Would you post anonymously?

[NGene]

Continuing from this thread (http://www.intpcentral.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=792). The idea is this: We'll have a forum where the members can post anonymously, so basicelly it'd mean people could say whatever is in their mind without the need to face the consequences.

I personally don't like the idea, but I'll do what the community wants, so go ahead and vote in the poll.

[Claverhouse]

I voted anonymously.

[cloakable]

I voted anonymously.

No you didn't. But you would like to. :D

[SensEye]

I would never post there.

There is nothing I disrespect more than the hypocrisy exhibited by those who have to hide behind anonymity because they can't (or are scared) to defend their positions.

Such behaviour is diametrically opposed to INTP nature in my opinion.

[shaytana]

We need a I dont care, or No opinion at this time option

[Avengardh]

Meh.

It will be entertaining if it's done, it not, it's fine by me too.

[booyalab]

I completely agree with SensEye. But I'd also like to add: WHAT consequences from what we say? Does anyone actually care if someone on here gets offended? Because, in my opinion, that's the only conceivable consequence of posting on a forum.

Let me do an experiment to test this:

I am currently naked and partaking in an orgy with 12 eskimo midgets. Would anyone like to join me? After we are done we will use illegal drugs and sing explicit lyrics while driving in our gas-guzzling SUVs over the speed limit near the local elementary school at about the time that the small children are getting out.

[s]

You, too?!

[cloakable]

Gee, we even have lifestyles in common!

[s]

Amazing isn't it?

*snorting an illegal chemical substance off an eskimos' tatas*

[cloakable]

Okay, I'll reverse my previous position. We don't really need an anonymous forum, cause as far as I can tell, INTP's are unshockable.

Reversing my previous position? I must be on illegal drugs!

*takes more*

[Ckyzxr]

I completely agree with SensEye. But I'd also like to add: WHAT consequences from what we say? Does anyone actually care if someone on here gets offended? Because, in my opinion, that's the only conceivable consequence of posting on a forum.

Let me do an experiment to test this:

I am currently naked and partaking in an orgy with 12 eskimo midgets. Would anyone like to join me? After we are done we will use illegal drugs and sing explicit lyrics while driving in our gas-guzzling SUVs over the speed limit near the local elementary school at about the time that the small children are getting out.

This is why, I'm here... I can't tell if you are seriously trying to be offensive or are wielding sarcasm to try "play offend". I am prone to think that you are being sarcastic, but then that might offend you if you were really thinking that situation might be offensive. In which case I might be offended because you thought my sensitivities were so tame. Wait...no...yeah...uhh...

Heehee...you just reminded of how fun it is to watch people fume when I blurt out something just to watch them burn with fury over something ridiculously stupid and incosequential. :devil:

[s]

Where's Mister-too-quiet-to-order-at-Subway? Upotmk... he is quite good at being offensive.

[Claverhouse]

It has been pointed out by another that we are already anonymous. I don't have anything to say that I wouldn't post as Claverhouse.

[ Or under my own name either. 'Tell the Truth and shame the Devil' is a good brutish trait ].



Claverhouse :ph34r:

[SensEye]

Where's Mister-too-quiet-to-order-at-Subway? Upotmk... he is quite good at being offensive.

Given that he exhibits this without, er.., additional anonymity, I think we can conclude what his position here will be.

[booyalab]

I completely agree with SensEye. But I'd also like to add: WHAT consequences from what we say? Does anyone actually care if someone on here gets offended? Because, in my opinion, that's the only conceivable consequence of posting on a forum.

Let me do an experiment to test this:

I am currently naked and partaking in an orgy with 12 eskimo midgets. Would anyone like to join me? After we are done we will use illegal drugs and sing explicit lyrics while driving in our gas-guzzling SUVs over the speed limit near the local elementary school at about the time that the small children are getting out.

This is why, I'm here... I can't tell if you are seriously trying to be offensive or are wielding sarcasm to try "play offend". I am prone to think that you are being sarcastic, but then that might offend you if you were really thinking that situation might be offensive. In which case I might be offended because you thought my sensitivities were so tame. Wait...no...yeah...uhh...

Heehee...you just reminded of how fun it is to watch people fume when I blurt out something just to watch them burn with fury over something ridiculously stupid and incosequential. :devil:

Who was burning with fury? (ambiguous pronouns!) The problem I see here is not with 'trying' or 'not trying' to offend people. The problem is in trying to perceive what emotions people are experiencing on-line and modifying the things you say accordingly. Obviously I was being facetious, and maybe you were too, I don't know, (in fact I dont even know where you come into this...the only post I know of related to this topic is THIS one) anyways.. in my joke I was trying to make the point that the only people who would find what I said offensive, are people that probably need a life anyways. Plus there could be outside factors that are making them sensitive, or maybe they're not even offended but are being weirdly sarcastic..because they dont want to admit they might otherwise be offended. See! you can drive yourself crazy over the reasons why people might be offended. I'm gonna go bang my head repeatedly against the wall now.

