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Post by Probie Tim on Feb 23, 2017 11:18:32 GMT -8
I did find the heart-shaped box of human fingers a bit... odd at first, but then realized they made a hell of a necklace. Aww, man! What part of "our little secret" did you miss!? Announcing it on the forums, sheesh.
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Post by sbloyd on Feb 23, 2017 11:19:03 GMT -8
BE FRI.
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Post by Probie Tim on Feb 23, 2017 11:21:32 GMT -8
BWAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 11:40:28 GMT -8
I lurk. I try not to feed the troll. But I used to love reading and posting here, and now? One or two users have made it completely toxic, and a lot of the people I enjoyed reading have all but abandoned it. Even skipping over posts by specific users does no good, because it seems like everyone else is responding to them and the entire tone of the community has changed. Guess I'm just a grumpy old man... but it really pisses me off. Sorry to be the piss in the Cheerios this morning. Back to lurking and quietly bemoaning. And I'm sick of all the useless people who sit on the sidelines and then bitch when someone has the gall to speak in a way which bothers them. How does the outside of that echo chamber feel? I'm tired of giving equal time and weight to people who aren't equals. BTW, the only person who has garnered my respect recently is fredrix . He replied to something I said with actual reason. He even included a "fuck you too", which is refreshing. You see, he may have started off insulting me, but he made a point with logic! What's more, he was big enough to say he didn't know about something. I don't need to be friends with someone to respect and listen to what they have to say. I'd rather live in a world where I can hate everyone around me and still be able to come to a consensus than one (half)filled with people I am friends with who would rather let everything go to shit than use their brains for 5 minutes. So no, I'm not a troll. I just don't give a rats ass about if any of you like me. I'm not running for prom king either.
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Post by Kainguru on Feb 23, 2017 11:41:06 GMT -8
I lurk. I try not to feed the troll. But I used to love reading and posting here, and now? One or two users have made it completely toxic, and a lot of the people I enjoyed reading have all but abandoned it. Even skipping over posts by specific users does no good, because it seems like everyone else is responding to them and the entire tone of the community has changed. Guess I'm just a grumpy old man... but it really pisses me off. Sorry to be the piss in the Cheerios this morning. Back to lurking and quietly bemoaning. There, there just aren't words enough to describe how much you are so right (can't we have a 'double plus good' 'like' button?) . . . The boards used to be an escape from being angry and grumpy all the time, now I come here to get angry and grumpy. The awful twisted logic is that Stevensw 'laments' the loss of diverse opinions when it's his input that changed the tone - we used to discuss shit and rattle each other's cages in reasonably good humour (because they're only games after all) now it's like entering an arena ("defend your position or perish, spilling your life upon these parched sands, to satisfy the bloodlust of the 'God of the Hobo Blowjob' ") Aaron
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Post by sbloyd on Feb 23, 2017 11:43:18 GMT -8
"Even skipping over posts by specific users does no good, because it seems like everyone else is responding to them and the entire tone of the community has changed." Understandable. My ignore list ends up being more of an "engage on my own terms" list, where I mostly skip over, but other times when I'm full of vim I'll engage with 'em. I try to maintain an even tone and respectful stance, in the hopes that it will catch on. It doesn't always. It's unfortunate that, yeah, in a community as small as this one that all it takes is one person acting out to poison the place enough to drive off valued members like you, mook.
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Post by tyler on Feb 23, 2017 11:53:27 GMT -8
]And I'm sick of all the useless people who sit on the sidelines and then bitch when someone has the gall to speak in a way which bothers them. How does the outside of that echo chamber feel? I'm tired of giving equal time and weight to people who aren't equals. There it is. Clearly, you're better than everyone else, so you shouldn't have to treat them with any degree of respect.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 11:55:39 GMT -8
Pretty much. If you aren't willing to defend your ideas and listen to others, you are just a squawking parrot. The only way to challenge bad ideas is with debate. While I would love to debate you all in the smooth manner of Richard Dawkins, I'm afraid I'm just not that saintly. Like anything in this day and age, RPG and gamer culture is full of bad ideas and idiots who think they should be able to parrot those ideas without any pushback.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 11:57:43 GMT -8
]And I'm sick of all the useless people who sit on the sidelines and then bitch when someone has the gall to speak in a way which bothers them. How does the outside of that echo chamber feel? I'm tired of giving equal time and weight to people who aren't equals. There it is. Clearly, you're better than everyone else, so you shouldn't have to treat them with any degree of respect. Nah, there are lots of people who are better than me. Also a lot of people who are worse than me. Also, respect is earned, not given freely.
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Post by tyler on Feb 23, 2017 12:00:22 GMT -8
There it is. Clearly, you're better than everyone else, so you shouldn't have to treat them with any degree of respect. Nah, there are lots of people who are better than me. Also a lot of people who are worse than me. Also, respect is earned, not given freely. So you treat people like crap until they give you a reason not to?
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Post by mysticfedora on Feb 23, 2017 12:00:40 GMT -8
Pretty much. If you aren't willing to defend your ideas and listen to others, you are just a squawking parrot. The only way to challenge bad ideas is with debate. While I would love to debate you all in the smooth manner of Richard Dawkins, I'm afraid I'm just not that saintly. Like anything in this day and age, RPG and gamer culture is full of bad ideas and idiots who think they should be able to parrot those ideas without any pushback. In my experience gamers are receptive, open-minded, and excited about new ideas--even bad ones. Bad ideas help us learn. And it's possible (likely) that my good idea is someone else's bad idea. I don't see much point in arguing about it. It's not like we're trying to solve global problems or cure diseases.
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Post by OFTHEHILLPEOPLE on Feb 23, 2017 12:01:41 GMT -8
How bad does someone have to be to bring Tyler out of hiding?
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Post by sbloyd on Feb 23, 2017 12:02:23 GMT -8
Sooo... anyhow, I'm really curious about what happened with jonas's group. That bad, huh?
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Post by tyler on Feb 23, 2017 12:04:26 GMT -8
How bad does someone have to be to bring Tyler out of hiding? There are those who know how to rouse me from my slumber.
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Post by sbloyd on Feb 23, 2017 12:05:26 GMT -8
Ia! Ia! Ctyler ftagn!
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