Letsrun is ruining my social skills

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14 years ago 09/06/2009 3:13pm EDT

I have come to realize lately that I am more of a dick to people, and this is probably in large part to reading letsrun so much. Every time someone says anything, they are immediately berated as shown in the Manzano 3:33 thread:

hmmmmmmm wrote:
people like you really suck...
when something good happens, what is it that makes you feel it is necessary, with zero prompting, to point out something negative...
had someone said, Manzano ran 3:33 and has a flawless championship record, I would understand...however this thread was about nothing except his pr yet you felt the need to come on here and bash him...
you must lead a miserable existence...my sympathies

That thread degenerated in what may be record timing. I started talking to people as though I was on letsrun and lost all my friends :(

14 years ago 09/06/2009 7:13pm EDT

re: doo doo

Its funny. I just started back into following long distance running about a year ago. Before I followed football and baseball and was on several message boards discussing those sports.

I found this site a few months ago and had the notion that people would be more intelligent and respectful in their posts than football fans. I guess I just had the stereotype of long distance runners being more civilized and all.

I've been very surprised to see that is not the case at all. There are far more smart ass responses then I have seen on any other site. And it can be outright weird on top of that.

Not that its necessarily bad. There is some substance on this board. And its kind of good to have a place to be free and mouth off and say whatever you want.

I'm just surprised.

14 years ago 09/06/2009 7:28pm EDT

re: doo doo

Since I started posting here, I've been correcting people's grammar on a regular basis. For some reason, I don't get invited to many parties anymore.

14 years ago 09/06/2009 7:29pm EDT

re: Ryan Foreman

That's what you get for stereotyping people, fool.

14 years ago 09/06/2009 7:41pm EDT

re: Frank at the Hub

To be candid, since the inception of my posting here, it has become more clear to be that the chasm in intellectual capacity between myself and others has become such that I can no longer bite my tongue, despite a fondness for its taste. I am a genius and a prophet, and compared to me almost all of you who make predictions are like Nostradumbass: you're pissing in the wind. Nobody does it better than Chet, makes me feel sad for the rest.

14 years ago 09/06/2009 8:03pm EDT

re: Bear of Bad News

Bear of Bad News wrote:
Since I started posting here, I've been correcting people's grammar on a regular basis. For some reason, I don't get invited to many parties anymore.

I know what you mean. Ever since I've started reading these threads I've accused every runner that is faster than me of PED's.

14 years ago 09/06/2009 8:31pm EDT

re: Frank at the Hub

Frank at the Hub wrote:
That's what you get for stereotyping people, fool.

I know. Its a terrible punishment.

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