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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #145 on: April 29, 2015, 11:10:00 AM »
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I'm sure I will probably get roasted for this but before you crucify me keep in mind I am a 100% poster and I'm still posting roll. However, I would like to see your answers to this question: Am I the only one who feels like posting roll is no longer necessary? How many of you feel like you will post roll forever? I wrestle with it every day. I have not had a craving in over 200 days, I never think about dipping anymore, and no longer believe that posting roll is needed. Honestly, the only reason I still post is to support others that are still struggling and to avoid the backlash of leaving. Again, before you accuse me of thinking I'm "cured" or that I'm planning a cave - remember that I'm still a 100% poster and I'm still posting roll. I'd just like to hear your thoughts on this.
I saw the following posted by bigreddude within his quit group this morning (October 14 Titans). This isn't the first time I've seen this question, or related, and every single time I give the same answer. Stupid question. So, I get that bigred is a 100% poster, and simply asking the question of the greater good, but it's a stupid question. If any of you have seen a caver, what is the consistent theme almost 100% of the time. They don't post roll. Whether it's a cave at day 50 or a cave at day 500 (I've seen both), they stop posting roll and making that daily promise.

Personally, I don't see the big deal. 30 seconds, post your name in your group, and be done. That's all. Clearly, however, it's a big deal. Our group has lost 2 in the last few months to similar lame ass excuse about not having time. They're are at risk of caving...we call that a pre-cave.

Anyway, Bigred, thank you for posting this stupid question in your group so that I could hop on a pedestal and share with the larger group. Maybe I'm an asshole for doing so, but you posed the question and solicited feedback, and there's mine. Stupid question, especially from a 100% roll poster.
I disagree. Not a stupid question - an ADDICT'S question.

You laid it out there pretty well, Steak, not much more to add. 30 seconds. Hell, less than that if you have brother's number and just text him.

There are more than one way to stay involved here, people. The Gropeme and Cocknow groups are becoming popular. KTC is on FaceSpace. There's a blog or whatever that shit is.

Point being, KTC for me, is a lifestyle now. Just like dipping and 'Hagen was a lifestyle for me for 29 years. It was how I identified myself; how I measured myself against other people. Now, I identify myself as a QUITTER. As such, I post roll every day. Period.

Once I post, I hang around. Sometimes more than I should. Why? Well, don't tell anyone, but because I like some of you assholes. Some. The rest can fuck off. 'winker'

So I don't think Red is asking a stupid question. I think Red may be struggling with his addicted mind for a bit. It's not uncommon. I know I squared away my mind first thing this morning when I posted roll. I'll do the same tomorrow.
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #144 on: April 29, 2015, 07:08:00 AM »
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I'm sure I will probably get roasted for this but before you crucify me keep in mind I am a 100% poster and I'm still posting roll. However, I would like to see your answers to this question: Am I the only one who feels like posting roll is no longer necessary? How many of you feel like you will post roll forever? I wrestle with it every day. I have not had a craving in over 200 days, I never think about dipping anymore, and no longer believe that posting roll is needed. Honestly, the only reason I still post is to support others that are still struggling and to avoid the backlash of leaving. Again, before you accuse me of thinking I'm "cured" or that I'm planning a cave - remember that I'm still a 100% poster and I'm still posting roll. I'd just like to hear your thoughts on this.
I saw the following posted by bigreddude within his quit group this morning (October 14 Titans). This isn't the first time I've seen this question, or related, and every single time I give the same answer. Stupid question. So, I get that bigred is a 100% poster, and simply asking the question of the greater good, but it's a stupid question. If any of you have seen a caver, what is the consistent theme almost 100% of the time. They don't post roll. Whether it's a cave at day 50 or a cave at day 500 (I've seen both), they stop posting roll and making that daily promise.

Personally, I don't see the big deal. 30 seconds, post your name in your group, and be done. That's all. Clearly, however, it's a big deal. Our group has lost 2 in the last few months to similar lame ass excuse about not having time. They're are at risk of caving...we call that a pre-cave.

