Quote: Huge Bear @ December 4 2008, 8:20 AM GMTThere are some very brave people on here. I take my hat off to you all.
There are indeed 
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Speaking of the lottery, I just realized that I forgot to buy a ticket for tonight's $146 million drawing. Guess I'll have to drag my ass into the office on Monday. 
I had to take one of those lame "personal health" classes at university right after I got out of the Army at age 26. One week we studied stress and depression and the professor made us take a lengthy questionnaire about our personal stress and depression levels. A score of 30+ indicated that you were under tremendous stress, likely to be depressed and should be kept away from sharp objects. My score was something like 140; I ticked almost every box. Within the previous 6 months I'd been divorced, become a single parent, left my job, enrolled in college, had a loved one die, moved to a new city, etc. The professor actually took me aside and asked if I needed help. 
The only thing which annoys me about I'm Alan Partridge series 2, is that I had become suicidally depressed and had driven up to Scotland before Alan did. Seriously. OK, I had my shoes intact and no Toblerone addiction, but it actually happened - a long story. I drove around Scotland for 2 weeks before driving back to England. I was definitely "clinically fed-up". The good news for those who are depressed, is that life WILL always get better. It's all about whether people realise that soon enough. Take care.
Quote: DaButt @ December 6 2008, 1:23 AM GMTSpeaking of the lottery, I just realized that I forgot to buy a ticket for tonight's $146 million drawing. Guess I'll have to drag my ass into the office on Monday.
I had to take one of those lame "personal health" classes at university right after I got out of the Army at age 26. One week we studied stress and depression and the professor made us take a lengthy questionnaire about our personal stress and depression levels. A score of 30+ indicated that you were under tremendous stress, likely to be depressed and should be kept away from sharp objects. My score was something like 140; I ticked almost every box. Within the previous 6 months I'd been divorced, become a single parent, left my job, enrolled in college, had a loved one die, moved to a new city, etc. The professor actually took me aside and asked if I needed help.
Did he right his will and call 911 first?
Apologies can't resist a cheap shot and all that.
Quote: sootyj @ December 6 2008, 1:44 AM GMTDid he right his will and call 911 first?
We were drinking beer at the nearest bar a few weeks later. Along with a few lovely coeds. I think it's time to enroll again ...
The problem with these internet forums is that whenever a serious issue is raised, you realise that most people commenting are not emotionally equipped to deal with it. Not wanting to sound pompous - I am a cynical c**t - but I find the internet (most of the time) a place to go to be surrounded with people you suspect you'd edge away from in real-life due to the stench of shit they'd eminate, sitting beside you on the bus/train/ski-lift/dodgem.
People are so bloody confident and "in-their-element" on the internet, who wouldn't have the guts to argue with my 60+ Mum (with her hip replacement and her post-modern Holocaust angst Jewishness) in real life.
Comic Book Guy from 'The Simpsons' is possibly the most satirical character in the show. Most... depressively-futile-character... ever!
I've met dozens of people online and none of them turned out to be people I'd avoid on the street. Maybe I've just been lucky, but many of them have become good friends.
Quote: DaButt @ December 6 2008, 2:11 AM GMTI've met dozens of people online and none of them turned out to be people I'd avoid on the street. Maybe I've just been lucky, but many of them have become good friends.
To clarify, my point really is (if there is one) is that I can joke about anything, just I hate it when a solemn topic is made light-of, i.e. some c**t making a joke in a serious thread when it is obvious that they haven't anything more to offer than an unfunny flippant comment. Learn to shut-up, hold your tongue. If you haven't the sympathy or imagination to say something supportive, go and write a BBC Three sitcom pilot. Then moan when it's not commissioned. (We all know the type of person I am talking about.)
Tim, I think you're being ridiculous. Everybody has their own reasons for coming on.
Mine - one, because I know the venerable editor of this site, (Mark) and he is a genuinely lovely guy. He certainly does not smell of shit. (I've met another one too, Dan, equally excellent).
And following on from that, because I'm away all the time and it's a nice way of keeping in touch. I've never been on any other forum, time doesn't allow.
This is a comedy site. Even when serious topics are posted someone's always going to make a joke at some point. Conversely I got a little serious and mildly irritated at Lead Balloon's Magda being over-stereotyped and quite legitimately got told off!
You're right about one thing - people who get aggressive on here and then when you meet them in real life would shrivel if you poked them in the chest. But that's only some of them. Like people on dating sites who exaggerate their attributes...
Damn it, stop bellyaching. Go to a BSG meet, then post again.
F**k, you've got me going now Walker. There's another thing I like about this place - genuine people, genuine characters. Here's a few of the females: Ellie, Laura (zooo), Ruby Snowdrop, Robyn (scatters), JuliaC and Finck - six of the best, every one different, every one interesting. Just nice people as well.
So you get some dross and undesirables floating through too...
Quote: Tim Walker @ December 6 2008, 2:34 AM GMTTo clarify, my point really is (if there is one) is that I can joke about anything, just I hate it when a solemn topic is made light-of, i.e. some c**t making a joke in a serious thread when it is obvious that they haven't anything more to offer than an unfunny flippant comment.
That's you though. I don't think I could hold a serious discussion for more than a couple of minutes if people weren't allowed to make jokes. I think you'd have a point if we were on a forum centred around helping people cope with depression, but we're on a comedy forum. Joking is probably the default nature of most people on here, or we can at least agree that we share a love of comedy.
In summation if you want to have a serious discussion then surely try another forum? If you want a discussion punctuated by jokes, innuendo and a light-handed approach to life then continue post here?
Quote: Huge Bear @ December 6 2008, 8:51 AM GMT
So you get some dross and undesirables floating through too...
Yeh but Aaron runs the place so can't really complain
Quote: Tim Walker @ December 6 2008, 2:34 AM GMTTo clarify, my point really is (if there is one) is that I can joke about anything, just I hate it when a solemn topic is made light-of, i.e. some c**t making a joke in a serious thread when it is obvious that they haven't anything more to offer than an unfunny flippant comment. Learn to shut-up, hold your tongue. If you haven't the sympathy or imagination to say something supportive, go and write a BBC Three sitcom pilot. Then moan when it's not commissioned. (We all know the type of person I am talking about.)
We all deal with diferent things in diferent ways and for some of us that's through comedy. And this is after all a comedy site.
I love the way even the most serious discussions dip between true feeling and emotion and awful puns.
In a comedy forum there are no taboos, no subjects beyond being mocked.
Or should we have a sad clown emoticon by threads which aren't supposed to be funny?
One of the evenings I had the most laughs was when I visited the father of a friend of mine who'd died tragically young. The laughter made it easier, it was also a much more realistic way of remembering him.
Suggesting some threads aren't suitable for humor, is a level of pomposity worthy of the Pope.
And as for flippant unfunny comments. Comedy is always in the eye of the beholder.
Quote: Tim Walker @ December 6 2008, 2:34 AM GMTLearn to shut-up, hold your tongue.
The pot! The kettle! The blackness!
Quote: David Bussell @ December 6 2008, 11:11 AM GMTThe pot! The kettle! The blackness!
