@CDRW: Yeah, it was...

Thing is, nobody liked this guy. For a while I actually felt bad about not liking him because I thought I was being a jerk, until I was with my other roommate and some of his friends and they all starting bitching about the bad one(Who, for convenience, we will call Shawn). But Shawn, for god only knows what reason, absolutely despised me. He liked the good roommate(Who also for the sake of convenience we shall call Garret) well enough, despite Garret actually being worse to him on average. Garret had, at one point, locked him in a bathroom and piled all of our mattresses in front of the door. I, on the other hand, was merely disrespectful of Shawn verbally.

Thing were okay when Shawn and I didn't talk to each other, or recognize the other's existence, but whenever we did... I swear I have never met another person so capable of infuriating me so entirely. Shawn was studying art. He would often criticize me on game design, which it was rapidly and repeatedly proven he knew nothing about.

@Apple: It's a rough thing to do, but it's better in the long run. Friends like that aren't healthy. Do you keep in touch with the good ones?

edited 5th Jul '12 11:43:45 AM by kegisak

Ew, yeah, that sounds nasty. Glad that my roommates were never quite that bad.

@Applelight: Hey, at least you know us period. Knowing somebody over the internet is better than not knowing them at all.

@ keg

Sadly...no. You lot are pretty much the only people I socialise with these days. I know I know...I'm pathetic.

And I'm sorry to hear you got stuck with such an ass.

Thank you.

edited 5th Jul '12 11:46:43 AM by ApplelightLimited

@ Kegisak. Wow, that sounds rediculous.

@ Applelight: Don't worry, we can be pathetic together!

edited 5th Jul '12 11:48:36 AM by CDRW

@Apple: Pff, that's not pathetic. I don't really do much real-world socialization myself these days. And to be perfectly frank even when I do I feel kind outside it all.

At least you HAVE got us. Maybe we can't go out to a bar or anything, but at least we can hang out here. That's worth something, right?

Thanks for the sympathy on Shawn, too. I've at least moved away from him... I don't mean to rant about him all the time, but he was just that bad for me.

@ CDRW

Course we can.

But, I'm pretty bitter. I try to do my brother a good turn and get him driving...he throws it back in my face.

I lend a friend £60 for Christmas presents...I later find out it all went up his nose...after he drops out if school and never repays me.

I try to be a good friend, and raise concerns about smoking weed. I have my game lent in good faith sold for weed money.

Ok, so yeah, I can be fussy, anal and grumpy. But I only ever wanted to look out for those I thought were my friends. Hell, I'll give you money, a lift, a video game, anything to make you happy. And all I get in return is betrayal.

Rant on friend. Rant on.

And knowing you all is worth a lot.

edited 5th Jul '12 11:56:06 AM by ApplelightLimited

Heh heh... that's not necessarily something you want to say to me regarding Shawn, Apple. I lived with him for a year and a half. He pulled a knife on me twice. I could rant for days about him.

We interrupt this ranting to bring you something adorable.

Sounds like you've had some pretty crappy "friends" over the course of your life.

O_O

edited 5th Jul '12 12:02:46 PM by CDRW

I remember that gif. So cute.

@ keg

He pulled a knife? Twice?

Y'know what...fuck 'im.

@ CDRW

I've realised that myself over the last year.

@ JT

HHHNNNGHHH!

edited 5th Jul '12 12:03:51 PM by ApplelightLimited

Seriously, that leg wiggle is cuter than it has any right to be.

@Applelight: See, this is why I really really hoped that that story lived up to expectations. Didn't want to let you down like that.

Bad idea. Std's...

edited 5th Jul '12 12:03:14 PM by CDRW

All right, so I've re-purposed my soviet pony blog into a general, "things I think are cool" blog. Let me know if y'all see something cool I should put up. It doesn't have to be pony related either.

Well, on the friends talk. All mine are jerks. But it's like low level jerks and I'm a jerk back and we're all good friends who are almost constantly insulting each other.

I took that survey between work. Done!

Also, whose birthday is it? Happy birthday!

That would be me. I'm old(er) now.

I have exactly one IRL friend at the moment, and he can be a real asshole sometimes, but he's also conscious of his problems, actively working on them, and would never ever pull bullshit like some of the stuff you guys are describing.

High five on completing the survey!

edited 5th Jul '12 12:08:17 PM by CDRW

@ JT

Don't worry, you didn't disappoint. I might even ask for another one in future.

Yay! Congrats! I wish that I could give you a present, so instead, MORE PONIES!

@Apple and CDRW: Yeah, it was... difficult to tell how serious he was being.

The first time it happened we were both in the kitchen at my old apartment. the kitchen there was tiny, and only had one entrance. I was standing in the door talking to Garret, and Shawn wanted to leave, so in true Shawn fashion he looks at me and say, "Move." I figure naw, I'll wait for him to ask nicely, so I ignore him. He says move again, and I say no. So his first response? He body checks me to try and get me to move. Now, I'm a big guy, and he's not, so I barely even budged. In fact I thought it was hilarious... then he reached into the drawer and pulled out a knife and said, "Move. Now." So I got out of the way pretty quick.

Second time we were all kinda joking around, and Shawn said something dumb, so Garret said, "Hey [keg], go judo-throw his ass." I'm like, 'aight', so I walk over to him cracking my knuckles... before I'm even halfway across the room the knife comes out.

I could never tell how genuinely violent Shawn was, but when we moved into the new place and I had to share a bedroom with him I was genuinely concerned.

@Con: The hilarious thing is that I linked that pic like 2 pages ago.

@Applelight: Glad you liked it.

@ keg

By the sounds of things, he was 'testing' you to see how much power he can exert over you. It's classic bullying. No one would blame you for being worried. People like that are unpredictable.

@ Kegisak: That...actually sounds like the sort of thing I would have done in one of my worse times of life. Now, I may be projecting, but I think it's a good thing you backed down when you did in those situations.

It sounds to me like he felt he is super-concious about having people man-handle him or otherwise control him. And in a situation like that where he thinks he can't talk his way out of it because you don't like each other, and he can't do anything physically because you're bigger, his only recourse is to escalate the game to the point where he's betting more than you're willing to pay. Disproportionate Retribution is pretty much the only defense people like me have in that sort of situation.

Edit: Wow, me and Applelight somehow managed to come up with complete opposite interpretations of the situation. Shows how trustworthy internet diagnosing is.

edited 5th Jul '12 12:17:14 PM by CDRW