Anyway, Bigred, thank you for posting this stupid question in your group so that I could hop on a pedestal and share with the larger group. Maybe I'm an asshole for doing so, but you posed the question and solicited feedback, and there's mine. Stupid question, especially from a 100% roll poster.
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #143 on: December 16, 2014, 01:18:00 PM »
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My biggest fear at this point is complacency. I rarely think about snuff anymore and haven't really had what I'd call a real crave since around day 25 but I'm well aware that Nicky could be around the corner lurking, ready to pounce at any moment. For that reason I carry my coin and keep posting roll even though it is daily struggle to keep doing so. Every day it seems like I have to talk myself into posting roll. I have thoughts like: "do I really need to do this anymore?" but I keep doing it because as best I can tell the one underlying common thread with people who cave after reaching the HOF is they stopped posting roll. So I post roll and will keep posting roll.
Keep it up Red.

I have my coin in my pocket right now. I have my 'Comma' chip in my truck. Fake dip in my desk drawer (in all honesty, it's Mint Snuff and takes care of bad breath), but they are all reminders for me. I continue to remind myself all day, every day.

Stay active, bur more than that, reach out. Get in the new groups. Pick up a new guy in his intros. Just one. Helping ONE guy here can make all the difference, and it certainly helps keep the nic bitch's sister - the complacency whore, at bay.
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #142 on: December 16, 2014, 12:09:00 PM »
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Day 146
My biggest fear at this point is complacency. I rarely think about snuff anymore and haven't really had what I'd call a real crave since around day 25 but I'm well aware that Nicky could be around the corner lurking, ready to pounce at any moment. For that reason I carry my coin and keep posting roll even though it is daily struggle to keep doing so. Every day it seems like I have to talk myself into posting roll. I have thoughts like: "do I really need to do this anymore?" but I keep doing it because as best I can tell the one underlying common thread with people who cave after reaching the HOF is they stopped posting roll. So I post roll and will keep posting roll.
Keep it up Red.

I have my coin in my pocket right now. I have my 'Comma' chip in my truck. Fake dip in my desk drawer (in all honesty, it's Mint Snuff and takes care of bad breath), but they are all reminders for me. I continue to remind myself all day, every day.

Stay active, bur more than that, reach out. Get in the new groups. Pick up a new guy in his intros. Just one. Helping ONE guy here can make all the difference, and it certainly helps keep the nic bitch's sister - the complacency whore, at bay.
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #141 on: December 16, 2014, 12:04:00 PM »
Day 146
My biggest fear at this point is complacency. I rarely think about snuff anymore and haven't really had what I'd call a real crave since around day 25 but I'm well aware that Nicky could be around the corner lurking, ready to pounce at any moment. For that reason I carry my coin and keep posting roll even though it is daily struggle to keep doing so. Every day it seems like I have to talk myself into posting roll. I have thoughts like: "do I really need to do this anymore?" but I keep doing it because as best I can tell the one underlying common thread with people who cave after reaching the HOF is they stopped posting roll. So I post roll and will keep posting roll.
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #140 on: November 02, 2014, 12:37:00 AM »
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Mr. C here from the Knowledge Emporium, while the HOF was making its way through October, like the rectal exams from our Dr. Bone. I had some time to tour the facility with my fellow Ginger, BigRedDude44. During our extend stroll through the Emporium, we had some time to exchange pleasantries and acquire a new appreciation for being the caboose of this train wreck. As I dispose of the sleeper sofa, please enjoy:
Interview with a Ginger


