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On September 05 2006 21:27 Aileon wrote:
I got my "Xeroth" name banned because I made an insensitive comment in the Poland v Germany clanwar thread, in which there was some drama. I was attempting to come off as funny by saying the Germans are used to stomping all over poland and just taking their land, so how is it a big deal, but apparently Erwin didn't think it was funny ;p
Sorry all! t.t
HAhaha, that's hilarious, actually.
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On September 05 2006 10:26 IntoTheWow wrote:
You are a ghost!
kekeke
On September 05 2006 11:06 QuietIdiot wrote:
I've gotten temp banned by eri because my friend posted 1000 reasons why god exists and something about shitting thread.
A few people also wanted me banned from the "you-know" what place ><
QUIET shhhh
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Netherlands13554 Posts
On September 05 2006 23:19 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:Show nested quote +On September 05 2006 21:27 Aileon wrote:
I got my "Xeroth" name banned because I made an insensitive comment in the Poland v Germany clanwar thread, in which there was some drama. I was attempting to come off as funny by saying the Germans are used to stomping all over poland and just taking their land, so how is it a big deal, but apparently Erwin didn't think it was funny ;p
Sorry all! t.t HAhaha, that's hilarious, actually.
It's probably a funny thing if you're from America ;o
Joking about a world war where millions of people died is not funny.
Oh and Flaccard, when you intend to post funny degrading pictures, they better be funny. Yours wasn't, plus the fact that you have just been banned doesn't give you a lot of leeway. You posted a degrading picture that wasn't funny at all, so a warning was in order. I like most of your posts though, so just don't fuck up that's all. Look at it like a test or something.
And no, I don't particularly like Testie, I don't hate him, but I don't like him much at all.
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On September 05 2006 16:45 rpf289 wrote:
God, I hate Testie
On September 06 2006 08:45 Twisted wrote:
And no, I don't particularly like Testie, I don't hate him, but I don't like him much at all.
Eh, how very out of the blue.
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On September 06 2006 08:45 Twisted wrote:Show nested quote +On September 05 2006 23:19 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:On September 05 2006 21:27 Aileon wrote:
I got my "Xeroth" name banned because I made an insensitive comment in the Poland v Germany clanwar thread, in which there was some drama. I was attempting to come off as funny by saying the Germans are used to stomping all over poland and just taking their land, so how is it a big deal, but apparently Erwin didn't think it was funny ;p
Sorry all! t.t HAhaha, that's hilarious, actually. It's probably a funny thing if you're from America ;o Joking about a world war where millions of people died is not funny.
For the sake of being bored at work and wanting to add meaningless dialogue to an already too-long thread, I'll have to add to this.
See, the fact that it's a war where all those people died is exactly what makes it funny.
Why do we make AIDS jokes? Why do we make 9/11 and Terri Schiavo jokes? In an age where political correctness has vastly overstepped its bounds, we find taboo humor to be almost refreshing. In fact, if it was decided that we couldn't make WWII jokes because people died, then we'd have to stop making fun of the French for surrendering. Do we really want that?
Certain forms of humor will always have a shock value associated with them, and in that lies much of the potency. It's the same reason we always laugh at racist jokes. We know we shouldn't laugh, but we also know it's completely harmless. Let me put that in context - it's harmless because it's a little chubby kid on the internet (like rpf) making the joke. If the joke was being said by someone in a white robe, it probably wouldn't be as funny.
What I'm getting at is that humor always has to be considered in context. Aileon's post was hilarious. It was hilarious because of the context, the subject matter, and the absolute harmlessness of the post/poster.
Plus, Aileon is a terrorist so it's best to just give him what he wants.
edit: And because it's on topic, I'm gonna explain my mentality when it comes to posting on internet forums.
I got a photo-radar ticket in the mail yesterday. For those who don't know what that is, it's essentially an automatic speeding ticket.
I get these from time to time, so does everyone who doesn't drive like granny. But getting the odd ticket isn't going to change the way I drive. This is because I still consider myself to be an above-average driver - and I'm still going to keep driving the way I do, even if once-in-a-blue-moon someone takes offence to it and issues me a ticket.
That's the thing about simple negative-reinforcement; it doesn't change anything so much as it makes you go 'oh darn' when you get caught.
