He’s just got a tan.

It’s difficult to clearly express an opinion, let alone emotions. Rage is not a word that describes my current state of mind. The words I would use are “somewhat annoyed”. What annoys me, primarily, is the difficulty of communicating. Secondly, it is the incessant babble of people who want to trade the Blazers’ young talent, or who continue to criticize players for being concerned with their own careers, etc. Third, it is trolls and other harder-to-categorize people whose reasons for posting what they do are not benign. Partly because of such considerations, but for other reasons besides, I’m increasingly feeling that it would be good to spend my time on more interesting and important things, of which there’s no shortage.

I don’t see this little exchange as being very important. It merely provided a convenient context in which to say I’m tired of this. It’s just not very satisfying. I love the Blazers. I’m amused by what a lot of you folks write. I think some of you would be fun people to hang out with if I were younger, lived near Portland, and wasn’t busy juggling the responsibilities of work, school, marriage — and — taking care of my mom.

Good night.

I understand the joke was likely just a nonsensical, “meaningless” joke that wasn’t intended to harm and was, most likely, just being silly.

BUT, if you don’t know someone, you can’t expect the other person to get or be happy about that sort of joke. Ya just gotta know the person a little bit before doin’ stuff like that. Without building a relationship with the poster and doing a joke like that, you’re more likely to insult them.

Just… try to know the person before engaging in jocularity that is based around mock-insults. Ya know? I can’t blame Catman2 for being slightly annoyed with someone he doesn’t know responding with a “yo momma” joke.

Morty, not trying to scold, but trying to help ease the tension.

It’s great to stand up for someone, but don’t insult dyshooter while doing so.

Love.

passive aggression and someone trying to make reasonable comments to something they take exception to while trying to explain their reasons. At no time did Catman make hostile comments. There’s nothing wrong with being civil.

It can be tough to know what is intended with jokes, and I’ve gotten in trouble plenty of times with silly stuff that didn’t come across right, or came across right and was just taken wrong.

This is one of the best things about Blazers Edge… we can have an argument/misunderstanding, but still be able to explain ourselves and hopefully resolve the issue and remain friends (not to speak for Catman2 of course).

These sort of things can happen from misunderstandings, different senses of humor (or plain just not liking a joke), lack of vocal inflection in text, etc. I know over in the Junk Drawer we get in the habit of doing silly jokes that often don’t mean anything, so I’m sure you didn’t “mean” anything by it.

Still, I get why Catman2 would be bugged by it, and I’m glad you wrote what you wrote, Dyshooter.

Morty

Like Mortimer said above. Just make sure you have an understanding with someone before telling a joke like that.

A-hem…. I guess I was a bit grumpy yesterday. Thanks for your classy apology, though none should’ve been needed under the circumstances. On the other hand, I did snipe at you with the 12-year-old remark. It was uncalled for, and I’m sorry.

I wasn’t really bent out of shape by what you wrote. As I hinted above, I’ve been struggling to figure out what it is I want to get out of Blazers Edge, and for a guy like me, who really does think things couldn’t be better with the team, there’s not very much I can contribute that would interest most people.

I’ve quit getting involved in political or religious flame wars discussions and since we’ve had the moderators I don’t bother feeding rebuking the trolls. Maybe I should just avoid talking about basketball, too. Lessee, what would that leave? Hmm…. Cake recipes? Your momma jokes? I’ll have to think of something.

Take care

And for what it’s worth, people can make jokes about my mom all they want.

For one, I know they aren’t true.

And for another, she’s been dead for many years and is past caring about such mundane stuff.

(In case you needed a third – she’s also much closer to God and therefore better positioned to whisper a comment in his ear, if one is warranted. Therefore nothing is required on my part.)

Twinkies have an INFINITE shelf life.

I have never heard of a twinkie that ever spoiled……..they just take on new flavors. ;-)

The Hostess people come every week and change everything out. Twinkies actually spoil pretty fast… as fast as any other cake does. They’re just sponge cake and gross filling, after all.

Hostess was pretty strict about making sure everything was fresh. And that stuff doesn’t just go to another mini-mart; it goes to a expired Hostess treats discount store where you can get any of the things they sell for super cheap because it has (or is about to) expire. We used to go to one as a kid in central Oregon.

When I see injustice, I must act to defend the honor of those being injusticeded. Your words wound Twinkies and their honorable makers, Hostess, and I hope you learn more about mass-produced pastry items before you speak on a NBA blog again.

Twinkie the Kid says, “Miled, please remember your words have meaning and you’ve hurt me but I forgive you”.

Mortimer

Like Duff from guns n rosesAce of Cakes!