Morning Oppo/K-Roll is Leaving

Kinja'd!!! "K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
07/27/2014 at 10:54 • Filed to: goodbye

Kinja'd!!!2 Kinja'd!!! 100
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I'll be taking my leave of absence from Oppo for a good while, or at until I'm forgotten enough that I feel comfortable coming back.

So here's why. In short, last night I had a real life situation become an Oppo want; in which some things happened good and bad, it just wasn't good for me. I went to sleep with expectation that the whole storm of comments would simply die down and go away, but no. I awoke to as many comments as last night. It was made clear that I fucked up, and I did so very badly.

So I see it best to just leave Oppo for awhile until things die down; that thread will be removed, and I'll essentially go into hiding.

Now, to any women that I may have offended last night, or any that know me here, Stef, $kay, Yamahog, I am truly sincerely sorry. It was not my goal to come out like some sexist asshole, I'm not like that; I only wished to share my experience and what I learned from it. It may have been worded in such a way that it made me appear that way, but that's not how I am; I feel very stupid and am very sad about this and I suppose I deserve some kind of roasting from you and everyone else.

That being said, I'll be leaving Oppo today, effective immediately; but not until I have time to post my final "$kaybait"(Because reasons).

So yeah, that's all. Sorry for somehow being a sexist asshole, and sorry for disappointing or offending anyone. I am grateful for the good help and advice I received last night(you know who you guys are), but I still have to go; so do yourself a favor Oppo, and forget about me. Sorry.

I'll be zipping up the flamesuit, but it's whatever I guess. Can't please everyone. I'll just have to deal with it.


DISCUSSION (100)


Kinja'd!!! Kat Callahan > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 10:58

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FWIW, I'll say clearly, I don't think you're a sexist asshole, and I have zero desire to see you leave. Did you fuck up? In my view, yeah, you did. But we all fuck up. I am hardly an exception.

Take some time if you need to (self-care as we often term it in feminist circles), but I do hope you won't be gone too long. Certainly not long enough to forget about you.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:03

Kinja'd!!!9

This bothers me that people reacted to you in such a horrible way when you were vulnerable. This shouldn't be, On behalf of all of Oppo, I apologize. Opponauts should feel safe to post things like your post without judgement, You shouldn't have been treated this way, and you certainly shouldn't feel that you have to leave Oppo. I'm gonna share this comment to the FP, Powers that be: dont unshare it, This is something that everyone should see and learn from.


Kinja'd!!! DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:04

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Keep your stick on the ice, mate. We'll see you when you get back.

Just don't make it too long of an absence, m'kay? Who else am I going to give beater solutions to around here?


Kinja'd!!! Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:06

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Just keep in mind that this is the internet and we're here on OPPO to talk about all things automotive. There aren't any limits to what you can post about on OPPO, but when you deviate from the main subject matter, remember to tread carefully. I wouldn't leave. I fucked up a few months ago and people got offended. I deleted the post and moved on. I'm not going to pretend I care weather a person stays or goes, but I think you are a great contributor to the site. With that being said, choose your paths.

BTW, the friend zone fucking sucks.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Kat Callahan
07/27/2014 at 11:06

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At least you don't, but U din't the same could be said about the majority of the people from last night. I know there was some good things that came from it, you of course helped me very much. But I couldn't shake the feeling that I fucked up so bad that I needed to close and shut down all connections with the friends I have, simply going into loner hermit mode.

I just don't think I've really been living life right at all now. It just made me realize how fucked up my life really is, how much time I wasted and that I'm probably doomed to repeat the problem, because history.

Thanks so much for the help, but I don't think there's much hope for me.


Kinja'd!!! BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:08

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I'm kind of afraid to ask what happened, but... what happened?


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 11:09

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It wasn't even car-related, save for the pic; in that sense, I had no business posting it in the first place. Maybe I deserved it, I don't know. But maybe it'd be better for everyone if I left. I don't do things because I want to, but fir the sake of everyone else. I value everyone else more than myself.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
07/27/2014 at 11:10

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That's true.


Kinja'd!!! Kat Callahan > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:10

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Oh, posh. That's the hit you took to your self-esteem talking. Again, you're very young. Fucking up doesn't require you to go hermit. No one is holding a grudge, or at least they shouldn't be. And you didn't fuck up that badly. You made a pretty common young guy mistake. I can tell your remorse is genuine and you'll work on it.