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On September 06 2006 09:21 Flaccid wrote:Show nested quote +On September 06 2006 08:45 Twisted wrote:On September 05 2006 23:19 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:On September 05 2006 21:27 Aileon wrote:
I got my "Xeroth" name banned because I made an insensitive comment in the Poland v Germany clanwar thread, in which there was some drama. I was attempting to come off as funny by saying the Germans are used to stomping all over poland and just taking their land, so how is it a big deal, but apparently Erwin didn't think it was funny ;p
Sorry all! t.t HAhaha, that's hilarious, actually. It's probably a funny thing if you're from America ;o Joking about a world war where millions of people died is not funny. For the sake of being bored at work and wanting to add meaningless dialogue to an already too-long thread, I'll have to add to this. See, the fact that it's a war where all those people died is exactly what makes it funny. Why do we make AIDS jokes? Why do we make 9/11 and Terri Schiavo jokes? In an age where political correctness has vastly overstepped its bounds, we find taboo humor to be almost refreshing. In fact, if it was decided that we couldn't make WWII jokes because people died, then we'd have to stop making fun of the French for surrendering. Do we really want that? Certain forms of humor will always have a shock value associated with them, and in that lies much of the potency. It's the same reason we always laugh at racist jokes. We know we shouldn't laugh, but we also know it's completely harmless. Let me put that in context - it's harmless because it's a little chubby kid on the internet (like rpf) making the joke. If the joke was being said by someone in a white robe, it probably wouldn't be as funny. What I'm getting at is that humor always has to be considered in context. Aileon's post was hilarious. It was hilarious because of the context, the subject matter, and the absolute harmlessness of the post/poster. Plus, Aileon is a terrorist so it's best to just give him what he wants.
Exactly. If someone gets banned for making a WWII joke, why are people allowed to stay when they make 9/11 jokes? It's just as offensive depending on where in the globe you reside, but banning someone for it isn't right, imo.
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The thing about humor is that it's completely subjective.
When banning people for bad jokes, people have to remember that it was meant as a joke and put it in context. Remember, what one person sees as crude another person will see as brilliant satire. I guess that's why I disagree on banning on one person's particular take on a single instance of humor.
Just don't use someone's borderline joke as an excuse to feel self-righteous is all. I mean, it's not like it's a flame or anything. Of course, I'm speaking specifically of Aileon's example =p
millions > thousands
But that again points to the subjective nature of humor. Those millions of people are people who none of us have ever met and maybe exist in vacant, forgotten spots on our respective family trees. On the other hand, the events of 9/11 happened recently and there is a chance that some of our American posters lost people they knew or in some way were personally affected by the tragedy.
It's not just a numbers game.
Again, it's all about context.
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Netherlands1301 Posts
Erwin, je weet toch waarom anne frank nooit een vervolg heeft geschreven op het achterhuis?
+ Show Spoiler + ze had te kampen met concentratieproblemen
(this only works in dutch sorry)
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On September 06 2006 09:34 Yuljan wrote:
millions > thousands
No.
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Belgium9953 Posts
On September 06 2006 09:48 Liquid`Spy wrote:
Erwin, je weet toch waarom anne frank nooit een vervolg heeft geschreven op het achterhuis?
(this only works in dutch sorry)
ze had te kampen met concentratieproblemen
haha
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Norway28926 Posts
wtf
of course joking about world war 2 is funny.
it was over more than 60 years ago wtf
and haha I understood spy's joke
well enough to laugh at it anyway, I guess I couldnt literally translate it
:D
banning for making jokes is pretty bad
especially when it's a funny joke, and it was good enough
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Erwin, you know why Anne Frank didn't write a sequel about her house?
She had to fight with concentration problems.
That correct? 
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Belgium9953 Posts
On September 06 2006 10:20 Orome wrote:Erwin, you know why Anne Frank didn't write a sequel about her house? She had to fight with concentration problems. That correct?
well he used a not really frequently used word for fighting that means the same as 'to camp'
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Generally the banning policy here is sound.
Its only crack is Fakesteve.
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some ppl don't get banned cuz they are good contribution to the site, but a waste to society
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On September 06 2006 10:59 nArAnjO wrote:
some ppl don't get banned cuz they are good contribution to the site, but a waste to society
<3
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Baltimore, USA22261 Posts
On September 06 2006 10:59 nArAnjO wrote:
some ppl don't get banned cuz they are good contribution to the site, but a waste to society
Hey now... Leave IntoTheWow out of this please. 
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On September 06 2006 11:29 EvilTeletubby wrote:Show nested quote +On September 06 2006 10:59 nArAnjO wrote:
some ppl don't get banned cuz they are good contribution to the site, but a waste to society Hey now... Leave IntoTheWow out of this please.
he is just jealous because he is neither :o
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