You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by Slava

At one point we had a community here, where people could have conversations and disagree like adults. Things have changed though.

LOL what. This is some amazing revisionist history going on here.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

I wish that there was a "purge day" on CP where we created a Thunderdome thread and the mods agreed that for 24 hours that you could really tell posters what you thought of them with no consequences.

In my experience all you have to do is tell someone they’re being defensive about bike storage and they’ll go ahead and melt down right in front of you, no special thread needed.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

In my experience all you have to do is tell someone they’re being defensive about bike storage and they’ll go ahead and melt down right in front of you, no special thread needed.

You're being disingenuous, anyone who wastes as much time at work as I do on this site knows that you go out of your way to be an ####### to Cliff. It reminds me of school kids spending hours tormenting a kid bit by bit, and then when that kid finally stands up for themselves everyone changes their tune to calling him a spaz for freaking out over something so small. It just can't be understood in isolation.

[The Fisher Account]

This place has always been a haven for YOP gobblers and CDC trolls

[Scroopy Noopers]

I can’t believe people are advocating for empty driveways and garages for cars only. How big are y’all houses and plots of land? I’ll take the extra square footage thanks, can hang out with friends and not wake the kid up, etc… my car is fine in the driveway. I already can’t believe how much of my property is designed specifically for our car to drive around on… lots of street parking too… the car is fine outside.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

By Pepsi’s own admission he has PM flame wars with loads of posters.

I've had PM discussions with Pepsi. They don't really turn into flame wars but maybe that's just me.

He’s the most antagonist poster in the history of this forum, and back when mods upheld the forum rules on personal attacks he was in the sin bin more often than he had posting privileges. And I realize that this post is just feeding the troll. Like all trolls, Pepsi revels in conflict and attention. But let’s be clear that the issue isn’t Pepsi vs me. It’s Pepsi vs dozens and dozens of posters over the years.

Can't speak to the latter point about bans but I don't agree that he's the most antagonistic poster ever. I have people on my ignore list who are worse.

He certainly is trolling you, at every opportunity, but I don't see him do it to too many other people in the sense of making a deliberate attempt to try to actually create a fight out of thin air. My sense is that he is very intentional about not taking his online persona seriously at all - doesn't care if he comes off like an ####### or whether someone has a negative opinion of "Pepsifree", because "Pepsifree" is an account on a forum, not a person. Anyway, now I feel like I'm David Attenborough for online forum denizens so I'll just say that since he considers this and you to be a source of entertainment / dopamine that maybe you're the one who has to do the ignore thing.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by Mazrim

LOL what. This is some amazing revisionist history going on here.

I don’t think so, but you can alway point to past individual exchanges to support your position. Slava’s position is much harder to demonstrate, but it rings true to me.

[jayswin]

Yeah pepsi's good ****, he just has an abrasive posting style. For posterity in terms of anecdotal evidence of him further inflamming things over PM with everyone, this is what he sent me after we got into it in some thread.

Sorry to hear about your mental health struggles lately, was in that place myself a year or so ago (and again in the middle of COVID, this might be my longest stretch feeling healthy) and it’s just tough. Hope my little shot about “your MO” wasn’t too much, as I think you’re generally a good dude with good opinions.

If it makes you feel better, whenever people think I’m being an ####### it’s about a post I wrote completely sober lol

What a piece of garbage.

[Shazam]

Maybe he shouldn't be pepsi free?

He's an emotional abuser. Chronically insults and then walks it back.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

I've had PM discussions with Pepsi. They don't really turn into flame wars but maybe that's just me.

Can't speak to the latter point about bans but I don't agree that he's the most antagonistic poster ever. I have people on my ignore list who are worse.

