No one trick or treats around here, all the houses that typically have lights on at night were pitch black last night.
Yeah, I didn't think you would get it. Probably on me for poorly explaining it . I was on my phone and didn't proofread. Its not about deleting. I actually don't care for that. Its about calling out in public problem children that initiate the back and forth by intentionally poking and jabbing. Again, I don't just mean by mods, I mean by anyone witnessing it. Anyhow, everything I have done has been in retaliation. The one who started everything, is a "hero" of sorts around here and his behavior is encouraged by many in the forum. The bulk of the forum is biased based on the long history they have with him, But I care not about history. For example, I'm only back now because Cup and I have been talking ( very positively in private) Something you suggested to me to do with HCP long ago and I did, and that guy turned and through it in my face and made it sound like I stalked him. Then made it sound like I tried to get him fired. These things were never refuted and when it comes to things like that, I take them serious. Im not saying you or anyone had to, but SOMEONE... ANYONE, other than me, stepping up and telling him he is wrong, would have been nice. That's why I believe many here are biased. In the private message, No one refuted his words of me ruining the forum, so after some thought, yeah, I went back at him and made my points, because no one else stepped up and said, "wait a minute HCP, this isnt true. He does some good things here too". That lack of speaking up leads me to believe everyone in that message agreed with him. Let me put it another way. If someone on here said you were a shitty mod and were ruining the forum, I would ABSOLUTELY speak up in your defense. It would be the right thing to do in my opinion. No need to beat a dead horse. I don't plan on changing anyone's opinion, nor do I desire to. But if people are going to speak up about rights and wrongs, then they should do it publicly to the guy who tries, or used to try, to stir more shit up than anyone. The end result is the feud has been going on for years, but whenever anyone outside of the feud gets involved, its to go at me, not at him, yet he instigates 99%.. or used to. And you know what? All he had to do was what Cup is doing now and i'm sure it would have all worked out. But after he tried to publicly slander me? Yeah ,I have no respect for that bullshit and frankly was put off by not one person stepping up in my defense. If you aren't able to see all private messages then I apologize. Stren eluded that he could see them all, but I never clarified what he meant. This place isn't the place for me. I have a big mouth and don't keep it shut when I see crap going on. I think i'm turning a lightbulb on for the crapper, but in reality i'm just piling onto the crap. Then you combine that with many people thinking i'm a whiner or whatever because of it, shows me how much people encourage the crap. But demean me for the same crap. This isnt just mods or mods, its just this site in general. Many posters encourage HCP's older behavior( he has been better) to thew chagrin of his victims and then shit on the victims when they fling shit back. Its really a playground that was created by this role play tough guy shit. IM an old man. I graduated many many years ago. If I wanted to play the bully playground shit, Id go back to school. And in that by him, I ruin the forum. Now you can break this down all you want, but the facts are I had a great time here and had zero issues with anyone for the first 6 months. Then bam someone out of the blue shows up, tossing his weight around here and I had no clue who he was. He never once reached out to say hey man, i'm only joking. People need to take responsibility for their own actions or lack of. This is what has also killed the forum for me. Nobody is perfect, but there are a few who act like their shit don't stink, when it clearly does stink just like everyone else's. This continual attitude of i'm better than you, has worn me thinner than I care for. As long as that behavior is accepted and encouraged, this is not a place for me. I mean a fucking video editor for a sports team. Yeah that constitutes the right to treat people like peons when you don't even know them and your first words to them are demeaning and degrading. Kidding or not, you don't kid like that to strangers. So he manifested this crap and no one called him out on it in public. Ever. They just got on me for whining. The ONLY time I have seen HCP get called out is a forced thing after someone else gets upset or whatever, but never have I seen HCP make one of his degrading statements at someone and have a mod call him out prior to someone else calling him out first and frankly, I don't recall ANYONE calling him out. I did what you suggested and tried to make peace and he tossed it in my face. Not cool to me, but many here think it IS cool and think I'm a whiner for defending myself.
You don't get to tell me when I'm confused by a post. Only I can do that. Your post was confusing to me and I need clarification. By the way, no one gets to tell someone else what they are thinking or how they feel.
Yep, same here. When we first moved in the neighborhood there were kids all over the place with my 3 kids and now, many of the same owners are still here in their homes so pretty much all of the kids are gone. Not a single trick or treater last night.
Our lights were on. We're in an upper middle class neighborhood in the wealthiest town per capita in Oregon. We live right across the street from a high school and we had a grand total of 6 trick or treaters. I think the peak year since we moved here three years ago has been 8 trick or treaters. What are we gonna do with all this damn candy?
I've never had a single trick-or-treater in the last 25 years. Kids stay away from the actual haunted houses. barfo
The last time we were in the Bahamas we were visited by some friendly pirates. https://cdn2.veltra.com/ptr/20170307025557_1519078031_2776_0.jpg?imwidth=550&impolicy=custom
I swear my wife goes out and puts a sign on my lawn saying no trick or treaters so that she gets all the chocolate.
Just because you're confused doesn't mean my post was confusing. Every interaction I've had with you, since your return has been negative. I assumed you'd stop talking to me when you said. I even mentioned it in the post you were befuddled with. Instead you continue. As far as I'm concerned you're getting what you give. You don't like that? Kick rocks. Have a nice life now ya'hear?
We had a banner year for some reason, especially for a Wednesday night. We had 100-110 kids come through, the most in several years. We usually get 60-70. Probably helps that we’re over the top on outdoor decorations. And that we live in a development that is great for trick or treating. And that we give out the big size candy bars and always have (We’re starting to see former trick or treaters bringing their own kids through now. They remember.). And that it didn’t rain a drop. Good turnouts always make the effort of decorating (and putting it all back away) well worth it.
