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Originally posted by bridge of love
Why do young lawyers come here? For subsistence, but not that of beast or fauna, no people gather around this electric medium for the good will and emotional support that allows us to grind another day for our various taskmasters. And sometimes your constructive criticism stings a little too much- sometimes your "morsels of wisdom" provide no more subsistence that did the hamburger that sat simmering in my unpowered refrigerator just one week ago today. That's all i'm trying to get you to realize.
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I cannot believe I am saying this, but you're right. Although there may be a mean-spirited few who enjoy my patronizing barbs and cooler-than-thou schtick, the majority of posters on this board are here for affirmation, not bitter snipes. We share a community here and, though we may not know each others real names, we know each other's purity scores, whether an online algorithm thinks us male or female, and all sorts of other things thanks to infinite e-mode polls. Also, many of us have slept with others.
We post here when we are tired, or lonely, or need advice for a loved one or friend or even for ourselves. We post here because, deep down, we all seek the approval of our little virtual community. Indeed, even my cranky rants and condescending cut-downs are really nothing more than an attempt to be liked. Not too far below the surface of any of my posts, it is pretty clear that I want you to think I'm funny and I want you think I'm interesting. But I realize that I have been going about it the wrong way. I am like the kid on the playground who keeps going up to the girl on whom he has a crush and punching her in the arm, because he is too socially awkward to actually flirt. Well, after years of my self-idolization posts and impatient cut-downs, I think I am beginning to realize that I may have delivered a few too many cyber-punches to a few too many cyber-arms. And, although this may be a day late and a dollar short in a way that is both too little and too late, let me start to try to make things right by saying I'm sorry.
