landrvr1 wrote:No more endless asshole rants from me. No more baiting. No more trolling.
I recognize that I have been an over-the-top asshole a lot of the time, and for that I apologize. In my mission to prove just how much of an asshole I can be, I've spread a whole lot of bad vibes. I've misjudged just how badly I was being perceived, and how badly I was acting.
Sometimes it takes just one post to put things into perspective, and that was Tone's last post to me. Here:
http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic. ... rvr#739241
After awhile it all became a sort of game. One upmanship and namecalling and baiting. Baiting to see who would play this time. That's just stupid.
Tone, I respect the shit out of you. I teased that you were the self-imposed conscience of the forum but, in many ways, I do believe that - and that it's a good thing for this forum. I've seen you bring other people around to a sense of perspective, and you did it for me. It's probably not going to mean shit that I'm saying this now, but wanted you to know.
leisureMuffin. I know I'm probably going to get a 'fuck off, cunt' reply from you and that's understandable. Believe me. We've had some knock down, drag-outs and harsh things have been said. Before anything else, I want you to know that I always did get a laugh out of your nicknames for me. Here's hoping we can, at the very least, agree to ignore one another.
The biggest piece of shit about this whole thing is that I really do use Live, gig out, love music, and have learned a fuck of a lot about music/politics/life/food/movies/anal sex from this forum. Okay, kidding about the anal sex part.
The absolute best thing about this forum is that I've discovered some new music along the way, and that's just one of the best things about life. mikemc/Utenzil, Angstrom, and Ingo Gabriel are a few.
Unfortunately, I've completely tainted those good things with my crazy bullshit. That's completely my fault.
Don't know what more to say, really. I'm sure there's going to be a lot of folks who think this is just more bullshit, and that's fair enough. I hope that my future conduct will prove otherwise. I also know that this post will be perceived as more arrogance on my part, and you might be right. But I feel it was owed.
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this actually reads pretty sincere. much like the olive branch pm you sent me.
I feel really bad for you, man. you clearly have some pretty serious problems. Just because a few people respond to this post by saying "don't change" doesn't mean the way you are behaving is acceptable.
you should really take a look at this and think about what changed you mind.
.lm.
