When I think "Alarming levels of self-absorbtion," I think_________________

[asthmaticeog]

Poll question: When I think "Alarming levels of self-absorbtion," I think_________________

[ghostsofgiants]

1. I think of myself.

[asthmaticeog]

2. When I think about you I touch myself.

No, no I don't.

[ghostsofgiants]

3. That is a relief.

[asthmaticeog]

5. Actually, no.

It'd be relieving if I DID.

Wow, this degenerated fast. And it's entirely my fault. I'd best just excuse myself from this thread.

[tigereye]

6. glad to see you guys are enjoying yourselves!

:hi:



hey asth.

[asthmaticeog]

7. Edited, I see.

Was I on the wrong end of you first scolding as a mod? :evilgrin:

If so, it's a genuine honor.

[tigereye]

13. no, I figured I'd better be a good doggie.....

since I have the little chess piece after my name now.

Luckily I am not assigned to the lounge. :evilgrin: back atcha! :hi:

[terrya]

47. I did a lot of the editing thing myself when I was a mod.

:hi:

[XemaSab]

58. I'm voting for yours truly!

:o

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Can't say...

that would get deleted... :D

:hi:

[asthmaticeog]

8. My Lounge-drama Spidey-sense tells me

that I probably just shouldn't even ask.

:hi: back at'cha!

[bicentennial_baby]

9. You are correct sir...

Good form. :)

:hi:

[Cabcere]

10. ...Bill O'Reilly?

:shrug:

[johnnie]

11. Johnnie Walker

[tigereye]

14. Hey Johnie

how are ya?

What are all you wild boys doing home on Sat. night? :hi:

[johnnie]

16. Don't want to deal with the weather..lol

It is supposed to get pretty nasty out there. I don't go out much anyway, those days are gone.


I'm watching America's most wanted and they are doing the whole show on the Zodiac killer, it's pretty good. The new movie about it looks like it will be really good too.

How are you doing?

[Arugula Latte]

12. Other:

Bounty paper towels.

[asthmaticeog]

42. Psssst...

Brigit stole your joke.

[Arugula Latte]

59. Thanks for letting me know...

I'm off to kick her ass! :grr:





:D

[tigereye]

15. Donald Trump!

(comment courtesy of my husband)

[Left Is Write]

17. Paris Hilton.

[graywarrior]

18. The Lounge?

Do I win?

[asthmaticeog]

36. Pretty much, yeah.

:thumbsup:

[enigmatic]

68. I was going to say that

If we could harness the energy of the self-absorbed here, we could light Zanesville, OH for 50 years :D

[idgiehkt]

19. I wanna say Rachel Ray

just because that is the impression I get. And anyone who would rename olive oil. But that's just me.

:shrug:

[asthmaticeog]

35. She's the John Edwards of the Food Network.

Not so impressively credentialed, short on original ideas, but very ambitious, and people seem to think she's cute.

[LostInAnomie]

20. An adult diaper soaking itself up in an endless loop.

It's trippy! :crazy:

[asthmaticeog]

22. Like wow.

You just blew my mind.

[BuelahWitch]

21. At least eighty percent of the human race

:hide:

[asthmaticeog]

32. You're very generous.

I'd say at least 90%, but then my sample is almost exclusively North Americans, so that surely skews my view. ;)

[BuelahWitch]

45. You're right I was being generous

It's probably closer to 95% or more...

[Maccagirl]

23. Monica Lewinsky

n/t

[terrya]

24. What did happen in the Lounge yesterday?

I always miss these little dramas.

[greatauntoftriplets]

27. I was actually happy to be feeling unwell (a cold)....

and so justified in going to bed at 8:30. It was good for me.

[BuelahWitch]

44. Everybody was posting threads titled

"When you think about (insert Lounge Lizard's name here)" and then others were posting what they thought about them. Some posts were quite rude.

[asthmaticeog]

46. I have mixed feelings about that.

On the one hand, if one asks such a thing flat-out, one should be prepared to take the invective with the praise.

OTOH, yes, some of those threads contained some *totally* unnecessary roughness, sometimes even from the OPs themselves.

Dumbest Lounge trend in a looong time.

[terrya]

48. Someone obviously shouldn't let that genie of the bottle.

Oh, my. Poor Lounge mods.

