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How all the interesting discussions get locked...
no, I don't think the lockings in question were unjustified, but I think that many a thread locked here provided with an interesting topic of discussion, but we always lose them.
Guys, come on, can't you be more civil? At least, smarter?
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Honestly... I'd say the conundrum is that though it seriously reduces the potential for fun..... it.... also.... kinda works. Y'know?
I suspect folks taking things too seriously plays a part though. Folks oughtn't to do that.
Serious Business is bad for folks.
[Edit]: It isn't drama though. It is "the first hint of potential drama" ....... or to put it another way, the first suggestion of a hint of a notion that someone, somewhere, might take what is being said as Serious Business.
After all, a full discussion got closed due to the inane postings of a select few, which is bothersome to say the least.
... well honestly, it is just funny.
How could it be anything else? A special kind of bittersweet humour.
But... but... I wasn't attacking
anyone. I was just declaring my observations with casual disregard
for.... well, anything a drunk person would casually disregard!
*Breaks down in tears... stops for a moment and looks up to see if being watched.... then if so, gets back to fa- ... crying.*
... -_-; ... Folks shouldn't make Serious threads. This is the Internet.
Getting serious inevitably leads to getting butthurt.
I mean ... heck, don't we know this already?
I still remember trying to teach my mother when she was a n00b and wanted to use the Internet to talk to other Poultrémon Trainers... (she eventually met an american one and married him) ... And she used to keep getting butthurt about things that other people on the Poultrémon forums said. It took me SO long to explain to her that the Internet is NOT for Serious Business... She went totally flame-rage and almost ended up in tears after someone criticised her Leghorns.
I mean really... she is so naive it scares me sometimes.
She is just lucky that the only people who care about Poultrémon are generally too lame to be serious threats.
EDIT: ^ This
EDIT: v, vv Those too
Rule of thumb:
I'm always sincere, but never serious.
That means that while I mean what I say, any perceived intensity can be pretty much divided by several thousand, as my actual intensity is usually close to zero. I'm typically just sitting in front of my keyboard, giggling to myself, drunk.... unless I'm being miserable, in which case I'm just miserable and it doesn't actually have anything to do with anything anyone said, because I'm off in my own little deluded Nihilist fantasy of everyone being dead.
Honestly, just take note of this:
Most of what I write, I write under the assumption that I'm just talking to imaginary voices in my head because I'm bored out of my fucking mind and reality is horrible. This is why I love the Internet. I'm pretty sure none of this really happens.
So you're not doing a very good job.
Heck, and here I thought you were going to dig up something OLD and actually surprise me.
I mean heck, I can maintain at least a semblance of consistency within a 24 hour period. What do you take me for? Someone who can't.
How ruuuude.
*Picks nose and flicks it ... somewhere*
You sure justifying your style of posting in a serious manner like that is wise?
.... You've lost me.
My seriousness variable only sets to "true" if S*ny is involved, pretty much.
Almost every other situation has it set to "false".
There is no "manner" to it one way or another.
I spent the first decade of my online life roleplaying. "Manner" doesn't mean a damned thing. You either trust my word on it or you don't. The way I type doesn't change depending on the seriousness variable, at least so far as I'm aware.
You'd have to speak to someone who has known me online longer to be sure... like my ex-wife.
... I wasn't aware there was any "manner" to my posts anyhow.
Rest assured though, my expression going into such threads is the same as my expression coming out of them.
[Edit]: That does remind me... a lot of people throughout my internet time have reacted strangely to my casual swearing here and there. I occasionally notice this pattern, but usually dismiss it later. But I always got this impression when I put the word "fucking" in for faux-emphasis (usually with a smirk, and otherwise deadpan), that people assumed rage or something. Was always funny. Stupid people. They really suck at reading into text. Poor idiots and their lack of audio / visual cues. ^_^
Heck, I don't even remember any more.
I suggest a check-up from your local doctor. or perhaps psychologist to help clear that up.
;3c
Unfortunately baiting people into getting pissed off is also against the rules, and it's one of the many things I am no longer allowed to do either.
I say fuck and shit and cunt and fat all of the time, but people should know it's just because I programmed the "| \" key to type "fuck" instead of "| \", so it would be fucking easier to type fuck.
Also, maybe more bannings? Just a thought.