D&D General An Apology

[doctorbadwolf]

Hello, neighbors.

So, having been confronted with the notion that I have been a bit of an a-hole lately, I have it some thought, and yeah...fair.

I don’t think I can ever be someone who is especially polite to someone who is being disrespectful while technically staying within the rules, or engaging in other toxic behavior toward me, but I will work to be kinder and more patient in other disagreements, and I will try to just report and ignore when someone is out of line in their behavior towards myself.

To anyone I have been unfairly harsh toward, in the last several months especially, I am very sorry.

And thank you, @Umbran , for confronting me with this.

 

[beast013]

While you did not show any disrespect towards me/my posts, I applaud your apology. Many people cannot/will not admit when they've crossed the respect line. You are a gentleman.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

While you did not show any disrespect towards me/my posts, I applaud your apology. Many people cannot/will not admit when they've crossed the respect line. You are a gentleman.

Thank you. I try to always be willing to introspect, but it isn’t always easy to do without a push or challenge from outside.

 

[HJFudge]

Very good post. I approve! Trying to be better is something we can all do.

 

[Mind of tempest]

I respect you owning up which is rare in this age over the internet.
you did nothing to me so it is hollow for me to say it.

 

[Shiroiken]

So, having been confronted with the notion that I have been a bit of an a-hole lately,

But you're OUR a-hole!

I feel ya. Sometimes the heat of the argument gets inside your head, and you can't let things go. I periodically go on a social media hiatus to clear my head when it starts to get too bad. Even if it's just a day or two, it can really help.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Heh... yeah, I had noticed over the last bunch of months that you had started going straight off the pier right off the bat in certain threads, rather than slowing building up to it when people tended to ignore or deliberately misconstrue what you were trying to get across. My impression of that has mainly come out of a lot of the more social politics threads that have come up recently where the arguments back-and-forth have persisted much, much longer than they had any need to (since it usually becomes pretty clear pretty quickly when we get stuck on a treadmill with someone who is never going to agree with us on one of these issues.) So I wonder if that repeated banging your head against a wall got pulled into your other threads as well, where the perspective of timing had been lost?

In any event... being able to spend at least a half-dozen posts discussing various D&D-isms politely before going HAM on the person is usually the best way to go, so if you can follow through on this, I applaud you. Best of luck keeping it civil. I know I have a devil of a time doing it myself sometimes.