The cats I'm (no longer) feeding...

AoTFan · February 03, 2018, 03:53:55 PM

Quote from: Dark Alex on February 03, 2018, 12:54:14 PM

Lol, don't worry about it. I am just not aware of this DMX person and I think its pretty funny that we all thought it was something real.

"X Gonna Give It To Ya" is actually a really good song, and this is from a guy who's not into much modern rap music.

If you've seen the movies Cradle 2 the Grave or Deadpool, you'll probably recognize the song...

Allhallowsday · February 04, 2018, 11:01:14 AM

Quote from: Dark Alex on February 03, 2018, 12:54:14 PM
Quote from: AoTFan on February 02, 2018, 08:30:24 PM
Ahh I feel terrible now. I meant the whole post as a joke. Start with a serious (and believable sounding) story then go into the DMX songs lyrics ( I admit I kind of borrowed the idea from another post I saw about a guy getting a special delivery option that gave him his package in 10 minutes after ordering it), but I was thinking about the lyric "no matter how many cats I break bread with" and that reminded me of a time back when I was in Junior High when my stepbro and I would feed pieces of bread to one of our neighbors cats. So this popped in my head. I figured once everyone got to the lyrics they'd realize it was a goof and we'd all have a good laugh.
For the record, no, I'm not feeding any strays don't think off-hand there are any strays nearby.
Svengoolie, AllHallow, DarkAlex very wise and kind words.
Sorry for any confusion/arguments started.
Lol, don't worry about it. I am just not aware of this DMX person and I think its pretty funny that we all thought it was something real.

I don't find it funny at all.

Svengoolie 3 · February 04, 2018, 11:37:58 PM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on February 04, 2018, 11:01:14 AM
Quote from: Dark Alex on February 03, 2018, 12:54:14 PM
Quote from: AoTFan on February 02, 2018, 08:30:24 PM
Ahh I feel terrible now. I meant the whole post as a joke. Start with a serious (and believable sounding) story then go into the DMX songs lyrics ( I admit I kind of borrowed the idea from another post I saw about a guy getting a special delivery option that gave him his package in 10 minutes after ordering it), but I was thinking about the lyric "no matter how many cats I break bread with" and that reminded me of a time back when I was in Junior High when my stepbro and I would feed pieces of bread to one of our neighbors cats. So this popped in my head. I figured once everyone got to the lyrics they'd realize it was a goof and we'd all have a good laugh.
For the record, no, I'm not feeding any strays don't think off-hand there are any strays nearby.
Svengoolie, AllHallow, DarkAlex very wise and kind words.
Sorry for any confusion/arguments started.
Lol, don't worry about it. I am just not aware of this DMX person and I think its pretty funny that we all thought it was something real.
I don't find it funny at all.

For once we agree.

Trevor · February 05, 2018, 01:23:57 AM

Seriously, I have six feral cats at our archives building which my mentor and I feed daily: hungry little buggers.

Svengoolie 3 · February 05, 2018, 01:25:33 PM

Quote from: Trevor on February 05, 2018, 01:23:57 AM
Seriously, I have six feral cats at our archives building which my mentor and I feed daily: hungry little buggers.

May good karma come your way.

Allhallowsday · February 05, 2018, 04:03:01 PM

Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on February 04, 2018, 11:37:58 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on February 04, 2018, 11:01:14 AM
Quote from: Dark Alex on February 03, 2018, 12:54:14 PM
Quote from: AoTFan on February 02, 2018, 08:30:24 PM
Ahh I feel terrible now. I meant the whole post as a joke. Start with a serious (and believable sounding) story then go into the DMX songs lyrics ( I admit I kind of borrowed the idea from another post I saw about a guy getting a special delivery option that gave him his package in 10 minutes after ordering it), but I was thinking about the lyric "no matter how many cats I break bread with" and that reminded me of a time back when I was in Junior High when my stepbro and I would feed pieces of bread to one of our neighbors cats. So this popped in my head. I figured once everyone got to the lyrics they'd realize it was a goof and we'd all have a good laugh.
For the record, no, I'm not feeding any strays don't think off-hand there are any strays nearby.
Svengoolie, AllHallow, DarkAlex very wise and kind words.
Sorry for any confusion/arguments started.
Lol, don't worry about it. I am just not aware of this DMX person and I think its pretty funny that we all thought it was something real.
I don't find it funny at all.

