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Anabelle Special user 951 Posts 
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I've been a member of the magic Café for a long time and I've posted in many different sections here, in no other section do I see, on a regular basis, silly arguments, flaming, arrogance, ignorant and overbearing behavior, than in Penny For Your Thoughts. Does this say something about mentalists? Do we have major Ego problems? Do we mentalists think we're better than everyone else in the magic community and therefore become arrogant and overbearing about it with each other and everyone else?
Something to think about. Anabelle |
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12968 Posts
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Besides The Workers Penny for your Thoughts is one of the most frequented forums here.
There are other forums that exhibit the same behavior. So much so that I stay away for a few days till it's cleared up. Just stay OUT of the threads that start to go nowhere. Don't contribute. It's like a little kid teasing another kid. The more the teased kid screams and hollers the more he/she gets teased. A lot of teasing goin' on but if you filter through it there's a lot you can learn in this forum if you are into mentalism. J |
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tnscot Loyal user 220 Posts
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I've seen it all over The Café. I asssume it's just a magician thing. I try my best to keep my part of that behavior to an absolute minumum (I'll crack a joke about a post now and again, but I wont be mean or vicious). I laughed when I saw an application for IBM. Sounds like a nice idea on the surface, but I cant figure out why in the world I would join a fraternity of individuals who I have watched get so much enjoyment out of tearing each other down and arguing with each other.
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ted french Inner circle Columbus Ohio 1946 Posts
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I think it's an online forum thing, think about it's a bunch of oppinionated people of course there are going to be some toes stepped on.
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Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts
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It's all because so many (so called) mentalist are arrogant, jealous and bad tempered. When I first joined last year I noticed a big difference comparing this forum to others. Since I was serously wanting to learn mentalism, I stayed. Every time before I enter the forum I tell myself "If you can't beat them, join them." I had to go thru a lot of bashing to get where I am at now. It is worth it.
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harishjose Special user 932 Posts
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Let He/She who has not sinned cast the first stone...
Something else to think about.
To believe is Magic.
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kcalB Special user Took me 16 years to make 999 Posts
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One need only to observe the posts which are responed to and compare them to the posts that are glossed over and it speaks volumes.
Not all forums are the same and that is why some require some due diligence on the part of the prospective member in order to be admitted and others require only two clicks. Nothng worthwhile is ever easy. Black
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Silvertongue Inner circle One day I will die leaving behind 2426 Posts
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How funny, you read my mind... It is very annoying, especially when people treat posts like their private pm, I know we are all probabaly guilty of this in some way but there are some who are just unstoppable in there diatribes. I said in another post that when I got into magic and first started searching through this site the amount of off the topic posts is unbelievable and very frustrating to read through. Personal opinions are just that, well that's my opinion anyway...
How funny that those who practice mind reading and mind control really have no control over their minds at all. I'm not surprised though, alas this is the irony of life...
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And living beings remain in cyclic existence, For that long, may I too remain, to dispel the sufferings of the world. -Shantideva Engaging in the Conduct of a Bodhisattva |
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John LeBlanc Special user Houston, TX 524 Posts
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Anabelle, I think it's a combination of several things. Penny gets an awful lot of traffic. "Mob mentality" is human nature. So, the more people in one place the more likely it is there's going to be a pile on.
Like the New Yorker cartoon put it, "on the Internet, no one knows you're a dog." Among other things, less experienced introverts get to role play what it's like to be a globe trotting extrovert. The results are often the same as having five hundred dogs running around your backyard. John |
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coupcoupdaddy Inner circle 2466 Posts
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Woof!
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Looch Inner circle Off by 3353 Posts
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On 2007-06-26 10:14, Sebastian Black wrote: Never a truer word spoke buddy, So much gets glossed over, its a shame the stuff that gets the attention is such garbage.
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The Paranormalist Special user United Kingdom 702 Posts
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Speaking for myself I know I am better than anyone else.
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chichi711 Inner circle 5810 Posts
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On 2007-06-26 10:05, Dynamike wrote: Sorry to kick your butt off your high horse, but I think you are a BIG BIG reason that this thread was started. (how was that for showing an example.  )
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Slim King Eternal Order Orlando 18038 Posts
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I look at this as a magical Brotherhood....and my brothers and I always went around
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Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts
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On 2007-06-26 14:53, chichi711 wrote: You can't be a mentalist because you can't even control your own mind. You mentioned you were going to stop answering to my post. I got more control over you than you have over yourself. LOL You are one of the ones I was referring to in my previous post. I see why they call you the arguementalist. That's why no one in your home wants to give you any attention. So you decide to bring your anger here. Have you ever thought about getting a life? |
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chichi711 Inner circle 5810 Posts
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Thanks Micheal I think you proved the point of the thread rather well with that last post.
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Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts
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You do not have to thank me for proving you are the problem. LOL
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Jerome Finley V.I.P. SLC 3419 Posts
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C'mon, kids. If you don't have anything nice to say . . .
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Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts
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That's a good one.
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airship Inner circle In my day, I have driven 1594 Posts
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Makes me SO glad I'm not a mentalist...
'The central secret of conjuring is a manipulation of interest.' - Henry Hay
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