There was a disturbance in the Flannel Network: aka the Force for Gingers, as we posse the ability to sense the presence of the soulless, pale, and freckled kin. There he was towering above all to see, a ginger above gingers whose milk toast complexion, makes Marilyn Mason look like a Baywatch extra, with the opaqueness of copy paper, nodded in excitement of a fellow ginger.
You see the gingers are selected above all else to be the carrots of society, buried so only the tops can be seen. Therefore, as we take our place in the back of the October HOF Train, we sit down in the last two chairs on the platform. Only after a 72-hour period of binge watching the GBN (Ginger Broadcasting Network), we began conversing. You see as gingers we are not permitted to watch any movie or television show that does not contain a ginger. This is not due to the prejudices that exist or a violation of civil rights, all other forms of entertainment do not satisfy our hyper-evolved sophisticated sense of humor. So after watching The Brat Pack (Molly Ringwald) series and Woody Allen movies, we were ready to begin discussing the finer points of life, the Highland Games.
After the heated debate of whoÂ’s favored to when the Caber Toss, I still say McKim is in his prime. I find that BigRedDude44 prefers to referred to as Runks, but this poses the question; what does Mrs. Runks call him? Runkypoo? It was a 36 year journey that brought him to this point in his life, only after his gums where red and raw. A ginger quits because of red? Does anyone else see the irony? Since the start of his quit journey he has made some friends, only because he was smart enough not to use this picture as his avatar. That is smart thinking! I should have thought of it myself.
I soon found that this ginger does not sleep, that only helps prove that we are vampires and have no soul. He soon was sharing way more information than I cared to know, especially that weird goal in life to come back as a bird dog to have sex with a gorilla behind a deer blind. To each their own, but when he shared that I had never seen BoneDiddley act so strangely, even when he walked in on Jama and CLW, at the pottery wheel.
As we continued to move towards the HOF platform he broke out in a Hank Williams Jr medley, that caused several of the quitters to jump out of the window of the moving train, I had never seen Knix, Jspencer, and Oxman move so quickly. I didnÂ’t think it was as bad as his version of Celebration, when the Cowboys won their preseason Blue/White scrimmage.
As we waited for our turn to board, the train the Ginger fell asleep on the sleeper sofa, now for a ginger to oversleep, is like saying FredR remembers to post before 6 pm. Now when that horn blew, (Who knew that the HOF horn played YMCA?) Now that ginger hung like a baby, 7 lbs 14 oz, 18.5 inches, proceeded to get his protector of the burning bush trapped in the couch, causing a momentary panic. But this father of 2, with the grace of the Dancing Hippos from Fantasia, saved his towering redwood sapling, and made it aboard the HOF express. Proving once again, that Aristotle was correct. In his work Physiognomic, he stated “people with tawny colored hair are brave because they have the same hair color as lions, while the reddish cannot be trusted because they have the same hair color as foxes. Well, partly correct, while the ginger in question, maybe sly and look like Swiper the Fox, he is nothing but a 6’6” walking model to quitters, and gingers everywhere, of how to be a Bad Ass Quitter.
Candy you are one crazy ginger quitting son of a gun! No doubt we are the 2 baddest Ginger quitters on ktc!
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #139 on: November 01, 2014, 11:26:00 PM »
Mr. C here from the Knowledge Emporium, while the HOF was making its way through October, like the rectal exams from our Dr. Bone. I had some time to tour the facility with my fellow Ginger, BigRedDude44. During our extend stroll through the Emporium, we had some time to exchange pleasantries and acquire a new appreciation for being the caboose of this train wreck. As I dispose of the sleeper sofa, please enjoy:
Interview with a Ginger


