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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 3180057, member: 36230&quot;]Stop for a moment and think about how you lambasted the forum for having an &quot;almost political atmosphere&quot; yet you keep going on about how it was just a joke while essentially criticizing others for not seeing it your way. See the problem and/or how you&#039;re contributing to said political atmosphere? Apologizing for a distasteful joke is laudable, but doesn&#039;t mean much when the apology rings hollow because of wholly unnecessary attempted justifications.</p><p><br /></p><p>No one wants you to leave, but based upon past experiences I&#039;m also guessing few really care. Not because they don&#039;t like you, but simply because you&#039;re now playing victim. It&#039;s easier to respect someone willing to face criticism than someone wanting to run to a safe space to hide from it. There isn&#039;t a day that passes that I&#039;m not eternally grateful for the emotional beat downs I received (from non-family) when younger and simply because it both toughened me up as well as helped me become more objective and self-reflective. Think about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would also bet on the fact that if you simply owned the mistake without trying to justify it or pass blame off on others, you&#039;d probably be respected for it. No one can rightly fault you for a failed joke, but once learning that the joke wasn&#039;t cool, it&#039;s better to simply accept it instead of trying to slyly convince others you&#039;re right and everyone else wrong, or to try to spin in into being something wholly unconnected as you have here. Also, please drop the victimhood nonsense as this has nothing to do with age. Embracing such nonsense is only helping to hurt your case even more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every one of us can learn something from the next guy, even if not about coins. This isn&#039;t a peeing contest unless you make it into one, and that&#039;s exactly what it looks like you&#039;re trying to do. You&#039;re clearly not a bad guy, so please, just slow it down and try to become more accustomed to the forum. Again, let folks get to know you and you them.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO, of course.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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