One question, Derek. Did I miss the preemptive warning shot over Dan's bow, or was the "petty, unreadable, jab" post considered the caveat implore.
If there are two things that rile me up more than anything, it's a superiority complex and hypocrisy. Dan's irked me for quite a while. My response to his initial jab at Rick (which absolutely was not "just correcting someone's spelling" as Dan tried to pass it off as) was quite tame I thought, and questioning the necessity of it was not out of line. When Dan responded with the "how can you pick on me, everyone else is worse, what you did took a lot of nerve" post it sends me into a frenzy.
Sorry you feel that way Derek, I suppose my brand of humor is a little too subtle to pick up on but if you think it was more than just correcting someone's spelling, you're assuming too much. All I can say is if I irk you as much as Reality irks me, I at least understand you going into a frenzy.
Your assumption that I am elitist or feel I am superior to anyone here puts you I daresay, in the same hypocritical position wherein you place me, because you assume you know enough about me to hit me with that label. By way of a little background, I am a 9th grade drop out from a badly broken home in a very bad neighborhood with a fairly extensive juvenile police record who had a VERY BAD drug problem as a youth, does that sound superior to you? I educated myself and rose above the doom that was my future because I believe everyone is capable of rising above their circumstances, so if I come across the way you describe, perhaps it is because I never want to be hit with the opposing label, I've worked too hard in my 50 years to shed that old personality, so yeah, maybe I'm a little sensitive and critical of those who make no effort themselves, but it is not elitism, it is fear of regressing.
That said, I take your point that I too have been guilty of what I accuse Reality of, but when we talk scale, I think I use a peashooter compared to his howitzer, not even close Derek, not even close. However, seeing as it irritates you so much, I will no longer mention this person nor offer my opinion concerning him or his over the top antics. sorry if my altogether mild by comparison comments prompted this from you when it never seems to faze you from him, that, my friend, is no less hypocritical than you accuse me of being.
