Anyone up for an intrepid discussion?

[Tim E]

I didn't think so.  Me neither.

[Krisit]

LOL..this is all we get? 

 

[Tim E]

Actually, this is pretty intrepid so far, don't you think?  LOL.

[Maricel Evasco]

Ok Tim, I cannot resist an implied dare...so here goes... Why did MyAtlantis live true to its namesake?...a lost city at the bottom of the sea?

 

You started this so you will answer first. LoL

[Tim E]

Now you're just trying to grow your group.  :)

[Maricel Evasco]

Thanks for the opportunity....  ;-)

[Wendel]

Depends on your definition.

[Tim E]

Depends on the definition of 'definition' and the referent of 'your'.

[Wendel]

I'm afraid this might be heading in a Ben Stiller direction  : D

[Wendel]

There are cliques in any sort of organization, by forming this group and congregating here this becomes a clique.  Most of you in this group have more of a relationship with each other than I have with any of you so to me this place feels cliquish and a bit uncomfortable.  

I also don't do well with endless small talk so I am never entirely comfortable there either.  

I feel sometimes that I am more of a drive by irritant to a lot of the people here.  Not pleasant enough for one group and not intelligent enough for another.  So I wonder why I bother at all.  The answer of course is that I find this odd website of tbd castaways to be interesting, frustrating for sure, but interesting.  In all of your "nice" and "intrepid" forms.

[Maricel Evasco]

Wendel,

You can hold your own. I've always had the feeling of being distanced from the rest even if I know people would be welcoming if I chose to draw closer. I even had this feeling in high school. I thought at first it might be my ethnicity/cultural upbringing, my race, and maybe even more my handicap (moderate hearing loss), but I am just beginning to realize it is me not them that are putting the obstacles in connection. I've gotten too solitary that I am even putting a distance between me and my daughter. My sister pointed out that invisible separation has to stop, so right now, I'm taking stock of my life...hoping I could resurrect the part of myself that is naturally outgoing and spontaneous. Wendel, I think the barriers are of your making. We crossed paths seldom in the past two years, but when you did affiliate yourself with Skeeter's group, I discerned you to be a thoughtful if not reserved person worthy of any intellectual discussion. Funny thing is sometimes I think the topics I post aren't most people's cup of tea since they tend to be thought provoking. I think its all in my head since there are 21 of your here and hopefully more to join.

 

You're Ok, I'm Ok, They're Ok....and that's all that really matters for the dynamic of group conversation.

[Tim E]

Maricel wrote: Funny thing is sometimes I think the topics I post aren't most people's cup of tea since they tend to be thought provoking.

 

That is funny, Maricel.  The reason I don't engage in your topics much is because I know you're not interested in whether they are logically coherent.  Your ideas are provocative insofar as they are absurd, but absurdity provokes thought only until it flips it off one time too many. 

[Quinn]

So, Tim, what exactly is your problem?

Why so superior, so smug, so self-satisfied? Not to mention rude and condescending...

Ever study Psychology? The answer to my above question can be found there. In Psychology 101 actually.

Get over yourself dude...