There was a disturbance in the Flannel Network: aka the Force for Gingers, as we posse the ability to sense the presence of the soulless, pale, and freckled kin. There he was towering above all to see, a ginger above gingers whose milk toast complexion, makes Marilyn Mason look like a Baywatch extra, with the opaqueness of copy paper, nodded in excitement of a fellow ginger.
You see the gingers are selected above all else to be the carrots of society, buried so only the tops can be seen. Therefore, as we take our place in the back of the October HOF Train, we sit down in the last two chairs on the platform. Only after a 72-hour period of binge watching the GBN (Ginger Broadcasting Network), we began conversing. You see as gingers we are not permitted to watch any movie or television show that does not contain a ginger. This is not due to the prejudices that exist or a violation of civil rights, all other forms of entertainment do not satisfy our hyper-evolved sophisticated sense of humor. So after watching The Brat Pack (Molly Ringwald) series and Woody Allen movies, we were ready to begin discussing the finer points of life, the Highland Games.
After the heated debate of whoÂ’s favored to when the Caber Toss, I still say McKim is in his prime. I find that BigRedDude44 prefers to referred to as Runks, but this poses the question; what does Mrs. Runks call him? Runkypoo? It was a 36 year journey that brought him to this point in his life, only after his gums where red and raw. A ginger quits because of red? Does anyone else see the irony? Since the start of his quit journey he has made some friends, only because he was smart enough not to use this picture as his avatar. That is smart thinking! I should have thought of it myself.
I soon found that this ginger does not sleep, that only helps prove that we are vampires and have no soul. He soon was sharing way more information than I cared to know, especially that weird goal in life to come back as a bird dog to have sex with a gorilla behind a deer blind. To each their own, but when he shared that I had never seen BoneDiddley act so strangely, even when he walked in on Jama and CLW, at the pottery wheel.
As we continued to move towards the HOF platform he broke out in a Hank Williams Jr medley, that caused several of the quitters to jump out of the window of the moving train, I had never seen Knix, Jspencer, and Oxman move so quickly. I didnÂ’t think it was as bad as his version of Celebration, when the Cowboys won their preseason Blue/White scrimmage.
As we waited for our turn to board, the train the Ginger fell asleep on the sleeper sofa, now for a ginger to oversleep, is like saying FredR remembers to post before 6 pm. Now when that horn blew, (Who knew that the HOF horn played YMCA?) Now that ginger hung like a baby, 7 lbs 14 oz, 18.5 inches, proceeded to get his protector of the burning bush trapped in the couch, causing a momentary panic. But this father of 2, with the grace of the Dancing Hippos from Fantasia, saved his towering redwood sapling, and made it aboard the HOF express. Proving once again, that Aristotle was correct. In his work Physiognomic, he stated “people with tawny colored hair are brave because they have the same hair color as lions, while the reddish cannot be trusted because they have the same hair color as foxes. Well, partly correct, while the ginger in question, maybe sly and look like Swiper the Fox, he is nothing but a 6’6” walking model to quitters, and gingers everywhere, of how to be a Bad Ass Quitter.
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #138 on: September 29, 2014, 01:07:00 AM »
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Day 65

Day Sixty FREAKING Five!!! How did that happen?!??!?!?!?!!?!?!!!!! Almost double my longest previous stoppage! Since I quit I have had several experiences that I previously thought there was no way I could ever endure without a dip but I have walked down each of those roads and, astonishingly, have stood strong -with the help of my KTC brothers and sister -each time. Things like: being at the ranch; riding the tractor; planting food plots; setting up deer blinds; and dove hunting! Each of which was, surprisingly, nowhere near as hard as I expected. As tough as all that was this past week was the toughest "new" experience yet. I travel for a living and spend a ton of time alone in a hotel room. Anger and rage are not a struggle for me but boredom is and being on the road alone can be super boring. The last four days have been the biggest challenge to my quit that I have experienced so far. I just got back from my first road trip since I quit. I just spent my first 4 days alone on the road without a dip, EVER!!! I love what I do but there is a lot of down time and in the past the BOREDOM of down time was only survived by dipping so needless to say enduring the last 4 days dip free was rough! But I did it. It was rough but I made it through. If I can do that there is no doubt in my mind that there is NOTHING I can't do without a dip!

One thing I've learned so far is that every new experience that I survive without a dip is one more thing I can check off the list of things I "can't" do without a dip and surviving this past week without crap in my mouth has served to convince me that if I can do that without a dip, I can do anything without it!
Red, you can do EVERYTHING without dip.

Congrats on the victories. You're doing this.

As to the boredom, ever thought of picking up a hobby? Learn to play the harmonica. I always wanted to know how to play the harmonica. There aren't enough harmonica players in the world. Good ones, anyway.

