Forum Overview :: Tales of the Sword Coast :: Re: oh, don't lock yourself into a flounce you don't want to keep.

[quote name="Quétinbec"][quote name="up with pod people"]the only way to leave a forum is to leave it, unannounced. by saying you <i>might</i> leave, you reveal shivering cracks in your façade.[/quote] As if you know what's up. I wouldn't be leaving it, I'd be lurking occasionally for two years. If I <i>didn't</i> announce that, people might think I were jailed or something, when in fact I'd be living like a king and driving a Porsche of 1.5 days per week. Orgasm faking Americans leave unannounced. I'd be honest and polite. [quote name="up with pod people"]instead, own that you relish the opportunity to whine and to gloat here, and that the circumstances merely create content worth reading. it suits you better.[/quote] Yeah, I don't want to waste my time arguing about whether my life is better than anyone else's here anymore. You can kid yourself privately if you doubt that. We're all much better off if I can just talk about my life without any of that bullshit. Maybe after I get bored of all this luxury I'll be keen for a bit more of that, but at the moment, I'm looking so far down my nose at every one of you that I find the idea of comparing ourselves offensive. [quote name="up with pod people"]request: take a picture in the car! wear something upscale. mirrored shades. <i>give the hand signal of a cool guy.</i>[/quote] Yeah, I'll get some photos up eventually. It will be the best way to make you jealous. I wish I had my camera with me yesterday: Indian labourers toil daily in 50*C heats and there have been many complaints from Westerners about the Indians' Arab masters beating the Indians for getting caught drinking water in public during Ramadan! I haven't seen that, but I was stopped at the lights on my way back from work yesterday and there were Indians working on the road there, and they have to buy their own helmets and this one guy didn't have a helmet and I don't know what happened between him and his manager, but I'm guessing he was forced to wear <i>something</i>, so in place of a helmet, in 50*C heat, he about 5 t-shirts and a sheet of broken polystyrene strapped to the top of his head with a bungee cord that ran under his chin. I thought it was the funniest thing. Anyway, sorry for being a dick. I'll write a good post on Friday. [/quote]