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brian
United States9642 Posts
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Absolutionn
United States512 Posts
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Let it Raine
Canada1245 Posts
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Jesushooves
Canada553 Posts
On April 05 2011 07:03 AlexDeLarge wrote: Well aren't you the amazing psycho-analyst. FYI i was closer growing up to the nice boy in the story than to the crazed jealous bullies. Also attended one of top 3-5 universities in my country and was a pro gamer in wc3. The only part you got right with a slight reformulation is "I can and have succeeded but i don't want others to though, except a few select super close friends" However, most of my life path i went through and took action within a grey moral area. I am sickened by people who assume that the boy in my story is an example of someone doing well in life. That is not doing well in life from my perspective. That's taking the safe and high road, playing it by the book, not taking any chances. The kind of person who gets some advice when he is very young about how he should be nice and respectful towards others, learn hard in school and be a generally nice, polite person, treat women well, that sort of thing. I find this sort of man a gutless, spineless pushover. But enough, i digress too much, this isn't even a real palpable scenario, just hypothetical. It's just that you, Tubby, strike me as a person that would be Lawful Good in a D&D game, minus the whole heroic aura. And this sort of character cannot achieve real success in the real world. The type of success that turns you into a millionaire, surrounded by dozens of beautiful women and the envy of all men. All it does is turn you into a disciplined rule enforcer, giving others a reason to hate you. I find it strange that you make implications of a person's actions in reality from what you know about them on an online forum. Your story implies that intelligent, hardworking, and well behaved people don't have success. As in, you will have more success in life if you are a douche. Sure, there are people that don't deserve to have all the money/fame that they have, and are total jerks, but that doesn't mean that being someone like that will get you there, it just means they were lucky. I highly doubt a person with the traits you mentioned will die unhappy as a gutless spineless pushover, *Cough* Bill Gates. I know you didn't specifically use the word "Nerd", but that seems like the kind of person you are describing, and I have to say, Nerds Rule. | ||
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L
Canada4732 Posts
On April 05 2011 06:09 EvilTeletubby wrote: With 2 of your 3 bans coming from me, I'm guessing I know where this is being directed.  Anywho, you flatter yourself a bit too much if you think I don't like you. Honestly, I don't dislike you or even really put that much thought into you as a poster. I did, however, notice your uncanny ability to completely derail discussion/debate threads. That's exactly what your first ban from me was for (a mere 2 days), and only a month later, you did the SAME THING again and received a 1 week ban. I truly don't care if you continue to post or not, even in debate threads. If you want to, fine. If you get very spirited in the process, great. However, that does not excuse you from still being respectful to other posters on this website. When you get so heated that you're throwing personal insults at other posters, can we agree it's time to take a break? I was discussing the topic of the thread with someone who was verbally harassing me in every single post he made, and you decided I was a good target for a ban. Afterwards, even the person I was talking to noted that the ban on me was unwarranted. So the respect argument is hollow. Not only was I discussing the topic of the thread, I was discussing it with the thread starter, iirc. So the derailment argument is pretty hollow. Hence why I don't talk in general anymore. I honestly feel bad that you need to go on the defensive after my first post. The last page seems to be your catharsis. Don't worry bout it broseidon. There's plenty more brocean in this site that I can swim around in. | ||
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dementus
Singapore1151 Posts
Although it does seem that you can get away with the occasional flame or two if it was warranted and you've generally been a sensible poster. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 05 2011 07:03 AlexDeLarge wrote: Well aren't you the amazing psycho-analyst. FYI i was closer growing up to the nice boy in the story than to the crazed jealous bullies. Also attended one of top 3-5 universities in my country and was a pro gamer in wc3. The only part you got right with a slight reformulation is "I can and have succeeded but i don't want others to though, except a few select super close friends" However, most of my life path i went through and took action within a grey moral area. I am sickened by people who assume that the boy in my story is an example of someone doing well in life. That is not doing well in life from my perspective. That's taking the safe and high road, playing it by the book, not taking any chances. The kind of person who gets some advice when he is very young about how he should be nice and respectful towards others, learn hard in school and be a generally nice, polite person, treat women well, that sort of thing. I find this sort of man a gutless, spineless pushover. But enough, i digress too much, this isn't even a real palpable scenario, just hypothetical. It's just that you, Tubby, strike me as a person that would be Lawful Good