Harmonica. You're already working it out in your head.
haHAHAHHA Your crazy! There is not a musical bone in my body! I do need to find a hobby that I can do when I'm on the road alone. Good idea!
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #137 on: September 26, 2014, 07:35:00 AM »
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Day 65

Day Sixty FREAKING Five!!! How did that happen?!??!?!?!?!!?!?!!!!! Almost double my longest previous stoppage! Since I quit I have had several experiences that I previously thought there was no way I could ever endure without a dip but I have walked down each of those roads and, astonishingly, have stood strong -with the help of my KTC brothers and sister -each time. Things like: being at the ranch; riding the tractor; planting food plots; setting up deer blinds; and dove hunting! Each of which was, surprisingly, nowhere near as hard as I expected. As tough as all that was this past week was the toughest "new" experience yet. I travel for a living and spend a ton of time alone in a hotel room. Anger and rage are not a struggle for me but boredom is and being on the road alone can be super boring. The last four days have been the biggest challenge to my quit that I have experienced so far. I just got back from my first road trip since I quit. I just spent my first 4 days alone on the road without a dip, EVER!!! I love what I do but there is a lot of down time and in the past the BOREDOM of down time was only survived by dipping so needless to say enduring the last 4 days dip free was rough! But I did it. It was rough but I made it through. If I can do that there is no doubt in my mind that there is NOTHING I can't do without a dip!

One thing I've learned so far is that every new experience that I survive without a dip is one more thing I can check off the list of things I "can't" do without a dip and surviving this past week without crap in my mouth has served to convince me that if I can do that without a dip, I can do anything without it!
Red, you can do EVERYTHING without dip.

Congrats on the victories. You're doing this.

As to the boredom, ever thought of picking up a hobby? Learn to play the harmonica. I always wanted to know how to play the harmonica. There aren't enough harmonica players in the world. Good ones, anyway.

Harmonica. You're already working it out in your head.
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #136 on: September 26, 2014, 01:51:00 AM »
Day 65

Day Sixty FREAKING Five!!! How did that happen?!??!?!?!?!!?!?!!!!! Almost double my longest previous stoppage! Since I quit I have had several experiences that I previously thought there was no way I could ever endure without a dip but I have walked down each of those roads and, astonishingly, have stood strong -with the help of my KTC brothers and sister -each time. Things like: being at the ranch; riding the tractor; planting food plots; setting up deer blinds; and dove hunting! Each of which was, surprisingly, nowhere near as hard as I expected. As tough as all that was this past week was the toughest "new" experience yet. I travel for a living and spend a ton of time alone in a hotel room. Anger and rage are not a struggle for me but boredom is and being on the road alone can be super boring. The last four days have been the biggest challenge to my quit that I have experienced so far. I just got back from my first road trip since I quit. I just spent my first 4 days alone on the road without a dip, EVER!!! I love what I do but there is a lot of down time and in the past the BOREDOM of down time was only survived by dipping so needless to say enduring the last 4 days dip free was rough! But I did it. It was rough but I made it through. If I can do that there is no doubt in my mind that there is NOTHING I can't do without a dip!

One thing I've learned so far is that every new experience that I survive without a dip is one more thing I can check off the list of things I "can't" do without a dip and surviving this past week without crap in my mouth has served to convince me that if I can do that without a dip, I can do anything without it!
Quit date: July 24,2014
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #135 on: September 21, 2014, 05:42:00 PM »
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There has been a ton of middle school girl drama going on on KTC between my quit group of October and several other quit groups regarding kakao and the way we are quitting and for the record most of it seems silly and counterproductive to helping anybody be free from nicotine.

From my perspective it seems that the mods/admins have failed miserably in this Bullcrap ktc drama and it seems to me that they should be doing more to intervene but I've only been quit on ktc for 60 days and I'm well aware that I have very little perspective and could be totally wrong about all of this so I wonder if this chaos that appears so fresh and unique to me might seem like another day at the office to them. I wonder if they've seen this kind of crap before and seen it blow up and blow over many, many times before and that is why their response seems indifferent and even apathetic to us relative noobs. I wonder if when we all have commas we'll see this kind of crap in a different light or will we see this as a totally unique time in the history of ktc. I have no idea what the answers are to my "wonderings" but I am well aware that in the grand scheme of things there are plenty of people in life as well as in quit that have experienced way more than I have. I am totally willing to admit that I'm wrong and learn from them as I am to tell them to hit the road because they're a bunch of power hungry, insecure idiots but again, I wonder if we are making a huge deal out of a common occurrence or are we fighting a new and unique battle. I don't know the answer but I'd like to know what y'all think.
are the strafing runs from outside your group driving your quit group apart or driving you all closer together? If a loudmouth jackass doesn't like the way you quit, tell them to go pound salt. Also... a tip- if you look up a user's profile profile/208885/ you can hit profile options/ignore and you won't even see their posts any more.

