This a the best place I've been for a couple of decades. But it is too addictive. So much that I'm not getting anything done in life. I stay up all night (been online 18 hours at the moment). So it is either "here" or real life.
I love some of you to pieces (yes even Baruch), but I'm addicted and there is only one cure for that. I have to leave at least for a while while I get the rest of my life back in order.
When I stay online here I drink and smoke too much. I could be trite and say "dang that is really messing up the walls in the house", but you know what I mean.
And I think I've said about all I have to say for a while.
Thanks for all the babel fish, 42, and knowing that there really are atheists "out there".
I may return. Until then, keep on keeping on.
Cavebear
I care for your health too. Been worried that your lifestyle was getting too irregular. But seniors often need less sleep. My sleep has become more irregular in the last 4 months. But I don't smoke or drink, and I still work full time.
I hope to read you again. You wouldn't let me "like" you .. or you would have a higher count.
Your retired home life seems well centered ... a good place to regroup ;-)
We'll miss you CB, but you know that already. Place won't be the same.
Hope to see you again Some day Cave.
I'll give you a week before you come crawling back.
You need a timer to remind you to put the mouse down, that's all. Besides, you got here seven years after I did and you're less than two dozen posts behind me.
See you soon
Quote from: Cavebear on October 14, 2018, 04:40:30 PM
This a the best place I've been for a couple of decades. But it is too addictive. So much that I'm not getting anything done in life. I stay up all night (been online 18 hours at the moment). So it is either "here" or real life.
I love some of you to pieces (yes even Baruch), but I'm addicted and there is only one cure for that. I have to leave at least for a while while I get the rest of my life back in order.
When I stay online here I drink and smoke too much. I could be trite and say "dang that is really messing up the walls in the house", but you know what I mean.
And I think I've said about all I have to say for a while.
Thanks for all the babel fish, 42, and knowing that there really are atheists "out there".
I may return. Until then, keep on keeping on.
Cavebear
The Doctor makes no readout. Read UNHAPPY MACNAM. UNHAPPY MACNAM. SYSTAT. UPTIME 9:01. I have been awake for 9 hours, 2 minutes, 36 seconds.
I will be here to welcome you back, preferably with another Firesign Theatre quote.
This is not a good read, Cavebear. Take care of yourself. See you later...............................hopefully.
take care
Yeah, don't burn yourself out here. I've had experience. I've had to take breaks from this forum, too.
So fuck off......
wat?
He ain't around to read it anyhoo.
Watch out, he may still be lurking! LOL
Quote from: aitm on October 20, 2018, 05:24:17 PM
So fuck off......
wat?
He ain't around to read it anyhoo.
I think he's leaving temporarily, not for forever. He's going to see that eventually. lol
I miss him already! I need my Cave Bear fix!
Quote from: Unbeliever on October 21, 2018, 05:10:01 PM
I miss him already! I need my Cave Bear fix!
He was like a solid 20% of the traffic of this forum.
Baruch being 30% and the rest of us making up the other half.
Yeah, think how lonely poor Baruch must be!
Quote from: Mr.Obvious on October 21, 2018, 05:51:46 PM
He was like a solid 20% of the traffic of this forum.
Baruch being 30% and the rest of us making up the other half.
Cave and I work like Trojans (old saying). And for you gay guys, I don't mean what that sounds like!
Quote from: Unbeliever on October 21, 2018, 06:01:35 PM
Yeah, think how lonely poor Baruch must be!
The majority Daleks working to "exterminate", "exterminate" pr126 and Munch ... keep me entertained. But are y'all ... Imperial or Renegade?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W64a-rR0zN8
Quote from: Unbeliever on October 21, 2018, 06:01:35 PM
I miss him already! I need my Cave Bear fix, think how lonely poor Baruch must be!
I have long suspected Cavebear was wrestling with some type of forum obsession that he was unable to control. He bragged on several occasions how he had Baruch on ignore, but then he would respond frequently enough to suggest he wasn't ignoring Baruch at all. Then a couple of months ago, he started disappearing for a week or so. But some mornings I would enter the forum's "recent topics" page, and be confronted by a wall of Cavebear's posts responding to everything that could fit on the page, mostly to Baruch, since Baruch dominates the "recent topics" page, anyway. He was even responding to Baruch's most pointless and inane drivel. At that time, I was quite sure that Cavebear had lost control of his struggle. He was no longer choosing his own path, but had become obsessed, and he knew it.
