OKCTalk...One big family!

[Keith]

I went to dictionary.com to look up the definition of family. OKCTalk is a family friendly forum, and many of us have been on this forum for a long time. Because of that, many of us feel that we are one big family here.

As shown this last week...when tragedy hits, we put our differences aside and show our respect and our support. We laugh with each other, we cry with each other, we give advice to each other, and we show support to each other. That's what family does.

Let's continue this trend on OKCTalk.

Below is one of the definitions that were given from dictionary.com.

family  /fæməli, fæmli/Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fam-uh-lee, fam-lee]Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciationnoun, plural -lies, adjective –noun

10.a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals.

[ChristianConservative]

I'm happy to be part of the okctalk family. It's been a fun ride here.

[Midtowner]

Keith, it's a message board. A lot of us don't necessarily agree with your appraisal. You're entitled to your opinion though.

[Patrick]

Keith, it's a message board. A lot of us don't necessarily agree with your appraisal. You're entitled to your opinion though.

Then we won't consider you part of the OKCtalk family. Please return the $150 we spent on your wedding gift. Make check's payable to OKCTalk.com LLC. Or you can pay via Paypal to accounting@okctalk.com. If you prefer to pay via check, send me a PM and I'll forward you the mailing address. Thanks!

[THEComedian]

Then we won't consider you part of the OKCtalk family. Please return the $150 we spent on your wedding gift. Make check's payable to OKCTalk.com LLC. Or you can pay via Paypal to accounting@okctalk.com. If you prefer to pay via check, send me a PM and I'll forward you the mailing address. Thanks!

lol! This is hilarious. Sorry you guys thought he was actually part of the family here. I hope you are as nice to me as you have been to Mr. Anderson and Midtowner. It's a pretty nice place you run here. I commend you. Thanks for providing okctalk.

[Midtowner]

Then we won't consider you part of the OKCtalk family. Please return the $150 we spent on your wedding gift. Make check's payable to OKCTalk.com LLC. Or you can pay via Paypal to accounting@okctalk.com. If you prefer to pay via check, send me a PM and I'll forward you the mailing address. Thanks!

Patrick, as for the "family" thing, I think it's a stretch. Do I consider a lot of folks here friends? Sure. Part of a "family"?

My objection is semantic at best. I do respect a lot of folks here, and I would even go so far as to say they're friends, but to suggest that because someone has a certain post count, or they participate in a certain way, that I consider them 'family' isn't going to fly.

Thanks for the wedding gifts, btw. It was great having y'all out.

[THEComedian]

Patrick, as for the "family" thing, I think it's a stretch. Do I consider a lot of folks here friends? Sure. Part of a "family"?

My objection is semantic at best. I do respect a lot of folks here, and I would even go so far as to say they're friends, but to suggest that because someone has a certain post count, or they participate in a certain way, that I consider them 'family' isn't going to fly.

Can you not read? Man, the ignorance around here. Family: a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals.

[writerranger]

Keith, Nice post. I especially like this:

We laugh with each other, we cry with each other, we give advice to each other, and we show support to each other.

When we communicate through a message board and get to know one another (as you described above), "family" is very much a word that can be used to describe that.

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[sweetdaisy]

Can you not read? Man, the ignorance around here. Family: a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals.

I'm curious what the shared attitudes, interests, or goals would be? THEComedian seems to have the goal of constantly attacking Midtowner...what's everyone else's shared attitudes, interests, or goals?

BTW, Patrick, your post was completely tacky. I'm shocked and disappointed you'd actually say something like that.

[THEComedian]

Keith, it's a message board. A lot of us don't necessarily agree with your appraisal. You're entitled to your opinion though.

I think you need to re-read the definition of family again. Keith, I appreciate you considering us part of the OKCtalk family.

[bandnerd]

Patrick--

While I appreciate the fact that you and your wife came to our wedding, you were the only one from this board who did come, am I wrong here? I remember you telling me that others had said they were going to come, but didn't, and that had made you a little angry.

I guess this message board is like a family in that they let you down sometimes.