With 21000 members it is damn near impossible to intervene in every argument, research how it happened and what the contributing factors were at play.. Those that consistently step over the line will be dealt with. We try to make every effort to keep that process out of the public eye and give people every opportunity to modify their behavior before we take any official action.

And yes... we have seen this countless times.
Hang in there bro. You cats are rolling into the pre hall funk and you're also catching some jackassery. Sucks but been there and you power through it just like in the real world. The assholes and troubles will always be there but how you choose to deal with them is 100% up to you.
Go invest in some newb who can't post correctly yet or jump into chat and help some one off the ledge.
I just read through this post and want clarify what I meant by this sentence because it does not convey what I meant it to and don't want to be misunderstood.

"I am totally willing to admit that I'm wrong and learn from them as I am to tell them to hit the road because they're a bunch of power hungry, insecure idiots"

I should have said it like this:

"I am totally willing to admit that I'm wrong and learn from them as I am to tell them to hit the road If they turn out to be a bunch of power hungry, insecure idiots"
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #134 on: September 21, 2014, 03:53:00 PM »
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There has been a ton of middle school girl drama going on on KTC between my quit group of October and several other quit groups regarding kakao and the way we are quitting and for the record most of it seems silly and counterproductive to helping anybody be free from nicotine.

From my perspective it seems that the mods/admins have failed miserably in this Bullcrap ktc drama and it seems to me that they should be doing more to intervene but I've only been quit on ktc for 60 days and I'm well aware that I have very little perspective and could be totally wrong about all of this so I wonder if this chaos that appears so fresh and unique to me might seem like another day at the office to them. I wonder if they've seen this kind of crap before and seen it blow up and blow over many, many times before and that is why their response seems indifferent and even apathetic to us relative noobs. I wonder if when we all have commas we'll see this kind of crap in a different light or will we see this as a totally unique time in the history of ktc. I have no idea what the answers are to my "wonderings" but I am well aware that in the grand scheme of things there are plenty of people in life as well as in quit that have experienced way more than I have. I am totally willing to admit that I'm wrong and learn from them as I am to tell them to hit the road because they're a bunch of power hungry, insecure idiots but again, I wonder if we are making a huge deal out of a common occurrence or are we fighting a new and unique battle. I don't know the answer but I'd like to know what y'all think.
are the strafing runs from outside your group driving your quit group apart or driving you all closer together? If a loudmouth jackass doesn't like the way you quit, tell them to go pound salt. Also... a tip- if you look up a user's profile profile/208885/ you can hit profile options/ignore and you won't even see their posts any more.

With 21000 members it is damn near impossible to intervene in every argument, research how it happened and what the contributing factors were at play.. Those that consistently step over the line will be dealt with. We try to make every effort to keep that process out of the public eye and give people every opportunity to modify their behavior before we take any official action.

And yes... we have seen this countless times.
Hang in there bro. You cats are rolling into the pre hall funk and you're also catching some jackassery. Sucks but been there and you power through it just like in the real world. The assholes and troubles will always be there but how you choose to deal with them is 100% up to you.
Go invest in some newb who can't post correctly yet or jump into chat and help some one off the ledge.
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #133 on: September 21, 2014, 03:16:00 PM »
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There has been a ton of middle school girl drama going on on KTC between my quit group of October and several other quit groups regarding kakao and the way we are quitting and for the record most of it seems silly and counterproductive to helping anybody be free from nicotine.

