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Nice tirade. Go get him internet tough guy! Prove your worth... ;-)

Man, I wanted to read this. Darn it.

It was . . . unfortunate.

bap apparently likes pushing buttons, and he did a number on TP.

Dan8267 says

Man, I wanted to read this. Darn it.

I did too - but then I decided to look for the hidden message that might possibly be embedded in his statement.

Truthplease says

I deleted this comment myself.

Notice how Truthplease used "I" and "myself" in one sentence? That might reflect a narcissism of which he, himself, is unaware. Considering that his chosen screen name appears to be representing himself as a person who searches for the truth in everything - and is extremely polite in his quest - it's possible that he isn't able to handle such a truth.

To find a narcissist who believes himself to be a searcher of truths yet isn't accepting of the truths he might uncover - well, it's pretty fucking awesome. A researcher would have a field day with the truths about TruthPlease that I've uncovered. And I'm just getting started.

Truthplease chose to entitle his thread, "You don't want to read this BAP!" Was he being truthful in his prediction that BAP wouldn't want to read it, or was he unable to hide his very narcissistic belief that he's omniscient? That he knows what BAP would want, even though they’ve probably never met.

Next, let’s discuss Truthplease’s power trip. (Yep, thought ya got away with that one, huh?) He obviously feels that he’s omnipotent, bragging to the world that he “deleted the comment.” A less proud man would have deleted the comment and left it at that – but not Truthplease; he wanted us to know that he not only possessed the ability to post the comment, he also has the power to remove it. This leads one to wonder what other important decisions he makes without considering the ramifications… and I, for one, am frightened but also more than a little bit in awe of him.

Notice how he was able walk on the wild side? Didn't need any help, didn't ask any permission - just deleted the comment and callously moved on? He didn’t consider my feelings, or Dan8267’s – or possibly Fer Sure’s feelings, only I’ve blocked him and will never know if his post supported my hypothesis or was yet another diatribe – Truthplease showed that he is decisive and believes in himself.

Either that, or this post allows one and all to see how a snow day can shred away at Ellie’s mental health.

elliemae says

Truthplease says

I deleted this comment myself.

Notice how Truthplease used "I" and "myself" in one sentence? That might reflect a narcissism of which he, himself, is unaware. Considering that his chosen screen name appears to be representing himself as a person who searches for the truth in everything - and is extremely polite in his quest - it's possible that he isn't able to handle such a truth.

You got all that from Truthplease using the word myself at the end of his sentence?

elliemae says

this post allows one and all to see how a snow day can shred away at Ellie’s mental health.

In order to graduate college, one of my final papers involved writing a 10 page paper on a 3 stanza poem. You'd be amazed at what you can write about when your diploma is on the line.

In this case, it was bad teevee combined with a glass of wine that allowed for this drivel. I'd like to thank Truthplease for providing the basis for the nonsense I posted.

I never understood the academic thinking that a paper has to contain so many words to be valid. It seems as assine as the web site thinking that a posting should only contain 500 or fewer characters to be worth reading.

Use as many words as it takes to convey a message and no more.

Dan8267 says

I never understood the academic thinking that a paper has to contain so many words to be valid.

I wrote my way through college because of such asinine requirements. My best "sale" was one paper, two students, same professor same day. I changed the cover sheet, nothing more - and one received a "B" while the other received an "A." This was in the days before the interwebs were readily available. I had a job as long as there were assignments that had no meaning other than to waste time and energy.

My favorite thing to do was to write papers that contained every requirement, but in the minimum number of words that they'd allow. I'm the first to admit that I'm a word dork.