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Don't plan to read 50 pages to figure out all the nuance and back and forth.

Travis has nipped my heels a few time (lots of keyboard sissies do that and the site is ripe with other cyber pussies as well... LOTS OF THEM).

As for the self-awareness and booze... genuine good wishes with that. Many many folks have the same struggle... 'self included.

Nice matters.

And that sir, speaks volumes about you. Bravo.

Yes it does.
This thread has been.....sad.

I've followed this thread since its inception...wished Travis the best with his issues (still do.)

Some people think it's funny to put one over on folks, some people don't. To each his own.

My late father was one who always used to think it was absolutely hilarious to pull some sort of deception on people and (in his mind) make them look like some sort of fool, making himself look so clever in the process. He also took some sort of perverse pleasure in holding up others (his wife and kids especially) to ridicule. When I got the news that he was no longer among the living I felt a great weight lifted from my shoulders. I came to realize in later years that his behavior in that regard (like his alcoholism and philandering)was simply an attempt to overcome his deep-seated insecurity and low self esteem, both a product of the circumstances of his early life.

My wife's take on that sort of thing is, "Why say something that's not true?"

I say again, to each his own. If you like that sort of thing, live it up. If you don't , hey, it's just the internet.

"I can't feel my face"

It definitely crossed the line but it's the internet so oh [bleep] well. It didn't offend me in the least.

However, I don't have time to read the whole thing so maybe someone could do me a solid and direct me to the parts that are supposed to be funny. Just seems like a lot of effort and build-up for something of such marginal comedic value.

Sober & recovering are very, very different.

Good luck either way you crack me up.

Good Lord you might want to read through all of this before you bare your soul,
It's a shame,scam, farce,bad attempt at a April Fools Day joke

This is why it's time for this to go to the basement,someone reads the initial heartfelt post and doesn't realize they are being played for being a caring person

BS this should be made a sticky for the life of the campfire.

Yes. That's sort of the point. You were clearly wrong. Why would a grown "man" vouch for a person they've never met before in their life? What made you think you would know what I would and would not joke about?

Aren't you the same guy that moved to Washington to work with Mark Claiborne? I mean, for a guy that knows everything there is to know about everything, you seem sorta slow in this department.

For a bunch of people that spend so much time on the Hunter's Campfire, you and your ilk don't seem to observe much. Has anybody else noticed I tend to be a bit less than reverent? That every year an over the top April Fool's gag is formulated the week of April 1? That at least five other ass holes are in on it? That countless numbers of people are posting "Don't believe him!"

Is it stupid? Yes. It's supposed to be stupid. It's supposed to be over the top. And yes, the point of an April Fools joke, is to Fool, the audience you're attempting to fool.

Now don't get me wrong. I'm an ass hole. But I'm not a heartless ass hole. I can understand somebody giving me a solid "Get fugked" after they buy something like this. Especially guys that don't read this forum very much because they may not know this is an annual thing. I have friends on this site. Real friends. Not pretend friends. Real people that I have known. Some for better than 10 years. They text. I answer. They say "fugking dickhead." And that's it.

Why do strangers get so pissed when they have zero skin in the game? I'd say that answer is pretty obvious.



Travis

This thread could be a fugkin' case study.




Dave

Sounds like ya knock 'er outta the park.

If only obviously. And look into getting the premature ejection problem addressed. March 27 will hereafter be known as Premature "E" Day. Who's going "blow it" prematurely next time?

Any decent man I know wouldn't joke about losing his family. That's the point.



Nope. Never lived in Washington. I did work with Claiborne, though, and once I found out what an absolute POS that jackass is, I got out of and away from that, fixed as many of the problems that [bleep] made as I could, and did my level best to make sure he didn't screw over anyone else. It's called learning from a mistake, admitting you're wrong, and rectifying the situation. With you, I was wrong to think that you had any degree of decency whatsoever. That's recognized now, and I suspect by far more folks thank you know.



I know enough to know that a decent man doesn't joke about losing his family. I thought you a decent man. I was wrong. I know enough to admit when I am wrong, and I was completely wrong about you.



Good to know you take so much pride in what shouldn't be a joke, ever. Not just the alcoholism (that's apparent, and while sad, it shouldn't be funny), but the comments about losing your family. You should go home every damned day and be thankful for a wife and beautiful kids, and the LAST damned think that should ever enter your mind is losing them. To joke about that is just a height of selfishness and egotism that I don't understand, and for that I'm grateful.



Well, congratulations. You fooled people who thought that 1) no decent man would joke about losing his family, and 2) that you might have actually realized that you have a drinking problem. Kudos for having tricked folks on both counts.



Well, bully for you. As for real friends, yeah, I have quite a few. EvilTwin, isaac, MagMarc, TLEE, RWE, NH K9, and a host of others. These are guys that I've shared meals with; hunted with; and I know and trust. Not a single damned one of them would ever joke about losing their family, and if I ever had the selfish audacity to do the same about my family for something so trivial as an online "joke", I'd fully expect several of them to beat my ass.



Yeah, the answer is obvious. Those strangers took you for something you're not: a decent man. It won't happen again.

When karma catches up, and it always does, good luck to you. You'll need it.

Well bud, it's sort of like this. For the same reason fellas around here jump up to the plate to help some anonymous person who has run into hard times or the kid who doesn't have a gun or a person who could use some heartfelt advice,....you give because there's a kindred spirit amongst us and we put ourselves out there not expecting anything in return. You pretty much took all that goodwill and threw it in the trash for a few laughs.


I don't expect you or your friends will ever get it an that's ok. But making videos of yourself laughing at the fellas who were trying to help you(or Dave or Shrap) sure isn't doing you any favors nor is doubling down on why everyone here is so stupid or ignorant for wanting to help some stranger with nothing in it for themselves.

Karma is just probability.

Bad Karma was invented by Schadenfreude.

Like you said, it's a choice.

So a choice, but not really?

Are you female?

Yeah, Flave, a lot of well wishing guys hoping to give you words of encouragement is not much of a joke. Many of us have gone through real life situations that are similar to the crap you are pretending about. And you are right about some of us not posting much, but many of these threads are dead serious when we ask for help and advise. Your best responses are just rapid fire B S.

where do i send that 15 hunny again?