[GirlinContempt]

61. I do wonder why

people would ask such things if they didn't want to know, or couldn't handle knowing. I could see that as a sticky modding situation
"HE WAS MEAN"
"But, you asked him what he thought, and he told you"
"BUT IT WAS MEAN"
"So, was it a personal attack or an honest debate of the question? hmmmm"

[datasuspect]

25. navel-gazing self-absorbtion?

here?

nah.

[asthmaticeog]

37. Enough of that.

Let's talk about ME.

[zanne]

26. Posting too many pictures of yourself...

I guess I'd call that a good degree of self-absorption.

[datasuspect]

29. and the same ones over and over

borefest

[BuelahWitch]

50. But some of us have only taken one good pic in our life!

:shrug:

[buddhamama]

28. i think of myself. naturally.

:hi: :)

[asthmaticeog]

39. You and primate1 could have a solipsism battle.

I'll draw up the betting pool grid!

:hi:

[Kajsa]

30. Not responding to ( hardly any ) replies

on a thread you created.
Or none at all.

This is especially true when the ( reply) posters pour their hearts out
in an effort to show understanding.

Very self-absorbed.

[Hugin]

34. Like a sponge...

Very absorbent.

[asthmaticeog]

40. I was thinking about purposely not replying to your post.

But that would be WAY too meta, even for this thread.

[Kajsa]

52. LOL !

You've got a good sense of humor.

;-) :hi:

[GirlinContempt]

31. Huh?

[asthmaticeog]

38. I'm still not sure.

Manias are a phenomenon I should clearly read more about.

[Deja Q]

54. ____ = the people asking others about themselves.

Seems more human nature than an ego trip; but we all have an ego. And an id. And a libido... and a libego if we're good enough! :evilgrin: :spray:

[GirlinContempt]

56. Who doesn't love a good mania?

[bridgit]

33. Bounty - The Quilted Quicker Picker-Upper...

[asthmaticeog]

41. A fearsome thought.

If paper towels really did absorb themselves, their aisle in the supermarket would be full of plain cardboard tubes packaged in much-too-large cellophane wrappers.

[bridgit]

43. slluuurp; poof! gone...

:scared:-------->:rofl: it's still morning out here so = :donut:

[Name removed]

49. Deleted message

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[asthmaticeog]

51. Seriously.

Not that I'm exactly immune from juvenile Lounge nonsense myself, but lorda'mercy, if harmless old vanity threads can erupt in massive flames now, we've become a grievously dysfunctional community.

[Deja Q]

55. Well, nobody's perfect...

:rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

57. I'm inclined to agree

It's days like this that I miss DU1, smaller, quieter, nicer. Sigh....

[WritingIsMyReligion]

63. Apparently that was a really hardcore comment by me.

:D

[asthmaticeog]

69. Yikes!

For what it's worth, I didn't think that was delete-bait at all.

[Name removed]

87. Deleted message

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[ScreamingMeemie]

53. I think that is a typical day in the loung...people drawing attention to themselves.

It is what it is...whether people who have had their posts deleted in this thread think so or not. I mean isn't everyone posting in the Lounge just a little teensy bit vain?? If people didn't want to goof off, they wouldn't be here. And it's far worse than high school, because we should know better, but we don't.

I was stunned at one of the last agreements to your post which was posted by one of the biggest "Hey Look at me!" posters on DU.

Enough about that...Let's talk about you asthmaticeog... what do you think of me? <<<That's from "Beaches", one of my favorite movies ever.

[GirlinContempt]

60. Agreement?

Sorry I'm not sure what people are agreeing with :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

82. Agreement=responses in this thread.

:D

[GirlinContempt]

93. lol

I getcha

[Guava Jelly]

62. It's all in fun

As the one guilty of starting this trend.
I am sorry so many people came out to attack those who were just having a little fun.
Yeah it may be vain or maybe people are genuinely curious of how others see them.
so far 13 people think i'm a pervert 12 think im a nice guy i think it was 9 who think i'm an asshole.
And 3-4 think i'm a moron.

What did i learn from this poll?
13 people don't know me.
12 people do know me.
9 people may or may not know me
4 people believe me to be a moron.(who am i to argue)

I will let you in on something about me.
I voted nice on everyone i voted for and if i didn't care for them i refrained from voting.