[nobarcode]

I wouldn't post anonymously. I think Div. just started the whole thing as a joke. I think it's funny this discussion is still going on (in two threads no less) and I imagine Div. is getting a kick out of it as well.

[booyalab]

It's good to talk about this stuff, so we can weed out the intp-wannabes

[Boozer]

The only place I can see people here getting heated is over politics or religion. But I still voted no, if this amount of anonimity isn't enough then you can always create a throwaway account or something.

[Boozer]

Lol INTP wannabes, yeah right...

[booyalab]

hey you never know! INTPs are damn sexy, who wouldnt want to be one?

[s]

Where's Mister-too-quiet-to-order-at-Subway? Upotmk... he is quite good at being offensive.

Given that he exhibits this without, er.., additional anonymity, I think we can conclude what his position here will be.

Yea, I just like giving him hell any chance I get. :devil:

Oh, and I was hoping he would pop in with a tourrettes fit. :D

INTP's are DAMN sexy.

[jimkopelli]

I'm also gonna have to go with indifference. If we end up with one (though the numbers appear to be against it), I might try it out, but I probably wouldn't frequent it.

Motion thirded.

[Ckyzxr]

I completely agree with SensEye. But I'd also like to add: WHAT consequences from what we say? Does anyone actually care if someone on here gets offended? Because, in my opinion, that's the only conceivable consequence of posting on a forum.

Let me do an experiment to test this:

I am currently naked and partaking in an orgy with 12 eskimo midgets. Would anyone like to join me? After we are done we will use illegal drugs and sing explicit lyrics while driving in our gas-guzzling SUVs over the speed limit near the local elementary school at about the time that the small children are getting out.

This is why, I'm here... I can't tell if you are seriously trying to be offensive or are wielding sarcasm to try "play offend". I am prone to think that you are being sarcastic, but then that might offend you if you were really thinking that situation might be offensive. In which case I might be offended because you thought my sensitivities were so tame. Wait...no...yeah...uhh...

Heehee...you just reminded of how fun it is to watch people fume when I blurt out something just to watch them burn with fury over something ridiculously stupid and incosequential. :devil:

Who was burning with fury? (ambiguous pronouns!) The problem I see here is not with 'trying' or 'not trying' to offend people. The problem is in trying to perceive what emotions people are experiencing on-line and modifying the things you say accordingly. Obviously I was being facetious, and maybe you were too, I don't know, (in fact I dont even know where you come into this...the only post I know of related to this topic is THIS one) anyways.. in my joke I was trying to make the point that the only people who would find what I said offensive, are people that probably need a life anyways. Plus there could be outside factors that are making them sensitive, or maybe they're not even offended but are being weirdly sarcastic..because they dont want to admit they might otherwise be offended. See! you can drive yourself crazy over the reasons why people might be offended. I'm gonna go bang my head repeatedly against the wall now.

Given my obsessive drive to clarify, I must.

"Burning with fury" pertains to those in the general population who take themselves, their beliefs, and life much too seriously to enjoy it. Which, in turn, drives me to tap wildly on their sensitivity buttons.

I was being facetious, and trying to be funny. I guess I need more practice (like that would help :rolleyes: )

:banghead: Doesn't the insistent banging annoy the neighbors? It annoys my wife and I just have to fix the wall later anyways. :banghead:

[booyalab]

it's calming, and I don't care about second-hand head banging. No one's forcing them to be my neighbors.

[s]

I completely agree with SensEye. But I'd also like to add: WHAT consequences from what we say? Does anyone actually care if someone on here gets offended? Because, in my opinion, that's the only conceivable consequence of posting on a forum.

Let me do an experiment to test this:

I am currently naked and partaking in an orgy with 12 eskimo midgets. Would anyone like to join me? After we are done we will use illegal drugs and sing explicit lyrics while driving in our gas-guzzling SUVs over the speed limit near the local elementary school at about the time that the small children are getting out.

This is why, I'm here... I can't tell if you are seriously trying to be offensive or are wielding sarcasm to try "play offend". I am prone to think that you are being sarcastic, but then that might offend you if you were really thinking that situation might be offensive. In which case I might be offended because you thought my sensitivities were so tame. Wait...no...yeah...uhh...

