Man, you get too upset. You're a raging little ball of penguin emotions. This is such a minor issue. I can't help but take it with a pinch of sarcasm. And pity was the wrong word. Empathy would have been more fitting. Sorry, I confuse the words sometimes.


Empathy definition at dictionary.com
1. Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives. See Synonyms at pity.
2. The attribution of one's own feelings to an object.


Though it says pity is a synonym, it only is in certain uses of the word. Anyway, the board is full of conflict, because conflict stirs emotions, and emotions are addicctttiiinnggggg. -laughs- We love them. No one got pissy, you just read everything as if people were feeling what they typed longer then 5 seconds.

By da ounce will recover. He's not depressed, he's just semi-delusional. He can take a cyber-wedgie with stride. -laughs- And maybe because everyone was kind of rude to him, instead of sticking around and continuing to throw some random fibs and knife threats around, he'll stick around and throw out bits of knowledge and please everyone with good stoner stories. Who knows?

Anti-encouragement ((there's gotta be a word for it, but I can't think of one)) is just as important for molding socially pleasing behavior as praise is.