it was brought to my attention recently that I sound like a pretentious know it all. At first I dismissed it, but after reading some of my older posts I can see how someone could say that.
I'm sorry to anyone whom I've managed to offend with anything I've said or done either directly or indirectly. I swear I'm not an egomaniac and I feel I've not done a good enough job of portraying that as of late.
I feel like this should have been said sooner. Thank you for my reality check, you know who you are.
Get used to it William, the older you get the more you will hear such things simply because of how you explain things. I've endured such an image for years and it doesn't matter how many times you apologize to the group, there's always one that slips through and believes their pov is god's word. Unfortunately, most that do this tend to be under 21, have only studied magic for the past couple of years and never actually performed, so naturally they would know far more than those than someone like you or me.
Some consider me a bully, which I try not to be. There's always that exception that shows up and wants to get in my face (how dumb do you have to be, thinking you can poke a grumpy old bear with a stick and not get bit?) Yes, I'm certainly "challenging" and purposely so; I want to incite folks into the act of THINKING. They don't have to agree with me, they just need to stop, set their views off to the side for a few, do some footwork and think things through. My hope is that I'm able to help them process things in a way that makes them better and thus, improves magic all the way around. Getting folks reason to take pause ain't easy, but that's where being the old curmudgeon has it's benefits. (hehehehe)
You're doing just fine young man, don't sweat the small stuff.