From my perspective it seems that the mods/admins have failed miserably in this Bullcrap ktc drama and it seems to me that they should be doing more to intervene but I've only been quit on ktc for 60 days and I'm well aware that I have very little perspective and could be totally wrong about all of this so I wonder if this chaos that appears so fresh and unique to me might seem like another day at the office to them. I wonder if they've seen this kind of crap before and seen it blow up and blow over many, many times before and that is why their response seems indifferent and even apathetic to us relative noobs. I wonder if when we all have commas we'll see this kind of crap in a different light or will we see this as a totally unique time in the history of ktc. I have no idea what the answers are to my "wonderings" but I am well aware that in the grand scheme of things there are plenty of people in life as well as in quit that have experienced way more than I have. I am totally willing to admit that I'm wrong and learn from them as I am to tell them to hit the road because they're a bunch of power hungry, insecure idiots but again, I wonder if we are making a huge deal out of a common occurrence or are we fighting a new and unique battle. I don't know the answer but I'd like to know what y'all think.
are the strafing runs from outside your group driving your quit group apart or driving you all closer together? If a loudmouth jackass doesn't like the way you quit, tell them to go pound salt. Also... a tip- if you look up a user's profile profile/208885/ you can hit profile options/ignore and you won't even see their posts any more.

With 21000 members it is damn near impossible to intervene in every argument, research how it happened and what the contributing factors were at play.. Those that consistently step over the line will be dealt with. We try to make every effort to keep that process out of the public eye and give people every opportunity to modify their behavior before we take any official action.

And yes... we have seen this countless times.

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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #132 on: September 21, 2014, 04:24:00 AM »
There has been a ton of middle school girl drama going on on KTC between my quit group of October and several other quit groups regarding kakao and the way we are quitting and for the record most of it seems silly and counterproductive to helping anybody be free from nicotine.

From my perspective it seems that the mods/admins have failed miserably in this Bullcrap ktc drama and it seems to me that they should be doing more to intervene but I've only been quit on ktc for 60 days and I'm well aware that I have very little perspective and could be totally wrong about all of this so I wonder if this chaos that appears so fresh and unique to me might seem like another day at the office to them. I wonder if they've seen this kind of crap before and seen it blow up and blow over many, many times before and that is why their response seems indifferent and even apathetic to us relative noobs. I wonder if when we all have commas we'll see this kind of crap in a different light or will we see this as a totally unique time in the history of ktc. I have no idea what the answers are to my "wonderings" but I am well aware that in the grand scheme of things there are plenty of people in life as well as in quit that have experienced way more than I have. I am totally willing to admit that I'm wrong and learn from them as I am to tell them to hit the road because they're a bunch of power hungry, insecure idiots but again, I wonder if we are making a huge deal out of a common occurrence or are we fighting a new and unique battle. I don't know the answer but I'd like to know what y'all think.
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Re: BigRedDude
« Reply #131 on: September 16, 2014, 06:08:00 PM »
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4 days clean and I've felt like a loser all damn day because I only have 4 days clean and I dipped for 36 years! But tonight a 1000+ day vet spent an hour talking to and encouraging me. These words of his from him to me rocked my world: Day 4 is a hell of a lot tougher than day 1,42343434343566 or whatever is way easier than day 4! Congrats! you had to work harder than I did to quit today!" 2 things: 1. that so encouraging to me that it is beyond words that I could ever use to explain it. And 2: some day when I have a comma, I'm gonna stay up all damn night helping a day 4 guy make it through because somebody did that for me!
I just spent the last couple of hours reading through all my previous posts including my intro and I stumbled upon this nugget of a post from day 4 of my quit that at this point both cracks me up as well as empowers my quit. When I wrote this I was STRUGGLING through day 4 and clearly did not have all of my intellectual faculties on board when I wrote this. haha I am usually a stickler for grammar and spelling but this post clearly does not reflect this grammar nazi aspect of my personality. Regardless of all that bullcrap, reading through this is a good reminder of how crazy hard my quit was then as compared to how much easier it is now at day 54!
You didn't even wait until you got your comma to stay up and help some quitter make it through the night. You've been doing that consistently for our group since you got here and I thank you for that.
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