Let me preface this by saying... WE ALL HAVE FAULTS. None of us are perfect, and there is something in all of us that we need to work on. That's really what life is about: Always changing, always progressing, and (hopefully) striving for perfection and bettering ourselves. No one knows my flaws better than I do... but that doesn't mean I can't see other people's and reserve the right to point out what is theirs. I welcome constructive criticism, and I feel that anyone who is a good friend will know when I either need a hug or a swift kick in my ass to snap me out of my funk.
I also know in the case of these three, I am wasting my breath. More than likely, they will just lash out instead of taking a good look inside themselves. But I can't sleep until I get this off my chest. I'm calling this as I see it and trying to be as objective as possible. Comments are off, because my intent is not a massive bashfest, or drama... but hopefully this will help someone out there that sees themselves spiraling down the same path... before your ass is served to you on a silver platter by the MySpace blogging community next.
I see something in common with the three of you:1) You are lonely and bitter.
2) You are easily threatened by the slightest negative remark about you.
3) You actually give a damn what the opinions of strangers are.
4) Your anger towards others is actually self-loathing and projection.
5) You will NEVER let things go. Ever.
Now let me direct my thoughts individually....
Andrew_MYou are by far, the most fucked up of the three... the only way ANYONE will buy into your bullshit is if they
only hear your side of the story. Honestly, I think you DO believe all of your crazy shit. You want to play martyr and complain about everyone "wishing a dying man dead"? Here are the facts.... you said it first.
That's right... long before the "Is he dead yet?" stuff everyone is saying, you have been quoted as telling people "Piss off, the world would be better without you in it" and "You should die in my place. You're not even human". You are getting nothing more than the same cruelty back that you have given others, and in my Machiavellian mind, it makes perfect sense. You are bitter and cruel, and people are only responding back in kind. No one is going to feel sorry for you as you continue to distrust and lash out at people... it doesn't work that way. You show no mercy, yet expect it? And as for this grudge you have been holding towards people since the Summer: Betraying confidences? You are a liar. You blogged about your liver failure in Nov. 2007. This has been public knowledge for 2 years... how do you keep claiming people have betrayed you and not keeping this a secret? You like to play games, you are creepy and stalkerish, and you can continue ranting and whining on your blog with your imaginary friends because most of us are bored with you. You complain about fake Andrew profiles, while you make fake profiles of other people? Are you kidding? You are offended at someone doubting your ailments and feel they called you a liar as you have been caught making outlandish lies about people over and over? Give me a break.
If you are truly dying, I would strongly suggest you spend your remaining time with people who love and care about you instead of this ridiculous ongoing feud that most of us aren't even paying attention to anymore. Is this the way you want to be remembered? As a bitter, lying, creepy asshole? Who cares... we've since moved on.
JokoLordy, dude... I was listening to WTF Radio trying to figure out why you don't get it. Yes, you made a fool out of yourself. You insulted a whole lot of people. But then you become a walking contradiction as you attempted damage control; You're sorry, yet you mean every word you said; You tell people they don't produce anything of value, yet I fail to get the point or humor in any of your videos, nor can I find anyone who actually enjoys them; You don't care about rankings, yet you keep track of who blogs and ranks; You don't care about popularity, but all you do is begrudge anyone who you perceive as popular; You told everyone tonight "stop taking what I say so personal", then a few minutes later complain about all the "Joko bashing" and ask people to put themselves in your shoes and how would THEY feel after hearing all the comments people passed about you the past 4 days.
One way or another... people are spotting a phony here. You are either not being honest with everyone, or you are not honest with yourself. You said "Eric hates me", when in reality you have had a problem with me since January because I didn't include you in my "20 Funniest MySpace Bloggers" blog. You dogged me all over the place, made arguments based on gossip and crap you read in drama blogs, and even came up with a ludicrous remark about how I should have stated that it was *my* opinion in my blog and not an official MySpace list. (HUH?). Any drama blog about me can count on you to be in there with a sneaky "thumbs up" comment of support from you. OK that's called projection... that's
you hating
me, buddy. I am fluent in "Passive Aggressive" and "Doublespeak" and it seems you have issues with a whole lot of people. Seething resentment toward their success and popularity. It was just harder to mask your insults because you were inebriated that night. People heard what I've been hearing all along... LOUD AND CLEAR. If that's how you feel about people, fine. Why lie about it? Why pretend you don't?
You said tonight "I see traits of mine in other people that I don't like so I call them out".
Sooooo... you don't like something about yourself and you think THEY need to be judged and have to change?
I don't know what that's called in JOKOLAND... but in the real world, we call that PROJECTION and HYPOCRISY.
Michael The Rochester GuyMike, you are probably the only one on this list that I can honestly say I have nothing against right now. Sure we went at it in the beginning of this year, and for me it was mostly fun and games as your buttons are so easy to push. Nothing you said to me really got to me, and I can only think of one single incident where you pissed me off and went too far... but that's all in the past. I have been trying my DAMNDEST to steer clear of all the stuff going on right now because I don't want to go back to all of that, and I'll tell you why... you just don't let things go. It will go on forever and ever until the other side decides to walk away. And I know how hard that is for most people to do, and why most onlookers just don't "get it". For the smallest things, you will go for the jugular and attack in the most vicious and personal ways possible. Why? There's no winning an internet fight. I have yet to see that happen. What is it about your pride that makes it impossible for you just walk away from a remark you don't like? You get sidetracked and fixated on petty little details that are inconsequential. At first you had this concern that people would take advantage of Misty and friend her for all the wrong reasons... then the next, you trashed her everywhere and I now have all this imagery and TMI swirling in my head that makes me want to douse my ears and eyeballs in bleach.
I can't conceive of taking someone I profess to love and care about, and then totally destroying them just to save my reputation. Hell, there are things swirling around on MySpace right now that I could squelch by finally opening my mouth... but near as I can tell, there's no one out there circulating and buying into that garbage about me whose opinions matter. It's not worth hurting anyone in real life. Who the hell cares?
I see the same patterns over and over... You argue with one person, and then it snowballs into 20-30 people pissed off at you. Same scenario. Different crowd. Do you really think THEY'RE the problem?
I'm just calling it as I see it, folks.
You can't be the aggressor, and then play the victim when it suits you.
If there are any sane people reading this, I hope you learn from this and remember three simple words:
LET. IT. GO.