LadyJ, you simple berated me, and oversimplified my own situation, likening it to a situation that had no actual relevance to mine. The simple act of removing piercings and covering up tattoos is FAR easier than cutting off one's fucking hair. Also, tattoo and piercing "discrimination" is EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. You can be male or female and be discriminated against. Furthermore you can take out your fucking piercings and put them in the next day. You were being a bitch, assumptive, and pushy. I was basically stating that I didn't want to hear the same old crap when I fist said "Let me guess, cut my hair". In other words, I asked to not hear it again. I'm sick of it. Maybe I'm being a little pig-headed, but you know what? It's for a fucking reason.
I REFUSE to stand for discriminatory practices when women all over the world bitch about the "glass ceiling". Again, if women were either forced to have long or short hair only, I would not say a fucking word about it. However, it is not. If we didn't have some stupid pretense of freedom and equality, I wouldn't bitch about it. Have you never heard of activism? Taking a stand for what you believe in, and standing up for your rights, and seemingly trivial as they may be? The point isn't to try to win a war by yourself, it's to win small battles in compilation with others. Your closed-minded, assumptive ideals simply serve to push me further. Your assumptive mind can't handle the possibility that my situation may be quite different from yours. All you've done is berate me and, yes, piss me off. No one usually pisses me off, but I had respect for you at first, then you turned around and started this whole flaming. You further insult me by responding to one of my messages with more crap. Just stop responding to me if you really dislike me, otherwise, stop being such a bitch to me. We were ALL in shock after what happened; so don't try to use that as an excuse. I'm sick of excuses from everyone.

---
Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

I never ONCE referred to a glass ceiling, buddy. So who's generalizing now? Moreover, I *began* to explain my experience, and you jumped down my throat. You *assumed* I was going to liken your hair to my piercings, while I was not. I was talking about the all-black clothing, and how I used to wear all black clothing to work and it left a bad impression on people in a position to promote me. I didn't even get to the point where I was going to say that there are alternatives to giving up your "look". You and whoever was also in the channel (I think it was evil_d) automatically decided what I was going to say because I have piercings.

There's a fairly big chip on your shoulder. I didn't feel like beating my head against it. In fact, I *asked* if you wanted my advice, then you said no, so I said "okay" and left it at that. Then you told me you knew what I was going to say, and were incorrect. I told you that it was not what I was going to say and started to share what I WAS going to say. Then you jumped on me and started spouting your equality bullcrap. You were looking for a fight. I rcognized it, and THEN I told you that you were being juvenile and decided to leave rather than fight with you while I wasn't feeling up to fighting.

I have to go now, because I have to take a shower, put on clothing that a professional workplace finds acceptable, and earn well over minimum wage. I'm not going to remove my piercings, because my employer does not require it. At several points during the day, people who have been my age before in their lives are going to say things to me on a variety of subjects, based on their experiences. I'm going to listen, absorb, and discard what I do not need without being rude and ungrateful.

The hair bullshit is just that, by the way - bullshit. In fact, my boss has said many times that short hair looks more professional on women. Ever since I got my hair cut on Tuesday, she's been raving about it.

---
I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

As I recall, everyone else in the channel at that time made a point of either not getting involved, or not taking sides nor making assumptions.

My own involvement in the conversation consisted mainly of making observations -- based on my own real-life experience -- about the truth of both of your statements.

At this point, however, if the two of you insist on continuing to bicker over such an intensely trivial matter, I'd appreciate being left out of it.

---
The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

evil_d,

I wouldn't have brought it up at all except that DX has been a hostile ass to me since then. I really think he's operating from a lack of information about what I was going to say, and an unwillingness to consider that he wasn't really paying attention. Your comment was along the lines of "it would be hypocritical for her to comment on your appearance because she has piercings". I was going to address that in channel, too (by way of conversation, not fighting, mind you), but that would have meant staying around to listen to DX babble about double-standards and the world's responsibility to accept him how he is, and his abusiveness to me for daring to offer my opinion.

---
I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

I remember saying something like that. I think my point was that, since you chose to make your own appearance unconventional, DX could probably safely assume you weren't going to criticize him for doing the same. His preemptive defensiveness seemed therefore unnecessary.

