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- From: szikopou@superior.carleton.ca (Steven Zikopoulos)
- Subject: Re: How depressing!
- Message-ID: <szikopou.727915002@cunews>
- Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator)
- Organization: Carleton University
- References: <106337@netnews.upenn.edu> <szikopou.727895711@cunews> <1993Jan24.203434.19186@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:36:42 GMT
- Lines: 55
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- In <1993Jan24.203434.19186@leland.Stanford.EDU> tullfan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Richard Thompson) writes:
-
- >In article <szikopou.727895711@cunews> szikopou@superior.carleton.ca (Steven Zikopoulos) writes:
- >>In <106337@netnews.upenn.edu> dchong@mail.sas.upenn.edu (Dennis Chong) writes:
- >>
- >>>Gee, this newsgroups is depressing, innit? Since I subscribed, I've
- >>>found discussions on how much better it is to be dead and how God doesn't
- >>>exist.
- >>
- >>>But for some reason I find it curiously inviting. :-)
- >>
- >>>dc
- >>
- >>
- >>I'm glad that your life is proceeding more smoothly than those on
- >>alt.angst who are using the board to express their ANGST
- >>S Zikopoulos
- >>
-
- >I get the feeling that alt.angst is a sort of frat or something. If you don't
- >properly express your angst--even in your first posting--or if you express it
- >but have inappropriate angst, then you just don't belong, so fuck off. quite
- >the little social club you guys got going here...i'm proud o' y'all...i just
- >wish i fet more accepted...sniff...i need this kind of positive, wholesome
- >interaction in my life...sniff...but my angst just isn't cool enough...sniff.
-
- I don't understand how that response could be triggered by that. My
- statement was genuine.
-
- >WAKE UP--everyone fucking has angst...its what life is about...and the ones
- >who manage to put it behind them are the ones who succeed...and the ones who
- >wallow in it...well. discussing is one thing, but some of you make an identity
-
- People are at different points in their lives. If you have no need of
- talking about yours--great! Being condescending and responding with
- flames is certainly no way to get positive responses from a board.
-
-
- >of it..and are even proud of it! some of you like being angstful...and get
- >defensive if the SACRED ANGST is not view properly.
-
-
- alt.angst isn't a secret society. I felt that you were making jokes
- at the expense of other people's pain and I find no humour in that. I
- don't think any of the "sincere" posters on this board appreciated it
- either.
-
- If you want aggressive discourse...start a board called alt.insults or
- something.
-
- Yours Truly,
- Steven Zikopoulos
-
-