He seems to have trouble with insomnia.
Quote from: SGOS on October 22, 2018, 09:42:10 AM
I have long suspected Cavebear was wrestling with some type of forum obsession that he was unable to control. He bragged on several occasions how he had Baruch on ignore, but then he would respond frequently enough to suggest he wasn't ignoring Baruch at all. Then a couple of months ago, he started disappearing for a week or so. But some mornings I would enter the forum's "recent topics" page, and be confronted by a wall of Cavebear's posts responding to everything that could fit on the page, mostly to Baruch, since Baruch dominates the "recent topics" page, anyway. He was even responding to Baruch's most pointless and inane drivel. At that time, I was quite sure that Cavebear had lost control of his struggle. He was no longer choosing his own path, but had become obsessed, and he knew it.
Well thought out and reasonably accurate. I have been obsessed discussing here. I've never met a group of smarter people.
My relationship with Baruch is complicated. When he posts sensible observations, I admire his knowledge and education, and wish to engage him further. But when he goes off into stupid nonsenical bad jokes about everything, I get annoyed and use the ignore function for a while.
I can engage him on equal grounds, stupid jokes or sensible posts. But when he pulls me into stupidity, I become annoyed at myself and withdraw a bit. Baruch is who he is and I am who I am. When he posts thoughtfully, he brings out the best in me. When he posts stupidly, he brings out the sophomoric side of me.
I react to people as they show themselves or act. As an example, when I was on the high school golf team, I was barely good enough to be on it. So I was the alternate/substitute player and ended up playing the other team's alternate most times. If that player was good, I played well, rising to the challenge. When that player played poorly, I played poorly too, not feeling a challenge.
So when I see a good argument here, I respond equally. But it is pretty hard to find a good argument from a theist. I'm beginning to think there is really no point in arguing with theists.
I came here originally hoping to just discuss general subjects with fellow atheists assuning that we would have appraoches to world problems in common. And I still think that is true. And I hope I can back to that. So I'm going to try engaging again with that idea in mind.
I plan to ignore all theists. Their superstitious opinions mean nothing to me and debating them is just a waste of time. I might fail at that, no one is perfect. But that's the goal.
The others, besides me, need to hold up their end, to engage you more.
Quote from: Baruch on November 03, 2018, 02:48:40 AM
The others, besides me, need to hold up their end, to engage you more.
You may have more potential to keep participants engaged than you think. When you treat subjects seriously you are very good. When you treat serious subjects as jokes in your apparent vague depression, it ruins discussions and makes you seem less than you really are.
I try to engage seriously. I fail sometimes, but always and only when I fall to the sophomoric in your posts. I'll easily admit that I do love to make fun, joke, and play word games but only when you pull me in that direction. I would prefer to stay a bit more serious and make a few humorous comments when the situation calls for it.
Do better and I will too...
Quote from: Cavebear on November 09, 2018, 02:01:11 AM
You may have more potential to keep participants engaged than you think. When you treat subjects seriously you are very good. When you treat serious subjects as jokes in your apparent vague depression, it ruins discussions and makes you seem less than you really are.
I try to engage seriously. I fail sometimes, but always and only when I fall to the sophomoric in your posts. I'll easily admit that I do love to make fun, joke, and play word games but only when you pull me in that direction. I would prefer to stay a bit more serious and make a few humorous comments when the situation calls for it.
Do better and I will too...
In the Star Trek episode ... with the parallel universe, with the evil Federation, the evil Kirk had a built in disintegrator to make opponents disappear. The good Kirk told the evil Spock about it before he left. With that as a tool, there would be fewer posters here ... seriously. I am glad it doesn't exist ... too tempting.
Quote from: Baruch on November 03, 2018, 02:48:40 AM
The others, besides me, need to hold up their end, to engage you more.
Last time I held up my end it got kicked! LOL
Quote from: Unbeliever on November 09, 2018, 01:39:04 PM
Last time I held up my end it got kicked! LOL
I get my butt kicked sometimes, too. So I kick back. Stand and speak. Engage. Or it is just me and Baruch and who wants THAT? I sure don't. I want all you others to get involved...