Japan earthquake & tsunami

[spiraldoor]

That is not correct; I always understand what other people think. It is not a difficult task. I think you are confusing ‘understanding’ with ‘agreement’.

[DesLife]

I always understand what other people think.

Isn't that a bit pretentious ?

[Puruun]

Spiral, I don't think you belong here. You're ruining the atmosphere.

(Oh god, I already can hear you thinking. "Why are you interfering, you inferior being?")

[Cairnie]

Maybe a good whiff of some "fresh air" in Fukushima might help.

[spiraldoor]

I always understand what other people think.

Isn't that a bit pretentious ?

No, it is not ‘pretentious’. Comprehending what someone means when they are talking to you is a very basic task.

Spiral, I don't think you belong here. You're ruining the atmosphere.

In what way am I ‘ruining the atmosphere’ that RayFan is not? Is it because some of my posts are long?

[DesLife]

I always understand what other people think.

Isn't that a bit pretentious ?

No, it is not ‘pretentious’. Comprehending what someone means when they are talking to you is a very basic task.

I guess you should try that then !

[Puruun]

Spiral, I don't think you belong here. You're ruining the atmosphere.

In what way am I ‘ruining the atmosphere’ that RayFan is not? Is it because some of my posts are long?

It's not really the length, it's the tone. Rayfan generally tends to be more sociable. You are so serious and narrow-minded, it hurts. Most people around here are rather cheerful. It's a huge contrast.

[spiraldoor]

I always understand what other people think.

Isn't that a bit pretentious ?

No, it is not ‘pretentious’. Comprehending what someone means when they are talking to you is a very basic task.

I guess you should try that then !

As I have said more than once already, I do this all the time. So do most. And why not? It does not even require conscious effort.

It's not really the length, it's the tone. Rayfan generally tends to be more sociable. You are so serious and narrow-minded, it hurts. Most people around here are rather cheerful. It's a huge contrast.

I am not quite sure what you mean by ‘sociable’; perhaps you would be appeased if I tossed a ‘:P’ emoticon into my posts every now and then? My posts are generally polite and respectful; what more could you want? Some jokes? My sense of humour is drier and less overt than the average, but I assure you that it is present. I do not see anything funny or joke-worthy about this thread or its contents; I make humorous comments from time to time where I feel it is appropriate. I am not an obnoxiously cheerful person when online; I find your preference that I should avoid this thread for such a reason quite perplexing and unfortunate. Overall I would concur with your view that the tone I have currently adopted is a ‘serious’ one; however, I wholly reject your assertion that I am ‘narrow-minded’. Not so; I contemplate ideas which I find alien or displeasing quite frequently. That does not mean that I must accept them or incorporate them into my own beliefs or practices; as far as I am aware, there is no such stringent criteria which must be met in order for one to be considered ‘open-minded’.

[Raven]

Atleast we got to stay on topic..
I find it fascinating how a topic about a horrible earthquake in japan can lead to people fighting with eachother, as if the world doesn't have enough pain and sorrow.
Think about that..

[Xenon]

Unlike a lot of users here, I'm open to on-topic debates like the "God's involvement in the tsunami" one; I've never really understood why some people are so opposed to them. But when debates develop into users attacking other users it becomes one-dimensional and monotonous.

So, stay on-topic or shut up, people.

[Adsolution]

I always understand what other people think.

Isn't that a bit pretentious ?

No, it is not ‘pretentious’. Comprehending what someone means when they are talking to you is a very basic task.

I guess you should try that then !

As I have said more than once already, I do this all the time. So do most. And why not? It does not even require conscious effort.

It's not really the length, it's the tone. Rayfan generally tends to be more sociable. You are so serious and narrow-minded, it hurts. Most people around here are rather cheerful. It's a huge contrast.

I am not quite sure what you mean by ‘sociable’; perhaps you would be appeased if I tossed a ‘:P’ emoticon into my posts every now and then? My posts are generally polite and respectful; what more could you want? Some jokes? My sense of humour is drier and less overt than the average, but I assure you that it is present. I do not see anything funny or joke-worthy about this thread or its contents; I make humorous comments from time to time where I feel it is appropriate. I am not an obnoxiously cheerful person when online; I find your preference that I should avoid this thread for such a reason quite perplexing and unfortunate. Overall I would concur with your view that the tone I have currently adopted is a ‘serious’ one; however, I wholly reject your assertion that I am ‘narrow-minded’. Not so; I contemplate ideas which I find alien or displeasing quite frequently. That does not mean that I must accept them or incorporate them into my own beliefs or practices; as far as I am aware, there is no such stringent criteria which must be met in order for one to be considered ‘open-minded’.

