office, did some work. Only a few minutes ago did I think, "Oh I should check that thread again."

i am not calling into question how much time you had to post it, i am calling into question your motivations in picking a fight and shit-stirring from FOUR YEARS AGO. is this your normal behaviour when you look through the archives?

jon vc i think ppl were tryin to point out you were caught in xpst confusion, but tbf you weren't really listening at the time

yes, I see that I was initially caught in the xpost, but people seem to be willfully ignoring the part where suze explicitly said that I deserved it as well for my comment

asshole is about the mildest term suzy uses ime!

I am glad I got away from the toxic racism which has infected the rest of my immediate family. Wouldn't you be?

Of course. But although toxic racism is an undeniable facet of certain parts of American life, I'm uncomfortable with the way you so eagerly cast condescending glances at groups of people defined principally as "Americans." Also, I'm not sure what toxic racism has to do with people purportedly misusing the word "apparel."

also, jaymc is hardly the first person to c/p that particular exchange.