Heehee...you just reminded of how fun it is to watch people fume when I blurt out something just to watch them burn with fury over something ridiculously stupid and incosequential. :devil:

Who was burning with fury? (ambiguous pronouns!) The problem I see here is not with 'trying' or 'not trying' to offend people. The problem is in trying to perceive what emotions people are experiencing on-line and modifying the things you say accordingly. Obviously I was being facetious, and maybe you were too, I don't know, (in fact I dont even know where you come into this...the only post I know of related to this topic is THIS one) anyways.. in my joke I was trying to make the point that the only people who would find what I said offensive, are people that probably need a life anyways. Plus there could be outside factors that are making them sensitive, or maybe they're not even offended but are being weirdly sarcastic..because they dont want to admit they might otherwise be offended. See! you can drive yourself crazy over the reasons why people might be offended. I'm gonna go bang my head repeatedly against the wall now.

Given my obsessive drive to clarify, I must.

"Burning with fury" pertains to those in the general population who take themselves, their beliefs, and life much too seriously to enjoy it. Which, in turn, drives me to tap wildly on their sensitivity buttons.

I was being facetious, and trying to be funny. I guess I need more practice (like that would help :rolleyes: )

:banghead: Doesn't the insistent banging annoy the neighbors? It annoys my wife and I just have to fix the wall later anyways. :banghead:

I got your humour.

[booyalab]

oh

[booyalab]

kaaaaaaay

[s]

Very funny.

[Utopmk]

I may be silent when it comes to matters of small talk, but irl I have been known to speak my mind on things I feel strongly about. My UN is hardly anonymous. Anything I would say here, I would say to your face. I am not in favor.

On being offensive: Honesty is all it takes. There are rare occasions, with certain self proclaimed (politically correct) "iconoclasts" where I feel pleasure in knowing that I can be as offensive as I want. I know that there is nothing the old bag can do about it, me being completely unaffected by any counter attack. I can take things as far as they need to go...


As horrible as my posts are, atleast I have the balls to claim them as my own. I think that if there were an anonymous forum, it would be abused and manipulated (users pretending to be other users ect..) to the point of utter tragedy. Everyone would be sorry, mark my words.

Oh yeah..the anonymous thing...




Michael Porter
3565 Lorna Road, Hoover, AL 35226
United States

[cloakable]

INTP's are DAMN sexy.

Danm right!

[Niflheimian]

Even the older ones.

[candela]

Aren't we pretty much posting anonymously anyway? OH NO! YOU KNOW MY INTERNET HANDLE FOR THIS SPECIFIC FORUM!

[Avengardh]

Aren't we pretty much posting anonymously anyway? OH NO! YOU KNOW MY INTERNET HANDLE FOR THIS SPECIFIC FORUM!

Heh, that made me laugh.

And I agree.

Just cause they saw your picture doesn't mean they are going to hunt you down. Hopefully :D

~*Aven*~

[Division56]

Aren't we pretty much posting anonymously anyway? OH NO! YOU KNOW MY INTERNET HANDLE FOR THIS SPECIFIC FORUM!


*looks up ip address* ;)

[s]

Michael Porter
3565 Lorna Road, Hoover, AL 35226
United States

I thought you said, "I am glad I left the South."

[Division56]

Michael Porter
3565 Lorna Road, Hoover, AL 35226
United States

I thought you said, "I am glad I left the South."


That was me. ;)

[s]

Oh... so it was.

[Melody]

it's calming, and I don't care about second-hand head banging. No one's forcing them to be my neighbors.
:rofl:

Like Utompk, I stand by my words and consider myself powerful. You aren't getting my address, though. I am too sexy and would therefore get a ton of love mail from all the ladies in da fora. Not only that, if you somehow hunted me down, I would scare u at least thirty-three times as much as you could possibly scare me bcuz I'm wicked sharp and have a car in which I could drive away from u really quick. I could also drive around u in a tiny circle and cause u to bcome asphyxiated with smog.

[s]

*note to self: stop messing with Melody... he is going to snap*

[Division56]

*note to self: stop messing with Melody... he is going to snap*


*agrees*

*starts taking bets on melody's sanity*

[candela]

*looks up ip address* ;)
*uses proxy*
Actually, I wouldn't ever bother with that, but I know a lot of people that always used them because of being banned from forums so often.

[Melody]

*note to self: stop messing with Melody... he is going to snap*


*agrees*

*starts taking bets on melody's sanity*

*acts startled and confused* uh? eh?

[purple13]

I don't know. He seems pretty sane to me. * stares into space *

[s]

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/party-smiley-004.gif

[purple13]

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/party-smiley-004.gif

<_< (maybe I should use that as my avatar?!)

[s]

Right click and it is yours.

[Six]

must be an INTP-"party-smiley"... :D

[s]

Yea, if I am not liquored up... that IS me at a party!

[Boozer]

lol me too. If I am liquored up, I'll just sit on the couch and read/peel the label.

[Partisan]

^_^