Full Version: In This Thread, Waylon heals the internet
I don't know that I'm sufficiently recovered from the event to go so far. Perhaps one day.
QUOTE (Waylon @ Oct 17 2008, 09:52 AM) 
QUOTE (Vivian Darkbloom @ Oct 17 2008, 12:20 PM)
Waylon:
I'm uncomfortable with my board identity of late. Eary shrill backlash against LOPP has earned me unfortunate associations with Aggie, Elco and other doctrinaire oldsters, when the truth of my position is a little more nuanced. Yes, like Jess and Rob, I was hurt to think that posters I love and respect were saving their hard boarding for the exclusive gated community of LOPP, but hey, I like to think of myself as more on the Diesel side of the spectrum than anything else. Now that I'm battling ___________ for rap supremacy, I find myself again openly railing against sophomoric high school bullying and "meta" boarding while secretly, I like poop humor as much as the next post-adolescent. How can I rehabilitate my SOMB identity so as not to be perceived as an oldster whiner while not selling out with sycophantic and pathetic attempts to "fit in" by begging admission of the cool kids?
I'm uncomfortable with my board identity of late. Eary shrill backlash against LOPP has earned me unfortunate associations with Aggie, Elco and other doctrinaire oldsters, when the truth of my position is a little more nuanced. Yes, like Jess and Rob, I was hurt to think that posters I love and respect were saving their hard boarding for the exclusive gated community of LOPP, but hey, I like to think of myself as more on the Diesel side of the spectrum than anything else. Now that I'm battling ___________ for rap supremacy, I find myself again openly railing against sophomoric high school bullying and "meta" boarding while secretly, I like poop humor as much as the next post-adolescent. How can I rehabilitate my SOMB identity so as not to be perceived as an oldster whiner while not selling out with sycophantic and pathetic attempts to "fit in" by begging admission of the cool kids?
Vivian Darkbloom,
I think the issue here is deeper than you are describing. My impression of your initial reaction to LOPP (after the curtain went down) was not born of an intolerance for internet hijinks, but rather a disappointment in not being invited to the party. This is a perfectly natural reaction, and in many ways, I am sure the other "anti-LOPPers" felt the same way. However, your situation is a little different. You are a professional, with a wife and certain responsibilities that the younger posters do not contend with. At the same time, you are not ready to be perceived as an "oldster."
Viv, you are not an oldster. But you are not a "cool kid" either. You are Vivian Darkbloom. When you think about it, you are in an enviable position -- you represent a middle ground here that, while perhaps not capable of bringing peace to these extremes, can certainly feel comfortable with either of them. I recommend that you stop looking for approval from either "side" but instead to be true to yourself. You will find that there is a place for you.
See, it's precisely sage advice like this nugget from the poster formerly known as Waylon (and the fact that its author now posts almost exclusively on that side and no longer over here) that makes me lament the schism and start bleating again.
I guess I still need to find this Board Canaan that Waylon has promised for me.
^^
i lol'd
i lol'd
didn't waylon have another thread like this a few years before this?
i swear it was a really nice lovefest
i swear it was a really nice lovefest
This is the thread he had a few years before this.
no i swear it was pre-lopp
and by 'this' i meant 'this thread'
and by 'this' i meant 'this thread'
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