It's just the weird parody of these people who are assholes by pretending to be one on a tickling forum.
I would certainly never accuse you of such a pretense.
Nobody believes you're actually a #NOTIPPER because they probably don't know how to get on a computer without hurting their bodacious pecs.
Hey, how about doing the rest of us a favor and quit pretending you speak for us? You don't know what we believe.
And seriously, getting on a computer threatens the pecs?? That has to be THE lamest attempt at smarm ever. You need to watch more Bill Maher if you want to make a career out of smarmy sarcasm.
You guys crack me up.
Hey, check us out! We got this guy figured out! He's just trolling! He wants to see pages and pages of responses! But we won't give him the satisfaction! No sir! No responses from us! All those who who feel likewise be sure to post and tell everybody that YOU REFUSE to fall into that trap!! Yeah! That'll show that dumb old troll who's smarter!!
Seriously guys, this thread has been at the top of the list for like a week already and we're at page 9 already. And you two have contributed to Coldneck's success, if indeed he actually IS the troll you say he is.
I'm not so sure.
Look at his history. He's always been cocky and arrogant. I think we're looking at a guy who early on had some enviable successes at tickling women non-consensually, and it's made him extremely confident and sure of himself - a character trait that often rubs people the wrong way, myself included.
The NoTips movement fits right in with his established character, which is traditionally not how trolls operate. Moreover, he makes a valid point. Tipping was once an act of generosity. It caught on big. Restaurant owners and managers decided to capitalize on that generosity by lowering the wages for waiters and waitresses, so that now they DEPEND on the tips. What was once an act of generosity has now become a mandate.
That needs to change.
I hate the idea of refusing to tip, and I won't be participating, but I will at least acknowledge that when you look past all the cocky bluster and the self-righteous responses of indignation, it's clear that the #notips movement if successful would promote the change that needs to take place. If tipping stops altogether, the restaurant owners and managers will be forced to pay a better wage if they want to attract potential employees. Also, it achieves the goal without government intervention, which is always a plus.
I realize that by continuing to tip I'm helping to perpetuate this sociological dysfunction, but it's something I've always done, and likely always will do. It's just not in me to leave without paying a tip.
What can I say? I'm weak.