Tuesday, September 20, 2011

These trolls. They angry ...

You'll notice that I'm using a different Blogger ID pic when I comment. Gone is my Hulk avatar.

It was only a matter of time before someone, riding a train somewhere, or sitting all cozy in an office tower, clicked on a post and recognized either themselves, co-workers, train buddies, siblings, the guy that sells you milk, etc., and got super-mad. Got all righteous and gasp, called me a bully.

This website would be nothing without the pictorials. I do my best to obscure faces. I myself am forever immortalized in a group photo for what was the grand opening of The Docks nightclub wearing a hairstyle that really didn't suit me and an outfit that my best friend should have slapped off my body. I didn't mind having my picture taken. I was in a public place after all. What I did mind was that my face was clearly distinguishable. This picture became a poster. And then it became a nightmare. There's nothing like having your mom call you up months later, because she had taken the subway back from a doctor's appointment, to ask you if it's you who is half-dressed in a poster for a nightclub wearing a tube top you had no business wearing. Ah, 1997. I don't miss ya. But I sure learned from ya.

So to make it fair, I have put up a photo of myself in an an obscured pose.

Now we're even.

18 comments:

  1. C.J. SmithSeptember 19, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    This is all you're gonna get.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2011 at 12:13 AM

    Nice Farrah Fawcet fly-away!

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  3. FREDSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    You know "bully accuser" is gonna print this out and sit beside everyone in profile comparing the picture. Then what?
    Ba ha ha ha hahahahahahhahahaha

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  4. AlSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    Ok,but where's the Dock's photo?

    I miss that place, best patio party on earth

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  5. C.J. SmithSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:11 AM

    Al,
    I hope there's a big landfill where that poster rests at the very bottom...

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  6. hankSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    The ttc riff-raff need to calm down.
    Guess it was the goatee?

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  7. C.J. SmithSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    I had to reconsider a comment made by an alleged co-worker who claimed to recognize the person.

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  8. hankSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    so you deleted it.

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  9. C.J. SmithSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Yes. I do have a soul.

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  10. hankSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    poeple can misconstrue things sometimes. also, people need to relax. it's not like u posted his name, employer,. address etc. sheesh

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  11. AlSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    I dont get it, what dfid you delete?

    did I miss a post??

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  12. SquigglesSeptember 20, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    She deleted a post from Friday about the TTC Riff-Raff sitting on floor of a GO Train.

    I remember a "co-worker" of his commentating on the site that s/he knew him and that he was a nice guy.

    It's a shame how some people ruin it for others.

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  13. GarySeptember 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    It was a pretty clear photo. It's best to poke fun at people without a face. Once there's a face, it becomes personal for some people. It's like that People of Public Transit website. I don't CJ should stoop to that level.

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  14. C.J. SmithSeptember 20, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Never.

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  15. karySeptember 20, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    I took the pic of the guy and sent it to CJ. He may be a nice guy but I felt kinda uncomfortable with him spead out at my feet. I was wearing a dress and all, the train was packed and he took up that space on the floor...so I didn't get the nice-guy vibe from him. I got the inconsiderate moron vibe from him. I guess everybody deserves a second chance.

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  16. C.J. SmithSeptember 20, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    Now, having read what Kary's mentioned, that tidbit of information changes things, especially the perspective - in more ways than one.

    The harassment leveled at me over that photo merits the photo staying off the site but if I had known, or considered how some guy sitting on the floor can cause a woman to feel uncomfortable if she is wearing a skirt, I would have just ignored the protests.

    I now feel even more strongly that sitting your plaid-covered ass on the floor of a crowded train still isn't right. I don't care if volunteer at the soup kitten and knit scarves for orphaned kittens, that's just creepy.

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  17. Night Nurse sweating on a humid morning trainSeptember 21, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    CJ rules

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  18. FREDSeptember 21, 2011 at 9:51 AM

    knit scarves for orphaned kittens

    Awesome.

    ReplyDelete

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