Hall of Shame

Caleb Daniel vents his feelings

By DTL
Posted 2026-04-30

A few days ago, I received a Facebook “Friend” request from a name I did not recognize. I sent him my usual boilerplate response to Friend requests from strangers (screenshot):

Hello Caleb —

You recently sent me a Facebook “Friend” request. Thank you, but I cannot accept this honour. The only people on my Friends list are my actual friends — people whom I know and associate with in real life, now sometimes distant, so we can keep in touch. I don’t use Facebook as a business or career tool.

If you wish to discuss movies and movie-making, I’m always up for a conversation. You can email me at MinorMogul@GMail.com. Or feel free to add me to your mailing list for your projects.

I will say up front that I am not going to hire you, I am not going to give you any money, and I am not going to give you anyone’s contact information.

Thank you for your invitation, and best of luck with your ventures.

Ciao for now . . .

 — Damian

That elicited the following reply (all errors in original):

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Ur full of urself dude

I didn’t add you to have a conversation or beg for money or to be your friend, I was simply going stoop down to ur level and talk shit to you how you talked shit on my post but honestly I’m gonna be better than you and not do that, but I will say this: ur one sad ass sack of shit having nothing better to do than to shit on somebody else’s post, like bro, go touch grass bud.

Have a great Sunday prick.

Aw, what is he trying to do, hurt my feelings? Oh noes!

Notice that CD says he’s not going to do exactly what he does. I have always been amused by the Nixonian non-accusation accusation.

I don’t know who CD is or what he’s on about, and he didn’t say, so I replied to him (screenshot):

Who are you? What did I allegedly say that has your panties in such a bunch?

And why would you want to waste your time and mine like that?

This seems like you’ve got some issues you need to resolve.

I sent another DM a few minutes later suggesting, “You’re a weird dude, dude.” Facebook reported that the message could not be sent, and now it seems to have disappeared. I guess CD blocked me after my quoted replies above. Well, I hope he feels better having gotten whatever that was off his chest.

So I guess that’s the end of it. I wonder what it was all about?

Lessons

As usual arround here, when someone goes to the time and trouble like this to share their thoughts and feelings, it offers an opportunity to examine the interaction for any wisdom that might be gleaned.

1) Introduce yourself

People who post on the Internet sometimes also have things like families and friends and jobs and hobbies and lives and stuff, and don’t really spend a lot of time thinking about you. There’s every chance that they don’t remember you or what you’re talking about. Don’t be a pre-fame celebrity and assume that strangers automatically know who you are.

Introduce yourself! All you need to do is remind the person you’re addressing where they know you from. “You told me my idea for another pseudo-‘Netflix for Indies’ was unlikely to succeed.” Oh, you’re that guy . . .

2) Have a reason for corresponding

If, like CD here, all you want to do is hurt back at someone who hurt you, then you’re probably better off keeping it to yourself. Not everything requires your input. Your emotional regulation is your own business. All CD did was make himself look like an unprofessional, thin-skinned, vindictive, hypocritical whiner. Is that really the message he wanted me to take away?