Butch opened this issue on Feb 19, 2003 ยท 30 posts
xoconostle posted Thu, 20 February 2003 at 12:53 AM
OK, but you should understand that there was nothing in the "tone" of the first post which made it clear that you were joking. As you know, people get all hot and bothered about the silliest things here, so I thought this was another case of that sort of thing. (Are you the artist who posted those renders under a different 'nym? If not, was this really fair to that person?) I'm hardly a humorless guy, and irony usually isn't lost on me. I can be pretty darn cynical myself. Having read your confession, it seems that in fact we agree. (Oops.) But again, there was nothing (at first) to clue us in on your joke, so in the end it looks like you set us up for the sort of defensive reactions that ensued, which is, in a word, trolling. I took too much time to send my response, so we "cross-posted." I didn't see your explanation until I'd sent my l'il rebuke. Oh well, time to move on. Next time I'll know better when I see a Butch screed. :-) BTW I think Playboy bunnies are cute, too. I think I'll go read some Faulkner, now...