CONTROVERSY ALERT!!!
I know I'm going to get pilloried for this by some B3tans but fuck it, I'm a big girl and I can take it but....


Am I the only one who can tell the difference between good natured ribbing and piss taking of each other on here and those B3tans who get off on being a cunt under the guise of, 'Oh I was just having a joke'.


I'm off home now so can't reply to anything for a while.
It's quite plain to me the difference in the posts. I wonder if anyone else notices?
( girlinthehole, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:07, 104 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

What have I missed?

(PsychoChomp, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:11, Reply)

Nothing.
Just curious.
( girlinthehole, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:12, Reply)

bi
curious?
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:48, Reply)

Dunno but i think there's gonna be murder
*goes and does the dishes*
*twice*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:12, Reply)

Also
How can you do the dishes when I burnt down your house? Just wondering!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:15, Reply)

No, silly
I'm not at home, I'm on OT. It's a big house. I'm in the kitchen out of the way of the 'iron girder'.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:18, Reply)

Ah I see
Carry on.
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:20, Reply)

I don't notice.
But that's probably on account of being an autist.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:12, Reply)

If you want to have a pop at me
have a pop at me, posting this as a general "I'm so much better than those mean people" statement is a bit sad.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:13, Reply)

Have you finished with that plate?
It's just that I'm doing the dishes. In the kitchen.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:14, Reply)

There there!

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:14, Reply)

not sure she is on about you my old son
it's clear when you are joking and when you are actually being a cunt ;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:18, Reply)

No, she is.
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post515942

and near the end of this one
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post516742
(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:20, Reply)

I'd like to have a pop at you, please.
But I might do it OFFLINE.
( thealternativefact, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:21, Reply)

*trigger fingers*
yeah you would
(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:22, Reply)

:D
It's better when I can touch you.
( thealternativefact, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:24, Reply)

ok, I'll give you that one
that

I know what you are saying though. the initial debate was generally about immigration laws, and the ongoing joke was just that.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:27, Reply)

See ......Vipros knows me better than you.

( girlinthehole, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:54, Reply)

In all honesty I wasn't talking about you.
It's a shame you thought I was.

It says more about you than it does about me.

Edit - I admit that conversation got me thinking, but not about you per se.
( girlinthehole, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:49, Reply)

[witty reply]

( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:13, Reply)

[angry retort]

( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:14, Reply)

[autism joke]

( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:14, Reply)

[POST REMOVED]

( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:14, Reply)

Haaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha

( thealternativefact, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:15, Reply)

Fail, you didn't delete the first post you did in the thread
Leaving all consequent discussion in the lurch.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:21, Reply)

I'm a busy man.

( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:22, Reply)

I guess. There ARE a lot of sheep in Wales.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:23, Reply)

you'd think that
but I lived there for 4 years and never saw one.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:28, Reply)

that's cause
they are underground, powering the country, like hamsters in wheels
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:48, Reply)

Do you have internet
In your new place now? Or is this just another flying visit?

I may have missed you. Slighty.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:15, Reply)

Yeah,
I'm online.
Busy though, what with smoking in the garden wearing aviators and being unemployed.
( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:16, Reply)

keep up the good work!
have you listened to my track yet? ;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:17, Reply)

No.

( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:19, Reply)

Loser

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:28, Reply)

Yes.

( thealternativefact, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:28, Reply)

Wow,
Its a wonder you have time to think, with such a busy schedule.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:18, Reply)

Yeah.

( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:20, Reply)

Are you Hunter S Thompson?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:19, Reply)

No.

( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:19, Reply)

Are you the russian Hunter S Thompson?

(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:21, Reply)

I am not.
For a start I'm not Russian.
Anyway, I'm off to eat cold pizza, smoke more and maybe have a beer.
( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:22, Reply)

and speak russian

(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:23, Reply)

and be monosylabic

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:24, Reply)

To match his monothoughtabicness.
One a day - it's all he can handle.
( thealternativefact, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:26, Reply)

Unless it's about the Hotel Industry, upon which subject he is an expert

(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:26, Reply)

In which hotel should I keep my precious lizard collection?

( thealternativefact, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:28, Reply)

and drain the blood form the necks of innocent virgins

(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:26, Reply)

This...
This I might do.
( Cawl, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:26, Reply)

Well, this is the internet
You have your pick of the virgins.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:44, Reply)

You still have cold pizza???
*cries*

s'not fair! :(
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:29, Reply)

Get your husband to buy you some
It's the least he can do.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:31, Reply)

Haha
This is a good point! The issue here is that DiT does not like cold pizza and gets especially upset with me when I leave some to eat the next day! I have yet to have contracted food poisoning, its all good in da hood as far as I am concerned!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:34, Reply)

doesn't like cold pizza....
and you married him because....?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:36, Reply)

Hahaha
He makes good pie and gives good hugs! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:36, Reply)

Mmmmm
doesn't he just
(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:37, Reply)

You're
wrong in various layers of wrong... you're like an onion of wrongness!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:41, Reply)

What's wrong with appreciating your husbands hugs?
It just shoes you have good taste.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:45, Reply)

Shoes
Who said shoes!?! Stop trying to distract me with shoes!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:46, Reply)

interesting that these are sought after qualities
you've got me hungry for pie now though.

might have to make one while on holiday next week. my pie's take a lot of cooking.

mmmm pie.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:42, Reply)

I am a strange cookie
I know what I like and I like what I know...