He certainly is trolling you, at every opportunity, but I don't see him do it to too many other people in the sense of making a deliberate attempt to try to actually create a fight out of thin air. My sense is that he is very intentional about not taking his online persona seriously at all - doesn't care if he comes off like an ####### or whether someone has a negative opinion of "Pepsifree", because "Pepsifree" is an account on a forum, not a person. Anyway, now I feel like I'm David Attenborough for online forum denizens so I'll just say that since he considers this and you to be a source of entertainment / dopamine that maybe you're the one who has to do the ignore thing.

I honestly have trouble squaring some of the reactions in my mind when the ignore function exists.

If people don’t like me and don’t like seeing my posts, just put me on it. If I’m really the worst, most condescending, most antagonizing person you’ve ever dealt with… then holy #### how weird do you have to be to still willingly read my posts every day lol. There’s even people who have me on ignore and still talk about me! Why?

Instead of mocking my mental health, calling me mentally challenged, or calling me deeply unhappy, maybe people could just take care of their own mental health by not CHOOSING to read my posts which make them deeply unhappy and, apparently, make them leave the board entirely?

I’m here for the gags. I think most people get it. Maybe in someone’s mind it’s me vs. dozens and dozens of people. In reality, most of those “dozens” I’ll end up sharing a joke with, exchanging a nice PM with, or move on to totally normal interactions.

As much as Cliff wants to make this bigger than it is, it’s only big to a very small number of people who really can’t get over it despite very obviously wanting to.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

You're being disingenuous, anyone who wastes as much time at work as I do on this site knows that you go out of your way to be an ####### to Cliff. It reminds me of school kids spending hours tormenting a kid bit by bit, and then when that kid finally stands up for themselves everyone changes their tune to calling him a spaz for freaking out over something so small. It just can't be understood in isolation.

So are you.

And no, it can’t be understood in isolation, but that’s what you’re attempting to do with that comparison.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Yeah pepsi's good ****, he just has an abrasive posting style. For posterity in terms of anecdotal evidence of him further inflamming things over PM with everyone, this is what he sent me after we got into it in some thread.



What a piece of garbage.

Well I wish I could say he was as kind in his PM’s to me. He’s not a good dude at all. Quite troubled IMO.

[Zary's-Mustache]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Yeah pepsi's good ****, he just has an abrasive posting style. For posterity in terms of anecdotal evidence of him further inflamming things over PM with everyone, this is what he sent me after we got into it in some thread.



What a piece of garbage.

Yep Pepsi's a good person and poster. He once saved my choking dog. Then he gave my grandma mouth to mouth for no reason at all other than she was lonely.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Maybe he shouldn't be pepsi free?

He's an emotional abuser. Chronically insults and then walks it back.

lol this is a great example of what I was talking about.

For anyone who wants insight into the weird one-sided things I have to laugh off, this poster has done nothing but insult me or mock me basically every time they mention me or respond to me, unprompted, for around the last five years. I looked it up to check how long it’s been and gave up counting at the five year mark. Every time I just laugh it off or crack a joke, usually at my own expense.

And then they chime in to call me the emotional abuser who chronically insults people lol.

Nothing to do but laugh about it.

[Zary's-Mustache]

Don't forget Pepsi there are a lot of people who see you post in the Israel thread and get butt hurt about you talking about that.

I've had that happen a lot with posters I've never interacted with just attack me out of the blue. I think participating in that thread has a lot to do with the hate.

[ResAlien]

Wow Pepsi just sent me a PM that was nothing more than a Shakespearean sonnet but it ended with asking me if I knew Shakespeare “was a fan of BOFA”

I think I’m gonna reply and ask what that means

[topfiverecords]

Good grief guys, save your issues about PepsiFree for the annual Airing of The Grievances during Festivus.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Good grief guys, save your issues about PepsiFree for the annual Airing of The Grievances during Festivus.

I’m a big believer in airing grievances as they occur.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

I’m a big believer in airing grievances as they occur.

That’s a terrible way to live. Don’t you know the mantra “Serenity now, insanity later!”. You should try it.

[TheIronMaiden]

It's a nice change of pace to have these grievances aired in an off topic thread rather that a post game thread.