Anyone have a problem with that, they can take it up with me.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
07/27/2014 at 11:11

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Relationship-related things happened. I fucked up and it led to much hate and offense.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:13

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It doesnt matter if it was car related or not, and maybe it didnt mesh with the Oppo ethos, but You still didnt deserve what you got, no one does. It would never be better if you left, I have a similar personality type to you, and I see myself in your posts. I understand the impulse to run and hide, Ive done it far too many times. Just delete the post, and move on. I know it sounds hard, but In about a week this would have completely blown over. Dont give up, We on Oppo are all here for you.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Kat Callahan
07/27/2014 at 11:14

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I don't even know what self-esteem is anymore. It may as well be some excuse to have hopes. I just don't see a way out of this. Nor do I know exactly how to fix what I did.


Kinja'd!!! Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:14

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I read the thread and I think it's a mix of getting a little too into personal stuff and some weak articulation in the post. We've all gotten ourselves into trouble at some point while learning how to treat women properly, learn from it and everythings fine. No hard feelings from most it seems and certainly not from me, maybe just stick to the winter beater posts in future haha.


Kinja'd!!! Kat Callahan > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:16

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You don't have to "see a way out of this," K. You just move forward, knowledge gained, lesson learned.


Kinja'd!!! DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:17

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K-Roll, I've screwed up far, far worse than you in the relatively recent past. (Okay, it was before I joined Oppo, but it's still relevant to this.) And yes, the commenters from last night may have been a bit harsh (probably the understatement of the year), but godfuckit, you're one of us. We had some visitors that stoked the flames of hell, and I shared the story of TwirlsWithTriangles, but don't let them chase you off.

Also, don't go into loner hermit mode. Trust me on that one... I speak with great personal experience on that one.

Anyway, fight the good fight, K-Roll. Also, to quote the great philosopher, Red Green... "If it ain't broke, you're not trying."

Porsche for your trouble.

Kinja'd!!!


Kinja'd!!! Brian Silvestro > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:17

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Internet people

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Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 11:18

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Welcome to whatever it is I call my life. I give off a very happy and excited vibe of fun and good times, on the inside life is truly hell for me, living in the shadows of my much smarter, more successful friends and family members.'

It truly is pathetic. I don't have much support if any to begin with. I'm just an emotional wreck really. Blaming myself for everything that goes wrong.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/27/2014 at 11:19

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Maybe, or maybe I just won't post anything.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Kat Callahan
07/27/2014 at 11:20

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But I don't know what to do from here on in.


Kinja'd!!! Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Brian Silvestro
07/27/2014 at 11:21

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Every comment K-Roll didn't like should have been responded to with this:

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.


Kinja'd!!! DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 11:22

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^This. Don't do as brave Sir Robin and bravely run away.


Kinja'd!!! BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:22

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Damn... I hope you get these things solved soon. I don't really know what happened, but these kinds of pains are par for growing up. As for fucking up, Oppo usually doesn't hold grudges. Shit happens, people vent for the wrong reasons at the wrong times, and a bad night doesn't automatically turn regular members into the worst troll in the history of the internet. The community is mature enough to understand that.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:22

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I'm the exact same way, I get it. And the worst part is knowing you are blowing it out of proportion, but not knowing how much. bugs the hell out of me when I do that.

Here's my email: applefanatic10.7@gmail.com

It sounds like we could become good friends. Maybe we could support eachother.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
07/27/2014 at 11:22

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Nothing I do, or apparently what I've done is good. From what I can tell, essentially what I've been doing with my life for who knows how long has been wrong; as small as it may have been, it blossomed into this shitstorm last night. It's all kinds of fucked up that I got myself into and I don't see a way of fixing it.


Kinja'd!!! Kat Callahan > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:23

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Yes, you do. Remember what I said about how to approach women openly and honestly, while being aware of signs that they may not be open to speaking to you, and if they are, making sure they give you their full positive attention?

You said you could do that. That's what you do going forward.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Brian Silvestro
07/27/2014 at 11:23

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I listen to dogs, they talk sensibly actually.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
07/27/2014 at 11:23

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Huh? I dont speak riddle


Kinja'd!!! Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:24

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Nothing wrong with taking some time away from the internet, to spend more time sorting out personal stuff, if that's your choice. The internet can cause you some bad shit sometimes, again something a lot of us have had to deal with.

I've gotten myself into trouble with my mouth/ internetting many times and probably still do, it happens. Certainly don't go loner like you mentioned, I've been there and I ended up on medication, it fucking sucks.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
07/27/2014 at 11:25

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I don't know if I want to understand that...