At any rate, this was something like a week ago, and it seems truly silly to continue discussing it. DX will either find a job that contradicts your advice, or else he'll learn what you were trying to tell him the hard way. Either outcome doesn't really impact you or me or anyone else in these forums except DX himself. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who's distressed to see so much pointless fighting between a couple of people who we don't know much about except that they make funny comics. I like both of you and I'd rather not see a generally peaceful and amusing web site marred with personal attacks on either of you, no matter what their source or how much truth is in them.

If neither of you can swallow your pride enough to let pass perceived slights from the other, then, for the rest of our sakes, at least take it to the new fighting forum Brad set up.

---
The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

Dammit, what's the first rule of Fight Forum?

---
ken.kaufman@gmail.com

So LadyJ was trying to help in a big-sis kind of way, and DragonXero took it as glib and condescending, and LadyJ in turn took that as ingratitude and misdirected hostility. Seems understandable to me. This kind of thing always happens between friends and family.

---
What others say about boorite!

I thought it was "Kaufman has to bring the donuts on Thursdays".

Well?

---
The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

quote:

---

He's mean, he cornholed me...
See? I said it.

---

Ok this is how I think it works. This is in regards to posts only, so it is probably wrong.
POSTS = Class
[*]1 - 20 = Newbie
[*]20 - 100 = Junior Comic Technician
[*]100 - 200 = Tobor fan club
[*]200 - X = Im being punished/ Stripcreator regular
[*]400 - 1000 = Stripcreator Regular/ Senior comic Technician
[*]1000 - N = I AM TOBOR/ Comic Overlord

I have no idea where the donkey wranglers come in.

You're right. It's not worth fighting about. I'll drop it. I will not, however, take further sniping from DX passively. If he acts like an ass to me, I'll call him an ass.

And not the pink, lovable kind, either.

---
I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

you veterans are up with the Senior techies too.

quote:

---

Ok this is how I think it works. This is in regards to posts only, so it is probably wrong.
POSTS = Class
[*]1 - 20 = Newbie
[*]20 - 100 = Junior Comic Technician
[*]100 - 200 = Tobor fan club
[*]200 - X = Im being punished/ Stripcreator regular
[*]400 - 1000 = Stripcreator Regular/ Senior comic Technician
[*]1000 - N = I AM TOBOR/ Comic Overlord

I have no idea where the donkey wranglers come in.

---

Kaufman, you magnificent bastard.

---
What others say about boorite!

Eat less fibre.

---
This signature has performed an illegal operation and has been shut down.

quote:

---

Ok this is how I think it works. This is in regards to posts only, so it is probably wrong.
POSTS = Class
[*]1 - 20 = Newbie
[*]20 - 100 = Junior Comic Technician
[*]100 - 200 = Tobor fan club
[*]200 - X = Im being punished/ Stripcreator regular
[*]400 - 1000 = Stripcreator Regular/ Senior comic Technician
[*]1000 - N = I AM TOBOR/ Comic Overlord

I have no idea where the donkey wranglers come in.

---

That's why he has the PhD and we're all drug-addled prostitutes who get $5 per blowjob.

Or maybe that's just me.

---
"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

You know, I used to not think it was important that I've only posted about 100 times since I came here. But now people who have been here for a lot less time than I have are ranked higher.

Guess I'll have to post uselessly at every opportunity, just like everyone else.

---
"Only things I approve of should exist." -some guy on the internet

Hey, don't do that.

---
What others say about boorite!

As a vet I feel I'm entitled to certain compensations, like inadequate health care and free access to festering wounds of unknown origin.

---
"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

Shit, we'll even throw in a Rascal scooter, free of charge, to haul your bloated ass back and forth to Bingo.

---
100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

OK, I won't.

---
"Only things I approve of should exist." -some guy on the internet

That reminded me, you got here a week after I did and you're several hundred posts and comics ahead. And I don't even have anything resembling a life I could blame for taking my attention away from Stripcreator.

---
"Only things I approve of should exist." -some guy on the internet

Who are you talking to?

---
100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

I was talking to Boorite.

---
"Only things I approve of should exist." -some guy on the internet