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Originally posted by robustpuppy
This is a good line, very snarky, but I admit when I am wrong pretty frequently. I'm not terribly stubborn, I care a lot about the opinions of people I respect, and if somebody calls me on shit, I usually admit when they have a point.
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Well, thanks, though I think your first line was at least as sarcastic as what I said to you. It is interesting that you only have a problem with inside references when you are not in on the reference. It is true that I do not think it is very big of you to admit a "mistake" (in quotes because I don't believe it is a mistake to make references to things/people that you may know in real life) that you continually engaged in when you were more of a regular poster.
I hope you don't expect that I am obliged to say you have a point here, because I don't think you do. People make references to things they do and others don't know about. Big deal. Each person who participates regularly on here is in on some references, and out on others. Who cares?
Each inside-joke-complainer here has admitted to engaging in the conduct she is complaining about. So you're not in on every reference. BFD.
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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Moreover, your implication that I make a lot of inside jokes, if that was indeed your implication, is inaccurate. I have made many, I am sure, including ROTFLMAO, but as a general matter, they are rarely about off-board things that are directed to a small number of my people. Usually they are of the type fringey described, based on things that have happened on the board. I'm certainly not faultless in this regard, but I generally try to refrain from making the types of inside jokes that would make people ask, "Why doesn't she just IM that?" So, I'm probably in the 50th percentile, if not higher, for inside jokes, but in the 5th percentile, if not lower, for inside jokes of the "this happened the last time we got together" variety. That isn't hard since I don't socialize off the board much.
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What I hear you saying here is "I don't make inside jokes, except for when I do." I still don't understand what the harm of making an inside reference is, and I don't think I've heard an explanation other than "It's annoying." Hardly a standard for altering behavior.
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Originally posted by robustpuppy
I don't want to be hypocrite (even though, as Jack says, there are worse things one can be). I have to say it was hard to write this post without saying a lot of things that could have been interpreted as inside jokes, but it's hard being nicey-nice.
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Even this is an inside reference. So are you annoyed by yourself now?
Rather than expecting the world to conform its behavior to what you* find acceptable (unless someone is causing you personal harm), it seems that it's probably easier to make your peace with the fact that you're not going to be in on every inside reference. There are worse tragedies.
*"You" in this paragraph meaning generic "you", not robustpuppy, you.
