The impression gleaned so far

That was interesting.

What kind of impression have you, dear reader, gleaned so far, of me, or of other TFPers?

Heteronormative? Emotionally distant? Callous? Tolerant? Unfocused? Brilliant? Idiotic? Lazy? Treacherous? Diligent? Obsessive? Humorous? Flexible? Loud? Weird? Introspective? Compulsive? Sentimental? Dry? Insecure? Determined? Sassy? Resentful? Provocative? Partisan? Conformist? Barbigerous? Moist? Conventional? Reflective? Pompous? Porous? Wealthy? Undignified? Meretricious? Implumous? Perspicacious? Friendly? Reductivist? Glabrous? Antidisestablishmentarian? Sessile? Rusticated? Innominate? Authoritarian? Iatrogenic? Bijugate? Taphophobic? Baccate? Tourmalinic? Jaculiferous? Batrachian? Jentacular? ... Come on, you're just itching to apply all these adjectives to someone!

 

Ooh ooh, do me. I can take it. Problem is I can dish it out too well.

 

Is this another bloodletting thread?

/How'd I do?

 

@plan9, you're right. This would get ugly fast. Of course part of me would be a little gleeful. Burn. Buuurn!

 

@Omega,

C'mon, buddy.

Are you really that eager to talk shit about strangers, people you've never met? I mean, it's how 99% of the flaming slapfights start here. It's telling you immediately went to the dark side.

@Street Pattern,

Sorry, my friend. We've had passive-aggressive threads like this before and they're the worst party game ever. People have feelings, egos. That and OtherSyde has never met Baraka_Guru.

 

@plan9, I already recused myself from contributing. Like I said, I can take it. But I would be too vicious. Because I'm a bit of an asshole. So no, I was agreeing with you. The burn burn was a recognition of how bad shit would turn. I didn't go to the dark side. But a part of me would enjoy it. Til I got banned.

 

You recused yourself from what? My follow-up comment?

You and everybody else here.

Don't do that.

Nobody gets banned anymore. I still don't understand why you're eager to unload on strangers, though. I mean, we're all just words on a screen to you.

 

I didn't say I wanted to unload on people. I initially said that I wanted to be skewered. My comment about it being a problem that I can dish it out too well was an obviously unclear announcement that I would not be commenting on other people.

 

Paging @ShaniFaye.

 

I laughed. Then had a moment of sadness for unfilled fantasies. Do you think she would let me wear her ratt license plate around my neck while she did it?

 

Dunno, but it gives Round and Round! a whole new meaning.

/Oh, god, the '80s

 

I'm going to do this in horrible generalizations and as a group not because I'm worried about hurting anybodies feelings or even pissing anyone off, it's just the way my brain works.

Picture a club where you have to go down a bunch of concrete steps and through a dark hall to get to the door.
The music is some kind of punk/jazz fusion that nobody has ever heard of before but makes you want to cry/dance and break things/call your mother.
The bar is old polished wood and the ceiling is low.
The place is filled with people who all know each other and seem to be talking in their own special language.
When you walk in the door, the smiling man with a pony tail welcomes you, gets you a drink and then ignores you.

You look around, on one side is a fellow talking about the joys of fine scotch and young ladies or is it young scotch and fine ladies?
He doesn't seem to be too sure but he's got duct tape.
Another smokes a pipe and speaks of Milton and the Great Books.
One with a shaved head expounds on physics and love.

But the woman stand out even more than the men.
There's the new mom who's wicked smart.
Then a striking young, violinist gets up with a couple of the other people (including a very laid back dude on guitar) and brings everyone to tears with her playing.
There's a beautiful woman who seems to know way too many dirty limericks.

At first it's daunting because each person seems smarter and more qualified than the next.
There's so many in jokes, so much history, an abundance of 'you had to be there'.
But by picturing them naked (which is more fun to do with some than with others) and jumping into the conversation, you find some very cool friends, warts and all.

No one here is perfect, most of all me.
But as I learned back when I worked this board ten years ago, there are great people here and they are better for their faults.

 

Tries to insert a joke about not being butthurt in this thread.
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@redravin, sounds like a cross between Cheers and Callahan's Crosstime Saloon.

 

Oh, off topic.
Listening to DamnitAll's Dubussy Premier Trio en Sol - Andantino. in the TFP concert thread.
Freaking amazing.
It will bring tears I promise.
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That's pretty much what it feels like to me.

 

Saw your post in the tfp confessional today. Glad you have the spirit to come here and say something nice.

 

Oh Jesus Christ, it looks like I accidentally started some kind of potential flame-war Armageddon thread... Crap... Did not mean to do that. I don't usually start drama.

To be clear, I wasn't like, accusing @Baraka_Guru of necessarily being these things, I've not been here long enough to really know anyone all deep-like; I think when anyone joins a new group, club, forum, etc. they just automatically pay attention to what various people do and say in an effort to get to know people to some extent. Like forming mental profiles based on their behavior and stuff - and yes I know I've not been here long enough to know much of anything about anyone, I only have vague, nebulous concepts of anyone so far really, which might be what led to this whole ordeal. Anyway though, Baraka's one of the more active posters on TFP, and one of the first things I read was a self-description of being "repressed" (I'm pretty sure it was in one of those threads about the D/s lifestyle, beauty preferences, sexual preferences/identity, sexual fantasy, or something to that effect) and in retrospect maybe it kind of afflicted my perspective of him and his comments henceforth.

From there I just noticed that when people would state their various diverse romantic/sexual experiences or preferences, it seemed like he would often chime in to say that he couldn't really relate to most of the "alternative" (and I don't use that word with any negative connotation) points of view, preferences, or experiences. I mean not with a negative, hostile inflection or anything.

I think it stood out to me because when I read a string of posts in a thread that causes me to stare blankly and be like, "Wow, this is way outside my experience and I have no idea what you guys are talking about or how to relate" (which has happened once or twice here), I just sort of skim through and don't post anything since I don't feel like I can relate. It seemed odd to me that someone would specifically post seemingly only to state that they can't relate to the subject in question - like Baraka just wants people to be aware of his position or something maybe?

And so, when I posted the video with the offending pronoun usage, I did think to myself, "Hmm, TFP is a fairly liberal and open place, I wonder if someone is going to pick that specific aspect out in the video and comment on it?" But then I guess it surprised me that he of all people would be the one to suddenly come heroically swinging into the scene like Compassionate Politically Correct Man (sorry, still having Aurum Shield withdrawals I guess... Sequel, hint hint?) and fight for the very demographic which he (from what I've tentatively gleaned so far) seems apt to inform everyone he doesn't particularly relate to? I dunno. I never really thought that deeply into what very little I know about Baraka until now, and now I feel like it's getting weird and I should just stop and let him take the mic for a bit...

Anyway though, I wasn't trying to insult anyone or start a flame war, I can't believe this actually metastasized into an entire thread all on its own O.O
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That's the most impressive list of adjectives I've seen in a long time. Bravo.
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Aw shucks, thank you!

Seriously, I would love to play for you people in person. Someday I hope to have the chance.

....or you could take a road trip to south central Vermont the second weekend of June and visit my chamber music workshop for one (or both) of our concerts.