The Swamp

I've never considered BFJ to be an angry sad poster.

Gunpowder wrote:I've never considered BFJ to be an angry sad poster.

Thanks Sean. That means a lot. I hope that's the general consensus.

Gunpowder wrote:I've never considered BFJ to be an angry sad poster.

Likewise.

Damn... what a terrible thread and it gets even worse. Scottie... I'm hoping you are well and your state is improved.

If you said Scottie has a different personality in person, I can buy what you fellas who met him are saying. For me, though, he always appeared to be a pseudointellectual bully, who used 300 words to say something that could have been done with 40. The first and last things I could deal with, but I have a real problem with people who bully others.

If given the choice, I'd always take "not suicide" over "suicide" for someone unless they were truly monsters, like Tottenham supporters. But like I said, he's the boy who cried wolf. I have legitimate doubts how serious he was if he Tweeted it. It's obvious he has mental issues (it certainly takes one to know one), and I don't wish him ill, but I don't think my doubt in his sincerity is misplaced.

testuser2 wrote:Damn... what a terrible thread and it gets even worse. Scottie... I'm hoping you are well and your state is improved.

He's in Canada.

Gunpowder wrote:I've never considered BFJ to be an angry sad poster.

The Ravens fan thing is a massive negative, but I've forgiven him for that.

cerrano wrote:only 2 things seem to foster this level of bile and vitriol in the swamp: scottie and the patriots.

draw your own conclusions.

That Scottie constantly wears a hoodie and a scowl?

WTF happened here last night? I don't recall seeing a single conflict here since the debate over banning Scottie, first mention of the guy, and people are at each others throats. It's not like Heath Ledger died or Bronto posted something about pop culture.

BFJ, the German people only killed 6 million of us simply for our ethnicity. Let it go. Bygones.

He was Austrian!

How many times do we have to explain this?

(I'm German, but my family has been here since the time of the Franco-Prussian war.)

Rush2112 wrote:…the time of the Franco-Prussian war.)

Should've quashed that shit then and there, by helping out the French.

Rush2112 wrote:He was Austrian!

How many times do we have to explain this?

(I'm German, but my family has been here since the time of the Franco-Prussian war.)

Hitler didn't kill a single person. Didn't have the stomach for it. The German people did all the killing. Guns don't kill people, Germans kill people.

I think Hitler did get one guy in the end.

The Sybian wrote:Hitler didn't kill a single person.

Except his niece.

DC47 wrote:I think Hitler did get one guy in the end.

It is possible an aide pulled the trigger. I'll give him credit for Eva. And his dog.

(I've read way too much about this dude.)

I was thinking more along the lines of a male Austrian. Most likely not Jewish, though there were rumors.

howard wrote:

The Sybian wrote:Hitler didn't kill a single person.

Except his niece.

DC47 wrote:I think Hitler did get one guy in the end.

It is possible an aide pulled the trigger. I'll give him credit for Eva. And his dog.

(I've read way too much about this dude.)

What a bunch of pedantic pricks.

The Sybian wrote:

howard wrote:

The Sybian wrote:Hitler didn't kill a single person.

Except his niece.

DC47 wrote:I think Hitler did get one guy in the end.

It is possible an aide pulled the trigger. I'll give him credit for Eva. And his dog.

(I've read way too much about this dude.)

What a bunch of pedantic pricks.

The dog at least was blameless.

The Sybian wrote:

cerrano wrote:only 2 things seem to foster this level of bile and vitriol in the swamp: scottie and the patriots.

draw your own conclusions.

That Scottie constantly wears a hoodie and a scowl?

WTF happened here last night? I don't recall seeing a single conflict here since the debate over banning Scottie, first mention of the guy, and people are at each others throats. It's not like Heath Ledger died or Bronto posted something about pop culture.

BFJ, the German people only killed 6 million of us simply for our ethnicity. Let it go. Bygones.

My favorite Swamp kerfuffle of all-time.

The Sybian wrote:What a bunch of pedantic pricks.

I do get pedantic about my Nazis. Go ahead, ask me about the Reichstadt fire.

Can't we all just get the fuck along...

I do get pedantic about my Nazis. Go ahead, ask me about the Reichstadt fire.

Due to Bernanke pursuing the failed policies of Greenspan? Obama has no credible alibi? The Dodgers?

Ah, a trifecta!

sancarlos wrote:Can't we all just get the fuck along...

Unfortunately, no. We lost that around Swamp 3.2

DC47 wrote:

The Sybian wrote:

howard wrote:

The Sybian wrote:Hitler didn't kill a single person.

Except his niece.

DC47 wrote:I think Hitler did get one guy in the end.

It is possible an aide pulled the trigger. I'll give him credit for Eva. And his dog.

(I've read way too much about this dude.)

What a bunch of pedantic pricks.

The dog at least was blameless.

Are you trying to set bfj off again?

You guys are making me depressed.