Kinja'd!!! Your boy, BJR > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:26

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You fucked up. It happens. Don't have to get all indignant about it, you're the kid with lice, nobody wants to touch you right now. We just gotta shave your head and get you back on the playground. It's not the end of the world.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 11:26

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Maybe, who knows. It's worth a shot.


Kinja'd!!! DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 11:26

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Denver - I tried to sneak in a Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference...


Kinja'd!!! Kat Callahan > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 11:26

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Monty Python Holy Grail reference. "He bravely ran away, away, brave, brave, Sir Robin."


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Kat Callahan
07/27/2014 at 11:27

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Okay.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Your boy, BJR
07/27/2014 at 11:28

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I don't want my head shaved...


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Kat Callahan
07/27/2014 at 11:29

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Ya, I just got that, still dont get his comment though


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Your boy, BJR
07/27/2014 at 11:30

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Maybe nows not the time for jokes BRoll, Ok


Kinja'd!!! DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:30

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It's like taming a Porsche; you do it one step at a time. And trust me, you're not nearly as fucked up as I've been within the past year.

Anyway, if you need me, here's my personal email. cscupples@gmail.com

Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need anything, even if it's just bad advice from a redneck in Kansas.


Kinja'd!!! Tom McParland > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:30

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Listen to Kat, K-roll...you are a good contributor here...you clearly love cars and you provide some fun posts with pictures and commentary and such. Whether or not you leave is up to you, but I can tell you we all fuck up. We were all young at one time, and say and do dumb things. Memories are short here on Oppo. You recognized you made a mistake, you owned it, and you will learn from it. That is better than 90% of young dudes who will still go on thinking the same way. Leaving isn't going to help your self-esteem, staying and just talking cars for awhile might. I can pretty much say that in a few days people will forget you were "that guy that talked about friend zone" and you will be "that guy that posts about Porshces all the time." If I were you...I would edit this post and say that you had a change of heart. You sincerely apologize..and move on.


Kinja'd!!! Agrajag > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:33

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Stick around kid.


Kinja'd!!! Viggen > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:33

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Don't leave? Pls? There's not enough Porsche fanatics here!

I don't know what you wrote, I was watching the Spa 24 hours, and frankly I don't care. But don't let what some people on the internet said, regardless if they were right or wrong, be the deciding factor in something. (That doesn't go for winter beaters though)


Kinja'd!!! BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:36

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I'm just saying this probably isn't as bad as it seems, at least the Oppo situation. I can't really say anything about the things outside of Oppo because Brazil and America have such different values and virtues I'd probably be talking out of my ass, but I guess the best thing you can do from now on is take care of yourself before anything else.


Kinja'd!!! DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 11:36

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I was trying to raise my hand in solidarity, Denver, about having the similar personality type where running away is the usual modus operandi...

Slow internet leads to ambiguity.


Kinja'd!!! Your boy, BJR > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:38

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Not literally. Figuratively. Oppo is a forgiving bunch. Just.....fuck it. Drop it. It'll go away. You know how much fucked up shit I've done? I STOLE from a CHURCH once. Just.....let it go.....


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Agrajag
07/27/2014 at 11:38

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Maybe


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Viggen
07/27/2014 at 11:39

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Of course it doesn't.

Winter beaters are a completely different.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
07/27/2014 at 11:40

Kinja'd!!!1

Yep. Spot on there.


Kinja'd!!! Your boy, BJR > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 11:41

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it's not a joke, it's just an analogy.


Kinja'd!!! Viggen > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:42

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Maybe what you need to do is just go on a drive. Think for a little bit.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/27/2014 at 11:42

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It does suck.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Your boy, BJR
07/27/2014 at 11:42

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Still might be a little too comical for such a serious post


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Viggen
07/27/2014 at 11:43

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No time for a drive. Work in 20 minutes.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
07/27/2014 at 11:50

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Something funny, your comment was worded in the exact same way I would have worded it. Is there a correlation between a certain personality type and Automotive Enthusiasm?


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Tom McParland
07/27/2014 at 11:51

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It's just not that easy for me to do. Just leaving has always been the easiest choice for me and I always thought that it was better to leave people alone.


Kinja'd!!! DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
07/27/2014 at 11:54

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It'd be an interesting study, for sure. If only I had gone to grad school instead of becoming an IT guru. (My degree is in psychology...)


