The "woman in spin class" is presumably exercising in the interest of improving her health and well being, as opposed to crude superficiality. It's the willingness to do so that constitutes strength, rather than the menial act itself.
Purely in the interest of being more helpful, I'd not classify self-interested shitposting as an act of strength, @Kunlun. Different strokes, perhaps? I'll leave that to your wisdom.
Stuff like that is a hard problem, I'm sure. Most people who are self-diagnosed on the internet do not have hard problems. They just like the pity party.
You could troll people by saying their entire conscious self-awareness is a mere epiphenomenon of neuronal activity...and you'd be pulling a scientifically valid dick move.
Nope, that's what I recommended for MoatsArt. Can only bring a horse to water though.
The guy was an emotional manipulator, the fact that the rest of you are taken in by his tactics is just proof of the magic. I don't care what sort of issue he actually had, he used manipulative tactics to dictate his wants and bend people to his will.
You are right about his manipulative behavior, but you handled it without tact or compassion. You could have called him out in a different way. That's not strength.
You seem to be missing the first 90% of this story where we did try to treat him with tact. You are obviously uninformed of the scope of the running problem, so why do you feel that you can jump in and make your grand moral judgements of who was right and wrong here?
At a certain point, the weak will use your good will against you. Allowing this is a losing propostion.
No grand moral judgements. You were cruel to Nate. But the whole "the strong vs. the weak" philosophy, in your hands, reads like a license to attack vulnerability under the guise of "telling it like it is."
Strength and weaknesses are contextual and relational. In the context of SBAF, your way of interaction is weakness. We are supposed to be celebrating music and technology. Is this what you think you are doing with homophobic slurs and public attacks on vulnerable people. And yes, I totally agree- Nate was harmful and needed to go.
Just to be clear, Nate does not have schizophrenia. I was thinking of my clients when I wrote that. But to @Kunlun's point, what Nate doesn't have is access to good care.
You ripped into Nate on a thread that was visible to anyone who cared to read it. You can set boundaries without being cruell. Inever said you are homophobic. But you have have used the words faggot and fag. It's a turnoff and gets in the way, Your listeniing skills and knowledge are top notch. Again, what is to gain by provacation? Why were you banned?
Look, I now understand my role in enabling Nate and I understand how much noise I have posted here (word to Steel Cannon and the NYC crew). I'm trying to change. But if the goal is attracting folks who have the skills to critique equipment, you are letting SBAF down.
Read through most of the comments. IMO, being a friend to someone does not only consist of compassion and acceptance. This seems to me like trying to be in the 'safe zone' always. It is like really never doing anything because something might come of it.
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