Peace.

[Kajsa]

65. GoPsUx, you are the opposite of self-absorbed!

I didn't see your persona anywhere in this thread.

And I sure as heck wasn't referring to you at all.
If anything, you always reply to people's posts.

Yep, you're very giving and outgoing.
You make people feel welcome, here.

:hi: :hug:

[Guava Jelly]

66. Thank you

I really try to be nice to everyone.
I do goof off a lot.
Because the lounge can be really slow and boring at times.
Actually at first the threads were pretty fun.
Before all the bitterness came out.
Well anyways thank you again for your kind words.
:hug: :loveya:

[Kajsa]

67. You're welcome.

:loveya:

[GirlinContempt]

73. If you already knew the right answer

why did you ask?

[Guava Jelly]

74. I was having fun actually

And so was everyone else.
Nobody was asking for snark.
But many felt free to supply it.

[GirlinContempt]

75. Yeah, I dunno

If while 'having fun' you invite people to insult you and give them the ammo, and some, on an anonymous internet message board accept that invitation, I wouldn't be too surprised.

[Guava Jelly]

76. People that were snarky to me in my thread

I answered with agreement and kindness.
The ones who attacked others who copycatted my thread are the ones who really bothered me.
I have in the past flew off the handle over such things.
Now I just chalk it up to bitter spiteful people who lack manners and social skills.

[Little Wing]

64. one or two people

[BarenakedLady]

70. me

although it comes and goes in spurts (that sounds gross). I was very tempted to post one of those threads about myself at first but I am waaaaaaay too sensitive a person to handle the truth. And it is also very easy to be totally self-absorbed and yet dislike yourself immensely.

[Guava Jelly]

71. The truth is you are a really nice woman

And anyone who cared enough to get to know you would know that.
:hug:

[BarenakedLady]

72. Awww thanks

I think the folks who responded to you negatively do not get to see the side of you that I do every morning. You are a sweet, kind and generous man (with a nice ass). :hug:

...and reading that over makes things sound very suspicious between the two of us. lol. :rofl:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

77. i want to know your honest opinion about me. unless your opinion is not flattering.

then i dont want to know.

this is what i think when i hear alarming level of self absorbtion.

[asthmaticeog]

90. Bingo.

Points awarded for succinctness. :thumbsup:

[fudge stripe cookays]

102. .

And irony.

[flvegan]

78. I think of folks that do whatever they can

to tear another down to make themselves feel good. On the internets, message boards in particular, it's probably well-populated by the idiots that got the shit kicked out of them in junior high. Being an arms-length asshole sure is easy. Some folks even do it so well, it practically defines them.

[Guava Jelly]

79. ..

:applause:
People need to take these i think

[GirlinContempt]

80. Yeah I hate it when people build up a rep

for being tough jerks who pounce on the slightest hint of anything like a dog on a bone and refuse to let go.

[Name removed]

81. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[jonnyblitz]

84. an ironic thing for you to say considering with who it appears

your sympathies lie. :D

you're still a stand up guy. :thumbsup:

[flvegan]

85. Huh?

Clarity, please?

[jonnyblitz]

86. if I were any more clear, my post would get deleted.

so nevermind. I need to learn to sit on my hands and just lurk.

[flvegan]

88. Hey

as far as I know, you and I are cool.

I'd appreciate a pm to maybe straighten something out that I'm not really aware of, or to maybe bring something to light to me.

[jonnyblitz]

91. we are cool. I think i need to let things go and move on.

it's just a matter of what prism one is looking through. from my perspective I have been sticking up for a friend and her partner who have been getting piled on by a bunch of bullies.

I am not sure a PM would do any good. it would be my word against somebody elses and things still wouldn't be clear to you. your head would spin.

I need to learn to STFU and move on and say NOTHING. :hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

96. yes darling, you do

got some rest, you surely need it... :hug:

you're so cute, i could pinch your cheeks... :loveya:

[jonnyblitz]

97. did you forget your sarcasm smiley?

:wow:

[bicentennial_baby]

98. nope

hugs and kisses for you!!! :loveya:

[jonnyblitz]

100. it is true.

i get wound up. I admit it.