Kinja'd!!! Tom McParland > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:54

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Leaving is the easiest thing...it is easy just to crawl back and feel bad for making a mistake. Because you are a good person you feel ashamed and don't want to face the people that you think you may have let down. But remember...it is easier to move on here than it is in the real world. At some point in time you have to face people in person when you mess up, that is harder. So take a break for a day or two, but come back find a Porsche video or a picture and whatever and share with us. Memories are short, and no one will bring it up.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
07/27/2014 at 11:56

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My mom is a licensed Psychotherapist, so Ive learned a few things second hand


Kinja'd!!! Hi there > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 11:58

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People say dumb shit on Kinja all the time. I have no idea what you got flamed for but this is the Internet so it would behoove you to not attach too much weight to the opinions of random people on the Internet. As to what you should do from here on in, I would suggest continuing to lurk and converse and post cool car pictures or whatever it is you like to do here!


Kinja'd!!! Brian Silvestro > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2
07/27/2014 at 12:05

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I like this comment.


Kinja'd!!! Leadbull > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 12:07

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I read through all that.

A comment from your post was shared to Groupthink (essentially Jezebel's version of oppo). Not knowing you or your situation, not being from this site, and being angry feminists, uh... what happened happened. I'm very sorry about that.

But the replies I saw from members of oppo seemed supportive and/or dissentingly respectful. No one's really mad at you for the winter beater fiasco, either. That post from the other night was entirely a joke, pretty much.

So I think you'd do good by sticking around.


Kinja'd!!! BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Your boy, BJR
07/27/2014 at 12:13

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I stole a Bananas in Pajamas keychain once, hahahah... I felt so bad I went to the store, bought another and sneaked the one I took back in the shelf.


Kinja'd!!! YSI-what can brown do for you > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 12:13

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Nah, screw that. Stay. if people are gonna complain if you stay, they are assholes.


Kinja'd!!! BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Tom McParland
07/27/2014 at 12:16

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You recognized you made a mistake, you owned it, and you will learn from it.

This is actually better than not making any mistakes at all.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Leadbull
07/27/2014 at 12:20

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You think so?


Kinja'd!!! BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Leadbull
07/27/2014 at 12:20

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Wait, Groupthink members came over and started shit? Back when we did that, banhammers were a plenty...


Kinja'd!!! Leadbull > Kat Callahan
07/27/2014 at 12:22

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If you just apologize for sharing your comment to Groupthink, I'm sure that'd do a lot of good.

I know it wasn't malicious and you probably just wanted to help, but bringing a mob of feminists (I'm not using that word in a derogatory manner) upon a venting, highly emotional kid didn't turn out well, obviously.


Kinja'd!!! Leadbull > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 12:23

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Definitely.


Kinja'd!!! Leadbull > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
07/27/2014 at 12:25

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To be fair, I think our incident was more intentionally malicious.

This time, it was more a case of "hivemind is as hivemind does, Jennaaay".


Kinja'd!!! Kat Callahan > Leadbull
07/27/2014 at 12:26

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...Uh. I did. Very quickly, and K accepted my apology.

Since I think K deleted the original post, let me be clear, I actually shared the entire post, and I unshared it as soon as the first objection was raised. I was actually pretty disappointed with the reaction, and I unshared the additional comments shared from Oppo (by others) to GT.


Kinja'd!!! Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 12:27

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Having not seen the post, it's difficult to see what went down and how bad it truly was.

That being said, having thicker skin, particularly on the internet is never a bad thing. You're a younger guy, you're gonna do some irrational or incorrect things. It's all a matter of how you use those things as a learning experience. Leaving Oppo won't actually solve anything, and will probably just make you stew and wonder how you could have done things differently or what you could have changed.

When you fall off a bicycle, you pick yourself back up and try again. We've all had those moments before. You can't let them get you down and stand in the way of something you like doing, like hanging out and posting on Oppo.


Kinja'd!!! Leadbull > Kat Callahan
07/27/2014 at 12:28

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Oh, ok. I guess I didn't see that, sorry.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
07/27/2014 at 12:32

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I've been wondering how I could have done things differently, but I would be left wondering how things could have been done differently, if I leave or stay; wouldn't make a difference I think.


Kinja'd!!! BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Leadbull
07/27/2014 at 12:40

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Yeah, you're probably right on that one... :p


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Leadbull
07/27/2014 at 12:40

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She did. Last night.


Kinja'd!!! $kaycog > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 12:42

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Hey! I have no idea what you said that was sexist, but I've visited with you enough times here to know that you aren't sexist. You've always treated me with the greatest respect. You're a good contributor here, so please think twice about leaving.


Kinja'd!!! Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 12:43

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Please don't leave. I am sorry. :(


Kinja'd!!! Tekamul > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 12:47

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You shouldn't leave.

