Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Originally Posted by
MaxPen
KewlJ you have always made it very clear that you never wanted to meet up with anyone from the forums. There was never anything stopping you from coming to a WoV spring thing or whatever. You're now again reading into stuff that is not there. As usual.
That's exactly what I thought when I read this.
At one point when kewlJ brought up those blackjack shufflers possibly cheating, and claimed he had a machine with which he could prove it, I told him I wanted to meet with him to see it.
I promised to keep his identity secret, and in fact told him he didn't even need to tell me his identity. He declined. I can respect his desire for anonymity, but when you desire such anonymity, you can't complain when people don't invite you out socially.
I don't think it has anything to do with you being gay. I have arranged to meet gay people in person from my other forum, and I had no concern about their sexuality. In general, I think that most gay guys will be respectful enough not to put the moves on me if they know I'm straight, so I don't worry about it.
You, know, Dan, I feel exactly the same way. I have arranged to meet Jews in person from other forums, and I had no concern about them wanting me to pick up the tab if we had dinner or coffee or whatever. In general, I think that most Jews will be respectful enough to not ignore the check if they know I'm not a Jew, so I don't worry about it.
Now, is that funny? I guess it depends if you're Jewish and/or have a sense of humor. The point is, Dan clearly doesn't hang with the letter crowd (I still do not know what the hell the Q stands for) or read up on it too often. Not that there's anything wrong with that, to quote Seinfeld.
Anyway, I'm not exactly a metrosexual hip-to-the-letters dude myself, but Dan's response above was so off-key (maybe even deaf) and potentially insulting, that I thought it was funny. So my inclination was to respond with some kind of semi-funny dig, but it was Sunday night, and I stayed up until 4:30 AM EST for the damn Hawaii game the night before, and I thought maybe somebody else would take Dan to task other than kewlJ.
See, in some sick way, I care about you guys (well, with one exception). Dan, that answer was so bad that it was almost hilarious. Now some people get really pissed off when it's pointed out that they're tone deaf for whatever reason. But I gotta say -- Dan that was really fucking tone deaf!
KewlJ, I'm sorry I didn't respond immediately, but I think Dan didn't mean it exactly like it sounded. Sometimes you try to speak Greek, and you speak Assyrian, you know?
Anyway, my two cents. Yeah, Dan ain't running for president of the Rotary Gays anytime soon. KewlJ, I don't think he meant it as bad as it sounded, and I'm sorry I didn't take it into some kind of humorous direction immediately, because I should have.