At least no race horses were put down. We might lose more.

L-Jam3 wrote: If given the choice, I'd always take "not suicide" over "suicide" for someone unless they were truly monsters, like Tottenham supporters. But like I said, he's the boy who cried wolf. I have legitimate doubts how serious he was if he Tweeted it. It's obvious he has mental issues (it certainly takes one to know one), and I don't wish him ill, but I don't think my doubt in his sincerity is misplaced.

Agree with the second part, but as for the first? I boo you most loudly.

Years ago, I was a regular in an England-based chat group that brought together reggae fans from around the world to talk music, politics, sport and whatever else. The moderator of the board threatened to harm himself at least three times in a two year span, and at one point - after his girlfriend dumped him - he said a dramatic farewell to all of us in terms not dissimilar to what we saw on twitter the other day. Guys were so freaked out they got in touch with the police in his town and they went to check on the guy. Who, as it turned out, was merely blind drunk. This situation reminded me of that one.

I would never make fun of people's health issues, whether they are physical, emotional or mental. And not knowing Scottie except for a number of exchanges hereabouts, I have no idea whether he was serious or was merely trying to get a reaction from people. But there's no reason for us to insult each other based on our different reactions to the situation. Nothing any of us could do would have made a difference anyway.

My knowledge of serious depression is thankfully very limited, so I have nothing to add to that part of the discussion. But the fact that this thread was in danger of degenerating into comment section level vitriol disturbed me greatly, so I stayed far away.

Benghazi.

sancarlos wrote:Can't we all just get the fuck along...

No. You play terrible music in your car.*




* NOTE: Looking forward to listening to it again in November and/or January.

DSafetyGuy wrote:You play terrible music in your car.

I'm deeply hurt.

sancarlos wrote:

DSafetyGuy wrote:You play terrible music in your car.

I'm deeply hurt.

Don't hurt yourself. You are loved.

bfj wrote: I don't believe a word of what he says. My life wasn't the easiest and still isn't. I've been through a lot of the same shit he has, doesn't give people the right to be condescending, insulting douchebags. I'm not wishing that he died, that would be horrible. I'm not like that. However, I just said I wasn't losing any sleep over his tweet. If that makes me an asshole, so be it. I care 1000% more about almost ANY ONE OF YOU. You know why? Because you are all good natured, funny and intelligent people. On here, he wasn't.

FIFM

Gunpowder wrote:I've never considered BFJ to be an angry sad poster.

Fat guys are typically quite jolly.

Rush2112 wrote:

Gunpowder wrote:I've never considered BFJ to be an angry sad poster.

Fat guys are typically quite jolly.

Ho Ho muthafucka

NOW i'm laughing.

(i absolutely hate horses btw. big ugly disgusting animals.)

:D

duff wrote:At least no race horses were put down. We might lose more.

bfj wrote:FIFM

Food Industries Forum Merseyside or Frieberg Institute Fnr Mineralogy? At least according to http://www.acronymattic.com/FIFM.html I'm going with the first for our rotund jew.

MaxWebster wrote:NOW i'm laughing.

(i absolutely hate horses btw. big ugly disgusting animals.)

:D

duff wrote:At least no race horses were put down. We might lose more.

I love horses and the entire "Barbaro situation" idea makes me laugh out of control. I still use it in everyday life, occasionally horrifying some idiot.

testuser2 wrote:

bfj wrote:FIFM

Food Industries Forum Merseyside or Frieberg Institute Fnr Mineralogy? At least according to http://www.acronymattic.com/FIFM.html I'm going with the first for our rotund jew.

Nice. Fixed It For Myself.

#TeamF***Horses

I hope Europe accidentally eats more of them.

Gunpowder wrote:#TeamF***Horses

Catherine the Great wrote:Sign me up.

Gunpowder wrote:#TeamF***Horses

I hope Europe accidentally eats more of them.

Speaking of horses, on my last business jaunt spent a couple of days in Luxembourg. ...had horse steaks.

Mighty tasty.










Too soon?

I started on Lexapro about two years ago after about 3.5 years of Zoloft doing nothing for me (and about 4 months of incorrectly diagnosed Adderrall, which did nothing except make me shit myself). I've kept that fickle visitor away since then whenever my script was current, but that asshole came back a couple days ago and I'm having trouble keeping it together. It's taking all my mental willpower to pack up my shit at work and just go home and lock myself in my room.

The shitty part of mental illness is that it feels like your own mind is actively working against you. I remember it hitting bad at my last law job, and when I would try to explain that to loved ones, some would give me the line that I'm not working hard enough.



(And if none of you follow up with a line like "but Amaro's gone, and Sanchez won't be starting until at least October", then I'll be really disappointed in you guys).

L-Jam3 wrote: The shitty part of mental illness is that it feels like your own mind is actively working against you.

It is. That's the bitch of it all. Think of it this way, the Phillies only have 3 weeks left to go!