Word vomit.

[shortbun]

I didn't read the other thread after the 1st post but I can just imagine where it went. I think you should do just what you want. Take a break, read for a while. Maybe you'll want to come back. Goodness knows many of us have been the target of or participated in a gang attack here at one time or another. It's a very emotional group. Doesn't mean we wouldn't be supportive at another time or on another thread. Just my take on it.

 

[pumba]

I too agree life is to short to let this bother you......


HI BABAR.......I missed you too

 

[VSL]

Goodness knows many of us have been the target of or participated in a gang attack here at one time or another. It's a very emotional group. Doesn't mean we wouldn't be supportive at another time or on another thread. Just my take on it.

In fact, the OP did that to me - completely tore me down with a few others backing him/her up - in a controversial thread a while back because I didn't make myself totally clear in my post (although I hold nothing against her - I'm assuming the OP is a 'her'! - and it was just one thread ). To be honest, when I read the OP of last evening's thread I just a bit , I just didn't 'get' it (even though I love sarcasm it just didn't come off as sarcasm). I saw it as a bit of a 'Sod's Law' thing (they held on to their food but then lost it - 'typical'), but can see why others would see it as being horrid to a homeless person. Can't imagine I would have given it more than a passing glance if I had been online last night.

I'd say that the vast majority of regular posters in the CB have been on both sides of that kind of attack at one time or another.

I told myself at that time, 'I'm not coming back and posting here again!', but here I am

 

[Divamomto3]

I'm sarcastic and I didn't get sarcasm from your post on the other thread, however, I do think you were viciously attacked. It did seem like you were mocking the homeless person, but as someone who grew up in a big city, I know that you just can't keep putting your hand in your pocket (or handing out your leftovers) to random street people. They aren't all authentic (although I think you'd have to be pretty desperate to want someone's half-eaten food that they probably dipped their fork into a million times.) You can't go handing dollar bills all over the streets. I do it once in a while, but if you want to be truly helpful, donate time or money to soup kitchens, shelters, and/or other agencies that legitimately help the homeless. I imagine that the majority of DIS'ers have never lived in a large, urban setting for a long time. You learn the ropes quickly, you learn how to stay safe and not make eye contact, you learn how to walk fast and not engage with every street person you pass. You have to do that to stay safe. Quite frankly, they aren't all nice guys that are down on their luck. Many are out on the streets because they're so mentally ill that they can't function in society. Do I need to pull the news stories of the people that all got stabbed on the NYC subway system by a homeless man last week?

OP...next time leave your story for your IRL friends. They'll see your facial expressions, understand your sarcasm, and realize that you can't just get grabbed by the arm in a dark, big, city and be OK with it. Stick around, the DIS has a short memory and this too shall pass.

 

[slk537]

From the OP - what does YAGE stand for?

 

[VSL]

From the OP - what does YAGE stand for?

I was wondering that too!

I'm thinking
'Yet Another G___ E___'
Can't figure out the last two words.

I'm so much help.

 

[mom2taylorandemily]

All of us had read or heard the news stories about how someone has been attacked by what appeared to be a homeless person, and I know must of us are also intimidated by what we see as different or unfamiliar. But it would take just one tragedy to send most us to the position of being down on our luck. If you were hungry most of us would like to think that someone from our human race would take pity on us, and help, that being said most of us are all too willing to turn our back and walk away. I too have done just the same. But I also do not find it funny that I did it once and taught my daughters to walk away, as they were saying mommy please help him. I was ashamed of myself. I will not criticize your choice to walk away, what I found apalling was your sarcasm at someone down on their luck. I pray that you never find yourself without a home, or a meal to put in your belly. If you had fed him, God would have found your act of kindness as a mark on the good side and he would have blessed you for it. I will pray for your soul.

 

[gallaj0]

YAGE= Yet Another Grand Exit

 

[CarolG]

I was wondering that too!

I'm thinking
'Yet Another G___ E___'
Can't figure out the last two words.

I'm so much help.

You've almost got it - it's "Yet Another Grand Exit". There are some people (not the OP) who make a huge deal about leaving a forum forever, and then show up again and YAGE again and again.

 

[ZipaDeeDooDah]

I was wondering that too!

I'm thinking
'Yet Another G___ E___'
Can't figure out the last two words.

I'm so much help.

Yet Another Goodbye Everyone???

ETA - I see it was correctly answered above...I was wondering too!!!

 

[ToriLammy]

YAGE - Yet Another Grand Exit (or if returning Yet Another Grand Entrance) normally used when the OP wants people to say "Please stay" or "Welcome Back." Not done as frequently as it was once used.

 

[VSL]

Ah yes. Those Grand Exits. I've seen some of those (I'm glad the OP isn't doing it and has decided to stick around and read at the very least), here and elsewhere. What tickles me is the way that everyone falls into the trap and is like, 'Oh NO! Don't go! STAY!!! ' (like they weren't planning on doing just that anyway )

Thanks for the clarification everyone.

 

[kirbsam]

one thing that i have learned, is people will not look at your entire post, but they will pick one or two words and make comments on it. if you read these boards it happens over and over again. no matter how someone reports a situation someone(often many) will try to make you the bad person. i guess it is human nature. i would continue to post, but just know when you post on a situation that requires some real explanation, people will rip you apart no matter how you try to explain it. you cant relate in writing your true feelings in that situation. hang in there.

 

[slk537]

Thanks for the YAGE answer! I was thinking "Yoggy? Nah....has to be an acronym." So I thought I'd ask.

 

[Disney Doll]

When one posts on an Internet BB, one has to assume that it is not always going to be all sweetness and pixie dust.

Quite frankly, your "reopening", so to speak, a thread about a locked thread leads me to believe that you are either a troll or just bored and want to get people riled up....again.
It does also speak of YAGE, so now you think a bunch of DISers will feel badly and say "oh I am so sorry".

Sometimes, I just can't figure people out.