I understand the desire, even just reading the fallout made me want to put oppo (all of gawker, really) in my rearview mirror. But feelings pass, and a bit of perspective may be in order.

You came seeking advice from like-minded (at least in terms of hobbies/interests) people, but instead were thrown into a den of people who actively seek out people like you to shout down, to bolster their own sense of superiority.

It's one thing if you knew it was coming, but you were taken advantage of by someone. This is not a good reason to walk away.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 12:53

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I have no idea what happened last night. Just reading a bit of the comments here I can get some sort of idea. But, bottom line, just buck up and move on. I have yet to find a single person who has never made a mistake, but I've met plenty of people who haven't learned from the ones they made. Take what you can from whatever happened, be an adult and admit your mistake (which you've done), take your lumps, make your apologies, and move on. We are not judged by our mistakes, rather by how we handle them.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
07/27/2014 at 12:54

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I just don't know what I have/want/need to do. All I know is what I can do, and leavings all I've got left.


Kinja'd!!! Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 12:57

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No don't leave. People will miss you. I know $kay will, Brian might and I sure will. Please stay.


Kinja'd!!! someassemblyrequired > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 12:59

Kinja'd!!!0

Definitely stick around - you will probably remember this but no one else will beyond the end of the day. Plus filling Oppo with a ton of Porsche pictures pushes this thread down quick.

Get out there and have some fun - yeah you had your heart broken, but let me tell ya, that will happen a few times more in your life. The troll wounds will heal. If you don't give something a chance to happen it won't. And there will be times when you think the feeling is mutual, but it isn't or isn't yet. Just move on - the universe will abide.

On the positive side I think you actually may have got less grief than the guy who said he liked Buick Reattas a couple of days ago.

Definitely get yourself together for engineering school. Many guys in engineering think they have no chance with their female classmates given the odds, but they are wrong and missing out big time. I've been out of engineering school for a while, and I know way too many female classmates and colleagues that can't find a decent guy even though they have skills (as an example one I know is a world-class sailor, another did bushflying in Curtiss C-46's and DC-3s for a while), have tons of other accomplishments, have bank balances best described in scientific notation and are a blast to be around. I married a Mech and I don't regret a thing.


Kinja'd!!! Bandit > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 13:00

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My reaction: :'( You shouldn't leave, you're one of the most active guys around here and you give me my full of old 911 stories.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
07/27/2014 at 13:01

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I just don't know. Last night changed a lot, so much I wasn't ready for.

Kinja'd!!!


Kinja'd!!! Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 13:04

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What changed? Nothing you just lost your temper I do it all the time. There is a crack in my garage floor from a damn wrench. Your still you and that is what makes you fucking awesome.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Bandit
07/27/2014 at 13:05

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Am I really?


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
07/27/2014 at 13:06

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It just changed the way I saw life, and how I was wrong in the way I viewed and lived my life up to this point.


Kinja'd!!! Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 13:09

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Karl you seemed depressed. Promise me one thing, Promise me you won't end your life.


Kinja'd!!! Bandit > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 13:12

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Yes indeed. We've lost too many major contributors following the switch to versions of Kinja, I'm not allowing more to leave for honestly rather unimportant reasons. Off topic: saw a cayman 3s (or something like that) last night and thought of you


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
07/27/2014 at 13:13

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Oh god no! I'm not that insane. Definitely not going there.

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Kinja'd!!! Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 13:14

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Promise me you won't end it. Please.


Kinja'd!!! Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 13:14

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Well we will miss you.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Bandit
07/27/2014 at 13:16

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I'll think about it.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
07/27/2014 at 13:18

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I promise.

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Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
07/27/2014 at 13:19

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I'll miss you all too. All of you. I don't want to go, but I don't see how I can stay right now with such a load on my mind.


Kinja'd!!! Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 13:20

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Well then this is goodbye.


Kinja'd!!! Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 13:21

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I get it.....


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
07/27/2014 at 13:22

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For now.


Kinja'd!!! Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/27/2014 at 13:32

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What about Jalop Gear?


Kinja'd!!! Cebu > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
07/27/2014 at 13:43

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Dances- In the future, print your email as something like this: cscupples(AT)gmail(DOT)com. Spammers have "spiders" roaming the internet specifically looking for email addresses printed out as examplemail@example.com. Once a spider finds an email address like that, it brings it back to the spammer, who adds it to his list of email adresses to spam for fun and profit. Gmail has a pretty good spamfilter, but it's a sane idea just to cover your bases here.


Kinja'd!!! K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
07/27/2014 at 13:49

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I'm not gonna forget that. I promise we'll make that happen.