[bicentennial_baby]

101. I know that you do

And, i understand the 'side taking; that's gone on. But, that being said, I think you crossed some lines, and it was uncalled for. We're both passionate people about the things or people we care about, but, there comes a point where you have to step back and say 'Whoa!'. Do you understand what I'm saying? I hope so

:hug:

[jonnyblitz]

103. i crossed a line with the personal insults , yes.

and that is the only line I crossed IMHO. at least I can admit when i cross a line...

that is all.

[bicentennial_baby]

104. I can admit as much as well...

But, I've snarked and sniped, but nothing I feel that crossed a line. We're talking about me and you, not anyone else. I'm glad you admitted that though. b/c it was beneath you and I know you are better than that. And frankly, you were off your game...Not as clever as I would hope. :P

It's ok, you can hate me, and us, and life will go on. Let's just quit the nasty personal insults and such. That's one line I haven't crossed, and I'm hoping you'll quit too. It'll give you that much more credibility, imho.

But, your posting this morning was....unforgivable, to many people. And you know exactly what I mean. Apology in order for that piece, at least.

[flvegan]

99. Okay, but

I'm not one for bullies (as I think is shown here) nor the subsequent pile-on. Sticking up for a friend (and his/her partner) is a good thing, regardless of anything else.

[asthmaticeog]

89. Self-delete

It just doesn't fucking matter.

[jonnyblitz]

92. lol, I am to that point.

:hi:

[asthmaticeog]

94. Right on. Welcome to the "fuck it" club.

:thumbsup:

[SOteric]

83. I think

such is the current state of American culture.

As a culture we glorify our self-obsession in popular music, television adverts and programming, in our literature, our sports pursuits, our politics, our internet bulletin boards, ad infinitum, ad nauseaum, ad water and stir until well blended; half-bake @ 350ºF. until center of the known universe springs back when tapped lightly with reality.

[UrbScotty]

95. Rush Limbaugh (nt)

[asthmaticeog]

105. I'm asking the mods to lock this shit.

I only posted this thread to lampoon another in a long line of inane lounge copycat manias. The only purpose it's serving by staying alive, it seems, is to serve as a forum for keeping scabs picked open. Personal attack battles from locked threads are being continued here, and it's pretty sad to see. So I'm asking that it be shut down. If people want to keep this shit up, it ain't none of my business, but I don't want my fucking screen name on it.

[bicentennial_baby]

106. Actually we're having good conversation, on my end

and asking the Mods to lock your thread is soooooo lame, sweetie...


:hug:

[asthmaticeog]

107. Since you mentioned it,

you & johnnyblitz are the sole bright spot. Nice to see *someone* actually working some shit out.

And I never said I wasn't lame. ;)

[bicentennial_baby]

108. Gotcha

:pals:

[slj0101]

109. Fuck you.

In the ear.

:P

[asthmaticeog]

110. Define your terms, poster.

[flvegan]

112. I heard that using the term "poster" is disrespectful.

No, wait...condescending.

Did that change? Maybe you're just being...funny.

Be sure to tell fudgey...don't want panties in a wad, do we?

[asthmaticeog]

118. I'm not the one who said that. Are you saying I am?

Back that shit up.

[flvegan]

111. No, you didn't ask for a lock for that reason.

Had you an ounce of honesty, you'd delete that first bullshit line in your thread about lampooning "inane" lounge blah blah blahs.

None of your business? You MAKE it your business, don't you?

"I only posted this thread..." can easily be finished with:

to be an ass, draw attention.

Lock this shit because that's what it is. Shit. A shit post.

Congrats.

[Fran Kubelik]

113. Yikes.

Seems like you just made it *your* business. :(

[asthmaticeog]

117. GIT R DONE!

[Guava Jelly]

114. If it was meant to lampoon me

May I ask why you have such a hatred toward me?
What have i ever done to you?

[asthmaticeog]

115. Not you. The zillions of copycats.

I said so right there in the post. I didn't even know that yours was the first one.

[Fran Kubelik]

116. As an outsider...

It just seemed like he was laughing about all the threads saying: Tell me what you really think of me. The lounge had about 30 of them last night. :shrug: I think you put too much thought into the fact that you were the first one to post it.

[Pithlet]

119. Locking.

This has turned into a flamewar.