Damned if I do, damned if I don't...
Sometimes, I regret ever having the idea to create the Cell. Sometimes, it's more trouble than it's worth and at times it's been way more of an emotional drain than it really needs to be, although perhaps that's only because, at those times, I allowed it to be an emotional drain. But you know, I've found that it does get easier to handle over time
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But I realize, of course, that some people just can't handle that whole cliqueish attitude that some people have. But really, if your solution is just to "bail" rather than to confront these way-too-serious, tunnel-visioned people who irritate you, then you're really not doing any good, are you? And if you're not doing anything to counteract the tendency to take things too seriously, then you don't really have a right to complain when people DO take the whole thing too seriously, do you? See, that's what bothers me. People bail without doing anything to counteract the cliquey people...and then proceed to complain in journals or chat or whatever about the people who caused them to bail. Makes no sense to me. I mean, I understand if you just don't want to deal with the whole thing and decide to bail. But, like I said, it really does no good to then complain about your experience if you don't actually do anything about it.
'Course, from personal experience, even if you do do something about it, you're not likely to get far, either, but...Well, hey, at least you can say that you tried. And then you have a legitimate excuse to complain, too...
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With that in mind, you're damn right I'm going to bail, ta ta, because I'm not helping myself to a plateload of pretentious gungholier-than-thou messageboard fisticuffs :). The cliquey people just aren't worth the aggravation. They really aren't. Frankly, I've got enough on my plate to deal with in regards to real life problems like work and deadlines and bills to bother making the internet an Ethically Safe Place for online people I barely know outside of a quirky icon and a Hilarious Nickname. Cartoon robots from the eighties aren't worth that kind of hassle, and neither are their groupies. If they were to follow me to work and shake my monkey tree, then sure, I'll roll back my sleeves and do a little pube punching, but ha, no, sorry, online Transformers message board? Sorry, but I'd rather trim my life of petty avoidable stresses and swallow my pride and suffer the disapproving gaze of the moral denmothers by just crawling away, rather than staying behind to fight the Good Fight for no other reason than giving my principles a nice shiny gloss. I have no conceits where it comes to accepting without question that my opinion is a mouse's fart in a hurricane when it comes to something as massive and indiscriminating as a fandom. It may not do the community any good for me to bail without doing anything, but it sure goes a long way in keeping me sane while the offline world dirty dances on my digits. I pick my fights carefully, and sure, some things are worth fighting for, an attitude which seems to be all the rage these days. Other things aren’t, because they’re just… stupid. Crusading for the right thing should be taken seriously- historically speaking complaining has been a luxury that is nice and accessible to the smelly masses, like myself, with no legitimate excuse needed, and if it's baseless, well, my ego is humble enough that I can grit your teeth and take my well deserved lumps.
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And, hey, I didn't say that you didn't do the right thing in bailing. If you feel that's what you needed to do for whatever reason, noble or ignoble, then you needed to do it. If you don't want to get involved, if you don't want to say what you think and try to combat cliqueishness and thus get your hands dirty and have to argue with people, then so be it. I can even understand it; sometimes I wish I didn't feel so compelled to get my hands dirty in that way. All I'm saying is that if you bailed for whatever reason, then you've got no right to complain about the state of the fandom in general or the Cell or how it's run or the people who inhabit it or any other aspect about it. Moreover, it really shouldn't matter to you, should it? But then again, as I said, apparently it does matter and apparently it matters quite a bit...
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In any case, complain all you like. I'm still not entirely sure why it apparently matters to you so much, but...Well, to each their own. I'm sorry if the Cell's yelling is keeping you awake at night. Unfortunately, there isn't much that I can do about it, aside from what I'm already doing.
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But hey, while we're on the subject of combating clique snottery, just whose prize idea was it to change Lunatron's title to "Hypocritically Nit-Picky"? I'm guessing either an admin or mod, given my limited understanding of how that sort of official board control works... and while I take a look at her original comment and find myself privately agreeing that it's not entirely unwarranted, that title change still comes across as a low, cheap, dirty, sneaky blow to the crotch. Unless, of course, that was her original title before all of this hit the fan (which a quick question to Luna herself would easily confirm, I suppose), in which case I apologise for giving you the stink eye and for my unvoiced suspicions of another kind of balls out hypocrisy happening.
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Bonus points for being too pussy to post your own damn name in your comments too.
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And...I was defensive? Where, might I ask, was I defensive? I merely asked why you were so concerned about the situation if, indeed, you had "bailed" from the Cell and considered petty arguing about Transformers not worthy of your attention, as you'd claimed in your comments. I wanted to know why it mattered to you in the slightest what went on on a board that you claimed to have abandoned. You have never answered any of my questions. Thus, I sense that you are merely attempting to tick me off with your baiting. I assure you that it will not happen.
As for Lunatron's title, as Dinogrrl said, it was given to her quite a while ago, and the wording of her title was entirely at her own request, as you'll see if you take a look at the thread to which Dinogrrl referred you. So, as Dinogrrl said, I suggest you do a bit of research before you spout off wild accusations. And, again, I find it interesting that you even knew what her title was, given that you had, as you said, "bailed" from the Cell.
As for my "angsting"...Believe me, that wasn't angst. Not that I'm incapable of angsting, mind you, for I am very much capable of doing so. But that was not angst. That was merely contemplation. Nor am I engaging in protracted arguing with anyone here, unless you're counting my discussion with you. As I said elsewhere, there are times when events prompt me to contemplate things that are going on or have been going on in my life. This was simply one of them. What is a journal for if not for documenting one's contemplations?
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