I'm probably not younger than you but if you click on "More" on your blog heading there is a choice "Edit account" and if you click on that there is a place that says "Profile" click on that and go to "Replace photo" where you can search your files for your photo or a graphic you have on file on your drive. If you choose that file as your avatar you must then click on "Apply changes" to get your avatar into your blog

I suppose i am as guilty as anyone of the childish sniping that goes on on OS- so I'll give the standard childish response "He Hit ME First!"

I actually first came to OS as more or less a place where one could mindlessly trade invective with people who are more interested in scoring debate points and excoriating their "Foes" than in actually addressing any real problem solving.

All I can say is that I was raised in a boring enough rural environment that my brothers and friends and i would fight just to have something to do. The practical aspect of this was just that , when I/we found ourselves thrust into the "real world', we were/are able to defend ourselves and others from the various mindless predators one encounters.

The extension of that is into the Political realm, where many of the loudest political posters on OS are the ones who have the Pee Wee Herman debate techniques down pat- ie - no interest in discussion or problem solving, simply a pugnacious territorial challenge to any who want to engage in a good old fashioned dust up of name calling and word bending.

Every once in a while those are fun, just like physical fighting. Either you understand that sort of rough house "fun" or you don't.

What i find here, though, on becoming more engaged with OS, is that there are some people who can thoughtfully and reasonably disagree with you and work toward mutual understanding ( Koshersalaami is high on my list) and then there are those who just pleasure themselves by engaging in long winded logic chopping and insult contests, apparently for the same reasons that Cocks crow and fight when put in a ring with each other, or pit bulls hump your leg whenever they can.

There are a couple of people on OS that, after attempting reason and understanding, I've decided are basically impervious to either, and when they insult me or call me names, i feel perfectly free to respond in kind ( He hit me First!) some of us actually enjoy such exchanges.

I welcome any and all thoughtful comments on my posts, just as i try to make thoughtful and respectful comments and replies on any thoughtful posts.

i must also admit that when someone indicates that we are no longer having a discussion, we are having a piss fight, I gleefully reply in kind. ( Being childish keeps me young- I intend to live forever at this rate.)

I've only had one altercation so far, which Jan was witness to, with one of those blowhards. My response is to become multisyllabic and precise about why the conversation is over. There was one time, though, when we were invited to play and someone called tr ig a fuckmuppet. :0)

Oh, you WONDERFUL PEOPLE!!!! "I canna thank ye enuf"! You've given me back my somewhat sagging-there-for-a-bit "faith hope and a sense of proportion". [:-o] Now if I can just find some kind of topical apply-it-everywhere skin-thickener, I should be able to rejoin the fray on less inequal terms, soo ....oooo ...n.

I don't want to steal Linda's famous GGGGGs, so how on earth to end this goofy comment?

??????? ... and if Algis were around he could teach me how to make my keyboard show a "heart" image .... ;-)

I just kick people in the shins and then take their lunch money!! ~:D

What??? I've never seen OSers snipe at each other, though I'm sure if I did I'd find it heartrendering.

I completely agree... I can really write a heart-felt "opinion" - which is what posts are, right? - and have it smashed .... ripped to shreds for no reason except someone believing I am a right-wing religious nutcase... I have come to realize that it is usually a very unhappy person with a keyboard and too much time on their hands...

Wha...aa...aah?? Who ARE all you guys, gals, chickens, cats & etc.?? And me I don't even have an avatar yet, and here I am trying to write something ... well, you know, "serious/responsible" -- or at least aware of who'se where on Open Salon (while I'm still trying to find where the bjeezes my shoes are while I'm trying to type a "pm" to one of you...... :-( ;-)

waa..aaa...ll, whoever or wherever you are and however you managed to find this site [while I ?"wasn't lookin'] Gee Whissikers ... um, THANK YOU!

:-( :-O ;-)

Fortunately, I miss most of the snarkiness and immaturity on Open Salon since I'm not on very often or for very long. I get on about twice a day and read about 3 posts each time. Thank you for reading my posts! :)

That's crazy. People don't snip at each other here. What do you mean? ::cough cough:: I believe I've sniped at people as much as nanatehay, and since he says he doesn't do that, neither do I.

Excuse me. I need to go put on my wading boots. I seem to be knee deep in something over here.

I Love Life and Odette Roulette; thanks the both of you! "Ill"I for sure will keep reading your posts, and OR thanks not only for your exquisite wisdom but for the "wading boots" image, o.k.? "Jes what ah needed right now" ;-).

"See y'all next time 'roun", o.k.? [Like maybe tomorrow over the weekend or ... who knows? Sometime next week that my luvly frenns have taught me how to post an avatar to my blog?! ;-)] then maybe we can back to what maybe we don't really want to talk about?

crazedbuthappy

I don't have anyone to snipe at but my cat and she's completely indifferent to sniping so I figured God created other people for me to snipe at, and OS is here. Maybe other people had the same idea I did.
(and she wanders off looking for trouble...)

No sniping on OS would be like no beaning someone in baseball. Sure it happens, you just have to get up off the ground and swing again. I had one of the worst of all time. Anyone else is just an amateur compared to her.

I was without laptop when you posted this, Marte, so I guess I missed the fun. Not sure to which episode of sniping you refer, but I rarely take these event seriously, unless it seems someone is being victimized unfairly. Mostly it seems as if the victims aggressively and then act oh so offended when the attacks come. I rarely participate except to toss in a comment now and again if only to register my presence. Some choose to boycott, which is fine, altho some quite clever comments do emerge in this late-nite lengthy banter sessions.

I see you got some helpful advice on how to attach an avatar, but you evidently haven't tried it yet. C'mon, it's easy!