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It's cyclical. Try kicking in the door.
Probably all the posts of people saying how boring it is.....
What's really boring is when topics get shuffled off to no-mans land
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Well, maybe if you guys would stop totally trashing every new member who finds their way here, more people would stick around. Seriously, probably 80% of the new members who start one thread never come back, because you guys act like such dicks, why would they come back?
For example, don't call black dudes [Deleted text]. No real wonder why we haven't heard from him again.
Or I remember another time not so long ago, some new member showed up and simply asked for a hotel recommendation. You guys went into an absolute frenzy, calling him a troll and accusing him of being this or that person, and sure enough, never heard from him again.
Offensive word deleted. Breach of rule 4.7.
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I'd be interested in seeing the statistics on this. Even if it is true - which I doubt - there would have to be some qualitative test also applied since at least two of the most recent newbies started threads about catching up for anonymous sex, never to be heard of again. Dare I suggest trolling? I doubt that the "robust discussions" that Forum hosts from time to time scared them away. I'm also very conscious of the hostility expressed towards me from time to time by some vocal members, but that hasn't stopped me from posting and I think any survey of posters who start threads would show that I'm among the more significant thread starters by number of threads. Some of my critics, on the other hand, almost never start a thread, but simply prefer to piggy-back. I won't bother going into a447's metrics of "Views" and "Likes", but he's another poster (with a very narrow focus) who pulls his weight when it comes to starting threads
Anyone who can't make their point clearly without needing to use words like Matt has done and frequent quoted should be embarrassed at their lack of language skills. Or were they using a cover to do so?
And if you didn't troll every post and poster within minutes of the post appearing then members might be more inclined to start threads frequent.
Although sometimes it IS as simply as "if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck - it;'s probably a fucking DUCK" As has been seen by the recent one line, one time posted inane questions that the poster KNOWS will get a response......the question being of course WHO is the poster ( not that it really matters......but I go back to my duck point above)
Just making a note to ensure that no one thinks I gave a "like" to Matt's post because of the language. No, it was because I agree that there is a small group on this board who do nothing but attack, troll grammar, spelling, agrue forever about nothing. I've been spending most of my time on another board where askinga question is viewed as the reason the board exists.
Paborn, not nice to talk about Arsenal and frequent like this!
I thought some members might be amused by this cartoon from the latest edition of The New Yorker magazine:
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Just for clarification - I respect the Mods' decision to enforce a Forum rule but I didn't change cdnmatt's statement because I believed that there's another Forum rule that says that one member cannot change the actual wording another member uses when quoting that member. Is that correct?
To make my position crystal clear: we all know what f***, f*ck, f**k, c*nt, c*** and c**t are, similarly the word the Mods have partially obliterated. That behaviour is simply mealy-mouthed IMHO. They have not, as they claimed "deleted the word and replaced it with asterisks". Remove the word altogether and furthermore increase or decrease the number of asterisks. Even better, substitute "offensive word or phrase removed" in place of the word. There's software now that will scan posts in real time and do that for the Mods before the post is made visible
Matt's sentence would then read "For example, don't call black dudes {offensive word or phrase removed}. No real wonder why we haven't heard from him again."
A good point, rather well made, if I may so, frequent, although I would have preferred if you had sent me a PM, as discussion of moderating decisions in public is not allowed (See rule 4.4). In my defence, I would however say that I opted to use asterisks as that is the practice I have seen used in British newspapers and magazines.
But I have taken on board your suggestion. And have accordingly, edited my previous use of asterisks and the inclusion of a single letter as substitutes for the offensive word, and replaced them with the words, “[Deleted text]” and will do so in future, should the occasion arise. Thank you for making such a constructive suggestion.
As to your second point made in your post #16, I cannot recall any recent examples, but members should not change other members’ posts when quoting, although they may, of course, highlight a particular word or sentence or part quote and use ellipses to indicate to other readers it is not the full quote. Where the other member’s post contains an offensive word or expression, which has yet to be dealt with by a moderator, it is best not to quote the, as yet unedited post, and thereby compound the error.
The only thing that changes here are the daily pics.....thanks for that.
Scottish Guy is unhappy. I'm surprised he hasn't mentioned this before. Can we all please try and give him the perfect board he so craves.
Arsenal is a man in his mid 70's who lives in a little world of his own where the Empire still exists, where Thatcher rides through London - past pie & mash and jellied eel shops - on Boadicea's chariot, and where he still gets buggered nightly at prep school .
He regards Scots a drain on his Land of Hope and Glory, but just about deigns to tolerate those of us who know their place and relish in bending the knee to the English (unfortunately there are plenty of them) - you'll find LatintopXXX the same and a couple of others.
You'll also find that between them they despise the Welsh, the Irish, the Poles, the French, the Germans, the Greeks, the Palestinians, and (just the other day) "Blacks" .....
The novelist Evelyn Waugh was notorious for taking men to lunch, sitting at a table in the centre of the restaurant and, feigning deafness, ask in a loud voice "Was there much sodomy at your school". Then there's the fictitious Lord Downton's comment "If I'd have shouted out every time a boy tried to kiss me at Eton I'd have been hoarse inside a month". But you believe arsenal's parents could afford to send him to prep school?
My favourite school film that included buggery (not explicitly shown) is "If" - it ends you may recall with the boys machine-gunning the masters and parents
- not at all, but it's all part of his imaginary world (see above) in which he's the world's greatest restaurant critic.
Yes, decades ago I saw it a couple of times on TV - it's rarely shown now - I have a recollection that there was some younger blond boy who was passed around between some of the "prefects". One of a series of rather offbeat movies around that time featuring Malcolm McDowall?
Sometimes I'm starting to think what I should add one more sub-forum. Snake nest.
You could use this poster (below) as an avatar for the new forum.
It even depicts how I imagine one of the main protagonists might have dressed in his youth for a night on the town circa 1948
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Moses. Using the phrase "A nest of vipers" would have been OK as it's a well known saying.
Now as much as I enjoyed Scottish Guy moaning (although still no rapier just broad slashes with his claymore) I feel I should point out that while hiding behind a facade of liberalism he has:
1. Posted the most racist of language including the forbidden ones.
2. Posted numerous pictures from his collection of neo-Nazis.
3. Posted about women using the most derogatory of language.
4. Posted numerous antisemitic comments directed at someone assumed to be Jewish.
These kind of posts have no place here and stop me fully enjoying my sun downer whilst listening to Elgar, wearing my Union Jack waistcoat/peacock feather hat and crafting my next eagerly awaited review of the fine eateries of Pattaya as the twin portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Margaret Thatcher smile down approvingly.
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Mind the gap!
You've screencapped my Avatar. How flattering. Hahaha.
Something frequent has tried to do on a number of ocassions.
Nonsense. In any game there are predators and strikes, attacking and defending. It is not necessary to throw an aquarium, you can throw out predators.
Note to predators: SGT is the last aquarium in which you can still live. If I am forced to take decisive action, you will have nowhere to go.