Being "sociable" I think is more you choice of words and how you phrase things, not what you toss in. Your posts tend to sound very cold and technical, and it turns people off. You can be serious, but you don't have to make it sound like you're superior. Maybe it's not your intent, but it's just what it appears to be, and it's not a pleasant thing to listen to/read. I find it easiest to read something under debate when we're not standing up straight like a pole with our hands anchored to our foreheads. It's just a general thing, it's nothing specific.

[Haruka]

Your posts tend to sound very cold and technical, and it turns people off. You can be serious, but you don't have to make it sound like you're superior. Maybe it's not your intent, but it's just what it appears to be, and it's not a pleasant thing to listen to/read. I find it easiest to read something under debate when we're not standing up straight like a pole with our hands anchored to our foreheads. It's just a general thing, it's nothing specific.

I'm in fully agree with RayFan here, because it is the exact point of view I have about the subject in question.

You could collaborate more with us by having conscience that we are just trying to alert you about your behaviour, and to try to help you at the same time.

[spiraldoor]

Being "sociable" I think is more you choice of words and how you phrase things, not what you toss in. Your posts tend to sound very cold and technical, and it turns people off. You can be serious, but you don't have to make it sound like you're superior. Maybe it's not your intent, but it's just what it appears to be, and it's not a pleasant thing to listen to/read. I find it easiest to read something under debate when we're not standing up straight like a pole with our hands anchored to our foreheads. It's just a general thing, it's nothing specific.

My style of writing is clean, strict, calm, cold, dry, serious, eloquent, wikilike, baroque, sesquipedalian and usually flawless in terms of mechanics. I have not been using this style for very long; perhaps two years. I chose to adopt it simply because I found that it suited me better than the language of the typical teenaged videogame forumite. At this stage such writing comes naturally to me. You may think that it makes me sound ‘superior’; this was not my intention but it is a result with which I am perfectly comfortable. I will not alter my manner of writing simply because you find it ‘unpleasant’; I like the way it looks and sounds very much, and whether it causes you distress is none of my concern. I would have you know that I also dislike your own style of writing, but I make no such requests of you.

May I ask why you are focusing your criticisms solely on my own use of language when numerous other members (eg Xenon, Hunch) write in a not dissimilar fashion?

You could collaborate more with us by having conscience that we are just trying to alert you about your behaviour, and to try to help you at the same time.

I am well aware of the fact that my posting style is different from yours and RayFan’s. I do not want anyone to ‘help’ me to abandon my choice of language.

[Haruka]

I do not want anyone to ‘help’ me to abandon my choice of language.

It isn't about "abandoning" you know. Just changing a little.

[Cairnie]

You have asperger's, don't you Spiral

[spiraldoor]

Not as far as I am aware. I have skimmed the Wikipedia page and I do not recognise any of the condition’s symptoms in myself. What led you to your conclusion?

[Haruka]

I don't see where's the confusion, Stacey made it clear.

[Cairnie]

Well for one you seem to be obsessed with perfect English and you said yourself that you take Rayman seriously, obsessions are a key factor in autistic spectrum disorders. If you don't think you have bad eye contact, have trouble reading body language, are gullible etc then fair enough.

[spiraldoor]

My English is generally perfect, but this is the result of my extremely high linguistic intelligence rather than an ‘obsession’. A glance through the posts I’ve made over the last year or so should be enough show you that I never correct the improper English of others. I was exposed to the Rayman games at a very early age and have always been very fond of them, but there are many other fandoms to which I belong; off the top of my head I can name three other works which I think about just as much. If this is the criteria required for fandom to be an ‘obsession’ (I don’t know enough about the technicalities of the condition to say for sure; perhaps it is), then at least it is not a focused or single-minded one; I would be inclined to classify myself as a ‘fan’ rather than an ‘obsessive’.

As I have already mentioned, none of the broader symptoms (eye contact, body language, gullibility) are evident to me in my day-to-day life.

[Rsandee]

Well for one you seem to be obsessed with perfect English and you said yourself that you take Rayman seriously, obsessions are a key factor in autistic spectrum disorders. If you don't think you have bad eye contact, have trouble reading body language, are gullible etc then fair enough.

I wouldn't call it obsessed, but yes.... his english is almost too perfect.