I hate to stir this up but it's bugging me

[Heidi3]

Re: I hate to stir this up but it's bugging me

I just dont' get the strong feelings about answering a simple question.

I guess my problem is that is how I was met when I first found this board. A Mod with a Gun being rude. Rudeness runs off a lot of people too you guys.

Sheesh.

I agree to disagree and I don't need to you around Bren.

hey that mod that had that gun was rude I will agree that was very rude!!! she pisssed me off!!!

[Jacksuncle]

Re: I hate to stir this up but it's bugging me

LOL I just read that thread and am amazed at some of those comments. Freak off already.

[Heidi3]

Re: I hate to stir this up but it's bugging me

LOL
Heidi, you're never rude, your advice is always absolutely spot-on.
Barbde, yup, I agree, there's a way to say things to people without belittling them.
Bren, you always do a great job, you can't please all of the people all of the time.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all meet up and go for dinner or get drunk or get naked or summit...(ok, maybe that's a dream I had last night)

I am all about drunk and naked

[Barbde]

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I said that? Shoot......... if I did I was wrong and I will be the first to admit it. Not in induction though.

Again Barb, I agree with you 100% the thread should have died after Forest got his answer, which is in the book.

Nope, wasn't you Bren... sorry for the confusion.

[Heidi3]

Re: I hate to stir this up but it's bugging me

before I pisss anyone off perhaps I should go back and see what this was about?

[jennyj]

Re: I hate to stir this up but it's bugging me

I just dont' get the strong feelings about answering a simple question.

I guess my problem is that is how I was met when I first found this board. A Mod with a Gun being rude. Rudeness runs off a lot of people too you guys.

Sheesh.

I agree to disagree and I don't need to you around Bren.

Again, Barb.........I'm right there with you. And, thank you, Bren for agreeing that this thread should have been locked after Forest got his answer! Call it what you will, but when someone asks a simple question and gets flamed, it's bullying ~ something we should all be ashamed of if we participate in. After all, what makes any of us better than the rest? If you want to respond with "well, tough love....by the book....go to a low carb board....etc." he's heard it before and obviously likes us too much!! Be proud of that and ask yourself if it's your place to judge. I'm stepping out of my comfort zone speaking my feelings, but I'm sorry....I feel like Barb does. It just stinks when we can't ask a question and not be judged.

[KittyMomma]

Re: I hate to stir this up but it's bugging me

One thing I have noticed about this board is some people have the opinion if your not doing Atkins the way THEY say, or the book says, it should be done. Get out.

So unfriendly.

Everyone does it different, some people (my hand goes up) do this diet of a way getting control of my weight so that one day I can say, today I will be 'bad'. But have the willpower to be good the next day and after that. To PICK when and what foods we are going to splurge out with without eating them ALL.

I do it different, Forest does it different. Everyone probably has their own spin on it.

[Jacksuncle]

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No kidding its a board too be used for resources at our leisure he is a grown man lol.

[Desertthorn]

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I agree Barbe, I think a new rule should be if you can't be nice, move on. This same thing came up earlier this month when a member said he was going to cheat and I really felt sorry for the guy/gal and got a PM from him/her saying how hurt he/she was. We don't have to hurt folks feeling to be tactful. We can answer their questions without digging in the sword.

[presidentholmes]

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Jenny, I thought as you did right up until he said he hadn't even read the book!!!
I mean, have you never had people, your friends etc...tell you how you'll die on Atkins, how it'll make u fatter, how it doesn't work, etc., etc...but they haven't read the book and they have no clue?
Maybe I'm going off on a tangent, but maybe people should be required to read the book and take a lil test before having posting privileges as it sometimes makes me wanna scream when they say they haven't read the book! Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
The guy hadn't read the book, so he prob wasn't even on Atkins anyway...

I can understand why people can get annoyed, but yes, there's no excuse for belittling people as we are all on these forums for positivity.

You'll always get certain types of people on message boards (just as you do in real life) You know the kind of people I mean and I don't need to say anything more than that. But don't let them discourage you or get you down...

Most of the people on these boards are great and their advice is probably worth its weight in gold to us and we all wish each other the best.

[G-Mom]

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I am sure I was one that some folks thought of as rude, but I also supplied food for thought, like consequences for a long cheat (feeling awful and such) which sure would suckify his vacation now wouldn't it? All to have a carb gorgefest? Not worth it to me.

Plus the more times you go off plan the tougher it is to lose weight. I guess I was secretly hoping to convince him that it's not worth it.

[Jacksuncle]

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I havent even read the whole book. Still if some of those people come at me like that we are having problems. The guy is too nice and rolls with the comments of the ladies who may need to do something beside post on this board with 90% of their waking lives.

[presidentholmes]

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Yup, he was very, very, very nice wasn't he!!!
He was so patient and calm. Not like my nasty impatient a ss.

[Barbde]

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Jenny, I thought as you did right up until he said he hadn't even read the book!!!
I mean, have you never had people, your friends etc...tell you how you'll die on Atkins, how it'll make u fatter, how it doesn't work, etc., etc...but they haven't read the book and they have no clue?
Maybe I'm going off on a tangent, but maybe people should be required to read the book and take a lil test before having posting privileges as it sometimes makes me wanna scream when they say they haven't read the book! Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
The guy hadn't read the book, so he prob wasn't even on Atkins anyway...

I can understand why people can get annoyed, but yes, there's no excuse for belittling people as we are all on these forums for positivity.

You'll always get certain types of people on message boards (just as you do in real life) You know the kind of people I mean and I don't need to say anything more than that. But don't let them discourage you or get you down...

Most of the people on these boards are great and their advice is probably worth its weight in gold to us and we all wish each other the best.

I agree. I was frustrated when He didn't know what a 'rung" was, OK?
But that was THIS time.
This is not the first time this has come up, and it won't be the last. It's a reality folks.
Atkins by the book is a great concept. But in reality... how many people are you running off with no acception of fault? Personally... (RAISING MY HAND)
I have screwed up! Yup. I admit it! I have some issues. But would I come here and post them? Heck NO.
I would hear that I shouldn't even be POSTING here because I AM NOT DOING ATKINS by the book!
What the heck kind of support is THAT?

[CarbaholicJoe]

Re: I hate to stir this up but it's bugging me

Ive not seen comments like that since the 'can I eat an atkins bar for breakfast' thread of '05