Kath 2.0

[TheReal_ND]

We're living in an age of narcissism. Going to have a hard time throwing a rock without hitting one.

[Smitty-48]

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[MilSpecs]

Narcissism is, by definition, not seeing oneself as what one really is.

[Smitty-48]

Narcissism is, by definition, not seeing oneself as what one really is.

People on the internet fancying themselves qualified to diagnose such based on interactions on an internet forum would fit that description, look in the mirror.

[MilSpecs]

Narcissism is, by definition, not seeing oneself as what one really is.

People on the internet fancying themselves qualified to diagnose such based on interactions on an internet forum would fit that description, look in the mirror.

I'm just a drive-by observer picking up on the obvious.

[Smitty-48]

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[de officiis]

I've known some of you 12 years, now, and enjoy engaging with you, because I get a lot of positivity from it.

The Olympics were not my proudest moment, to be sure. It would take way too long and become way too personal to explain my version of what went down, but I was, actually, pretty bummed that Martin wouldn't allow us to have an Olympic thread unless Smitty said it was okay, so I tried to make the bullshit fun by getting carried away and (hopefully) getting demoted. (I've been asking Martin to remove my mod status for over a year.)

Can you believe I wasn't demoted? Though, my only real sin was threatening to make an Olympic thread possible. It wasn't until days and days later that I actually did anything resembling "mod" activity. By that time, the Canadians were in full force, spamming up absolutely everything they could find.

So, we got through that and it all calmed down. Then Flip died.

After Smitty made the Flip thread all about Smitty, I knew I had to take steps to make this forum not be a negative in my life. The franticness came from knowing I needed to be away from negativaty ASAP, but not being able to, because Martin refuses to accept my wishes. Yes, I could have just walked away, but, honestly, Flip's death shocked me and surprises like that put me off-kilter. I wanted to be around people who also knew him.

I made peace with Capps after realizing that Martin does play favorites. I had no idea how high up Smitty's ass Martin's head is.

So, here's the thing - during that bad week, Smitty posted once that he had discussed with Martin that I was Martin's whore, and Smitty would be a good boy for Martin as long as Martin was okay with Smitty batting me around from time to time.

Martin is okay with Smitty saying stuff like that about me. Me, someone who has always had his back.

I've been frantically trying to find a way to simply block Smitty. That's ALL I've been trying to do, for my own mental health, so I didn't have to see all the negative energy being sent my way.

The very reason Martin was refusing to take away my mod status is because he knows damn well that my threats are pretty empty. I wouldn't do those things I was threatening.

You know why I locked Dr. Y's post? I was hoping Martin would see I was willing to go further than just moving a couple of Smitty's posts and editing out the most vulgar words.

So here's a fun fact about the last couple of days - it was 100% me being very clear with my mission to prove to Martin that I was having an uncontrollable meltdown. I wasn't drunk, high or incapaciated in any way. I was incredibly focused, because the goal was clear and the prize was the purge of negative energy from my forum experience.

One simple request - if Smitty posts in this thread (this one thread, fam) doing his Mr. Innocent "who me?" routine, please don't quote it .

If you have any other questions, please PM me. I'm truly done talking about this now that I don't have to see the ugly.

Did you ever establish clear rules for moderation with Martin?

If not, you set yourself up for disaster.

[Smitty-48]

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[Speaker to Animals]

DCF is just not accepting requests. I wouldn't be surprised if it's all sitting there on the server. Flip was Dan's friend too. Let's ask him to go through Smitty's messages to verify or reject these ridiculous claims.

[Speaker to Animals]

In fact, Nick Moore might still ge able to log in as he had admin privileges.