Tryptamine, Lord of the Dodge.
Lemme see... It could be the insults that followed the borderline harrasements. It seems you have no genuine concern atm. Why not pm him?
"And even with that answered (by Haart) it soon became about other things."
Correction: It became about other things after Haart gave me a thoughtful response to what I was asking in the first place.
"So you see nothing going wrong right now?
I can't tell if this is your public answer or if this is some sort of weird blindside."
I see you volleying a narrative which started first with how I was "avoiding a question," when I simply wanted to know what you meant. That transformed after Haart made some salient points, which you likely felt gave you support in your own argument, as you replied to her, "He's done this multiple times in the past. It's likely a symptom of something else going on with him, as how he reacts to things and his tone seems to shift with how his life is going at the time."
"as how he reacts to things and his tone seems to shift with how his life is going at the time"
Again, is there anyone this does not apply to? Your point is that my behavior has changed because my life has changed? What a remarkable insight. I never denied I've changed, and I've said nothing is wrong. How many times to I have to rehash that if it is implied someone is "off," it is rational to ask how so?
"How often is simply curious simply so?"
Well, it's quite simple, really. If someone is simply curious about something...they are curious about it? Resorting to semantic low-blows is pretty revealing of your argumentation style.
"Something had to have caused this shift, and you tend to shift related to life context."
You could have just discussed that initially. But your motive was condescension:
"You doing alright?"
"What kind of question is that?"
"Which is what caused this chain of talking.
The answer is obviously an implied 'yes'."
"So... your plan is to ask a torrent of questions until you're convinced that people don't know you well enough to see what's really going on? Odd form of avoidance, as it shows that it's likely also motivated somehow towards something about yourself"
"Tryptamine, Lord of the Dodge."
I've not dodged anything you've brought up. Sorry that I injected one sarcastic response to a rather silly statement.
Turncoat stated: source post
What possible scenario could have Xena and I working together to oppose you?
I think I know where we're going with this, but no harm in the indulgence in order to evaluate if my instincts hold true...
First, it sounds like it's a question of what motive do I believe you two would have that would have you form a truce in order to oppose me. This I'm not entirely sure. I have no malicious agendas against either of you, or for anyone else here, for that matter. I'm pretty sure it's very unlikely I'd give any impetus for such a motivation. However, even in the case I may manage to do something which jeopardizes my trust in either of you, the likelihood of collaboration of the pairing I make of you and Xena seems the least likely than many others I'd probably consider. How likely would I manage to make an offense which would sufficiently motivate the both of you, considering the fairly broad, diametrically-opposed opinions of offense-worthiness you too seem to hold on various things? I would like to think I could see that coming, because I feel I'd have to be doing that very deliberately. However, I might not sufficiently notice because of the extreme unlikelihood I believe it would happen otherwise.
The only trump card to this paranoid analysis is that you and Xena are the same person. In that case, it really inverts all my assessment above.
Tryptamine stated: source post
Your point is that my behavior has changed because my life has changed? What a remarkable insight. I never denied I've changed, and I've said nothing is wrong.
So this behavior then is your new "normal", and nothing is wrong?
Alright.
Well, it's quite simple, really. If someone is simply curious about something...they are curious about it?
It's rarely "simply curious" when it comes to people. There's always more to it than that.
"Something had to have caused this shift, and you tend to shift related to life context."
You could have just discussed that initially. But your motive was condescension:
Technically condescension was the style, and that's pretty normal from my typing. I was more focused on how you didn't want to answer the question initially, and what, was I supposed to repeat the portions of Haart's list that mirrored my own reasoning after it'd already been done?
"So... your plan is to ask a torrent of questions until you're convinced that people don't know you well enough to see what's really going on?"
Your quoting this as condescension doesn't negate that that's what was happening.
Buttered Toast stated: source post
Turncoat stated: source post
What possible scenario could have Xena and I working together to oppose you?
First, it sounds like it's a question of what motive do I believe you two would have that would have you form a truce in order to oppose me.
It was definitely an imagination question. I can't think of how it'd come to be either.
The only trump card to this paranoid analysis is that you and Xena are the same person. In that case, it really inverts all my assessment above.
There's some imagination. Which of us would be the fake?
Why don't I just throw my hat into this false conflict (surrounding Tryp)?
Perhaps -- and I think MissB and Alena may have alluded to it -- if something has changed in Tryp's life, he simply sees a thread-jacking public discourse over it as unpalatable. Why not just take it to private chat? After all, Turncoat, who had a recent stint of radio silence where nonsense about TheCrowOnTheFence may have murdered them was bandied around by Luna and other goofs? Shall we just air out everyone's dirty laundry while we're at it? Start a new thread or take it private.
Buttered Toast stated: source post
Why don't I just throw my hat into this false conflict?
Perhaps -- and I think MissB and Alena may have alluded to it -- if something has changed in Tryp's life, he simply sees a thread-jacking public discourse over it as unpalatable.
It's possible, but he did push for answers as willingly as we gave them.