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CovenantJr wrote:Loremaster wrote:Chickens cannot be ruled to remove pants via proxy, and all culpability must rest with said party who placed chicken at the height to remove pants.I forgot all about that.
Hey, thanks!
Having had a number of pranks played on me over the years, the solution I eventually developed was not one of satisfying revenge (sadlymagickmaker17 wrote:I'm having a bad morning. Last night, I found out my WoW buddies had been pulling an elaborate prank on me. One of the older guildies had made a new character, and when using said character, acted like a total noob, asking a lot of stupid questions. I spent a lot of time patiently answering stupid questions, because I'm a good person. I haven't been on a lot the past few weeks, because of finals and stuff, so everyone else in the guild but me knew about it. It made me really angry. Even if I know that it was just in jest, and they didn't mean anything by it.
And this morning, I woke up with a migraine. And I have to get in a car in about 25 minutes, and sit there while Ali drives for 13 hours. What fun.
) but one of being happy with my actions. Ok, so they wasted your time, but really all their prank did was demonstrate that you're a good person. Don't let them make you feel embarrassed or angry about that, just because they knew something you didn't. 
CovenantJr wrote:Having had a number of pranks played on me over the years, the solution I eventually developed was not one of satisfying revenge (sadlymagickmaker17 wrote:I'm having a bad morning. Last night, I found out my WoW buddies had been pulling an elaborate prank on me. One of the older guildies had made a new character, and when using said character, acted like a total noob, asking a lot of stupid questions. I spent a lot of time patiently answering stupid questions, because I'm a good person. I haven't been on a lot the past few weeks, because of finals and stuff, so everyone else in the guild but me knew about it. It made me really angry. Even if I know that it was just in jest, and they didn't mean anything by it.
And this morning, I woke up with a migraine. And I have to get in a car in about 25 minutes, and sit there while Ali drives for 13 hours. What fun.
It's kind of hard to explain what I'm getting at, but it makes pranks much less stressful. If you acted in a way that gives you no cause for shame or embarrassment, the fact that it was a prank doesn't really matter. And, believe me, being completely unfazed by their prank is going to be more effective payback than most revenge you might concoct. Because if it doesn't bother you, they wasted their time as well as yours, and they might even end up feeling a bit foolish themselves.
It does take a bit of an effort to train yourself to react this way, but it's worth it.
Thanks Men. I'll need them by tonight depending on what the news is.Menolly wrote:Oh Balon...
More hugs dude. And lots of positive Healing vibes carried on rays of golden Lght from cho headed out west.
thank you, I do try to keep that in mind, and I'm pretty much trying to let it go. But it was kinda nice to rant about it. And I know its gonna continue to bother me for a couple days, even if I don't let on that it does. And I do appreciate what you're trying to tell me. It doesn't bother me in the sense that they pulled the prank on me, so much as the fact that I fell for it, and spent all that time answering questions for a veteran.CovenantJr wrote:Having had a number of pranks played on me over the years, the solution I eventually developed was not one of satisfying revenge (sadlymagickmaker17 wrote:I'm having a bad morning. Last night, I found out my WoW buddies had been pulling an elaborate prank on me. One of the older guildies had made a new character, and when using said character, acted like a total noob, asking a lot of stupid questions. I spent a lot of time patiently answering stupid questions, because I'm a good person. I haven't been on a lot the past few weeks, because of finals and stuff, so everyone else in the guild but me knew about it. It made me really angry. Even if I know that it was just in jest, and they didn't mean anything by it.
And this morning, I woke up with a migraine. And I have to get in a car in about 25 minutes, and sit there while Ali drives for 13 hours. What fun.
It's kind of hard to explain what I'm getting at, but it makes pranks much less stressful. If you acted in a way that gives you no cause for shame or embarrassment, the fact that it was a prank doesn't really matter. And, believe me, being completely unfazed by their prank is going to be more effective payback than most revenge you might concoct. Because if it doesn't bother you, they wasted their time as well as yours, and they might even end up feeling a bit foolish themselves.
It does take a bit of an effort to train yourself to react this way, but it's worth it.
for Balon. 
Ban you? I doubt it. They probably will just erase all those posts. (Understandably.)Cameraman Jenn wrote:That is alot of driving and alot of riding. Tomorrow will be a breeze in comparison.
I feel super silly today. My brain went on overdrive on a thread today and now I am just waiting for the mods to find it and bring out Jay and his banstick....
*Ban* you? Are you kidding? Somebody needs to nominate that thread for a Watchy!Cameraman Jenn wrote:That is alot of driving and alot of riding. Tomorrow will be a breeze in comparison.
I feel super silly today. My brain went on overdrive on a thread today and now I am just waiting for the mods to find it and bring out Jay and his banstick....
I believe there's a 12-step program for this...Cameraman Jenn wrote:I just can't stop. My brain has gotten out of my control...
Either that or try to have me committed.