Slagging off partners or spouses or parents

**Number One** · 4th October 2009, 21:05

Originally Posted by Blackshear

Or a really well-paddled ass.

Yup my arse is well paddled

Seriously though - it is a turn off when you do see members making disparaging comments about their loved ones...doesn't happen much but the few I remember I have held in my head as peeps I won't bother with.

**Trudes** · 5th October 2009, 08:09

It's a form of foreplay in this house!

**SixPackBack** · 5th October 2009, 09:01

Originally Posted by Trudes

It's a form of foreplay in this house!

Hell yeah, nothing like make up sex to get the sparks flying.....I create an argument and keep it going for a few days just to get some sweet jiggy

**The Stranger:Me** · 5th October 2009, 12:19

Originally Posted by Mekk

Most of the older userbase are trying to establish order or expect to be treated the same as they would offline. They haven't grown up with it or gone through the early phases so they are having a hard time coming to grips with what people will say and do when they can be anonymous.

Oh yeah, I just wish someone would teach me how to use the internet - this shit is all new to us old cunts, I mean, it's not like we built computers or the internet or something. It was all just beamed down to earth a few weeks back and I'm still discovering it.

So tell me, what was it like in the early days?

Fuck wit.

**Taz** · 5th October 2009, 12:39

Too many of you take this site and the interweb too seriously.

**_STAIN_** · 5th October 2009, 12:40

another fine statement

how does one become a mentor ?

**Mekk** · 5th October 2009, 12:48

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Oh yeah, I just wish someone would teach me how to use the internet - this shit is all new to us old cunts, I mean, it's not like we built computers or the internet or something. It was all just beamed down to earth a few weeks back and I'm still discovering it.

So tell me, what was it like in the early days?

Fuck wit.

That kind of reaction is exactly what I am talking about, so I hope you're being ironic.

Try working on an I.T. helpdesk, you'll soon learn what a lot of "old cunts" are like.

**PrincessBandit** · 5th October 2009, 13:23

Usually most people can tell the difference between the "generalisation insults" (such as the "yo' momma...." jokes) and the ones which are obviously a direct swipe and in no way could be brushed aside as a bit of a laugh.

I had plenty of HTFU pills over the weekend so there is no need to question my dosage of those. Obviously the phrase "rules of engagement" mean nothing to some on here. Sad reflection on a self centred no holds barred mentality.

**Number One** · 5th October 2009, 15:38

Originally Posted by Mekk

Try working on an I.T. helpdesk, you'll soon learn what a lot of "old cunts" are like.

I'm with Stranger on this one and I am not nearly as old as I have heard he is

I spent years training (young and older people) in the call centre environment. For one role trainees needed to master over 1200 policies/processes and use 10 different specialist applications in under 6 weeks. The older workers did take longer to master some of the first lessons taught but once they did they were far better at picking up the rest of the stuff and remembered it far better also....they were much better at building frameworks and rules of thumb for future reference.

Yes the young ones (in general) had a better foundation knowledge of how computers work and though they seemed to learn quicker they were really just cocky, had a lack of detail orientation and sped through things too fast making errors aplenty.

The result? The "old cunts" out performed all the young ones by far with a much lower number of mistakes AND they had much higher call quality also....so much so that this company started to work to attract people older than 20-something. In my years at a bank it was the young ones who made the biggest and most problematic (and often simplest) of mistakes, where as the older workers took their time, got things right, would check if they were ever unsure and were much better at dealing with cutomers.

Now I don't do training but there are few of these "old cunts" around me and they don't even bother calling the helpdesk half the time when they need help. They choose instead to ask for assistance from those around them rather as they hate talking to the know-it-all "young pricks" who seem to delight in talking down to them and making them feel stupid for having to ask in the first place...half the time too the helpdesk jockeys make very little sense as they are not always so skilled at talking to non IT types.

I do agree with something I think you implied though that people's attitudes about how they should be treated need to adjust and this I think is an evolving thing...we all lament a return to 'the good old days' as have people in times gone by.

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Sad reflection on a self centred no holds barred mentality.

That's life now though eh - dog eat dog, every man for himself blah blah blah

**Mekk** · 5th October 2009, 16:11

Originally Posted by Number One

The result? The "old cunts" out performed all the young ones by far with a much lower number of mistakes AND they had much higher call quality also....so much so that this company started to work to attract people older than 20-something. In my years at a bank it was the young ones who made the biggest and most problematic (and often simplest) of mistakes, where as the older workers took their time, got things right, would check if they were ever unsure and were much better at dealing with cutomers.

I think we're on different wavelengths. I am talking about the internet culture, the way people interact with other people through it, not the technical skill needed to use it.

My I.T. helpdesk response was a generalization, sorry.

The Stranger's response is typical of the kind of people I am talking about, regardless of age. Usually exemplified by people new to the internet. This includes prepubescent youtubers and ignorant "old cunts".

The people that think that talking to the anonymous is the same as talking face to face and that everything is so offensive and worth getting worked up about.

I mean is the guy sitting there balling his fists, raging out at a post he disagrees with? Shit, he'd better stay away from The Herald's "your views" section in case he has a heart attack.

**The Stranger:Me** · 5th October 2009, 16:18

Originally Posted by Mekk

The people that think that talking to the anonymous is the same as talking face to face and that everything is so offensive and worth getting worked up about.

I mean is the guy sitting there balling his fists, raging out at a post he disagrees with? Shit, he'd better stay away from The Herald's "your views" section in case he has a heart attack.

BWAHAHAHAHA.

Who's getting worked up? You is fool.
You seen fit to get stressed out (twice) and your imagination is running wild on you.

Keep it up old man.

**Headbanger** · 5th October 2009, 16:21

Originally Posted by PrincessBandit

Obviously the phrase "rules of engagement" mean nothing to some on here. Sad reflection on a self centred no holds barred mentality.

The fact that you believe your definition on the rules of engagement should be applied to everyone else is a sad reflection on....blah blah blah blah.

I don't necessarily disagree with you in regards to what maybe termed rude or offensive, I just don't believe I have any say in the matter, Every different forum attracts a different type of crowd, and people are welcome to find their own corner where the company suits them.

**Headbanger** · 5th October 2009, 16:22

Originally Posted by The Stranger

Oh yeah, I just wish someone would teach me how to use the internet - this shit is all new to us old cunts, I mean, it's not like we built computers or the internet or something. It was all just beamed down to earth a few weeks back and I'm still discovering it.

So tell me, what was it like in the early days?

Fuck wit.

Thats excellent work, I laughed in a jolly type fashion.

**Number One** · 5th October 2009, 16:28

+1 again to The Stranger...what a dag.

That's like young Dean thinking he has upset me with his posts just because I respond...there is one but it ain't one worth telling others about

Mekk - I agree with this bit "internet culture, the way people interact with other people through it" this is not limited though to "old cunts" and yes you did make a sweeping generalisation there as there seem to be just as many 'saavy young ones' who think you should be nice to them on the internet too.