Hugs
Cake
Fast Cars
Pie
Sweeties
Cold Pizza
Action Films with Bruce Willis
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:45, Reply)

are you in fact my girlfriend?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:48, Reply)

I was wondering this the other night
She's not pregnant, so the only other conclusion I could come to is that he's secretly got her addicted to smack.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:37, Reply)

WELL ITS NOT
A SECRET ANYMORE!!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:42, Reply)

mmmm smack

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:44, Reply)

Has he ever cried over cold pizza?
If so, can you leave some pizza to go cold and lie in wait with a camera and then post the results on here.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:36, Reply)

Hmmm...
Not that I am aware of, but he might do it when I leave the room??
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:37, Reply)

Pie and cold pizza.
I want Flim and DiT to be my mummy and daddy. I'm older than them but that's ok.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:39, Reply)

Are you older than me?
How old are you??
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:40, Reply)

*whispers*
I is 31. You're in your 20s aren't you? Or maybe you're elderly like moi. I seem to think I know this and haven't made it up though.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:41, Reply)

Ahhhh
You are indeed older, not by much though, I'm 25 DiT is 29... Perhaps you and me should have cold pizza partys when DiT isn't around??
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:44, Reply)

I think it should be a 'Gone Cold Buffet'.
Because I love cold curry too. And cold sausage rolls. And chips. I love anything 'gone cold'. But not corpses.
Do you live anywhere near Liverpool? I could phone Papa John's now, and it'd be cold by the time you got round.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:46, Reply)

Wicked
Because I also like ordering too many chicken balls and then eating them the next day with left over chicken chow mein! Woo!

PARTY!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:48, Reply)

my god...
you ARE my girlfriend!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:48, Reply)

Hahaha
Nope sorry, wrong one... but she sounds awesome, we should be BFF!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:52, Reply)

I'm certain you would get on
except possibly in a fight over the cold chicken balls.


which I may have to record. While drizzling you both with sweet and sour sauce.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:54, Reply)

Ah we seem to have created some sort of B3ta loop
Back to lesbians, most things here seem to start and finish with lesbians!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 17:00, Reply)

Woo!!!!
Not cold soup though.
I'll get on the phone to the takeaway. My flat's a bit burnt, hope you don't mind.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:49, Reply)

Nah that's cool
I've built up an immunity to smoke fumes!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:53, Reply)

No, she's littler than me

(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:44, Reply)

How old are you?

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:49, Reply)

he's the correct age for awesomeness
if I remember rightly
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:50, Reply)

Hehe
Isn't everyone, I know I am! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:54, Reply)

ah, but Al is the same age for awesomeness as me
making it extra awesome.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:54, Reply)

I see.
Bums, I wanna be extra awesome! :(
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:57, Reply)

unfortunately for you
you aren't going to catch us up
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:58, Reply)

Curses
Ruin my day why don't cha!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:59, Reply)

mwahahahahha
and now I'm going home
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 17:02, Reply)

Older than you, but younger than DiT

(Bazongaloid, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:50, Reply)

Al I thought you were well in your 30s
You must suffer from Young Fogie Syndrome like Kaol.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:51, Reply)

Its super hard to offend me properly,
So I don't really notice nastiness.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:17, Reply)

fuck you

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:32, Reply)

Thanks.

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:43, Reply)

the pleasure was all mine ;-)

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:49, Reply)

This is the point where I either
Shake your hand, or high five you, depending on how good it was.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:54, Reply)

I'm a big advocate of the high five
it's got to be done hard though, it's the only way
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:55, Reply)

High five it is then.
*High fives*
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:57, Reply)

The way I see it is that
only a small percentage of communication involves actual words, 7% is the figure most often quoted*. According to some smarter boffins than me, 55% of communication is visual (body language, eye contact, etc.) and 38% is vocal (pitch, speed, volume, tone of voice and so on) so without these visual and aural queues it can be very easy to take something in a way that it wasn't necessarily intended. This combined with B3ta's more relaxed atmosphere can occasionally cause issues.

*Numbers are approximate recollections from a Customer Support Rep course I took a couple of years ago by www.servicestrategies.com/solutions/career-development/scp-career-certification/
(bill, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:31, Reply)

I am offended by your logic
Offended Sir!!
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:36, Reply)

I am very sorry to hear that and would like to assure you that
neither my original post nor its content was in any way intended to offend and you have my sincerest heartfelt apologies. I hope this unfortunate incident will not sully your opinion of our companies products nor the effort we make to ensure that all of our customers problems are fixed in the quickest time possible with an appropriate solution for all parties concerned.

I told you it was from a customer service course!

;-)
(bill, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 17:05, Reply)

Hahaha
Very good! I accept your apology sir! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 9 Sep 2009, 17:07, Reply)

That may be part of it but I guess I sometimes feel like I'm the only one that can see the Emperor has no clothes on.

( girlinthehole, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:51, Reply)

I've never agreed with those statistics anyway
what you say is far far more than just 7% of communication.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 16:53, Reply)

Oh well, I expected to be flamed but it soon resorted to silliness : )

( girlinthehole, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 17:01, Reply)

Welcome to b3ta
where half the time the complete opposite happens.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 17:13, Reply)