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Im all for fun and occasional foolishness, but certain jokes CAN be taken too far. People's feelings are hurt for different reasons. I'm not going to get into details here, I just want everyone to drop the "emo" nicknames.. I think they are irrelevant and insulting.

What makes a good nickname in my opinion is one that is flattering and good-natured, not necessarily insulting, and more or less representative of that person's characteristics, swagger, personality, appearance etc.

Dennis is called "Pennis" because ..... (I honestly dont know why). I suppose he is called "Radio" with his "I don't get it" sometimes slow-witted responses. I'm positive that Dennis is an intelligent person, and the "Radio" nickname in my view is no more than an (among friends) "you're an idiot".

Tom is called "Yeti" because his physical appearance resembles that of the Himalayan mythological figure. I dont think its insulting, and besides, he knows that he needs a shave

Howevere, eDmo/eFmo bear no resemblance to either mine or my brothers personality, or characteristics. Neither of us are involved in the "emo" subculture, and frankly I didnt even realize that "emo" had a definition. I honestly dont like when people are defined by their style/appearance/mannerisms.

Bottom line here is that everyone is unique, and noone should be crtiticized for being "different". Tom, if you take offense to "Yeti", just say the word and I wont mention it again. Likewise for anyone else. I dont want to be stomping on egos here.

I realize that most of you probably think that its somewhat over-sensitive to even so much as address this, but I dont think  name-calling is mature, and its not bringing anything positive to our little community.

Of course, this specific thread is an off-topic one and crazy things are bound to occur. What I'm simply trying to illustrate here is something to keep in the back of your mind. I am not condemning anyone here, nor am I saying I myself am innocent of showing a lack of respect.

Information interchange can occur through many different mediums. The intersting thing here is, is that our traditional methods of communication are rapidly changing. Words speak louder than actions in our case, and choosing our words more carefully is something I think we should all do. "Real-life" IS the internet for some people, and there is no reason why you should carry yourself differently online than you do in your physical interactions with people.

If I have ever offended anyone here, please accept my apologies. I would like to try and keep as positive a relationship with everyone here as is possible. I thnk we all have a lot to share with and teach eachother...and I dont want to miss out on any of it.

first and foremost.....this type of post is absolutely forbidden in IHoP. nothing serious allowed. i should delete it, but it's elegance is keeping me from doing so..

ok, fun aside...

i think you and your brother let something get to you that shouldn't have. in person or otherwise. eDmo was because we were making fun of his avatar and he was defending it, eFmo, because you're his brother and made the " i don't have a nickname, nor do i want one" comment. ok, amongst friends what did you expect to happen? you got a nickname, and when supa started to "cry"(complain) about the avatar/ emo thing, well, of course it's going to stick.

now, we've already stated we were going to drop it to keep the peace. no biggie. but the joke didn't get taken too far,IMO. in a mature enviroment, feelings shouldn't have gotten hurt, or whatever. and yes, you can have fun in a mature enviroment, the benefit is most mature people realise when a joke is a joke and no harm is intended.

i don't know why you and elias let this get to you the way it did. it shouldn't have. especially elias, who has done his share of namecalling. yet, i don't see anyone else getting upset. if it's in fun, it's in fun and it would have died out in it's own time. however, we've nipped it off early, we like the two of you and don't want you to leave or get real upset.

personally, i've not been offended by either one of you, so no apologies are necessary. but i do have one request. and this goes out to everyone, not just issac and elias, next time something like this happens, take the time to pm the people involved and politely ask them to drop it. getting pissy and making abrupt comments is just going to had fuel to the fire as people will see how it affects you. if, after pm'ing (or ask publicly, doesn't matter) the issue doesn't stop, get a mod involved. here, at least, that makes a difference.

lastly, if u would have noticed, the eDmo,eFmo comments were predominately kept in here. i made mention to eFmo elsewhere, and i will edit it. but the very concept of IHoP is going to breed that..it's all in fun. this is where to bring that exact kinda stuff. and that's why it happens in here. but everyone in here has to understand, no harm is meant (and if the post is indeed vindictive, it will be removed).

now, i hope you two don't take offense to this, none is meant. i'm just laying my cards out on the table as you have done. the end result is this ( i hope), everything is dropped concerning eDmo/eFmo. time to move on. we've all agreed to that. so we'll leave it at that.

and with that...

i've broke the exact same rule...

but hopefully the air is clean...

and as alwways

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You dont call something its not

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