in a D&D game, minus the whole heroic aura. And this sort of character cannot achieve real success in the real world. The type of success that turns you into a millionaire, surrounded by dozens of beautiful women and the envy of all men. All it does is turn you into a disciplined rule enforcer, giving others a reason to hate you. Funny, I know some LG types that have gone pretty far. Truett Cathy, guy who started the Chick-fil-a franchise in the US. My grandfather knew him, and the guy was sickeningly LG. My parents are LG, and pretty comfortable, and very happy. Plenty of them are succesful and happy. "Disciplined Rule Enforcer", to follow your own analogy, is actually closer to Lawful Neutral anyway, since that's where the moral code gets out of the way of the laws to be enforced. Anyways, when discussing a position that involves enforcing rules, you've just handed out a compliment, although I'm sure if you were talking at the time, your tone would have been insulting. All that implies is that you don't have the personal courage to live up to the things you agree to. Your oh so clever posting wasn't requested on this forum, and neither was mine. ET's moderation was. That means that if we break the rules we agreed to follow while using this resource, we accept ET's authority to kick our asses off this site. I'm not big on black and white either, but given that we're discussing a mod who doesn't just Warn/PermaBan, acting as if it were otherwise is both insulting and vaguely moronic anyway. | ||
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hitman133
United States1425 Posts
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tnud
Sweden2233 Posts
It's just a site, you can manage with just lurking | ||
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MajorityofOne
Canada2506 Posts
On April 05 2011 07:43 tnud wrote: So far I've gotten one temp ban (2 days) and one warning for being funny (memes) but meh.. if the right moment arrives I won't hold back =D It's just a site, you can manage with just lurking Truth. And here are some obligatory "this is not a one-word post" words! | ||
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Bytz
United States33 Posts
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GG.NoRe
Korea (South)1051 Posts
On April 05 2011 06:18 Z3kk wrote: Sort of offtopic, but I read "uncanny ability to completely derail ..." and I couldn't help but recall my feeling that I have an uncanny ability to complete bring threads to a standstill~! Seriously, maybe I'm just being a bit self-centered, but I've noticed that after I post, the entire thread seems to come to a complete standstill, or maybe one/two trailing posts follow mine...whether the thread has several thousand views or is just starting, more often than not I seem to bring the thread to a total halt... Yeah, probably self-flattery, or maybe impatience....  Wow! Really WOW! How full of himself? You'd think someone with 1000+ posts would know better than this. This is GARBAGE and debaucery at its purest stinkiest form. Im offended that someone comes posting off topic to glorify his idiocy! ON TOPIC: The rule is really simple. Of course expect human factors every now and then, but as long as you keep it civil and respectful, there is no need to fear anything. | ||
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Bub
United States3518 Posts
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xBillehx
United States1289 Posts
Still clean! :D | ||
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SpeaKEaSY
United States1070 Posts
Having survived much longer than I expected, it turns out trolling is OK here; only "generic" trolling is against the rules (seriously, I just checked out the community guidelines and that's what it says). I suspect as long as you keep it high quality the mods will leave you alone. | ||
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GiftPflanZe
Germany623 Posts
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Abenson
Canada4122 Posts
TL TEN COMMANDMENTS - TL;DR Use your brain. Don't be an asshole. Try to make quality posts. The ten commandments may seem scary, but in reality it's pretty simple. Common sense goes far here. | ||
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-Exalt-
United States972 Posts
On April 02 2011 01:04 KOFgokuon wrote: I haven't even gotten a warning in 7 years, it's not that hard to not get in trouble, so no, I have no fear at all Would be hilarious if a mod gave this guy a humor-warning. Super ironic! | ||
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FaCE_1
Canada6184 Posts
in all my time here, I got 1 ban and I did deserved because of a shitty post. You just have to re-read your post and ask you:" Is this post really useful?" | ||
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Silmakuoppaanikinko
799 Posts
Another grand one, seriously, it was a poster in a thread who put forth some actual arguments and actually tried to debate the matter, comes with a personal anecdote as a casus, and gets banned for it, if he had just made it a hypothetical situation but denied it ever took place no one would ban him. Again, it's your forum, you can do whatever you want, but banning people for providing stories in which they were dicks to serve as arguments in threads isn't exactly going to foster an intellectual or academic debate. Neither is banning 'no-names' who have some criticism on 'respected members of the community'. Edit: And I'm still replying to the point of being asked to cite bans of which I think they are outrageous. Especially in this case the crown being the immensely intellectual and well-argued "reason" for the ban given. | ||
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