For once we agree.

We agree more often than you realize.

ER · February 05, 2018, 06:30:03 PM

Hey, AoT, maybe you should post a disclaimer: "No cats were actually harmed in the telling of this JOKE."

Allhallowsday · February 06, 2018, 02:47:22 PM

Quote from: ER on February 05, 2018, 06:30:03 PM
Hey, AoT, maybe you should post a disclaimer: "No cats were actually harmed in the telling of this JOKE."

No joke was told.

Alex · February 06, 2018, 04:19:45 PM

Just in case you missed this.

Quote from: AoTFan on February 02, 2018, 08:30:24 PM
I meant the whole post as a joke.

ER · February 06, 2018, 04:22:05 PM

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Pout and you live alone.

316zombie · February 09, 2018, 08:21:33 PM

AoT, i thought it was a very sincere and nice apology.

Allhallowsday · February 09, 2018, 10:44:04 PM

Quote from: 316zombie on February 09, 2018, 08:21:33 PM
AoT, i thought it was a very sincere and nice apology.

You're kind. And maybe stepping into it. My friend here warned us, but I took him to task after writing some of my best bits in years. My friend and I often spar here, and I love him (because we can do that). But, I learned that the original post was HORSE HOCKEY. My friend was right. It made me notice things I don't think about. Like who gives who karma. I realized karma is like facebook "likes". As my friend, that same friend, said years ago, it's a popularity contest. I have long liked the karma system as a wonderful resource of history. Karma I have long looked at, but hardly everybody's, mostly my own. I am a dog with a bone. Gimme history any day. Today, I looked at who gave who karma. It's hardly a payback system, but it is a popularity contest. I'm intrigued.

316zombie · February 11, 2018, 05:34:15 PM

i am a crazy catlady, i freely admit that. i gave YOU good karma because you gave sound advice to what you thought was a serious post. i gave the OP good karma because i believe the apology WAS sincere.
i don't give a whole lot of good or bad karma points here, in 10+ years i may have given out a hundred or so all told.to me, it has nothing to do with popularity, it is all about the content of the post. i THOUGHT that was how the system was supposed to work here, who cares about facebook?

Alex · February 11, 2018, 06:06:23 PM

Sometimes I give karma because I like a post (in fact my most often reason), sometimes I give karma when I think someone is having a bad day and I hope in some small way it cheers them up a little to know someone is thinking positive thoughts about them (third most common reason for me), or if I think someone is being an ass to someone else and I want to say, hey don't worry smile and be happy (second most common reason). I very rarely give negative karma (3 occasions so far, and two of those were to spammers), but that would be my fourth most common reason I guess.

I have noticed I tend to give karma most often to certain people, but then they are also the ones I most often chat to about various things outside of just posting on the forums themselves so I find that quite a natural thing.

Ultimately though karma only means as much to anyone as they want it to. Does any positive karma I send out really make anyone feel any better, or if I give negative ones out, would someone stop and think 'Hmm, should I reconsider my approach on things?' I really have no idea. Mostly I give them for fun and hope they are taken that way by the receiver.

Trevor · February 12, 2018, 07:34:21 AM

Quote from: 316zombie on February 11, 2018, 05:34:15 PM
i THOUGHT that was how the system was supposed to work here, who cares about facebook?

I was on FB for many years and quit in early 2017 because of a stalker I had on there: the thing that made me leave was not the stalker, but two lifelong friends who turned on me because I dared to criticize "the children of Nelson Mandela" - i.e. our disastrous national cricket team. I would never criticize Mr Mandela at all but the cricket team: yikes.