I understand what Keith is trying to say, but I also understand Midtowner--it's all semantics here. I don't feel that this place is a "family" for me...I really consider it a forum to air my views (and usually get attacked for them, but whatever) frustrations, and whatnot to people I don't really know to maybe sometimes get a more objective view than I would with people that I know personally in real life. If others consider it a "family" then that's fine, but don't expect everyone to feel like they are part of that.

We all know I'd be "that" family member anyway haha.

[THEComedian]

I don't feel that this place is a "family" for me...I really consider it a forum to air my views (and usually get attacked for them, but whatever) frustrations, and whatnot to people I don't really know to maybe sometimes get a more objective view than I would with people that I know personally in real life. If others consider it a "family" then that's fine, but don't expect everyone to feel like they are part of that.

We all know I'd be "that" family member anyway haha.

If you don't want to follow the moderators here bandnerd, maybe you should leave.

[bandnerd]

sweetdaisy--

It's okay. If he's frustrated with me or Midtowner, he can be.

As for the others, I can't speak for them. I only know what I read.

[sweetdaisy]

Ignoring the troll that leaves and then comes back 8 hours later with a different name.

[THEComedian]

Ignoring the troll that leaves and then comes back 8 hours later with a different name.

Must be someone else.

[writerranger]

Wow. Some of these posts from a thread-starter that seemed (to me at least) to be so innocent. Maybe it's the gloomy day?

[THEComedian]

Wow. Some of these posts from a thread-starter that seemed (to me at least) to be so innocent. Maybe it's the gloomy day?

Who and what's a thread-starter?

[writerranger]

Who and what's a thread-starter?

Another way of saying, "Original Post"...

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[mranderson]

During the two plus years of OKC Talk, we have witnessed the marriage of one member (or more, possibly), been through the birth of the child of two members, grieved with each other when a member has been cruiley treated in a relationship, and have joined together when laying a member of our family (even though he was not a contributing member, but often mentioned and quoted) to rest...

If that is not family, then I do not know what family is.

[bandnerd]

All threads here seem "innocent," but there is a lot more going on than what may at first meet the eye.

I like the weather today! Except I have to get groceries, but we need the rain so bring it on!

[Patrick]

Okay, king's X! Stop all of the fighting. I'm sick of it. You're giving me an absolute headache.

[dirtrider73068]

Because of threads like this and how it has ended up, lets bash each other, why I don't post adn won't get invlolved in okc talk anymore. I am proud to say I would like to be part of the family, I have been here for some time and have had help along the way with problems from others. I was considering after my house is bought which will be my first haveing a moveing party and inviting some okctalkers, but seeing the childish fights and BS I know who I won't invite and will send out PM's to those I wish to come by and visit and see my new first home. The way I see if you don't like it leave, don't read it, or don't post a reply. And by all means, grow up and act likee dang adults. If you don't want to be part of the family so be it.

[bandnerd]

I know some here consider this forum a family, others don't.

Why do you feel the way you do?

***This is only a question. I took an online inkblot test yesterday for fun and it said I am driven by curiosity. I am only being curious.

I do not consider okctalk.com a family. To me, it is a forum. An online forum where people discuss things. No one necessarily has to or needs to be supportive of others. We do not have to agree. Debate is optional, and often welcome. However, I find it difficult to trust people online, people I have met maybe once, probably not at all. I don't know you, except for what you post. You don't know me, except for what I post. How can I consider that family? I don't trust people in real life very easily, either, so suffice it to say it is very difficult to trust someone and feel they are "family" here.

This is not meant to inflame anyone, or make them angry. It is simply how I feel, take it or leave it. I know I am not alone in this.

[Spartan]

I do not consider myself a part of the family, and the only family candidate that I see here is Patrick and possibly Mr. And Mrs. Midtowner. There are some other members who I'd forget at the moment, but for one, I don't even consider some in my family to be "family" so why would I consider morons and trolls to be in my "family"?

[sweetdaisy]

I consider several members here to be good acquaintences, a few members are friends, but none are family.

It's not a trust issue, or anything of the sort. I think family is a special gift and for the most part represents a group of people you love unconditionally...you may not like them all the time, but you'd still do anything for them any time they asked. There are many folks here I would be willing to help at a moments notice, but to say that I love them unconditionally? No.