I took a day to think stuff over (as suggested), and then come back and all the posts have been deleted!?!? Everyone gets a chance to berate me and I do not get a rebuttal?
Well with all the comments made, and then being erased, I cannot remember every last detail to comment on but I will try to address everyones concerns:
First of all I sincerely apologize if I have come across the wrong way, or with an attitude other than a willingness to learn about the sport / tradition of Sumo. Never my intention, but I guess that is the way I have come across. My bad.
I never meant to be "passive - aggressive" just aggressive. I do not have the time that others do here to surf the web and what not. So please forgive me for asking direct questions about Sumo, on a Sumo forum, from supposed pseudo- Sumo experts. My biggest apologies for asking "repetitious" questions, or "not reading between the lines" enough (whatever that means). I ask questions because I am curious, not because I expect to be "spoon fed" anything. What the fuck are you guys here for? If you all want to have this exclusive club attitude, then why let someone like me, who is clearly not part of the right cliche, join the forum? And to answer the question as to "why I am here if you all are assholes" is because I figure one or two of you will be kind enough to help a noobie answer questions, and a couple of you have been kind enough to do so.
I do not "refuse" to use the search option. The incident I believe someone was addressing was re: tattoo's in Sumo. I DID use the search option FYI. Perhaps I am retarded, or cannot spell, or both, but nothing came up for me. I will be the first to admit I am computer ignorant, so perhaps I screwed up. Again apologies! Does not necessarily indicate that I expect to be spoon fed does it?
As for me being "paranoid" and acting like everyone is singling me out........
Please, no one here is important enough to occupy my mind outside of the few minutes I spend here everyday, so don't flatter yourselves about making me "paranoid" (again what does that mean). As for being singled out.... a guy makes comments to the fact that I abuse drugs, and I came into his house and stole his shit etc. (I took it tongue in cheek, perhaps he was serious I don't know). I make a similar retort about how I could not have been stealing anything because I was involved with his family member. So I get berated and threatened in PM's and it is demanded that I delete and make a public apology! WTF is that?? What is good for the goose is not good for the gander!?!?!? Obviously not!! Sorry if you don't like it, but I ain't going to just sit around and let people talk shit without a little retort!
I cannot remember many of the other allegations, and wonderful comments many of you had for me, so I will be forced to let it slide under the rug so to speak.
Again I apologize for my attitude if it has offended. Like I mentioned earlier many of my colleagues who read here warned me, and I did not listen. So it seems this little forum has a bit of a rep, and you guys are doing nothing but perpetuating it. I have never been on a forum that was so unwelcoming. So egocentric (is that possible for a forum??). So exclusive. You all say how bad you want to promote Sumo, the art, the sport, the tradition. Is this your best? I sincerely hope not. I have owned my end of things. Hopefully the rest of you can learn from this and own your end as well. This snooty attitude is really a turnoff to noobie's such as me, and probably to others as well. Perhaps all of you don't care, and this is your little boys club where outsiders are welcomed as long as we do not ripple the waters and ask silly basic, stupid questions. I can happily go to other Sumo forums, but the reason I choose this one was because the level of knowledge SEEMED a bit more than other place, but perhaps knowledge is not what I should be judging on.
What can I say? The majority of the people here seem to think they have been cool with me, and I have been the ass. Perhaps a bit so, but have you all asked why that may be?? Contrary to popular belief I do have better things to do then to sit here and raise hell with you all! I will chill with the negative comments about the forum. In the meantime can you all meet me half way and tone down the douche bagg-edness when it comes to asking questions? If I ask in the wrong place (sorry if I did not see the thread about technique that I was "absent on." You guys have stuff all over the place here, so it is hard to keep up with where the right place is to post things. Again, a noobie mistake that does not really deserve the tude I have received IMO) just help me out and let me know where to post, or where to ask.
I have learned something from this all, I hope the same comes of you all. On the flip side if you all wish to perpetuate the snooty, exclusive, know it all attitude that seems to be norm..... just keep on ignoring me.
Cheers, and have a nice weekend!
Jake
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