(11-28-2012 08:19 AM)anna acanthus Wrote: Knock it off Ethereal, you're pretty transparent to quite a few people here.
Snide provocative comments which provoke heated reactions which permit to then present oneself as victim etc ; pretty basic manipulation tactics.
Thats all. Enjoy.
Look, I get that your bandwagon group of friends don't like me and it's pretty obvious that you're all buddies, tossing thanks on each others posts all day long to get that thank count upped.
As for being a victim, no, why would I consider myself a victim, you guys don't bother me in the slightest. I feel sad for the people you
DO bully into feeling like they shouldn't post on these forums, which is what I was actually saying, had you bothered to read. You guys get offended when I post, and derail the threads yourselves, then blame me for it. I think that's pretty funny, honestly.
I really could care less about that though, as seen. It doesn't matter to me if you guys get offended every time I post, because I could care less about you in general. Your clique is very rude and super opinionated, without accepting anyone else's opinion unless they share yours. I do, however, find it pretty amusing that your group seems to think I'd waste my time actively seeking you out to be malicious. It's clear by all of your responses, whenever I post. I think its sad, though, that others can read one of my posts and gleam a completely different message from it than all of you.
Furthermore, if what you say is true, and I am just being provocative, just to provoke heated reactions, isn't what you're posting right now feeding that very idea? I think you should probably think a little bit before posting a statement like that, as you're doing exactly what you've accused me of doing. (What they term as, feeding the troll)
You did get one thing right though, I am pretty transparent, almost Ethereal even.
Pseudo intellectuals make me laugh.
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Anyway, back to the thread, I agree with you devilness, surprisingly, but the problem is, there ARE people who are just out to make a buck, and IMO, this type of thing would help that along, as seen by some responses in this thread, about how cats are valued, and traits dropping in price.
Making a change just so people can make more money, would be wrong, and that's how I've read it out to be. Saga mentioned that traits become less valuable, and you lose your return on them before you can get them worked in. Not to be contradict myself, but isn't that line of thinking purely from an economic standpoint? You're saying this change should happen so people don't lose their money on an investment? I said this change shouldn't be made because it would change the economy. That isn't a good reason to make a change.