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Originally Posted by strombad
Yeah, thought you might enjoy the attention you conjured up from particular people.
Congratulations though on figuring out the inherent sarcasm associated with the phrase I used, but you missed the intent. Instead of lazily attempting a "joke," the phrase is actually used not as a joke, but rather as a simple (perhaps condescending, but not with cruel spirit) response to someone's emotional display of an apparent "outrage" (or it's synonyms).
You know what GMG? People like you. There are returning posters here who are here with the blessing of moderators and who have clearly done their best to fix their reputation. There are also people here who are accused of being returning posters even though there is zero evidence or reason to suggest it. I assume in most cases the evidence is "abrasive, posts a lot, must be returning."
Honestly, for the few people who take the returning poster thing as more than a fun way to take a jab at a guy, it's probably time to check back in with reality and relax. You really spend time wondering why people return? Why people would want to come back? Who is on their first? Second? Third account? Surely your life is more interesting than that. I KNOW it is, because no one' slide is that boring. I mean really man, who cares? I couldn't care less if you are on your first account, or second, why you joined, whether it was in 2003 or 2013, but you care about undercover brother?
This board is for discussing things, right? I think some people would likely be better off if they didn't negatively focus so much on other people, and focused a little more on just the words on the screen.
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I have a lot of free time. Sometimes I wonder about mundane things. It doesn't interrupt any part of my life to wonder if someone is on a second or third account. It likely took up four minutes of my day, which I was probably going to use to search on YouTube. I might have even been able to do both of those things at once. I'm also very relaxed. It doesn't bother me at all that you are bothered about what I wonder about. I am very aware of reality, and do not need to check back in. I never said I cared that UCB was a returnee. I think I was aware of it, as I think it was brought up in the returning posters thread that was locked.
You're right. This board is for discussing things. One of the things that gets discussed is returning posters. I simply wondered why people would want to go back to a place you weren't wanted. I don't go hang out with my ex-girlfriends or the KFC I was laid off from when I was 17. I further wonder if you get banned three times, why would you want to continue joining? Clearly there would be something about your posting style that isn't acceptable. In order to fit in, you'd have to completely change how you act. That's likely a good thing, but then you aren't being true to yourself.
You said you couldn't care less which account a person is on, or when they joined. I think that a person who has been an upstanding member of a board for over ten years would have more respect and a higher standing than a guy on his third account that rejoined in the last month. I'll read both posters, but I'd likely give more weight and credit to a poster I've known as a good poster for years, rather than someone who has been banned twice. That's how I really feel.