I think where I fucked up here was underestimating Squids faith in our private chats. I thought it would be obvious that while I actually did wanna know why the thread got locked, I didnt really see the satire being taken to heart or Squid feeling personally attacked when Ive been pretty clear about my high opinion of them. Kinda sucks, but what are ya gonna do. I'm ok telling Squid I'm sorry that it got taken that way. Wasnt my intent. .
I'm snarky, and I'm bored and when I saw the early karma count on the thread (32-8) I surmised that people could see I was just having a little fun with it. Then the Mike haters got on a roll enough for Hartje to slither out from under his rock and spit his usual dumb shit, which of course, gets him the same back from me, every time, no exceptions, and if people dont like it, they can tell him to cut it out. As long as he comes, I will give what I get and I dont give a fuck.
People that I'm normally cool with backing up his unprovoked and uncalled for post wasnt on my bingo card though, but if that is what comes from telling Hartje to get fucked when he comes at me, ok, i guess. That dude is never gonna bully me, and I'll quit the game before I let him think he can.
I guess I can apologize to NS as well, Hartje talking shit is as certain as the sun rising, Hornz and Rhino backing it up was their own decision, but I cant imagine that most folks in NS aren't happy to see such an embarrassing display, so I can apologize to them for blasting Hartje everytime he talks shit to me and somehow bringing out his defenders. I'm gonna do it every time though, just like I would anyone who starts a reply to me with off with "delete your account". I wouldnt expect anyone to eat that, and you guys KNOW Im not gonna, so yeah... Sorry it went down, but its not up to me if it happens again
In closing, essaying is what I do, again, sorry, but not sorry, this whole thing is beyond dumb now, just like every exchange between Hartje and myself becomes a complete shit show. Again, no surprises there. You guys all know how this shit goes.... despite favorable karma counts on a post or thread, all my haters smell blood in the water when enough people talk shit on me, and then people like Hartje and this SA nub come out and pile on while they think they got enough people on their side.
At the end of the day, internet shit talk is internet shit talk. No one asked most of the people shit talking me to jump in, they did it on their own, and as you can see, they accomplished nothing, but gettin another essay. lol
Theres still more than twice as many likes as dislikes on the thread as a whole, so pardon me if I dont let the clear minority of readers make me feel like I did something horrible that warrants all this. Ya'll are loud, and persistent, but yep, still the fuckin minority.
You folks have a great day now :-)